I Am Sophie: A Young, Rich & Powerful Unfiction Webseries

[@NightMind]

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[@kellenold1358]

hi nick

[@tidiarr]

Hit the quan!

[@tidiarr]

Get down low and swing your arms

[@pickypath246]

@@tidiarr Do the Mario!

[@andrewjhollins]

Your timing is impeccable, Nick. Thanks for making my weekend.

[@DefaultSeaTurtle]

The most realistic part is KZbin not responding to Sophie's email.

[@epicat0r]

ngl, that killed me

[@cobijing]

9:10 real as these

[@あきら-v7h]

Truly making it a modern work of art

[@acrocodileelf]

This is such a truth it's unbelievable

[@sky-ic7ji]

i’ll be honest, i think her trailer showed up in my recommended but it seemed so realistic that i just skipped over it.

[@negligent_omnicide]

not skylar SAME! I saw it several times and scoffed EVERY time. Thank you, Nick. This was rad content I would have otherwise ignored. I feckin’ adore your channel. 🖤😸

[@sky-ic7ji]

Spooky Nightshade thought it was just a basic “rich girl” with delusions of grandeur, if you know what i mean. and i agree, if Nick hadn’t covered it, i would’ve thought the same forever. we luv u Nick thanks 4 the heart xoxo 🥺❤️

[@blindedjourneyman]

Glad I'm not the only one who was fooled, even moreso that Good old Nick brought it to our attention.

[@djetronakanorte]

yeah i did the same then i got a NM Post and was like hella intrested # :)

[@scrambldrabbit]

same lol

[@sopranophantomista]

Not going to lie, the acting on this one is A+. To me, it doesn't even feel like she's trying super hard.

[@Cant-Tell-Corvus]

I have to agree, I think the reason it seems so campy is due to how she’s trying to portray the standard snotty rich girl

[@ConsciousRobot]

I was just thinking the exact opposite! I dont think the acting is good at all! Wtf

[@nanobotjr]

Conscious Robot I 100% agree with you, but only for lara. Other than that though, the acting was pretty believable in my opinion.

[@theoretic7856]

the bummer is when the horror segments really start the use of shock value instead of subtle hints to unnerve just knocks me completely out of it.. There was a direction it could have went that would have been really creepy but the "horror" episode with mark and the hand man just seems so re-purposed slenderman like it really takes my imagination out of the series. To me there are better ways to really make a person feel fear. The handman is a cool monster but to present this so jarringly like this is one of my least favorite style of introducing the evil. Oh well.. at lest the production value is top of its game.

[@houndsmaster34]

@@ConsciousRobot i think that is the reason why the acting is so good, because its bad. Its reverse logic in a way. Like all these KZbin celebs who over react on their videos and end up looking totally fake yet they think people believe them. Its great acting because she seems so full of her ego that she makes it seem like she thinks that we believe her when we dont. Thats what makes it believable, that it seems almost fake. Kinda like the lifestyle of a celebrity. Genius.

[@Smoothhh_One]

Ironically, when this is all said and done, they probably could sell that merch

[@QuicklyFast]

Yeah, for about 25-30% of the portrayed price, but still.

[@troophWVrrIor]

Cam damn right

[@harshit2344]

Oof

[@codacrafts747]

i could see people wearing that merch it honestly doesn't look that bad

[@itsnear4557]

@@codacrafts747 tbh it looks really plain and not worth the price

[@Enjemnsnens]

“A creepy figure of a man lurking in the shadows” Nah that’s just Onision

[@_aclown6377]

💀💀

[@killa_barbie7869]

I died😭

[@OutlawPrince45]

phoneflipp oh damn

[@josh-samuelikechi-konkwo7190]

My depression be like...

[@RatOfTheWoods]

So a creepy figure of a man lurking in the shadows?

[@cranberryjuice3998]

webseries: has multiple people dead, someone kidnapped, someone possesed, and a horrific sewn together monster. NM: *"I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS"*

[@ssun9074]

*Stefon from SNL voice* This webseries has EVERYTHING

[@bashkillszombies]

And it still doesn't get demonetized as fast as saying "I don't want to suck the lady-peen, thank you."

[@lionbreaker0852]

@@philipwhitecat Oh god when i read this I was 44 mins into the video as well, i didnt knew it got worse

[@roxyhart5692]

I'm just starting this up and I'm super fucking scared now

[@corbeaudejugement]

49:47, for those wondering where in particular nick loses it about this

[@zombieplush]

"trisha paytas gets kidnapped by the hand guy from my hero academia" is my favorite webseries, hell yeah

[@turcanudan9386]

Did someone say....THE HAND?

[@funkytime69]

you mean okuyasu nijimura? he's from jjba

[@legallypumpkin]

Or maybe Yoshikage Kira

[@funkyou9614]

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THE HAND

[@agoosed3281]

Ah, yes. Jojo hell. We're all in it. And in it deep, obviously.

[@angrybean8844]

"I'm Poppy" -2016 "I'm Sophie" -2020 Something up mate, I can smell it.

[@bonesrat]

by 2028 we'll have a whole band!

[@uglybiscuit1828]

I lost intrest in poppy becuae of her music was losing quality and wasnt as good as it used to be but im exicted again since she dropped titanic

[@scxiao]

New anti-corona soap coming up with their mascot: "I'm Soapy"

[@crazwaz5770]

Let's not forget "hiimmarymary"

[@sarahdsparks]

CrAzyW3irdo Any word from her?

[@jaedengreen6398]

Anyone else notice that when that girl snapped that girl's neck, they were in the same pose as when Sophie was modeling with her merch

[@kaitlynblount7683]

Mark snapped Plum's neck but yes, there's tons of moments in the video where previous scenes are mirrored and corrupted. I mean, I think that's clearly the point.

