You, Jesse Gender, and Steve Shives are my favorite geeky content creators. I started in the flat cap era, probably 2016 or 17. You've come so far and I am so proud of you!
I found you via the “when UA-camrs come out” video - I’d watched several years of Philosophy Tube in a short time, and the algorithm pointed me your way. I checked out the channel and was frankly amazed never to have seen you before. So your back catalog was my next deep dive, and I enjoyed myself thoroughly. You’ve become such a staple of my UA-cam watching that it’s hard to believe I’ve only been following for a year or so. Congrats on ten years!
Congrats on the 10 years. I found you in a sea of sad trolls at the beginning of Capaldi's era. So 9 years ago - wow, didn't realise it had been that long or that I found you so early. There were so many of 'those type of channels' around that I didn't think I'd find a decent place to discuss DW. Almost didn't get beyond the first vid I saw of yours but something niggled at my brain, so I gave you another go and I've never left. 🙂
We watch because of you. You are a delightfully honest and direct person. Your viewpoints are extremely well thought out and verbalized. Here;s to another ten years of great viewing! ❤️
What I love about you and your channel is the way you are able to verbalize exactly what I love and don't love about pop culture, especially Doctor Who. Over and over when watching your reviews or your commentary on an episode or a movie, I find myself saying, Yes, *that's* what why I didn't like it as much as I wanted to. That's the bit that I loved but I'd not recognized why until you expressed it so eloquently. That's why I wasn't able to connect to that character. That's what was bothering me about that scene. You are unusually good about pinpointing the problems and strengths with the shows and movies I enjoy. And you do all this while being unashamedly you, which helps give you an authenticity that's rare on this platform. Thank you and here's to the next ten years (at least!)
Congratulations on 10 years. I found you through Doctor Who and you quickly became a favorite Geeky media UA-camr. And through your colaboration, I found Jessie Gender and that has been great. Durring lockdowns, your livestream videos and also Jessies really helped me get through such an isolating and stressful time. I love your thoughtful analysis and the work you put into your content clearly shows. Thank you for putting your voice out there and being creative. Thank you for building a caring and wonderful community.
I loved when you came out. I had just come out myself to my wife as gender fluid. Your Vera channel came first for me and I already knew before you came out you had this channel. It’s been and continues to be awesome to see you grow as an amazing human. Congrats on this great achievement! Much love to you. -Josefina
Honestly watching this a year after you posted....still probably hits the same. I started watching over a year ago now, and the first video I watched was on a day I really needed to hear that sign off and it makes me smile every time to hear it. Thank you for doing what you do :)
I found your channel when i start watching dw and I'm so glad it happened. Thank you so much, you will never know how much it help me, not with dw but with everything. Even thinking about it makes me cry. And obviously I wish you 10 more years!
I don't know exactly when I first found your channel, but at least a couple years ago. Before the pandemic, anyway. I don't remember what video it was exactly, but I looked over in my recommended and saw "Oh, cool Drag-Queen Auntie type character being snarky about Doctor Who. I'll watch that!" What I saw was a combo of similar interests, intelligent humor, and flamboyance--and I was totally down for that. I subscribed by like the second video of yours I watched, somewhere around then--and haven't looked back since. TEN YEARS?! I had no idea! I knew you had a big archive but...wow! Congrats! :)
Congrats on 10 years! If I'm remembering this correctly, I discovered your channel in late 2015 or early 2016, while I was still living outside of the city where I live now. I think it was because of the Doctor Who videos, or the DCEU stuff that was going on at the time. Anyway, I went back and watched the original scenes you did with Nathan and Nicole and that's why I stuck around because those scenes were exactly how my friends and I would behave when we hung out. And I've been here ever since, minus a couple of years where I just needed to get away from geek UA-cam channels online, due to the trolls in the comments, and other channels being very negative. I still think my favourite videos, besides the early scripted stuff, have to be the Doctor Who videos where you talk about stuff from a production standpoint rather than an in-universe story standpoint because, as someone who hasn't seen ALL of Doctor Who, even alot of the modern day show, it helps me understand where the show was in the real world because it's not something I watched as a kid, since the reruns were done here in Canada by 1992.
I can't remember the exact time I started watching this channel, probably around early to mid 2018? It was one of, if not *the* , first channel I subscribed to on UA-cam. What struck me most, was how eloquently you expressed your reviews and views, and even when those were critical it was never done with harshness or hate, you could tell it came from a fan. I had started off as a causal viewer, basically for the Doctor Who stuff, but what made me a subscriber was the LGBTQ+ content. The first time you took off the flat cap, changed your glasses and talked about topics that were relevant to me was incredibly uplifting and freeing, plus informative. And, as ever, delivered with great expression and consideration. Your sign off always made me feel just a little better, especially in times when things were not so peachy - a little light was shone upon the darkness. 👏👏 Congrats on 10 years (the history recap was really interesting). Let's raise a glass to the next 10! 🥂
Congratulations on 10 years, Vera! It's been awesome to see you grow for as long as I've been a fan and it's just great to be able to see this journey unfold! Keep up the awesome work and thanks for being yourself!
