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Oh Ian had his fair share for sure!

And I still believe this was revolutionary

I mean

This is one of my favorite

Jeans were tight

Then Ian spoke those words and bam!

I live, liiive, LIIIIIIIIIIVE for the fact that they spend so much time together!!!!!

The more they casually drop it as a normal anectode the more i thrive on it!! This is actually one of the good things that it's happening about this draught u.u

Spencer and Shayne kissing was the perfect ending honesty! And I loved that they kept it wrapped so everyone was shooked XD

I'll never forget Courtney's face when that was happening XD

They were hopeful to be able to do another sitcom or at least another live! Probably even bigger and I hope they will be able!

Gif found on @spencersagnew

I never really thought that he didn't care, I think the way he sounded (when he explained why they stopped the sketches) might have put people "off" in a sense but I've always believed he enjoyed and missed making the sketches.

So it was definitely good for me (and the rest of the people who are missing those moments) hearing him vocalizing that and having him truly looking back at it and realizing "damn those were good times"! I think they simply decided to make a move company wise (still don't agree with it) but I completely understood where they were coming from!

I also lowkey, high key, enjoyed that Anthony expressed how much he likes being at the Smosh HQ, that despite all the people and the noise that brings more energy and enthusiasm to him nonetheless!

When Ian said in the 2T1L video that he hasn't watched any video of Anthony's channel... don't know why but i didn't believe him u.u I mean he did say that he watched the reels basically, so he kept his tabs on Anthony and what he was doing... but i still believe that he did watched some episodes u.u

I think as much as we saw Anthony influence on Ian, might just be as normal to see Ian's influence on him and what his channel does, or at least who is channel is opening up to!

If i'm not mistaken Ian has been sharing a lot of things that interests him with Anthony, cause as soon as he talks about it, Anthony is all like "oh yeah yeah you let me see that"... so no wonder XD

Even if we're not talking about crises, transitions also need to be handled well lest they become a crisis. At the moment, if I didn't keep up with anthony's stories about his mental struggles, I would not have a high opinion of him. It looks like he's abandoned the company again and it also looks like he's not interested. I'm basing this on what he's said about not being confident as an entertainer and then doing absolutely nothing to remedy that. We have Ian going to improv classes and doing stand-up while anthony is travelling and getting high. Because I've seen his stories about healing his inner child, I know he is working hard, but to people who don't follow him closely it just looks like he's lazy. That in turn leads to more negativity towards him which probably makes him less confident about coming back - and it's completely avoidable! If they'd been a bit more up front about him taking some time off and said he had some personal issues to attend to, there would be much more understanding in the fandom.

Smosh is their own worst enemy istg

I have to agree with this

I was talking about this with someone else here and i gave a comparison, probably wrong but it reminded me on how both companies handle things. Which is comparing Smosh to the Try Guys

Going beyond the Ned case and the Noah/Keith case i gave the "comparison" between Eugene and Anthony

Eugene has been less and less in content cause he has been busy doing something else (i think he is planning on doing a movie and a book) but because of the Ned drama he continued to appear in content while the company slowly introduced other casts to their audience and when Eugene could "let go" (meaning not being in content much but still being part of the company as one of the shareholders/owners), they all explained to the audience what was happening to both Eugene and the Channel and the response was good cause the new cast was welcomed and they all showed loved to Eugene for his next endeavor

Now Anthony has been back for a year now, they have made content, sketches, livestreams, live shows and it all seems to be "back to normal" or at least back to what it was (energy wise cause the channels did went through a natural growth compared to what they were back in 2017). Everyone at Smosh shared their feeling in seeing the channel back "as a whole" and having such big cast brought more strength to the channel (since it wasn't only on Ian and Anthony's shoulders but also shared with everyone else) but somehow Anthony's presence kept on decreasing and we don't "really know" why. We do know that Anthony is having some sort of healing/journey about his mental health (but not from him directly but from his social which cannot be as reliable as having the issue being spoken by the person in question and also cause IG stories gets deleted after 24h so if you are not quick enough or don't follow him, you could miss context)

I would have loved for Anthony to have said (or even write if he doesn't feel comfortable doing a video) to the audience that "since he is going through a bit of a rough time mentally he would have taken a step back from both Smosh and his own channel and when things finally start to be better, he would be back with the audience and the Cast and Crew".

I know that the situation between Anthony and Eugene is different but the Try Guys have always been as forthcoming to their audience as possible while Smosh feels like a guessing game most of the time.

I try to be as understanding and as positive as possible but at times, even a little bit of openess can go a long way. Cause sure Anthony he is going through some personal journey but he is still a "public person" with a very public channels and i'm not expecting/want of them to share everything (cause when they did, it ended up badly) but at least give us a tiny bit of information. Maybe not the reason why but at least "hey i'm dealing with something, nothing bad but it is getting my focus away from the channels and i need to deal with this before getting back to work 100%"

Cause when an audience is left to its own, speculations and assumptions began to spread and since the fandom is pretty big, each and every single person gets into a small "echo chamber", that could end up validating whatever they think "Anthony is going through", and the line between what you know and what you assume gets thinner and thinner until it dissolves completely

Ok this is it!

Someone needs to call Ian and send this as an idea for Anthony's birthday! I wonder if one of the authors we have in the fandom might be inspire by this and making it a fan fic!!!!!!