>>107852258they still like those things but dont have the good fortune of having it validated, in fact a lot of vtuber fans would be too proud to call a girl cute or sexy to her face but have no issues getting in character as an idol fan, thus its not a parasitic relationship where the streamer humiliates herself to please fans but a two-way street
besides getting to do concerts and shit is like a disney princess fantasy, theres a whole system of incentives that appeal to the performers greatly even if its only nerdy womanchildren, but their delusions are sorta not delusions if you look at the gaijin idols of 10 years ago they made it into a real career with vtubing without compromising on anything