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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).]]
| | One's '''personality''' is a set of mental, emotional, and behavioral qualities that make up an individual's character. Studying personality is a key aspect of psychology, allowing experts to know what makes people the way they are. There are many methods for testing one's personality, with some backed by decades of scientific research, and others created by random people on [[Facebook]] to show ads. |
| '''Internet Dream Lounge''' (stylized as '''Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ Ｄｒｅａｍ Ｌｏｕｎｇｅ''') was a short-lived [[YouTube]] podcast series hosted by 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> The premise of the podcast was to interview people with a [[Weens|sizable following]] over the [[Chris and the Internet|internet]]. On 4 [[October 2017]] Chris appeared as the guest star of their fourth podcast.
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| As of [[August 2020]], the channel remains inactive, with all videos privatized.
| | Chris's personality is quite eclectic. It is what draws countless people around the globe to study and follow his antics. He has spoken quite a bit on his own idea of his personality, but his own insight doesn't always jive with [[reality]]. |
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| ==Background==
| | His personality has undergone quite the change since Bob's death, with some traits undergoing a full 180. |
| 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. The first interview was alluded to have been recorded on 4 September.<ref name=bob></ref> According to Merryweather, a re-recording was carried out on 4 October, for a 9th of October release.<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/08-10-cwc-podcast-interview.35059</ref>
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| Chris stated that he accepted the interview for the following reasons:<ref>[[September 2017 Patreon posts#Music request]]</ref>
| | ==Disclaimer== |
| *He was not pressed on sensitive issues.
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| *He was [[Financhu Crisis|paid]].
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| *Merryweathery agreed to help [[Tapas|Chris's Sonichu business]] as a "social media manager."
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| 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>
| | [[File:Myers-Briggs type indicator.jpg|thumb|The Myers-Briggs type indicator is a popular personality test system.]] |
| | Personality testing is a controversial field, with few tests used universally within the scientific community. Even the famous Myers-Briggs test, while useful for rough workplace assessments, is somewhat vague. It misses key areas like creativity and openness, and people who take the test often get different results over time. The closest thing to a gold standard is the Big Five, or OCEAN test. |
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| 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.
| | This article discusses various aspects of Chris's personality, but is not to be taken as a substitute for an actual psych-eval. |
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| | ==Introversion vs extraversion== |
| File:Mister Kurmeto by Chris Chan.jpg|Mister Kurmeto
| | Chris has shown traits of both introversion (reservedness, solitude) and extraversion (people-seeking, sociability) over the years. It should be be noted that no person is a true introvert or a true extrovert, rather it is more akin to a [[Autism|spectrum]] which people fall on, and people can behave differently in different contexts. |
| File:Art for Merryweathery birthday.jpg|Art for Merryweathery
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| | At [[Manchester High School|high school]], Chris appears to have been fairly introverted, though with a drive to be extroverted. A [[Manchester_High_Leaks#Getting_Acquainted|leaked icebreaker worksheet]] shows that Chris only talked to 7 of his class-mates. They were all [[Noviophobia|female]]. Despite trying to later hold a high school reunion, in the [[Song of Christian]], a 16-year old Chris describes having few friends and how his "loneliness is off the scale”. Even with the social prestige of being a water-boy to the school [[Bionic the Hedgehog|basketball team]] and his [[Gal-pals]], Chris took his [[Barbara Chandler|mom]] to the school prom. Nearly 10 years after the prom, Chris talked about feeling like an outcast at the prom, however his highlight of the evening was when one of his [[Tiffany Gowen|gal-pals]] felt sorry for him and "pulled [him] onto the dance floor". This dance "felt like hours" to Chris.<ref>[[User:ChrisChanSonichu profile#The Seinor Prom]]</ref> |
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| ==Interview==
| | Around the time of discovery by [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], Chris was mainly an introvert. He kept to himself and barely spoke to anyone but his sweetheart. He joined most public chats in both [[IRC|text]] and [[Mumble|voice]] forms only after being goaded by his current sweetheart<ref>[[BlueSpike Skype Logs 5#February 10]]</ref> or a troll. And even in these chats, he didn't converse a lot, and only answered questions directed towards him. Even while playing video games, he mostly stuck to playing single player games such as God of War, Pokemon, Sonic and Animal Crossing. Any multiplayer game he did play was mostly with his sweetheart like LittleBigPlanet and Burnout Paradise. Before his discovery, when he frequented the THe GAMe PLAce, he mostly kept to himself (and Megan), and rarely interacted with other people except during card games.<Ref>[[Lucas and Mimms Q&A#Chris's behavior]]</ref> |
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| | Classic Chris, therefore would clearly fall on the introvert side of the spectrum but he isn't a full on introvert as he did visit an [[Anime Mid-Atlantic|anime expo in 2004 and 2005]]. New Chris however would easily fall on he extrovert side since 2017 as he started publicly responding to people, started playing multiplayer and co-op games such as Tetris 99 and PayDay 2, visited multiple conventions like [[Bronycon]], [[Omegacon]], [[BABScon]] and the [[TooManyGames]] expo. He has also started streaming videos, and answering questions his fans have. He has also joined public and private discord groups, though his interaction with other humans in them is limited. On [[Twitter]], he has started interacting (although poorly) to a ton of people ranging from artists to [[enablers]]. |
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Kindness vs resentment== |
| [[File:InternetDreamLoungeAvatar2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Chris's ''Internet Dream Lounge'' avatars.]]
