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[[File:InternetDreamLounge.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Artist's impression of the virtual interview (from left to right: Easy-K, Chris and Merryweather).]]
'''Internet Dream Lounge''' (stylized as '''Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ　Ｄｒｅａｍ　Ｌｏｕｎｇｅ''') was a short-lived [[YouTube]] podcast series. The premise of the podcast was to interview people with a sizable following over the internet. Its hosts were Merryweather (aka Merryweathery), a Danish web artist, and Easy-K, an EDM music artist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6q7ndms_7GIAELHGLqq72w/about YouTube page]</ref> As of [[August 2020]], the channel remains inactive, with all videos removed.

==Prelude==
On 4 [[September 2017]], Chris retweeted Merryweathery, who [[September 2017 tweets#The Internet Dream Lounge Podcast|announced]] that Chris would be the next guest star for the podcast. Despite the announcement's broadcast date set for the following week, days before the expected release, Merryweathery went on to [[September 2017 tweets#Internet Dream Lounge podcast delayed|announce the delay]] of the video; however, he was accepting additional questions for the interview. Based on one of Chris's [[Facebook]] posts, he completed an interview on or prior to 22 September.<ref>[[September 2017 Facebook posts#Opinion on Sachumo's CWC Documentary]]</ref> According to Merryweather, a re-recording was carried out on 3 October, for a 9th of October release.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/915392779685154816 Re-recording]</ref>

Chris stated that he accepted the interview for the following reasons:<ref>[[September 2017 Patreon posts#Music request]]</ref>
*He was not pressed on sensitive issues.
*He was [[Financhu Crisis|paid]].
*Merryweathery agreed to help [[Tapas|Chris's Sonichu business]] as a "social media manager."

On 5 September, Merryweathery showed up on the [[Kiwi Farms]] in defense of the interview, upon receiving criticism from users that he was not going to get any new information out of Chris. He revealed to an extent the contents of the interview, notably an "interesting answer" from Chris with regards to the identity of the [[Magical Man]].<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/9-4-planned-podcast-interview.33946/</ref>

Merryweathery maintained good relations with Chris after the interview. In December, he tweeted a gift to @WeWuzMetokur of a drawing of him by Chris, saying that Chris had done it as a favor.<ref>https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/940976409601826817</ref>. Chris later drew an art piece for Merryweathery for his birthday.

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==Interview==

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==Transcript==
[[File:InternetDreamLoungeAvatar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Chris's ''Internet Dream Lounge'' avatar.]]

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===Intro (0:00-1:03)===
<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Welcome to another episode of the Internet Dream Lounge. I'm your host, Merry, and with me as always, my trusty, O faithful co-host, Easy-K. And on this show, we have the honor of presenting to our dear viewers: the eternal [[Love Quest|hero of love]], the defender of [[Autism|autism]] and the [[Godbear|God-Emperor]] of [[CWCville]]. The creator of [[Sonichu]], [[Christine Weston Chandler]].

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Hey, everybody! How y'all doing?

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> So how are you today, Chris?

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> I'm doing good. How are you?

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> I'm good–doing quite fine. We already did this interview already. Uh, just want to re-record it because the last one was quite boring. Uh, and also, a few times, I slipped up and didn't call you by your proper pronouns. So, what was it you told me to do this time–uh, in ca–like, in order to make sure I don't slip up and call you he instead of she?

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Pretend you're–ru–talking with [''Speaking in a high voice''] Natalie Portman! Hello, I'm Miss Natalie Portman! Let's have [''Merry laughs''] fun together[''?''], all right? [''Chris chuckles''].

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> All right.

<font color="#AB2554">'''Easy-K:'''</font> Dude, is Natalie Portman in the room right now?

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Ap–apparently, she is!

<font color="#AB2554">'''Easy-K:'''</font> Is Natalie Portman here? [''Chris laughs'']

===Heroes and villains (1:03-4:30)===
<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> [''Chris can be heard joking in the background''] Anyway.. um. [''Merry laughs''] Anyway... uh... well, in order to not–uh–not–uh–mess up the pronouns and call her Christine–uh–she instead of he. I will be pretending it's Natalie Portman, so I hope that helps. Anyway, uh, Chris, I want to get straight into things and see that you have actually started your very own [[Redbubble|merchandise shop]] recently.

