The Misery of Living Forever as a Forgotten Cloud (Storybook)

[@stephenhelmbock6155]

Thanks for writing this, Jason. I'm hoping that it eventually gets to 1.5 stars or possibly higher.

[@aperson1]

good news, it has finally surpassed 1.2 stars. the reviews are continuing to soar!

[@dawesome_sauce]

My goal in life is to be roasted by Filmcow as beautifully as this.

[@LyraPyxisVT]

Same tbh 😂

[@TeeJack_1]

Hug

[@NBEATofficial]

YES!

[@geometryflame712]

It's better if it's Merlin the fish tho

[@AnimalMother60]

I want a misery roast! Take my money! $5! My entire life savings b/c I buy everything!!!

[@makeaton]

That review really encapsulates the "I consumed all the media but never actually paid attention" bit that so many people seem to have.

[@Sam-Cain]

Media literacy is a skill that so many people think they have and so few actually have.

[@Walt117]

I can’t wait to give my nephew his first existential crisis by reading him the *One Star* rated “The Misery of Living Forever as Forgotten Cloud”!

[@slipknot95maggot]

Small point that means nothing to anybody else, just wanted to say I love (sincerely now) that you capitalized "One Star". I dunno if you knew how much more funny that would make it (to me anyway) or if you just did that on a whim, but 12 out of 10

[@marnizavaleta]

Oh, do tell us how it goes please 😁

[@Pebkio_Nomare]

I already did that to mine with Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. Both of them. I'm a good uncle.

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

It is fitting that this is one star. A singular star that has live lonely forever, always thinking about what life could be if there were more stars with it, but alas, they know that life is not meant to be, their only company is absolute loneliness, and it will always be there to comfort the star. For that reason, i rate this book with a one star rating. Not to express my dislike for it (quite the opposite in fact) but to express my true opinions on our sociological mechanics, we are surrounded by people but, despite that, why do i still feel alone?

[@murlocmaster6192]

cuz we dont care about eachother and are highly selfish despite the massive benefits to not be. However humanity has never been very logical....

[@chaotixxs]

But to that I raise you a better symbol. Five lone individual stars. The five stars while near one another never touch forever isolated but with a view of others all around them that they can never connect with. Worse than being a lone lonely star, being a lone lonely star in a crowd. Even you, yourself say that we are surrounded by people, yet are alone. That is why five stars is superior, even with existentialism.

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

@@chaotixxs There is merit in your proposition, however you must admit that being around people gives a certain comfort, an inherit certainty that comes with tangible company to a degree, deciding (or being able/unable) to engage with this crowd is irrelevant. The five stars might not communicate or interact at all, but at least there is some comfort knowing they are not alone in their suffering. On the other hand, being the lonely star opens up many possibilities to the imagination: "Am i the only being left in the world?", "Why must i be the only one that suffers?" to name a few.

[@chaotixxs]

@@DarkOmegaMK2 ahh, but since the stars do not interact they do not know the others are the same. They're still isolated, but if only they could look around they would have that comfort that they're not alone, but they can't. There are others like them around, but there's no comfort because there's no way of knowing. If they knew, sure there's comfort in other's being in the same situation, but the problem with isolation is that there's no way to know that others are the same. From an outside perspective we can see that, but it cannot be seen from within and that makes it worse because we know how much closer to better it is, so close but not solved

[@manukahonei]

Can’t believe that review is real like I’m crying so bad 😭😭

[@INeedTogepi]

Love the call out of the bad review with all the clips from other videos

[@daedalus6796]

Finally, someone portrays nb's as the eldritch horrors they are

[@666thecreature]

I quite literally feel like an eldritch horror is my gender. My gender feels like "creature". Something that can only be described as a multidimensional deity with horrible little mischievous hands made to conduct misdeads. I don't understand, I want to understand why I am creature. I am not joking I do not understand but I at least have a sick mullet.

[@leopardbunny]

as an nb, can confirm

[@Superschokokeks]

theeeeeeeeey

[@dubiousinformation1756]

Reminder that some eldritch horrors have genders while others don't. One that I have to shorten the name of because H.P. Lovecraft decided to include a racial slur in her name is called Shub N_____ath. Just remember to be kind to all eldritch beings. Last thing you need is tentacles coming out of your eyes.

[@Lambda_Ovine]

I'd date an eldritch horrors then

[@666ndr]

As a child, I would have loved this. I have purchased the book and will be placing it in my therapy office.