Congratulations on ten years. I found your Chanel due to the doctor who related videos, but I've stayed because you have introduced me to do much more interesting content. Here's to the next ten 🍾
I found you randomly in 2018 when you were in the midst of pumping out so much material. Haven't stopped watching ever since. I love what you do. Happy 10th anniversary. Looking forward to the 20th already :),
I know this might be cheesy to say but what honestly got me to subscribe, and then keep coming back to your videos, is you. you're always such a bright part of my day whenever I see an upload and the way you are so enthusiastic and expressive is what keeps me watchin all the way through. It's wonderful when you find a channel where it's the person that makes you stick around, with the added benefit of being all about fun topics and interests!
Congratulations on 10 years! I've followed you for probably 5 or 6 of them? I think what keeps us engaged as your viewers is your friendly and charismatic demeanor, your enthusiasm, and the fact that you obviously put so much thought and effort into every single video - even the "rambling" ones. I started watching for the Doctor Who content (and wholeheartedly agree that Wilf and Donna are the best Doctor companions ever!) and stayed the authenticity. Here's to many more years!
This is really interesting on the history of the channel, and who the people with the chestburster and lightsaber were. Don't always agree with views of the episodes of the good Doctor, but always have the greatest respect for how you present arguments and the quality of the discussions. Came over here a while ago due to links from Jessie Gender, stayed due to the high quality of the content.
Congratulations on ten years! I discovered your channel through a movie review sometime during the flat cap era, before the monthly queer issues videos. You and Steph Sterling were two of the few UA-camrs I could find talking about my interests without scary doses of misogyny, and now you've come out, and Abigail, and Mildred, and Sophie, and others, and I'm so happy for all of you ❤️💛🧡💚💙💜🖤
Congratulations on 10 years! I found your channel some time ago as a suggested video, I'm sure because I'm a doctor who fan. I subscribed because I like your style and I love your content. Im 63 and have seen a lot (originally RHPS before it was expected to reenact and dress up in the venue) I may now always agree with you, I respect your opinions and the absolute rights to voice them. Thanks for all you share!!!
Awfully late to this party but thanks for the history and congrats on the 10 years! I remember when you took off your cap to show us your rainbow hair. And the Doctor Who April Fools video was beyond hilarious, still one of my favorites from you. Thanks for being you, being honest and true to yourself and us, and providing balanced, nuanced context. Here’s to the next 10 years and beyond! 🍹 🍺 🍷
This was wonderful! Helped me figure out that I found you summer of 2020, through your video('s) about she-who-must-not-be-named. Awesome to see what I missed before that and can now go back and watch!! Thank you for everything that you do ❤️
Thank you for making this video. Such a joy to watch. I've only found your channels last year, so it was nice to learn about what came before that. Stay beautiful and keep making great content.
Been here since early 2017. Can now proudly say I've gotten most of my family and many friends on the same bandwagon - to the extent that whenever a new Chibnall Doctor Who episode aired, one of us would immediately say "aight let's see what Council of Geeks has to say about it". This channel has literally become an unwavering staple of my entertainment and intellectual engagement. Always been fabulous, to this day and onwards. Thank you :) Favourite moment: "What the flux just happened"
Congratulations on 10 years! It was about 4 years back I came across your channel regarding Dr Who. I'll admit I am biased as I recognized you as we used to work together many years ago in New York. Always enjoyed talking with you about geeky stuff. Love the articulate and insightful content.
I'm not sure when I first saw a Council of Geeks video, but I think it was between 2016 and 2018, before Capaldi's era. I saw fan essays on Doctor Who and her science fiction and I noted hints and occasional discussions of LGBTQIA+ topics. I liked that you gave fair, thorough analysis, without the hate-mongering that was growing at the time. The more I saw videos from here, the more I liked, and somewhere in there, I subscribed. Also around then, you began giving more overt coverage of queer topics and you had begun giving more expression, "switching out the look" and coming out. Cool! I'm here for both still. I like that you have strong opinions and I like that you sometimes challenge my own opinions. Keep up the good work. It is very much needed these days.
Ooh! I haven't seen the "See You Space Cowboy" (Cowboy Bebop) podcasts! I will be sure to check those out. I need to rewatch the show. -- Correction: I must have first found the channel during the Capaldi era, not before. Not sure if I'd seen a video in 2016, but sometime in 2017, I think. -- Around then was also when I first saw Jessie Gender's videos. I wasn't sure at first what to make of that, except there was always earnest heart and love for science fiction and Trek, and then coverage of LGBT topics, and I wasn't sure at first what was going on with Jessie's gender, just that it was ambiguous. My first experiences with trans folks were online in Farscape fan forums, and I came out (gay) during that time. So I was still pretty new to trans folks and I didn't have the vocabulary. But I was finding things in common with my experience growing up gay. I'd also seen Jackson Bird's videos before he had transitioned. I'm cis and gay, but I've found I kinda feel like I fit in as a fellow misfit? Or something like that, haha.
I suspect (hope) that once series 14 of Doctor Who kicks off with RTD as show runner again and a new Doctor and Companions, that things will pick back up. There will be rumblings from the "we-hate-everything" "roll-for-views" crowd and from the prejudiced but vocal minority. But that's on them. I think there are plenty of fans and potential new viewers who will like the new show. I am eager to get back to good Doctor Who. Now maybe Jodie and the other actors can move on to something better for them and Chibnall can move on to find whatever he's good at. Also, I liked Big Finish's Space 1999 tribute episode, and what other content I've heard from them has been very good. So I hope for more good stuff from there.
