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minecraft bedrock, and the gut feeling that I am not alone, no matter the deserted village or empty caves.
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Some of my favorite Ardyn scenes - FFXV
Переглядів 5 тис.2 роки тому
I love this guy a scary amount :p
Her Plight: The problems with Aphmau’s Mystreet and MCD from a former fan.
Переглядів 7 тис.2 роки тому
Do forgive my voice, I have a small cold at the moment. This video is me speaking about the issues with Minecraft Diaries and Mystreet. I watched Aphmau growing up, and I have been hyper fixated on Diaries since 2015. The series has even inspired creative writing of my own. I do not intend to harm, or send any malice to Jess or her team. I make this with the intent to give constructive criticis...

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  • @conejitorosada2326
    @conejitorosada2326 Місяць тому

    I really DO think that Aphmau's writing became really bad once she became attached to Aaron because Jason voiced him. She openly admitted that Aaron didn't have a VA that suited him so her husband did so the video can be finished, this eventually lead to Jess personifying or at least getting attached to Aaron as Jason. This is where it all broke down because in MCD, Aaron is supposed to die or is dead, but Jess couldn't take it so she made the once decision to make Aaron still be relevant and that is the pregnancy even if there's no previous establishment or build up and why the majority of season 3 was about Aaron. Jess and Jason were VERY ODDLY protective and reactive to the fans' dislike of Aarmau because they viewed it as an attack on THEIR relationship when it's just the ship in general not them as husband and wife. I firmly believe this is why Aaron is so heavily traumatized over and over again as a form of getting empathy from the fans even if it's at the cost of the fans' beloved cast. Jess' writing could honestly be so much better but she heavily needs to disassociate Aaron from Jason, and view Aaron as an actual independent character like how she should've viewed Aphmau, aka a character that has resemblance to her but is entirely separate story and experiences.

  • @AG_Comics
    @AG_Comics 4 місяці тому

    I come with news in 2024! Jess came out on Tiktok answering some of the allegations around her relationship with Jason and other stuff with her mcrp! Basically, jess confessed that her and Jason got together when Jess was 15 and he was 18. Now, Jason would be considered a groomer if it weren’t for one tiny exception. Jess LIED about her age to Jason when they started dating, claiming she was 18. That whole time, Jason didn’t know she was a minor until she actually turned 18 and told him the truth right after. This was something that she easily got away with due to the fact that they were online dating. Of course it took sometime for him to forgive Jess, but she felt incredibly guilty all this time for him, which is why they’ve tried to keep this a secret from the public because this would frame Jason for being something he’s not, taking affect on his career life unjustified. Of course this kinda backfired when PDH came out and when people realized that Aphmau and Aaron’s relationship was based on Jess and Jason’s relationship, with the whole age gap thing. This doesn’t excuse for them to have Aphmau and Aaron to have a concerning relationship, this is just them confirming what is and isn’t true. Another thing is Jason being jealous of block characters or him making Jess change the story. The whole Jason making Jess change the story because he was jealous of a character is also false, as Jess confirms that SHE is the one in control of the story, SHE writes all the cheesy romance and cringe stuff, SHE was the one that kept writing what she loved. Jason had only been simply there to support her throughout the way like any good spouse would. I assume that this is in relation to the rumor about Jason ruining Aphmau x Ein by implying that they’re siblings or by making him the bad guy in general (bth I still don’t think that they were actually trying to make them siblings, it was a very vague assumption made by fans imo). The only time when Jess changed the story was during the ending of Minecraft Diaries Season two when she was being harassed by some Garrmau fans (NOT ALL OF THEM), which was why she kinda stopped Diaries completely. Jess also claimed that she and Jason had a stalker somewhere in 2016-2017(?). Not much else was said about this, this was solved sometime after and Jess forgives the said stalker spreading bad rumors about them. Jess wanted to apologize for the people who were not just believing the allegations, but genuinely concerned about her well being and relationship with Jason! And she most importantly apologized to Jason for letting him go through all the lies spewed at him for all that time. The reason why she comes out front with all of this is because she is bringing a series back! Diaries? MyStreet? Phoenix Drop High? My Inner Demons? WHO KNOWS! We’ll see when that happens! She also claimed that a lot of her characters don’t have much background information about them like age, familial backgrounds or backstories. If you don’t like how she writes her story, that’s okay! Just don’t go harassing after her, Jason, family, friends, or coworkers for anything minor! The point being is to LET HER COOK! Her words, not mine.