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yes.

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Good. 

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> My very own merchandise shop. 

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> [''Chris talks over Merry''] Yes, we should buy some ''Christian''... uh, Weston Chandler pillows. Uh, the classic ones, the ones with your picture from when you were a guy.

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah, well, something old and then also a bit something new if you wanna go updated.

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Absolutely. So, Chris, could you tell us a little bit about Sonichu, your creation? What's the l- the listeners who don't know about that?

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yes. Sonichu and Rosechu, are the [[Electric Hedgehog Pokémon]] in the city of Cwcville, Virginia, United States of America, and- with my help, or rather, with their help if I'm–when I'm in danger, we defend–

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Yes.

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> –The city of Cwcville from those who want to make true love and feeling and finding it illegal in the United States of America, and around the world.

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> And of course the people who want to make, uh, true love illegal, well, that would be the, uh, i-i-in the lore of your comics, that would be the [[jerkops]] and [[Slaweel Ryam]], who is based on a person who brought a lot of problems into your life. Uh, I've been asked not to mention her [[Mary Lee Walsh|real name]], um, but a lot of it is based on your real life experiences and your troubles are in your, um, adult life. I believe, a subtext for the comic is the [[Adult Chronicles]] of Christian Weston Chandler, or Christine Weston Chandler as it is now. 

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yes. Give or take, but really the main antagonist is actually the embodiment of my loneliness and depressions. The one of which I have given a name based on one of my depressing life events. The infamous spiritual magician, [[Count Graduon]]. 

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Count Graduon. And he's, like, the eternal, kind of, your nemesis in a way in the comic.

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yes, because apparently he was the one that could never feel love and he never could feel it for his son- for himself, he never could find it, so it- so, back in the medieval centuries, he would attack kingdoms and castles and eventually a knight beheaded him, and yeah, when- we had an archaeologist in England, he gets possessed–He finds the orb that he was encapsulated in and Graduon pur– [''struggles to pronounce'']. Uh, here's another one for the blooper reel. Graduon possesses him–

<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> [''laughing''] It's quite alright, Chris. Don't worry.

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Graduon possesses him, and in the–in the body, Graduon guides the guy all the way to America. Or at least to be America. And the [[Cherokee]]–and the Cherokee clan recognizes this now spirit and exorcises Graduon from the poor archaeologist, and puts him in a new sphere encapsulation and hides that underground. And then in many years later, he is uncovered and put in a museum, the sphere. And that's where Slaweel and he met... a half witch. 

===Sonichu's origin (4:30-5:30)===
<font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> So that's the origin story of the villains. Can we–can we hear a little bit about how you came up with your title character, the Electric Hedgehog Pokémon, [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]], and of course, [[Rosechu]]?

<font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Oh yes. Back in uh two th–back in [[2000|March 17th 2000]], from my Computer Graphics class at [[Manchester High School]], we had to do a [[Christian's Favorite Hits!|CD insert and cover]], and I wanted to put [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and [[Pikachu]] on there, but [[Chris and copyright|copyrighted characters]] were not allowed. So I ended up combining the two, and that's how Sonichu was made. From then on, Sonichu and I actually grown closer together – we got to know each other. And then eventually, I made his [[sweetheart]], Rosechu, followed by [[Blake]]—[[Niggos|Black Sonichu]]—and then all the other characters that followed over the years.

M: So these are all hedgehogs and Pokémon? Like, hedgehogs from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and Pokémon from ''Pokémon''?

C: Yeah. Classified as Electric Hedgehog Pokémon.

===CWCville politics (5:30-7:31)===
M: Obviously, the comics have been going on for [[Sonichu 0|some time]] now, and throughout your life, you've had some troubles, you've had some struggles. A lot of the characters in the comic–the villains in the comic–they kind of represent people who have brought you trouble in your real life. I mean, since Slaweel and you mentioned Count Graduon, who is not a single person as I understand it. He's more like a manifestation of, I assume your [[Manchester High School#Graduation|graduation from high school]].

