VTuber Tropes: The Mommy 

ok so i know fauna wasn't serious with her cowkini thing. I just wanted to use it as an example to explain her sexual appeal uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 😭😭

Fauna is the Oneesan who raised you when your parents died. Still young but very mature. The ultimate example of the genre.

Broke: GF experience Woke: Mommy experience Ascended: Menhera stalking parasocial experience

Fauna calling her fans "Saplings" also helps put her viewers into the Mommy mindset. She is also very wholesome about her speech, like how she refuses to curse for any reason. Remember her telling a childhood story of how she got that way.

Fauna is the literal embodiment of Mother Nature, her character is top tier unironically

Fauna : become sexy by not doing sexy things Suichan : become sexy by not doing sexy things

Fauna really set out to be Onee-san but Hololive knew she was a mommy. A series on these tropes would definitely be good and interesting to talk about the loose connections solidifying people into them.

The dad: Calli The mommy: Fauna The auntie: Baelz That weirdass uncle: Ame The grandma: Marine Its basically a family now.

Nousagi somehow went from biology to an oedipus complex and yet still made me follow along without confusion

Fauna appeals to my deep seeded mommy issues.

As a Sapling and hearing you mention Oedipus complex made me laugh. I see her more as a sister type.

Our favorite nousagi has returned

Man, got high hopes that he’s gonna describe Mio-mama specifically, knowing that she do have motherly laugh, all streams are comfy, and not to mention always pamper both fans and holomems, and rarely shows sexual appeal (except the suspect dance, caught me off guard), should needed more attention 😔

A wise man once said, "if sexuality is all you can offer then it is all people want from you". Eventually they'll go looking for something else. In all vtuber group, I like Hololive the most because the talents are 'grounded'. There are rules and lines they cannot cross. Those rules are for the benefit of both the talents and viewers.

You forgot a really important part of why people see Fauna as a mommy. She doesn't swear, even a little bit.

As a sapling, it was mainly the green hair that attracted me to her. Green = best. After seeing her debut tho...From the motherly vibe, to the slight hint of yandere, and just the comfy voice and personality she gives, I'm happy to have given my support for her, from then to now and as long as she's around. I'll also have you know that I've only cried 3 times today in wanting more Fauna. UUU.

I never could quite succinctly pin down Fauna's appeal, so I just sorta categorized her into the in-between space bridging the "mommy" and "mom-friend" archetypes.

I’m glad Fauna is the thumbnail. In my opinion, she set a precedent for the archetype that basically everyone follows nowadays. (I’m not saying that she made it, just that everyone follows what she does)

Honestly, i can't see Fauna as a mommy trope anymore solely because her is such a memelord. the biggest reason i like fauna is because of her random dumb tangent. And she is not a normies memelord either, she is in the deepfried variety.

For motherly, I still give it to Mio to be the best of all

I don't see Fauna as a mommy she's like the EN version of Watame, a comfortable fluffy pillow friend, her cowkini period was hilarious because it's so out of character but you could tell she's passionate about cowkinis for some reason, it's "adorkable", like Watame who WANTS to be sexy but her fans won't let her, these two girls are too pure they can't lewd themselves even if they tried. I know Fauna won the EN mommy poll by a landslide, probably because EN doesn't have one, but i think the most mom member of Hololive is Choco, purposely putting on the onesan voice, always cooking for other members, giving the impression of a well maintained home (famous for her luxury bed), having that character design and teasing viewers, I'll agree with Mio cus she's so insanely wholesome and supportive of her friends.

Fauna really portays that motherly vtuber trope very well. Both in model and in voice, plus is goes with her character. Seeing as to how she's known as mother nature.

Rest assured. Fauna does and will pull out a mommy style "Ara Ara" when the need arises. Kobo in her birthday stream recieved the full force of Fauna's "Ara Ara" and Kobo freaked out when it hit and after Fauna left the stream.

The way you describe Fauna and Saplings' relationship, it reminds me of Suisei and Stargazers' one. The Vtuber not playing into some trait makes the fans want it way more. A different trait, but a similar effect.

