Noticing the Signs... My Bold Second Meme Flops
The chat reactions made it painfully obvious this was another spectacular failure. Sure, a few messages like “Isn’t it cute?” and “It’s catchy, right?” popped up here and there… but they were definitely sarcastic.
“What? You guys don’t like it? It’s not cute? Hmm… Then how about Mungnyangnyat? What do you think of this one?”
“Moeooong.”
“Pfffthehehe.”
Every time I pulled out the sulky meme, the Mungbungs went wild. Seeing their reaction made me burst out laughing without even realizing it.
Hmm… thinking about it again, it’s not bad, right? There are tons of situations where I could use it, it rolls off the tongue, and it’s cute. At the very least it’s way catchier than that forced greeting meme “BangMungie~” I tried at the beginning.
No matter how I look at it, these Mungbungs are total tsunderes. They’re clearly just acting all prickly because I’m their favorite mod. If a normal low-tier VTuber had dropped a cute meme like this, the chat would’ve been flooded with:
But no. They’re discriminating against me hardcore just because I’m their favorite mod. Rude.
I puff my cheeks out, feeling a little sulky.
“Alright, fine. I’m done listening to you guys. Time to get some opinions from the cool kids. Your tastes and their tastes might be totally different, after all.”
Tap tap tap. I typed in the familiar address and hit enter.
That’s right—I’d entered the Hamoo Gallery.
“Alrighty~ Shall we take a look at the reactions? Since I’m the idol of the Hamoo Gallery, they should obviously be relaying my stream right now, right?”
God, if I say that and there isn’t a single relay post about me, I don’t think I could ever recover from the embarrassment.
I scrolled through the board with slight nerves, even squinting to find any post titles containing the three letters “BangMung.”
[Honestly Moeong <<<< If it’s catchy then Mungchu lololol]
[This BangMung girl keeps making me grin like an idiot;;]
[There’s no lineup worth skipping now that the Nong vs Bbang war has started lololol]
[Official) Pure Enjoyment GOAT]
[I kinda wanna get punished by my BangMung..]
…There was no need to search.
Because my relay posts were sitting proudly at the very top of the board. And not just one—several of them.
“Why is it catchy~? This is damaging my pride~? Pfffthehehe….”
The moment I clicked the top post, the corners of my mouth shot up on reflex. I couldn’t hold back the laughter that burst out of me.
“Pwahahaha! You guys see this? The cool kids actually like it! Oh my god this is hilarious… Pfffthehehe.”
It was all completely ridiculous. Look at these people. In the chat they were going “This sucks~” and “It’s not catchy at all?” but behind my back they were writing posts like this? My prediction that they were all tsunderes was spot on.
They’re just cute. So cute I could die… Yep, yep.
“Shall we check out the other posts~?”
“Pfffthehehehe… What is this one? You guys are really like this? Ugh, and here I was getting all depressed for no reason~”
“Alts? What alt drama is this? Please refrain from spreading baseless slander. Hehe.”
Alts, my ass. I need to save up money to buy an avatar first—why would I waste cash on something like that? These people will say anything just to hate on me. Well, now that it’s been proven they’re all just tsundere, none of it actually hurts.
It feels like I’m a grandma watching her grandchild’s adorable antics… Hehe.
“My cute little Mungbungs are just so adorable~ So from now on I can just take all your hate as the opposite of what you mean, right? Yeah? Ehehe.”
While I was happily watching the Mungbungs react with their usual “Ughhhh~” noises—
“What.”
A donation suggesting they ban me from the gallery entirely had just flown in. That’s not fair. No matter how annoying my smug little act is, that’s going too far!
“Nooooo… What kind of nonsense is that? This is a place for talking about low-tier VTubers, and I’m a low-tier VTuber who’s being talked about nicely, so why should I get banned? This is so unfair! And I’m the favorite mod, so what the hell are you gonna do about it? It’s my choice!”
“Moeooong.”
They didn’t like me today and I just gave them the perfect excuse. The Mungbungs suddenly started beating the crap out of me with their messages. Pretending they want me banned is ridiculous. Now that their true feelings have been exposed, they’re throwing every insult they can think of at me.
Why do they keep trying to torment me like this? They’re all secretly dying of happiness inside… Sigh. Sigh.
Using my authority as both favorite mod and admin to forcefully suppress the Mungbungs here would be playing right into their hands. It would just be fanning the flames. The Mungbungs would only burn even hotter.
“Ahem. Alright, how about this instead?”
Time for negotiation.
“For now, since I’m still a low-tier VTuber, mentioning me is allowed. But once I escape low-tier status, then we can talk about banning me. Sound good?”
Heh. Even if I do say so myself, that’s a very logical and persuasive suggestion. Honestly, this is the Low-Tier VTuber Log Gallery. There’s no reason for me to be banned. At least until I grow massively and move up in the ranks.
When that time comes… ehehe.
I start imagining happy scenarios. If my stream does well and I escape low-tier, maybe I’ll even get my own dedicated gallery? All the other VTubers seem to have one.
Yeah, yeah. I really hope that happens. I have to succeed no matter what.
“…….”
These guys had zero intention of listening to me from the start. They just want to hate on me mindlessly…
“Hey everyone~ I made another new meme. Wanna hear it~?”
“BangMungie~ Eit eit~”
It was originally a greeting meme, but sometimes it could be used like this too. Whew… My chest feels so refreshed now.
“Gotta squeeze what you can squeeze… Pffft. Just kidding. I only did a temporary timeout.”
I hadn’t actually banned anyone. With the pitiful number of viewers I had right now, why would I permanently ban them?
“Oh, while we’re on the subject, shall we check the MungSpeed?”
I quickly checked how many viewers had joined. Let’s see… Last time I looked it was a little over seventy…
“……Mungeng?”
A stupid noise slipped out before I could stop it.
Wait, wait a second. Is this a bug? Three-digit viewers right now? It was definitely in the double digits just a moment ago, but it had more than doubled in no time.
“I-is this real? Did someone throw in viewbots to sabotage a promising rookie?”
Both the chat and I were completely dazed. Right at that moment—
Ding~
“What.”
Proxy-watching. In simple terms, it meant another streamer was secretly watching my broadcast.
I was shocked. Completely and utterly shocked.
…Especially since I’d been looking at the gallery this whole time.