C: And the–and the [[Christian Weston Chandler's Adult Chronicles|years]] of [[Love Quest|loneliness]] and [[Chris and stress|depression]] I've had to endure.

M: Of course. And–But there's of course the presence of [[trolls]] within your comic. There's not–there's a long list of trolls that, of course, I won't name. But, I just want to ask you. Because, of course, there was an attempt to crown [[Billy Mays]] as the mayor of CWCville, which you quickly shut down very fast. Would you like to tell us a little bit about that?

C: Well–I mean, I don't know why people insisted on [''unintelligible''] ''Billy Mays'', who did the OxiClean commercials. It just seems so [[Random-access humor|''random'']]. I never could understand that. But no, he could never be mayor, because he wasn't originally a CWCville resident. But, at least in my absence, did have my [''pauses''] secretary, who is also quite knowledgeable in the–managing the city—done very well—Miss [[Allison Amber]].

M: Okay. So, uh–is it possible for someone other than you, to be elected mayor of CWCville?

C: Not really. 'Cause [[Bob|my father]] would have founded the city, and–and he ended up passing it down to me. 'Cause–

M: [''interrupts''] Okay–

C: –Too much. The origin story of the city of CWCville: My father founded it and built it.

M: [''pauses''] Okay.

C: And they passed it onto me.

M: So, it's like a monarchy.

C: Bit of a monarchy.

M: Interesting. 

===Fan productions (7:31-9:34)===
M: All right. That–that's pretty interesting. Also, of course, there is umm–the ''Sonichu'' comics have sort of, ever since their debut in–Uhh... I believe the late [[2009]]? So, when was it that your [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|popularity kind of blew up]], Chris? Can you remember that, yeah?

C: Yeah. It was more–it was like '09 or [[2010|'10]].

M: Okay, so around that time. Since then, there's been all sorts of creations of people fascinated by your life. There's been a [[Sonichu the Animated Series|Sonichu animated series]], there's been a [[Chris Chan Documentary (Sachumo)|documentary]], which you have seen, which we will get into later. There's been all sorts of creations, and people have actually come forward during your absence from the comic and created comics of their own. Someone created a comic book – like a web comic called [[Asperchu#Sonichu Revolution|''Sonichu''–I believe it was ''Revolution'']], which kind of told a more dark version. And one of the characters in it, Slaweel, was kind of–because a lot of the fans draw Slaweel as an attractive young blonde woman, I was wondering what you think about that. Because she is quite–in the comics, in the canon comic, she is an old woman. I was wondering what you think about, like reimaginings of the different villains of your comic in ways like that.

C: Well, I encourage creativity amongst my fans. But, although, this is [''unintelligible''] correction. I never really watched any of the created animated series because–

M: Yeah.

C: It just [[Chris and his Ego|wasn't directly from me]], and uh... There just some things lacking in there. But also, I think they definitely got Slaweel's blonde color from her Viking helmet. She wore a Viking helmet. It [''voice cuts out on chat''] with red horns. She was never a blonde. She was a lot older than that.

M: I suppose it was kind of a misconception based on early drawings of her then?

C: Yeah.

M: All right.

===The abusive babysitter (9:34-10:44)===
M: Early in your–like... early back in your timeline, like the farthest back you can remember, there was a...[[Abusive babysitter|an event]], which [[Autism|shaped you as a person]]. It was when your childhood babysitter, who I believe she's called Miss Roach, left you in your room, she locked you in your room, because you were interrupting her phone call. Now, I asked you this question in a private chat between you and I, but I would like to ask you again so you can elaborate on it in our interview: Would you ever consider putting Miss Roach into your comic as a villain?

C: Very unlikely. Because, I have very little information or recollection about her past or current appearance, much less her first name. So, that would be a big no.

M: Okay. Very well. Because a lot–like that's kind of like the [[Twin Falling Towers|ground zero]] of everything Chris-Chan. Of everything Christory, as it's called. Do you know that term, ''Christory''?

