I think it would always end badly because of how it was structured: "VTubing is like bringing anime to real life." But then came the double-edged sword of that idea: real life infecting anime. The very premise of VTubing contained the seeds of its own degradation. The girl behind the model couldn't stay in character forever or keep restraining herself to adhere to that idea, that fantasy. Even more so when you have "fans" blindly shouting, "Just be yourself! Freedom is always good, no matter what!", treating unrestricted self-expression as an unconditional good. which only accelerated the process of the fantasy degrading and the mask slipping. Too many real-life problems ends up plaguing the fantasy, and this is true for more than just VTubing, too.