/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Has anyone else noticed the following phenomenon: English comments in chats and under archives generally avoid using names and instead use a single obvious trait of the character to refer to them. Korone becomes dog, Subaru becomes duck, etc. This also happens a lot in the /v/ hololive threads but not so much on /jp/ or among the japs unless they're making a joke. Pic related are the two top comments on Subaru's gacha video