[@pacotaco1246]

I'm going to donate all the children. I mean, donate this book to all the children.

[@GubekochiGoury]

I might get one only to leave it into that public library box thing in my own town for maximum confusion.

[@locomotivefaox]

Avery doesn’t want THEM die. Skyler has been thinking about THEY blood. Kyles choices are turning into THEMS dust.

[@afineegg1040]

THEM Misery of Living ForTHEYver as a Forgotten Cloud and Other THEIR Stories

[@Sam-Cain]

​@@afineegg1040I hate to break it to you, but... Otheir.

[@Schmuckubus]

I must acquire a child to share this with.

[@RFXZKRNO]

So should I maybe a 6 year old

[@VictorYami]

that should be a bundle deal with the book imho

[@pacotaco1246]

Make sure they are young enough to radicalize

[@chazcollins2164]

You can typically grab a couple from your local bus stop. Super easy.

[@WhiteScorpio2]

@@pacotaco1246 One is never too young to radicalize.

[@fudanshisplashzone]

I love the ubiquity of genderless horrors beyond comprehension in filmcow's fucked up universes and I'm not kidding

[@sagemybrain6740]

I wish I was filmcow's genderless horror beyond comprehension

[@notreal5513]

Could yall pls die

[@schlega2]

My dog Avery is dying. It's true that she doesn't want to die, but she's getting weaker by the day. At least she probably won't live forever as a forgotten cloud.

[@r.nicogorodetzky3084]

I hope it's peaceful, Avery! 🤎 🤍 ❤️

[@spaghettios6267]

Sometimes I think about the blood and dust. They're pretty funny.

[@PandaMoniumReviews]

Had this one commenter who was watching through my stuff, and they were like really appreciative and normal for a while. Then I mention "non-binary pals" in my NBA Jam review and you would have thought I killed this person's mother or something. T H E Y unsubscribed, it was great.

[@filmcow]

It really is like a Manchurian Candidate activation phrase for some people.

[@PandaMoniumReviews]

@@filmcow Couldn’t have described the phenomenon better myself.

[@thatnoobnextdoor]

Everyone has to rate it one star so this video remains accurate.

[@AugustusGrochau]

Counterpoint, everyone rate it 5 stars by making the same points in a positive tone (since the book is clearly as advertised)

[@jaesynn2015]

I watch the FilmCow ads because they are just as amazing as any other video they put out.

[@retromemories8522]

Once again, Filmcow doesn't disappoint.

[@war2theren227]

I love that the reviews now are just parodies of that one star review. Never change, FIlmCow community, never change.

[@2002-honda-crv]

I didn't realize there were so many nonbinary folks in filmcow lore. Awesome

[@LyraPyxisVT]

Same, I honestly never noticed

[@genderender]

dr sand is gender vibes. i too want the wiggles they have

[@mokarokas-1727]

They don't even necessarily have to be, it's just that the characters addressing them don't know for sure what they are - and that's fine. Being unsure is fine. Being non-binary is fine too. Throwing a fit because of the word "they" is not fine.

[@LyraPyxisVT]

@@mokarokas-1727 true, but tbh i really dont care about the gender thing, when it comes to shows, or clips i watch them to have entertainment

[@woodfur00]

@@mokarokas-1727Not if the omniscient narrator says it, which happens the majority of times there's a narrator (see the ghost stories and novelettes)

[@Mate397]

Ah my favorite thing to read, Misery.

[@EayuProuxm]

Whenever I need to give a retort to anything I'll just say, "Avery doesn't want to die. Skyler has been thinking about the blood. Kai's choices are turning to dust."

[@vgamer11]

I've been feeling worse lately since my mother is going down a conservative rabbit hole and what little tolerance for queer people I've managed to build in her since I came out is being flushed down the toilet. The part at the end with all the non-binary characters made me laugh out loud and gave me some much-needed relief. Thanks

[@LyraPyxisVT]

I'm sorry your going through that, when my parents do dumb shit like this, I purposely make them feel bad, honestly throw back the sass, it what got my parents to listen that I wasn't gonna back down

[@chaoslordmissingno]

One the main problems is that the LGBTQ community should be out in full force trying to stop the force feeding of sex education to minors. When your symbols are being used to push something, you need to push back. Some conservatives are too far down the hole and don't realize that that all queer people aren't bad. It's an unfortunate dichotomy in the conservative space

[@r.nicogorodetzky3084]

Ooooo look at how brave this commenter is :') they are so cool, I will never be as cool as them. (I'm your mom now btw) (hey, kid, I love you like a them 😌)

[@r.nicogorodetzky3084]

Genuinely the throw back the sass advice works really well

[@LyraPyxisVT]

@r.nicogorodetzky3084 yes I agree it worked really well for me as a kid when my dad was abusive he eventually stop knowing he couldn't break me

[@PogieJoe]

I love the enby FilmCow crew

[@DavidMGiles]

This year has been your strongest, possibly ever.

