Jacob Sockness

"Stop with the sex obsessions already! Seriously, Please: chill out."

- Chris, 1 July 2020, criticizing Sockness for his creepy behavior after over a year of it.

"Sockness is like the worst of A-logs"

- The Suitress on Jacob Sockness

Jacob Sockness is a mentally-retarded amateur sorcerer and conspiracy theorist from San Francisco, California who attempted to manipulate Chris into a relationship, notably by exploiting his fantasy world and tricking Chris into believing his imaginary friend approved of the idea. Prior to Sockness's interactions, the Idea Guys had brainwashed Chris into identifying as bisexual, which enabled Sockness to try to become Chris's first (real-world) male sweetheart, which ultimately failed.

Sockness emerged in mid-2018 and was most active between July and November of 2019. He has the dubious honor of embodying every single aspect of the Unholy Tetrad over the course of his years of interacting with Chris. He has similarities with Chris, such as being autistic, non-gender-conforming, receiving a monthly tugboat, believing to be a god, thinks he has magic powers and has built an elaborate fantasy universe, into which he has appropriated Sonichu characters, with over a dozen installments that he believes really exist. While he was at first seemingly just another troll, notable for his erotic disposition towards Chris, Sockness became openly malicious after establishing direct contact with Chris.

In mid-2019, Sockness gained influence over Chris by offering to work together financially following Chris's June 2019 ban from eBay, he then achieved considerable influence over Chris's fantasy world, as seen in Sonichu #14. Most of his courting and enabling has been through Twitter, though he has also promoted himself through Reddit, YouTube and even Kiwi Farms. For months, Sockness tried to manipulate Chris into meeting in person, to onlookers' alarm. Yet when Sockness finally set out to travel cross-country to 14 Branchland Court in late September 2019, Chris rebuffed these efforts with the help of the Watchmen. Rehabilitation attempts over the following two months, at one point going even so far as manipulating Chris into mutual flirting, could not ultimately repair their broken relationship, and by the end of November 2019 they rejected each other again. Sockness was nevertheless persistent, and by March 2020 briefly had a toe in Chris's door once again. Chris and Jacob's relationship came to a permanent end in August 2020 after Jacob claimed that Mia Hamm had a child with Chris.

Discovery and motivations
Jacob was discovered by chance by Kiwi Farms user neural while observing the many users surrounding Chris's Twitter posts. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that he also had a Kiwi Farms account under the name Jacob JS. It was in his profile page where he accidentally doxxed himself by linking to his Facebook and Tumblr that revealed his personal information. As he exposed himself on the Farms, Sockness, like Michael Hirtes, is considered to be a halal lolcow.

Like many of Chris's orbiters, Sockness is a furry and lives in subsidised housing with a tugboat. He has a very low view of blacks, describing them as 'beastly' and 'hyper sexual', believing that 'their race can only rape, because that is [their] way of reproduction in a natural setting.' Unlike the Idea Guys who inserted such themes into Chris's mind for their own amusement, Jacob seems to be genuine. Sockness has been demonstrated to control several sockpuppets that he has used to white-knight and converse with himself; like Chris's similar past attempts to cover himself.

Christorians could not discern the true motivations behind Sockness's behaviour. For a while, Jacob appeared to be the first TRUE and HONEST believer in Sonichu and the Dimensional Merge after Chris, setting him apart from the various trolls professing to protect Chris and the many previous imitators of the Idea Guys pretending to belong to Chris's abortive cult. Over the months, evidence gradually came to light that indicated that Jacob's feelings were not in earnest. In November 2018, Sockness admitted that he did not seriously believe in the Dimensional Merge. When Chris allowed Jacob access to his Twitter account on 11 July 2019, he boasted about it on Reddit, even claiming that his sexual attraction to Chris was a façade. On 21 September 2019, when a concerned onlooker tried to warn Chris that Sockness was tantamount to an autistic Idea Guy, Sockness embraced the charges of manipulation, justifying his actions as protecting Chris from trolls.

Early interactions with Chris
"The Sacred Shoes have samples of cat & doggy DNA. Looking for the Treasures of Heaven, a single hair from Christine's head to put into an amulet of serious power to manifest one's dreams. This is a divine experience."

- Sockness

Sockness has spent hundreds buying items from Chris's eBay, notably buying his old shoes for worshipping purposes. Chris blocked him on Twitter on 31 January 2019. By 22 May 2019, Jacob's YouTube channel was terminated, and his Twitter account disappeared.



