>>39258760They should see the response to Yugo graduating as a warning. Nobody really cares it's because Niji fans are being prevented from forming a healthy positive connection with the liver and how quick it seems that current Niji fans are to point out flaws in their character despite being OK just a couple weeks prior.
The constant topic of boundaries is creating an unseen barrier. Normal people might second guess what level of commitment to a streamer is "healthy," even though their boundaries aren't fucked like schizos. Affection with a little bit of entitlement are perfectly natural developments for a committed fan, but that's becoming the butt of a joke and Nijilivers joke about it rather than give it the appreciation it deserves. The conclusion of this is that Niji are making their own fan environments toxic, only instead of loud and entitled individuals bringing down the atmosphere it will instead make fans of eachother and themselves. The yesman will be in full force in the community, meanwhile individuals will start to drop out because that gap between supporting a content creator and being pragmatic will overlap and become harder to justify their own commitment after being jokingly chided about being in too deep for so long.
I can already imagine worse case scenarios where people who graduate don't get a bittersweet sendoff like Coco, but instead have a quiet step down because fans become too distant and "understanding" to give a shit. Attachment is the crux on what makes this industry work, FOMO has no effect if you don't F, the occasional bouts of entitlement is the price for that.
Entitlement can be a shitty thing to deal with, but I think it's worse to make sacred cows out of the talent and not treat them as entertainers. A viewer shouldn't constantly have to evaluate the level of affection they hold for a streamer, I can't think of anything more immersion breaking. At least you can beat down individual psychos, you can't stop a collective from being overprotective and self-defeating.