[@orez1017]

Kids these days just don't know how to take an existential crisis and turn it into existential crisisade. 🍹

[@RogueMage50]

I'm living it man.

[@spbeanss]

i rewatch llamas with hats every other week

[@potatomushed7412]

didn't know nyx was one of us WOOOOH great news. i was familiar with ever other one tho. maybe i have more to see in Charlie even tho it's a usual rewatch :))

[@seanthefurcorn4859]

The filmcow lore is extending.

[@ronaldmartin6926]

Oh good, i was just wondering how i could add more misery to my life, wasnt sure where i could fit more in. Problem solved, thanks Jason!

[@kralmir]

I have been a fan for over 2 decades now! I have watched everything ever that has been released! I am being a good guy and not giving this a thumb down but i will say it is the worst he has written. Dark comedy is great when he remembers to include COMEDY!

[@Razgar_Voxel]

"Not funny!"

[@TheDahaka1]

@@Razgar_Voxel "Naaaaaawwwwwwwwwttttttt fuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhh"

[@grembitch]

​@TheDahaka1 And oddly he made a character a "they" nonbinary.

[@MisterJoshuaTree]

@@TheDahaka1 DIET COKE

[@Schpoo]

Also a transphobic thing.

[@FreyaofCerberus]

I have been looking for the perfect gift to instill the right amount of existential terror and timeless despair into my best friend's new child. This looks like it will do, at least till Relno the Storykeeper release their new horror novel.

[@HardCodedGaming]

Noob Move: Calling out your critic's intolerance Rookie Move: Countering your critic's arguments directly Pro Move: Discredit your critic, demonstrating their ignorance of matters they claim to be an expert in (i.e. your entire body of work) FilmCow Move: All of the above, in your own marketing

[@jaculiferous]

The high-contrast slow-mo frames, the horror-film-esque shrill discordance, the psychological burn. A masterpiece of tearing down 'subtle' bigotry. Thank you.

[@helloMerrMerr]

10/10 filmcow remains the best ever

[@Hexamus]

Is it bad that one star review makes me want the book more? DO YOU THINK THAT WAS THE PLAN!?

[@AlexRamirezComedy]

Jason, I love you. Please never change.

[@Garrys_Soul_Recovery]

The greatest roast and advertisement I've ever seen. Thank you FilmCow

[@Dunderpunch]

Oh gosh I love that they/them compilation, how could anyone not notice all that?

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

The misery in this book pales in comparison to the one who left the review. After watching this video they'll wish they were a forgotten cloud.

[@twindrill2852]

> Has been a fan for 2+ decades > Somehow isn't aware of FilmCow's multiple queer/nonbinary characters I'm calling bluff.

[@jeffallen55]

I dunno, the number of people that get surprised whenever RATM/Tom Morello says something leftist has destroyed any thoughts I once harbored about people's intelligence.

[@RupertAndCheese]

I don't think I ever noticed. Also the nature of Nyx is very uncertain and thus, does he even have a gender. And the same goes for the non-Charlie unicorns.

[@lagtim327]

@@RupertAndCheese Their gender is distinctly listed as 'X' on their I.D. This is the marker used in government I.D.s for nonbinary people.

[@gogeterdone]

He does do dark and surreal intrigue very well tbh.

[@theraymira]

Fuck, you’re incredible Jason. Thank you. Thank them.

[@derralle5705]

Fun fact: since Jason Steele cannot pay the bills with all the dark comedy without the comedy, he had to take a daytime job as a football player for Brighton & Hove Albion.

[@ThePhilosophizer8488]

I understood that reference!

