The ULTIMATE Jeff the Killer Retrospective

[@Pastraspec]

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[@JamesGames001]

why should I?

[@kodachromic]

What are your opinions on Greeny Grizzly

[@ahhhhhhh-gc5sc]

Why would you not​@@JamesGames001

[@Monarch280]

Have you ever listened to the Morgue Files? Best use of creepypasta characters I've ever seen.

[@JamesGames001]

True @ahhhhhhh-gc5sc

[@mythicaldrawer7072]

Never in my life would I hear someone describe Jeff the Killer as "A Silly-Ass-Sweater-Wearing-Joker-Ripoff-of-a-Character" and I am very happy I've heard it.

[@Jocka-v6f]

H9w is it just now i listen to the original story and I am only laughing not feeling any sense of unease or terror.

[@AgentAsteriski]

glad someone said it, bc Jeff always felt goofy as hell to me

[@bella_daze3092]

I DIED LAUGHING FROM THAT😂😂😂😂

[@PercytheMapleBoy]

It’s on the same level as one of the characters in Fallout: New Vegas calling you “-some courier-walk-the-wasteland-fuck-“ out of nowhere before a fight, and I LOVE it XD

[@punkfluff3395]

I would've.

[@jackeroni216]

i've never heard the original story before, and holy hell, the visual of three 12 year old kids kickflipping on a skateboard over a fence while having GUNS in their pockets to beat up some kid is the funniest thing i've heard in a long time

[@dangerxbadger2300]

That's my favorite part lmao

[@dante_0962]

I suggest watching creep cast you get a lot of laughs out from them.

[@worldssmallestdestron7819]

Texas in a nutshell.

[@darklord884]

Really has the same energy as that meme of Mom: "Let me see what you have." Kid: "A KNIFE!" Mom: "NOOO!"

[@Some_random_Stickman]

Same

[@necrodeus6811]

Im extremely enchanted by Jeff the Killer's first origin story being slipping on a bar of soap and falling into a bathtub of cleaning supplies. Thats a looney tunes bit and simultaneously a psa about chemical saftey. I love it

[@CeHee123]

And somehow, it's still more believable than the 2011 version.

[@1r0zz]

- Swish - - splash - “My face!!!!” - public’s laugher - “This program was filmed in front of a live audience”

[@OttoMatson]

I need a edit of this happening, with it being presented as a sitcom

[@cherryberrykomainu8699]

Feels like a golden age superhero backstory

[@BestBetterBestest]

@@cherryberrykomainu8699it literally is. It’s one of Joker’s backstories

[@thetruehispanicchipmunk690]

The fact that in the 2008 story he is disfigured by slipping on a bar of soap while trying to clean his bathtub with acid is hilarious

[@CeHee123]

Yet, somehow, it's still more believable than the 2011 version.

[@AlexanderHulettHulett-xp3yb]

“Alright I got a big bucket of acid- WHOOPS- YOWCH!!!!”

[@TheMarioBBB]

some real "the return to freddys" energy to that death

[@toastergaming7783]

​@@TheMarioBBB Gron dying because he slipped on a bar of soap, fell on a springlock suit, and somehow put it on by accident will never not be peak fiction

[@AlexanderHulettHulett-xp3yb]

@@CeHee123FR

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

My favorite Jeff the Killer quote was when he said: “What’s up guys back again with another Minecraft mod review.”

[@silence_starglitcher8086]

My favourite was when he said "I'm going to Jeff the Kill you."

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

"Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Dreams of an Insomniac mod!"

[@oBirino]

Mine was: •It'll be alright, Liu. When we next wake up... we'll see mom and dad again. So now... just go to sleep.

[@myarmsrgone]

​@@oBirino If only I could smile... I can smile...

[@yonderjam]

Pastra's rewrite: "I was living with a monster wearing human skin for my whole life, and only when it was too late did I finally realise it." The 2011 version: "Jeff got this weird feeling."

[@abhainn35]

How you think your writing sounds when you write it at 2 AM vs what it is when you reread the next morning.

[@LineOfThy]

he got a lil too quirky

[@ToaArcan]

@@LineOfThy The Jeffs do get a little quirky at night.

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

"I'M REALLY FEELING IT!!!" -Shulk Xenoblade Chronicles.

[@staticaleel5068]

“Are you feeling it now (not mr. Crabs) Jeff the killer” -SpongeBob “I’m getting this WEIRD FEELING” -Jeff

[@cheatsykoopa98]

the funniest thing about the jeff the killer 2011 story is the fact everyone calls the 13 year old a "man" lmao

[@user-cs7fg5eq9r]

Presumably the incident described at it's beginning would've happened years later but of course the story is so poorly written that it's unclear.

[@cheatsykoopa98]

@@user-cs7fg5eq9r no, look. if you pay attention the narrator calls jeff a man during the backstory as well lmao

[@karzanah]

​@@cheatsykoopa98 Jeff is actually 31 years old, and he's a "13 year old" and a "man" because he's been a man for 13 years

[@Braint-lr6uf]

Sure as shit the author was 13, that would explain a lot. Have no proof but no doubt neither.

[@lyam32]

⁠@@karzanahso Jeff was actually a Hanma all along ?! Dude was so masculine that he was a Man at 13

[@Schnitzel-lahnan]

He is going to Jeff the Kill you

[@leviticusprime4904]

Jeffery killington

[@dbbd-fj3gn]

Indeed

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

He's going to bring you to the sleep!

[@Deztroyer3k]

are you jeffing kidding me

[@SonicfanTheNightfury5099]

Hehehe

[@Flamepickle45]

How can Jeff ignore a slightly weird and painful feeling when my first reaction to a weird feeling is “damn I’m gonna die.”

