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Vtubers really are a powerful, immersive escape from reality, and when there's a yab, it can shatter the "happy" world of vtubers very easily.
The escape could be GFE, a positive confidant, or a group of friends, spanning from corporations to indies. But when things get real, like terminations, doxxing, dumb drama, or mild psychosis from either the viewer or streamer, it hits harder because the illusion of a more ideal reality is shattered. No one gives a shit if someone gets fucked over at a regular company, job, or fucked in life, it's sad but that's what is expected. The atmosphere that vtubers promote or are required to promote, friendship, positivity, and fun, is destroyed in those moments.
I guess most vtubers are more closer to idol culture than we expect since they try to weave a dream; a community that is more positive and kayefabish than reality. All corpos say that the viewers don't even know 10% of what's really going on behind the scenes.
Entertainers do the same trick in general and there are other groups that make a community of influencers that entertain and are "always having a good time," like streamer houses. But I think mainstream vtubing has such a large and unavoidable culture that everyone gets into whether they like it or not (no male collabs, no sluttiness, extra sluttiness, general over-the-top anime vibes.) This more rigid culture creates a unique backbone for the air of this world they are trying to sell us.
Yabs make dreamers wake up. Mileage may vary: this can disillusion sheltered neets or deflate whatever hopes a jaded individual may have of a slightly happier existence. For the idealists and dreamers, one major yab could make them realize that their ideal dream of happy friendship isn't the whole truth. It could either be complete bullshit or 70% genuine, but regardless their safe haven isn't so safe anymore. It's also hard to go back to the blissfully ignorant times after you peel back the curtain. Some people want that 100% genuine experience, that window into wonderland where their chubas are actually having fun and feeling rewarded, because envisioning just another depressed meatbag doing a little jig and pet trick online for other depressed meatbags is just depressing.
When you wake up, your immaculate temple is desecrated, ruined. One can never fully clean the stains or repair the damage, and maybe it is your own fault for even trying to build a flawless monument in a world full of flaws and cracks. Moving from one place to the next, there is no suitable foundation for a perfect utopia of happiness. You must learn to accept these flaws in order to build a home you can live in.
And if you tldr you're gay