[@chickentail7108]

Kaitlyn Blount pooo

[@bananatim178]

@Dizzly Zizzly 43:36 for when Mark snaps Plum's neck

[@octavieknite3068]

I'm rewatching this series as background noise when I realized she says she's a friend and a "sister". Yet we haven't seen any of her siblings and she hasn't mentioned any of them.

[@redriverscout4404]

It is like someone took "eat the rich" literally.

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Were we not supposed to? *puts oversized knife and fork away*

[@Duhbella]

@@fruitygarlic3601 no no we can. They're just a hater

[@MeanBeanComedy]

It's fucked, man. Ya don't eat people!

[@Titanplattensegler4420]

Eat the rich I gotta get this off my chest Eat the rich Take one bite now - spit out the rest

[@lingeringlucidity]

You are what you eat after all

[@nb8817]

Stalking has become more of an issue as the internet has “evolved” over the years. Using the concept of e-celebrities and their fans like this to create horror and suspense is a pretty effective imo. I like it personally.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Gave me chills, bruh!

[@Wee_Gee]

@@MeanBeanComedy yeah this is pretty freaky

[@JKPancake]

I love the horror corner of youtube. It amazes me that we can range from something like Daisy brown where the monster is clearly a handmade puppet and I am sophie which has enough production value to look like a real rich youtube vlogger and yet both are fantastic. Such a weird little corner of the internet

[@ashleysmashley9723]

If you have any recommendations, I'd love to read them

[@gretchen8100]

As long as you remember: "weird" is relative. "Normal" is a setting on a washer.

[@valosiaa]

this whole ordeal is one of the highest production value i've seen on youtube, it's insane also it's my first time being in this "corner" of youtube so I'm not one to judge

[@Maddysublime]

Completely agree

[@Whatlander]

It's wonderful how diverse and creative indie horror is. No matter who you are, with a bit of effort you can find or create the perfect spook-em-up. If only fear could be so unifying in reality.

[@MrBenMcLean]

"you guys are like, literally unreal" - Sophie, referring to the viewers Wow. That's deep

[@SuperNovaSirius]

The one playing Sophie is an incredible actress. I've never seen someone be so natural in acting natural. Amazing! Very excited!

[@Doloro]

yep

[@kitty0chan444]

Fr fr, she’s feels like a genuine real person

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

Social media star characters are so rich in potential for freaking people out and confusing people, the nature of it is so bizarre

[@AdamRadenheimer]

I want to become famous then start up a vlogging channel, make about a months worth of videos, drop off the face of the earth so the only updates people get are from my vlogs, the have something super fucked happen

[@ephemeral5298]

" so rich in potential" and rich in general literally lol

[@odolowa1]

Whoever is playing Sophie is really good at screaming. I jumped literally every time she screamed.

[@chinapat6708]

Yea, she can definitely do some blood curdling screams✌️

[@marrcelow4814]

I'm so grateful that I found this comment because I'm not at that part yet . Thank you good sir you've saved a pussy from shitting himself

[@mikellas864]

@@marrcelow4814 "you have saved a pussy from shitting himself" is such a RAW line really gave me a good laugh ahah

[@killa_barbie7869]

@@marrcelow4814 YOU saved two cause I would've cried 😭

[@ChloeGPotter]

When she does that huge scream and you can see the whites of her eyes....

[@cheezbdabomb]

I'm pretty sure Plum wasn't "snatched up" from Sophie's house at the end of that episode. Before they leave the house, Plum says she's going upstairs to investigate, and then we saw Sophie, her manager, and Mark all leave the house. I think they left Plum.

[@duckielooloui]

What I assumed was that when plum went upstairs she ran into the monster and that's when she got snatched up. And sophie just absentmindedly assumed that plum went home on her own as she mentioned in the last video.

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

I thought that was explicit in how Plum shouts YOU LEFT ME when they see her next.

[@meligoth]

This was a jab at how much of a "friend" these influencers really are to others how they easily forget others.

[@KorilD]

Oh damn, you're right! They left her!

[@szaszn.]

I thought that was obvious? but ok

[@spookycinnamon3425]

'sophie' is such amazing satire, bc only by living living in the uk could you understand how cheap things can be. seeing her flash that tenner as an "impossible" challenge was amazing. I could literally walk into LIDL with $15, and get quality, nutritious food (and maybe even a bottle of wine if you spend right).

[@casualpants9787]

LIDL is like America confined within a supermarket.

[@uglymelon6721]

@Brittany Beautiful yeah but we have an Aldi here too

[@rainphee]

hell, when i lived in the uk i had many many days where i easily spent less than ten pounds a day. my first job paid ten an hour lol

[@soontherewillbesnow]

remind me to move to the UK.

[@serenitii3557]

@@soontherewillbesnow its so cheap purely because of how strong our currency is hahaha

[@Mangobaskets]

Literally I get how people can dislike n’ stuff without realizing it’s an ARG but stooping so low to insult her about looks...that ain’t it. Also people can find out it’s a mansion just used for the video but not realize she’s an actor?

[@JoesephineMcClard]

Her make-up is not a rich persons make-up...compare to anyone famous.

[@electricbaby7315]

Yeah, I agree. Attacking someone’s looks is really not cool. She’s not even that ugly (in my opinion anyway), it’s just the makeup in her first video was done really badly

[@JoesephineMcClard]

Wasn't attacking her, just facts. Her make-up was not done by a professional.

[@Mangobaskets]

@@JoesephineMcClard I’m talking about the people who are taking it too far

[@Edgee_yy]

@@JoesephineMcClard it is also a parody/mocking Instagram influencers.

[@chrisgostanian6753]

I feel like this has something to do with her father. Her comments about not knowing where his business came from and that comment about her dad getting offended about her criticizing the mansion and saying something like “It’s a whole nother mansion,” makes me think he did some demonic dirt to get where he is, and now the fee is being extracted by the thing in the suit from his daughter.