[@pundertalefan4391]

I know, right? XD

[@chikem_nufget]

idk i get weird feelings all the time and i haven't died yet

[@vinkei4521]

That's the anxiety speaking

[@LightningDefender66]

THIS

[@vandarkholme8548]

I havent felt notweird in years and im alive

[@DavidNearVoiceActor]

Hey, this was an interesting and well orchestrated listen! Thank you for mentioning The Morgue Files and for being so kind about it! I haven’t checked out your version yet, but I’m very curious to see how it plays out.

[@Pastraspec]

Of course! Thank you for checking the video out, huge fan of your work so it means a lot!

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

Ayo! Look who showed up to the party!

[@pundertalefan4391]

Awesome sauce.

[@DavidNearVoiceActor]

@@Pastraspec The first time I saw your channel was the Nemesis video which was great and I agreed with everything you said in it. Congratulations on the KZbin success you've had so far!

[@maniacmark]

David and Pastra, you two not only made a perfect recreation of the Jeff the Killer creepypasta from 2011/2012 but actually made him as terrifying and unnerving as possible, which is what he should have been from the very beginning-not some Michael Jackson emo like Prince, as the fangirls describe him as lol.

[@Ifeellikethis]

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, I'm watching The ULTIMATE Jeff The Killer Retrospective by Pastra on company time!

[@Wedge_Khan]

So am I my friend

[@nakuldeshmukh8000]

fr gotta make that grind money

[@leviticusprime4904]

Little do you know, that your boss is also watching the same video, I should know because I am your boss

[@sansaraee]

ayooo same

[@Ifeellikethis]

@leviticusprime4904 You don't write me up and I won't tell the supervisor, deal?

[@GabeTDT]

I genuinely think Liu was the one who survived in the end. The last words in the story were “only one of the two brothers walked away alive.” Using context clues like Pastra said, it would only make sense for Liu to be the survivor. Every time Jeff tries to kill his family, he tries to kill everyone AND himself, so if he were to have killed Liu, he would have killed himself after, therefore he couldn’t have “walked away alive.”

[@lHaveFeet]

Ohhh ur so right

[@WalkingMedicBag]

I tend to specifically remember the line during Liu's chapter where he recalls Jeff having him pinned and Jeff specifically says, "When you next wake up, WE'RE going to see Mom and Dad again." Jeff was always planning to die once he was finished with his family, so why would he have walked away at the end if he was the one that had survived and killed Liu?

[@xailaluna7820]

I do believe that Liu lived. Also in my head canon Jeff dies with a smile on his face

[@Kompressor808]

​@@xailaluna7820i mean, it's kinda carved on there

[@kingofallhallowseve]

@@Kompressor808PFFFFFFFFFF

[@medium393]

“You know Liu, maybe the real Jeff the Killer, was the friends we made along the way.” -Jeffrey Alan Woods

[@fruitloops2058]

"🪦" - Liu Woods

[@Doggyman251]

"🪦" -Jeff in the rewritten version

[@Doggyman251]

"haha get stabbed" -Liu Woods

[@pundertalefan4391]

Alan? XD

[@bloodieghostie]

Maybe the real Jeff the Killer was the Jeffs we killed along the way

[@StrawbsIsAway]

I'm a strong believer in loving whatever you want in whatever way you want, but there will never be a creepypasta joke funnier than "And then Jeff the Killer said 'I'm gonna jeff the kill you'"

[@flameheart87]

When Pastra said he was going to use fitting music for the atmosphere when reading the story, i did not expect tomodachi life, but i'm all here for it.

[@Axiian19]

THANK YOU, I was trying to figure out what it was for so long 😭

[@yujifa_]

that and i think yokai watch?

[@heneedsloveoooh]

his hair being burnt black is so interesting to me. he's the OPPOSITE of an anne rice vampire. instead of tanning and having his hair lightened by fire, his skin pales and his hair darkens to black

[@normalpeoplelikeme]

Burnt and ashen.

[@wyatt8315]

This man is single handedly responsible for the Jeff the Killer renaissance

[@Joshua-pc3iq]

Never underestimate the power of a neurodivergent individual who is hyperfixating.

[@diseasedwombat5611]

I forgot that’s how renaissance was spelled. It looks so weird.

[@MorellaKane]

​@@diseasedwombat5611Probably because it's French.

[@Dookieman1975]

I’m expecting a creepy-pasta resurgence. Pastra and creepcast. Either growing with analogue/digital/found footage horror or overtaking them

[@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando]

​@@MorellaKane maybe the real killer was the French we had to bare along the way

[@l_rob420]

my favorite part of pastra’s rewrite was when jeff said “i’m going to jeff the kill you, liu”

[@yoshifan1028]

"Nah, I'd Jeff the kill" - Jeffery killerson

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

Classic Jeff The Killer quote

[@myarmsrgone]

​@@yoshifan1028 are you jeff the killer because you kill or do you kill because you're jeff the killer?

[@ChuliWafflez]

The fact that I read it in his voice

[@galning2768]

My favorite part was when Jeff said “it’s Jeff the killing time” and then Jeff the killed all over the place.

[@IndieDoodles]

pastra: my internet access was heavily monitored as a child- me, remembering all the things i watched and was shown by certain people in my life: man i wish that were me

[@thenewkrisdeltarune824]

REAL

[@cjandxenaxenomorph2]

The 2011 Jeff the killer story: a terrible act of plagiarism that somehow turned Jeff into a very famous creepypasta character Pastras rewrite: a literal horror movie that people would watch in theaters.

[@LordOfSpoons]

I still quote practically DAILY "the punch causes Randy's heart to stop" because omg it's SO FUNNY what the hell

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

I think that was like a technique in a martial art. From what I remember, in order to do it you have to collect 500 Meu Boons before you give it to Feldr.

