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I can't stand vtubers. The entire concept is super cringe.
I get why people might not wanna show their faces, or have to hassle with making wardrobe and/or makeup choices for every video. So just do a voiceover, or at the very most have a cartoon version of the character you're playing your channel as.
But this micro industry of making motion tracked 3d models (complete with (sigh...) "jiggly bits" is just so over the top, beyond the pale levels of cringe imo.
Even worse than "I'm so random/penguin of d000m" type cringe. I'm sure some can make good content, but I simply cannot stand looking at it.
It could work as a one off bit or something I guess, but when someone is known by an animated model I immediately look elsewhere.
Most are either very autistic, or trans. Usually those are some of my favorite types of content. I assume the trans ones are just insecure about their passability, or maybe just insecure about their looks in general for to whatever circumstances, which I can understand. I wish they weren't made to feel that way, but I definitely get it.
But just knowing they had to get a model made for them (unless they're generic on top of the other cringe), and they're sitting right there with motion tracking cameras while still hiding just drives part of me insane.
It bothers me in the same way that I first noticed during the original run of "Muppet Babies" (in the 80s- yeah I'm old) and the nanny was on screen, but you never saw more than the bottom of her dress(/skirt?) down. Or on Peanuts and the adults just talk as "wah wah wahhhh" even though the kids understood them just fine. Or any hidden character in anything really (Cobra Commander, Dr Claw, etc).
One part of me gets it, but the much bigger part just cannot stand it.