[@Yogurt2740]

you are really skilled at making theories

[@KorilD]

Plus the monster looks a lot like her father in certain shots - the slope of the shoulders, the way it stands, how the suit hangs, etc. Not sure if it's intentional or just the same actor, though.

[@happysillygoofy]

I think he says “it’s a hall, not a mansion”

[@avarcake]

okay, this is a really good theory 😳

[@plantadelbosque]

and she said she feels lonely because her father has been away for a long time. It is on her twitter account. She mainly talks about her dad, and the only picture we have seen is one of him, not her mom, so yeap, something is going on

[@ravin1083]

“The inspiration comes from spirituality” The logo is important to explain this series.

[@klorraineb9818]

Thinking the same thing!!

[@scrapyardgizmo]

Something I noticed in hindsight: the luxury and overall high-class part of sophies descent/the series starts to go down and down and down as the videos go on. First we start off with her luxurious, glorious, almost stupidly opulent house with rich cars and a private jet, her own personal trainer, her own clothing line, all of this stuff that us 99% could only ever hope of achieving in our dreams. Then we see her try to spend one day with just 10 pounds (which she ends up "failing") but is still mostly focused around her business deal. *Then* it goes on to her mingling with the everyman in a nightclub lots of people go to, whether or not theyre richer than god itself before switching back to her going to a bougie upper crust party deal, decked to the nines and then some. Right after that it goes into Laras house, which seems like a normal, middle-class, nobodies business house that the average family could afford. After that? INSTANT drop into a dingy, dirty, boarded up and dark home that is devoid of any luxury and opulence. It's a slowburn thats pretty damn subtle and maybe not even intentional, but god damn is it good. Someone smarter than me could probably do some insane cool symbolism connect the dots bit with it.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

That is smart.

[@PlantFaceMan]

Great spot. I'd imagine it is intentional, particularly because it's a British series and class consciousness is still very prevalent here (your house being one of the prime expressions of that).

[@mandala314]

I got the impression right away that the house, the Lambo and the jet were simply rented, and used as props. You can rent the huge English mansions on the days they're closed from tours, for only a few thousand pounds.

[@Елена-о4н2т]

@@mandala314 There's enough evidence to support that for sure. Although I doubt it means anything, we all know this is an ARG. They do need sets, props, etc.

[@qwerty_ops1246]

Potential kidnapper: has catfood Me, after watching the human pet video: oh, i’ve seen this one before, it’s a classic!

[@switchblade6]

*insert Leonardo Dicaprio pointing meme*

[@hsfvhdsc4968]

THP flashbacks

[@patrickmcguire5863]

Just a little detail that I never noticed before. When they get “glittered up” for the night out at a cheap club. She is WAY more “glammed up” than her friend plum. She wouldn’t let her “friend” be on the same level as her. She had to have more than her. Nice little detail. I really like when unfiction pays attention to the little things.

[@XwX1001]

OH. GOD. YES! It's honestly tragic that people didn't get that this was satire until it was made BLATANTLY obvious.

[@JustSomeLint]

The problem is there's been a number of people doing the same obnoxious "my life is amazing, I'm rich and want to change the world" type shit for a while now. *At least for me, that's one of the reasons it feels so subversive.

[@uglybiscuit1828]

I didnt notice cause i didn't watch all of her videos I only seen commentary of it

[@XwX1001]

@@JustSomeLint True. True.

[@XwX1001]

@@uglybiscuit1828 Yeah, that'll do it. Just remember to do your research next time. Okay? Not sarcasm or disrespect, I'm being serious. Have a good life, dude! :)

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@JustSomeLint Yeah.

[@LaPeppercorn]

"I wanted someone to take the Instagram lifestyle vlogger channel and poison it" Hard same. It's like watching the social media-gentrified modern internet reclaimed by the surreal shaky-cam chaos the 'net was made for.

[@SeanStrife]

The creatives and misfits are coming back to reclaim what is rightfully ours for the taking.

[@XwX1001]

@@SeanStrife ALL HAIL THE CREATIVE TYPES! C:

[@SeanStrife]

@@XwX1001 HAAAAAAAAIL!

[@XwX1001]

@@SeanStrife Please rise for our national anthem. U_U

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@XwX1001 *plays 6x slowed industrial ambient with a base-64 coded message hidden in the audio spectrogram, that leads you to a cryptic website with nothing but a password field and the scrambled coordinates for a geocache that contains the lyrics to the CREATIVES AND MISFITS National Anthem*

[@Z-Zeitgeist]

I think what really shows to me about her descent into.....whatever this is, is the fact that we start with Sophie having a full face of ridiculous makeup with this perfect bleached blonde hair. By the end, she's got easily two, three inches of dark roots showing. She's not maintaining her "image" anymore - she can't. Maybe I'm reading too far into it, but hey. It's on this channel. We're expected to read way into things.

[@kaiagrove9645]

Omg totally, it shows how long she was really in there for.

[@areyoufriendly]

666th like...we should read into that.

[@SojournerBurns]

"Who's her mentor, Ricegum?" Stop it! Stop it! Can't you see he's already dead!?

[@marrcelow4814]

daisy brown is a classic

[@hkkobayashi7657]

I knew something was up with her when I noticed her acting and compared it to that millionaires son video. She just sounded and acted better. She didn't sound real. But at the time I was thinking "This could just be a joke lol. She doesn't sound real at all!" And then when she started to take selfies with her trainer in the background, I knew it was all fake. That had such comedic timing and self awareness that it just could not be real. But I was never expecting it to be an arg!!! I was so so so happy to find out it was an arg! I originally thought it was just a parody account. This is better.

[@NicolasSequeira]

Nicolas Comics is no parody! The comics are real and they really do love pus

[@Soulvale88]

All I can think to ask is “how much does it cost to seem convincingly rich for your video where it is possibly the most important part of the illusion?”

[@QuicklyFast]

Fake it till you make it amirite?

