>>42640688This. I had this realization in the flesh tuber space years ago. Always thought that "whatever, they're just entertainers, not like I'm ever going to meet them, so whatever they do in their private life doesn't matter". Then the twitch girl I was watching announced she was dating a guy. And suddenly her content was just less appealing and I started watching less of it. And then she announced her pregnancy and I dropped her completely. After thinking about it for a bit, I realized that even if I rationalized separating the entertainer from the entertainment and had no intention of a parasocial relationship, the whole fucking reason her content was entertaining was because it was a cute girl with nerdy interests. Knowing she's being creamied on the reg literally ruins the only entertainment value she brought, i.e. being an unobtainable waifu to fawn over
For vtuber girls it's even more the case sense the whole fucking point is to separate the character from their irl persona. Even if you want to have a private life, don't fucking talk about it in character.
