/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>22464601
>Are you allowed to watch Kiki if you don't want to be her pretend husband?

I watch a minimum of 10 hours of kiki a week and I'm not a husband, I just like her a lot. But please be respectful of the relationship that does exist between kiki and those who are. It's not a normal sort of relationship, but we're all unusual in some ways, and unusual doesn't mean bad, it just means not the usual. For a while I felt a little unsure if she even wanted people like me watching because I can't consider myself to be in that sort of relationship, but she's made clear many times over the four months I've been a regular that it's ok to just be a fan.

So, as an only moderate autist, I have some suggestions.

Firstly, while there are many content creators we may not be interested in watching or associating with, the best way to avoid drama in the case of accidental contact with one is to not immediately go from 0 to 10 on the hostility scale, to accuse someone you claim to love of being a liar and a manipulator, and then to veer off the road of self-control into performative self-hatred. It takes some practice to better control one's reactions to unpleasant stimuli, but it can be done if an effort is made. IF an effort is made.

Secondly, an extreme fear of retaliation can be reduced, again, by not immediately becoming hostile. Youtube is a public platform, and all interactions that take place on youtube are inherently public interactions. The same is true of 4chan, regardless of how insular the threads feel. Openly attacking people because of a knee-jerk hostility is something which anyone in the world who has an internet connection can see you doing. Doing this does not protect kiki, and can in fact incite the very things you are trying to protect her from. Although in this case it's vee, so the only retaliation anyone is in danger of is the channel being filled with people talking about how "democrats are the REAL racists!"

Thirdly, kiki has said on multiple occasions she intends to foster a specific type of audience, and has acted to purposely stifle her own growth at numerous times that I myself can remember. Because of these purposeful acts, I believe she is being truthful about her stated intentions. But it is not my place, or any other champyon's place, to ENFORCE her to follow those stated intentions. It seems she still has those intentions, and is likely to keep them, but if she ever does see an avenue for growth, in a direction she might want to grow, that is her decision to make. Emotionally blackmailing someone to act against their legitimate desires is abusive behavior. Kiki is smart and capable, and she can ask for help if she needs it.

Finally, I do understand. Most of us have baggage, and some carry a lot more weight than others. I'm not trying to shit on anyone. I understand that for at least a few people, kiki is probably pulling double duty as both a rabbit and a life raft. I get how, for a person barely treading water, the idea of that life raft floating away is terrifying and immediately triggers a fight or flight response. It's literally a survival instinct. I also get the tension between the natural desire to be close and special to kiki, and the equally natural desire to share that closeness with the world. People love kiki and want her to themselves, people love kiki and want everyone else to love her too. There is no resolution to that, it's a permanent tension everyone has to live with, individually and in a community context.

Faith is hard, especially if your trust has been abused in the past. But there are only two choices: Believe that kiki will stay, or don't believe that kiki will stay. I think I'll be watching kiki streams twenty years from now. Barring a nuclear war maybe, or a solar flare wiping out the global electronics infrastructure. Faith is hard, but have faith in kiki. Worst case scenario, way down the line you feel betrayed and everything falls apart. Worst case scenario of not having faith in kiki? It just all falls apart right now, and you go back to not trusting anything ever again this very instant.

We had a great stream, and I think the next one will be great too.

>>18335300
>apologies if this is a dumb question, but for fanart are we one singular champyon entity like the buff speedo and glasses and scruffy beard? or are there different kinds of champs like lanky or short?

In relation to kiki we are one champ.
In relation to each other we are many champs.
It's an issue of metaphysical perspective.