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There shouldn't be any issue with Pokimane using an animated avatar, but calling her a vtuber is a bit disingenuous since the whole point of a vtuber is it's a persona without any connection to the real face of a person.
Vtubers have the luxury of communicating with an audience without having any baggage that comes from their irl identity. They don't have to be Joe Schmoe who works at Kmart who also streams on the side. They can be a grim reaper who puts out sick beats or cool Bartender.
Of course it goes without saying vtubers put themselves into their designed avatar and they tell stories about irl selves but they choose to tell those stories on their terms.
Even though there are scum who find out their real identities and shout it out on both vtuber and irl streams, the community at large does respect the vtubers wishes to separate their irl persona and vtuber persona.
It's why I think it's important for other people to understand that people who are vtubers do it less for baiting weebs and more to express themselves the way they want to.
Which is why I dislike the notion of Pokimane possibly using the avatar as just another way to get simps
Which is why I dislike the notion of Pokimane possibly using the avatar as just another way to get simps
Also this thread was made because why so many independent vtubers make plain avatars. Commission someone to get you a bomb ass character design PLEASE.
But again, if that's what you want. It's not my place.
But again, if that's what you want. It's not my place.
