She wants physical affection but I have to wonder if a vtuber would see having a SO as a step down even subconsciously since they're already being rewarded with massive amounts of affection and money
And then you have someone like Melody who has affection monetary and sexual needs satisfied. I'm genuinely curious how much that affects your desire for a traditional relationship
It would affect it a lot. Though the larger effect is on things like pair bonding and sense of safety, which leads to conflict resolution issues. (i.e. chat becomes their "out" for having to deal with issues.) But nearly all female Vtubers become parasocial with their audience. (Basically everyone but Suisei.
) So it twists up the neurological responses to a lot of stimulus and can easily leave them quite the wreck. There's a reason Phase Connect is Sakana's Sad Girl Club.
There's an extremely small collection of Women that can operate in life without fairly heavy amounts of external structure constantly imposed upon them. That's the reality of the emotional effects of the cycle and the physiological desires of their bodies. For quite a number of Vtubers, they're basically taking parasocial drugs and the effects are functionally the same.
Yet, somehow, MOBAs are still more destructive on the psyche. And the world. WW3 is going to start from a MOBA lobby. I just know it.
Some have stupid high standards for men outside their league and expect Prince Charming to come knocking on their door, so they're in eternal denial. Others are too shy or lack confidence in their looks (from ugly duck phase, still ugly, or they think they're ugly), so they never involve themselves in any social situations that can enable themselves to get a boyfriend. A lot of them also don't like hook up culture because they had half decent parents that drilled in their heads that its whore behavior or they had a friend that slept around all the time and know she's a whore and how much of disaster she is.
It's largely a consequence of the new era where people can be more of a shutin. It's why FF14 and Valorant are popular, they're more dating apps than games, especially FF14. Back in the day, women often went to college to find a man, the diploma was often just the side quest to help them cope with their desperate behavior.
Is this real? I use to play online with an American that mentioned Asian massages like it was a normal thing and a bunch of us just thought he was joking and being pompous.
They actually very likely have low standards (Women will actually not take shots outside of their range, in terms of attraction hierarchies), but the female experience never requires taking a risk in starting a relationship. It's important to remember that, at least in areas without pedos, Women go from invisible pre-puberty to suddenly the centers of attention from about age 14 to 28. They don't have to engage, beyond the moronic Princess Mentality. The Prince always comes to them. But, well, if they're playing hikikomori, it's a little hard for a guy to find them.
There's also something about especially Western Women being incredibly short-sighting and mindbogglingly stupid with regards to this all, but that's a completely different forum to cover.
As for the massage bit, yeah. Massage is a very useful physical therapy and neuromuscular maintenance tool. It's also the most classic dodge for prostitution in the West.