[@emanuelandrei7250]

He really pulled a Kill Bill out of nowhere

[@joyflameball]

Legit I read the creepypasta with my best friend and that part made me BURST OUT LAUGHING

[@hardoncrimefromRS]

Bro got Damar Hamlin'd

[@Turtle22312]

Jeff the Killer is the main focus in the story called Jeff the Killer which focuses on Jeff the Killer becoming Jeff the Killer to make everyone remember him as Jeff the Killer when they eventually Jeff the Kill people so everyone is afraid of Jeff the killer.

[@donutholebandit]

Yeah you got it

[@akurami2201]

How did you say Jeff the Killer 7 times in a sentance and have it make sense...?

[@screw_a_username7491]

Facts 🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@toastergaming7783]

And then he Jeff the Killed all over the place

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

Featuring Jeff The Killer from Jeff The Killer

[@Factatac]

My lawyers have informed me I should make a statement and say you will NOT get Jeff the Killed if you don't buy the plush, but you should buy it anyway! (Also, Hi chat! I hope you enjoy the video!! :))

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

“If you’re ready for another long video full of my own neurodivergent ramblings…” Pastra, my man, that’s why I’m here. Edit: I have found my people. Aspies unite!

[@iclynnx]

That's why I'm here too, as a fellow neurodivergent

[@megamikmini]

That's why *we* are here 👍

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@iclynnx Ay, fellow autistic people :) Nice to see I'm not alone

[@ravenartistofficial]

Same, my autistic ass is TUNED IN!

[@thenewkrisdeltarune824]

As an autism, yes

[@seven7264]

Honestly, to me, the Pastra version is the “real” version of Jeff. The choice to make him purely evil without any bullies or situations forcing his hand made me actually fear the character. Such a good video. I don’t do well with horror but man I could not stop listening to your story.

[@greywolf9783]

Making him such a particular psychopath who wanted to go out with his family while he still saw them as perfect who wanted death with his family.

[@catboysephiroth560]

Very very stupid, but Liu and Jeff having a good relationship and trying to protect each other initially is a nice detail. I think that it makes Jeff's betrayal reasonably frightening for Liu as a character.

[@ravenartistofficial]

Agreed!

[@Exile_Sky]

7:36 What Pastra isn't telling us is that without his friends to help him get through it he'd never finish producing a read through because he'd be too busy doubled over on the floor laughing himself to death.

[@Topdoggie7]

💯 percent truth.

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

the laughing burns and bleaches his skin

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

His friends make it soooooo much more funnier I don't know what you're talking about! lmao

[@eva1585]

@@TheNightmareAngelYT Jeff's mom having such a deep voice, especially contrasting the neighbour was so funny to me

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

@@eva1585 I imagined her to be that one buff person in Danganronpa that's supposed to be a girl. lmao

[@AtomYoutube2]

I think pastra likes jeff the killer

[@Pastraspec]

Just a little bit

[@pedromartins6810]

​@@Pastraspecperhaps

[@TisPopRock]

Possibly, it’s hard to tell

[@ThatGuyWhoLovesBread]

I don't know, he doesn't really say if he does or not

[@bobbiejoringulet5040]

Probably not, but his channel is horror stuff so he kinda needs to talk about it

[@92ndmeenyweeny]

The mother of Jeff having a deep and serious voice when a female voice actress was clearly present makes the retelling both hilarious and amazing. Combined with the father of Jeff having a silly goofy voice makes the dynamic between the two married couple very endearing.

[@matthewmitchell5636]

"Oh no I really hope there's no killers around here" Jefferson T. Kilroy:

[@treywilliams1388]

28:26 now I’m struck with the visual of Jeff, meticulously dying, his hair black again when it starts to grow back to keep the singed hair look, which is an incredibly amusing visual

[@wyatt8315]

6:11 Dear god, Pastra was Weird Al this whole time!

[@theemployer-pj4iv]

OH MY LORD I SEE IT.

[@andrewd5139]

Ma ma ma my balogna

[@Rebekka-le5zv]

😭🙏

[@weirdguy1495]

Danny Game Grumps, is that you?

[@biggiesmall3562]

IN ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL-

[@skuffy4930]

Oh dear, I wasn't expecting Clyde to get moving pupils and squash & stretch. This is the most animated the insert character has been so far.

[@sentherandom6949]

10:43 i didn't notice that it was jeff's mom at first, but the idea that jeff's mom having a deep voice is very funny to me

[@ohitsthatguy1]

I like to imagine that his mom is super buff and just a no nonsense woman 😭😭

[@mynameisharry8739]

I love the way the guy does Jeff's voice makes it sound like Timmy Turner from that meatcanyon video and now that's all I can see when I hear that voice

[@unknownuser6940]

Don't you DARE insult your passionate rants. That's partially why we're here: to hear *your* refreshing perspectives and deep media insights. Keep up the great work, man!

[@brokendreamer9996]

Honestly I loved the ending of Pastra’s Jeff the killer especially the speed paint because it really reflected the story you think oh its just a picture of the character but then it surprises you with a twist and you can see what the story was building up to

[@pundertalefan4391]

Such a good touch.

[@MeloniestNeon]

I can't believe Jeff really Killered that guy...

[@exalpergames90]

I’m getting a little tired of that joke.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Nah he Jeff the killed it with that one

[@Evinex_0]

​@@exalpergames90He's gonna Jeff the Kill you now that you said that

[@jeremymolinari6597]

DUDE! Spoilers 😭😭😭

[@MeloniestNeon]

@@exalpergames90 So am I, it's really _killing_ my enjoyment of this video

[@Coniimationss]

I can't believe Pastra got THE Jeff the killer to help sell the new plush

[@acethethirdking]

I like the idea of Jeff's smile being because of bandages. The fire burns off his lips and nose and when the bandages come loose or aren't wrapped properly it makes it look like he's smiling a huge grin.