Still, this was not the end of Sockness's involvement with Chris; Jacob then created a new Twitter account named "Chris Kink." On 11 July 2019, while Chris was trying to raise funds for a hotel room at the 2019 BronyCon, a troll SonichuMerch told Chris that Sockness might be interested in buying his bath water. Chris saw dollar signs and followed Sockness.

"The Sonichu merch guy told Chris I was interested in the buying some bath water. The guy doesn't know I have no money to buy it due to issues with Social Security in May. Even if I had the money, Chris has to follow some exact rules to creating what I need from him. I need him to make and bless some holy water with his juices in it."

- Sockness explains why Chris started following him.

After establishing direct communication with Chris, Sockness tweeted that he would open a vendor account on eBay for Chris, acting as warehouse, clearing-house and middleman. Chris responded with gratitude. The next day, Chris re-tweeted a GoFundMe campaign by Sockness to raise $300, nominally as a shipping fund. As of September 2019, Sockness has failed to restore Chris's access to eBay, which would have been prohibited at any rate. Sockness has continued to set up GoFundMe pages for Chris's incidental expenses, such as when his car broke down and needed a thousand dollars worth of repairs.



Once Sockness had his foot in the door, he began talking about his alternate dimension fantasies, further enabling Chris.

"Firstly, and mainly, I am not under Anyone’s Control. And second, I still support the Rokat and all the good peoples in Andromeda. I need to meditate further for more sound responses and thoughts. For now I will simply state that your research is valuable, indeed. Going silent."

- Chris, addressing Sockness. He believes he is not under anyone's control while parroting Sockness's lore.

Chris featured Jakoba, an OC created by Sockness, in Sonichu #14. As Sockness put it: "She drew Jakoba, from one of mine when her CPU pals wanted to see the Rokat". For most of summer 2019, the two interacted relatively little, though other weens tried to push them closer together. In August 2019, Chris, through his Magi-Chan sockpuppet on Twitter, naïvely dismissed Sockness's violent inclinations and approved of Sockness coming to visit.

Subsequent interactions and Virginia trip
On 7 September 2019, Sockness released a fabricated conversation between himself and Magi-Chan from May 2019, in which he declared that he and Chris would need meet in person and marry for the Dimensional Merge to proceed. Though Chris affirmed thereafter that the counterfeit dialogue was trustworthy and begged for the funding to travel to California, he changed tactics within a few days, stating on Twitter that Chris, in Magi-Chan's body, had arrived on the West Coast from "behind the dimensional curtain", while Chris's body was safely in Virginia. Nevertheless, Chris remained interested in Sockness coming to visit him at home.

As autumn 2019 began, months of casual online role-playing came to a head: on 24 September, Sockness reported that he had bought train tickets to make the transcontinental trip to Chris. He made clear that his intent was both sexual and violent on Reddit, comparing his plans for Chris's rear to Germany's devastation by Allied bombings during the War, despite being physically incapable of such a feat.

However, only a day later, Chris posted a statement on Twitter along with a short audio clip, ChrisReleasesAStatementRegardingJacobSockness, indicating his desire for Sockness to return home after Sockness had left for Virginia, and saying that somebody in Chicago would provide him with a return ticket. It seemed that Chris had a moment of clarity long enough to realise the magnitude of what was going to happen. He elaborated on his decisions a day later, including a statement from one of Jacob's imaginary gods, Michiro. In his statement, Chris cited his health as unconducive to having guests, and that Jacob had gone down the path of evil. Chris also said that he foresaw that he and Jacob would end up in a similar situation to how Chris and Cole Smithey are. On 26 September, Sockness admitted defeat, tweeting that his "involvement with the Dimensional Merge has ended in failure" and that he would delete his Twitter account upon returning home. Chris confirmed that Sockness had turned back the next day. In a poorly thought out attempt to save face, Sockness later claimed that the train ticket was his own forgery, and that the entire Virginia trip a sham.

Failed romance
Despite spending over $1,500 through the course of his failed bid for Chris's attention, Sockness remained determined to win his prize in the end, and managed to slither back into Chris's inner circle of orbiters despite his dangerous behaviour. He apologised for his emotional outbursts to reconcile with Chris, and had indicated that he wishes to try visiting Chris again at some indeterminate future time, making sure to bring a mutual friend along with him. When Chris declared on 28 September his wish to attend BABSCon, a My Little Pony convention then scheduled for April 2020 just outside of San Francisco, Sockness consoled himself that he would see Chris in person after all. However, they did not converse again for over two weeks after this. Halfway through October 2019, Sockness entered the picture again. On 12 October, Chris whined on Twitter about complaints from customers regarding the Patreon books they had not received. Sockness, sensing an opportunity to regain access to Chris, discussed the matter with him, and then announced with his approval that he would be taking over management of the Patreon's financing, ostensibly to help, in a similar move to his managing Chris's eBay several months earlier. Emboldened, Sockness proclaimed on 16 October that he would fly to Virginia sometime about Halloween. He promptly resumed hitting on Chris over Twitter, with Chris playing into it: on 19 October, Sockness, commenting on a video clip of cosplayers kissing, said: "How about it Love @CPU_CWCSonichu?", to which Chris answered, "I’m not gonna cosplay as Deadpool or a Zombie, but we can kiss at the future time." Halloween 2019 came and went with no indication that Sockness had flown to Virginia as he said he would.

