>>40970344>Recently, it feels like a lot of people here are coming to terms with the realization of what vtubing is and parasocial chuubas like IRyS are bleeding views.You're implying vtubing is parasocial then specify IRyS as a parasocial vtuber as opposed to what?
I'm not saying I believe these things, just that you can't imply vtubing is parasocial then specify a vtuber as being parasocial relative to others.
I don't view vtubing as parasocial, I genuinely enjoy chuubas who aren't IRyS or EN. I like Pekora because she's entertaining and uses vtubing to roleplay a character that makes for entertaining streams. I like Suisei because she's got her idol dream and I'm genuinely interested in seeing how it turns out for her.
GFE has always been the weakest shit in vtubing outside of the coomerbait. The medium peaks with girls who play anime characters in our world or with girls who simply use vtubing as a stepping stone as part of their journey where you may see them succeed/fail. E.g. Suisei's dreams of becoming a professional singer/idol. EN is borning because it lacks people who play characters (Fubuki, Korone, Pekora, etc) and it lacks people with ambition who are using their time at hololive as an opportunity (Suisei). The closest EN has is Bae who talked about wanting to become a voice actor and she did some shorts with different voices. I get she has other commitments but I think Suisei shows more passion with lots of music content as a portfolio to build and talking about her future goals.
IRyS should steer more into her music imo, even if she never makes it big she could still be one of the people hired to sing things for videogames.