[@mathieuleader8601]

the face in the cloud reminds me of the dino that says *YEE!*

[@Kodan882]

I watched a video before this one and slowed it down to 25% to watch frame by frame. Then I clicked off and forgot I did this. A few minutes later I saw this video posted and watched it, KZbin kept the 25% play speed so this video was slowed down. I legitimately did not notice anything was off until like 2 minutes later, and checked how much time was left... Only like 30 seconds had passed. Filmcow's brand of humor and style is so weird that watching the video at 25% speed is completely on brand for some of the stuff he's done.

[@newgirlde]

The end of this video made my day. :)

[@GamerXenith]

Thank you for your inclusion of non-binary characters 💜 I feel like we don't say enough how much it means to us compared to the negativity (which I love how you use for good, too)!

[@WSWC_]

I remember staring at the window blinds when I was about six or seven years old and realizing the existence I lived is all there would-be for me, and I needed to take a real look inward and see what I was. Feel like my nephew could use this!

[@Thingumadoodle0518]

The fact that this person has supposedly been a fan for two decades and is just now realizing that Jason Steele has featured a number of non-binary characters in their work is as hilarious as it is telling… wait til they find out that Jason themself is agender as well. I’m sure that’ll get them going. Also, I just want to use this opportunity to say that seeing someone who I consider an icon of the internet be so openly supportive of queer people is really comforting. I’ve seen so many people I admired, especially comedy-oriented creators, turning against our community, so to have someone whose work I enjoy and appreciate so much be unapologetically supportive means a lot. I started watching Charlie the Unicorn when I was a young kid, YEARS before I realized I was non-binary, and Nyx being a casually non-binary major character was a very pleasant surprise. Thank you for doing what you do :) (…Also, if they really “purchased everything ever that has been released”, you’d think they’d also be well-aware that FilmCow is absolutely no stranger to existential topics. Seems to me like they’re just looking for a reason to be upset, lol.)

[@peterstangl8295]

wow, didn't know Jason was nonbinary as well, is this really true?

[@Thingumadoodle0518]

@@peterstangl8295 Yep, they said so in a comment on the Charlie the Unicorn Grand Finale Q&A on r/FilmCowOfficial. I probably can’t link it to you directly due to KZbin’s filtering system, but if you go to the Q&A and scroll through the comments for a bit you’ll find it. The Q&A itself is pretty easy to find through Google. Also, Jason’s partner, Grey Scuffy, is non-binary, and xe’s also the one who did the illustrations for this book!

[@Thingumadoodle0518]

@conan6939 A bit surprising that you even watch this channel, then, if that’s the attitude you have. What with all the gay starfish, and gay birds, and gay weasels married to gay non-binary coats, and the other non-binary creatures of various species. I would think that sort of stuff would off-put you.

[@Thingumadoodle0518]

@@thecrab6398 I can understand that angle. I was more just talking to that person specifically; I assumed that they felt quite strongly about queer people, based on the language they used in their original comment.

[@risel56]

Filmcow is a great example on how to write nonconforming characters. Just imply it in passing, and don't bring attention to it or make it the character's sole personality trait. Nobody, whether real or fictional, should ever be defined - nor define themselves - solely by their sexuality or gender.

[@r.nicogorodetzky3084]

unless they are super straight (Don't bite me guys I'm gay I'm trans and I'm being funny I don't care what y'all do ❤️ don't hate probably)

[@ferd617]

I mean, yeah, but at the same time Charlie did also **explicitly** comment on the fact that he has no fucking clue what the hell the twins are. (And you got the impression he was speaking existentially, biologically, philosophically, morally, ethically, _logically,_ etc... all at once.) It was _both_ implicit and directly confronted. Effectively, IMHO.

[@archsteel7]

Wow, I can’t believe it has a non-binary character, Filmcow has never done this before, I’m shaking and crying and pissing myself

[@genderender]

i'm shaking and shitting my pants rn, review will be coming shortly mr film cow

[@archsteel7]

@@genderender I have destroyed 3 gas station bathrooms, filmcow’s is next

[@johne2404]

Awesome take down of "that one guy". 😂

[@96Darkan]

seen ya stuff for awhile, gald to still see ya going. very nice work

[@scoobydont]

Nothing makes me want to support someone's work quite as much as a bitter 1-star review 😌 Can't wait to get my hands on this 🙌

[@p-cam1584]

happy enby pride everyone

[@paddyDeeful]

Jason Steele is a hero. haha love all of this.

[@lilacbookshelf1909]

This is the same energy as the Raphael trailer for the Stanley Parable.

[@BornDepressed]

This is a master class in how to do advertisements that are simply not unwatchable.

