>>35406492Liking a chuuba is never ever about their content. If you come or go on the content they're entirely replaceable by anyone else performing that content. People watch Pippa because they want to see Pippa be Pippa not because Pippa is doing advertiser friendly corporate appointed content pack 5-23 this month.
For me? It has to be Lia. I would watch Lia lick a spoon for hours every day and be content with it because I TrustTM that she would come up with an engaging way to make you want it.
I still can't get over the way that Pippa, through a series of interviews, gaming streams, and react contact created a binding subconscious identification of the contrasts between good and bad streamer and all the nuances of why she is a good performer and should be consumed. It really spoke to a deep, masterful understanding of the medium itself with a purity that forgoes the baser aspects of "pop" vtubers. She really is The Mega Idol.
Lia is showing lots of little moments of meta engagement and playing with higher concept acts surrounding her persona and it's really satisfying to see her do her performance as a whole. The doubling down on her tumblr persona and her continued vulnerabilities are the perfect goldilocks concern baiting of non-threatening, relatable overwhelmed exposure that creates a strong emotional bond. Lia's continued biggest strength comes from her overt hand holding in relation to how she is going to walk you through how things must be with her providing a powerful feeling of permission to indulge and consent through the uncomfortable nature of her discourse. She really is Lia and that means she could do this through an rpg maker game or whatever hot streamer bait is up next.