Congratulations! I found you via the Gareth Roberts scandal, and have followed ever since. Love your content and your honesty, … not to mention being able to have a bird’s eye view of your “transition”. Keep up the good work. Here’s to the next 10! 🍻
Fascinating! loved this video. I haven’t been a subscriber for long but I love you (tho, I don’t you personally) and your content (mostly Doctor Who-related but other stuff as well) if I’m feeling down, I come to this channel and put a video on - it always cheers me up. And, to be seen by someone like you is heartwarming. I’ll stop here, before I ramble 😅 anyway, here’s to 10 Years and many more to come 🍾 remember: you are beautiful, you are valid and you are loved.
aw, grats on the 10 years! i don't even know how long i've been on the council, at least since sometime in 2019 at least. i love your doctor who stuff, we don't always agree but you always give me plenty to think about.
I actually found your Vera Wyld channel first, looking for tips n tricks on how to pass since it's when I came out as MTF transgender haha. Eventually I found this channel, and loved the videos on here even more! You have a lovely personality, and I'm glad it's going somewhere. Happy 10 years!!! 😊 🎉
I'm so glad you made this! It was such fun to get the inside look of stuff I'd only known through the videos and occasional comments. You've always been an insightful, thoughtful voice on things I care about too. I have fingers (and toes) crossed for the new season of Doctor Who.
The Doctor Who April Fools is probably your best video! It comes off as so sincere that I had to check I was still in the same universe, and the genuine joy you show when talking about the franchise seems to hide what must've been a lot of laughter being held back! Well done on the 10 long years, and here's to many more, and thanks Vera, I don't think I'd be where I am in my gender journey without you!
Congrats on your 10th anniversary (sadly I had to leave the livestream of this as I was visiting my parents so had to go offline). In terms of memories I'm proud that we got to sponsor a couple of videos, including one of the She-Ra countdowns. The Ghostbusters 2 trial video is excellent (though sadly did not go down well with a couple of friends who were Ghostbusters fans, which is a shame but I tried!) Mainly I think what I like is the way you analyse media in general- even if I don't agree, I can see what the argument is and there is clear justification. I'm also gutted that they took down you reading that Dr Who Choose Your Own Adventure during the livestream, that would have been fun. Anyhoo apologies for the epicness of the comment but thank you for enlivening my UA-cam watching and may you continue to produce superfab content!
Wow congratulations on 10 years!! I've been watching since about 2017 I think and have loved seeing your content for now 5 years. Came for the doctor who reviews, got hooked properly with the queer themes, stayed for everything else ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations on making it this long, I can’t really imagine what the journey must’ve felt like. Also, since it’s probably not far off from now, a preemptive congrats for when you hit the 60k subs mark! I haven’t been here nearly as long as some - what was it, late 2016 I think? So roundabouts six years? - and admittedly I’ve not been the most consistent in viewing or comments on your content. Nor have I probably always been the most tactful, and while I don’t recall such things in specific detail I have felt after some times that I didn’t show the most consideration with my word choice. Or shown my ignorance in some areas. For all that I apologise, and while I hope not to make any flubs I can’t promise that I won’t; I’m only human, and I try to improve daily hopefully forever. But… I do appreciate what I learned from you and your content and will be around, on the fringes of the COG at least, for the foreseeable future. In any case, it’s been enlightening to see the history of the channel (and how it was in conjunction with everything else you were up to) summarised. I feel even more appreciation for you and the content you’re making knowing a bit of the journey, and I feel honoured that I caught even a glimpse of that going forward. Good luck Vera, and may this be a thing for years to come still.
My first video of yours was the Twisted review on the breakroom channel. Since I was very much into Starkid I was immediately hooked. I think so far my favorite episodes are the one on bardcore or the one on consent.
Love this video. I believe I joined in around 2018, and have enjoyed watching your content since then. I also love the videos where you take some risks in terms of editing or shooting (like the interview video about youtubers and their coming out), it sad that they don't perform as well. Ironically i also really like how you discuss and frame the different celebrity scandals, because it gives context and actually helps me work through how I feel about them - but I get why you don't want to go all in with that unless the celebrity in question is somehow related to your content. Last thing you have an error in the CC (around 25 minute mark), normally I wouldn't mention it, but I feel like this one is bad. Its when you are talking about coming out, and instead of saying "discussing myself" it says "disgusting myself". I'll edit out this comment if you want when it is changed (and already edited out the exact time stamp), so that fact that it is there isn't memorialized, but I didn't want to not say something about it. Congrats again on 10 years.
Ironically enough the first video I saw of yours was your video about how the doctor could never be a woman. And I found your "response to yourself" video on it to be super interesting as an exercise in evaluating old biases
For what it’s worth, I enjoyed your Inside No. 9 reviews more than any of the other videos on your channel. I admit that it’s partially because No. 9 is my favourite show, and, aside from Weelin, no one else on UA-cam ever seems to do justice to it, but honestly, you brought up some really great points about the show, for example when you analysed the joke about Oona Chaplin’s character being transgender (or not, as you noted.) Any chance you’d ever think about bringing those reviews back?
I came across one of your Doctor Who videos a couple of years ago. I came for the Doctor Who content and stayed for the rest. I haven’t seen a video of yours that I didn’t like. The only time I don’t watch is if you throw out a spoiler warning for something I haven’t seen. But then I come back to your video after I’ve seen whatever it is you warned would be spoiled.
I only got into UA-cam during the pandemic. Your LGBT content is what got me subscribe. I don’t watch Doctor Who, but am happy that those vids are still making you money. Best wishes! I thought your GhostBusters essay was great.