[@michaeljoseph8229]

She's a bigger KZbinr at over a million subs so I'd assume she's well enough connected.

[@minerva9843]

@@michaeljoseph8229 no she doesn't. Sophiedoes is a different person. Stop spreading misinformation everywhere.

[@bararobberbaron859]

I think it's like a grand for the clothing, another grand to rent the lambo, 4 grand (or you have a hookup) to rent the private jet and another few grand to rent the property. Then there's the camera equipment, the editing and the PCs plus staff pay. My best guestimate is 14K + paying the people involved, but there's a chance they just get a cut of the revenue or they are doing this as students or a group of friends/ARG fans themselves. If everyone had to get paid, we're probably looking at 20K all in all. Breakeven point at ~3.5 to 7 million channelviews. The large disparity is because I've only got guestimates on prices (and if people got paid already or not) and the pay for ads varies too. HOWEVER: The clothes could be left over halloween props/loaners, the lambo could belong to a friend or they could have a friend that works at a luxury car dealership and they borrowed it for an hour. They could have asked someone that's a fan of ARGs or just really generous if they can film on his private jet for an hour. (to create backstory) It's not exactly a tourist hotspot that house and certainly not in the November to January span of the year. So if they said they were enthusiasts and if they could please film there (perhaps for a bit of pay/exposure while there's a downtime, and you make sure to film carefully) that wouldn't be too bad either. If it's a group of friends doing it for the love of it and they already have access to cameras/computers and editing skills, that would basically be free too. So then we're looking at a grand or less and breakeven point of ~250K video views. Hope that helped. If it did not, I still had fun thinking about it, so no loss either way.

[@pugsriel]

LIKE :HOW?

[@AmnesiacCa3sar]

The transformation of Lara into Sophie is definitely an interesting one, and there's some very obvious symbolism there. It's easy for us to become anyone we want to become online. We can distance ourselves from who we actually are and dive head first into a constructed fantasy life. Lara is clearly introduced as a character who aims to do exactly that. It could be that that where Lara is living is not her house, or the cat thing could just be a pointless, arbitrary lie. Sometimes pathological liars will lie about things they have no reason to lie about. Maybe not being a cat person is just another aspect of the false persona she's invented for herself. Looking at the latest video from the channel, which includes clips of a shot-for-shot remake of the original trailer with Lara substituted for Sophie, that concept of living an entirely fabricated life seems to be the entire point of this series. Superficial and self-centered people like the both of them are a dime a dozen, and more are made every day. For all we know, Lara might not even be the first to do something like this in the reality of this story. Maybe Sophie herself had usurped someone before her, and Lara is only continuing an endless cycle.

[@jberrethful]

AmnesiacCa3sar yea, Cock and ball torture, (CBT) is...

[@corvinstory]

@@jberrethful no

[@chickentail7108]

Ok

[@Raiden-Chanya]

@@chickentail7108 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Bruh what do you mean ok

[@Nobody_Fn_Important]

the acting is superb. you actually think she is upper class and some of the things are happening (well some of the things) the screams actually sound full of emotion, it's amazing I love this

[@elizabethsullivan1894]

I think the thing that makes this so effective is that the parody is beautifully done. I definitely *can* believe that someone could unironically make this content. I could even believe in the branding. Just the parody by itself is really quite good.

[@CeilingFloor122]

.. Of 00 no 0... My.... Of 00.. No

[@myhlosic]

Someone _does_ unironically make this content. Some rich boy, his making of content made this all the more believable. His name is Bobby Misner.

[@ahshitherewegoagain7461]

@@myhlosic My favorite youtube king.

[@monophone903]

@@CeilingFloor122 uh, are you ok?

[@staggbones]

Ben certainly raises a lot of suspicions. First, he emails a channel with a large following, putting Sophie out there, which leads to a rabid fan. Then he films the whole sequence of things as they're happening, being rude to her while she's panicing and filming the whole time and when she's tied to the chair, his first instinct isn't to help...I think he's in on it.

[@JosephQPublic]

Being rude? He tells her to be quiet thinking they’ve found a good hiding spot (that’s my take on it, anyways).

[@anaphylacticpete5788]

Agreed.

[@ethans9073]

It’s possible he’s no longer the one filming when she is tied up

[@Dctr-mg8km]

Pretty sure Ben got stabbed at the end of that last clip.

[@johnbob914]

Isnt he shown dead on the floor right after sofie is in the chair

[@litewavegames3967]

Sophie is rich, popular, talented... and has 0 taste in makeup

[@lolallday08]

Yeah. Yeah, it's total shite.

[@KottenBee]

Her eyeshadow...kinda annoyed me tbh, she could blend them a bit to even them out, but it's an ARG so I'll just ignore it.

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

STFU.

[@RainBowSasaFras]

I couldn't stop staring at her weird blocky brows the hole time, but other then that her makeup wasn't bad, I liked the glittery festival look.

[@lizhasasthma]

What really got me was her first intro look, cuz I could see where her foundation met her hairline since the line was so harsh and the foundation was darker than her natural skin tone.

[@SesshoMaruFTW01]

“Ben is a common name, of course” you don’t have to rub it in Nick, lol

[@exlted]

I know how you feel, fellow Ben

[@onijester56]

Hey, at least none of the "people named Ben that are involved in this have drowned.

[@XwX1001]

What IS your profile picture from? No joke, that is cool. Ô_Ô

[@XwX1001]

@@onijester56 That is BEYOND a blessing. U_U

[@SesshoMaruFTW01]

William Patchell Dr. Stone manga

[@MoldyFireflies]

“Your Color is Just orange, like Even if you weren’t wearing orange, I see orange” She says as she wears orange tinted glasses

[@jillianc7485]

how... how are these videos so disturbing, yet night mind’s voice is so calming ???

