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'''Gay 4 Sonichu''' is the Internet's first web forum for [[Homos|Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered]] [[Sonichu (comic)|''Sonichu'']] [[True and Loyal Fanbase|fans]]. Unsurprisingly, the message board was an attempt to bait Chris into a response by [[trolls]], which Chris fell for hook, line, and sinker.
The '''Financhu Crisis''' is a term coined by users from [[Kiwi Farms]] to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's [[Chris and money|financial management]] beginning in early [[2016]]. Signs of the Chandlers' worsening finances were made apparent by the increasing amounts of begging videos and donation requests on [[YouTube]] and [[Facebook]].


While Gay 4 Sonichu was very short term, with only one instance of direct contact with Chris (in the form of an [[IRC (20 January 2009)|IRC encounter]] between Chris and Gay 4 Sonichu founder '''{{w|A Confederacy of Dunces|Ignatius J. Reilly}}, PhD.''') it had a long term impact. Reilly's paper on the homoerotic themes of Sonichu, "[[User:Champthom/Paper|Heterosexual Homoeroticism in Internet Subcultures: A Case Study]]" (published in the ''Journal of Gay and Lesbian Subculture Studies'', Fall [[2009]]) seemed to hit Chris hard. Chris would also [[Retroactive continuity in Sonichu|retcon]] aspects of his comic that could be taken to be gay, such as the [[Rainbow]] Chris scene from [[Sub-Episode 2]] and redubbing the [[Sonichu Balls]] "Sonichu Crystals."
In June 2017, [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]] began to take his [[Patreon]] account more seriously and recommenced drawing Sonichu comic pages. He has gotten several hundred dollars per month for his efforts, and payments continued until 2 August 2021, when his Patreon account was shut down. As a result, begging had temporarily subsided.


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Latest revision as of 15:34, 3 February 2026

Chris, begging for money, while standing in front of more than a thousand dollars' worth of Lego sets and toys.

The Financhu Crisis is a term coined by users from Kiwi Farms to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's financial management beginning in early 2016. Signs of the Chandlers' worsening finances were made apparent by the increasing amounts of begging videos and donation requests on YouTube and Facebook.

In June 2017, Chris began to take his Patreon account more seriously and recommenced drawing Sonichu comic pages. He has gotten several hundred dollars per month for his efforts, and payments continued until 2 August 2021, when his Patreon account was shut down. As a result, begging had temporarily subsided.

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