Amouranth On Encountering Stalker At TwitchCon: "Creepy Fans Are Just Part Of The Territory"
Twitch streamer Amouranth, real name Kaitlyn Siragusa, recently had to return to her hotel room at San Diego's TwitchCon due to a stalker showing up and following her around despite being told she wasn't interested in meeting him. The stalker appeared during Amouranth's meet and greet on the final day of TwitchCon, Amouranth explained to TheGamer over an email interview. It isn't known if this is the same stalker who has been troubling the streamer for a while now, and who has even gone as far as to try to break into her home once.
"While I'm not disillusioned to the fact that intense fans or stalkers are par for the course when being an online personality, it's always scary to think about how it can affect you when it's in person and not through a screen," Amouranth tells TheGamer.
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Celebrity culture has always involved some form of parasocial relationship between star and fan, but with the live interactivity of Twitch and intimacy of watching a streamer from your own home, the lines have never been more blurred.
Amouranth believes that for many, "creating those sort of parasocial relationships can be a net positive, whether it's an outlet to get them through a hard time, a constant they can rely on, or just something entertaining they enjoy." However, she more than most understands that some outliers can go too far, either believing or hoping the relationship is deeper than it really is.
Amouranth says that the stalker was mostly harmless, but continued to follow her even after it was made clear she wasn't interested in meeting him. "Of course that's scary," she said.
Amouranth understands that "stalking and creepy fans are just part of the territory for being
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