• Squorlple@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Dream is [was?] a very popular Minecraft YouTuber/streamer, particularly among youths. He had been known for having not revealing his face, and when he finally did, some parasocial megafans did not see the deified person they had hoped for and instead just saw a regular looking dude. Many non-fans also took advantage of this disparity and mocked his looks. There are [were?] probably some self-described Dream fanatics who would assume any real life picture of him is an affront to their parasocial deity.

      The same parasocial elements could be assumed for lonely viewers of VTubers, if they are shown that the “man behind the curtain,” so to speak, does not line up with the fictional character that they are presented.

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        1 month ago

        I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen quite a number of vtuber face reveals, every singe one is shockingly sexy

        At this point its a bit of a meme in the community that all vtubers are automatically hot