Shifting tactics, Sockness determined to cordon Chris off from other social interactions, establishing himself as the only one Chris could trust. On 3 November 2019 he managed to sour Chris's opinion of Null. Later that week, Sockness allied with a newly returned Sarah and Steve in byzantine Twitter dialogues defending Chris against other enablers who sought to gain influence over him. Among his many attempts to suppress rivals, Sockness harassed MKRNightVee in direct messages. Further seeking to cut Chris off from other contacts, including those who genuinely mean him well, Sockness created a list of various Kiwi Farms and Twitter users he deemed untrustworthy for criticising his bid for control.

Jacob as a danger to Chris
Jacob is clearly unstable, with psychopathic tendencies. In his own mythos he is the prophet of the god of war and death, Jakoba, it is telling that Jacob named a death god after himself. His books contain many references to himself as an evil entity, most bluntly put in Celestial Studies where he says "Our job is to consume human flesh." In addition to this a lot of his books contain rituals, most have graphic descriptions, all of which are made to kill people in cruel and unusual ways. In a 2018 interview he says that he uses these rituals to kill homeless people when he's bored. Also in that interview he says in no uncertain terms that he would rape Chris if his advances are refused. It is unclear if what he says really happens, what matters is that Jacob thinks that he's killing the homeless and summoning daemons which is just as bad. Chris tries to hand wave these glaring faults in Jacob's online persona by saying that everything bad Jacob has done, he did because he was possessed by Jakoba. Despite Jacob saying that it is impossible for Jakoba to possess him. Jacob claims that Jakoba is responsible for the "red tape" preventing the Merge, and tries to hold it hostage claiming it will only happen once he has had sex with Chris or they sacrifice a small child. Although it is not known for certain what would happen if Jacob and Chris met, it would certainly not be good.

Friendzoning and second estrangement
"I was following the request of Magi-Chan to keep on with Jacob, yet my feelings for him have developed, during the months. As for the present, I had to cool the romance, because even I Knew the whole time it was not meant to be, and Jacob's usefulness had become compromised."

- Chris explaining his reasons for involving himself with Sockness to a random ween

Pressuring Chris to abandon his other contacts ultimately backfired. Chris received the list itself lukewarmly: while he affirmed that he was in love with Sockness, he still maintained some reservations. He challenged Sockness, noting that the list consisted mostly of Sockness's own enemies and asking whether he would be blacklisted also were he to turn on him. Sockness went on to defeat the various pretenders to his position without much fanfare, though in vain: Chris was repulsed by Sockness's professed associations with demons, and issued a statement on 28 November 2019 that he was not in a romantic relationship with him, and moreover that the Dimensional Merge would be endangered if such intimacy were to occur. His decision was applauded by other enablers, some of whom had become Jacob's targets. Nonetheless, Chris still counted Sockness as a friend, and thought of himself as protecting him against demons.

As had come to pass two months earlier, when Chris disrupted his journey to Virginia, Sockness responded to the word that he had been rejected with tard rage. He delivered an ultimatum to Chris, threatening to revoke his tacit permission to use his fictional setting in Sonichu and pursue him for copyright infringement if he continued to use them, unless they got married. While Chris agreed apathetically no longer to use Jacob's demonic characters in his own works, he displayed in an autistic Parthian shot his usual comprehension level of how intellectual property works: Chris's own experiences and memories of Jacob's fictional universe were inviolable. Sockness remained adamant, sternly reiterating the legal limits on what Chris could do financially with his characters in an endeavour to bring him back into his flabby arms. Holding firm, Chris stolidly divested himself of him by writing off their past business together as being at Magi-Chan's request and describing Sockness as having outlived his usefulness. The two did not speak each other for over three weeks, and their friendship was dealt a hard blow.