  • @naaaaaaatalieeeee9620
    @naaaaaaatalieeeee9620 6 місяців тому

    Its sad. I grew up watching this woman's content. I was inspired to write myself because of her creations. And i can confirm that a lot of my relationship ideas were influenced by the themes of her writings. Its taken me years to start getting a full grasp of how social interactions are actually supposed to go. And seeing as im neurodivergent it only made things much worse.

  • @Marcha-
    @Marcha- 8 місяців тому

    Nice youtube channel there, bud.

  • @starryskies113
    @starryskies113 9 місяців тому

    Jason yelled at max and ghosted previous va

  • @mariogirl8100
    @mariogirl8100 11 місяців тому

    Dear Ardyn, LEAVE ME THE HECK ALONE! From, MarioGirl

  • @Im_aFanofu
    @Im_aFanofu Рік тому

    (a little messy but im writing this by what i remember what was mensioned in the vid)me explaining everything i can Aaron being 18: The wiki(a place where the age thing started)used the va's ages instead of the character ages! Aaron was 17 when he kissed aph, not 18! The story getting messy: Then first 2 season were writen by Jess. In season 3 Jason(her husband) started to write whit her. That is why the story got so messy later on. Aarmau being forced in mcd: At the time of Mc Diaries Aaron didnt have a va, so Jason (who was very shy at the time) decided to become the voice of Aaron that is why Aaron became so important. Both Jess and Jason wanted Aaron to be the main character as well. That is why he is kind of forced to become the main character as well as aph later on The rest: For kawai-chan(nana) i cant explain that it is bad but Jess tried to redeem her self later on. Garroth was made stupid so people would ship.him less with Aph i think. And Laurence's va had a bad expiriance whit Jess so he stoped voice acting for her and he was never called again to do Laurence(i think Laurence was writen off because the fandom liked him too much and Jess wanted the fandom to like Aaron more but im just guessing) I think in general all of the main guy characters Jess tried to write a little worst so Aaron would be more liked (since he was hated bc of the hole shipping thing) The fandom hated Aaron bc of him being whit aph insted of Garroth or Laurence in mcd. And MyStreet everyone was kind of dumb later on(the series was suppose to be one season long but they decided to make more) Thanks to anyone(if anyone red this far) for reading my little Aphmau rant!

  • @shauqiharris2772
    @shauqiharris2772 Рік тому

    Ardyn did nothing wrong.

  • @sheena5006
    @sheena5006 Рік тому

    can we like also talk about how many role plays jess released all at once, then complained about having to do too much work? like don’t make so many roleplays at once if you obviously can’t keep up with it. she left so many stories with an unknown ending that had so much potential and left us all hanging. again with my street and mcd, such good stories but killed it. she did this to herself, now her content is like for elementary schoolers.

  • @WillieManga
    @WillieManga Рік тому

    "What?? A supposedly corrupt royal family will kill me? What should I do? ... Become a terrorist!" Seriously though, Ardyn is just Kefka in the body of Dracula and I love it!

  • @infamouse9263
    @infamouse9263 2 роки тому

    I remember the tweet Jason made how he said Aaron sacrificing himself screw SEVERAL other characters development like why

  • @redplatinum7774
    @redplatinum7774 2 роки тому

    I am late in writing this comment, but I really appreciate you making a video like this as well as some of the others in the comments. I too am a former fan of Aphmau, but now that I am an adult and learning storytelling skills, I definitely started to see those same problems you have brought up. When I decided to go back and watch Phoenix Drop High again, Garroth and Lawrence having a crush on Aphmau did feel a little bit forced. As for the relationship between Aaron and Aphmau, I can see that as definitely being problematic considering there is a massive age gap. Although they were close friends online, I think they should have taken the time in high school to know what they are like in their real lives. I think Aphmau and Aaron's relationship should be less problematic if this just happened when both of them are adults, which it did happen but it shouldn't have happened when they were in high school.