[@NicolasSequeira]

My voice is calming because I eat radishes in between comics

[@XwX1001]

@@NicolasSequeira As you do.

[@XwX1001]

Also, because Nick's an absolute god who deserves all the love.

[@corvinstory]

when the videos were playing and night mind's voice wasn't, i wanted the voice

[@Skrimbi]

​@@NicolasSequeiraStill munchin radishes

[@luketfer]

You know what's funny...being from the UK I recognize the house she claims is 'her mansion' and I know for a fact it's a house that is rented out to film/tv studios, why? Because being a film student I was responsible for scouting filming locations for our college film which was meant to be a cluedo (or Clue to Americans) style murder mystery short film. The house was one of the locations, it's Broughton Hall and it's owned by the Tempest family (who I had to contact to ask prices on filming at that location and it was...lets just say out of a students budget, which is what they told me when I quoted what we could afford to spend), of which Sophie isn't a listed member.

[@quackquack8775]

Unrelated, but your profile picture is so wholesome

[@mattghostly5261]

How did the clue movie turn out? I love that movie.

[@luketfer]

@@mattghostly5261 Turned out OK to be honest, this was before the days of the internet so it's probably stored on some dusty DVD somewhere at the college...

[@marsmallowtoast]

i think my s/o might've used the same script or something cause they did a stageplay of clue

[@subparpeach4214]

I recognized it as the house from Kingsman and that was fun

[@luissandoval9775]

The moment she said “Soph-heads” I had to pause the video and just take a moment to actually die. I am dead now. I’m but a phantom who lingers on this mortal coil for all eternity, never to be freed. 😔

[@thecpmr6276]

Don't worry. I'm sure a round of night mind'll raise your spirits.

[@guacamoli7]

Loser

[@mcpoopenfarten]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was made viscerally uncomfortable by that

[@bradbrandon2506]

Don't start decomposing on me.

[@be4ns06]

The CPMR ‘raise the spirits’ is kind of a double meaning.

[@sezzy334]

The extended moments without you soothing me with your sarcastic hatred for her makes me feel uncomfortable. Thanks I love it.

[@M_n_M_n_M-01]

Anyone else think the dad is involved in something sinister? He's kinda creepy looking (from the one photo she showed) and he's also wearing a suit.

[@spindleweed]

Also the way the Mum’s absence is just hand waved away. She’s obviously now around, “was a model or something”. What’s the dad all about?

[@CabereaWoof]

The dad is the monster, because the real monsters are the obscenely rich.

[@KorilD]

Yes! Pretty sure it's even the same actor!

[@QuicklyFast]

@@CabereaWoof *SMELLS LIKE COMMUNISM ALRIGHT*

[@Stickycomix]

When Sophie's apologizing for the 'bougie night out' data corruption, the initial letters of each line in the first paragraph spell out 'whoislara'.

[@cyprianobeltran6493]

It amazes me that regular people can make a better scary movie rather than a real company doing it

[@NerroST]

Love cabin fever dreams, even when covid is coming around

[@thatkidwiththehoodie]

better cabin fever dreams than... well, actual fever dreams

[@bad.avocado]

*especially when covid is coming around. 😉👌

[@expendableindigo9639]

Covid Fever Dreams?

[@mr.q8444]

" I hear millionaire daughter pinkies sell really well in some markets" 😂😂😬😬

[@chelelee6321]

Lmao xD

[@expendableindigo9639]

A bit too quirky™️.

[@fabriziozanetti3449]

I couldn't see it on the comments so... The pose Sophie makes while on her "throne" is a pretty clear reference to Bathometh most Iconic one, her head there is even crowned or, better, portayed with a halo over it and the logo is a pretty clear reference to Illuminati... Can't decide if these are easter eggs or something more but sure worth noting. Thank you so much Night Mind, you provide such good content, big cheers from Italy:)

[@Tina_Bo_Binaaa]

Me too. I thought I was the only one who noticed....

[@sarahdsparks]

Stay healthy!

[@andrewjhollins]

With the triangles, it was used by the Illuminati (the real one) because of it's alchemical and religious iconography, so they could be referencing a lot of stuff there. Also, the hands of Baphomet in that pose are an alchemical reference as well. A familiar one, if you're into Found Footage Horror: As above, so below. The left hand pointing up is a reference by itself to something called "The Left Hand Path". So there's a lot here, in terms of references.

[@lucianavales582]

Italy! I hope you're ok there.

[@andrewjhollins]

Oh, yeah. I didn't think about the Italy thing... Hope you and your family are safe and healthy, man! Best of luck.

[@wreckingcrew3661]

Sophie's 'house' (or her dad's house) is literally right on my doorstep, it's a National Trust building, not privately owned. I've done a photoshoot on the steps where you see Sophie posing many times. Some of the interior shots are from the same building

[@triplespace007]

I did not expect this to twist into something I would actually follow. The beginning of the video I was like "Why am I watching this." End of video *checks youtube, instagram, and twitter*

[@margotnohe973]

When we first saw Laura I thought she was actually Plum and that they were the same person, and that later vlogs would show Plum is actually a lonley girl somewhere imagining being Sophie's best friend to escape her humdrum life. And that later we would see Plum actually contact Sophie and try to be real friends with her, but she starts doing so in a manner that's creepy. Needless to say, the actual Laura and Plum dynamic that we have was a bit of a suprise- even though it probably was obvious to everyone else.

[@OcyTaviAh]

Same, but I have face blindness. If anyone has the same hair colour/style they generally look the same to me unless they have another distinct feature

[@batman96160]

26:30 oh dang even in fantasy worlds KZbin doesn't respond, or doesn't care about the creators on its site. Nice

[@crackerjack0349]

chris graf no it’s just realistic

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Embarrassing.

