People Can Change

Chapter 1

Uploaded! You sit back in your computer chair and take a deep breath, but your work is not done.

"Okay, time to share this baby." You copy the link to your newest youtube video, and share it on your twitter, facebook page, and other social medias. You had a little over 2,000 subscribers, which you were floored by. Most of the time you were just sharing your thoughts and ideas on daily life or ranting on some days. You didn't earn enough revenue for a steady income, but it gave you something to do when you weren't working. Honestly, the YouTube part of your life was only short of perfect.

You decide to reward yourself by clicking your subscription box to watch some of your favorites. AmazingPhil showed off the weird stuff he bought this week; typical Phil. You watch Musicalbethan talk about her new workout hobbies and took notes. Then you noticed Markiplier uploaded a new 'Reading Your Comments' video. That's a surprise, you thought to yourself. He hasen't done one of these in a while. So of course you click to watch.

"Hello everybody. My name is Markiplier, and welcome to another Reading Your Comments. I know I haven't done one of these in a long time, but lately I feel like the gap between myself and you guys is getting bigger. I figured, this would be a good start to closing that gap so let's go!"

You hoped that it wouldn't get more difficult to stay connected with your subscribers like that.

" +Sampoo asks 'Where did you get the ASS glasses from?' I crafted them. By purchasing a pair of sunglasses that reflect everything and staring at wade for 10 hours straight. Then the word ASS became engraved on each lens." He could hardly keep a straight face while answering that. You laughed pretty hard as well.

" +brirely89 asks 'WHERE BE DRUNK MINECRAFT WITH JACK?!' As I've said many times, I drink-ie, I die-ie."

You sigh. An avid watcher can't get a good question in, yet some idiot get a frequently answered question answered.

" +(y/u/n) (your user name) asks,"

You jolt up and pause the video. You were first of all confused because you didn't remember commenting, but you looked at the screenshot of your question. Oh yeah, you remember now. You could tell you asked this question a while ago based on the fact that it's been some time since the last comment video, and it was at a time when you were still a big "fangirl" stereotype. You're still highly attracted to Mark, but you've come to the realization that if you want a good reputation on YouTube, you didn't want to just fangirl over everything. And actually dating anyone big now was a long-shot anyways. You play the video.

" 'Would you ever consider dating a subscriber, or are you hoping to find a girl who doesn't recagnize you from the internet?' I do recegnize that people will know who I am without being obsessed with me, but with one of my subscribers, I don't know if I could trust them with my personal information or anything like that. I'd say once a superfan, always a superfan, so no. I can't imagine handling a fangirl as a girlfriend." He laughs through that.

You paused the video again and sat back flabbergasted. Can't trust a single subscriber like that? People change all the time. You thought on that statement for a few minutes. You couldn't help but feel personally offended by his response. Not all subscribers are crazy fangirls. People can change for the better.

"I guess they can change for the worse too." You mumble to yourself clicking into Markiplier's channel and hitting 'unsubscribe'.