#the-nerdfighter-notes

[phantomspren]

Hello! I'm Tesh! I'm an adult, aroace, American, use any pronouns, and am going to school for film and media production. (I'm going through a journalism program, so I also sometimes I say I'm a journalism student, just depends on the situation.) I've got minors in cultural anthropology and creative writing.

I crochet, do HEMA (smallsword mostly, though a bit of rapier and longsword too), and write! I'm also a Nerdfighter! And theoretically I'm learning Welsh and German.

I mostly reblog things I think are silly, but also plenty of serious stuff and fanart and things.

Media I am currently working my way through:

Books: Wind and Truth (Brandon Sanderson), The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green, fifth read I think)

Games: Slay the Princess (I've played through three times already, but you know how it is)

Shows: Doctor Who, Arcane, Owl House (17th rewatch I think)

Audio dramas: Welcome to Night Vale, Malevolent, and Hymns For the Road

(Will I keep this up to date? We'll see. If not, I'll delete it eventually. So far I am because I am enjoying the list.)

DMs/asks: I really love talking to people. I'm kinda shit at asking good questions to facilitate conversations, but feel free to DM me or send me asks and tell me about your projects or to talk about media we both enjoy or anything like that. Or ask me what I think the meaning of life is, I do have an answer and like talking about it and hearing other people's thoughts. :) I will probably not DM you first because my social anxiety is quite bad with that, but that does not mean I do not want you to say hi.

Media I really enjoy and occasionally post about:

Books: The Cosmere (my first real fandom it is forever in my heart), The Locked Tomb, Lord of the Rings (also the movies), Phantom of the Opera (musical and other adaptations as well), Percy Jackson, Septimus Heap, The Raven Cycle, The Anthropocene Reviewed, The Wayfarers series, House of Leaves, The Dark is Rising Sequence

(My favorite genres are fantasy, gothic horror, older dystopian/sci fi/speculative fiction (I am a HUGE Ray Bradbury fan), history, and sociology. I have books recs. Ask me for book recs. Unless you want romance, I don't really read romance.)

Games: Hollow Knight, Outer Wilds, Slay the Princess

Shows/movies: The Owl House, Amphibia, Gravity Falls, Psych, Good Omens (fuck Gaiman), the 1996 Hamlet, Over the Garden Wall, The Muppet Christmas Carol (I kinda wish I was joking but I'm fucking obsessed with this movie), Barbie in the Princess and the Pauper (I am mostly joking but also it's so funny)

Audio dramas: The Magnus Archives (*shakes like a wet chihuahua*), Welcome to Night Vale

Musicals: Les Miserables (also the book), Come From Away, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Michael Arden my beloved, I have not read the book yet), Hadestown, The Count of Monte Cristo (also the book), Wicked (not the book), Treason, The Clockmaker's Daughter (not the book there is no relation between the book and the musical), Frankenstein (also the book), Jekyll and Hyde (only portions of the musical, but also the book), Epic (I haven't read the book since I was fifteen but I enjoyed it)

Other music: The Mechanisms, The Amazing Devil, The Mountain Goats, The Narcissist Cookbook, The Crane Wives, To Kill a King, Sparkbird, AlicebanD, Fish in a Birdcage, Poor Man's Poison

A note on tags: I tag all Locked Tomb stuff with "The Locked Tomb," not tlt (it's short for a different thing in a different community I'm in). My personal tag for when I talk about shit is "Tesh talks." Other than that I think I do pretty normal things when it comes to tagging, feel free to let me know if you'd like me to change how I do stuff to make it easier to avoid spoilers or anything like that.

[daisytrails]

i left a little note on the nerdfighter census that i loved hank in mentopolis last year and that id love to see the two of them in more dropout content if they’re given the chance and there he is! hank! in the new dropout trailer! hank comedy show! this is everything i wished for

[tqila-sunset]

i would never @ my beloved vlogbrothers about this bc that would just be drama bait. with that in mind:

i was reminiscing about my history as a nerdfighter (The community / fandom centred around the Green brothers as artists, educators, personalities, & role models) and got one of Hank Green[ and The Perfect Strangers]'s old Harry Potter songs stuck in my head - by virtue of just remembering it exists - and just kinda being grimly amused by such an earnest and loving song dedicated to an artist who is just a known massive piece of shit at this point.

and also just being amused and disappointed in the naivete of both 12 y/o me and uh *checks notes* 34 y/o Hank in thinking this billionaire-brit must be pretty cool and decent bc she's a philanthropist who owns an IP we like. The best parts of her work (and based on the critical love they give their own online community I think the Green Bro's know this) were the bits that had nothing to do with her. at the far end of "not canon" is not-for-profit fandom stuff that's talked about between a small group of friends. but there are also just so many people who made HP more than just one shitty white cishets work. Every director, concept artist, editor, actor - as well as otherwise BtS workers like VFX artists, caterers, and custodial staff - added to this work. And it's sad how deeply it's all been stained by her bigotry and ignorance.

