It's the 20k, Wait No, 30k Subscriber Q&A Extravaganza

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0:00 -- Intro
1:41 -- Q1: What is your favorite part of the animorphs universe that gets mentioned in one book and then never again? - Thelon
2:58 -- Q2: Have you ever played/had any interest in TTRPGs like D&D? - Shawn Malloy
4:50 -- Q3: What is the best way to get started with Blender? - Silvacor
8:53 -- Q4: What got you started in pursuing your careers in writing and KZbin? - Brian Cook
12:41 -- Q5: Are you planning on doing any more 3D printing type videos like Small Soldiers? - Robert Green
14:41 -- Q6: What movies do you have the most fun rewatching? - Thelon
17:45 -- Q7: How do you feel about the storytelling in Fallout beyond the main plot lines? - Silvacor?
20:07 -- Q8: Is Animorphs the best? - Renato Corvaro
23:18 -- Q9: What are those pictures behind you? - garuru96
24:09 -- Q10: Can we get more animorphs videos? - James Frank
24:17 -- Q11: Are you going to do more board/dice game scene breakdowns? - Josh
26:32 -- Q12: I'm curious to hear your take on Discworld and Pratchett's writing. - Arash Yazdani
28:45 -- Q13: Favorite fictional cannibal? - Red Citadel
30:27 -- Q14: What is your work background? - Pleepels
33:34 -- Q15: Besides ants, what would be the most horrifying creature to be stuck in morph? Joe Fedewa
35:34 -- Q16: What helps you decide to make the videos you do? - Lbs Jr.
40:07 -- Q17: What kind of bagel do you prefer/despise? - KevlarMenace
40:23 -- Q18: What's some underrated career or life advice you wish you had heard sooner? - Deanna Ogle
43:37 -- Q19: If one were to want to get into Animorphs, where would you recommend they start?

[@chloekm7958]

"Its an animorphs tease" Very on brand.

[@davidmartin5145]

Right at the beginning when you said space ants I thought, “oh, yeah, the Helmacrons.” Nope. Forgot about those broccoli-farming weirdos

[@HouseOfHubris]

Oh my *god*, I'm not the only one who still thinks far too much about the My Teacher is an Alien series, that is my entire childhood right there.

[@TMWriting]

Can confirm that the books are currently IMPOSSIBLE to buy brand new, or even used for a reasonable price. I, uh... did some researching recently.

[@makadragontamer]

For finding the animorphs books: your local library might let you sign up for a card online and then you can use something like libby or overdrive to check out the audiobooks if your library has them. It's all free and you can get it set up in, like, 10 minutes. 10/10, do recommend. It's how I'm working my way through the terry Pratchett books (the city watch series is FANTASTIC I love Guards! Guards!).

[@fireballninja01]

Omg thank you for answering my Blender question!!! I had heard of BlenderGuru but not CGMatter, Ducky3D & Ian Huber, thanks! Also i still have so much pride for being ur first patron, its such a silly thing but it makes me really happy, especially that it was right before you absolutely exploded in popularity. Also, great job with your writing work, I was really excited when i found that your "day job" was all of the cool writing you do. That one project with Medium whose name escapes me, that you were one of the first contributors of, great job with that c: Also with the question at 9:00, OMG thats how I've gotten into journalism! yay for doing it until enough people pay attention Also I'm SO glad you enjoy the ambient storytelling of Fallout 4 like I do, it's the best part of the whole game

[@tenorsurfer87]

Djtutorials is also a new chanel that's been doing gods work with blender tutorials

[@bigjuly2780]

The my Teacher is an Alien series was miles from what I expected from it, even as a child. It's so unsung and deserving of discussion.

[@radicalpasta7040]

oh yeah. Your the Animorphs guy. I forgot I subbed to you. Good work. I hope to check out more of your work in the future.

[@goodboi650]

Immediate Summoning Salt vibes with that intro song!

[@mehmeh2255]

your small soldiers video is hilarious, there must be something more you can do with that lol edit: i will absolutely listen to you rant about whatever series you find emotionally resonant, do what you want man

[@charleshammond7921]

The algorithm sent me the Liars Dice video. I was pleased.

[@Crested_Hadrosaur]

Same with me.

[@fireballninja01]

25:48 break-downs not breakdowns :) also 35:00 Sharks and Rays are not what they've been portrayed as. They're not just bloodthirsty killers, they're social creatures--and even have friends!!!! Actually, if anyone in the audience wants to research sharks, there are less than 100 shark scientists in the world and you could do some great work!

[@chloekm7958]

There are less than 100 shark scientists?! Im genuinely shocked.

