Finn and Belle Delphine Collaboration

Overview

Finn and Belle Delphine Collaboration, also known as F1nnster and Belle Delphine Photoshoot, refers to a collaboration between the two content creators, Twitch streamer F1nn5ter and e-girl Belle Delphine, which was teased via risqué Twitter posts and photos in mid-March 2023. Finnster and Belle Delphine both have OnlyFans accounts with content, and the idea of their collaboration following the viral tweets was met with both enthusiasm and controversy, as many online posters objected to both of them (but especially to Delphine) working together. The viral event also inspired numerous memes referencing the two potentially collaborating, similar to the Belle Delphine and Twomad Photoshoot.

Background

Belle Delphine is a cosplayer and OnlyFans model famous for combining cosplay with pornography. F1nn5ter (or Finn) is a cross-dressing streamer who styles his hair and dresses in a femme way on stream.^[1] Many find Delphine controversial because of her supposed childlike behavior and look (see The Belle Delphine Effect). Opponents of Delphine also argue that she has acted in improper and contentious ways online.^[2]

March 2023 Twitter Posts

On March 15th, 2023, F1nn5ter posted a tweet with the caption "Yep.. that’s me, you’re probably wondering how I got here…" in reference to the Yep, That's Me meme including a photo of him and Belle Delphine laying on a couch together with her applying makeup to his face.^[3] Over the course of four days, the tweet received over 180,000 likes, 7,500 retweets and 4,300 quote retweets (seen below).

Seven minutes later, Belle Delphine then posted her own response to Finn's tweet, earning almost 50,000 likes in a similar timeframe while calling the other streamer her "pet" (shown below).^[4]

Developments

On March 16th, 2023, Finn then tweeted a second photo of the two, this time more lewd, on his Twitter^[8] account @F1NN5TER. Captioned with "I DID IT LADS!!!," the tweet received over 280,000 likes, 11,100 retweets and 3,900 quote retweets in four days (seen below).

Online Reactions

The tweets and photos of Finnster and Belle Delphine rapidly went viral in mid-March 2023, inspiring significant discourse, memes and other commentaries from internet personalities, influencers and users, particularly on Twitter.

Some were critical of the collaboration shoot, particularly citing Delphine's contentious past. For example, Twitter user @rainbowlapisart posted a critique of Delphine in a reply to the tweet on March 17th that pointed to her past, receiving over 5,000 likes in two days (seen below).^[5]

Others reacted to the post more inquisitively, wondering what the photos meant and what sort of collaboration they might allude to. One such example was posted on March 17th by Twitter user @girlofswords, who wondered about the behind-the-scenes setup of the two streamers, receiving almost 2,000 likes in two days (see below).^[6]

The posts also inspired many memes in the following days. On March 16th, 2023, Twitter^[7] user @maybemaeday posted a George Bush Learning About 9/11 meme in the replies to F1nn5ter's tweet, receiving nearly 900 likes in four days (seen below).

Related Events

Belle Delphine and Twomad Photoshoot

Belle Delphine and Twomad Photoshoot is a series of promo pictures of internet personality Belle Delphine and YouTuber Twomad in which they are wearing multiple costumes and teasing a potential collaboration on Delphine's OnlyFans. Upon release in late June 2022, the photos of the two received viral spread, particularly in the online creator and internet celebrity space. The images of Twomad in Donkey Kong cosplay with Delphine dressed as Peach became a controversy online shortly after their release, with some claiming they were racist.

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