Vtubers have always made me uncomfortable in a way I can’t fully describe. Fans talk about them as if the vtuber characters are real, and they all seem to lust after them in a very unhealthy way.
I mean, the people controlling those characters are real. You can interact with them and are genuine people.
You can compare it to characters in a tv show. People talk about Water White as if they are real. And the actor playing that character is real.
The lust has more to do with the weebs lusting after anything that looks anime. But the majority of vtubers aren’t even anime girls. For the vtuber it is also more to do with privacy and not having to look presentable every time they want to stream.
They are people, not characters. I cannot fathom how this dissonance began, but its so odd.
Edit: after about 45 minutes of thought, I think this person’s only knowledge of vtubers comes from hololive. Hololive really is much of the time characters, I think that’s why Gura was so big, because she really was genuinely a goober. But I digress. I would look at some indies like Ironmouse, Crelly, or someone on the smaller view count that aligns with your personal interests.
Actually dont watch crelly. Your soul wont survive.
From what I can tell it seems like it’s sort of up to them how much they want to play a character vs streaming as themselves, with the possible exception of the ones whose vtuber identities are the intellectual property of a company that employs them. There’s a spectrum of things like how much they lean into their character lore, do a voice/mannerisms, or how much they use the avatar as a privacy shield and avoid revealing personal details.
Not that there’s anything wrong with it either way, it’s basically similar to pseudonymous internet identities, but for live streamers. Anyway if we’re shilling vtubers I want to shoutout my favorite chicken themed vtuber, Henemimi
I expect it’s the same way people treat regular streamers, they’re just a bit less careful about how they talk about their favorite vtuber in public than they way would a regular streamer.
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Vtubers have always made me uncomfortable in a way I can’t fully describe. Fans talk about them as if the vtuber characters are real, and they all seem to lust after them in a very unhealthy way.
I mean, the people controlling those characters are real. You can interact with them and are genuine people.
You can compare it to characters in a tv show. People talk about Water White as if they are real. And the actor playing that character is real.
The lust has more to do with the weebs lusting after anything that looks anime. But the majority of vtubers aren’t even anime girls. For the vtuber it is also more to do with privacy and not having to look presentable every time they want to stream.
They are people, not characters. I cannot fathom how this dissonance began, but its so odd.
Edit: after about 45 minutes of thought, I think this person’s only knowledge of vtubers comes from hololive. Hololive really is much of the time characters, I think that’s why Gura was so big, because she really was genuinely a goober. But I digress. I would look at some indies like Ironmouse, Crelly, or someone on the smaller view count that aligns with your personal interests.
Actually dont watch crelly. Your soul wont survive.
From what I can tell it seems like it’s sort of up to them how much they want to play a character vs streaming as themselves, with the possible exception of the ones whose vtuber identities are the intellectual property of a company that employs them. There’s a spectrum of things like how much they lean into their character lore, do a voice/mannerisms, or how much they use the avatar as a privacy shield and avoid revealing personal details.
Not that there’s anything wrong with it either way, it’s basically similar to pseudonymous internet identities, but for live streamers. Anyway if we’re shilling vtubers I want to shoutout my favorite chicken themed vtuber, Henemimi
I expect it’s the same way people treat regular streamers, they’re just a bit less careful about how they talk about their favorite vtuber in public than they way would a regular streamer.