[@commanderblackheart5856]

I think Liu was the winner. Jeff was very, VERY self-destructive in your rewrite, like full-on Andross maneuver self-destructive and would likely have taken his own life within the building if he ended Liu's, plus Jeff being in a panic due to Liu actually having prepared would make him far more reckless then he already probably is. Also the idea of a Pastra take on Homicidal Liu that acts as a slasher sequel in a similar vain to Friday the 13th is one i personally find funny.

[@FeedMeRuhto]

i love the part of the story where its like "while the bleach bleached, the alcohol alcoholed.

[@acronym.4328]

The killer killed, the feeling felt and Jeff... jeff-ed.

[@ignaciorodriguez5636]

Creepypastas were so big back then that I remember at school with friends we created the story of The Skeleton. At first it was only that, the most basic thing. If you were alone at the school it was possible to see him and he could kill you. Then it evolved into different colored Skeletons. It was goofy, but we were young. Also, for school we filmed a horror movie called El Familiar (The Relative) which was basically a dude who owed money and couldn't payback, so the lender just picked up the phone and called 666 and sent an assassin, which eventually killed everyone at the house where we filmed. It's lost media now, sadly.

[@galaxychill9578]

sand undertal

[@galaxychill9578]

sand undertal

[@BlackHero20]

I want you to know. your jeff the killer rewrite made me care about this character in a way I genuinely didn't believe I ever could. its engaging, thrilling, and legit scared me to a degree no other version of this story did before. its really something else man and I hope you are proud of it. if anything it got me even more excited to see what other creative works you take on in the future, whether its another rewrite or more dreams of an insomniac or whatever you do in the future. you are a great story teller.

[@plagidoktor5812]

14:09 my man Jeff just pressed L3 + R3 to activate spartan rage

[@Stillbraixentho]

"RAAAAGH!! AGH! AGH!! GRAHHH!!!" -Jefferson T. Killings

[@sorayaya3080]

Pastra rewrite spoilers: No joke here, at the very ending of your video after the officers leave and Liu goes to bed only to realize that his window was left open (right after it was just shown just how meticulous and careful he was about keeping his home locked down at all times), I literally got chills down my spine and felt my blood run cold in an instant. I REALLY thought the story was gonna go back on to the officers or give a time skip or show the next victims POV or something, anything else, but the moment he said "the window's open" my sense of security was DECIMATED. And it really picked up because instead of dumb horror trope where the character disregards something like this as "Meh, I probably just forgot to close it earlier", Liu immediately starts to panic real hard and look for his knife

[@coolgreenbug7551]

I knew Jeff would show up the moment Liu put his knife down in the wrong place Oh no he’s going to need that

[@kingofallhallowseve]

My favorite thing about Pastra’s videos is that they feel like bonding over a hyper fixation with a fan. Every post feels like an info dump that I’m more than happy to listen to. Your work inspires me as much as the classic creepypastas do

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

I really like all these Creepypasta retrospectives you’ve been doing. Honestly I’d love to see you do one on Ticci Toby as I remember that being one of my favorite Creepypastas when I was younger Or perhaps Laughing Jack as while it does get too overly gorey in certain stories for my tastes, the concept still interests me

[@bella_daze3092]

PLEASE❤❤❤❤ ID LOVE THAT

[@carbonatedcosmo7665]

i would love a video on ticci toby or laughing jack! the first time i listened to a reading of laughing jack in middle school i genuinely thought he was real lmaooooo 😂

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Clockwork as well

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

@@theenderdestruction2362 I don’t remember a creepypasta called Clockwork, now I’m curious

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337 it was the girl with the clock in her eyes, well if I'm remembering right that was her name, honeslty from what little i remember from half good long sources from childhood watching videos she has something to do with zalgo and there was a weird ship with ticcitobi for some reason???? I recommend looking her up cause i got nothing on her beyond a few half blurrered memories of comments i saw in probably not true videos

[@samb1532]

If there's one part of your adaptation that hits the hardest, it's absolutely the "evil all along" twist. While the reveal makes sense and I did begin to sense it coming, it's a credit to your writing which sells the dangerous, unstable nature of Jeff that most versions (especially the originals) don't convey well. The way Jeff is portrayed as extremely detached from humanity but with some narcissistic qualities and still being able to make mistakes makes the events feel plausible. On a similar note, the "oh crap" moment in Dreams of an Insomniac is done expertly as well, and I can't wait to see what other projects you work on, because few online projects have given me that unsettled feeling as well as these.

[@junoismad]

have i exerienced the entirety of the presentation pastra did on that topic? yes i have. do i have labs in an hour? yeah i do. will i watch this all over again? absolutely

[@EssentiallyEden]

Dear god the 2011 story is… omg I can’t stop laughing. The background music is *killing* me. Oh my god. I’m gonna drop my reactions to the story as this goes on. Jeff 2011: Edit: WDYM THE COPS JUST CASUALLY SAID “ Welp, it’s a year in juvie “ AFTER FINDING THE CULPRIT OF A STABBING. Edit 2: oh my god, the way this devolved into a poorly written soap opera Edit 3: homie flippin’ sobbed for an *hour* in the driveway and his parents didn’t care?!?! Also I- why?? Why they wearing formal attire a birthday party??? ALSO, FELLAS. YOUR SON, JUST WENT TO A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRE AND YOU CHOOSE TO GO TO A CHILDS PARTY?? Edit 4: of course Randy and the gang have guns now. Average redditor moment. Edit 5: why aren’t the *ADULTS* doing anything??? Tf???? Hello??? Protect your child???? Edit 6: WDYM JEFF’S PARENTS WERE GOING TO SHOOT HIM. Edit 7: 2011’s STORY WAS PLAGIARIZED????? DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.

