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Randy Stair was a YouTuber who eventually became a mass shooter. Much like Chris, Randy believed in the existence of fictional characters and an alternate reality in which he was worshipped as a God, only his interests in OCs were tied to the animated television series Danny Phantom. Randy's escapist fantasies, however, were more unsettling in nature than just hoping to find a boyfriend-free girl: Randy's fictional counterpart and fantasy world involved his OCs – known as Ember's Ghost Squad – going on killing sprees with him after he took interest in the Columbine massacre. Eventually, Randy would act out his violent fantasies in real life and shot and killed three people at the supermarket that he worked at before committing suicide.

In November 2020, Chris became interested in Randy's story after learning about him from a documentary on YouTube by The WCT, possibly relating to Randy due to having a hatred towards men and becoming aware of his desire to live as a woman. Chris mentioned Randy's Andrew persona by name a day after recording a video talking about him, and later brought him up on other occasions. Chris spoke about Randy in a positive light, most likely because Randy's own delusions about fictional characters being real in another dimension validated his own continued dissociation with reality, and subsequently downplayed the nature of his crimes.

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