  • @abbythings
    @abbythings 2 роки тому

    the first 10 seconds literally describe me lmao, long lost twin?!?!😱

  • @rae_lgbtq
    @rae_lgbtq 2 роки тому

    Honestly Aaron shouldn't have even been added in Diaries. Season 1in the beginning was set out for one of the other ships. You can tell through the writing. It's hard to find good writing like that roleplay stories and she basically washed it all down the drain during season 2. Rewatching her old content has made me realize how much I hate Aaron x Aphmau. If his character was absolutely needed then I'd understand but it wasn't, plus in mcd they should have stayed as friends.

    • @starryskies113
      @starryskies113 9 місяців тому

      And they knocked up in less than a month! And newer content makes kids want to date.

    • @starryskies113
      @starryskies113 9 місяців тому

      Even bloom in Winx club stayed friends in the first season

    • @Zelda144
      @Zelda144 26 днів тому

      And the only reason on why he’s included is souly because Jason gotten full on yandere mode that aphmau’s being shipped with other males but not him,which is nothing but forced writhing and let’s not forget that Aaron was a senior dating aphmau when she was a freshman which made me feel a bit bad of aphmau.I may dislike aphmau but I can’t help but feel bad for her,I would accept it if they met after collage but in high school,it just felt like something straight out of Disney channel and wattpad combined

  • @goblinguy3103
    @goblinguy3103 2 роки тому

    I feel like no one talks about Jason literally threatening an artist because they supported Einmau (before Jason made them siblings). Like honestly I feel like Jason is the one who was always forcing Aarmau, changing character stories to revolve around him or Jess, and generally being WAY too controlling and predatory (I mean come on. He dated Jess when he was 18 and she was 15). I just feel it’s important to note how Jess has spent over half her life with a predator (not to mention she has kids with him). I feel bad for her because she was such a good writer before Jason made everything about him.

  • @-.starfilled_galaxy.-
    @-.starfilled_galaxy.- 2 роки тому

    Holy crap not the point of the video but like you just hit me with too much nostalgia with that background music 😭😭😭

  • @vixenovas385
    @vixenovas385 2 роки тому

    Going back to Aphmau's old roleplays and videos always makes me so nostalgic. Back then, she seemed a lot more genuine, I wish she didn't treat her staff so badly, it's sad honestly. I will miss her old content.

  • @IIPM6500
    @IIPM6500 2 роки тому

    Not enough people talk about this kind of thing, so thanks for bringing this up!

  • @disneyfan5571
    @disneyfan5571 2 роки тому

    Here’s my “fix” for PDH: Keep them in HS. Aaron could be a Sophomore or Junior but keep Aph a Freshman so then there’s the age gap, but so it’s not *that* gross or illegal. Nothing about love, maybe a “You make me feel something and I don’t know if it’s love” but don’t say anything about being in love. When your in HS, you may THINK it’s love, but your still growing up and your brain is still developing. This is just my opinion to keep it nearly the same, so if you have any problems, please provide constructive criticism on how this could improve =3

  • @aniiahie
    @aniiahie 2 роки тому

    i agree with a lot of your points! though the stuff like love triangles and more problematic bits like romanticizing certain tropes/issues don't bother me typically, i think the biggest issue with stuff like love triangles weren't written well enough to be seen as necessary. as for the problematic content part, the biggest issue for me on that is while i indulge in problematic content--- i knowingly consume it and its presented to me with the proper warnings and the creator themselves is aware of the issues, and am able to separate the content from real life--- while Aphmau's more problematic content was showed in to a young audience and presented in a positive light with no warnings, which could definitely (and i'm sure has) negatively impacted those who viewed it as a young kid. my only issue is with what you said at the end: for a story driven show, i believe it'd better to stick to your original plan for the plot than go off of fan reception, especially when the audience for MCD was mainly pre-teen and teens who would likely care more for character relationships than a satisfying storyline, at least initially. sorry for the rant! lol

  • @melfi35
    @melfi35 2 роки тому

    I really love Mystreet and MCD sadly not everything is perfect so-

  • @WriteItOut
    @WriteItOut 2 роки тому

    Huh..this is very interesting. As a former fan myself, I never really had these opinons that you had. I know the story had it's problems and aged poorly, but I still enjoyed it when I first watched. Maybe I finally need to go back and revisit it?