[@allanroberts7129]

Demon posesed, brain eating, soul snatching, slenderman monsters? Ok KZbin responding to creators? C'mon, that's not realistic. Put some thought into your stories. 😉

[@z-beeblebrox]

It really says something when you're writing a paranormal, reality-bending story about a billionaire trust fund baby pushing a youtube-centric brand who has an entourage, staff, and channel manager...and you decide "youtube responded" will *still* break suspension of disbelief. XD

[@BurntMike26]

"I love everything about this." - me too Night Mind, me too. This is one of the most well-done unfiction/ARG series I've ever seen. The acting is on point, the monster is horrifying, and the camera work/shots are near perfect. I first heard about this from the Leon Lush video and I've been fascinated by it since. As always, your video on this is intricately made and impressive all on its own. Thanks for all the awesome content!

[@multiversegaming3946]

I think the fun part is that...you can tell, very much so, that everyone involved in this project had a lot of fun in it

[@babygenjo5714]

Honestly I support the production team for the accuracy and honesty it felt like a real rich kid trying to be “real like the rest of us” and I loved the trailer. Nice job and cool arg

[@cyanic3148]

speculation time!: *so that throwaway line at the beginning that she said where she didn't know how her dad got super rich, not just a throwaway line, deal with the devil type thing, and her dad didn't trade off his soul, he traded off Sophie. *this is a double satire, not just of the dumb hypebeast culture stuff, but also of the amount of hate against them (from the tattoo on the hand), or triple, the third layer I can't decipher yet, because its a _severed_ hand that's on the monster's face with the HATE tattoo, not just the monster having the tattoo itself. *the next video is gonna be straight up Lara living Sophie's life, in like another vlog *(less speculation more just a comment) the actress that plays Sophie is actually pretty good, like when she was filming that final video, she had to act like she was distressed acting like she was fine, the layers on that is always very fun to see portrayed

[@QuicklyFast]

Spot fucking on about Lara being the main character moving onward. A bit predictable, but good fuckin job nonetheless.

[@michaeljoseph8229]

She a pro is why

[@harshit2344]

Oh god how much do u fkin write I mean like I don't want to offend u but dude how much time do u have Ok after reading this bruh how good is speculation

[@cyanic3148]

I type quick, that took like less than 5 mins if I remember right

[@anamercedesrosales3211]

this is my interpretation: the stalker really, really wants to be Sophie, so she contact with a paranormal creature (maybe a demon) to help her, and in the end she put her soul in sophie's body, so she could have everything she dreams. This could be a critic about the people how consume this kind of content. they are not happy with what they have, so they wach this kind of thing to dream with what they could have.

[@brianbethea3069]

HOLY SHIT I just realized something. It's in the damn NAME OF THE SHOW. "I am Sophie." Lara's saying that, not Sophie.

[@SeanStrife]

Kind of a supernatural Single White Female type deal.

[@anamercedesrosales3211]

Brian Bethea OH GOD!!

[@sarafontanini7051]

but who was the previous kidnapping victim? who was the owner of that house? maybe 'lara' has done this before. But what of Mark? and Plum? what did that THING do to them?

[@sarahdsparks]

Sara Fontanini or Laura wasn’t actually a fan before the monster (Handyman?) got to her, but a prior victim or someone related to them. Sophie wasn’t vlogging long enough to give someone time to get that obsessed.I tend to think Laura was desperate not to have Sophie leave because she was afraid of what the creature would do if she didn’t keep Sophie there.

[@monkeydevinebb]

I love how much fun you have with your narrations. "I feel *energized*. I'm feeling *renewed*. I'm feeling a little bit *bitey*." I can practically HEAR your 8w8 smille. You remind me so much of Cecil Palmer sometimes it's uncanny, even though I know you aren't too keen on Night Vale references after getting inundated with requests to cover the podcast. Great to have an upload from you in these isolating times.

[@d0ntb0th3r]

simp

[@shinigami1315]

This is that Blaire Rich Project 😂😂

[@iennefaLsh]

Good one.

[@AshHeaven]

Make this a thing!

[@teencrisis4750]

YES lmao

[@bonniethesans5923]

Lol yes

[@johnmarr2695]

Close. The bare bitch project. God I hope that's not a porn

[@caesar3457]

Throws a punch but lowers her guard every time. I recommend a new boxing teacher

[@ThaiTie94]

THANK YOU. I knew I wasn't the only one put off by that lmao

[@chriiiiis]

I mean during the training sequence in the first vlog she was just taking selfies

[@morganrobinson8042]

That was a "Get a paycheck and leave" job if I ever saw one.

[@Whatlander]

I'm sure he tried. You can lead a rich person to a gym, but you can't convince them they're not invincible. Love that behavior as foreshadowing, too.

[@stormthewolf9988]

I Am Sophie feels is a mix between Lele Pons and Marble Hornets

[@j.h170]

I mean...I don't know how, but I'm not complaining.

[@mijiah]

Don’t forget one cup of Tana Moongoo and a sprinkling of Rice Gum

[@Marshall-se9zs]

Wow I literally couldn't have said it any better

[@ashisreallytired9006]

That's such a weird combination

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@ashisreallytired9006 Yep. I agree.

[@kaseycombs6968]

The change in attitude in the comments of her videos over time is great. Compare her first video’s comments to her most recent; it’s so entertaining.

[@brynnachilles7484]

The Blair Witch Project 2020: Crazy Rich Entities

[@Lightning_bugs]

brynn achilles the Blair witch 2, starring millennial influencer born into wealth

[@riptide-RahulRaj]

This is so far best comment of the year for me 😆

[@an_alienwashere]

Crazy rich demons from the underworld

[@joshuaowens2418]

Based on your pfp it makes sense you're an expert in crazy rich entities

[@katbird2699]

I gotta say, I never expected to hear the word "Ricegum" come out of Night Minds mouth

[@belalugosi_isdead]

fr it was probably the scariest thing in the video

[@boysandcorpses8768]

This series said "eat the rich"

[@NicolasSequeira]

I say, Salomon said in away my friend, Nicolas Komiks around the bend

[@shmow4716]

Based

[@NicolasSequeira]

@@shmow4716 yeah, Nicolas Comics are a fine investment. Ever hear of them?