Favorite Vtuber archetype fr fr. I like both the horny curvy mommys and the warm supportive mommies. Honestly, my favorite right now is an indie named Sasin who, washboard tan abs nonwithstanding, isn't really that sexual. But her being a mother and elementary school teacher in real life makes her streams feel so relaxing and inviting to be a part of. Especially when her voice is smooth as butter. You can just feel the supportiveness from Harpy Dragon Mom.

Saplings are just all wholesome, it's incredible. It feels like you took every nice human on the planet and put them all in a chat

That's why Kronii is my Oshi she is one of a Kind. In Paper she is a Narcissist who loves herself and no one else and bounces off with chat in a Comedic relationship. During Girls collabs she is mostly the Bottom of the Joke and is constantly being Bullied and gets her work cut out for her and loses. During Male collabs she is the Opposite and is the one Dominating and make the Boys look like the Jokes. There are probably more but yeah these are the reason why Kronii is my Oshi

I really do think that one of the things that turns me off about a lot of Vtubers is the over-sexualization. Vshojo is by and large just the largest corpo where this can be seen among many of it's talents. I've tried to check out all of them because I love Ironmouse so much but honestly none of the others do it for me at all. Even Kson who I normally like has gone down a more sexualized path that I'm simply not interested in. I see so many independent Vtubers out there with incredibly lewd models and of course all the content you see from many of them is also lewd so even if there IS more to them that's the first impression that's put out there. For whatever reason, I just keep getting pushed back towards Hololive and their talents overall because they strike a better balance of cuteness with only a touch of the yabai. Hololive clips also almost always focus on funny situations or moments which to me is just more entertaining on the whole. Obviously, everyone has their own personal tastes and thankfully there are so many Vtubers nowadays that you're bound to find at least a few that fit what you're into.

Talking about the mommy trope with that specific monogatari soundtrack is making my brain loose some braincells lol. Thanks for the very infomative video Nousagi

I hope you get around to "the gremlin" archetype, aka "the shitposter". They're similar to the kusogaki, but they have a less smug aura to them. Mostly just angry & loud, & (usually) really wholesome.

Fauna is my oshi i watch (listen) all her streams. I've never saw her as an overall mommy type, rather as a cool but kinda clumsy aunt that visit's from time to time. I just like her Voice it gives me a comfy feeling, but not in a mommy way, i cannot really describe it. If i have to describe the feeling fauna gives me... rather really cute i have the urge to cuddle her all the time (thats the only way i can describe it). Not in a sexual way or anything ive never had any desire to lewd her it just fells not right. The example with the cowkini was good, it felt rather cringe because Fauna is not lewd (most of the time). It felt like she was trying hardcore to be sexy because she saw a trend and hoppet on it. But i heard many people saying that she felt like a mommy, but not for me well maybe thats just me getting older (nearly 30). The only Vtuber i can think of that give me real mommy vibes is a small Indie Vtuber named Lucahjins.

Historians studying this piece of history then writing in their thesis "In Image 1.1 we can see one of the many "Png-Tubers" of the 21th century , the video in question is of said "Png-tuber" disscussing of the trope known as the "mommy trope within the culture of "Vtubing"

I can see where you’re coming from but i for one can’t see Fauna in the mommy category. She fits better with the Oneesan. Maybe that’s just me but it’s what I see.

Ame has "cool aunt" or "responsible much older sister" qualities. Protective and Caring, but not motherly or "onee-san" tropes.

For how many clips we saw of her in this video, I was really hoping I could hear nousagi's take on the Mio-mama. Like, how other members interact with her strengthens her mommy role. A bit of a missed opportunity maybe to not go to the streamer who gets mother day donations from fans (the clip was shown!)

I really didn't expect much form this vid, but you articulated this so well, I really can't fault you on any of it. Thank you for this down to earth explanation of this trope.

