>>38415077The profession is inherently parasocial on both sides as much as redditors want to deny it. The problem is the group of "fans" who have been trying to cast the term only onto the fan side as something synonymous with the sort of shit unicorns do when it's not the case at all.
You and that other user who both supa'd the same vtuber? You're both parasocial; doesn't matter that you only sent in $5 and they sent in $10. You're both waiting for that dopamine hit when your name gets read and crossing your fingers your message was witty enough to get a positive response from them.
