#youtube recs

[bootlegspiders]

Hey, so for Watcher fans who may not wanna pay for another subscription or just wanna watch something new here are some other youtubers you should take a look at if you want to get a spook or learn some history

(* = potentially triggering topics covered usually associated with crimes, so be careful)

Ghost Hunting and general spooky vibes:

AmysCrypt - Your typical ghost hunting show with two Australians traveling the world, though I will say they do go to places I've never heard of before and they do very good research. And there are some goofs along with the spooks.

The Ouija Brothers - Two British dudes finding ghosts in England. The vibes are generally pretty chill and it's a good time

The Paranormal Scholar - A mixed bag of all paranormal happenings from ghosts to demons to cryptids and aliens. Sort of an overview to deepdives on various paranormal occurrences. The research is immaculate and their voice is very soothing in my opinion.

Paranormal Quest - Ghost hunting in the US, sometimes goofy sometimes serious, but they do go to some interesting places and some familiar ones too

Weird History:

ObsoleteOddity* - This guy is great, like 80% of the things he covers I've never heard of before. Very atmospheric, fun little visuals, and a large variety of weird events and people for topics.

Georgia Marie* - A little bit of everything, but she focuses on strange things that have happened, lgbt history, true crime, and historical disasters. She covers enough of everything that I'm sure you'll find something

Stefanie Valentine* - I'm not sure if she even posts anymore, but I thought what she was doing was great. Think Vampira or Elvira but for older true crime and ghost stories, I think the latest covered would have been like early 1900s. Idk I just thought it was like a cute spooky lil storytime

Caitlin Doughty or Ask A Mortician* - Pretty sure y'all would know who she is but just in case, she's a mortician who covers topics relating to death! From odd ways people have died, or odd things that have happened to people after they've died. And just odd or tragic things that have happened through history. It's silly, but done with levity and care and respect the topics deserve.

General History:

Part-Time Explorer - Mostly history on ships and ghost towns with the occasional train. Lots of research and interviews, very well done and worth checking out even if it may not be your thing.

History's Forgotten People - Talks about sometimes obscure, or sometimes not, historical individuals. Even if you've heard of the person in the topic, they'll talk on something obscure about that person.

History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday - A heavy focus on royalty around the world, a generally upbeat dive into historic individuals.

(Or you could always go watch time team, that's an option and it's my guilty pleasure love me some archeology)

True Crime:

There are so many out there, so I'll just recommend two of my favorites

Gabulosis* - She focuses on vintage cases 20 years or older (literally in her opener) and is well researched and respectful. Another one that talks on cases I've never heard of that deserve to be heard.

Mysterious WV* - True crime and missing persons based in the West Virginia area and neighboring states. Idk how to even explain the vibes. This guy is just great please watch him trust me you won't be disappointed.

That's all for now, feel free to add your own recs out there!

#or you can just go watch night mind lol #watcher #ghost files #mystery files #puppet history #too many spirits #youtube recommendations #youtube recs #ghost hunting #history #true crime #let me know if you want any more

[dresshistorynerd]

Do you have recommendations for dress history youtube channels? I'm a very bookish person, an amateur historian of literature, and i want to understand the practical side of how clothes were made and worn. the pictures in my books only go so far.

Sure! There's some books that also go into the historical construction of clothing, most notably Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion series, which is an invaluable resource. Here's my most recommended YouTube channels who do historical costuming and talk about dress history in general:

Nicole Rudolph Abby Cox Morgan Donner Cat's Costumery Snappy Dragon Bernadette Banner priorattire Adelaine Beeman-White Karolina Żebrowska Samantha Bullat

#answers #historical costuming #historical fashion #resources #youtube recs #historical sewing

[cryoriku]

Youtube recs for syskids or agere folks ages 6–9:

potential concerns italicized!

Li Speaks 🎮

Deep-dives of 00s internet kids games like girlsgogames and ava star sue. Very cute and calming voice too.

CarynandConnie 🎮

Bubbly and funny twins who decorate houses in the Sims.

Jenny Nicholson 📽🎡

Movie/book reviews (including a number of kids movies and MLP), explorations of theme park history, and random interesting/nerdy topics. She is both appropriate and funny, + she dresses up for each video!! She does review a few R rated films and romance novels — but it'll be obvious which not to click. :)

Pokéire 🎮

Sweet and calming lets-play's of Pokémon, Animal Crossing Wild World, and Nintendogs. She has another channel posting her music (Irish and English) and more, AmyMcDonaghGuitar, which occasionally includes swearing.

