luukiead had an idea for youtuber!kieren and here is the result of that
Thekla || Ellis: Oh man
Thekla || Ellis: PDS youtubers doing the 'boy/girlfriend does my makeup' tag
Thekla || Ellis: KIEREN AND SIMON DOING THE 'BOYFRIEND DOES MY MAKEUP' TAG
Daena: OMG WROIGNESFOUGNREA
Daena: AND THEY PUT THE COVER UP ON
Thekla || Ellis: WHEN SIMON HAS TO PUT IT ON KIEREN HE DOES THE WHOLE THING WITH THIS REALLY PAINED EXPRESSION BUT THEN JEM WALKS IN WITH ALL OF HER MAKEUP
Daena: AND SIMON TRIES TO PUT IN KIERENS CONTACTS AND REN IS JUST LIKE NO YOU AINT YOULL POKE MY EYE OUT
Thekla || Ellis: FOLLOWED BY INSULTED IRISH MUTTERING
Daena: THIS IS THED BEST HEADCANON EVER
Thekla || Ellis: YOUTUBER!KIEREN AU
Daena: FUUUUUUUU
Daena: UUUUUUUCK
Thekla || Ellis: HE'D BE LIKE AMAZINGPHIL KINDA
Thekla || Ellis: He'd start every video with 'Hey guys!'
Daena: I actually cannot think of anything better right now
Thekla || Ellis: Every now and then people will spot Simon in the background and leave comments asking who the weirdo in the jumper is
Thekla || Ellis: But in one video Kieren just calls him into the room and they finish the video together
Daena: *rolls around on the floor crying in pure joy*
Daena: *and screams slightly*
Thekla || Ellis: And that's the video where Kieren just calmly goes 'Now you've probably seen this dork around - I know you have, I've seen your comments. This is Simon, my boyfriend,' with the biggest fucking smile
Thekla || Ellis: Simon's kind of embarrased so he hides his face in Kieren's neck
Thekla || Ellis: And Kieren just laughs and gently ruffles his hair, which makes Simon mutter something because damn it Kieren I JUST gelled that
Daena: Yes.
Daena: Yeeees,
Thekla || Ellis: And the video ends up just being 5 minutes of them messing around being cute
Daena: Why is that so adorable?!?!?
Daena: Why god damn
Thekla || Ellis: It's the one with the most dislikes, but also the one with the most views.
Daena: And the comments
Thekla || Ellis: And they get half a million comments asking them to do some boyfriend tags
Thekla || Ellis: Or drawing challenges.
Thekla || Ellis: DRAWING CHALLENGES
Thekla || Ellis: Where they have to draw each other within a time limit
Daena: AND KIERENS REALLY GOOD BUT SIMON IS SHIT
Thekla || Ellis: Simon gripes about how unfair it is because Kieren's an actual artist
Thekla || Ellis: And his is essentially just a slightly more detailed stickman
Thekla || Ellis: But Kieren loves it anyway and puts it on the wall and from then on it's in the background of every video
Daena: AND KIERENS SAYS "well next time we can knit jumpers and see which one is better"
Thekla || Ellis: oh my god
Thekla || Ellis: BUT BUT BUT
Daena: "SIMON KNITS KIEREN A JUMPER AND HE WEARS IT
Thekla || Ellis: Even though Kieren's channel is normally lighthearted and cheerful, sometimes when ULA extremist or horrible Victus stuff happens he makes a video about it.
Daena: Yes
Thekla || Ellis: And he just speaks openly and honestly
Daena: I am in love with YouTube!Kieren
Thekla || Ellis: Sometimes Simon's there, but all the viewers notice that Simon spends more time staring at Kieren in amazement than he does talking
Thekla || Ellis: Because Simon would NEVER say that he used to be the 12th disciple online
Thekla || Ellis: Or at least he doesn't at first
Daena: Sometimes I wish TV shows did OVAs because THIS would be one
Thekla || Ellis: But after a few years when they're really well known they get asked to both do a 'draw my life'
[13:10:32] Thekla || Ellis: Kieren's is suprisingly simple and he manages to keep it lighthearted
[13:10:55] Daena: OMG DRAW MY AFTERLIFE
[13:11:08] Thekla || Ellis: And Simon considers doing the same but then just goes 'fuck it' and his is one of the darkest things that has ever been posted to Kierens channel
Thekla || Ellis: YES
Thekla || Ellis: But really can you imagine Simon's draw my life?