[@theMoporter]

I'd love to see your take on Baccano. It has a lot of card game (especially poker) symbolism that goes way over my head.

[@cookies23z]

Baccano! Oh baby :)

[@SpotsideBuddy]

jesus fucking christ i'm astonished at how wide is the gap in views between you various videos. Dude, you're very smart, articulate and, well, your videos are always interesting and kinda... they make a viewer feel at home and in a friendly atmosphere. I hope you're doing fine and keep posting (well, that is for my sake, seeing as i like watching them) PS: and your articles for nytimes are also great, so thank you for them too also, who the fuck would dislike a video like that?!

[@ForTheGoldenOak]

Oh HELL yes, finally. I've waited for this. Let's go!

[@renatocorvaro6924]

My first Animorphs book was #13: The Change, and I cannot describe how lucky it was that I started the series there.

[@kenhall3518]

That's crazy, #13 was my first Animorphs book too! I remember just liking the Human->Bird morph on the cover, and decided to give it a shot, and damn am I glad I did. This was after the series ended, mid 2005, but I suppose I got to binge them all that way at least.

[@munjatkumo1929]

Do the "My teacher is an alien"-video! Since it`s such a personal book-series for you, it would make for a passionate video. People like it when other people are passionate about something. I`ve seen a bunch of comments on KZbin-videos that are like "I`m not at all interested about (insert obscure piece of media) but this was such an entertaining video that I watched trough the whole thing!". Go for it. I for one am interested already.

[@logansmith2703]

Those Board/Dice scene videos are great Edit: Do you think the chess scene in Philosophers/Sorcerors stone is worth doing a video on?

[@LordRavenscraft]

I've thought about it, but I think the problem is there's not much there. As I understand it, there was more from the scene that was cut (which is, imo, much more interesting) but even that is thinner than, say, what's in Sherlock Holmes 2. Plus, I'd really like to look at different games. So unfortunately, I probably wouldn't do it, but I also never say never!

[@kalebbjorkman5070]

I totally thought that siren was part of the music XD Also I would totally watch a 'My teacher is an Alien' video. I vaguely remember reading all of them, but only in a vague, fever dream kind of memory. Also also, I expected your favorite fictional cannibal to be Viser 3's Yeerk Eating Brother! Also also also, my worst nothlit form would be a tapeworm.

[@aducharme01]

Oof, yeah, I reread My Teacher is an Alien recently, I didn't think it held up very well, though I couldn't really articulate why, save that it felt very patronizing and get off my lawn. I got a lot more enjoyment out of the Rod Albright and the Galactic Patrol series from the same author

[@Sajirah]

“Favorite cannibal” I can’t believe you forgot about the most famous cannibal of all: Hannibal.

[@ghoulboy2544]

You should do a video explaining the game caravan from fallout new vegas.

[@cookies23z]

Sorry im late boss/teach, time to binge another hour of contentTM

[@logansmith2703]

Ultimate marvel is wild.

[@user-gb4fh6pf3k]

ive read two of the my teacher is an alien books. good kids books!

[@renatocorvaro6924]

32k!

[@Spartan9567]

Yay

[@jeremymandel868]

My teacher is an Alien is actually great. Bruce Collvile is an incredible author.

[@cookies23z]

For sale, baby shoes, never worn Those types of sentences can be a real hit for what they are, true

[@Crested_Hadrosaur]

Not sure if you could do it but consider the chess scene from John Carpenter's the thing. Not much for a full analysis but maybe a short episode. What about the poker games from James Bond Casino Royal or any James bond film for that matter?

[@tylerowens]

You mentioned really liking Marco's books (I agree, they're great so far), but are there any of the animorphs that you dislike as the narrator? I have been binging through the series (just started the one with the helmicrons) but every time I get to a Cassie book it turns from 1-2 books a day to 2-3 days per book. I like Cassie pretty well as a character in the others' books, but I just do not enjoy reading from her point of view for some reason.

[@LordRavenscraft]

Tbh I love Cassie's books generally (I think I gave off the opposite impression in the first video because the bit didn't totally land, but she's great). I think the hardest to get through for me are Tobias, but that's just personal preference. I think what's cool about the series is that you can find characters and POVs to latch onto no matter your preferences. Which ones you prefer says more about the reader than the writing, which is way more interesting to me!

[@Galaxy613]

DMing taking up most of your time Solution: Take a month off regular videos and do D&D videos for a whole month!

[@cookies23z]

Your name :) nice

[@logansmith2703]

22:50 ....

[@giovannifonseca9558]

Q: Are you T.J. Miller? :)

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Fallout 4 is a terrible way to start the series. Go back and play 1 or 2. Or if you can't get past the old school gameplay, then try New Vegas