December 2019 saw Chris's relations with Sockness continue to sour. Defying Sockness's order not to use his fantasy world, on 16 December 2019 Chris released trading card, declaring that his final triumph over Jacob and his infernal horde was assured. Later that month, Sockness sought to spark conflict between Chris and an enabler, but Chris recognised and dismissed these as the fabrications they were. Even Jacob's plan to confront Chris again at BABScon was derailed: the convention was cancelled in March 2020 due to the risk of COVID-19. Unlike the deep scars left to the Sonichu canon by the Idea Guys, Sockness's contributions, if not rejected outright, seemed to have been turned on their head and made impotent to warp Chris's thought any more than it already is. For once, it appeared that Chris had actually managed to evade one of his malicious orbiters.

Brief Reemergence
"No. At least, not yet."

- Chris, 15 July 2020, to a fan asking whether he and Sockness are dating.

Though Sockness had managed to make a reappearance in early 2020 and had attempted to get his foot in the door, it wasn't until Summer 2020 when Chris finally started humouring him in public again. Even so, Chris became increasingly dissatisfied with some of Sockness's behaviour, openly rebuking him over Twitter.

"Therefore, all of your information is false, and, once again, you can shut the hell up about this bull shit. End of discussion. ⚡⚡⚡"

- Chris Sonichu, rebuking Sockness over Twitter over his creepy behaviour and attempts at manipulation.

As a result of Sockness's secretive behaviour, much of what he has done with regards to attempting to get his foot back in the door with Chris can only be ascertained from Chris's comments and retweets on Sockness's posts; in early July 2020, Chris rebuked Sockness while playing as Sonichu for his creepy behaviour, and then told him in no uncertain terms to 'shut the hell up' when Sockness attempted to trick him into believing he had a 10 year old illegitimate son, born from his fling with the prostitute Mia Hamm. Even though Chris remained under Sockness's thrall, still believing other enabler-forced events to be true in the same breath, it was clear that once again, he managed to discern reality from fiction for just long enough to shoot down Sockness's misbehavior, if only for a few moments. With the cancellation of BABSCon due to COVID-19, he claimed to have caused storms over China for stopping his plan to "meet the goddess."

Second Blocking Onwards
In August 2020 Chris got in yet another Twitter spat with Ben Saint. This time, Sockness decided to butt in and add his own flavor of idiocy to the slapfight. This proved to be the last straw for Chris, who called Jacob out once more before blocking him. Afterwards, this turned Sockness off on Chris for good as he later posted occasional rants against Chris on his Twitter and his personal Subreddit, attacking Chris for his opposition to Pmurt, who Jacob supports with a religious fervor, and coming up with plans to disrupt the Dimensional Merge. However, Sockness eventually cycled back into displaying his affection to Chris in a vain attempt to win back his heart. Sockness continued to try to and worm his way back into Chris’s life, but with his public Twitter account being suspended on January 2021 and Chris deciding not to respond to his tweets and texts, no progress was ever made.

In June 2021, Chris made a social media post naming Jacob as being among the five most negatively impactful people in his life, casting severe doubt on the likelihood of any potential reconciliation between the two.

During August 2021, as the fallout of the Incest call being leaked was occurring, Jacob responded to a Reddit thread asking about what he thought of the situation, stating that he no longer wanted to be involved with Chris, and that he was glad that the September 2019 train trip failed. A few weeks later, Jacob made a video claiming that a member of Praetor was apparently responsible for Chris having sex with Barbara - given that Bella was involved with Praetor at one point, Jacob's claim may or may not hold water. Since then, Jacob has been periodically swinging between wanting to bang Chris once again, to hating his guts and wanting to replace him in his demented pantheon.

Third trolling cycle
Any newfound optimism onlookers might have found in Chris's ability to discern his enablers' true intent turned out to be misguided. Through early 2020, Chris had fallen further into occult practises. On 31 March 2020, Chris built a pagan altar in his bedroom according to instructions found in one of Sockness's books. Soon thereafter, on 6 April 2020, Chris followed Jacob again on Twitter. What precisely Sockness was doing at this time is unknown, as he restricted public access to his Twitter account on 19 April. Jacob also declared that he would attempt to attend the brony convention Everfree Northwest in disguise the following year. In response, Chris asked Bella to act as a bodyguard. According to a conversation between Bella and the Suitress, Chris had told them all about Sockness, prompting the Suitress to declare him as the "worst of A-logs". Jacob continued to post about Chris, even during his arrest in jail, writing a letter to him in jail, which he claimed he would only post on an undisclosed paywall when he receives it. He also claimed that he had visited 14 Branchland Court at some point, posting a recreation of the visit, which involves the general layout of the house, in Microsoft Paint.

In Jail Letter - 29 July 2022, Chris claimed Sockness had died. Helena stated in response to a fan that this was because a fictional version of Sockness was requested to die in her comic and Chris was told the death happened in the comic.