Omg ayaka here looks precious

i want to cuddle dormy

A very visually striking pair.

^didn't say it was the first or was going to be the last. I'm only too aware of the sort of Loony Fan entitlement bullshit that eg. gets actors harassed because some dumbass who can't tell a person from their role is upset over the latest twist in the eternally running soap opera show they're way too emotionally invested in. (We've had such incidents 'round my neck of the woods too, and this country's by and large on the saner side of the spectrum.)

It is, however, the first such to creep into this place that I've noticed.

^Oh yeah I know you didn't say it was the first, sorry if I implied that as it wasn't my intent. More so I'm saying that people have a serious problem with separating fiction and reality in general, and so it's less of a Vtuber thing and more just people bring that into any kind of entertainment unfortunately.

I'm not sure what you mean by "this" place, Dynasty? I've seen a lot of people arguing on here before about things that stem from not separating reality and fiction. Such as people saying an author needs therapy because they wrote a disturbing piece of fiction. So on and so fourth. I see people not separating fiction and reality with pretty much all entertainment I'm involved in.

Anyhow though, it's very late so I'm going to get some sleep. We might want to consider continuing this conversation in a forum post. We're probably getting to the off topic point where the mods are going to bonk us soon heh

this is probably the official ship. Hell, the author seems reaally pushing it

Cute.

Beautiful. ^_^

Unexpected but nice.

Happy Birthday! ^_^

Lovely. Definitely would have been a nice way for the story to go before their falling out, luckily she has Kobayashi now.

Nice :D

Cute Gross.

^grote?

Aye it's been a while since I've seen these two, remembering when I used to be into idolmaster and Riina was always my favorite

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^^confusing presentation for promotion is the ancient hallmark of Moral Crusaders who, IMO, actually mainly just want an easy rhetorical blunt instrument with which to burn the witch that has offended their sensibilities. Here today as much as it was say two-three thousand years ago.

OTOH already given the outlandish character settings of the VTuber personas Thebingolas is the equivalent of someone shocked and appalled to learn the cartoonish feuds between pro wrestlers aren't real and Mark William Calaway is not, in fact, a zombie biker robot demon or whatever the heck The Undertaker's kayfabe nowadays is.
Which is about the same degree of filter failure as a small child thinking Uncle Jonas really does turn into a ghost when he throws a white sheet over his head but without the excuse of age.

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Momo: "it was either this or dumbbells"

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^thirded. great art, but I'm in the Youriko faction

I would, but don't have Twitter lol

Man, Mari's rocking some serious Farrah Fawcette hair!

^ you don't really need a twitter account if you just want to look at someone's profile though

kiara explained things much better in her members stream. I wish she had taken her time to collect herself and explain things better in a public stream, but it is what it is

EDIT: @random oh, sorry I wasn't replying to your comment. Was gonna reply to someone else but gave up and decided to make a general statement. I just forgot to delete the last "^"

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^I don't particularly care one way or another, the VTuber rabbit hole ain't my drug.

I do care, however, already on general principles about the delusionally entitled thinking they somehow have the right to make demands on performing artists' private business and get mad when reality and fiction don't match.

Mezashi has forever ruined my ability to pair anybody but Hanamaru with Yoshiko. But ship wars are for socially inept losers, and being able to appreciate good art for ships that run counter to your own is a sign of culture, maturity, and good taste.

So clearly we all have all three of those things.

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Remember the Harry/Hermione shippers who actually sent in a petition with a few thousand signatures to the publisher of the Harry Potter books demanding that the then-unwritten Book 7 be written by this one particular Harry/Hermione shipfic writer? Because JK Rowling was planning on pairing Harry up with that strumpet Ginny. And that clearly meant she did not understand her own characters well enough to write Book 7.

Good times.