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the-kestrels-feather · 2 months

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I know I'm SO late to the party, but In light of the hbomberguy video, I wanted to drop a list of some of my favorite video essayists on here who are all great. Some are well known, some of them not, but all deserve a lot of love thrown their way!

Any creators I know are Queer will have a * next to their names if that's what you're looking for! (Note some of them might not have a star that should, that's not me trying to invalidate anybody I just didn't know, please feel free to correct me!)

Dominic Noble- book content! Has a series called Lost in Adaptation that judges how faithful movie adaptations of books were to their original source material, but also does some reviews/summaries as well. Very publicly denounced JKR after she was revealed to be a TERF and stated he will no longer review anything by her on his channel. Also deleted ALL of his HP videos after finding out she was a TERF (which were his most popular videos), so I have a really deep respect for him tbh. Former Channel Awesome member who publicly denounced them on several occasions, and an all around swell guy.

*Overly Sarcastic Productions- channel run by 2 people who go by Red and Blue. History and Mythology/Literature content, as well as analysis of tropes and media! I've been told their History content can be a bit... Iffy, but I'm not a Historian so I don't know, however if they get something wrong they're good about correcting it for what that counts for. Very interesting to listen to, I've watched Red's Videos roughly 100 times each. Also has a podcast.

*Strange Aeons- fandom/Tumblr history mostly, as well as some history, and weird businesses too. Reads a LOT of cursed content for her channel.

*Lindsay Ellis- Media/film analysis. obviously not as unknown as some of the others on here, but I absolutely adore her content and will forever be sad that she isn't on YouTube anymore.

Cruel World Happy Mind- MLM/explanation of controversial figures. I'm not sure how best to explain her content, but she seems genuinely lovely and is interesting to listen to. Also a victim of Illuminaughtii's ire and deserves some love. The video she made on Blair is a bit outdated since she made it at the start of when this all came to light, but imo it's definitely worth a watch. Her talking about her interaction with Blair genuinely broke my heart.

*Night Mind- Analog horror/Unfiction/ARG content! Analyzes and explains various internet horror pieces, and also has a very nice voice to listen to.

*Lola Sebastian- Film/Media Analysis!

Li Speaks- Deep dives into various nostalgia, mainly flash games!

*Princess Weekes- Media/film/literary analysis!

abitfrank- summaries and analysis of various "darker" children's content such as Coraline (book and movie), Nightmare Before Christmas, and various dark fairy tales

Hello Future Me- writing advice and world building information!

Curious Archive- deep dives into the various bestiaries of video games and the animals in real life that they're similar to, I love his Subnautica video!

In Praise of Shadows- Horror media analysis! Will often focus on specific franchises, but also covers things like horror comics and tropes as well.

Wait in the Wings- theatre! Deep dives into the back stories behind the production of various musicals! His video on Rogers the Musical that he did for April Fool's last year is comedy fucking gold

Weird Reads With Emily Louise- conspiracy theory/cult/weird thing analysis! Looks at things from an objective and skeptical view, and is very in depth. Recently served as a consulting producer on an HBO Max documentary on the Love has Won cult.

Ask a Mortician- death content! Covers various historical events and darker stories of death from the view of a Mortician.

*Izzzyzz- deep dives into fandoms, as well as well as different video games and kids' virtual worlds.

Disney Dan- Disney content! Covers the history of different mascot costumes at Disney and Disney-like parks! Has collaborated with Definctland in the past too!

Yesterworld- theme park content! Discusses history behind rides and parks, as well as some Disney movies. I think has also collaborated with Defunctland and Disney Dan?

Legal Eagle- legal content! Breaks down news about ongoing legal cases in a way that feels approachable. I like him because both my parents are paralegals and his videos have helped me understand what they mean when they're talking about work a little bit

Super Eye patch Wolf- media video essays! Mostly about anime/manga and video games, but also covers things like influencer scams and pro wrestling. His "what the internet did to Garfield" video is SO GOOD

*Jessie Gender- Media Analysis, loves Star Trek

*Laura Crone- Media Analysis video essays, her videos on the Swan Princess are fucking great I highly recommend!

*Lady Emily- Media Analysis, did a whole video on Spuder-Man turn off the dark that is SO good. Co writer for Sarah Z

Tale Foundry- covers different forms of fiction, their xenofiction video is great, as is their Angelarium one!