C: Yeah, that's ok–yeah that's good.

M: Yeah [''laughs'']. All right. That's good. You like that one.

C: Yeah.

M: Yeah. All right. Wonderful.

===Autism (10:44-12:06)===
M: There are several moments in your life that have kind of been shrouded in mystery. Now, you are, of course, an internet legend. You have been documented more than some [[George W. Bush|Presidents of the United States]]. [''Chris chuckles''] Your life has been, probably, one of the most documented things in... internet history, because you have put yourself out there. You have told everyone, "Here's my story. Here's all of it. I will not keep anything hidden from any of you."

And some people might say that was a bit stupid, some people might say that's admirable. You're brave, you put yourself out there. More people know about you and your life than most–like what is known about most celebrities. So, when an event like that is described by you, the... The sort of ground zero, the moment your babysitter locked you in your room. You mentioned that a lot, as in the past—correct me if i'm wrong—as having sort of been the cause of your autism.

C: I don't know about ''it'' being the cause of my autism. It might have been theoretically something in the genetics, or very unlikely, [[Conspiracy theories|in one of the vaccines]]. But, it's prett—I would say, it instigated–it brought the autism up that one moment.

M: Okay. Very well.

===Trolls (12:06-16:30)===
M: Has anyone, of the trolls in your life–you've obviously had a long, like history of people who have tried to troll you, and who have tried to mess around with your life. A long list of people pretending to be girlfriends–pretending to be internet girlfriends. There was one time when you [[Ohio trip|drove a long way to meet someone who wasn't actually there]], and I believe it was an old black woman who opened the door?

C: Yeah...

M: Could you tell us a little bit about your real life encounters with trolls?

C: [''sighs''] A little bit. A little bit. [''thinking''] I can–doh–I... I don't have very many upon recounting. There was the one where I [[Emily#Chris's first date|met her]] at [[Charlottesville Fashion Square|Fashion Square Mall]]—my father was there—and... then we were met with the infamous [[Man in the Pickle Suit|Guy in the Pickle Suit]]. Just... [''Merryweather sniggers''] That was totally random. I don't know why, 'cept from like, you know, Sonichu doesn't like [[Pickle|pickles]], because he's allergic to ''pickles'' and ''[[Semen|pickle brine]]''. I hadn't mentioned that [''sound cuts out''] before, but mentioned it later. And, uhh...

M: So, what was through it? Like, what went through your head when you saw the Man in the Pickle Suit approach you?

C: Umm... I was like– [''mumbles''] This is crazy. Just random. I really did not know what to think or expect at that moment. And then the girl left with the Guy in the Pickle Suit [''Merryweather sniggers'']

E: At that point, did you kind of–like put it together in your head, like "Okay, this was maybe like a setup."?

C: Yeah. Soon enough, I did piece it together like that.

E: Probably around the time, like your [[medallion]] came up missing?

C: Um... No. I would say, just shortly after the actual event.

M: Oh–

E: I'm sorry, if I could just interject: So, you did–did you, like notice that your medallion was gone?

C: My medallion was not removed from my person at that time.

E: Oh, it wasn't? After that?

C: You might be confusing it with the other [[Blanca Weiss|theoretical ex who had me send it to her in the mail for safekeeping, and then that's when the original medallion was put in a pickle jar, cut apart, yadda yadda yadda]].

E: I was given misinformation. I thought that–that's how they actually acquired your medallion.

M: No, no. Like, they–I believe it was someone who was pretending to be a girlfriend of Chris.

C: Yeah.

M: They asked Chris to send the medallion, and then they absolutely destroyed it and uploaded it to [[YouTube]]. Of course, Chris made a new medallion after that.

E: So, Chris, Natalie, Christine...

C: [''Chuckles'']

E: [''Chuckles''] Did–have you ever, 'cause a lot of these things that people do to you. They're just borderline–like illegal, some of them. Like that example right there. That's destruction of property. Like, you know. Yeah, you went–willing sent it to them, but that was your property and they destroyed it – destruction of property. Have you ever considered, like [[Chris and the law|pressing charges]] against these people? I mean, 'cause really, that seems like it would be the best course of action for a lot of these cases.

