#toddintheshadows

[emuanon34]

[greywalkerpi]

was talking to my sister on the phone today, and we're both ToddintheShadows fans

and she asked me if I'd seen his new video and if I knew about all of what was happening since she had seen the notification but hadn't watched any of it yet

as if I haven't watched those two videos on repeat since they came out

got to update her and encourage her to watch all of it, which was highly satisfying

[monstroso]

music reviewer ToddintheShadows fell on the grenade for us.

[krinsyn]

It's that time of year again!

TOP 10 BEST HIT SONGS OF 2022!

I did a few versions of the card but they didn't really work out, you can see them below the cut =) as well as some background info on making cards

This was the 'crack' idea, that the singers were feeling down but the dream of becoming their best selves is larger than they are. Their smiles are on the same line as BEST and the frowny guys are on the same line as 2022. It's too busy to be a good title card tho, so I made it and showed it to Todd just to get it out of my system.

Then these are what I pitched, with no drawn Todd, cuz I thought it might be too crowded. Youtube really recommends you have close ups of faces and I've heard cartoon drawings of people don't do as well as photos but with Todd, you can't just have a pic of his face facing you haha cuz he's in the shadows.

These are less crowded but Todd asked if I could draw him in, so we zoomed in a bunch and put him in there. Also since the 2 singers are wearing sparkly clothes, I gave Todd a sparkly green shirt so they all go together.

Some bg info on making title cards: it's not as easy as it looks. I have a fantastic "capture a still image" plugin for snagging stills from the music videos but oftentimes the singer is blurry or making a weird face. It was super hard to find stills where these 2 singers were smiling and not blurry or bizarre. Lizzo's smile is a little funny in the final card but most of her music video is surprisingly dark and blurry when you pause it. Here, for example, is a fantastic smile, but she is far enough away from the camera and in low light that I didn't think it would look good on the card, and I didn't want to artificially lighten her in PS. You can see her expression more clearly in the pic that's in the final title card and she doesn't have that reddish light shining on her.

Harry is morose during 99% of his video, which is definitely not the vibe I want for a best card. Why are you so sad, Harry.

Anyway after I watched these 2 music videos closely I actually asked Todd if he had another song he was willing to spoil in the card, because these videos didn't have good smiling stills.

Todd said having a card of Harry lying morosely on the ground was fine but I was like NO! It's the BEST card, they have to smile!!

So anyway that's how you got the final title card =)

[of-monsters-and-werewolves]

Somehow I just knew ToddintheShadows worst song of the year would be I'm Good. It is pretty shit, but I'm also the weirdo who likes the piano bit of the original so I can't help but enjoy it, at least, myself.

[mixelation]

re: the hbomberguy plagiarism video again. i keep seeing people being like "this is a reminder to always check your sources" and it leaves me wondering. does anyone on this website even understand what that means

[columboposting]

A second takedown video has hit the James Somerton

[gibbearish]

i dont get ppl calling the new hbomb video a drama video not only because plagiarism is genuinely a serious thing but also because like. making videos debunking the shit other youtubers say is something he's been doing for years? like if any of his videos are drama videos id say the ones dunking on paul joseph watson are that and those ones are delightful because fuck that guy, and even those i still wouldn't /actually/ call drama videos. like this is just. the kind of content he makes???

[robotlesbianjavert]

i think the most surprising thing about the somerton plagiarism thing is learning how fucking deeply toddintheshadows fuckin hates the guy and was waiting for his chance to pounce.

[emuanon34]

I think I figured out what the next James Somerton video on the gay murder is about.

I copied and pasted “1990 a gay man was found dead in West Hollywood” and the search results popped up a man known as Billy London who’s real name William Arnold Newton.

[sapphire-mage]

Biggest benefit of the end of the new year.

[h0neyfreak]

The fascism is coming from inside the gay YouTube video essayist

[vonlipvig]

you have to remember that people aren't perfect. like me, for example, who unfortunately thinks this one morgan wal/en song is pretty good.

[krinsyn]

Todd in the Shadows reviews Unholy!

[of-monsters-and-werewolves]

Song critic YouTube is so USAmerica-centric, watching any top ten best or worst lists at the end of any given year is like 'aye I'll have to trust you on that cause I have no fucking clue who or what that is' for half the video.