Defunctland- Theme Park ride and Children's TV History channel!

Jenny Nicholson- one of the sort of "big three" commentary channels with Lindsay Ellis and Sarah Z imo, covers all sorts of stuff but her most recent one is a 3 hour video on the theme park Evermore Park!

*Sarah Z- Fandom history and Media analysis! I really enjoy their content, the Johnlock Conspiracy and DashCon videos are my favorites!

Li Speaks- Flash games/virtual world analysis mostly! She has a very soothing voice to listen to, if you played like. Any MMOs or virtual worlds growing up I Highly recommend. I've watched her video on Horseland SO many times.

*Codex Entry- Video game coverage! Her videos on Pathologic are great if you're like me and wanted more after the Hbomberguy video!

Wendigoon- ARG/Spooky content! One of the early proponents of the Mandela Catalog and best known for his conspiracy theory iceberg, but has also covered things like various weird/unsolved crimes, Assassination conspiracies, and other things. His videos on Faith, Blood Meridian, The Mandela Catalog, and his Religion/Cult iceberg are some of my favorites

Dino Diego- Dinosaur fiction, like movies, video games, books, short stories, etc. his 2 videos on West of Eden and Winter in Eden are two of my favorites!

Haley Whipjack- I don't know how to describe her content really? She does a lot of deep dives (her Shrek one is my favorite), currently doing a recap of Once Upon a Time by season that is very fun. She's an elementary school teacher by day (that's not me dozing her she talks about it on her channel), and so she has fun unhinged teacher energy!

Other channels that are a sort of collection of different people talking about different things rather than 1 or 2:

TEDx

PBS

The Exploring Series

#james somerton #hbomberguy #i know this is late #i meant to post this a while ago but i had so many to catalog #video essays #video essayist

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silaswritesthings · 1 year

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POV: Spending new years eve with genshin men.

Summary: Spending new years with genshin men.

Starring: Scaramouche, Kazuha.

Genre: Romance, fluff, soft

Warnings: Scaramouche curses in his part.

Author’s note: This could be "part one” if it doesn't flop. Personally, the Kazuha one is my favorite. (If there are any mistakes I'm apologize in advance, I feel like my editing isn't as good as I initially thought it was.)

Word count: Definitely more than 3000 words in total.

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Wanderer

Meet me by the abandoned sulfuric acid factory. - W

You scoffed at the letter left on your doormat by your best friend before pocketing it. You unlocked your front door and tossed your backpack onto the kitchen floor before closing it.

After locking the door, you made your way to the abandoned factory you usually meet Wanderer at.

You kicked open the door and walked before you scanned the dark room, the faint scent of sulfur from the walls was light in the air as you ventured deeper into the factory.

Somebody grabbed you from behind and the sting of cold metal on your neck soon followed after that individual wrapped an arm around your body, keeping you in place.

“Now you die.” Wanderer whispered in your ear, his voice low and steady. You kicked his shin with the back of your boot and stepped away from him with a scoff when he let go of you, knife dropping to the ground.

You turned to him with a frown. “Save the sadistic games for another night.” You said referring to how every time you meet he attacks you how “any other fatui member would” to assess how good you would be at protecting yourself from potential danger.

This was a given, according to him, because when people figure out the ex-harbinger has befriended a helpless mortal they are bound to use you as a way to get to him.

He turned on a flashlight and flashed it to your face, blinding you for a second and you raised a hand to your face as you turned your head away from the light. “Stop it.”

You saw him roll his eyes under the dim light. “We do this every night.”

“Yes but today is special.” You mumbled more to yourself, afraid he would tease you or worse- brush you off.

“Ah, so you care about that pointless new year’s celebration other humans do?” He stated with nonchalance, figuring out what you were referring to.

You purse your lips. “Nevermind. Forget I said anything.”

You began to walk back to the entrance of the factory, you wanted to celebrate the new year and as much as you wanted to spend it with your best friend however you couldn’t force him to if he was uninterested in it.

Wanderer gently tugged at your shirt and this stopped you in your tracks. You turned to face him with your eyebrows raised. “What?”

He held out his hand. “Give me your hand.” Your heart jumped at the prospect of holding his hand and you unintentionally stepped back away from him.