Mr. Nostalgia 📽

In-depth discussions of Disney, Nick, and Cartoon Network movies and shows.

Safiya Nygaard 🌎💄

Travel vlogs, makeup/food 'science', and simultaneously goofy & informative fashion analyses. Safiya has a very bubbly personality and is fun to watch. She may make mild inappropriate jokes and swear from time to time though.

MLP Official Channel 📺

Livestreams of MLP episodes and MLP videogame walkthroughs.

Disney XD Official Channel 📺

Full episodes of Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, and more.

Maybea Crafted 📚

Elementary school teacher who has read aloud a couple chapter books like Holes and Gregor the Overlander. (No longer updating)

Peanutbuttergamer / Peebs 🎮

Talks about videogames and toys, and makes silly edited videos and songs about videogames too. Generally appropriate but may make the occasional naughty joke or talk about a game little ones could find scary. Sometimes has ad reads on newer videos.

Did you know gaming? 🎮

Fun facts and analyses about a wide range of videogames, especially nintendo games.

SeDUCKtive 🪿

Vlog of a man who takes his pet duck places. Very cute and wholesome.

B.Dylan Hollis, Tasting History, Emmymade 🍴

All cooking youtubers with a light historical basis. B.Dylan Hollis focuses on American history and is very eccentrically goofy —take heed that he might make inneuendos. Tasting History has more of the vibes of a dad cooking but has a very thorough historical analysis for all he makes. Emmymade is very sweet and has a calming voice and is more focused in the craft of cooking. Tasting History and Emmy sometimes have ad reads.

#syskids #agere #system littles #youtube recs #ls

[balkanradfem]

For your female youtubes ask, I don't know if Gutsick Gibbon has been mentioned, she does videos on Human evolution according to her description, though I've only watched a video where she talks about geology, paleoclimate and paleontology, which she seems to know quite a bit about too!

Hey, I'll check her out! Would love more knowledge on evolution, thanks!

#female youtubers #youtube #youtube recs #youtubers

[micewithknives]

MUSEUM NEWS MUSEUM NEWS MUSEUM NEWS

( @museeeuuuum has a new video and segment on museum news and i am loving it)

#everyone go check out kristeah's account #and her videos #theyre my favourite #youtube recs #museums #history

[angiethewitch]

I highly HIGHLY recommend this video. it's created by a gay man who discusses the disturbing reality of people thirsting over Dahmer and the effects these crimes had on the lgbtq+ community and the way the thirst is disturbing.

on a personal note, I find it very disturbing that the entire apartment complex was demolished to prevent romanticisation and yet netflix cast one of the most attractive and thirsted after actors. Evan Peters is a wonderful actor and should have been casted on that merit alone but I have a sneaking suspicion that they cast him also to make him more appealing to audiences and more sympathetic.

#angie talks #youtube recs #dahmer #Youtube

[dyscomancer]

A HUGE shoutout to the Youtube channel hazel who has been keeping me sane at work lately. she's a very well-spoken personality who does deep media analysis dives on anime and anime adjacent media, and the way she presents information is really captivating. It's like listening to a friend talk to you about a passion topic at 2 am

She taps on stuff like transgressive media a lot (read also: dark shit like Elfen Lied and Urotsukidoji to name a few) and doesn't shy away from heavy topics and their validity to be explored. I've been really enjoying her stuff the last few days

Her 2+ hour long Elfen Lied video was really, really cool to watch as someone who missed that show at the time it was airing but had friends who were fascinated by it. It's a really strong statement on the value of all media, especially through the lens of disenfranchised teenagers. i just find it all so very fun to listen to and i hope you do too :)

#from the desk #youtube recs #video essay #hazel YouTuber #media analysis #hazel #Youtube

[space-blue]

Hello my friend, I am in need of some…..assistance, shall we say. My friend recently watched Arcane, and is severely unconvinced that Silco actually cared about Jinx. (I think they’re too much of a Vi stan to have ANY positive outlook on Silco /hj). I’m horrible at analyzing things and making good arguments, heh, so I was wondering about your own insights on this! (Unless you already have a post that digs into this btw) In any case, I love your posts and I hope you keep it up! ♥️

Heya anon!

Interesting ask! I'm flattered you came to me, but I'm not sure my answer will be exactly what you expect... Because technically, I don't need to say anything about Silco himself to make my case. 