I do ultimately think it's Not Good™ to buy and promote any of her work but in this small semi-private space I just wanted to talk about my ✨feelings✨

[thesarahshay]

This was one of my first posts with the #vlogbrothers tag, back in 2011. My roommate and I just started watching The Look Back Diaries, and after the Hank Green episode we talked a little about our experiences with the VlogBrothers, and she asked me when I first discovered them. I am an old lady now who can't remember shit, so of course I turned to Tumblr for the answer.

I am still VERY entertained by this chart (and by remembering a time when I had do-si-do crushes on the Brothers Green), so I'm offended that it only ever got nine notes. Fellow geriatric nerdfighters, enjoy this memory of the past with me!

Charting my feelings towards the Green brothers during my three-month-long marathon viewing of all the VlogBrothers videos. I blame xkcd.

[jshualyman]

why am i having anxiety over finding out someone unfriended me on FB and made it so i can't friend them even though we haven't spoken in literally years??

thanks anxiety. now i get to be all weird and nostalgic and anxious about my future but excited and overwhelmed.

[itsemmasssss-blog]

quotes from the P4A live 2019 chat that inspire me

Decreasing worldsuck, increasing worldsock

​I am a werewhoops. By the light of the full moon, I turn into a clumsy doofus.

No, don't put decals on your cat

when beans come true

Bean Science says Butt is Legs

​I give glitter beards 4/5 stars

dude no edge

“Butt is the thing that happens above the legs” sounds like a ripoff of “hope is the thing with feathers”

Let it butt

​not an accountant? your stache says different

feel free to add 

[projectforawesome]

Project for Awesome 2023 Perk Fulfillment

Welcome to the 2023 Perk Fulfillment post!

This post will continuously be updated as perks are fulfilled, so you can keep track of whether or not you should have received yours. You can bookmark this page and refer back to it to check on the status of your perks.

Digital perks will be emailed as they come in throughout the year, so please make sure info@projectforawesome.com is marked as a safe sender on your email.

Even if you bought a digital download bundle perk individually (i.e. you didn’t buy the whole bundle) you should still receive it at the date listed. If it’s not listed, it hasn’t been sent out yet! 

Please keep in mind that there are still supply chain issues and shipping disruptions that are impacting shipping times.  Note that you will receive an email from DFTBA when your physical perk ships.

If you have any questions you can email us at info@projectforawesome.com

Please note: If a perk is not on this list, it has not been sent out yet. Thank you!

Digital Download Bundle Perks

Bonus Perks - 3/1/23

Pneumatology of Hogwarts Pneumatology podcast - 3/1/23

Orchestral version of Tessa Violet's "Yes Mom" - 3/1/23

Nerdfighter Knit Socks Patterns - 3/1/23

Digital Nerdfighter Art Bundle - 3/13/23

2 Chapters of A Thing John's Working On ("The Trauma Plot") - 3/15/23

E.T. Movie Commentary w/Joe & Craig - 5/25/23

Hank's TikTok Drafts - 6/2/23

Dadcast - 6/9/23

John's TikTok Drafts - 6/14/23

The Clowncast - 6/15/23

Dear Katherine and Sarah - 7/5/23

Nerdfighter Knitted Book Cover Pattern - 7/17/23

John & Rosianna podcast - 8/23/23

"16 Weeks to Glory" song and lyric sheet by the Gregory Brothers - 9/1/23

Like Letters podcast - 9/19/23

Exclusive Dear Hank & John - 12/11/23

SciShow Tangents Butt Fact Zine (Digital) - 1/16/24

Exclusive Digital Perks

Crabulo.us (monthly subscription) - first email sent 2/27/23

Digital Media Workshop with Danielle Bainbridge - 3/25/23

Mentalist Private Zoom Show - 3/10/23

IG follow from Vitus Spehar - 3/27/23

TikTok follow from Vitus Spehar - 3/27/23

Dear Hank and John Personal Message - 3/21/23

Trivia Night with Hank #1 - 4/6/23

Personalized Video from Grace Helbig & Mamrie Hart - 4/12/23

Club Crochet Memberships - 4/18/23

Get Animated into Crash Course - 4/16/23 - 1/16/24

Zoom AMA with Vitus Spehar - 4/24/23

Suggest a topic for Under The Desk news - 4/24/23 (episodes will be rolling out through July)

