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MyCherryCrush/CherryCrushTV, specifically, is a longtime camgirl/OnlyFans type/cosplayer/sex worker. Her latest move is into being what’s called a “Tamagotchi GF,” inspired by Chinese and Korean social media participants who do something similar.

The trend is inspired by “gacha” games on mobile, which offer fanservice-heavy and subserviently-portrayed characters, colloquially known as “waifus,” as random (or “gachapon,” referring to the vending machine-like nature) purchases.

These characters are animated using Live2D to simulate breathing and rippling hair/fabric, as well as in most circumstances a rudimentary form of “jiggle physics” animating things like breasts and hips.

To loop this back around into the point, MyCherryCrush does this based on the idea of the Tamagotchi - a portable pet-like character that responds to the items you give it using predetermined responses. For example, you can feed or play with your Tamagotchi and get the same response every time, however, the Tamagotchi bobs around the screen in an idle animation when not being interacted with.

Therefore, as a “Tamagotchi GF”, she bobs around in an idle animation, then responds to gifts given on the livestream using predetermined responses (“mm ice cream,” etc.)

This has inspired copycats, naturally, as where there’s money there’s people who try to secure the bag. She’s basically live-streaming being a waifu, occasionally jiggling her breasts, and she doesn’t even have to strip or insert anything into herself to rake in the money.

It’s a good grift, all things considered.

Answer: TikTok has a live streaming feature. During the live stream you can click a button to open up a tray with a bunch of gifts you can give the streamer. The gifts are all virtual. You buy them, give them to the streamer, TikTok and the streamer split the money.

Some gifts are super cheap, like roses, and have equivalently crappy on screen animations. More expensive ones like sunglasses actually enable a filter to put sunglasses on the streamer.

The most expensive ones will entirely take over the screen with things like an animation of the Taipei 101 tower shooting fireworks. Streamers react big and share videos of getting them because the biggest prizes are worth a lot of money.

Answer: I'm not a fan of the top level answers focusing mostly on fetishes and the idea of "controlling women" so I want to give a more nuanced answer about the TikTok livestream economy.

When we look at TikTok lives, many of the unique ones are all about getting pennies from people (since the gifts go that cheap) and the occasional dollars if they're lucky/smart enough. There will be lives that are just polls labeled "donate X gift for Trump/Y gift for Biden" or "donate to make me restart the game" or "donate to play loud noises while I'm sleeping" or "donate to have spawn an NPC with your profile picture to try and survive this automated tower defense game and have your picture standing in the middle," etc. TikTok has a strong basis of getting a steady flow of content and many of the livestreams will allow you to donate a very small amount (again, pennies) for essentially immediate feedback and a *quick dopamine hit

While yes, in this particular example, there is a sexual aspect to it, NPC streaming is more akin to ASMR in that the sense that it's a genre that goes broader than sex. The trend started with Japanese tiktokers and a few that I've seen felt more akin to performance art (actually mimicking an NPC with limited animations) and there would be even face offs between characters. A good example of someone who successfully does NPC streaming for goofy purposes rather than lewd is Japanese TikToker Satoyu0704. People donate to see the ridiculous reactions and get the short term cheapo dopamine hit that way.

Finally, this isn't a super new trend, it's been around for at least a year or so at this point, maybe even longer. Tiktok is a weird platform and coverage of things coming out of there usually has an air of outrage associated with it to varying degrees of validity to that outrage. Chances are, on places like Reddit or Twitter or even TikTok itself, you're not getting a complete painted picture on Tiktok as everything is so decentralized and users are all in their own bubbles. Regardless, I hope this answer paints in the pieces that might be missed by other users.

Edit: forgot to finish a sentence.

Answer:

Did I do it right this time? This sub has the most ridiculous rules.

I'm just gonna take some shots in the dark based on my cursed amount of social media knowledge.

ANSWER 1. It gives the user power over them. Basically you input a command and they do as you say, even if its pre scripted

2. Part of it is outrage bait, even seeing the comments in that video so many are like "wtf" "so cringe". Every comment increases engagement and brings the video to more users, more views = more revenue

3. Thinly veiled softcover fetish porn. This girl is acting like a video game character with her constant movements and bobbing. Animated characters often never stand perfectly still because it encroached on the uncanny valley and reminds you that you're playing a video game, taking you out of your immersion. Translated to real life it looks ridiculous. It's been a growing trend for years.

4. The child like innocence / stupidity draws in lots of children and predators

5. Funny noises / faces is like the height of children's comedy

Answer: It's a pick me trend for women trying to make money off of the terminally online. Smart play, probably one of the easiest demographics to manipulate into giving their money in exchange for parasocial pleasures. I view it as exploitation of men who really need help, but hey, that's just me.

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