>>2844412My opinion is you're taking it a bit far and being unfair to Noel
I agree with you that holostars are not below hololive, and they should ideally be viewed as coworkers and possible friends instead of strangers
But I don't believe holos not collabing with stars means any disrespect to them or othering them, it's probably more like Noel admits: not being confident how to deal with it
I think it's similar to holo ENs collabing with Coco - you can probably assume managers warn against it and even if there's no hard and fast rule banning it, the ENs probably aren't taking initiative with it cause the culture against it would be really difficult to fight off, plus they're already busy with lots of other stuff anyway - it's nothing against Coco
Noel's tone seemed more like "I say it's cause of idol culture but that's probably just my excuse for being not confident around boys cause I went to an all-girls high school" and that's why she tells the brother story
She's also obviously considerate about the stars side and makes sure to give respect to them as talents, so honestly rather than treating her words as "incredibly disrespectful" or "the cruelest thing" I'd rather just forgive her and accept sometimes things do be like that
