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A parasocial bond turned into a weapon against a public figure, fired by people who are not the target and derive nothing but participation. It is a crowd acting out a parasocial relationship with a stranger who did not know it was happening.

Manipulation. One-sided attachment engineered for somebody else's benefit. Paid intimacy, parasocial persuasion, sasaeng, grief extraction, the streak. The lane that pays the bills and the lane that causes the most harm, frequently at the same time.