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This is a 4 hour Magnum Opus, and it's broken through, to Jenny Tok, memes, NPR, The New York Post, Forbes, hahahahahaha
Jenny Nicholson has made a vibrant career out of this, i mean have you seen the literal thousand person list that is her patreon, on her patreon, lol, that's not even including the adsense money she gets from the tens of milions of views on youtube.
Jenny is better at video essay breakdowns than i will ever be at anything in my entire life.
She's a little woodland sprite, with an Einstein brain, who loves star wars, disney, theme parks and plushies, she doesn't care if we like them or not, but is overjoyed at sharing her knowledge, experience, and deep background research for just about anything that turns her on. As evidenced by her success, most of us remain supremely grateful for it, and eagerly await the next time she deigns to grace us with her content.
I'm a big fan.
It's weird how much you focus on how much money she makes.
It's an odd post, but I have to admit I had the same fascination. I remember finding out that she exists when the YT video I was listening to ended and, before I got my phone out of my pocket, it had auto played some girl introducing the story of a LARP theme park I had never heard of. An hour later I was heavily informed about the tale of Evermore despite giving no shits about theme parks.
I listened to a couple more of her essays on topics I have no inherent interest in, then took a closer look at her channel. I thought, I'll add her to my Patreon list for awhile, I've gotten several hours of entertainment. Queue the holy shit when I ran the numbers.
Sometimes people make good stuff, and then they are financially rewarded for that. Good for her.
Edit: English better.
I just think it's incredible, I was watching her years ago, and was amazed, and to see the growth in people being drawn to her content, on subject matter they don't even particularly enjoy, just to watch her talk about it, has been so very enjoyable. I added her numbers because it's a benchmark of the success I am so pleased she's experiencing.
Oh, no doubt she's fantastic. Her Vampire Diaries essay is still my go-to for background viewing. Even now the China Beach ad gives me giggles.
It's just strange to focus so much on how many millions she may make when in reality she's got almost no merch and uses copyrighted material in her videos that probably prevent a lot of monetization. She doesn't have millions because most YouTubers with her following have sponsors, ad reads, and patreon call outs. She doesn't even say "like and subscribe" or say shit to generate comments. She goes against all advice on how to make a living from a channel and it works. So focusing on how much money she must have seems really antithetical to her channel.
But great to see she is getting mainstream attention! Hopefully her videos will affect change at Disney.
you may be right, i'll delete that shit now
I'm a very big fan.
You literally are.