[@TisPopRock]

This wins best comment

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

The whole legal process makes no goddamn sense. Cops don’t just pull up to homes, declare the sentencing, and take whoever says they did it. ESPECIALLY if the stories told are contradicting. Both Jeff and Lou would be taken, questioned, and detained until the investigation is complete. The bullies would be taken and questioned too, then the bus driver. Since Lou’s story wouldn’t line up with victim accounts, Jeff is the prime suspect. After that, cases are assembled and the trial happens. Jeff’s attorneys would tell him he could actually win the trial (Jeff admits in the story there’s very little evidence for either case), and maybe flip the narrative and prove the bullies started it. kids from around the neighborhood would be questioned on their experiences with the bullies, and Jeff would be proven not guilty on account of self defense.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

​@LordCrate-du8zm but then we wouldn't have SpOoKy sToRiE

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@LordCrate-du8zm How would you know that? Have YOU gone to juvie for a year?

[@SuperNinjaChicken64]

​@@The-S-H3lf-Eater They could have studied law.

[@torrinfell]

Don't know if you'll ever see this, but the recent resurgence in Jeff's popularity - especially your rewrite - actually inspired me to try my own hand at writing a new take on the character! Currently I'm a solid portion of the way through writing a story that reimagines Jeff entirely, switching things around so that Liu became a slasher villain instead and Jeff turned into a kind of creepypasta-edition Winchester brother. I plan to post the story wherever I can once it's done, including uploading a reading here to youtube. I hope it turns out to be something folks find entertaining!

[@creativecutieprincessd]

Yet me know when it's done, I'd be very interested in listening to it and reading it.

[@ShootForTheStars-dj6jb]

I need to know when this is finished

[@RadikAlice]

Dude, that's cool!

[@ahatt96]

Best of luck with your story. Funny enough, I started a Jeff story as a fun gaff for a discord server last year. Sadly, I never finished it and that discord server is gone so I doubt I will.

[@HostileHostelry]

My good eldritch terror, I AM HERE FOR THE NEURODIVERGENT RAMBLINGS. FEED MEEEEEEEE-

[@dovasvariakojis6934]

14:34 "Just as he finished the sentence, Jeff *POPPED* the kid in the nose." Excellent timing with the footage lmao

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

The part where Pastra and his friends read the 2011 Jeff the Killer story has the same vibes of a SnapCube dub. The voice of Jeff's dad, the author's hate for Troy, and the "oooooh yeah" from the doctor are the funniest parts!

[@Elantic_Romance]

"HE PUNCHES HIM STRAIGHT IN THE HEART" I'M DEAD BRO LMFAOOOOO

[@franktheprank7336]

That and the "he grabbed him by the wrist and broke it" parts destroyed me. What is this preteen boy made out!? Adamantium!?

[@thenexus8384]

​@@franktheprank7336tbf the wrist is a pressure point so that's definitely more believable

[@GrinningCatastrophes]

I like how Pastra used his own version of the Smile Dog image when talking about other iconic Creepypastas, because that’s meant to be their interpretation of what the ‘original’ image looks like, and it means we’re all cursed again. Also, I kinda relate with Pastra’s recounting of how they came across horror for the first time at the beginning, because with what I can remember, videos about Sonic.exe might have been my own first exposure to Creepypasta or horror in general as a kid, even if I (thankfully) haven’t read his original Creepypasta, and I remember consuming every bit of media of him I could find as a kid, and he might’ve even scared me a bit with how young I was. It was either him or FNAF, I can’t exactly remember. But I think what scared me the MOST Horror-wise was the Duck Season Dog. Thank you for coming to my TED talk

[@azathoth311]

I love watching a video where you can just FEEL the love oozing from it.

[@youplayzz7922]

Are you feeling it inside of you?

[@forcicri93]

Quite the strange "feeling", isn't it?

[@Dahcs]

I swear i DO NOT remember the 2011 jeff the killer story being that bad 😭 "He had a strange feeling. A feeling he couldnt recognize, but it was a feeling. A strange one. A very strange, weird feeling."

[@Dahcs]

Dude Jeff the killer except the weird feeling he gets is to be kind to others and the story is called Jeff the Friendy Nice Guy

[@OligarchMartial]

I seriously don't think they should have replaced the original. The idea that a single group of people on ONE website get to decide what in Creepypasta is "Canon" defeats the entire point of having these be urban legends. Hell, having the website PERIOD defeats the point of urban legends. Especially since now there is a precedent that the website can decide to rewrite YOUR creepypasta and you have to deal with it.

[@seantaylor424]

I don't know anything about Creepypastas beyond the idea they were supposed to be urban legends and their popularity kinda went in a different direction, but what you say makes sense. It's not like SCP, where it's just a collaborative story with an in-universe hierarchy to justify rewrites/redactions/etc, and they're certainly not like a comic or movie series that rely on building upon previous installments, so having ANYBODY in charge of what's supposed to be hushed whispers and rumors makes them...not hushed whispers and rumors. The writer in me gets the appeal of wanting to organize things and make them presentable, but these characters theoretically don't belong to anyone, so why have any rules at all?

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaa-b6w]

​@@seantaylor424the point isn't to be rumors, they're meant to be well written stories made by people to share online Hell, most creepypastas nowadays have known writers so they arent 100% urban legends The meaning has changed over time

[@natedrees1390]

I completely agree that Jeff should be a monster, and your Jeff the Killer twist revealing it was perfectly foreshadowed with the "why was dad the only one who died" line. I'd love to see you do a rewrite of one of the stereotypical haunted video game creepypasta because of the world building and character development from your Jeff the Killer rewrite. Sonic.exe, Strangled Red, Ben Drowned type of stories.

[@Ian-mw9wt]

I would love for Pastra to tackle some video game pastas, but I honestly still consider Ben Drowned to be near-perfect to this day. It's incredibly well-written and the Majora's Mask gameplay adds so much to the story. It has a sort of Seinfeld Is Unfunny (TVTropes) thing where it only seems cliche in retrospect because it spawned so many of the tropes in the haunted video game subgenre. I would be interested in seeing what Pastra could do with it, but, honestly, unlike stories like Jeff the Killer or Sonic.EXE, a rewrite isn't really necessary to be frightening in a contemporary context. It still holds up.