I have a question, that you answered for me before but it still occasionally pops from other people, so would you kindly clarify this again, please. Previously, you said you were okay being called either Nathaniel or Vera. Is that still true, or has your position on it changed?
Congratulations! I started watching in the "let down your hair" days of the LGBTQ issues in media content, and have appreciated your thoughtful commentary over the years.
What a great history video. I no longer remember when I started watching on a regular basis, but it believe a Rocky Horror video was the first video I found. Your JK Rowling response was likely the video that made me want to subscribe.
I think I started watching you just after your coming out video, I may have seen one or two videos from you before then. A lot of what you said about being gender fluid clicked with me and I said to myself "holy sh*t! Is that what I am?" I came out to my wife (who sadly passed last year) soon after that, and finally came out publicly in 2020. I think I mentioned this before in one of your live streams, but you probably don't remember, but I did want to thank you for helping me realize what I was.
Congratulations on 10 years and awesome awesome 10 years it has been for you Here's to the next 100 . And as to the next series you might end up doing doing after Babylon Babylon 5 Maybe you guys should do quantum leap or The original stargate SG1 Anyways you can congrats and thanks for all the great wonderful content over the years ears and in the coming yearsAnyways you can congrats and thanks for all the great wonderful content over the years and To the years to come.
I think I started watching in late 2017. Which was the year I started on UA-cam myself. Before I started a channel I hadn’t really watched any UA-cam. To my shame I mostly dismissed the platform and didn’t think it was worth looking at. 🤦♂️ Is your current room, with the Red walls, the same one as the old stripy wall papered room? Just redecorated?
Wow.... has it really been that long???.... really enjoyed the ride (think I have been coming here for about 8-9 years).... just to let you know (if you didn't already) there are a lot of Big Finish creative guys and gals who watch your channel (me being one of them) as well as Jason (the boss!) ....... and finally..... congrats..... and you still haven't sued me for stealing your catch phrase...... all the very very best - here's to the next ten!!
I think the first video was the video of you discussing queerbaiting, and being so happy to see an older genderfluid person on youtube. I never really seen anyone with the same gender identity as me in media in general and even when I did find it was clearly written by someone who had a limited understand of the term.
Thats a grand detour to pretty good analysis and commentary Glad that detour detour happened, and i thing the content go overall better. The production cebebrety drama is good enough :P An Rowling will e roasted enough as it is. Macavity Ithink its the quer content, and dr whois enjoyabl, i mean the wanting to cite positives makes or a god critical review style o yeah. And stuff like th girl fights and business and , like how did i never notic th weeird fights women get . Its , that ar good videos.
Ms Geeks (if that is indeed your real name), I've been around for around for about four of those ten years and I've enjoyed myself immensely throughout. I was six when your channel started and it's really a miracle that it's still going and has only got better over time. I'm happy that your happy, and here's to ten more.
I don't like the angry videos. Anger warps your judgement and tends to result in very bad arguments. (It can also make you seem more masculine, and you definitely don't want that.) I prefer a happy Vera, even when you're talking about unpleasant topics.
There's nothing wrong with having or sharing your opinion about the angry videos. But I saw this and I thought I'd bring to your attention that equating anger or hostility with masculinity, while certainly not a new concept, is part of the culture of toxic masculinity. It's a misandrist way of thinking, and like any sexism, it poisons your perception. (I don't know your personal history, and don't mean to invalidate anyone's experiences. I'm suggesting that there are awful individuals, and there is a long history of extreme familial, social, and political conditioning for boys/men to bury any vulnerable emotions. One way to stop the endless cycle of toxicity is to stop putting masculine-negative speech out into the world. Let's stop pretending this has anything to do with sex or gender, rather than patriarchy and personality flaws.)
You, Jesse Gender, and Steve Shives are my favorite geeky content creators. I started in the flat cap era, probably 2016 or 17. You've come so far and I am so proud of you!
Same for me.
@@NankitaBR Yeah, pretty sure I started in early 2017.
I found you via the “when UA-camrs come out” video - I’d watched several years of Philosophy Tube in a short time, and the algorithm pointed me your way. I checked out the channel and was frankly amazed never to have seen you before. So your back catalog was my next deep dive, and I enjoyed myself thoroughly. You’ve become such a staple of my UA-cam watching that it’s hard to believe I’ve only been following for a year or so. Congrats on ten years!
@Council of Geeks You're one of the people / places online where it feels good, welcoming. That is especially needed lately. Cheers, Salud.
Congrats on the 10 years. I found you in a sea of sad trolls at the beginning of Capaldi's era. So 9 years ago - wow, didn't realise it had been that long or that I found you so early. There were so many of 'those type of channels' around that I didn't think I'd find a decent place to discuss DW. Almost didn't get beyond the first vid I saw of yours but something niggled at my brain, so I gave you another go and I've never left. 🙂
congratulations!!! also LOVE the earrings. So cute!
I just realized what they were. I was wondering where her pin was at. lol. Guess she doesn't need a pin with earrings like that.
