Virtual Youtuber Fan Mascot "species" tag

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Mascot itself isn't a good tag. It's hard to define in a way that doesn't include characters like Mario or Sonic or Pikachu. If you define it as "small creature associated with a character" you end up with something almost the same as creature or familiar.

With Vtubers, many characters have both a fan mascot and a non-fan mascot. This can be something like a familiar, pet, creature, or some other kind of sidekick character. See: Ebi-chan (fan mascot for chumbuds) vs Bloop (non-fan mascot), Investigator (fan mascot) vs Bubba (pet). So this distinction between fan mascots and non-fan mascots isn't very meaningful, they both basically function the same as little sidekick characters.

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