| | :''Main article: [[Kindness]]'' |
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| | While Chris may strive to be kind, his efforts often fall flat and instead come across as annoying, overwhelming or creepy. Chris at least shows he makes an effort to look like a kind person, and he has referred to himself as the "kind and compassionate Christine Chandler".<ref>[[A New, Fun Trick]]</ref> But saying you're kind and actually being kind are two different things. |
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| ===Intro (0:00-1:03)===
| | Many of Chris's attempts at being kind, from calling complete strangers "[[darling]]" to [[TooManyGames|kissing]] guys he just met, are a clear violation of other's boundaries and easily make people feel uncomfortable. Ironically, his attempts can be quite unkind. |
| <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]].
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Hey, everybody! How y'all doing?
| | ==Empathy vs antipathy== |
| | :''Main articles: [[Remorse]] and [[Anger]]'' |
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> So how are you today, Chris?
| | Anger, or ''tard rage'' as trolls call it, is a defining feature of Chris's personality. Also notable is his lack of empathy, beyond the point where it can be autism-related. |
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> I'm doing good. How are you?
| | Chris uses apologies as a performative tool for making amends and not as a genuine expression of guilt. |
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| <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?
| | ==Openness vs obstinacy== |
| | In psychology, openness is a person's receptivity to new or unfamiliar experiences and ideas, including changes. |
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| <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'']
| | It is to be noted that no person is completely open to change and no person is completely against it. People tend to be open regarding views to things that don't matter to them and like to remain closed about topics that is close to them. Chris is no exception. |
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> All right.
| | Chris is not very open to thoughts that differ from his, he rejects opinions and actual scientific facts if they do not match his beliefs. When he used to hate the LGBT community, he would reject anyone trying to convince him otherwise how much ever sense they made. He had also gone to the point where he rejected the fact that Asperger's syndrome is a form of autism just because he didn't like it. |
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| <font color="#AB2554">'''Easy-K:'''</font> Dude, is Natalie Portman in the room right now?
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Ap–apparently, she is!
| | However, after he came out as a transgender, he became much more open to the LGBT and accepted people as equals, but his obstinacy has merely shifted topics, for example he completely believes in the Dimensional merge and anyone telling him otherwise is rejected as a troll. He openly rejects proof that the merge isn't happening and cherry picks minor incidents that seem to support his agenda. |
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| <font color="#AB2554">'''Easy-K:'''</font> Is Natalie Portman here? [''Chris laughs'']
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| ===Heroes and villains (1:03-4:30)=== | | ==Chris and personality tests== |
| <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.
| | [[File:Personality quiz.jpeg|thumb|Chris chose the blue option]] |
| | [[File:Miscpersonalitytestthing.jpg|thumb|Anudder one]] |
| | [[File:This is Christine.png|thumb|another]] |
| | Being a [[Twitter|social]] [[Facebook|media]] addict who also likes [[magical thinking]], it's no surprise that Chris is a fan of personality tests. He has taken many over the years, here are a few of them: |
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yes.
