This week on You Are What You Love, Sequoia Simone joined me to talk about how A Very Potter Musical started the domino effect of what her life turned out to be today. We talked a ton about how growing up watching YouTube content shaped us -- and how it helped us become creators in own right.
If you’ve listened to the episode, you know that we also talked about the unique way online creators have of being personal to their viewers, and that some of our experiences meeting those creators were, in fact, perfect. I talked a little bit about meeting Philip DeFranco, and how kind he was to me. I dug up the photos I referenced, and looking at them again just reminded me where I was at the time.
The live event I mentioned was in 2013, which was pretty far in to my gap year between high school and college. Almost all my friends were living all over the country, and I’d lost the idea of consistency and honestly, community. Phil’s show was a constant for me at that time -- I’d been watching his videos all throughout high school and middle school, and when I was suddenly mostly by myself, I had a daily friendly, energetic face on my screen.
And having that kind moment from Phil in person has stuck with me. It helped me when I needed it, and it sparked an urge to give that same kind of help with my own content. To be a creator means that you are, ultimately, giving people a break from reality, and hopefully a kind face. You don’t know what’s going on with the person on the other side of the screen, but if you make something good enough, you might give someone a break, and a minute to breathe.
If you want to catch the whole episode, where we talk about AVPM, the Vlog Brothers and Nerdfighteria, and becoming creators ourselves, you can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or find You Are What You Love on your favorite podcast app here.
Today's episode is all about fanworks! Sequoia Simone, podcast host and fan extraordinaire, joins host Marissa Tandon on You Are What You Love to talk about the YouTube sensation, A Very Potter Musical, and how it started the domino effect of her life.
We discuss how the poorly recorded YouTube parody helped Sequoia redefine her understanding of what comedy could be, brought her back into the fandom at a critical time, and started the domino effect of who she is today. Tangents include how YouTube made creative careers more accessible to people everywhere, Nerdfighteria, and the beauty of fandom as a whole.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or find You Are What You Love wherever you get your podcasts.
After the episode, be sure to join our discord server to hang out with other listeners. We also think you might like the two episodes Sequoia references in hers: Bo Burnham with Mike Schubert, and High School Musical with Molly Burdick!
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Phillyd be like "fuck you if you dont want to get a jab for a 99 percent survival rate disease" actin like a goddamn toddler and wonder why people got angry.
Yep, you heard that right. Kinda. Any comment that is "offensive" will make the entire comment section go away.
Here some context. Jessica Ballinger is a family vlogger. Her videos suddenly got demonitized and the comments disabled, just for having her kids in the videos, nevause YouTube eants to lower the risk of pedos commenting.
Colleen Ballinger went off on YouTube. Part one. Check the notes for the rest is the story.
Just gonna make this clear. You can hate a guy. You can disagree with his opinions. You can loathe him and refuse to work or participate in any of his activities. But you do not have the right to terrorize him or anyone related to him for any reason whatsoever, no matter what he said.
That is the whole reason we have freedom of speech in the first place.
Stephen Colbert tweeted, “Fighting Tucker Carlson’s ideas is an American right. Targeting his home and terrorizing his family is an act of monstrous cowardice. Obviously don’t do this, but also, take no pleasure in it happening. Feeding monsters just makes more monsters.”
If you disagree with this, do me a favor and unfollow and block me, ok?