Name in the P4A Recap Video - 4/25/23

Zoom call with Aaron Caroll - 5/9/23

Trivia with John & Stan #1 - 5/24/23

Animated Into Crash Course - 3/21/23

P4A Recap Video - 4/25/23

Trivia with John & Stan #2 - 6/5/23

Personalized Soundscape from Flula Borg - 6/9/23

Trivia with John & Stan #3 - 6/13/23

Personalized D&D Character Sheets (first half) - 7/5/23

Personalized Book Recommendations with John - July 10-21, 2023

Hank's TikTok Thanks - 10/10/23

John's TikTok Thanks - 10/16/23

Trivia Night with Hank #2 - 11/2/23

Personalized D&D Character Sheets (second half) - 11/14/23

Crabulo.us - 1/25/24

Physical Perks

P4A 2023 Calendars - sent 3/17/23

Eons 2023 Calendar - sent 3/16/23

Journey to the Microcosmos 2023 calendar - sent 3/16/23

SciShow 2023 Calendar - sent 3/16/23

SciShow Space 2023 Calendar - sent 3/16/23

Awesome Socks Club Bundle (s/m & m/l) - sent 4/4/23

Mystery P4A Perks - sent 4/5/23

Signed Drawfee Poster - sent 4/10/23

Penny Passports - sent 4/10/23

Taylor Behnke's Bat Art - sent 4/10/23

Hanklerfish Temporary Tattoos - sent 4/11/23

Color Canvas Board Hanklerfish - sent 4/11/23

Black Paper Hanklerfish - sent 4/12/23

Hank's Confetti - sent 4/12/23

Katherine's Little Art - sent 4/12/23

Character We Mail to You (Destin's Stream) - sent 4/27/23

Hank Green Books (foreign editions) - sent 5/2/23

A Book from John's Library - sent 5/2/23

P4A Quilt - sent 5/2/23

GMM Floor is Lava Tumbler - sent 5/2/23

GMM Nightlight - sent 5/2/23

GMM Poetry Magnets - sent 5/2/23

GMM Mythical Backpack - sent 5/2/23

GMM We're Still Good Game - sent 5/2/23

Club Crochet Beginner's Dinosaur Kit - sent 5/2/23

Bad Astronomer Bundle -sent 5/2/23

Tyler Thrasher pinned insects - sent 5/2/23

Vintage NASA Sticker - sent 5/2/23

Vintage NASA pin - sent 5/2/23

Vintage NASA Postcard - sent 5/2/23

Sydney Green's Acrylic Artwork - sent 5/2/23

Club Crochet Tiny T-Rex - sent 5/2/23

Club Crochet Hankceratops - sent 5/2/23

Club Crochet Set of 2 Meeps - sent 5/2/23

Club Crochet Red Goblin - sent 5/2/23

Club Crochet Green Goblin - sent 5/2/23

2023 T-shirt - sent 5/5/23

Picture Books from John's Library (w/bookplate) - sent 5/5/23

Orin's Country Population Poster - sent 5/9/23

Mini Hanklerfish - sent 5/16/23

2023 P4A Iron-on patch - sent 5/18/23

Dino going to the moon - sent 5/24/23

Dino going to Mars - sent 5/24/23

Character or Dino going to the moon - sent 5/24/23

Dino going to JWST - sent 5/24/23

2023 Enamel Pin - sent 5/25/23

John's Agloe, NY Maps - sent 5/26/23

Tyler Thrasher Glowing Bouquet - sent 5/26/23

P4A 2023 Blanket - sent 5/26/2023

2023 Commemorative Coin - sent 5/31/2023

202 P4A Logo Beanie - sent 6/1/2023

Sarah's "Doubles" Prints - sent 6/7/2023

Sydney Green's Watercolor Art - sent 6/19/2023

Hanklerfish Framed Art - sent 6/27/2023

Lemon Man - sent 7/10/2023

Signed John Green Foreign Edition Book - sent 8/10/2023

Alice's Cat Drawings - sent 8/10/2023

P4A Keychain - sent 08/31/2023

DFTBA Wall Hanging - sent 08/31/2023

We're Hummus Because We're Hummus Coaster - sent 09/21/2023

2023 Pressed Pennies - sent 9/27/2023

Signed Random John Green Book - sent 10/23/2023

Eons Painted Wooden Dinos - sent 10/23/2023

Eons Sculptures - sent 10/23/2023

Bananagrams from John's collection - sent 10/23/2023

Annotated The Anthropocene Reviewed in German - sent 10/30/2023

Eons Signed Scale Bar - sent 10/30/2023

Inky the Possum Paintings - sent 11/17/2023