He rolled his eyes once again. “There’s no need to be nervous, I’m just taking you to a place I often visit- the scenery is breathtaking. Especially for an event as important as this.” His smile was awkward but endearing.

Though you tried to hide your excitement, Wanderer couldn’t help but notice the way your eyes brightened at his words and he hated the way it made his stomach flutter. He wanted to be the reason you made that expression over and over again and so you both left the factory together and he lead you to behind it where the was a ladder that seemed to be leading toward the top of the fence that boarded the factory territory and a forest.

"Go first, I wouldn't want you inconveniencing me by failing to keep up." He remarked but secretly he just wanted to keep an eye on you so that if anything happened he would react on time. You rolled your eyes at his insult before making your way up the ladder, your heart racing as you tried to figure out what sort of wonderful scenery would be awaiting you.

After reaching the top of the ladder you descended to the ground and asked. "What now?" You looked around at the empty night- while the clear moonless sky was beautiful as it always is, you didn't think it was particularly special enough to celebrate the new year.

Your disappointment must have shown on your face because Wanderer hit the back of your head before scoffing. "This isn't the place."

You huffed mumbled, "You didn't need to hit me so hard."

"I will have to cover your eyes." He held up a piece of white cloth as he spoke.

You narrowed your eyes.

"Trust me." He urged.

You sighed and allowed him to blind fold you and lead you into the forest by your hand. You particularly enjoyed holding his hand for it was warm despite the cold air of the night.

At some point the rustling of leaves nearby caused you to jump and bump into him. You expected him to scold you for this but he instead tightened his hold on your hand. Your heart skipped.

When you finally stopped walking he didnt say or do anything for a few minutes and you had no idea why. Perhaps he was second guessing spending his night with you? Instead, he was pondering whether you would like what he worked so hard to set up for you. Would he be able to make spending your special night with him? He decided to take the leap of faith.

"Stay here." He reluctantly let go of your hand and left you. You got nervous for a moment, was this one of his tricks? Was he planning to give you another lesson on self defence? 'Don't let people lead you into forests while you're blindfolded.' It seemed to fit well and you hoped to whatever archons were out there that this wasn't what you thought it was.

You felt hands on the back of your head on the knot of your blind fold.

"Are you ready?" Wanderer whispered. You held your breath but nodded. He sighed and untied your blind fold and when your eyes opened your breath stuttered.

You were in the middle of a pathway bordered by trees and everything was engulfed in blues, yellows and reds from luminant plants and lanterns scattered all around you. The sight simply took your breath away.

You turned to look at the reaso behind all this who stood by a set up of blankets and a picnic basket in the middle of the display of lights with his hands behind his back and head turned to the side. You smiled before approaching him.

"How did you do all this?" You asked, amazed by the scenery.

He shook his head. "What truly matters is whether you like it or not." You looked at your surroundings once more with a smile and stepped forward. You gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek.

"I love it." You whispered but before you could step away from him, he placed his hand on your cheek and stopped you from moving away.

"Then I deserve a real kiss as a reward, don't I?" He leaned in.

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Kazuha

You clutched your bag tightly to your side to keep it in place because of the harsh wind that numbed the exposed skin of your arms and face.

Despite the biting chill, your cheeks burned as you thought about the contents of your newest book that was packed safely in your bag. A story between a wandering poet and a novelist- purely inspired by your romantic feelings for the wandering poet, Kaedehara Kazuha, who had caught your heart in his trap of maple leaves and sweet poetry.

You smiled slightly as you remembered your last encounter, which to your dismay, was over two weeks ago. Kazuha was leaving with the crux and he took your hand before whispering a promise against your skin.

“I will be back to celebrate the new year with you.”

Your smile widened when you approached the grand Liyuean open library. You would share your stories anonymously here and you slowly grew in popularity during the past few months which motivated you to continue to write. It was your passion after all. However when you arrived at the library, it was closed. You frowned when you realised they may have closed earlier today because people were preparing for the new years festival.

Tired, you sat on the cement stairs by the entrance of the grand library and took out your book before opening it to your favourite part.

The part where the main character and the character inspired by Kazuha sit by a cliff and watch the sunset and later share a kiss under the starlit sky.

