AetherealAri

Aetherial Ari, (or just called Ari) formerly known under the name „Lewdari“, is an Independent female variety and ASMR streamer known for her caring and sweet personality. She streams on the platform Twitch since January 2021 and Kick since April 5th 2023. Some of the VOD‘s also get uploaded on her YouTube channel.

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Community: Her community, also known as little gems, are portrayed as a fusion between gem and „korok“ (from the legend of Zelda series) ever since the Live2D debut. Before that they were referred to as „little beans“.

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Lore (as told by Ari herself): „Hello, I‘m AetherealAri, which you can call me Ari for short. I‘m a jackalope as you can see: half rabbit, half deer. Mama was the deer and papa was the rabbit (please do not ask how that worked out, I do not want to imagine it...). I‘ve always wanted to live amongst you people and learn all the things that you create, teach and just do on a daily basis. One day my great deity who protects my forest overheard my wish and made it come true. He turned me into a human and gave me my name. Ever since my goal has been to make you guys comfy and happy, but also learning a bunch of things that you teach me.“ (It has been mentioned that the lore will be expanded with the next debut)

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Personality: Although often chaotic and sometimes a bit lewd Ari is a very sweet, respectful and caring person, making always sure everyone is comfortable and feeling well. She always looks for a way to improve the streams for her viewers, always listens to people‘s concerns and troubles and is deeply respected by her friends and community for that.

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Appearance: over her whole streaming career her appearance always resembled that of a forest jackalope, a mythical animal in form of a rabbit with antelope horns related to the Bavarian wolpertinger, although the outfit and setting changed with the debuts over time.

VRoid model: her first VTuber model was self made with the 3D modeling program VRoid Studio, and was used for a bit over a year for the most of her pre-ASMR phase. Although simple it already resembled the characteristics of a jackalope with the signature ears and horns.

Live2D jackalope: On February 16th, a month after the name change to AetherealAri on all platforms on January 10th 2022, she debuted a new (2D) model, professionally made by the artist @hanadahajime_ and rigged by @bogiewogie. It was the first major upgrade to her VTuber model with a complete detailed overhaul to her design (more forest-like and lore fitting with vines/ribbons and a more defined jackalope look) and a handful of expressions as well as new backgrounds and artworks. The model is getting used to this day (as of July 2023).

gremlin arc: On March 12th 2022 Ari streamed a mini debut for a new model, a chibi (also jokingly referred to as gremlin) version mix of her Live2D model and the later teasered goddess model. It is primarily used in more chaotic gaming streams and the like.

Cat Demon: In VRchat streams Ari uses a custom made full body model that she uses privately. The model has a white blue color theme and has the appearance of a catlike demon girl. It has been mentioned onstream that the teasered 3D model will be replacing it for stream purposes.

future 3D model: a new 3D model was teasered multiple times on Twitter by her now, resembling a goddess-like jackalope. A debut date however is unknown (as of July 2023)

„Hello, I‘m AetherealAri, which you can call me Ari for short. I‘m a jackalope as you can see: half rabbit, half deer. Mama was the deer and papa was the rabbit (please do not ask how that worked out, I do not want to imagine it...). I‘ve always wanted to live amongst you people and learn all the things that you create, teach and just do on a daily basis. One day my great deity who protects my forest overheard my wish and made it come true. He turned me into a human and gave me my name. Ever since my goal has been to make you guys comfy and happy, but also learning a bunch of things that you teach me.“ (It has been mentioned that the lore will be expanded with the next debut)