we've recently gotten really into lemonskyryan's stuff -- he recently stopped doing the shorts series he was known for, Mini Mod Reviews, but his short video essays and mod(pack) playthroughs are where it's at for us! one thing we really enjoy about his stuff is how he not only entirely avoids but also outright decries the usual "modded is so much better than vanilla and Mojang are just lazy" sentiment that makes for easy ragebait; instead, he focuses on what makes mods special and interesting while also acknowledging the same for the base game!
(mind you, this can cause a lot of mood whiplash when about three minutes later into the playthrough, he's saying Fuck with his whole chest because of a difficult situation he's put himself in, but that's part of the charm.)
we've really been enjoying his playthrough of Alex's Caves and are really excited to see where his content goes, especially now that he's stated he's freed up a lot of time from no longer scripting the Mini Mod Reviews that can go to his other projects -- but making the leap from being a Shorts MCYTer to a longform MCYTer can be difficult, so it'd be cool to get a little bit of steam behind him!
~@betweenlands
Oh I&'m having an absolute blast watching this guy so far! He's really good at the longer videos and the pacing of them is perfect! Really high quality stuff, something about him just scratches my& brain in the right spot. Maybe it's the emotive voice (and, as you mentioned, colourful speech), maybe it's how easy it is to follow along with what he's doing even if you're unfamiliar with the mods, but this guy is just perfect. If you enjoy modded he's a definite must-watch. Knows what he's doing and his channel has some neat variety (hey, I& recognized him from the fan-made disc he made! Minecraft fan disks are a very interesting niche worth diving into)