THE MOMMY Me: I'm into that shit

Dude... You are the only person on the entire internet that can make a vid unironicaly analysing fucking MOMMIES in the VTuber industry and I would not only watch it, not only listen to it but be invested in it. Mommies aren't my fav archetype but thanks to this, I might start to appreciate (some of) them a bit more. I missed you mate, your takes are some of the best I've seen on RU-vid in a minute. Also I'd say Nina and Fauna are the absolutely best representation of this archetype, but I'd say Nina does it a little better, with her not being all coomer bait, yet all her fans and colleges keep calling her mom (If Fauna didn't do the cowkiny thing I'd say she would be the best representative of this archetype)... The fuck have I written... YOU DID THIS

This is super interesting. I never really tried to analyse the parallels between Vtubers and anime, and even then I usually rely on my own intuition, so having it put into words I can agree or disagree with is a great idea. Looking forward to this series!

Great video. For some reason though, when I think about someone hearing "the mommy market is oversaturated" out of context I can't help but laugh.

I really hope this "VTuber Tropes" becomes a series! Am subscribing on that hope!

Well, you were right, this is certainly a topic that REALLY caught me off guard

I see Fauna as an Onee-san that recently became a young mother.

5:45 !!!!! Our Tenshi - Nene Amano !!! Cloudtomo represent

i am SO glad someone mentioned the idea that someone who sexualizes themselves can make them lose sex appeal. ive been thinking the exact same thing for a while in designing my own character, finally someone THINKS so!!! i havent heard anyone mention anything like that u_u i thought i was just crazy or something

Another underrated vtuber mommy I HIGHLY recommend that's not just a shallow coomer horni bait is "Rui Amagami". She's a solo japanese vtuber that can speak both English and japanese so fluently that she can switch between them really smoothly. Due to her being full blood japanese but she was born and grew up in america. Especially by far, Rui's voice is the mommiest sounding voice I've heard so far. More on the older and deeper side of voice. And she does ASMR, positive affirmations and casual chatting stream without overly trying too hard to be a mommy type of vtuber. I highly recommend her ASMR videos and script reading videos that she does. I can't recommend her enough if someone's looking for an even older and mature type of mommy vtuber. 🙏

I think Fauna coes off as a mommy because in real life she probably gives off that feeling even without the anime avatar attached, and it's hard to overwrite your base characteristics

mommy is very well beloved and appreciated everywhere all over the world.

Ooh! Is this gunna be a new series? Really cool!

Fauna has always striked me as an older sister type, of girl-next-door, she feels too young to be mommy. The only vtubers that makes me think "mommy" are Nina from NijiEN and Mio from HoloJP. That's it, they feel mature and experienced, they also very rarely become flustered.

"what you might not know if you don't have mother that love you" Daym! Ez Trashtalk 🤣🤣🤣 That stray bullet may have killed a lot 😂

I was worried for a sec when you said it can get boring real quick with a picture of Fauna in the background. I'm glad to see you appreciate Fauna as well, I feel she's heavily underrated. Honestly coomer bait does the exact opposite for me of what it's trying to accomplish and you said that very well here. Bravo!

TBH, the more I watched of here, the less I thought of her as “mommy vtuber.” Now I just think she’s an absolute memelord and “just like me frfr.” UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I MISS HER!!

So glad you're back, missed your content

6:12 I knew this was coming, I was patiently waiting for it since the start of the video.

Loving this new type of video and glad to see our favorite nousagi is back in business!

The legend has returned, welcome back king

Funny how this comes out after the video that was announcing the merch for the Hololive EN concert. There was a trivia question that asked which of the talents had the most motherly feel, and Fauna won by a PARSEC.

Man mommy chubbas are the best. Nina and Fauna streams are so comfy you can put them on whenever and chill

Who doesn't wanna hear their mommy telling boomer memes and string theories while brutally killing people in Hitman with a soothing voice huh?

This series is going to be a wild ride. Wew!

new background looks amazing

Yaaaaaaaay~ More Nousagi content! :D

Man I love MIL- I mean Mommy type of characters.

Thank you for making this

Love this new format. Keep it up

Man you're demanding too much lol That cowkini was great.