[@switchblade6]

redpilled

[@hyper847]

as soon as i saw her first vid i got the "something is wrong but i cant tell you about it" vibe

[@MeanBeanComedy]

I think it's really hard to act with less self-awareness. She's far self-aware enough as an actress to perfectly fit the bill. Great video regardless.

[@quinnheinz4481]

Literally same

[@alexrogers9086]

Did anyone notice her eyes going opposite directions a few times

[@totaleclipse3528]

no, i havent! where is this again?

[@mrslasher1064]

I saw it too...

[@mr.q8444]

Stop tryna get everyone to weirdly stare at her eyes for an hour 😂😂😂

[@sheeps_]

Time stamps ?

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

I noticed it at the very beginning when they was taking off her makeup. Something weird happened there. Thought I was tripping.

[@asteriondeltoro124]

Mark starts talking about worms in his brain, and I'm screaming at him "TEAR DOWN THE WALL! TEAR DOWN THE WALL!"

[@sarahdsparks]

I was getting a Donnie Wahlberg Sixth Sense cameo vibe.

[@krysmrug6478]

We're living in 2020, not 1989, Asterion.

[@Whatlander]

There's nothing quite like the classic "doors don't go where you expected them to" bit.

[@RainWelsh]

21:40 “first we’re going to be doing a night out at this like, super cheap and super normal type place. Gonna bring Plum along, cause like, that’s totally her vibe.” Christ, I think the backhand on that one broke _my_ neck, never mind Plum’s. This is great.

[@scrambldrabbit]

really good video dude! the part where “i can see you sophie” repeats scared the shit outta me because my name is sophie and theres a window right behind where i was sitting lmao

[@adamlucas2203]

I can see you Sophie

[@corvinstory]

nice top

[@aidenyoung9437]

That’s a zoinks I would be out of there in .2 seconds

[@ClownCarCore]

Sophie... they can see you

[@t.v.rockwell4504]

The man in the suit is just Slenderman's little brother, of course!

[@crackerjack0349]

TVR24 tall man

[@berserkerciaran]

Slim Guy

[@percyblakeney3743]

@@berserkerciaran slim kin. ;)

[@Zminator1986]

Slimjim!

[@berserkerciaran]

@@Zminator1986 Randy Savage voice: Ooooh yeaaaahhh!!

[@JPOfAwesomeness]

Hey Nicky. Glad you uploaded today, my HS is closed because of the COVID virus so I’ve been cooped up in my house for the past few days.

[@NightMind]

I absolutely wasn't prepared for something like this to happen right after I decided to do Cabin Fever Dreams hardcore this year. It's like the simultaneous best and worst accident ever.

[@hey_this_is_a_handle]

Mine too.

[@JPOfAwesomeness]

Night Mind yep, glad I’ll have you to entertain me while I’m laying around.

[@Akuen0]

Yea same but what sucks is that we might have to make it up in summer

[@matthewflugstad8023]

It feels like everything is

[@SaintofQuartz]

I happened to watch this right after the My Dad's Tapes video. The quality whiplash is astounding.

[@mangotears3757]

This genuinely freaked me out so bad, like it's so real and so subversive that I genuinely got creeped out. It's amazing

[@BlackBleedingRoses53]

Was kind of hoping for a more gradual buildup before It Happened(tm), tbh. Maybe a couple of videos foreshadowing what happened to Plum, or more people around Sophie disappearing with clues left behind that Sophie was woefully too dense to recongnize/understand (leaving something for viewers to focus on as stuff unfolded). The abruptness of the most recent video isn't really my style, but since it isn't the end, there's plenty of room for something I might personally find more satisfying. As far as where it goes; I think it would be neat if Lara took over Sophie's life (potentially foreshadowed by her outfit at the end of the most recent upload). Going forward, social media posts and videos are created by Lara, and the world around her acts as if she's the real Sophie. As time goes on, parts of her new reality to gradually crumble as the consequences of whatever she did in order to steal Sophie's life come to pass. To keep viewers up to date with what is going on with the real Sophie, maybe they could include coded links to short unlisted videos, or hidden images showing us her status. At the end of the day, I'm more of a fan of either a slow burn/subtle ride or an immediate jump into the action/weirdness; and I tend not to like a middle ground as much for pacing reasons. I'll probably briefly keep up with it to see what they do, but this might be the type of series that either isn't for me or that I wait for completion of before binge-watching. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@perlasmermaid5812]

Maybe the slow burn was making people tune out of the channel, so many horror fans would just gloss over at the thumbnails because it looked too close to the real life Instagram BS

[@BaneKeldare]

I think a lot of problems I've noticed with unfiction is that a slow burn can lead to burnout before anything major or gamechanging can happen, and when that thing does happen, the audience can lose interest unless they're __really__ good at capturing an audience's attention. The timing also matters if the bulk of the story is set to be told __after__ that specific event, which I think is what's going to happen here. I'll be honest and say that I hope this isn't over by a longshot. A series like this that starts out hard right out of the gate can have a lot of potential.

[@Maddysublime]

I fully agree

[@Whatlander]

I figured they could only afford to rent the space & props for so long. Hard to do a decent slow burn with those kinds of expenses.

[@tnuoccaeht]

She look like Billie Eilish, Lele Pons, and Billie Piper had a baby.

[@aukiio]

Tor My brain hurts inside and outside

[@missgabs007]

And a little bit of Trisha

[@LordSkella]

Also Samantha Mathis in the 90s

[@raksh9]

She looks not dissimilar to Sophie Monk from Australia.

[@JosephQPublic]

I definitely got the Billie Eilish vibe.

