// Glossary
Idealization
4 topics
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Attachment to a Being One Can Only Encounter Through a Screen
Emphasizing only the positive aspects of the target while ignoring flaws. The stronger the attachment, the more idealization occurs, leading to divergence from reality. In the VTuber case, edited streams and fan projections accelerate idealization.
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Do We Overlay Reality onto Fictional Relationships?
Perceiving fictional relationships as more perfect and beautiful than reality, projecting one's ideal form onto them.
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Are Emotions Toward Virtual Idols the Same as Toward Real Idols?
Projecting a perfect image in a state where real flaws are invisible (or less visible).
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What Is the Difference Between Loving 2D Relationships and Real Love?
The psychology of ignoring the other's flaws or reality and viewing them as a perfect being. This idealization easily occurs in 2D relationships.