I hope you're going to make videos on other tropes too, it was super interesting to watch!

Yooo Chad Nousagi is back! AND the vid has my oshi in it! God I love Fauna! She's like an in-between of the mommy and onee-san trope, and my honest to God opinion is that her NOT leaning towards the sexual stuff is why she's my oshi. You feel safe and calm in her streams no matter what's happening, and too often mommy-type vtubers end up breaking that safe calm vibe to get a sex joke in there somewhere which takes away from the overall experience. I lean towards Fauna being an onee-san, but i completely see why lots of saplings - and even Holomyth themselves - see her as a mommy.

5:42 Woah man, straight for the throat on that one

Nice to see you back DN.

God, I love Nina Kosaka.

So this is what you meant when you didn't want to reveal anything on stream, excellent. This is truly your official return cause, oh my god, that was amazing. One last time, welcome back bro, hope you stay for a lot more time now. Nothing describes vtubers more than tropes I think, so having a series analyze every vtuber trope would be amazing. I want one on the gf next, pls.

Off topic, but the background looks clean af

Your bit about VSHOJO hits the nail right on the head for me, and applies to a decent chunk of EN vtubing as well. I already find fanservice-y character models a red flag as it screams laziness by the company/vtuber, but save for Holo EN and Rosemi from Niji EN, the EN vtubing scene seems to be dominated by genitalia screamers judging from the clips YT recs me from VSHOJO, Niji EN and others.

Ah yes my favorite subject

Seriously, having never had a caring mother figure in real life, this mommy thing has really helped me mentally. I know it's totally parasocial but the warmth and comfort they provide is something I've always been lacking. It's so nice to just hear someone who (pretends) to genuinely love and care for you. I can finally sleep in peace 😊

Ok here is a hot-take. I am a sapling with all my heart and I love the soft spoken Fauna, but when she used her deep voice while playing the CouncilRyS RPG, I think my panties got wetter than ever before. I dont usually look at her in a seiso way, but more in a kinda motherly way, but THAT DEEP VOICE BROKE ME

i have no idea how you can say this stuff straight, i was laughing the entire way bro

new series? letsgoooo

Looking forward to the seiso and comedian vids Petition to include a Chisaka Airi segment in the seiso vid

This unironically has the potential to be an interesting series. Can’t wait for an episode centered on the “kusogaki.”

Vshojo leaned way too hard into the lewd bit. At this point they're just the e-brothel.

new DN video is a massive W

Next Episode: The Yandere Trope

Good to see u back man

It's nice to see you back! No matter what, your essays are still the best! But how can you not specifically mention Mio mama 😋

So glad you're back, btw can you make a video on Neuro-sama? Will she start a trend of more AI vtuber in future?

Fauna plays her onee-san chara up till now, and sometimes she feels competitive in matter of attractiveness, where tried the mommy aura, it didn't affect that much on her fame, but then her fans like her not because of her ara ara, so my conclusion, Fauna is mature onee-san, who's is mature enough to be a young mother

Welcome back, Nousagi!

OUR BOY IS BACK!!!

Very informative, very cool content, my good sir

To put a bit more context on why it's so easy for fauna, in her prvious life she was an RP Asmrtist so falling into a character is extremely natural to her. Although interestingly she rarely went into a Mommy character

Wasn’t expecting to hear DN explaining the biological effects of childbirth, but here we are

4:40 you pretty much described Twitch ethots with Vtuber avatars pretty damn well.

This video was great. Fauna is the queen of mommies lol. I'm a little suprised you didn't mention Cottontail as she's a pretty popular "sexy mommy." She's a really solid example of doing the typical mommy thing most people go for but does it really well. She always feels very "in control" of the conversations she has and always feels "mature" and how she speaks despite how lewd she is. I feel she's a really interesting counterpoint to Fauna because of how simultanueously similar and unsimilar they are to each other.

Masterpiece. The art changed.😢

Interesting video! Good job.

Ookami Mio walked so Ceres Fauna could run

that fanfic at 10:05 was truly one of the pieces of literature of all time.