[@xxpandagalaxyxx5655]

I wonder how they got all the expensive shit to film with. Is one of them a self aware rich person? lol

[@Smoothhh_One]

xXPandaGalaxyXx this is well produced. It obviously had a budget. And all of those “things” are available to rent. They never flew in the jet, her dads house is actually an old Mansion that can be rented, etc.

[@nightsmelodyful]

can be rented, but as a film student i know how easy it is to get out of renting & just asking to film at someplace for my assignments

[@michaeljoseph8229]

Look at sophiedoes on YT she has a million subs for makeup stuff and she is a model. Definitely has the resources to do it.

[@xxpandagalaxyxx5655]

@@Smoothhh_One Yeah but I would assume that it be pricey to rent the stuff to, even for a day. That must be a large ass budget.

[@xxpandagalaxyxx5655]

@@nightsmelodyful thats fair.

[@chinapat6708]

Hey, I just realized that the music playing at the end of Sophie's final vid is the same music that comes from Lara's lil toy house with the eyes "Pop Goes the Weasel"✌️

[@IrkenErin]

I dunno, I was more invested when the story didn't plunge so deeply into paranormal. I was really excited for a `realistic` (as it can get while sophie chooses to stay in the same clearly breached home) sorta stalker story and wanted to see laura do a slow stalk for awhile longer

[@soupsoup4245]

Honestly, I love this kind of horror/ARG type of stuff that makes me too scared to get outside of my bed. Being a horror fan with anxiety is.. difficult, but it is how it is. 😅

[@frutfly]

fjkghdfg this is too relatable. i consume a bunch of horror content during the day then as soon as it gets dark im like "oh shit, i made a mistake"

[@KN-hg2nv]

seriously my ptsd and anxiety started acting up I am like "why am I watching this at 1:28am" but Im so intrigued aaahhhh

[@jessecantsing]

I never thought these two sides of my KZbin world would collide and nightmind would mention leonlush.

[@TheDapperDragon]

My one issue with this is the post production sfx. The heart beats, the music, the roar... it all just takes me right out of it.

[@raksh9]

Yeah, they could leave that out, or use more subtle sound design.

[@Daniri0Danna]

during the whole video I was like "she reminds me of someone" and!!! pennywise actor, Bill Skarsgård. If you look at her face structure, mostly focused on the eyes and eyebrow (but focusing on the bone structure of the eye sockets and the eyebrow bone) it has a giant resemblance!

[@mr_selfdestruct]

I hate that you're right 😂

[@m00nrac00n]

Totally... I see it.

[@exypnos8907]

I KNOW RIGHTTTTTT

[@keegs3432]

I keep getting vague Billie Eilish flashbacks

[@lexxblep-groundzero1369]

Night mind: *describes a horrific monster* Also Night Mind: *sounds super turned on while doing so*

[@Ninja21078]

"Of course it was in binary" I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣

[@freefa1118]

I honestly didn't expect the real horror to hit this hard and this fast! Most of the time it's slowly built up for a lot longer, and not to the extent that I am sophie did.

[@Sm0k3turt]

When your parody is so good I thought it was real only to discover later it was an ARG. Respect.

[@koutei8707]

the only thing i can think of is "Why is the cheshire cat a human being?!" somehow her smile is throwing me off >-

[@Neversayingsorry]

Something to quell the actual cabin fever in these corona-days.

[@bfgfanatic1747]

I think I realized something. The series title is "I Am Sophie", and we get that transformation sequence with Lara at the end. Hmmmmmmmm...

[@ittybittybatty]

23:05 "doing a business" made me cackle, I love Bojack so that was appreciated

[@meep3461]

The acting in these are honestly really good. Everyone did such a good job doing what they were doing.

[@rae5164]

I love the pure joy in Night Mind's voice when things get super freaky.

[@Radi_vvanker]

Poppy - Sophie illuminati collab dropping when

[@fredericabernkastel8354]

Man I would love for the two to collab! That would actually be really fucking cool.

[@laffuntilucry]

I'm so down!

[@nukiradio]

Zillion dollar budget

[@lilacKurage]

The I Am Sophie made me instantly remember the I'm Poppy video

[@SproutFarms]

Fashion Label "YRP" My brain: "Yuna, Rikku, Paine - in Position"

[@dantesdiscoinfernolol]

_"It's showtime, girls."_ (Glad I wasn't the only one haha)

[@IceQueen975]

Same though XD

[@jakemaxgross]

I can never unsee...

[@RealiTeaV]

Love it 😂

[@RedSpade37]

@@dantesdiscoinfernolol Yaaaas!

[@DickieCheezits]

Why does she kind of look like a mix of Billie Eilish and Samara Weaving?

[@cjc363636]

I really got a Billie vibe from the end in the horror room tied in the chair. Maybe the sweat / jogging attire and long hair covering her face.

[@MCOmegaX123]

I thought more Billie Piper at first, especially in the channel trailer, but as it went on I saw less and less of Rose, but couldn't place who she reminded me of. I can see the aforementioned other Billie a little bit now that you mention it.

[@cjc363636]

@@MCOmegaX123 True, as a Dr. Who fan from 2005 reboot, I can def see that. I said in another post, I hope the cast/director crew get their credit after this has concluded. They're really good.

[@Tinlion09]

She's definitely got the Billie Eilish IDGAF face. That struck me really early on, and it's so close I'd bet it's intentional. And, in-universe, maybe something Sophie is deliberately copying. Wait, is the resting-bitch-face look popular now? Honest question. I wouldn't know. I'm like six years older than Eilish and I've been rocking the RBF since I hit puberty, but that's just because I'm _naturally_ handsome and also clinically depressed.

[@michaeljoseph8229]

Look up sophiedoesvlogs

[@RowanEmerald]

damn this is better than most found footage movies now-a-days

[@trioduosoloTC]

Gotta be impressed how a series can make you want the main character to suffer and somehow escape at the same time.