Another photo from Delphine’s old Instagram account with the caption “the fbi are coming to your door wyd?”. Many believed it was just a way to push her “kiddie” aesthetic even further. One of Belle’s biggest controversies pre-bathwater was when she got braces, despite having no visible issues with her teeth. Belle even jokes about the fact that her content could cause her audience to be charged as pedophiles. She is seemingly aware a large part of her audience consists of creepy and most likely older men. Belle often includes children’s toys or stuffed animals as props in the background of photos of her performing highly-sexualized acts. She works hard to frame herself as “pedo-bait,” or underaged-but-still-sexy. Though she is 21 in 2020, Belle Delphine’s image centers around the aesthetic of a child. However, I do have issues with the way she advertises herself. The way she used the hyper-sexualization of female gamers to her advantage and capitalized off of desperate gamer boys is incredibly admirable. Just to be clear, I have zero issues with the fact Belle found a way to monetize her sexuality. However, her internet presence popularized a lot of elements in the TikTok subculture, which is why I think it’s incredibly relevant to draw ties to Belle in this article. Her aesthetic falls more into the category of gamer girl or cosplayer. Other times she would just dress as an elf or a kitten and pose seductively in a pink lace-front wig.īelle Delphine came before the time of the E-girl. Oftentimes, her posts would consist of lewd cosplays of popular female characters, such as Princess Zelda or characters from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. Honestly, it’s kind of impressive how she became a sexual commodity.īelle’s “brand” consists almost entirely of pervy photos of her child-like body dressed in nerd culture staples. She created an incredibly dedicated and protective fanbase by marketing herself as an “empty-headed gamer girl ditz.” She is well-known for being a consistent internet troll, marketing off of lonely boys on the internet. She had a major Instagram platform, from 850,000 followers in November 2018 to 4.2 million in July 2019– which Instagram has now taken down due to the nature of her content. Nonetheless, she got noticed by big platforms like PewDiePie‘s, and her product completely sold out. Others actually dropped $43 on a small container of water she supposedly bathed in. Some people enjoyed the controversy simply for the meme. Belle Delphine’s 2019 “disgusting” stunt launched her platform to a new height. Maybe you’ve heard of the “ Gamer Girl Bathwater” scandal. The Infamous Belle Delphine Belle Delphine’s Instagram post marketing her “Gamer Girl Bathwater.” It originated as a term directed at female gamers as a way to harass and belittle them for “infiltrating” a typically male-dominated space. The concept of an “e-girl” can be attributed to pretty much anybody with an internet presence, though it’s currently mostly used in reference to the before-mentioned subculture. It is an internet persona more than anything, typically existing in the privacy of one’s own bedroom and then shared online. Many self-proclaimed “e-girls/boys” have colorfully-dyed hair, chunky winged eyeliner, and anime-inspired makeup. This modern-day subculture typically blends early scene and “emo” trends with those from skate culture, anime, cosplay, BDSM, and hip-hop. “E-girl/boy”– or “electronic girl/boy”– is the term coining the popular subculture largely credited to originating on 2019-2020 Tiktok. ** Content warning: Mentions of sexual harassment and pedophilia.