We watch because of you. You are a delightfully honest and direct person. Your viewpoints are extremely well thought out and verbalized. Here;s to another ten years of great viewing! ❤️
What I love about you and your channel is the way you are able to verbalize exactly what I love and don't love about pop culture, especially Doctor Who. Over and over when watching your reviews or your commentary on an episode or a movie, I find myself saying, Yes, *that's* what why I didn't like it as much as I wanted to. That's the bit that I loved but I'd not recognized why until you expressed it so eloquently. That's why I wasn't able to connect to that character. That's what was bothering me about that scene. You are unusually good about pinpointing the problems and strengths with the shows and movies I enjoy. And you do all this while being unashamedly you, which helps give you an authenticity that's rare on this platform. Thank you and here's to the next ten years (at least!)
Congrats on 10 years! You were a breath of fresh air in mid-2010s nerd spaces for me. Here's to 10 more.
Congratulations on 10 years. I found you through Doctor Who and you quickly became a favorite Geeky media UA-camr. And through your colaboration, I found Jessie Gender and that has been great. Durring lockdowns, your livestream videos and also Jessies really helped me get through such an isolating and stressful time. I love your thoughtful analysis and the work you put into your content clearly shows. Thank you for putting your voice out there and being creative. Thank you for building a caring and wonderful community.
I loved when you came out. I had just come out myself to my wife as gender fluid. Your Vera channel came first for me and I already knew before you came out you had this channel. It’s been and continues to be awesome to see you grow as an amazing human. Congrats on this great achievement! Much love to you. -Josefina
Honestly watching this a year after you posted....still probably hits the same. I started watching over a year ago now, and the first video I watched was on a day I really needed to hear that sign off and it makes me smile every time to hear it. Thank you for doing what you do :)
I found your channel when i start watching dw and I'm so glad it happened.
Thank you so much, you will never know how much it help me, not with dw but with everything. Even thinking about it makes me cry.
And obviously I wish you 10 more years!
How Have I not seen this American Dr. Who video!!!!!! My life is incomplete....i must find it!!!!!!!
Oh for frick sake. The second Dr!!!!!! HA
I don't know exactly when I first found your channel, but at least a couple years ago. Before the pandemic, anyway. I don't remember what video it was exactly, but I looked over in my recommended and saw "Oh, cool Drag-Queen Auntie type character being snarky about Doctor Who. I'll watch that!" What I saw was a combo of similar interests, intelligent humor, and flamboyance--and I was totally down for that.
I subscribed by like the second video of yours I watched, somewhere around then--and haven't looked back since. TEN YEARS?! I had no idea! I knew you had a big archive but...wow! Congrats! :)
I discovered this channel around 2017/2018, and am so very glad of it. You're one of my favourite people to listen to ramble about nerdy stuff!
Congrats on 10 years! If I'm remembering this correctly, I discovered your channel in late 2015 or early 2016, while I was still living outside of the city where I live now. I think it was because of the Doctor Who videos, or the DCEU stuff that was going on at the time. Anyway, I went back and watched the original scenes you did with Nathan and Nicole and that's why I stuck around because those scenes were exactly how my friends and I would behave when we hung out. And I've been here ever since, minus a couple of years where I just needed to get away from geek UA-cam channels online, due to the trolls in the comments, and other channels being very negative. I still think my favourite videos, besides the early scripted stuff, have to be the Doctor Who videos where you talk about stuff from a production standpoint rather than an in-universe story standpoint because, as someone who hasn't seen ALL of Doctor Who, even alot of the modern day show, it helps me understand where the show was in the real world because it's not something I watched as a kid, since the reruns were done here in Canada by 1992.
I can't remember the exact time I started watching this channel, probably around early to mid 2018? It was one of, if not *the* , first channel I subscribed to on UA-cam. What struck me most, was how eloquently you expressed your reviews and views, and even when those were critical it was never done with harshness or hate, you could tell it came from a fan.
I had started off as a causal viewer, basically for the Doctor Who stuff, but what made me a subscriber was the LGBTQ+ content. The first time you took off the flat cap, changed your glasses and talked about topics that were relevant to me was incredibly uplifting and freeing, plus informative. And, as ever, delivered with great expression and consideration. Your sign off always made me feel just a little better, especially in times when things were not so peachy - a little light was shone upon the darkness.
👏👏 Congrats on 10 years (the history recap was really interesting). Let's raise a glass to the next 10! 🥂
Congratulations on 10 years, Vera! It's been awesome to see you grow for as long as I've been a fan and it's just great to be able to see this journey unfold!
Keep up the awesome work and thanks for being yourself!
Oh! So it was you that recommended Nanette to me! Amazing stuff, thanks a lot! I don't know if you watched Douglas, but it's even better.
Congratulations on ten years. I found your Chanel due to the doctor who related videos, but I've stayed because you have introduced me to do much more interesting content. Here's to the next ten 🍾
I found you randomly in 2018 when you were in the midst of pumping out so much material. Haven't stopped watching ever since. I love what you do. Happy 10th anniversary. Looking forward to the 20th already :),
Looking forward to this Lady Vera!
I know this might be cheesy to say but what honestly got me to subscribe, and then keep coming back to your videos, is you. you're always such a bright part of my day whenever I see an upload and the way you are so enthusiastic and expressive is what keeps me watchin all the way through. It's wonderful when you find a channel where it's the person that makes you stick around, with the added benefit of being all about fun topics and interests!
Ten years! Wow! I've enjoyed the Council of Geeks and I wish you well for the next ten years!
Looks like it will be fun!
I've been subscribed to this channel since 2016/2017. My favourite videos are the rambling reviews on the break room of geeks.
