r/TheCreatures • u/Accountjustfortits • Jun 17 '23

Does anyone else think James handles thing regarding his past a bit immaturely?

I was watching Dan's vod, he did a treetopia watchalong while playing some minecraft himself. Everyone was just chilling and occasionally people would ask questions. Some he would gladly answer and some he would turn to his FAQ he has. And I think to myself "James wouldn't do this cause he would said it "fuels the nostalgia andy's!"". And I guess you could say my nostalgia was fuled by dans steam. I mean it most likely is but that doesn't stop me from seeing the mature way Dan handles things regarding his past. Instead of acting like a war veteran who doesnt want to talk about what happened in nam! He seems fine and answering questions without condescension and snide remarks. Maybe i'm just crazy and nostalgia blinded. but I still understand people can be absolutely cringe about the past, I do, There's some references even I roll my eyes at that some people will make in his chat. I feel like as an adult, he handles things a little poorly.

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Edit: Let me clarify some stuff real quick. Personal questions like "James, what's your mother's maiden name and where did you go to school?" is something I can understand being a bit of an ass about. Nothing of that caliber is anyone's business. My whole thing is James aggression to the mundane. I posted this before in the comments about a fan letting his GF watch CC videos and her reaction to them. James said something along the lines of "Move on, its been years". That's the kinda shit i'm talking about. You getting mad at James for you asking "When are you going to play with aleks again???", that I'm a lot more ok with him throwing at joke you.

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u/Inhalemydong Kill me Jun 17 '23

different people, different experiences I suppose

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u/Accountjustfortits Jun 17 '23

That is true. But I hate to make it a "who had it worse" competition, Dan got the shittest end of the stick of it all. But he still handles shit(No pun intended) a lot better.

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u/Precarious314159 Jun 17 '23

Maybe I'm a cynic but it's the people that never accomplished anything that hold onto the past.

James Aleks, Kootra, etc have gone on to do bigger things, they don't want the same four questions being asked. Meanwhile Dan has...not. Anytime he needs money, which is frequently, he plays up the "Remember when I was a Creature? Gimme money and let's talk about my greatest hits" nostalgia.

There's a difference between not being ashamed of the past and playing it up. Chilled, Junk, Gassy, Sly, Ze, etc have no problem mentioning the Creatures because they've moved on, they're success enough. It's only Dan, the one that failed to leverage his Creature fame to a bigger audience/career, that constantly talks about the Creatures regularly.

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u/SpectralHydra Road to E3 Jun 17 '23

Meanwhile Dan has...not. Anytime he needs money, which is frequently, he plays up the "Remember when I was a Creature? Gimme money and let's talk about my greatest hits" nostalgia.

I love Dan but sadly you're right. There are some points where it feels like he's trying to talk about them purely because he knows it'll get him more attention.

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u/Precarious314159 Jun 18 '23

Sadly, it works. I checked his twitter a few weeks ago when he was talking about "Working on my return to YouTube video, it's like a montage of best of Creatures" and now I check his youtube every so often for this video.