From what i read, the artist actually realised they were being played and put up an apology and message of their own pretty quickly after the incident but of course the Antis milked it for all it's worth and the damage had been done. Apparently, the author had no idea about VTubers etc and was only shown the out-of-context clips. The Reddit community mostly decided to not discuss it so that the Antis were not given any amplification but it was too late and Miko and Marine had announced they were taking a break.
Unfortunately, It's not going to be the last time this kind of thing happens so it's probably going to end up with the community not discussing it once the initial story is out so we starve it of oxygen and hopefully dampen the drama.
I've been tied up rewatching Nyanners Bloodborne and Final Fantasy X VODs in the evenings recently and i'd forgotten her session of Khumani knob jokes that no lie, goes on for an hour of her wheezing with laughter, doing impressions and just cracking up. Just when you thought she'd stopped laughing she said something else which triggered another train of thought and she was off again. It's something else, she acknowledges the cringe in the intro to the next VOD too which is funny itself. She sure knows that game inside-out though and i do like her Bloodborne playthrough, very comfy and funny. I'll get around to catching up with some archives of other VTubers by the weekend... probably.