Ironmouse asks fans to stop dictating VTubers\u2019 lives after Mori Calliope collab Twitch: IronmouseThere was an \u201celephant in the room\u201d when Ironmouse and Mori Calliope came together for a huge collab on the former\u2019s podcast Speak of the Devil \u2014 fan sentiment from the Hololive side. However, Ironmouse spoke out about the overbearing fan behavior. The VTubing world can be vicious at times. While these virtual stars are often given some level of autonomy (or completely, depending on status within an agency), the scene\u2019s roots in Japanese idol culture can lead to some audience complications. Some fans can be quite overbearing over their favorite stars \u2014 and while sometimes it\u2019s just for fun, others can take it to the next level. Trying to dictate who their favorite collabs with, how they act: they don\u2019t ultimately set the rules, but the pressure is definitely there. So when VShojo\u2019s Ironmouse had Hololive star (and self-proclaimed dad) Mori Calliope on her podcast, eyes were on how the two would act on broadcast \u2014 especially with how Mousey treats Calli. However, Iron went out of her way to address the \u201celephant in the room\u201d early, asking fans to stop dictating the lives of their favorite virtual star. \u201cI\u2019m sick and tired of not talking about this \u2014 every time I talk to a Hololive girl, everyone gets pissed at me. It always happens, and I know why. We all know why,\u201d she said. \u201cLately I\u2019ve seen comments on YouTube where it\u2019s like \u2018Ironmouse is fine, she knows how to behave around the Hololive girls\u2019 and\u2026 I think I just destroyed everyone\u2019s opinion now with what I\u2019ve just said. \u201cSometimes I just want to talk and say things because I say stuff, I have eyeballs, and you\u2019re my friend. We\u2019re friends. But I feel like sometimes people don\u2019t believe that people are friends, like friendship is dead.\u201d The relevant segment begins at 9:54. The sentiment was backed up by Calli. The two come from very different agencies \u2014 Hololive stars do play a character somewhat while VShojo gives full creative control over. If fans don\u2019t like it if Calli interacts with others outside of Hololive in a specific way though, tough luck. \u201cNot liking it is one thing, but going out of your way to be a dick [is another]. [You ask] why don\u2019t you do something else and then people respond with something edgy like \u2018it\u2019s about sending a message\u2019 \u2014 some Joker sh*t,\u201d she said, responding to some more general criticisms about the community. \u201cThey\u2019re entitled to their opinions. If you don\u2019t like me I get it. I just don\u2019t care.\u201d While Calli did admit speaking out against fan behavior can be \u201ckind of unsavory\u201d and that she has \u201creel it in sometimes and keep things between friends when I really want to go off,\u201d the duo\u2019s statement got the support of Twitch chat who were watching along. Calli also stated \u201cas long as [she\u2019s] chill\u201d, it\u2019s all good from a management perspective. It can be hard to ignore the negative sentiment online, Mouse added, but she ultimately just wants fans to treat those behind the avatar like real humans \u2014 because they are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ironmouse asks fans to stop dictating VTubers\u2019 lives after Mori Calliope collab Twitch: IronmouseThere was an \u201celephant in the room\u201d when Ironmouse and Mori Calliope came together for a huge collab on the former\u2019s podcast Speak of the Devil \u2014 fan sentiment from the Hololive side. However, Ironmouse spoke out about the overbearing fan behavior. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}