You described the kiss as delicate, soft and magical- all things that reminded you of Kazuha from the way he handles you like a fragile rose petal from the gentle headpats, helping you up boulders and trees while adventuring together (even though you already do all that on your own) to the way he asks you to be careful not to burn yourself when you eat out together.

The wind seemed to calm before a voice spoke. “I wonder what or who could be the cause of your smile.”

Your eyes snapped open and before you stood Kazuha as he glowed under the golden fading light of the setting sun.

“Kazuha?” Your eyes were wide as you stared at him speechless. He raised a hand to wave at you but before he could complete that gesture you had already scrambled from where you sat and held him in a tight embrace. His hands wrapped around you, engulfing you in warmth and the scent of cinnamon.

You smiled against him. “I missed you so much.”

“And I you.” He replied, “I hope I’m not too late to celebrate with you.” He said which caused you to break the hug to look at him.

“Of course not, I was waiting for you.” You cleared your throat after that confession and began to pace the pathway in front of the stairs. “But we need to act fast, the harbour usually gets crowded at some point so we need to secure a spot where we can see the fireworks clearly.” You turned to look at him but the look of concentration on your face morphed to one of horror when you realised Kazuha was holding your novel and scanning over the pages, his eyes narrowed in amusement.

“This wandering poet sounds oddly familiar.” He teased. Those words were enough to get you out of your stupor and you swiftly skipped down the few steps between you two and grabbed your book from him before stuffing it into your bag.

Kazuha pouted. “You wound me, I was enjoying myself reading that.”

You huffed at him before looking away from him, you couldn’t look him in the eye after such an embarrassing moment. “You can read it with everyone else once it’s released.”

Kazuha chuckled before taking your hand in his, hence bringing your attention back to his crimson eyes. An ever warm smile that you were well acquainted with graced his face and he pulled you toward him. “Instead of troubling ourselves with looking for a spot to witness the fireworks like you’ve done all these years, why don’t we do something different?”

You tilted your head to the side. “What do you mean?”

Kazuha held up a bunch of keys that you definitely didn't see him holding when he arrived and a tag that dangled along with the keys read ‘the grand library’.

You gasped. “How did you-“ You yelped when Kazuha grabbed your hand and rushed up the stairs with you in tow. You both stopped by the grand doors of the library and Kazuha hummed an unfamiliar tune as he tried out different keys until he found the correct one. You looked at him in awe the entire time.

When Kazuha unlocked the door he gave you a smile before taking your hand once again and leading you into the library.

When you stepped inside you both admired the giant book shelves that seemed to go on forever. Your footsteps echoed against the marbel floor as you walked further into the library.

You made your way up the stairs to the floor with the fictional books and Kazuha had begun to hum another unfamiliar tune with your hands held firmly together while your heart skipped in your chest with each passing second.

You finally made it to the floor and looked for your pen name together. Once you found it and placed the book in its place. Kazuha cleared his throat.

"You have chocolate smeared on your face."

"Huh." You blinked. You had what?

Kazuha stepped toward you and pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and proceeded to wipe "chocolate" off the side of your lips.

"Of all the people I've come across during my travels, you are certainly the most strange yet entertaining." You put away the handkerchief before he replaced it with his hand and caressed your cheek with the tips of his fingers. "I ought to keep you in a box, for is that not where people keep their entertainment?" He gave you a knowing smile.

Your eyes widened when you realised he was reciting the words of the love interest in your book before your favourite kiss scene. "Is that all I am to you? Your entertainment?" You said softly as you leaned into his touch.

"You're my muse." He said as he gazed warmly into your eyes.

"The subject of my affections." Kazuha's attention shifted from your eyes to your lips and he leaned in.

"Will you allow me to express my affections to you?" He whispered against your lips. You nodded.

When his lips fully met yours, your breath stuttered. All you could feel was Kazuha. His lips, his breath, his fingers as they gently held your face, his body pressed against you as he deepened the kiss. It was perfect and all you could do was melt into him and so you did.

#silaswritesthings #silas #genshin impact #genshin x you #genshin fluff #kaedehara kazuha x reader #wanderer fluff #kazuha #wanderer x reader #scaramouche #kaedehara kazuha #happy new year #i know this is late #happy LATE new year #please don’t flop #if this flops it never happened #scaramouche is a little shit

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