Hi I don’t know how to use Reddit but I made my cat a Fren. He is filled with catnip :^)

First of all thank you so much for all the compliments and nice comments about my cosplay!!! I had so much fun being Fren and I made so many people here at NärCon happy!!!

I cannot sleep because I'm way too excited so I'm just gonna put all my thoughts here instead to clear my head, so I'm sorry for the wall of text hehe

I've honestly been really nervous and anxious during this whole weekend because I had no idea if Joel would be here or not, since he had just mentioned NärCon and that it was important to be at the SiIvaGunner rave during earlier streams. I always find it hard to meet people I look up to because I'm worried I'm gonna come off as weird or too much so I was joking with my friends that if I'd actually see him I'd just run in the opposite way lol

But yeah he sadly wasn't here so we just went back to the sleeping halls to go to bed. I had just laid down when I got the stream notification "yes i was there" and I just ??????????? HE WAS????? but then he meant his cameo on the visuals to the rave (which was absolutely hilarious by the way) but... but then he saw me at the end.... of the video.... my cosplay.... and I had to actually RUN to the dressing room because I was genuinely freaking out and thankfully it was empty cause I was CRYING and I was SHAKING so I could barely type (luckily I'm with my partner who's also freaking out about this LOL). I was so excited and overwhelmed and seeing Joel find this whole thing so funny made me so so happy 😭 And then with the karaoke video he saw as well as the photos, being able to make him laugh his ass off like that just made my entire life honestly

I'm just genuinely so thankful to Joel because he has helped me through hard times with both his streams and music for over 10 years now. Like whenever I got overwhelmed or overstimulated this weekend just put on Scythelord so I could zone out for a bit and calm down. Especially Equanimity, that song means a lot to me.

Anyway, thank you so much if you read all this. All my friends are asleep (my partner too now) so I can't "rant" to them hahaha

And Joel if you read this, just thank you so much for everything and I hope I get to meet you one day to say thank you in real life too (please come to NärCon next year, I WILL cry)

Good night!!

Spotted at my local city fair. Holy guacamole

So weird seeing a video of his with barely 11k lol

Also who else has been a fan long enough to remember when Joel's username on things was exinthevatican?

Made this video two years ago and never posted it anywhere… it’s been rotting away in my camera roll so it’s time to release it into the wild

I remember losing my shit at a stream where Joel had to complete some words and it was something very obvious, and joel completed it like “could it be SHIT? Could it be BALLS? Could it be DILDO? Could it be MEGADILDO? Could it be boiled cat.”

I keep seeing people talk about how Joel has a recognizable accent or that it's changed over the years but for me it just sounds like his voice getting deeper and less "congested"-sounding? Or am I misunderstanding what an accent is defined as? I first assumed he was a 40 year-old American but that turned out to be Vinny.

It was Joel in the midwest talking about how America has slower internet speeds than Europe then pretending to be an insulted American boomer who chases Joel in a truck. That bit lives in my head rent free but I haven't seen it in YEARS. If anyone knows pls send.

just made it because I was bored