| | *'''A Magic: The Gathering quiz''' to find out that he is most like the white color typing, as each color associated with certain personality traits, the white type is associated with law and order, being the good guy beating up the bad guy.<ref>[[August_2019_social_media_posts#Chris_takes_a_M:TG_quiz|Post in question]]</ref> This seems to indicate that Chris held to his idealistic views of good and evil, and wasn't being very true and honest in the test, since he is very anti-law when it stops him from doing what he wants.<ref>[[Chris_and_the_law#Legal_troubles]]</ref> |
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Good. | | ==Dissociative identity disorder== |
| | Due to Chris's more recent behaviours, such as a belief in [[spirit possession]] and the manifestations of cartoon characters, Chris may indeed now have a mild trauma-induced strain of [[Wikipedia:Dissociative_identity_disorder|Dissociative identity disorder]], a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.<ref>https://archive.is/cAquC Archived article on DID, Chris shows many of the indicators listed here</ref> This is most likely connected to manipulation from the [[Idea Guys]] and other traumas in his youth due to the mistreatment of those with ASD in a clinical and social environment. It is unknown how real the characters are to Chris, but he seems very adamant that they are real and manifest physically. |
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> My very own merchandise shop.
| | The main indicators of '''DID''' that Chris displays are: |
| | *'''Daydreaming''' - Chris often mentions daydreaming as a form of meditation, during which Chris can "visit Cwcville", Chris's [[cwcville|imaginary city]] where he is the overlord. |
| | *'''Imaginary friends''' - Chris has a belief that all comic book characters are real people, as autonomous as any human, and that these characters exist in the real world and speak to him in his head.<ref>[[Magi-Chan]]</ref> |
| | *'''Reality/Fantasy overlap''' - Chris not only believes that the fantasy world of cartoons is real, but that one day it will merge with reality, and that already characters like [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]], [[Mewtwo]], and [[Magi-chan]] have manifested themselves physically. |
| | *'''Transitional Objects as Self''' - Chris has often emotionally attached himself to objects, resulting in [[Tour_of_Chris%27s_House_III|hoarding]], but the place in which this behaviour is most prevalent is with his character Sonichu. Chris identifies as Mother (previously Father) of Sonichu, and indeed all Sonichus, which results in him being protective of them, causing making things like putting them in danger in the comics seem [[Chris and writing|immoral]] to him. |
| | *'''Time Loss''' - Due to Chris's reportedly long daydreaming sessions, and poor memory associated with them, and his frequent and aggressive habit of lying it can be suspected that this is a result of DID. |
| | *'''Ability to Cut Off from Pain and an Awareness of Danger''' - Chris's peculiar approach to emotional pain, namely that he'll randomly cut off from it totally, can be ascribed partially to ASD, but there is also a chance it is also a symptom from some form of '''DID'''. Chris will produce very random responses, trolls efforts to destroy things that are close to him<ref>[[Medallions#Mark_1_.28and_decoy.29|Like his first medallion]]</ref> or kill those close to him<ref>Such as several gal-pals, examples of whom are: [[PandaHalo]], [[Sarah May]] and [[Ivy]].</ref> sometimes result in Chris showing little to no signs of caring in the slightest. |
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| <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.
| | With this evidence, particularly noting the trauma that Chris must have received from the Idea Guy's manipulations, and Chris's current beliefs about the existence of imaginary places and people, and their ability to possess him, one may conclude that Chris having a mild form of '''DID''' is likely. |
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah, well, something old and then also a bit something new if you wanna go updated.
| | ==="Christian" vs "Christopher"=== |
| | For two days in [[August 2009]] Chris tried to convince [[Kacey]] and the rest of his fans that he had [[Wikipedia:Dissociative_identity_disorder|Dissociative identity disorder]], a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. One of these "personalities" was named "Christopher" and the other named "Christian", as demonstrated in a [[30_August_2009|video]] from the time. |
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| <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?
| | The video's original subject was quickly derailed by "Christopher", Chris's more "repressed" personality, by interrupting "Christian" mid-sentence, and having a free-flowing sentence with "Christian", something which is almost impossible for somebody with '''DID''' to do, due to usually not sharing memories, or surfacing at the same time. Chris did not end up managing to fool anyone into believing he had the disorder, and Kacey reprimanded him for pretending to have '''DID''' and lying to her. Chris apologised and said he made it up to "fuel" the trolls, which still leaves one to wonder why he tried to convince Kacey it was true. |
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| <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–
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Yes.
