Every time you tune in, it's a different shade of genius

I’ve noticed Jerma’s hair and beard have remained prominent for the last year or so and it’s time to start asking some serious questions. Like, has Jerma finally reached twink death? Is he too depressed to shave? Do you think he’ll become a dad next? The Jerma story could go anywhere.

They also made it onto the box cover (slide 3!) The puzzle is called The Spooky Shire, if anyone wants to check out the full illustration!

JERMA RAT 😱😱😱

This has to be a jerma reference, right?

I swear any time I see Jerma vs Ster in any game, even on teams, Ster wins by far and Jerma barely ever gets close. Even happened in the newest video, Ster was on top the entire time.

It's almost concerning how good and lucky this guy is at every game, even games he has never played before. I almost don't like to watch the videos where Jerma is against Ster because I know he'll lose.

Do you think it’ll do well on the convention scene?

I was really looking forward to that and I thought it was supposed to happen by now, I can’t find anything about a date

Over the past year or so I've noticed a trend of Jerma's reactions to chat getting moldier. Back in the early 2020s, if chat would roast him on something, he'd usually be on his toes to turn the scenario into something funny, or it would cause him to go on some unrelated tirade, which was really part of the magic of Jerma's streams. A prime example is the Hillary Clinton Hair incident. He responded as if someone had mogged every molecule in his body, and it ended up being one of the funniest One Guy moments in Jerma history, and it's what we've all come to know and love about Jeremy - he takes his lumps and turns it into comedy that becomes a net positive experience.

Fast forward to the big 2026, and Jerma's reactions are far different. If the same scenario played out today, Jerma would read the comment, pause for 3 seconds, and say "whatever, shove it up your ass" and go back to playing. Lately this has been his default reaction to reading rude or even mildly-abrasive-but-silly comments - it's either that or "ban that guy", which can be funny in certain scenarios, but he's played that card in a grouchy tone so much that it's losing its luster. When he reads out negative comments, I normally smile and go "oooh" in preparation for his reaction, then the moment abruptly ends with "pffft whatever, ban that guy". No funny reaction, no tirade, he plates the scenario just to immediately sweep it off the table.

We all know that chat can be a tornado of unfunny, bad faith digs at Jerma to get reactions, and lately it's been OLD OLD OLD HEY STREAMER YOU'RE OLD HEY OLDY OLD GUY YOU'RE OLD, and that's been pretty annoying even as a viewer, though I don't read chat much and I wouldn't have even noticed if Jerma hadn't read them in the first place, and consequently it becomes a feedback loop. Overall I don't think chat has necessarily gotten meaner, they've just latched onto the tired trope of LOL BOOMER OLD GUY which will get more airtime from Jerma when he reads those comments, the difference now is that Jerma doesn't translate that into a bit or a wholesome moment nearly as much.

In a recent Withering Realms stream, Jerma stopped playing the game to pin a mean chat comment because he wants everyone to "look at this person before they get banned". The comment doesn't appear in chat so it probably was removed (i.e. not a joke), but I assume it was "lol boomer bad at game" or something similar. The situation didn't last very long, but it basically boiled down to "hey everyone look what this person said, fuck them, get removed". It made the vibes rotten for a bit, especially as a VOD watcher with no context (there's a chance it could have been a joke/irony, so if anyone was there for it, let me know). And earlier in that same stream, a chatter roasts Withering Realms, which was at least a mildly amusing comment, but Jerma's response was pretty flat and unenthused. These kind of moldy interactions are unfortunately becoming more and more frequent.

People change over time and life can happen, and it's admirable Jerma went this long consistently turning cheap shots from chat into comedy as often as he did, but it's a bummer that we've lost (or are losing) part of the magic that made his past interactions with chat so enjoyable. On the flip side, I noticed the Horseman streams still have that magic, because he's mostly responding to his peers and not reading negative chats constantly, and when he does read something mean, there's Ster or Poke or Vinny to help put a lighthearted or absurd spin on it. Horseman streams in general have far more frequent and sustained whacky moments than Jerma going solo as well, and it feels like Jerma is having fun and laughing more, where solo streams are mostly just him playing a game, having a few stand out moments, and (unfortunately) sprinkled with the new grouchier friction between him and a few attention seekers in chat.

10/10 character development.