>>12285526>On a broader scale I think that deliberately fostering parasocial attachment among your viewers in an attempt to make them more devoted and willing to spend on you is a moral grey area. Of course you are acting something out that is not real which could be considered lying but than again actually believing such a lie, such an act is something I would expect adults with legal capacity not to do by default and if you do it anyway there is at least some blame to be put on you in terms of life choices.Saying that one should know better doesn't impact the morality of the act they should've avoided. This is a common misconception that falls apart fairly easily when extrapolated.
It's also a very common thing to do on this board by shitposters because you leave yourself immune to any sort of counter-argument. It's a self-referential thing. This means of analyzing morality may be why you have such a distaste for discussing such things in general. It's hard to discuss morality when you make every successful trap the fault of the trapped. It's a logical "no u".
>>12286453>Which is entirely wrong by the way, those are all things a person could do and will do acting out a persona.>It could even be the case that some of that shit is actually true and she is really worried and sad and still be acting because she is keeping some of the reasons why from you and giving you different reasons or she is keeping some behind the scenes stuff from you in order for you to view her in a certain light which is something management could even force her to do depending on the situation.You are a very cynical person. That can only come off as an insult but I don't mean it as such. I mean it in that just the way you're speaking about it, your way of thinking about this is a lot colder than it needs to be.
>She could even just be lying to herself because she doesn't want to confront the real reasons for her behavior which is something all people do all the time and it would still be considered acting out a role by that definition.Self-deception is an interesting thing to bring up and I do agree with you.
But I'd argue that it makes no difference depending on the nature of the self-deception. We can become the roles that we affect. Rushia knows how much it hurts to be damaged by a person you love and trust, who doesn't love you back. From her personal life. The self-deception could be an insignificant as "letting herself" perceive her fanbase as enough of a cohesive whole to develop the then genuine feelings she'd have for such a partner.
It's a real construction, just built on a lie. And at that point, you ARE the role that you affect. We've all got a few lies baked into our reasoning.