[@redtailarts101]

Pastra, your version has GOT to be my favorite. You did him perfectly. Let me tell you why. The opening segment is a perfect set up. One of my personal greatest fears is an intruder in my house, killing me (I have genuine paranoid delusions from it) so the setup with Jeff having broken into the man's house and killing him, me knowing he's there but the protagonist deciding to sleep anyway, is a wonderful way to set up everything. It sets a terrifying tone, instantly chilling the listener and putting them on edge, and also sets up intrigue for the mystery. We don't get to even see the monster yet, but we instantly want to know the story behind the killer. The investigation sequence is pretty good - I loved the testimonies. They were pretty scary, and set up further intrigue about Jeff while giving hints about who he is and what he wants. They also padded out the story and made it long enough to feel like we get enough time investigating, to dwell on the mystery, and establish Jeff as an urban legend. Unfortunately because he's iconic, we already know it's Jeff, however what we don't know is what direction Pastra wants to take him, and the story is phenomenal in that regard. Admittedly, the cops come to the conclusion that it's Jeff a bit fast. It would have been better if they'd had a list of suspects, and had to rule them out, and while looking over the list, Norman(?) asks about Jeff and the older cop has to explain to him that Jeff was involved in a cold case. Norm could then read it and say he thinks Jeff is their prime suspect. But that's not a major issue, I really don't mind and still adore the story. Liu's segment retelling the story is also great. I absolutely adore the new spin on Jeff's origin story. You do such a great job of setting Jeff up as if he's sympathetic, and then pulling the rug out from under us. It's great that when we're just starting to feel like we care about Jeff, as he's bonding with Liu, we get the plot twist that changes everything and makes Jeff so much scarier. He's always been a monster, he was planning a second fire, but he snapped and his impulsiveness led to him acting too quick and failing to kill Liu. It's all way too perfect. And you manage to find a way to make Jeff scary and have a personal motive: he's killing anyone who looks like Liu. Yet Liu has a basic enough appearance that the demographic of people that could get Jeff the Killed is pretty big - young looking men with brown hair are common. It's a good balance between "he's a serial killer going after strangers" and "he's trying to fulfill a personal goal" and it's brilliant. Jeff's own perspective also gives a reason for him to do this. He wanted the cops to lead him to Liu, he wanted them to realize his target was Liu, and they did just that. All the same he blames Liu. Liu won't just come out of hiding and let Jeff kill him, so he's at fault for Jeff killing all the fake Lius. But in the end, his sloppiness got him caught. His excitement causing it. His emotions stop him from being the perfect, methodical killer, and I think it's his ultimate failure. Liu himself is characterized very well. He's lived on edge, in fear of Jeff, never able to know peace because of Jeff. He sleeps in the day and stays up all night. He keeps a knife with him. Why he doesn't lock his windows I don't know. Perhaps he can't. His house is a mess and so is he. He's alert and perceptive and always paranoid. And I think that it saved his life. I also do like the end. I like that I could find evidence for either (though I think there's more indication that it's Liu) and I like that, while it's up for interpretation, observant listeners can find the true answer and feel like they do get a proper conclusion. Great video and great story and I really look forward to a possible read-through of every entry for Jeff the Killer's 2015 rewrites, except the #2 spot for obvious reasons

[@Spookles_1]

7:57 “I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and smoke weed and fill our bellies with DIET SODA and play Burnout Revenge for the PS2”

[@MuradHasan-hp1xg]

Real

[@tyraoqvist350]

I feel the need to comment this here because it genuenly cannot be overstated: Your version of Jeff the Killer is (imo) The Best version there is. There's a lot of reasons I can list for that, most of which have already been said in the comments of that video; the well thought-out writing, the build-up leading to a genuenly satisfying payoff, the framing of the story etc. Outside of being a great JtK retelling it's also just a great story, which is something almost no other rewrite manages. My main reason for putting your retelling at nr1 out of any other iteration of Jeffery Woods is that it FEELS like a creepypasta. The building of finsding out more about Jeff through different witnesses, all accounts differing in their details; it perfectly captures what Hearing the actual creepypasta felt like as a kid. You hear different versions of his story, the only thing that /truly/ connects them all is his face and his kills, and you're certain that when you wake up at night that face will be staring at you from somewhere outside - or inside - your house. The ending is literally all of those fears realised, with Jeff hiding in his brothers closet. With Lou being our latest POV it almost feels like he's attacking us after chapters of buildup. It's the realisation of my worst fears during those first few weeks after I first heard of JtK and it's BRILLIANT. None of the widely recognised Jeff the Killer stories are actually scary, even the picture feels kinda goofy when you're no longer 12 years old, but the idea - the legend - of this man Was scary. Knowing that he might exist, having seen his face, THAT was scary. When I was a kid I hadn't read any of the actual written-down JtK stories, he was just a story passed around on the playground, a picture of a face to look out for before I went to bed, and it terrified me. The more I learnt about Jeff the Killer over the years, the more stories I read and the more I looked at that dumb picture, the less scared I was of him. Until your video. Your rewrite scared me in a way no version of the story has since I first saw his face. /That/ is why your version will forever be my favorite and the (imo) best one. Thank you for coming to my Tedtalk (and for being an amazing artist, writer, storyteller and most of all; making me care about this story again.) :)

[@tyraoqvist350]

All of this hearfelt fucking writing and I misspelled Liu FUCK

[@minerexsss]

The love I have for your version of the story might make it become the canon version in my mind lmfao-

[@LordandsaverGarryBuecy]

I was so happy when the morgue files got mentioned. That series, especially the jeff episode, is absurdly good. Though definitely not for the faint of heart. And that ending line. "I have been trying so hard to surpress what I am and it hurts" goes hard

[@dominicle9831]

I loved The Morgue Files! I could barely stomach watching Case #3 without hearing… Detective Norris’… family… I’m sorry. I’m still haunted by what happened to him.