I think the issue here is that your friend mistakes their (perfectly legitimate) dislike for Silco with intent on the creators' part.

Arcane strove to convey the fact that Silco and Jinx love each other (platonically) and are in an extremely unhealthy codependent relationship of support that is the best either has available.

It is clear in text and subtext both, and in the many comments animators and writers have made about the show, and the countless meta posts made in fandom. It's just how it is. The fact that most everyone out there picked up on it should also be a good case for it.

Basically, Arcane is MEANT to be seen in that way. The artists behind the show *meant* for the viewers to understand that Silco loves Jinx and comes to realise she's as good as a "daughter" to him and that she matters more than his dreams of Zaun. It is text, and sometimes extremely unsubtle subtext.

Your friend is welcome to apply their own feelings — "I dislike Silco and how his influence separated the girls" for example. That's a perfectly valid way to feel! "He made Jinx worse" is also a very fine opinion to have, and tumblr is a great place to have such meta debates.

But such meta debates start ranging into the "interpretation" side of things, where you're filling in the holes in canon with your own perceptions.

"Silco didn't love Jinx" however goes against what the narrative is trying to SAY. It literally makes the ending IRRELEVANT. If Jinx and Silco didn't love each other in their own codependent and twisted ways, then his death at her hands would not trigger the mental state that provokes her to shoot the council.

If it wasn't profusely established that Silco cares for her, then his choosing her over his lifelong obsession for a Free Nation of Zaun would come out of left field. 

Picture this: It's episode 9 and Sevika is wounded in the factory attack. Silco rushes to her side and kisses her brow and goes to beg Jayce for peace.

Does that sound likely? Wouldn't you be like... "erm... where does this come from?"

That's because the show establishes, in both text and subtext, that Silco and Sevika have a serious, no-nonsense work relationship around a shared dream and a shared ruthless nature, but they have no actual feelings beyond appreciation for what each brings to the table. Silco is definitely not partial to her. He doesn't take time out of his day for her, doesn't even tolerate her messing up the carpet when she's wounded. In comparison he's very soft with Jinx.

Anyway, plenty of posts have been made that point to Jinx and Silco's relationship being both adorable and toxic as hell. It's a well discussed topic. The fact they are close and in a father & daughter relationship is broadly accepted as "canon" because it's the text the show offers. 

"Headcanons" then enters the picture, which is like "this is never shown in the show, but I believe that [Silco was an orphan who met Vander very young]". 

I think it becomes “fanon” when such ideas get wildly popular. 

Then there are "meta" posts, which are more along the lines of "Given what we see here and there in text and subtext, I believe the show is trying to say XYZ"

Some meta of mine for example is how I think Vander is who Silco learned the "power comes to those who would do anything to achieve it" lesson from. This is not text. It's the subtext that I chose to interpret that way. People can agree or disagree. 

Another one with hot debate is "Did Silco strap Vander down because he planned on injecting him with shimmer?" — We don't know. I think not. Some people are convinced that yes, he would have. We can each write meta posts about it (and we HAVE). These are theories. Our "understanding" of the character of Silco influences our opinion. Each is valid.

This is a grey area, and the place your friend is probably sort of getting lost in. They have a dark opinion of Silco and mistake this to mean he's always bad (or meant to not love Jinx, because him loving Jinx makes them feel off) when he's clearly portrayed as a morally grey character. Someone with good goals, warped by his life of suffering and trauma at the hands of oppressors, who wants the best for everyone, whatever the (dire) cost. Someone who can be likeable or unlikeable, depending on the viewer. A very human, flawed character, but a character who has (1) person in his life he needs and emotionally cares for. Jinx.

For a different example... I dislike Cait. I think she's horrible. I despise her for her attitude in the show and have little patience for her despite many fandom friends excusing her by pointing out she's very sheltered. I could wax a long time about how my reading of her makes her a character that I despise, and how the show could have rescued her in my eyes with some minor adjustments of her attitude and lines of dialogue.

This does not mean Cait is meant to be despicable. The show clearly sets her up as a good guy. Naive, privileged, but wanting to do good. She's one of the better Piltovans actually, with her arc going up towards a greater understanding and compassion, instead of away from it (like Jayce, who instead radicalises himself by playing politics when he has 2 brain cells and they only meet when it's science time).

I can distinguish "what the show wanted Cait to be" from "what I'm taking from the show about Cait" from "the Cait I want to write about, how I can make her into a character I appreciate more because doing this and that would make her so much better". 

