>>69890727I feel like they're just insecure about being compared to Holo fans and they want to feel superior to them somehow so pretend they're totally-not-parasocial. They know the organs outright express they don't think it's cool to be parasocial so they go "ohh pffft of course ---I'm---- not parasocial unlike those other losers, we're all cool and totally not parasocial righhht guys" ... but it's not even deep-down level thinking to realize, they're still sitting around watching vtubers presumably alone and presumably quite often. They're very possibly friendship or GF/BF stand-ins functionally for quite a lot of the viewership. They're just trapped in a hell where they can't even admit their true feelings generally for fear of being ostracized. Why they put themselves through this pathetic charade I dunno, although we can see even from fans who weren't afraid to let loose like the Chinese girls did for Luxiems, the luxiems were just fags and didn't like seeing that anyway. Most NijiENs are mostly fucking assholes period for not even being considerate as to the effects their roles have on fans and not even trying to be a bit understanding or accomodating.