Congratulations on 10 years! I've followed you for probably 5 or 6 of them? I think what keeps us engaged as your viewers is your friendly and charismatic demeanor, your enthusiasm, and the fact that you obviously put so much thought and effort into every single video - even the "rambling" ones.
I started watching for the Doctor Who content (and wholeheartedly agree that Wilf and Donna are the best Doctor companions ever!) and stayed the authenticity.
Here's to many more years!
Congratulations on ten years! Love your videos; thank you so much for sharing!
This is really interesting on the history of the channel, and who the people with the chestburster and lightsaber were. Don't always agree with views of the episodes of the good Doctor, but always have the greatest respect for how you present arguments and the quality of the discussions. Came over here a while ago due to links from Jessie Gender, stayed due to the high quality of the content.
Congratulations on ten years! I discovered your channel through a movie review sometime during the flat cap era, before the monthly queer issues videos. You and Steph Sterling were two of the few UA-camrs I could find talking about my interests without scary doses of misogyny, and now you've come out, and Abigail, and Mildred, and Sophie, and others, and I'm so happy for all of you ❤️💛🧡💚💙💜🖤
Fascinating! Congrats! Thanks you for the decade and this history!
Congratulations on 10 years! I found your channel some time ago as a suggested video, I'm sure because I'm a doctor who fan. I subscribed because I like your style and I love your content. Im 63 and have seen a lot (originally RHPS before it was expected to reenact and dress up in the venue) I may now always agree with you, I respect your opinions and the absolute rights to voice them. Thanks for all you share!!!
Congrats on 10 years!
Awfully late to this party but thanks for the history and congrats on the 10 years! I remember when you took off your cap to show us your rainbow hair. And the Doctor Who April Fools video was beyond hilarious, still one of my favorites from you. Thanks for being you, being honest and true to yourself and us, and providing balanced, nuanced context. Here’s to the next 10 years and beyond! 🍹 🍺 🍷
❤️ thank you for all you do!
Congrats on the milestone!
This was wonderful! Helped me figure out that I found you summer of 2020, through your video('s) about she-who-must-not-be-named. Awesome to see what I missed before that and can now go back and watch!! Thank you for everything that you do ❤️
Thank you for making this video. Such a joy to watch. I've only found your channels last year, so it was nice to learn about what came before that. Stay beautiful and keep making great content.
Congrats, what a beautiful journey. A big hug.
Been here since early 2017. Can now proudly say I've gotten most of my family and many friends on the same bandwagon - to the extent that whenever a new Chibnall Doctor Who episode aired, one of us would immediately say "aight let's see what Council of Geeks has to say about it". This channel has literally become an unwavering staple of my entertainment and intellectual engagement. Always been fabulous, to this day and onwards. Thank you :)
Favourite moment: "What the flux just happened"
Congratulations on 10 years! It was about 4 years back I came across your channel regarding Dr Who. I'll admit I am biased as I recognized you as we used to work together many years ago in New York. Always enjoyed talking with you about geeky stuff. Love the articulate and insightful content.
Holy crap! Hey Jeanne! How are you doing?
@@CouncilofGeeks I'm doing really good. Living in AZ now. Love your channel, couldn't be happier for you!
@@jeanneeudey9181 thanks so much. Glad you’re doing well.
I've enjoyed watching the Overdue/Take Two Doctor Who reviews from the start of that series. Here's to the next however long this lasts! :)
Congrats on 10 years! Found you in 2018 0r 2019 on doctor who videos! Loved your doctor who videos and Gotham videos
I'm not sure when I first saw a Council of Geeks video, but I think it was between 2016 and 2018, before Capaldi's era. I saw fan essays on Doctor Who and her science fiction and I noted hints and occasional discussions of LGBTQIA+ topics. I liked that you gave fair, thorough analysis, without the hate-mongering that was growing at the time. The more I saw videos from here, the more I liked, and somewhere in there, I subscribed. Also around then, you began giving more overt coverage of queer topics and you had begun giving more expression, "switching out the look" and coming out. Cool! I'm here for both still. I like that you have strong opinions and I like that you sometimes challenge my own opinions. Keep up the good work. It is very much needed these days.
Ooh! I haven't seen the "See You Space Cowboy" (Cowboy Bebop) podcasts! I will be sure to check those out. I need to rewatch the show. -- Correction: I must have first found the channel during the Capaldi era, not before. Not sure if I'd seen a video in 2016, but sometime in 2017, I think. -- Around then was also when I first saw Jessie Gender's videos. I wasn't sure at first what to make of that, except there was always earnest heart and love for science fiction and Trek, and then coverage of LGBT topics, and I wasn't sure at first what was going on with Jessie's gender, just that it was ambiguous. My first experiences with trans folks were online in Farscape fan forums, and I came out (gay) during that time. So I was still pretty new to trans folks and I didn't have the vocabulary. But I was finding things in common with my experience growing up gay. I'd also seen Jackson Bird's videos before he had transitioned. I'm cis and gay, but I've found I kinda feel like I fit in as a fellow misfit? Or something like that, haha.
I suspect (hope) that once series 14 of Doctor Who kicks off with RTD as show runner again and a new Doctor and Companions, that things will pick back up. There will be rumblings from the "we-hate-everything" "roll-for-views" crowd and from the prejudiced but vocal minority. But that's on them. I think there are plenty of fans and potential new viewers who will like the new show. I am eager to get back to good Doctor Who. Now maybe Jodie and the other actors can move on to something better for them and Chibnall can move on to find whatever he's good at. Also, I liked Big Finish's Space 1999 tribute episode, and what other content I've heard from them has been very good. So I hope for more good stuff from there.