John's Vision Board - sent 12/28/2023

Original Butt Facts Zine - sent 1/04/2024

P4A Logo Sticker Set - sent 1/30/2024

Self Care Bunny Prints - sent 1/30/2024

Drawfee Print- Lemon Lips - sent 1/30/2024

Drawfee Print- T-Rax - sent 1/30/2024

Drawfee Print- Crabulous - sent 1/30/2024

Little Monster Postcards - sent 2/8/2024

Animal Wonders Paper Plate Painting - sent 2/8/2024

2023 Quarter Zip - sent 2/21/2024

Self Care Bunny Stickers - sent 2/28/2024

2023 Sticky Notes - sent 3/15/2024

SciShow Tangents Butt Fact Zine (physical) - sent 3/20/2024

Please note: If a perk is not on this list, it has not been sent out yet. Thank you!

[minimarker]

The Talllle of Glennnn and Daaaale

(and Gaiiiil and Marrrrsha)

(Note: some of the footage of the 2017 P4A was lost. This compilation was the best I could do from my memory and the footage available. If I made any mistakes or forgot any parts I apologize.) 

In the 2017 Project for Awesome the Missoula crew were hanging out the first night when Brit Garner brought a bunch of props from a local theatre. As Hank said, “Brit is here and she brought… something terrifying.” That terrifying thing was Glennnn the sheep. From one angle Glennnn looks like he smoked a bunch of weed and then killed someone. From another angle Glennnn looks like he’s very tired and knows a lot about you. From yet another angle Glennnn looks proud, like a spiritual teacher. Like a gentler Rafiki mentor. Apparently, Victoria looks at Hank like Glennnn a lot, especially when he has “ideas.” Glennnn reminds Hank of Undertale. At one point Glennnn was called the Merlin to Hank’s King Arthur. Hank quickly became so attached to Glennnn that he promised to work Glennnn into the sequel to his book.

Glennnn came to the stream with two hats: a green visor and a gold crown. When wearing the green visor, it seemed like he will do your shady taxes and launder your money for you. Or maybe play poker with his friends. Does he have a gambling problem? No, he’s just a CPA. When wearing the crown, he is King Glennnn. We will get to that later.

Soon a consensus was made on the spelling of Glennnn. Glennnn must have 4 n’s, three of which are silent. It does not matter which three are silent. Later we learned that Glennnn is pronounced “Glen” if the last three n’s are silent and “Gle-n” if one of the later n’s is the audible one. At this point chat was overtaken with sheep emojis, all from Glennnn the Sheep Father. Some chatters went overboard and were informed that Glennnn can’t have five n’s, we must keep it reasonable!

Quickly we learned more about Glennnn: he is a hollow shell full of wisdom … and MURDER. Hank claimed that NASA is hiding the fact that for years they have observed Glennnn through a powerful telescope. Someone claimed that Deadpool wishes he didn’t wear such a skin-tight suit and instead wore Glennnn’s hat… and nothing else. 

Meanwhile, the nerdfighters quickly made social media accounts for him. Glennnn The Sheep soon had an Instagram with a screenshot of the P4A stream as the profile picture. The bio read “Hi, my name is Glennnn, the last three n’s are silent. My favorite people are the Nerdfighters that are currently watching the livestream of the Project for Awesome!” A twitter account was also made for Glennnn, @GlennTheSheep. Later, when describing the discrepancy in n’s on social media, we were advised to type as many n’s as your heart tells you to find Glennnn on social media. 

