>>40375126The lines can get blurred, but the one time I’ve actually seen it and had no doubt it was happening was in Miori Celesta’s streams. In this case, the context is that Mio is one of those high-achieving girls with strict Asian parents who’s affection starved and wants affirmation that it’s ok to be a degenerate coomer weeb.
The first time I tuned into a stream, I saw her blowing kisses to superchats. Normally, as someone who can’t stomach GFE, I usually think “wow, that’s pandering behavior. Nice job milking the paypigs.” But in this case, it didn’t come off like that. She really sounded like she enjoyed doing that and enjoyed having chat tell her how much in love with her they are despite how low of an opinion she appears to have of herself.
Frankly, I think that’s what to look for if you’re wondering if a vtuber is parasocial with her chat. People who are high-achieving and have their shit together but don’t think they do. The kinds of people who have to resort to vtubing to talk about it because they know no one will take a pretty girl with good grades seriously when she says she hates herself otherwise.
