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Fund for my Mom's Health & House

Hey guys. Okay so I really, really need your help right now and if you can’t donate please share this because this took a lot of courage to even talk about. My family and I have been living like this for years and have never spoken up about it since everyone we know has basically screwed us over and said, “We can’t help you” or “We don’t want to help you.” We were shunned and thrown aside despite helping all those people. In other words, we were used and abused.

And I’ve had enough of this. I’m not afraid to speak up anymore.

My mom is a victim of domestic abuse and because of financial issues, her abuser still has to live with us. The abuse has gotten better (because he doesn’t dare hurt her physically anymore) but there’s still the straining mental abuse that goes on every day.

Here’s a video she made speaking up about her abuse when she finally had the confidence to say something after watching the Detroit Become Human game trailer:

I need to give my mom the life she deserves, a life she has never had for over 20+ years. She has no idea I’m doing this because she has always been too afraid to speak up. It will also restore her faith in humanity and help her realize that there are still good people left in the world.

If you can’t donate please, please, please share the news. If you have ever been abused before or have been through domestic abuse/violence then you know how hard this is for my mom. Thank you for reading this far, and thank you for helping my mom. Bless you all!

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How did u start with making videos? Btw ur awsome and keep making videos ❤️🙂✌️😁 loves rowan 😁✌️

Hey Rowan! Well if you would like to know how MiscatSquad started here’s a fun video I made celebrating 10K subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqEOJ-hvqIThe channel has had many ups and downs but I’m glad we never took any short cuts to get where we are today!

Do you think Nathan was trying to do a plot wise emotional manipulation to make people feel bad for him when he sent that phone call to Max in Life is Strange?

I’ve seen this going around in the Life is Strange fandom lately and I completely disagree with it. If you look into Nathan’s character from being abused probably since he was a kid (take the scene with him and Sean Prescott in Before the Storm for example) the way he acts is the way abused/neglected victims act.

One of the biggest controversies in the Life is Strange series is how people portray Nathan as either the victim or the villain. I fall more on the side that he is a victim. People tend to forget what he went through because they only see what he did to Rachel, Chloe, Kate, etc. His actions and choices were wrong, but towards the end he showed remorse which is the opposite of what Mr. Jefferson showed us.

In all honesty (and this is my opinion, take it with a grain of salt) it would be bad writing if they wrote Nathan off as a character who “used wise emotional manipulation” to make people feel bad for him. That is way too common in any YA fiction series (games, movies, books) and doesn’t fit the themes of Life is Strange at all.

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Hi Kat! First off, happy belated birthday! Hope u had a wonderful bday. ;) Try not to be hard on yourself. Success is not built on success. Its built on failure. Its built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe. Congrats on your almost 10k subs! Well deserved Kat. I've been a loyal #1fan since the dawn of times lol. Here's to 10 thousand more. Keep up to good work and always stay true to yourself. "Fight for the things u care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join u."

Thank you so much for your kind words. Honestly needed this today since I’ve been a little under the weather. Why I appreciate your kindness is also because it’s sometimes hard to see other “girl gamers” get an extreme amount of support for being typical “gamer girls” while they hardly put any effort/work into their videos. We ALL know the type I’m talking about.

I’m getting much better at coping with this, but it’s still tough since I put hours/days of effort into my work. I’m always quality above quantity so when I see how it works on YouTube being the other way around it really gets to me sometimes.

I need to keep reminding myself that “Greatness from small beginnings” and that I will one day be able to do YouTube fulltime. It’s tough and stressful being a creator sometimes and I know my heart isn’t full just yet. But I’m glad that I can show a more vulnerable side of myself on the channel to let you guys know how I am feeling. You’re my friends, my squad and my family so even I need to admit that I have bad days sometimes.

Thank you again for all the love, my friend! Let’s keep striving for our dreams!

#youtube #miscats #miscatsquad

Being creative means sometimes you’ll get competitive and start comparing yourself to others. It’s not healthy and sometimes causes you to burn out, stress and doubt your own creative abilities.

A part of the process in learning to heal is to not only forgive the people who made you feel so competitive and bad about yourself and work, but to forgive yourself.

Here’s a personal story. A few months ago I was extremely competitive, so much that I ended up burning myself out and stressing people I loved. I’m not a huge YouTuber, and I’m not a typical gamer either. My channel took a huge amount of time to get where I wanted it to be, becoming so many different things at once instead of focusing on one main goal.

To be honest, it really bothered me (to the point of almost quitting) that so many newer girl gamers got so much recognition and support after only being on YouTube for a few months. They jumped on trend bandwagons and acted like every other girl gamer out there (oh heck you know how they act, let’s be real), considering themselves to be “original”.

Of course everyone has their own cup of tea, but to see them gain 1,000 of subscribers for even producing something that wasn’t even high quality, getting the amount of support they did hurt me so much.

Was I wrong to think that way? Yes. Should I have let it bother me? No. The content I produce is high quality, taking days to complete with the team I have put together over the last few months. Am I proud of that? Yes.

The advice in this video isn’t coming from someone who has that huge following, but does that matter? No. I’m still human, consider me a friend if you’d like. Numbers shouldn’t make me think any less of my content because I know I did my best and that looking at someone else’s work shouldn’t bother me.

I’ve been able to connect with an amazing audience, have helped others and charities and have really made some awesome friends along the way. Today I still suffer from my competitive nature, but I’m beginning to forgive myself and others. It’s a beautiful feeling to have once you just wake up one day and say, “You know what, I just don’t care anymore about what others have. I’m me, and no one can do what I do and that’s that.”

Trust me, I’m still trying to better myself and I know it’s hard. I’ve been on both sides of the fence. So maybe one day you and I will both be better versions of ourselves. Let’s keep on doing our best and never give up.

Question for Katya. What do you think of Kenny from Telltale’s The Walking Dead?

You mean my boat boy? The lord of all boats? Kenny my boy?! I LOVE Kenny so much! His angst is hilarious, his backstory is beautifully structured and how he is dealing with loss is both upsetting but relatable! Kenny is bae! Haha!

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