Soon Matthew Gaydos joined the stream and was introduced to Glennnn. Matt found his legs “interesting” and when chat asked him how to buy the sheep Matt said “You can’t! Glennnn is a human! No, he’s not!” Hank questioned if Glennnn is 100% sheep and Matt clarified that he is 4% wood and 96% sheep. When Matt had to step away he left Glennnn in charge of the stream.

Somehow Glennnn lost his hat. Matt gave him the crown and declared him King Glennnn. King Glennnn of the Glen, Hank added. It is Glennnn’s Glen, he is not king of the forest. Daaaale is his brother, King of the Dale. And Marrrrsha, of the Marsh, is their sister. Clearly glens were named for Glennnn. As Hank said “If Glennnn can see you, you are in his Glen. You are turning into a sheep. Can you feel it?” 

Hank invented a new version of Instagram for Glennnn: Glennnnstagram. All pictures on it are of sheep and glens, except the one picture of a dale from when Glennnn visited Daaaale. Chat suggested a Glennnn theme park and Matt seemed confused about what that would entail. Hank suggested making a hat with Glennnn on it as a perk for P4A 2018 (as of the posting of this it has not been announced as a perk but Glennnn and Daaaale plushies are totally a thing!). Much of this conversation happened while Hank’s face was being painted to look like Pizza John. Hank then declared that Hank-Pizza John Green of the Glen is a subject of King Glennnn. Chat requested that someone kiss Glennnn and Matt promised that someone would at 1.4 million dollars. Hank offered to kiss Glennnn, although I am not sure if he ever did. 

Soon talk turned to a major event in Glennnn’s past. Apparently, a sheep’s hair is only shorn when he loses in battle. Glennnn’s hair is the longest in the Glen. Daaaale’s hair is slightly longer. Glennnn of the Glen is the hero of the Battle of Glen-Dale. The elves know him. Songs have been dedicated to Glennnn. It is proposed that Lin-Manuel Miranda or Al Roker should write a musical of the battle of Glen-Dale. 

Then Rodney appeared and it was confirmed that Glennnn has Rodney’s back because, of course he does. Rodney said, “the sheep is everything” and as Glennnn was passed from person to person we learned that holding Glennnn feels so right that you forget he’s there. For a time Glennnn wore the frog hat instead of his crown. We also learned that Glennnn plays the banjo just like Ed Helms and Ryan is his middle name. Maia and Valerie drew Glennnn eating corn in a timed competition.

The next day we learned that Glennnn is everyone’s baby. He belongs to the world. Unknowingly, Destin was encouraging donations by offering to write donors’ names on magnets and one was a sheep. The chat insisted that the sheep was Glennnn. Soon a donation came in from Glennnn but Destin rejected his name because he “is not a real person.” The chat declared that while other magnets were worth a certain donation amount the sheep should cost $1000 in honor of Glennnn. Ben donated $1000 and Destin insisted “but does he want the sheep?” He then offered that Ben could name the sheep whatever he wanted. When Destin wrote on the sheep he could feel how much it mattered to chat. “This is the most important thing I’m gonna write on a sheep, probably in my life.” Destin writes “Ben (Glenn)” and chat quickly corrected: Glennnn has four n’s. 

Back with the Missoula crew we learned that Glennnn is Tuna’s favorite quadruped. Since we had last seen the Missoula crew, Ashe had made a painting of Glennnn. The donations reached a milestone and Brit brought in a surprise. DAAAALE HAD ARRIVED! Daaaale bowed to Glennnn, for he was the hero of the Battle of Glen-Dale. 

“All hail Daaaale!” someone declared. “Disagree!” countered Hank. Soon it was questioned where Marrrrsha is and Brit clarified “I drive a Honda Civic, I can only do so much.” After a brief debate, it is confirmed that Daaaale has four a’s and can be pronounced as “Dale” or with a bleating sound in the middle (like a sheep). Soon the battle between Glennnn and Daaaale was sparking again, they began to tally a donation battle between the brothers. “Is the vote just a tally? I’ve made a spreadsheet!” someone said, proving how nerdy we all are. The spreadsheet was put to use as the tally was called the “popular vote” and the spreadsheet was used to count the amount donated to each sheep. Suddenly most of the Missoula crew was on Daaaale’s side. “We’re just excited by the new thing” said Caitlin (and seconded by Hank). 