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| <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.
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| <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.
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| <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]].
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Count Graduon. And he's, like, the eternal, kind of, your nemesis in a way in the comic.
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| <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–
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> [''laughing''] It's quite alright, Chris. Don't worry.
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| <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.
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| <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]]?
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| <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.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> So these are all hedgehogs and Pokémon? Like, hedgehogs from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and Pokémon from ''Pokémon''?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah. Classified as Electric Hedgehog Pokémon.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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]].
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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]].
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Okay. So, uh–is it possible for someone other than you, to be elected mayor of CWCville?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Not really. 'Cause [[Bob|my father]] would have founded the city, and–and he ended up passing it down to me. 'Cause–
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> –Too much. The origin story of the city of CWCville: My father founded it and built it.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> [''pauses''] Okay.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> And they passed it onto me.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> So, it's like a monarchy.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Bit of a monarchy.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Interesting.
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| [[File:Trap Top Neon Vol 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|In 2019, Chris would appropriate the Dream Lounge artwork to create an album cover for Easy-K.]]
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah. It was more–it was like '09 or [[2010|'10]].
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Well, I encourage creativity amongst my fans. But, although, this is [''unintelligible''] correction. I never really watched any of the created animated series because–
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> All right.
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| ===The abusive babysitter (9:34-10:44)===
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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''?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah, that's ok–yeah that's good.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Yeah [''laughs'']. All right. That's good. You like that one.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Yeah. All right. Wonderful.
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| ===Autism (10:44-12:06)===
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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."
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| 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.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Okay. Very well.
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| ===Trolls (12:06-16:30)===
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah...
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Could you tell us a little bit about your real life encounters with trolls?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> [''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...
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> So, what was through it? Like, what went through your head when you saw the Man in the Pickle Suit approach you?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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'']
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| E: At that point, did you kind of–like put it together in your head, like "Okay, this was maybe like a setup."?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah. Soon enough, I did piece it together like that.
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| E: Probably around the time, like your [[medallion]] came up missing?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Um... No. I would say, just shortly after the actual event.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Oh–
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| E: I'm sorry, if I could just interject: So, you did–did you, like notice that your medallion was gone?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> My medallion was not removed from my person at that time.
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| E: Oh, it wasn't? After that?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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]].
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| E: I was given misinformation. I thought that–that's how they actually acquired your medallion.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> No, no. Like, they–I believe it was someone who was pretending to be a girlfriend of Chris.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Yeah.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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.
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| E: So, Chris, Natalie, Christine...
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> [''Chuckles'']
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| 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.
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> 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?
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Besides, it happened–it happened a long–it happened a [[2008|long time ago]] and–
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| E: Right.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> 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?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Uhh... Yeah, not physically, but between their manipulations and blackmail, they did a lot of emotional and mental damage to me.
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Okay.
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| E: So, you've ''never'' considered that? You've never considered, like pressing charges like ever?
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| <font color="#0033FF">'''Chris:'''</font> Uhh... Yeah, my father had brought up pressing charges. But, like I said: Another state. Don't know who that person actually is.
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| E: Mhmm.
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| ===Internet Lumberjack (16:30-xxx)===
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| <font color="#BE32B2">'''Merryweathery:'''</font> Are you... Are you familiar about the memes about your father?
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| C: Ah yes, ''The Internet Lumberjack''. [''impersonates Bob''] [[Bob Walks In|''I'm gonna cut that internet down]]''!
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| M: [''laughs''] If we–in our previous interview, we–I kind of introduced you to the meme about—which you were aware of at the time—the meme about the Internet Lumberjack. We were recording it during your father's birthday.<ref name=bob>Based on this statement, the first interview can be dated on 4 September 2017</ref>
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| ==Analysis==
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| 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]]''.
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| 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]].
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| [[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]]".
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| 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.
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| *[[DStecks]]
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| *[https://filebin.net/zehkr52mjg9oq4vt/InternetDreamLoungeCWC-original.mp3?t=7uinovnn Unused original interview]
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| *[https://soundcloud.com/user-834122669/internet-dream-lounge-4-chris-chan Interview] via [https://soundcloud.com SoundCloud]
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One's personality is a set of mental, emotional, and behavioral qualities that make up an individual's character. Studying personality is a key aspect of psychology, allowing experts to know what makes people the way they are. There are many methods for testing one's personality, with some backed by decades of scientific research, and others created by random people on Facebook to show ads.