[@aries-zn6xe]

what is funny is that everyone at the time loved jeff the killer... like a husbando type way, but my fav "creepypasta" was actually JANE the killer, the creepypasta at the time was something to be afraid of but the fact that it could be some "good ones" i really like it, and jane was kinda the batman to jeff's joker, it was kinda a "shamefull" years for creepypasta but is still really dear to my heart

[@aries-zn6xe]

also, alice angel from bendy looks to much like jane the killer.... do with that what you want.

[@despinasgarden.4100]

​@@aries-zn6xe Jane also looks like Calendar Girl from Batman The Animated Adventures.

[@ultimatecultchaos]

​@despinasgarden.4100 I'm sorry calender girl? What's her superpower being able to tell the date?

[@despinasgarden.4100]

@@ultimatecultchaos nope! She doesn't have superpowers, she just has a calendar theme. She is pretty cool though, her crimes are based on holydays or seasons. She is also a pretty sympathetic villain.

[@dbbd-fj3gn]

Yooo zacharyawesomeface is back!

[@JaydenPrice-el9xl]

Wooooooo

[@flooku987]

yeah!

[@Lizzy_Fungy]

Sadly, his main channel still doesn't upload videos.

[@Warningmoss_art]

@@Lizzy_Fungy Darn…

[@Grebbz]

Thats Mr ChanChan to you

[@ieatwater7414]

A funny detail about the 2011 story is how the doctors treated someone turning paper pale after being burned like a regular phenomenon

[@FivePebbles-e8s]

11:35 This line has the same energy as “Sherman! I need to get you out of here before you touch yourself!”

[@WayraHyena]

"If you're up for another long video filled with my own, intense, neurodivergent ramblings-" Dude always and forever I am up for that

[@Warningmoss_art]

My favourite genre.

[@dreadcore-dot-avi]

jeff i dont have money, please dont jeff the kill my family😔

[@moritakaishida7963]

I can't Jeff the afford the medical bills, killer

[@RedLaundryBasket]

⁠@@moritakaishida7963I can’t Jeff the afford the medical bills, the killer* Haven’t you’ve seen the iconic classic “Survival the Jeff the Killer”

[@The-S-H3lf-Eater]

​@@RedLaundryBasketIt's gone :(

[@moritakaishida7963]

@@RedLaundryBasket it got took of streaming before I could watch it and it never got a physical release Media preservations a bitch

[@thesteev4532]

to this day i still dont get how we were supposed to be scared of a dude named "Jeffrey Woods" lmao-

[@SWIVELGOD]

he can jeff the kill you who wouldnt be afraid of him

[@ReesesBees]

Same, to be honest. Like, I was 17/18 when the 2011 story came out, and THAT of all things scared me more than anything. Aaaand then the internet turned him into a 'hot anime boy'.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

The grusome fate of every populair character from 2011/2016

[@uncroppedsoop]

would you be scared of a guy named... let's say, ted? it's honestly realistic to me for a depraved killer to not have a scary sounding name

[@tealynx]

Just change his last name.. maybe something that starts with a D, ends in r and brings to mind Hannibal

[@irontownpictures9283]

1:08:40 that's called an audiodrama. And I see why you like it. It is a very underrated form of telling a story, and I love it to my heart

[@jencoleman0504]

I had an interest in JTK content when I was a kid (possibly because he was such an accessible intro to horror) along with things like Sims 2 machinimas. Your version is absolutely perfect and I cannot get over how hilarious the 2011 version is. I doubt I ever even read it before lol. There's something so amusing about a few little kids skateboarding around with guns and knives in their pockets, literally ready to seriously injure people just because.

[@gummywormgoree5278]

Normally I would skip over whatever ads people put in their videos but HOLY SHIT that Makeship ad was fucking hilarious, bless your heart Pastra

[@myadiah]

This is so funny because Pastra’s story was the first version of Jeff the Killer I’d actually ever heard so it was nice to actually figure out what this thing is. Honestly I don’t watch Pastra for the creepypasta stuff, I just watch because listening to someone present well-structured essays on topics they’re passionate about is amazing. Plus his videos are really relaxing to listen to while doing repetitive stuff

[@sneakysnek572]

Pastra’s Jeff the Killer is by far my favorite ngl. I love the subversions and foreshadowing. It’s so GOOD. It only gets better and better when you relisten to it/reread it, because you KNOW what all of these things mean. It’s a perfect plot twist. It doesn’t come out of nowhere, and it’s so fun. I relisten to it periodically, and since I hyperfixate on things, it never gets old!

[@whitepumpkinenthusiast27]

Jeffrey Theodore Killington always makes me SCREAM in fear when i hear the 2011 jeff the story

[@TheBatspecter]

Props to whoever voiced Jeff's mom in the 2011 story for making her sound like Joe Swanson

[@OttoMatson]

I'm pretty sure that's Dmuted, though for me it reminded me of Glamrock Freddy

[@calliejustwont]

holy shit batspecter real

[@bing_crystal4831]

Pastra basically said this in the video, but as much as people say that old creepypasta's like Jeff the killer are bad, you can't deny that they had a huge influence on horror. Like yeah, looking back at them some of them are pretty bad, but I'm also a firm believer that those old stories aren't scary to us anymore, because our concept of what qualifies as scary has changed over time. Like you wouldn't be scared if you watched the original Dracula movie, right? Yeah, but at the time it was made, it was terrifying and influential. And I feel like that logic very well applies to creepypastas. We aren't afraid of them now, but we were in the past. Anyways, there's a lot more things I would want to comment on, but this is already a long speech, so I'll just say big shoutout to all the editors who worked on this, because I loved the editing in this video. Now this makes me kind of want to see how Pastra would reimagine the Scarecrow, since they have been known to like the character a lot, and I do too. But only if they want to of course. Anyways I'm done for real this time.