C: Well, I don't remember the address I sent it to, and... I only know–I only would remember the ''pseudo''-name that the troll was using at that time. So, how could I press charges against somebody I don't know who, he or she, fully is?

M: Besides, it happened–it happened a long–it happened a [[2008|long time ago]] and–

E: Right.

M: I don't think–like, as much as the trolls have brought... Horror into your life, Christine, I don't think any of them have ever physically harmed you. Is that correct in saying?

C: Uhh... Yeah, not physically, but between their manipulations and blackmail, they did a lot of emotional and mental damage to me.

M: Okay.

E: So, you've ''never'' considered that? You've never considered, like pressing charges like ever?

C: Uhh... Yeah, my father had brought up pressing charges. But, like I said: Another state. Don't know who that person actually is.

E: Mhmm.

===Internet Lumberjack (16:30-xxx)===

M:

==Analysis==
The interview offers insight into Chris's [[Homos|sexual orientation]] and [[Chris and gender|gender identity]]. In the second (and published) recording of the interview, Chris adopts the name [[Wikipedia:Natalie Portman|Natalie Portman]] as a cue for his hosts to use his preferred gender pronouns. Given Chris's tendency to [[September 2017 Facebook posts#Still waiting on a Sweetheart|fantasize about inserting himself into lesbian scenes]] in [[Life Is Strange|media]], Chris may have chosen Natalie Portman after her leading role in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Black_Swan_(film)|Black Swan]]''.

Merryweathery introduces Chris to the game ''[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fuck-marry-kill Fuck, Marry, Kill]'', where the chosen person is given the name of three individuals, and has to decide on whom they would [[Chris and sex|have sex with]], [[Wedding Comic|marry]], and [[Death threat|kill]]. Presented with [[Barack Obama]], Hillary Clinton, and [[Pmurt|Donald Trump]], Chris is swift to choose Clinton and Trump to marry and [[Pmurt#Death threats|kill]], respectively. In spite of the nonconsequential nature of the game, Chris is [[Stress|hesitant]] to straight up say he would "fuck Obama"–opting instead for a [[Honest Content|tamer]] verb. Though Chris [[SLGBTQ|claims to embrace the LGBT culture]], Chris's discomfort may hint a [[Wikipedia:Freudian slip|Freudian slip]] on his attitude towards male homosexuality. In a second round, co-host Easy-K asks Chris to choose between [[Sonic the Hedgehog#Amy Rose|Amy Rose]], [[Rosechu]] and [[Mary Lee Walsh#Fan art|young]] [[Mary Lee Walsh]], to which he selects to [[Bestiality|kill the human]].

[[Chris and his ego|Chris's ego]] is prevalent in this interview. Optimistic for his [[Jessica Quinn#Second breakup|then]] relationship with [[Jessica Quinn]], Chris's sense of entitlement led him to expect Jessica will look after [[Barbara Chandler|his ailing mother]] ''in addition to'' himself. Despite [[Chris and socialization#Tara Strong|little recognition]] in the [[My Little Pony|Brony community]], Chris is confident he can [[Chris and money|ride the coattails]] of [[BronyCon]] 2018 by hosting a panel, based on the evidence that people approached him during his 2017 attendance. Chris later goes on to describe President Trump as a "[[Chris and hypocrisy|narcissist]]".

Chris also claims in the interview to have a "[[Chris and reality|psychic link]]" to his fictional characters, confirming that, despite years of opportunity for soul-searching and growth with his newfound transgender identity, he still adheres to his childlike belief that his characters really do exist in a plane of reality reminiscent of Toon Town from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Interestingly, he prefaces this claim by saying "I know this sounds crazy...", acknowledging an awareness that rational people don't think this way about imaginary electric hedgehogs.

==See also==
*[[DStecks]]
*[[Chris and journalism]]
*[[Chris in the media]]

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