Chris's personality is quite eclectic. It is what draws countless people around the globe to study and follow his antics. He has spoken quite a bit on his own idea of his personality, but his own insight doesn't always jive with reality.
His personality has undergone quite the change since Bob's death, with some traits undergoing a full 180.
Disclaimer
The Myers-Briggs type indicator is a popular personality test system.
Personality testing is a controversial field, with few tests used universally within the scientific community. Even the famous Myers-Briggs test, while useful for rough workplace assessments, is somewhat vague. It misses key areas like creativity and openness, and people who take the test often get different results over time. The closest thing to a gold standard is the Big Five, or OCEAN test.
This article discusses various aspects of Chris's personality, but is not to be taken as a substitute for an actual psych-eval.
Chris has shown traits of both introversion (reservedness, solitude) and extraversion (people-seeking, sociability) over the years. It should be be noted that no person is a true introvert or a true extrovert, rather it is more akin to a spectrum which people fall on, and people can behave differently in different contexts.
At high school, Chris appears to have been fairly introverted, though with a drive to be extroverted. A leaked icebreaker worksheet shows that Chris only talked to 7 of his class-mates. They were all female. Despite trying to later hold a high school reunion, in the Song of Christian, a 16-year old Chris describes having few friends and how his "loneliness is off the scale”. Even with the social prestige of being a water-boy to the school basketball team and his Gal-pals, Chris took his mom to the school prom. Nearly 10 years after the prom, Chris talked about feeling like an outcast at the prom, however his highlight of the evening was when one of his gal-pals felt sorry for him and "pulled [him] onto the dance floor". This dance "felt like hours" to Chris.[1]
Around the time of discovery by Encyclopedia Dramatica, Chris was mainly an introvert. He kept to himself and barely spoke to anyone but his sweetheart. He joined most public chats in both text and voice forms only after being goaded by his current sweetheart[2] or a troll. And even in these chats, he didn't converse a lot, and only answered questions directed towards him. Even while playing video games, he mostly stuck to playing single player games such as God of War, Pokemon, Sonic and Animal Crossing. Any multiplayer game he did play was mostly with his sweetheart like LittleBigPlanet and Burnout Paradise. Before his discovery, when he frequented the THe GAMe PLAce, he mostly kept to himself (and Megan), and rarely interacted with other people except during card games.[3]
Classic Chris, therefore would clearly fall on the introvert side of the spectrum but he isn't a full on introvert as he did visit an anime expo in 2004 and 2005. New Chris however would easily fall on he extrovert side since 2017 as he started publicly responding to people, started playing multiplayer and co-op games such as Tetris 99 and PayDay 2, visited multiple conventions like Bronycon, Omegacon, BABScon and the TooManyGames expo. He has also started streaming videos, and answering questions his fans have. He has also joined public and private discord groups, though his interaction with other humans in them is limited. On Twitter, he has started interacting (although poorly) to a ton of people ranging from artists to enablers.
Kindness vs resentment
- Main article: Kindness
While Chris may strive to be kind, his efforts often fall flat and instead come across as annoying, overwhelming or creepy. Chris at least shows he makes an effort to look like a kind person, and he has referred to himself as the "kind and compassionate Christine Chandler".[4] But saying you're kind and actually being kind are two different things.
Many of Chris's attempts at being kind, from calling complete strangers "darling" to kissing guys he just met, are a clear violation of other's boundaries and easily make people feel uncomfortable. Ironically, his attempts can be quite unkind.
Empathy vs antipathy
- Main articles: Remorse and Anger
Anger, or tard rage as trolls call it, is a defining feature of Chris's personality. Also notable is his lack of empathy, beyond the point where it can be autism-related.
Chris uses apologies as a performative tool for making amends and not as a genuine expression of guilt.
Openness vs obstinacy
In psychology, openness is a person's receptivity to new or unfamiliar experiences and ideas, including changes.
It is to be noted that no person is completely open to change and no person is completely against it. People tend to be open regarding views to things that don't matter to them and like to remain closed about topics that is close to them. Chris is no exception.