The following was determined about the First Battle of Glen-Dale: 

-It took place in 1994 (Possibly 640? Possibly yesterday? It couldn’t have been yesterday!) 

-Different spellings are all accepted: Glen-Dale, Glennnndale, Glennnn-Daaaale 

-Hank’s recap of the Battle: “This is Glennnn, king of the Glen. This is Daaaale, king (queen?) of the Dale. The Dale and Glen were once one land until the Battle of Glennnndaaaale. Very sad for Gaiiiil, their mom. Their sister, Marrrrsha, inherited the Marsh that no one wanted, so it is a peaceful land.”

Now we are in the Second Battle of GlennnnDale! Accusations were thrown at the brothers and slogans were created: 

-Glennnn had cow pox and did not tell his lady-friends about it 

-A vote for Glennnn is a vote for cow pox for the entire flock 

-Tip the scale for Daaaale 

-Justice for Daaaale 

-A win for Glennnn is a fail for Daaaale

-Daaaale has kind eyes (contrasting the discussion of Glennnn’s eyes from the first day) 

-“If Daaaale fails I will wail”- Julie 

-Glennnn is such a good friend! 

-RiverDAAAALE! 

-What do we know about Daaaale? Nothing! 

-Daaaale is against Net Neutrality 

-We are feeling sheepish about Glennnn 

-Daaaale will prevail 

-Tip the scale for Daaaale 

-Glennnn and Daaaale have beef with each other 

-A vote for Daaaale is a vote for a world of snacks

The Battle paused to introduce and catch up the new guests. Brit explained everything as “Brit brings props from community theatre but they are now their own things and stories.” At this point Daaaale was wearing Shrek ears because Shrek lives in a swamp. (I’m still confused on this one since a dale is not a swamp.) The new guests were happy to jump into the Battle and insisted that cow pox gave us vaccines. As their connection to the stream went in and out it was commented that the Battle is causing wooly connections and shear brilliance of puns. I’m not sure you herd me. Chat declared the puns to be flocking awesome. 

As the Battle waged on and the donations continued to pour in Brit called for peace: “I need to take them back in the same vehicle.” Hank agreed, adding that Glennnn and Daaaale need to go sit in the same basement together. Soon donations were submitted for peace and were tallied under the joint ticket of Gaiiiil and Marrrrrsha. Unfortunately, this peace was short-lived as the debate was reignited by the question of if Glennnn or Daaaale is older. Eventually it was decided that they are twins but Glennnn is older. 

As is to be expected, Harry Potter was soon pulled into the battle. In the heat of anger Glennnn was declared a Slytherin but it was soon walked back. He is a Gryffindor. Daaaale is definitely a Hufflepuff. Both Glennnn and Daaaale love Harry Potter. The discussion of Harry Potter brought us back to Nerdfighteria and Brotherherd 2.0 was born, as were its fans the Herdfighters of Herdfighteria. Quietly Brit lamented, “Why do I feel like they are never going to be returned?”

“I’m for Daaaale, but when I look into Glennnn’s eyes I feel the need to vote for him” commented Hank. There is definitely something about Glennnn’s eyes. Ben (possibly the same Ben from before) made a big donation in Glennnn’s name. He was declared Glennnn’s SuperPAC which was soon replaced with SuperHERD (or SuperFLOCK). Since Glennnn was given larger donations than Daaaale, Glennnn was declared a puppet for Big Sheep. Soon the Second Battle of GlennnnDaaaale was ended due to the $5154 donation that did not vote for either sheep. The votes were tallied and Glennnn won the Second Battle of GlennnnDaaaale. 

As they were finishing up for the night Brit went to wash dishes and found a picture of Reed hugging a different sheep from the theatre… and also a large goat (which Brit did not bring to the stream because it was too big). 

You would think that would be the end of Glennnn and Daaaale for the evening BUT NO! They traveled to Synema Studios to visit that crew into the wee hours of the morning. Michael Aranda questioned why Glennnn gets to be the lord and savior (and wear the crown). He was then given a quick recap of the story. Soon it was discovered that Glennnn and Daaaale were in marching band together as drummers. As the stream continued the Synema crew gave Daaaale a lot more attention than Glennnn because Glennnn is a king and “Daaaale just lives in a swamp” (Note: a dale is not a swamp). At the end of their shift Michael declared that it was more of an honor to be in Daaaale’s presence than Glennnn’s and chat was offended. 