For more on this topic of text/meta analysis, here are some recommendations!

Channels like Overly Sarcastic Productions have great videos like the "Trope Talk" series that dive into film and literary tropes.

Lessons from the Screenplay

Every Frame A Painting

Jacob Geller

Nerdwriter1

Now You See It

Just Write

I highly recommend Crash Course series on Media Literacy. It's short 10min-ish videos that make, well, the perfect crash course. 

If you feel comfortable giving those recs to your friend, go ahead!

If you want to try and persuade her that Silco is "maybe not that bad" in a more subtle way and they actually reads fanfic, you can try and recommend my "Fathers and Daughters" fic.

It's majorly Vi's PoV as she's freed early from jail after a sham trial, and Silco takes her in, mostly motivated by making Powder better. It's hard for Vi, and it takes a LONG ASS TIME for her to come around to him being more than what she assumed, or accept that he likes Powder without any... intent behind it. I'm basically assuming Vi is like your friend, strongly biased against him, and slowly going on a journey of self discovery and growth where she influences everyone around her for the better, but also reconciles herself to the idea Silco isn't "evil" and Vander wasn't a perfect hero. 

This might be the more... subtle way of getting your friend to pivot point of view. Like cooking a frog by slowly upping the temperature of the water lmao.

Hope this helped! End of the day, they don't have to like Silco. We all have taste and impressions. Nothing will make me like season 1 Cait but a better season 2 Cait (maybe), so I get it. 

#Silco #Arcane #arcane silco #Jinx #arcane jinx #jinx and silco #Silco & jinx #meta #arcane meta #media analysis #media literacy #Anon ask #thanks for a great ask anon #youtube recs

[lemonenema]

Also it’s making me feral how all the YouTubers discussing minimalism, frugal living, low waste, etc are all white upper middle class people for whom retiring (early/at all) is not only achievable but has a start date they’re planning on.

Please recommend better resources on anti capitalism, contentment, moving away from materialism, minimalism, and frugality if you’ve got them. I can’t listen to another landlord describe the 25 habits “that are keeping me poor.”

#anti capitalism #minimalism #declutter #resource request #learning about financial literacy #YouTube recs #frugal

[chaosandthe-deadblog]

i thought abt this video again. this man never misses

#red.txt #kurtis conner #youtube recs #Youtube

[delicatebluebirdruins]

Resident Evil 7 - Ethan Must Die NO STATUES WORLD RECORD speedrun IN 6 M...

#youtube #resident evil #ethan must die dlc #ethan winters #youtube recs #it was really good #some loud sounds and jarring visuals so watch with caution #please give this guy a like (and/or a comment) on youtube itself

[lovelyandproblematic]

#SO SO GOOD AND FUNNYY #reasons why I love Buffy Anne summers #everyone watch this rn! #hard times by paramore #paramore #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #btvsedit #buffy summers #YouTube recs #Youtube

[balkanradfem]

for the youtuber list if you are interested <3: Lindsay Nikole - super interesting and funny zoologist (also a lesbian as far as I know). Wild Beare - mostly hiking and wild camping, she has SO many male followers and deserves more female viewers! Calls herself a mud loving female lol. Laura Kampf - lesbian who builds and creates a lot of stuff. Simone Giertz - also a builder/creator of all things useful and useless.

thank you! more youtube recs :D

#youtube recs #female youtubers

[ellapastoral]

I'm trying to expand my YouTube subscriptions. Do you have any reccs

1. basic boi (anime and pop culture analysis)

2. the anime tea (anime analysis)

3. fab socialism (capitalism, social issue analysis)

4. toni bryanne tv (social community)

5. black femminity tv (music and tv analysis)

6. Itsjodonna ( music, film, and social issue commentary)

#YouTube recs #black youtubers #YouTubers #my personal fave #what I watch in my free time

[angiethewitch]

New videooooo

#angie talks #wales #cymru #youtube #youtube recs

[empress-runner]

hey: if you ever listen to any suggestions i have, listen to these ones. they are my absolute solid recommendations. in no particular order: 1. read chainsaw man 2. read sakamoto days 3. read discworld 4. watch symphogear 5. watch gaogaigar 6. play new vegas 7. play super robot wars 8. play AI: The Somnium Files 9. read the 52 comic book series. not countdown, 52 the original. 10. watch FreakAndGeek or CarlSagan42 play troll mario maker levels

#book recs #manga recs #anime recs #game recs #youtube recs #comic recs