[@twinzzlers]

Oh man the nostalgia from that SkyDoesMinecraft video. For some reason it made me think of these cheap bath toys you could get from the local dollar tree.

[@donutholebandit]

Jeff the Bather

[@randomdeinternet3582]

Jeff always loses on Pastra's version when he gets overwhelmed by pleasure of killing or if it's victim uses a weapon or acts in a way he doesn't expect, happened 2 or 3 times enough to be a flaw he can't erase Liu survived, i believe, he killed Jeff and finally was free from the demon he once called a brother

[@christhe2dprotogen511]

no one: Jeff the killer: I got a feelin!

[@yellow_jacket3260]

I find it funny that the minecraft creepypasta mod back in your youth was an inadvertent sign of your success as an adult, it funny how life kind of works out that way

[@thefrostyperson]

Pastra’s experience with discovering the horror genre with the SkyDoesMinecraft creepypasta video is exactly how I discovered it lol, down to looking out my window in fear that I would meet Jeffrey the Murderer

[@megaabsolangelgamer3996]

I really love seeing Jeff's progression laid out so well like this, it really itches my brain as someone who's been into creepypastas for a long time (Side note: THE YO-KAI WATCH 1 MUSIC AT 45:35 CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGINING IT)

[@confusedfey9192]

1:36 I'm glad a larger creator my age has pointed out the way most of us found our way into the creepypasta world. My parents would never ever let me watch marble hornets as an *checks notes* 8 year old, but they'd let me watch minecraft videos. Jeff the killer wasn't the one that stuck with me, but it was similar

[@Lh0000]

Can I also talk real quick about how the first story apparently exists in a world where the beating of a most certainly well known group of bullies is treated as a premeditated assault.

[@Lh0000]

Also where the concept of self defense doesn’t exist

[@frankonstein8748]

7:51 Pastra's goofy avatars it's something I never knew I needed till now

[@softSynthetic]

wowie a video I had NOTHING to do with Hi friend! :D Good tasty Video Zach :3

[@yoshifan1028]

Pastra name reveal

[@bearzinluvzxd]

​​@@yoshifan1028his name is already public. Like, i'm pretty sure he puts his real name on the doai series n his friends call him that all the time in streams :v

[@TranscorpHR]

Jeff T. Kill(er) makes my boots quiver, my body shiver, and my teeth chitter the fear of Jeff Kill Jeff the Killing me makes me unable to sleep i have not slept in 7 years

[@Michealmewers]

You should check your grammar

[@astrobolt992]

​@@Michealmewers leave Grandma out of this

[@NULL_AND_V0ID]

​@@MichealmewersLeave his grandma outta this

[@ddragontheloud]

Jeff D. Killer

[@explodingegg123]

​@@ddragontheloudJeff De Killer

[@jazzsnail]

I just noticed how in Pastra's own version he has these moments where characters realize something is off but it isn't like a random feeling that the characters for some reason have like in the 2011 version but usually something noticeable like a smell or a draft.

[@dazzle-o1086]

My fav so far is the 2011 one because I love the goofiness of it, I just picture Jeff at the birthday party and the camera pans to the fence and the Pillar Men theme fades in as Randy and the boys jump over on their skateboards😭

[@screw_a_username7491]

Someone needs to make that a meme omg

[@zax1012]

When it comes to the ending of your rendition of Jeff the killer :Spoiler: I personally believe it was Liu who survived. With everything presented to us in the story, I can't see Jeff being the one who survived and walking away. He burned his family home to the ground to kill his family, himself included, and failed to do so, because of this he kept on going so he could finish the job someday. I believe that if Jeff killed Liu, it wouldn't make much sense for him to walk away. I feel he would just die there with Liu, finally finishing what he started all those years ago. Liu being the one to survive makes more sense to me because of how everything is presented to us through Jeff's chapter, his only reason to continue living was to finally kill the last remaining member of his family that he failed to kill twice now, the only remaining proof of his failure. This is only my personal interpretation of the ending, and I would LOVE if others would share their interpretations of it as well.

[@HonstlyIdontKnow]

Pastra did not lie about the creepypasta phase coming in hot ALSO IS THAT YO-KAI WATCH MUSIC I HEAR 25:45

[@RealCryptoTest]

It sure is!

[@Aftonsparv90]

lost my actual shit cool youtube guy likes special interest equals big win

[@fnafgamerplushfighterz2351]

DUDE I RECONNECTED AND RECOGNIZED ALL OF THEM

[@sugarspice6833]

I've been around the channel for a good while now, so it's really heartwarming to hear how much our love and support means to you and that we've essentially helped fulfill a dream for you. Don't ever let the haters get you down. Keep making awesome videos about the things you love, 'cause I know I'll keep watching and rewatching.

[@ShadowGunR]

Hearing how you were happy with writing your rewrite was actually inspiring to me. Right now, I'm writing my own story based off another that I thought was okay, but greatly lacked potential and moments that would make it, in my eyes, make it one of my favorites. Hearing your experience with your rewrite, I'm actually more motivated to write my own story, since I'm sure once I finish it, I'll get that feeling of completing a story in my own vision. I already said this on the rewrite video, but your Jeff the Killer rewrite is a huge inspiration to me as a writer, and I if by chance you continue to write horror, I honestly wish you the best and hope to read more!

[@_-NameNotFound-_460]

Bro I watched that rewrite video twice and I love every second of it. It’s an amazing read and it is one of my favorite videos to listen to, I love putting on in the background and listening to it while I work