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"The storm sings in Her name."

Echoes of the Sea! A DAOP pirate AU comic that I've been working on for a while now. More soon!

Aight, some lore drop coming up.

I used to be part of the Danplan/Actuallyoddplan fandom during the pandemic, when I was like 13-15 yrs old (joined in 2018, but 2020/2021 was when I was getting really active).

During the pandemic, I created an Instagram account called "dp_allu", just so I could post fanart I made. That was the first time (and honestly, the only time) I had been actively participating in a fandom (actually having my art noticed by others, interacting with other users, (I actually reached 100 followers on that account (probably not much for others but it was and still kinda is to me))).

Ended up losing interest eventually, and deleted the account (had a whole goodbye post and everything), which I honestly regret now. (all the fanart I made is still safe tho on my computer). Wanted to redraw this one 'cause the proportions in the og we're especially horrendous imo (wtf is that side profile).

DISCLAIMER: THIS HAPPENED OVER THREE (3) YEARS AGO, IN NO WAY AM I TRYING TO BRING UP ANY RESOLVED ISSUES. I ONLY WANT DANIEL TO KNOW THAT HE DID GOOD OVERALL. I DO NOT KNOW DANPLAN'S MEMBERS AND SO I AM JUST SPEAKING MY PIECE.

DanPlan was created by Daniel and Hosuh, the founding members of the channel. They were both just kids who had begun YouTube which Daniel said was quite hard and I can not imagine how hard it is to run a channel along with life's many responsibilities. Hosuh introduced Stephen to Daniel and they started making videos together.

Now at this point, we get into psychology. Daniel gave up on an important opportunity to do YouTube so this channel was more to him than 'fun', this channel was his business, his livelihood, and the place that provided him his wants. He and Hosuh were partners in a business and Daniel wanted to get Stephen into it as well. In response to this, Stephen said he was not going to be taking YouTube seriously and he admitted that Daniel & Hosuh were doing most of the work. From this point, the mindsets of Daniel and Stephen are very different; Daniel's business is YouTube and he takes this seriously while Stephen does not take YouTube seriously.

So, so far, everything was going well, they were getting a lot of subscribers and they were having fun while doing it. I am not sure about the timeline but when the channel began growing, Daniel wanted to pay Stephen but Stephen declined because 'he was doing it for fun,; but Daniel still wanted to pay him for his time even though he said he was doing it for fun. They agreed to $25/hr. (At some point, he was supposed to get $300 but he only worked 9 hours. Do some basic wage math. $25 * 9 = $225 )

According to Stephen's video, they made a video talking about which of the members contributed the most to the channel, and in the video, it was concluded that Stephen contributed the least. This seemed to plant some seed of anger in Stephen. He said he was a founding member and he was needed/necessary to the growth of the channel. From my business standpoint, Stephen is not a founding member, yes he is a contributing and necessary member of their dynamic but a founding member is a person belonging to an organization who was involved in setting it up. He joined after Daniel and Hosuh. The name DanPlan was made up of Daniel's name and Hosuh's username so it is clear that those two are the founding members. From the beginning, Stephen admitted that Hosuh and Daniel contributed the most. They did the editing, the animation, the planning, the stories, the sound, etc... for the channel, so, of course, Stephen contributed the least.

This YouTube animation channel is different from a movie set. In a movie set, the actors make the movie but for a YouTube animation channel, the animation keeps the audience because how many of you would watch their channel if the screen was just black? So yes, I do think he contributes the least even if he is funny or adds personality to the stories.

Now from here, Stephen's one-sided beef started. Everything seemed fine to Daniel, the insults in each video after were just Stephen being Stephen. This just seems like pure miscommunication, Daniel just thought his friend was the same while Stephen was fostering malice for something taken out of proportion.

Daniel got invited to a call which was apparently just to talk about VIDCon with Stephen but Stephen brought an advisor. Stephen wanted thirty-three (33%) of the company and the revenue or else he would leave the channel. In a partnership of three people, his getting a thirty-three percent share would leave Hosuh and Daniel with sixty-seven percent which when shared in half assumingly, would leave them with thirty-three point five percent (33.5%).

Daniel was angry; his friend completely switched up from YouTube being fun to wanting 33% of the company while Hosuh & Daniel were putting in most of the work. This led Daniel to hang up the phone, he was upset at Stephen's approach rather than the percentage of shares.

Stephen works less than an animator. They agreed on $100 each video. (Stephen says Daniel brought it up) At this point, Stephen threatened to leave twice and Hosuh was leaving to the military. Daniel took in Ann and Jay in order to ensure the channel was not left in a vulnerable state after Hosuh and Stephen leaving. 

Daniel spoke to Stephen about getting a channel of his own to make him understand the hardships and as well as to build a partnership between the two channels. Stephen declined and said he would never do YouTube. After they met at a convention, Stephen made a channel even though he swore against it. 

December 15 - Stephen left. Even after, Daniel tried to meet with Stephen and tried to still be friends with Stephen. 

This just seems like the perfect example of why you do not bring friends into business. Friends think they can push boundaries. Friends let their feelings override logical decisions.

I hope that Daniel's channel continues to strive. He has a good business mindset and his stories have always been intriguing and creative. I hope Stephen is happy with his decision. I do not particularly miss what DanPlan had, I still enjoy it and I think one day it will be a whole lot better.

Part 2

These are the only things your going to get from me

Also that lady is Selene, she’s the Moon Witch, and she’s the reason why Jay and Ann are evil in the story

Hosuh, Stephen, Dan and Jay from YouTube channel DanPlan 💙💙💙