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vtuber shipping
Friday, 14 February 2025 19:18going to be honest. I always feels weirded when I saw people try to ''headcanon'' vtuber in the same vein as a fictional character does😅
bcus..vtubers aren't fictional characters?
like hc-ing their sexual life, gender identity, or private life is borderline weird sorry.
i think this is why I am also kinda weirded when people shipping vtubers i guess....like if ppl being horny to vtubers it generally more bcus of their character design rather than the person behind it but for shipping it feels weird because they're technically real ppl despite using anime avatar?
it's veneering into RPF territory and personally I never into idol/seiyuu shipping. like I'm just not into RPF shipping lol
I can understand the appeal tho.
but I still think trying to headcanon vtubers is weird.
Also a bit of my 2cent but I think people shouldn't take vtubers word at face value especially regarding about their sexuality. Like maybe this is strictly about japanese vtuber (especially if they're corpo vtubers) because when japanese vtuber doing some sort of yuribaiting/yaoibaiting it's not because they're queer or something, but they're just doing ''Business Yuri/BL''. it's pretty common among japanese idol culture usually doing shipbaity stuff to appease fans.
I think a lot of people still having hard time to internalizing this but most japanese vtubers (especially the corpo one) tend to put up a kayfabe or different ''persona'' compared to their nakanohito (PL).
for example they might say they like girls or not interested with men but when you check their nakanohito you see they have boyfriend/husband. it happens a lot.
I'm not trying to undermine/denying some JP corpo vtubers queerness but it just...I think it best to not putting your stock too much into it.
I trust indie more because they have less chance to lie about their own sexuality.
I feel it's something about knowing how to read 2 lines I guess, the vtubers might say they're A but doesn't mean they're literally A inside. it just lip service/kayfabe they put to separate their real life identities.
You know which one is genuine and just doing business Yuri/BL. it's matter of ''feeling'' and ''skill''.
because I also feel there's some corpo vtubers that like actual queer in closet but I try not to expect too much into it.
at the end of day their sexuality/identity doesn't matter much to me. Generally I separate their vtuber self from their IRL self
bcus..vtubers aren't fictional characters?
like hc-ing their sexual life, gender identity, or private life is borderline weird sorry.
i think this is why I am also kinda weirded when people shipping vtubers i guess....like if ppl being horny to vtubers it generally more bcus of their character design rather than the person behind it but for shipping it feels weird because they're technically real ppl despite using anime avatar?
it's veneering into RPF territory and personally I never into idol/seiyuu shipping. like I'm just not into RPF shipping lol
I can understand the appeal tho.
but I still think trying to headcanon vtubers is weird.
Also a bit of my 2cent but I think people shouldn't take vtubers word at face value especially regarding about their sexuality. Like maybe this is strictly about japanese vtuber (especially if they're corpo vtubers) because when japanese vtuber doing some sort of yuribaiting/yaoibaiting it's not because they're queer or something, but they're just doing ''Business Yuri/BL''. it's pretty common among japanese idol culture usually doing shipbaity stuff to appease fans.
I think a lot of people still having hard time to internalizing this but most japanese vtubers (especially the corpo one) tend to put up a kayfabe or different ''persona'' compared to their nakanohito (PL).
for example they might say they like girls or not interested with men but when you check their nakanohito you see they have boyfriend/husband. it happens a lot.
I'm not trying to undermine/denying some JP corpo vtubers queerness but it just...I think it best to not putting your stock too much into it.
I trust indie more because they have less chance to lie about their own sexuality.
I feel it's something about knowing how to read 2 lines I guess, the vtubers might say they're A but doesn't mean they're literally A inside. it just lip service/kayfabe they put to separate their real life identities.
You know which one is genuine and just doing business Yuri/BL. it's matter of ''feeling'' and ''skill''.
because I also feel there's some corpo vtubers that like actual queer in closet but I try not to expect too much into it.
at the end of day their sexuality/identity doesn't matter much to me. Generally I separate their vtuber self from their IRL self