    • @_lodestone_
      @_lodestone_ 2 роки тому

      That’s how it is for most people I find

  • @alexasimps1072
    @alexasimps1072 2 роки тому

    Now that i think about it, some eps were pretty cringy but yeah, i agree with your opinion and hopefully Jess take this criticism to improve on storytelling. Btw what's the music that you used? It's very calming

    • @_lodestone_
      @_lodestone_ 2 роки тому

      I used music that was used in Diares.

  • @DominZiomek
    @DominZiomek 2 роки тому

    Adryn is a definition of a best Final Fantasy antagoniste mixed. Sephiroth + Kuja + Kefka here. One of the main reason to play this part. Mic down

  • @Stanky101
    @Stanky101 2 роки тому

    It should’ve been Garroth :/ I’m still mad about it.

  • @LifeIsAHighwayIAmACarCrash
    @LifeIsAHighwayIAmACarCrash 2 роки тому

    Underrated rant, honestly. Took the words right out of my mouth. Aaron being 18 and Aphmau being 14 was just disgusting to me, most especially because Jess and Jason began dating at those ages in real life.... And they now have three daughters. Three daughters that will grow up thinking that kind of relationship is okay and healthy, and not to mention the millions of little girls who watch Jess' content who probably believe the same. I left her channel completely after that, I was horrified. It's disgusting that she would promote that kind of relationship, especially with that garbage on Twitter... Jess apparently wrote some M rated fanfiction about Aaron and Aphmau on Prom night and everyone thought it was fine, but it's not. It's not okay to promote predatory relationships to young teens and kids, that's how lives get ruined. Don't even get me started on the sh*tty writing in season 2 of Diaries.... I could go on for hours about that. I don't even need to mention MyStreet or anything else because I didn't like it from the get go..... And it was bad to begin with. At least Diaries started out good, with a lot of potential that just went down the drain. Void Paradox was actually a pretty good throwback to an old series I enjoyed, and of course I appreciated seeing Laurance more as he is probably the most well developed character in Diaries, and they kinda threw him aside despite this.... God. It just..... It all went down hill with Aaron and Aphmau's fling in Diaries. Jason even confirmed that Aaron and Aphmau didn't have a romantic relationship in Diaries to defend Aphmau's character for leading on Garroth and Laurance, but then changed that statement later after backlash for the terrible writing. It just all went wrong from there and I think it ultimately led to where her content is now. Then there's the matter of how she treats her staff. She hardly stood up for Ein's voice actor when he was getting hate over.... What happened in the series? These dumb@ss fans thought Ein was a real person, and they believed his voice actor was "the real Ein" and why? Because Jess repeatedly drives home the fact Aphmau and Aaron are based on the "REAL" Jess and Jason. This also led fans to believe that Travis and Katelyn's voice actors were having an affair despite BOTH being with other people and hardly knowing each other.... And Jess said and did NOTHING about that. Then there's Max and Ross, Will, Christina and Castor.... She just threw them aside after years of friendship and working together. It's just sad. Castor was there at the beginning of Jess' career, he helped her start her channel.... She just fired him for monetary reasons. She never even talks about him now. And then there's the crazy @ss fans.... Good. LORD. I got death threats because I preferred Garmau and didn't like the way Diaries ran with Aarmau. I know I wasn't the only one who felt that way, and I certainly wasn't the only to get hate. One of Aphmau's fans who was an artist regularly made Garmau and Laurmau art, and before Aarmau, Jess regularly retweeted her stuff and praised her art! Then as soon as came Aarmau around, she blocked the artist and made up some garbage about said artist threatening her family, and Jason more or less told the fans to go to her art website and take her down. Said artist got so much hate even though she did nothing wrong, that she had to delete everything. She later even tried committing suicide over all the hate, and all Jess had to say was 'Let's all just get along! Here's a picture of a cute cat, tehe!' As if her husband didn't sick his crazy fans on a teenage artist minding her own business. I'm just disgusted by all this, and I recently found out my much younger cousin watches her new content UNSUPERVISED. I'm gonna have to have a serious conversation with my aunt about that... I shouldn't have to be the one to that!