As the 2017 Project for Awesome came to a close Hank thanked Glennnn and Daaaale for their efforts. Glennnn appeared to celebrate the end of the livestream. After John and Hank said goodbye the last shot of the stream was Glennnn.

(Here’s a link to my Butfartman Lore Compliation.)

[road2nf]

standing up for what is right, whether it’s accurate representation for trans people, the importance of consent, or the basic human right to see a 36 year old man cover his face in sharpie.

I feel very much apart of something in the Nerdfighter community, even though I am not actively involved. When I borrow John’s books from the library and find little sticky notes with ‘DFTBA!’ and other nice things, it’s a huge emotional boost that reminds me that we are a community of kind, caring and selfless people.

I see the great example that John and Hank set for the community, and the wonderful things that have been created because of their willingness to foster such positivity. I gravitate to them because they hold true to values that I am in tune with, and it feels good to know that those people exist in the world, even if I will never meet them.

Nerdfighteria gives me hope for humanity.

-Sme (writingpixels.tumblr)

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I honestly don’t know where I’d be in my life right now without John and Hank.

They have made me so much more eager to work, read, and learn based on everything they do. And, they do all this while keeping me constantly happy, keeping the community happy, and always standing up for what is right, whether it’s accurate representation for trans people, the importance of consent, or the basic human right to see a 36 year old man cover his face in sharpie.

DFTBA!

-Krystal (falluutboy.tumblr)

[love-notes-for-jon-blog]

Love Notes For Jon: A project for the world

http://lovesnotesforjon.blogspot.com/2017/02/love-notes-for-jon-project-for-world.html

[carpe-diem-ever-after]

Do you like mysteries? Manor houses? Secret notes in invisible ink?

More importantly, are you a Nerdfighter who studied at Harlaxton College? If so, maybe you can help me solve this real life mystery!

[ericvilas]

I feel like I was born on the cusp between millenials and gen z. My first exposure to Navigating The Internet On My Own was when I was 10 (2005ish), and a friend of mine showed me how you could find random images on Google Images and what Newgrounds flash games were and he showed me Miniclip and for a while, Newgrounds was basically the majority of my life. Before then, the majority of my life had been Nintendo 64 and Xbox (original) games. He also introduced me to RuneScape, which became an instant obsession for like. A year or two, until July 2006 when that friend decided he wasn't interested in that game anymore and I felt devastated and heartbroken (I was 11, shut up).

On Newgrounds, I would just go through the Mario, Zelda, and Videogames sections to find as many things that referenced stuff I knew as I could. All the memey songs, like Ultimate Showdown or the Llama Song, as well.

Around 2008, I also discovered speedruns, and TASVideos, and lurked in the TASvideos forums for a while. I followed these people on YouTube, and over time found a Zelda and gaming community which I followed avidly on Youtube. That's how I first found Let's Plays (thank you Lancun). You'll note this is right in the middle of the shift to more centralized websites - that's where I grew up.

I fell in love with YouTube - there were VIDEOS FOR EVERYTHING (I mostly looked at funny videos, speedruns, AMVs, and random videogame stuff). I never did too fancy a search, mostly just going through people's channels and seeing all their videos. I commented a lot and one TASer blocked me around 2009 for being too annoying lol.

In 2010-2012 I found science videos and vlogbrothers and Let's Plays and PBSIdeaChannel which showed me Homestuck and I joined the nerdfighter facebook group and the Homestuck Google+ group, the latter was my first ever Online Community that I felt truly comfortable in and where I was an active participant, where I made friends.

That progress, to me, doesn't feel like Stuff Getting Worse, it just feels like me Growing Up And Becoming More Aware Of Things. I never talked in the TASvideos forums cause I never really had much to contribute, I was a little kid. I came into my own in Google+ and YouTube. And because of that, maybe I'm biased, but I don't think that stuff got lost.

Cause that stuff is still there. JimLad800 still has those same Nintendo AMVs uploaded and more people are making AMVs about other shit. Homestuck happened. There's tons of fandoms and subcommunities. I don't think stuff is worse on that end. And I still just go to my sub box instead of the home page, and every so often I see a recommended video I like on the sidebar and I watch it and I'll appreciate it more often than not. I like what YouTube is, far more than I dislike it.

All this new shit can definitely improve experiences. It can and has been badly implemented in many places, but I don't think it's all bad.

But again. Maybe I'm a special case because of my particular experience, idk.