Congratulations! I found you via the Gareth Roberts scandal, and have followed ever since. Love your content and your honesty, … not to mention being able to have a bird’s eye view of your “transition”. Keep up the good work. Here’s to the next 10! 🍻
I've never been subscribed to a channel as long as I've been subscribed to you - I reckon I must have first found the channel in early 2018
Fascinating! loved this video. I haven’t been a subscriber for long but I love you (tho, I don’t you personally) and your content (mostly Doctor Who-related but other stuff as well) if I’m feeling down, I come to this channel and put a video on - it always cheers me up. And, to be seen by someone like you is heartwarming. I’ll stop here, before I ramble 😅 anyway, here’s to 10 Years and many more to come 🍾 remember: you are beautiful, you are valid and you are loved.
Guuuurl!!!! Congratulations! All of the ❤️ 😍
Congrats on your 10 years! I cannot even imagine my channel still being around after a decade :p
aw, grats on the 10 years! i don't even know how long i've been on the council, at least since sometime in 2019 at least. i love your doctor who stuff, we don't always agree but you always give me plenty to think about.
I actually found your Vera Wyld channel first, looking for tips n tricks on how to pass since it's when I came out as MTF transgender haha. Eventually I found this channel, and loved the videos on here even more! You have a lovely personality, and I'm glad it's going somewhere. Happy 10 years!!! 😊 🎉
Since you mention Linkara, I'm hoping you'll be involved in his DW 60th anniversary month!
Pretty sure he doesn’t know I exist.
I'm so glad you made this! It was such fun to get the inside look of stuff I'd only known through the videos and occasional comments. You've always been an insightful, thoughtful voice on things I care about too. I have fingers (and toes) crossed for the new season of Doctor Who.
The Doctor Who April Fools is probably your best video! It comes off as so sincere that I had to check I was still in the same universe, and the genuine joy you show when talking about the franchise seems to hide what must've been a lot of laughter being held back!
Well done on the 10 long years, and here's to many more, and thanks Vera, I don't think I'd be where I am in my gender journey without you!
Congrats on your 10th anniversary (sadly I had to leave the livestream of this as I was visiting my parents so had to go offline). In terms of memories I'm proud that we got to sponsor a couple of videos, including one of the She-Ra countdowns. The Ghostbusters 2 trial video is excellent (though sadly did not go down well with a couple of friends who were Ghostbusters fans, which is a shame but I tried!) Mainly I think what I like is the way you analyse media in general- even if I don't agree, I can see what the argument is and there is clear justification. I'm also gutted that they took down you reading that Dr Who Choose Your Own Adventure during the livestream, that would have been fun. Anyhoo apologies for the epicness of the comment but thank you for enlivening my UA-cam watching and may you continue to produce superfab content!
Wow congratulations on 10 years!! I've been watching since about 2017 I think and have loved seeing your content for now 5 years. Came for the doctor who reviews, got hooked properly with the queer themes, stayed for everything else ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations on making it this long, I can’t really imagine what the journey must’ve felt like. Also, since it’s probably not far off from now, a preemptive congrats for when you hit the 60k subs mark!
I haven’t been here nearly as long as some - what was it, late 2016 I think? So roundabouts six years? - and admittedly I’ve not been the most consistent in viewing or comments on your content. Nor have I probably always been the most tactful, and while I don’t recall such things in specific detail I have felt after some times that I didn’t show the most consideration with my word choice. Or shown my ignorance in some areas. For all that I apologise, and while I hope not to make any flubs I can’t promise that I won’t; I’m only human, and I try to improve daily hopefully forever. But… I do appreciate what I learned from you and your content and will be around, on the fringes of the COG at least, for the foreseeable future.
In any case, it’s been enlightening to see the history of the channel (and how it was in conjunction with everything else you were up to) summarised. I feel even more appreciation for you and the content you’re making knowing a bit of the journey, and I feel honoured that I caught even a glimpse of that going forward.
Good luck Vera, and may this be a thing for years to come still.
My first video of yours was the Twisted review on the breakroom channel. Since I was very much into Starkid I was immediately hooked. I think so far my favorite episodes are the one on bardcore or the one on consent.
Love this video. I believe I joined in around 2018, and have enjoyed watching your content since then. I also love the videos where you take some risks in terms of editing or shooting (like the interview video about youtubers and their coming out), it sad that they don't perform as well. Ironically i also really like how you discuss and frame the different celebrity scandals, because it gives context and actually helps me work through how I feel about them - but I get why you don't want to go all in with that unless the celebrity in question is somehow related to your content. Last thing you have an error in the CC (around 25 minute mark), normally I wouldn't mention it, but I feel like this one is bad. Its when you are talking about coming out, and instead of saying "discussing myself" it says "disgusting myself". I'll edit out this comment if you want when it is changed (and already edited out the exact time stamp), so that fact that it is there isn't memorialized, but I didn't want to not say something about it. Congrats again on 10 years.
Ironically enough the first video I saw of yours was your video about how the doctor could never be a woman. And I found your "response to yourself" video on it to be super interesting as an exercise in evaluating old biases
For what it’s worth, I enjoyed your Inside No. 9 reviews more than any of the other videos on your channel.
