Patron Q&A/Update Podcast, Episode 23: "Sorry"
Added 2025-02-22 06:39:38 +0000 UTCI have finished recording most of the new video.
so i answer your questions, and some of the answers are probably not what you wanted to hear, but i do it anyway.
sorry.
ben saint <3
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Hello Ben! I just finished the Bionicle video, and I must say in all of my years of youtube that was one of the best videos Iβve ever seen. I could tell the effort to put that together was immense, and somehow you made all the lore still digestible to people like me who are only vaguely aware of whatβs going on in Bionicle. As fate would have it, I recently started a playthrough of all mainline Mega Man games (sorry Mega Man Soccer) so Iβm super excited to watch your lectures on the series once I finish. Keep up the great work!
Michael McCoy
2025-02-22 20:16:31 +0000 UTCOn the topic of people wanting to watch Ben Saint vs Topic videos, since coming in with your Bionicle video, I went back and watched your Megaman one and like it a lot. The issue is that the "solo ben saint" videos are just two, the other ones are the group lectures which while neat dont appeal to me the same since its a different style. The videos arent entertaining because it dumps the lore, but because of how YOU dump the lore
AnomalousRaven
2025-02-22 19:29:55 +0000 UTCI'm here from the Bionicle video BECAUSE of you. I'd not call my self a Bionicle fan, but I did had enough experience as a child that I was interested. It was your energy that drew me in and kept me watching for the whole video. I've now watched your other videos, joined your patreon, and now I'm here listening to this π.
lx
2025-02-22 13:53:41 +0000 UTCHonestly your message attached to this QnA sounded really dire, but I think most of what you're reporting is totally fine. Hope your "agent" gets back with you of course. Is this someone you also have a contract with or something, or is it just someone on discord who contacted you with opportunities? Not that that's wrong, but ig "agent" just sounds so serious that Im curious about it. Besides the agent stuff I think nothing you said is really worrying or shameful from an outsiders perspective. Not wanting to do the comic stuff when it is simply paying out less than the lectures and you really need to stay afloat seems totally fair. Most people who make these things probably do it as a hobby besides work, when they can find the time, including me. Thats like the whole reason I myself am taking a long time finishing anything of publishable length, so I sympathize with you there if anything. Picking the right time where youre more financially secure and have more free time is nothing less than rational. As for confidence in what you have to say with your art, I get the worries there too, but I wonder if you couldnt cut yourself some more slack. Remember that art is not just an ideological/political but also emotional and intuitive exercise. A comic isnt a thesis so you dont have to be fully cogent or convincing with the messaging, as long as your sentiment comes through. Most of the audience only really cares if the "feel" of the thing is engaging, I think, and only few would actually read deeply into your exact messaging and have something to say about it. Even though I do personally like to read into messaging and deeper meaning, the reason I liked the champion and your other comics is largely because of sentiment and the vibe they gave off. Both the Champion and Vapors are to me "dispondent" in a way that I find really relatable and kind of sympathetic. Makes me wonder what comes next n all that. Ive got no problem waiting though. Your lectures are a lot of fun, Ive probably listened to all of em at least thrice, and yeah I dont think being quicker and rougher with the editing will be a huge problem. Really hope you get an editor and make sure to "kill your darlings", because while for me the longer the video the better, having BN and SF be longer in recording time than Megaman does sound a bit like letting your perfectionism/completionism take over. Protect yourself! Be lazier! Fuck the fans! Anyways, in an effort to not have this be just a parasocial monologue and actually ask you more things for the QnA: some people keep asking you to make content about your hobbies like mead making n all that. Do you think youll ever do some sort of vlog content like that, maybe as shorts or on a sidechannel, or would you rather protect this hobby from becoming another content-stream?
Prince Isolation
2025-02-22 11:16:15 +0000 UTCI think the Ben Saint Lore Explained in Obsessive Detail is an excellent idea/later milestone. Are you still Keto/what's the Ben Saint diet looking like? I just got my Costco membership somewhat recently, and know you recommended some good stuff from there in the past. I am hoping all your timeline stuff works out! To quote a great tweet, "you think the itsy bitsy spider gave a fuck about the rain. no. it climbed the spout again. lock in" (it has since been community noted that "It's important to note that the sun came out and dried up all the rain.")
SliferSean
2025-02-22 08:07:03 +0000 UTC