[@aestevalis0]

Now I'm thinking about The Blood.

[@YoYoBobbyJoe]

Just got my book; it was stellar!

[@shawnbay2211]

That’s Adventure Time’s hunky lion vampire guy, Vampire King, in his cloud form.

[@shawnbay2211]

Idk if it should be shocking but it is true.

[@RFXZKRNO]

Avery doesn't want to DIE 😂

[@monkeydud6437]

Skyler has been thinking about the BLOOD.

[@ongesucc4979]

Kai’s choices are turning to DUST

[@monkeydud6437]

AVERY DOESN'T WANT TO DIE.

[@toonydotloony]

thank you for the they/thems horse man we love you

[@trousersnake1486]

They/them realizations from past skits. "OH shiiiiiit"

[@Robert_Benfer]

you didn’t have to put my review on blast like that

[@filmcow]

I said I was sorry about taking so long to return your Guess belt! You don't have to keep tanking my Amazon ratings!

[@bouncepsycho]

HAhahahahahaha

[@robinsandquist]

Beautiful misery!

[@JDJeanMichel]

Oops, the reviewer said the quiet part out loud at the end and told on themselves. Makes me more likely to pick up the book - if the reviewer thought it was bad, that must mean it's pretty good!

[@DrBob-cm1px]

I was laughing so hard watching this. Weirdly I actually saw this review on amazon when I was browsing earlier this month and had to share the review with some friends because it was so strange. Seeing this video today I was curious if you'd talk about that review and yeah this was pretty great.

[@pestr999]

This commercial has succeeded in taking away my valuable money for a nifty book. ;)

[@notabirdboy]

Either dreamed something like this, or there’s a source filmmaker horror story about a cloud out there somewhere

[@thefixitgal]

Youre wonderful

[@LordMoku]

This is beautiful, I love everything about this. Also I guess there's a book too?

[@MrMegaManFan]

Considering Moon Channel just did a video about existential nihilism and Undertale, the timing couldn't be better. I'm in!

[@BlackSunCompany]

So as of writing there's FOUR reviews now. 400% improvement! 1-star guy? Whoo, take a look at his other reviews.

[@SSJMRJ]

Still waiting for Renlo to tell more tales

[@YoYoBobbyJoe]

I think I might make this my first FilmCow purchase.

[@hinata167]

Im not gonna lie as a nonbinary person that last bit made me happy. It's nice to be acknowledged... Regardless of gender really.

[@NovastarX]

I would give this video a five star one star review! ⭐

[@AdamJenkinsEverything]

The review sounds heartfelt and honest... but FilmCow's irrefutable counterpoint wins the argument.

[@lochneassa1678]

Two videos!!! I love it

[@yourfather8865]

This book should never have anything over 1 star on Amazon, they demand it...

[@Meriman13]

That was done well.

[@ZakJordan98]

Skyler is thinking about the blood!

[@magnuskain278]

I will be giveing this to my lockal daycare

[@crazydog1750]

The video gave me enough of an existential crisis.

[@amonynous9041]

after seeing the rating I got a strange desire to curl my eyelids outwardly

[@ArcRay20]

nice coverage that you use "they" quite a bit. i did notice it back in Charlie the Unicorn, but i thought Charlie just didnt know WHAT those other unicorns were.😅

[@ferd617]

Does anyone?

[@ArcRay20]

@@ferd617 well if anyone knew, it'd be the creator of the characters. and he kind of said here what they were.

[@davewills94]

Jason Steele, never change. 😂😂😂

[@mrgrork]

Thanks for curing my depression Jaaaaason

[@aneveningwithebola2727]

I will never not enjoy watching people ask "when did this artist I like go woke?" and get smacked so hard by the answer they have a "SINCE THE FUCKING BEGINNING!"-shaped dent in their face.

[@considerthehumbleworm]

i too have been thinking about the blood. Oh so much blood

[@Abiaxas]

"O SHIT" the best part lamo

[@fukyuuzuesphantom9592]

One of my spirit guides' nieces has dyslexia she read the title as a children's book. I SWEAR I'M GOING TO MARRY HER! I must buy this book!

[@heavenandhellcat8054]

I want some of whatever FilmCow’s been smoking

[@ALLANX7]

finally I can be happy, if this book can be sad for me

[@DonovanHunt-o6v]

I’m going to be moving soon, so this is very appropriate.