Daena: it would be so sad
Daena: But it would have so many comments just like "YOU KILLED ME INSIDE" so it would be worth it
Thekla || Ellis: Birth, school, depression, drugs, america, drugs, death, experimentation, vivisection of my spine, undead prophet, dad, home, shit i killed my mum oh god, homelessless, ULA, discple, amy, roarton, kieren, kieren, kIEREN HOLY SHIT, orders from prophet, the graveyard, i nearly killed you i'm sorry i'm so sorry and that's when simon breaks down in tears and the video ends because kieren's just comforting him off camera
Thekla || Ellis: But yeah, Simon's draw my life ends up being in two parts
Thekla || Ellis: Pre-graveyard and post-graveyeard
Daena: Holy shit it would be s o long
Daena: Kieren always complains about how he never did actually go on holiday
Thekla || Ellis: And the post-graveyard one is just so much happier than the pre-graveyard one (once they get past Amy's death): Hospital, Amy, Amy's funeral, Kieren's parents asking me if I'm leaving, staying, Kieren, Kieren moving into the bungalow, going to Paris, youtube, now
Daena: Can they have a cat that interrupts them sometimes?
Thekla || Ellis: Yes
Thekla || Ellis: Yes they can
Thekla || Ellis: And the cat is playful and cheerful and called Amy
Daena: A big, fluffy ginger cat that jumps on Simons lap and gets his jumper covered in hair.
Thekla || Ellis: Yes
Daena: Even though it's ginger and therefor a Tom, they still call it Amy
Thekla || Ellis: ALSO A day in the life of Kieren and Simon
Daena: But do they show them giving each other the neutrotripteline injections or not?
Thekla || Ellis: I'm getting to that
Daena: THAT is the most important question
Thekla || Ellis: I'M WRITING A DAY IN THE LIFE NOW
Thekla || Ellis: It starts with Kieren nudging Simon to get him to wake up, and Simon grumbles and groans about it before murmuring 'come back to bed,' and Kieren just giggles, reminding Simon that he has to get up, they have to leave early today. It cuts to Kieren filming Simon packing a backpack, as he excitedly announces that they're going to London to see a musical "Because really Roarton is pretty...well...dull," (Simon muttering 'not always' off-screen). Cut again to the two of them leaving the house,
Thekla || Ellis: Then cut again to them at Roarton station, then on the train (little shots of Kieren being bored and insisting that Simon read to him, and Simon eventually agrees to do so), then them arriving at London and Kieren just trusting Simon to lead them through the underground "Y'see, I've never actually been to London before - It's bad, I know - so-" and he's cut off by Simon saying "-So I'm doing ALL the transport stuff today," and Kieren whispers for the camera, "This is why he's my boyfriend." Quick succession of shots of them travelling, then the camera panning over wherever it is they're seeing the musical with Kieren excited nattering and Simon's quiet grumble of 'Jesus Christ, how did I get dragged into this?' in the background.
Thekla || Ellis: Them finding their seats, the reaction of the ticket person of seeing two clearly PDS people (a little surprised, but that's it), and Kieren muttering "London seems rather friendly about us," to the camera. Reaction shots of them in their seats before the play starts, and then of them trying to find a quiet spot to do their neurotryptaline shots in the interval. Shots of after the show, Kieren all bouncy and happy and Simon admitting that yeah, ok, it was pretty good. The two of them doing some sight-seeing, with Simon saying something along the lines of 'not eating means we actually have a bit more cash on hand, which is useful'. They find a second-hand bookshop, and Simon spends ages rummaging through the shelves before buying about seven books. (Maybe meeting a fan at this point, who knows?) Then back on the underground, to the station, getting on their train and finding a seat. The next thing after that is them arriving home, but people who watch right to the very end get to see a short shot of Simon turning to camera to show Kieren dozing on his shoulder
Thekla || Ellis: END OF LONG DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUTUBER!KIEREN THING