    • @ajjustice9
      @ajjustice9 2 роки тому

      Alright! There's abit of misinterpreting here? Cus idk where you got the idea of Jess and Jason got together at that exact age. Cus yes, they knew each other through Final Fantasy, Jess was no longer in highschool at the time, she was either in college or not, and Jason studied at Military Academy and decided to take a break and just try to play video games. They both met in Final Fantasy 11, fell in love had plans to meet and then they dated, got married and had at the time 2 kids, a boy and a girl. IN APHMAU and AARON'S tho. No they did not date in highschool, yes they shared affectionate feelings at the time yes, but that was it. They kissed, but never dated each other, just stayed friends or rather just Aaron having crushes of her when she was a senior and then college. They BOTH became a thing during MyStreet Season 1, at an anime convention. I'm not really hating on what you said but honestly people overview and misinterpret the stuff that were in on her series, and I'm not all for that. But the rest that you said yeah those are what made me mad about the wrongs Jess and Jason did. And I never knew about the whole artist thing dang, idk where you got that info from but I guess I'll have to search through that.. But again no hate, it's just what I wanted to say since people er OG fans forgot that part about Aaron and Aphmau's relationship throughout mystreet (I don't ship Aarmau that much anymore though so yeah)

    • @LifeIsAHighwayIAmACarCrash
      @LifeIsAHighwayIAmACarCrash 2 роки тому

      @@ajjustice9 I know they never dated in highschool in real life and that they met online, and I know Aaron and Aphmau never had a 'relationship' in PDH but I still have a problem with the implications as it is inappropriate and illegal. For the record, I started watching Aphmau's channel almost 9 years ago, so I learned all of this information as it was coming out. I'm already aware of this. Jess herself confirmed that she and Jason began dating when she was 14 and he was 18 in a very old video, back then he only known as Dom. She said they met for the first time in person when she was 15, and she moved in with him when she was 18. I'm not sure if the video is even out there any more... Back then I didn't realize how bad that was.

    • @Stanky101
      @Stanky101 2 роки тому

      I like- Genuinely love Garmau bro I just- it hurts my brain. It should’ve been Garroth. Or Garroth should’ve found someone sweeter/cooler then Apthmau.

    • @ajjustice9
      @ajjustice9 2 роки тому

      @@LifeIsAHighwayIAmACarCrash ahhh if she has stated that then forgive me since I've only seen her How we met vidoe where she talks about how her and Jason met. I don't remember her saying they met at a specific age but oh well the mistake there is on me so my apologies

    • @Starbornlight
      @Starbornlight 2 роки тому

      jesus christ i didnt know about half the stuff here. i originally fell out of her content but recently i just hear bad thing after bad thing. My sister watches her so before i heard about this around christmas i bought her about 100 dollars in merch and now i dont know what to do

  • @_lodestone_
    @_lodestone_ 2 роки тому

    discord.gg/233PMDr5tA This should be a permanent link to my MCD Discord.

  • @shhshdhdhdhxhshshhshdhxhxh5742
    @shhshdhdhdhxhshshhshdhxhxh5742 2 роки тому

    hey loved the video also your discord link expired

  • @Stasias_D
    @Stasias_D 2 роки тому

    Aaron was stated to have been held back a year so he would have been 19 years old and aphmau would have been 14 years old 😬

    • @bfdi4472
      @bfdi4472 2 роки тому

      Yeah.. that is why I hate arrmau so much it's a case

    • @rae_lgbtq
      @rae_lgbtq 2 роки тому

      It actually depends on when he started school, don't get me wrong I hate the ship but he could be 18 and was supposed to graduate at 17.

    • @starryskies113
      @starryskies113 9 місяців тому

      @@rae_lgbtqI got left back a year due to my birthday

  • @clora4338
    @clora4338 2 роки тому

    I really liked this video you did a great job-- I used to adore Aphmau and watching her videos ever night when getting home from school. It's sad to see Jess's writing go downhill