Chris is not very open to thoughts that differ from his, he rejects opinions and actual scientific facts if they do not match his beliefs. When he used to hate the LGBT community, he would reject anyone trying to convince him otherwise how much ever sense they made. He had also gone to the point where he rejected the fact that Asperger's syndrome is a form of autism just because he didn't like it.
His hatred for the xbox too was due to him being closed on the subject, how many ever great games and features people showed him on the xbox, he would reject it and fixate on minor flaws the system had.
However, after he came out as a transgender, he became much more open to the LGBT and accepted people as equals, but his obstinacy has merely shifted topics, for example he completely believes in the Dimensional merge and anyone telling him otherwise is rejected as a troll. He openly rejects proof that the merge isn't happening and cherry picks minor incidents that seem to support his agenda.
A lot of his close mindedness can be blamed on his autism, as autistics are generally scared of change.
Chris and personality tests
Chris chose the blue option
Being a social media addict who also likes magical thinking, it's no surprise that Chris is a fan of personality tests. He has taken many over the years, here are a few of them:
- A Magic: The Gathering quiz to find out that he is most like the white color typing, as each color associated with certain personality traits, the white type is associated with law and order, being the good guy beating up the bad guy.[5] This seems to indicate that Chris held to his idealistic views of good and evil, and wasn't being very true and honest in the test, since he is very anti-law when it stops him from doing what he wants.[6]
Dissociative identity disorder
Due to Chris's more recent behaviours, such as a belief in spirit possession and the manifestations of cartoon characters, Chris may indeed now have a mild trauma-induced strain of Dissociative identity disorder, a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.[7] This is most likely connected to manipulation from the Idea Guys and other traumas in his youth due to the mistreatment of those with ASD in a clinical and social environment. It is unknown how real the characters are to Chris, but he seems very adamant that they are real and manifest physically.
The main indicators of DID that Chris displays are:
- Daydreaming - Chris often mentions daydreaming as a form of meditation, during which Chris can "visit Cwcville", Chris's imaginary city where he is the overlord.
- Imaginary friends - Chris has a belief that all comic book characters are real people, as autonomous as any human, and that these characters exist in the real world and speak to him in his head.[8]
- Reality/Fantasy overlap - Chris not only believes that the fantasy world of cartoons is real, but that one day it will merge with reality, and that already characters like Sonichu, Mewtwo, and Magi-chan have manifested themselves physically.
- Transitional Objects as Self - Chris has often emotionally attached himself to objects, resulting in hoarding, but the place in which this behaviour is most prevalent is with his character Sonichu. Chris identifies as Mother (previously Father) of Sonichu, and indeed all Sonichus, which results in him being protective of them, causing making things like putting them in danger in the comics seem immoral to him.
- Time Loss - Due to Chris's reportedly long daydreaming sessions, and poor memory associated with them, and his frequent and aggressive habit of lying it can be suspected that this is a result of DID.
- Ability to Cut Off from Pain and an Awareness of Danger - Chris's peculiar approach to emotional pain, namely that he'll randomly cut off from it totally, can be ascribed partially to ASD, but there is also a chance it is also a symptom from some form of DID. Chris will produce very random responses, trolls efforts to destroy things that are close to him[9] or kill those close to him[10] sometimes result in Chris showing little to no signs of caring in the slightest.
With this evidence, particularly noting the trauma that Chris must have received from the Idea Guy's manipulations, and Chris's current beliefs about the existence of imaginary places and people, and their ability to possess him, one may conclude that Chris having a mild form of DID is likely.
"Christian" vs "Christopher"
For two days in August 2009 Chris tried to convince Kacey and the rest of his fans that he had Dissociative identity disorder, a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. One of these "personalities" was named "Christopher" and the other named "Christian", as demonstrated in a video from the time.
The video's original subject was quickly derailed by "Christopher", Chris's more "repressed" personality, by interrupting "Christian" mid-sentence, and having a free-flowing sentence with "Christian", something which is almost impossible for somebody with DID to do, due to usually not sharing memories, or surfacing at the same time. Chris did not end up managing to fool anyone into believing he had the disorder, and Kacey reprimanded him for pretending to have DID and lying to her. Chris apologised and said he made it up to "fuel" the trolls, which still leaves one to wonder why he tried to convince Kacey it was true.
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