I admit that it’s partially because No. 9 is my favourite show, and, aside from Weelin, no one else on UA-cam ever seems to do justice to it, but honestly, you brought up some really great points about the show, for example when you analysed the joke about Oona Chaplin’s character being transgender (or not, as you noted.)
Any chance you’d ever think about bringing those reviews back?
I came across one of your Doctor Who videos a couple of years ago. I came for the Doctor Who content and stayed for the rest. I haven’t seen a video of yours that I didn’t like. The only time I don’t watch is if you throw out a spoiler warning for something I haven’t seen. But then I come back to your video after I’ve seen whatever it is you warned would be spoiled.
Really enjoyed this!
I only got into UA-cam during the pandemic. Your LGBT content is what got me subscribe. I don’t watch Doctor Who, but am happy that those vids are still making you money. Best wishes! I thought your GhostBusters essay was great.
I have a question, that you answered for me before but it still occasionally pops from other people, so would you kindly clarify this again, please. Previously, you said you were okay being called either Nathaniel or Vera. Is that still true, or has your position on it changed?
It’s still true though Vera is the more publicly prominent name at this point.
@@CouncilofGeeks Thank you kindly for the clarification. 🙂
Engagement for the engagement god!
Congratulations! I started watching in the "let down your hair" days of the LGBTQ issues in media content, and have appreciated your thoughtful commentary over the years.
What a great history video. I no longer remember when I started watching on a regular basis, but it believe a Rocky Horror video was the first video I found. Your JK Rowling response was likely the video that made me want to subscribe.
May you have 10 more years.
I think I started watching you just after your coming out video, I may have seen one or two videos from you before then. A lot of what you said about being gender fluid clicked with me and I said to myself "holy sh*t! Is that what I am?" I came out to my wife (who sadly passed last year) soon after that, and finally came out publicly in 2020. I think I mentioned this before in one of your live streams, but you probably don't remember, but I did want to thank you for helping me realize what I was.
Congratulations on 10 years and awesome awesome 10 years it has been for you Here's to the next 100 . And as to the next series you might end up doing doing after Babylon Babylon 5 Maybe you guys should do quantum leap or The original stargate SG1 Anyways you can congrats and thanks for all the great wonderful content over the years ears and in the coming yearsAnyways you can congrats and thanks for all the great wonderful content over the years and To the years to come.
The first video I saw from you was titled “Why the DCEU needs to FAIL”
Needless to say, I had to click.
I think that was for me too.
I think I started watching in late 2017. Which was the year I started on UA-cam myself. Before I started a channel I hadn’t really watched any UA-cam. To my shame I mostly dismissed the platform and didn’t think it was worth looking at. 🤦♂️
Is your current room, with the Red walls, the same one as the old stripy wall papered room? Just redecorated?
Nope it’s a different room.
At first I didn't like your queer content, but my curiosity got the better of me and you helped me in my own journey.
Wow.... has it really been that long???.... really enjoyed the ride (think I have been coming here for about 8-9 years).... just to let you know (if you didn't already) there are a lot of Big Finish creative guys and gals who watch your channel (me being one of them) as well as Jason (the boss!) ....... and finally..... congrats..... and you still haven't sued me for stealing your catch phrase...... all the very very best - here's to the next ten!!
To answer your question: I spend a *lot* of time
I think the first video was the video of you discussing queerbaiting, and being so happy to see an older genderfluid person on youtube. I never really seen anyone with the same gender identity as me in media in general and even when I did find it was clearly written by someone who had a limited understand of the term.
10 years on UA-cam you don't look a day old.
Thats a grand detour to pretty good analysis and commentary Glad that detour detour happened, and i thing the content go overall better. The production cebebrety drama is good enough :P An Rowling will e roasted enough as it is.
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Ithink its the quer content, and dr whois enjoyabl, i mean the wanting to cite positives makes or a god critical review style o yeah.
And stuff like th girl fights and business and , like how did i never notic th weeird fights women get . Its , that ar good videos.
I enjoy your insightful and erudite comments and commentary. You have also massively educated me on trans issues. Thank you and congratulations. Xx
Ms Geeks (if that is indeed your real name), I've been around for around for about four of those ten years and I've enjoyed myself immensely throughout. I was six when your channel started and it's really a miracle that it's still going and has only got better over time. I'm happy that your happy, and here's to ten more.
when you say 2018 rapid growth year was ctc cause you to move away from the classic style of reviews or you never really used that style
I think my favorite of your content is your queer content.
I don't like the angry videos. Anger warps your judgement and tends to result in very bad arguments. (It can also make you seem more masculine, and you definitely don't want that.) I prefer a happy Vera, even when you're talking about unpleasant topics.
There's nothing wrong with having or sharing your opinion about the angry videos. But I saw this and I thought I'd bring to your attention that equating anger or hostility with masculinity, while certainly not a new concept, is part of the culture of toxic masculinity. It's a misandrist way of thinking, and like any sexism, it poisons your perception.
(I don't know your personal history, and don't mean to invalidate anyone's experiences. I'm suggesting that there are awful individuals, and there is a long history of extreme familial, social, and political conditioning for boys/men to bury any vulnerable emotions. One way to stop the endless cycle of toxicity is to stop putting masculine-negative speech out into the world. Let's stop pretending this has anything to do with sex or gender, rather than patriarchy and personality flaws.)
Congrats on 10 years!