[eirienna]

I posted 72 times in 2021

18 posts created (25%)

54 posts reblogged (75%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 3.0 posts.

I added 52 tags in 2021

#taylor swift - 15 posts

#b99 - 8 posts

#brooklyn nine nine - 8 posts

#brooklyn99 - 5 posts

#james acaster - 4 posts

#gilmore girls - 3 posts

#fearless - 3 posts

#taylor’s version - 2 posts

#swifties - 2 posts

#loki - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 37 characters

#and it wins best woman’s video at vma

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Not me, the only one laughing in the theatre when Yelena made fun of Natasha sexy pose and hair flip, because of the female gaze of this movie

25 notes • Posted 2021-07-18 21:25:06 GMT

#4

Me watching the new Cinderella movie:

I know that British comedian!

25 notes • Posted 2021-09-05 15:56:38 GMT

#3

Millennials: John Green

Gen-Z: Hank Green

Me, a nerdfighter: vlogbrothers

30 notes • Posted 2021-02-13 15:14:37 GMT

#2

The fact that the girlfriends of the two male interests in the Sally Rooney adaptations of her books sing together Nothing New that makes you feel like reading one of the books

45 notes • Posted 2021-11-19 14:53:09 GMT

#1

I just want a nbc sitcom kind of love, is it too much to ask?

258 notes • Posted 2021-04-07 07:41:37 GMT

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[kitchensink108]

I just signed into Google Analytics for the first time in... probably over a year. Apparently the Nerdfighter Wiki is as (or more) popular than it’s ever been. Then I checked the Recent Activity page on the site and there are technically still people maintaining it, though I didn’t recognize any of their usernames. There’s a backlog of untranscribed videos, but honestly it’s not too bad.

I think earlier this year I got disillusioned with the nerdfighter projects I’d been doing for years. The wiki needed (and still needs, and is always in need of) more transcribers, but that rarely ever happens. Even in the few cases where Hank/John have given a shoutout, the wiki often doesn’t gain any longterm contributors. I’d recently completely remade the site, and merged the Nerdfgihter Groups site into it, as a last ditch effort to give that project some life. Hank Green Out of Context was getting fewer and fewer notes. Apparently the Vlogbrothers History blog I made just stopped working 10 months ago and I didn’t notice until now.

The two tumblrs were hurt by a general decline in tumblr, coinciding with a stark decline in FYNF, John’s social media hiatus, and Hank’s decrease in tumblr use. The Groups site was mostly cursed from having made it 2-3 years late -- it would’ve been much more useful at the height of nerdfighteria’s size (around TFIOS time). And the wiki’s always been in a weird state where it’s semi-official, so it never had a clear direction or consistent promotion to make it either a great community tool, a great company tool, or both.

I guess it just felt like anything that wasn’t dying was stagnant, and there was little motivation to put in the same amount of time to any of these projects anymore. And so I basically haven’t touched any of this since after Nerdcon Nerdfighteria, except the bare minimum to keep the wiki alive.

Luckily in that time some users have managed to keep transcribing. I’ve noticed one or two people in Adult Nerdfighters who are keeping the Groups site from being completely dead. And Runa posts to HGOOC every once in a while.

It’s still hard to see myself getting the motivation back for these projects. They’re alive, and the wiki’s getting traffic, but none of it’s becoming anything more. There’s no obvious way forward with any of the projects, and it’s hard to be motivated to put in the hours maintain them at the same level. Still, it’s good to see that things are at least surviving without my help. My motivation to work on this stuff has always come in broad cycles, so maybe it’ll come back to me at some point. But until now, it feels more like I’m watching all this from the sidelines instead of being the active contributor to nerdfighteria that I used to be.

[soulfullofbooks]

A Note on the John Green Hype/Turtles All the Way Down

So, I recognize that for all the Nerdfighters out there, there's also a lot of people who don't like John Green and his books. I happen to be one of those who absolutely love his books, and follows the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel. That being said, I recognize that there's many people who have legitimate criticisms of John's books. There's parts that aren't the strongest writing, there are definitely some YA tropes, especially among his earlier novels. I understand the criticism. However, for all those eagerly looking forward to ripping this book to shreds.... please remember that there are many people looking forward to this book with excitement, not just because it's a John Green novel. Hate on it if you like, but please don't try to ruin the excitement for others. Be respectful of the different viewpoints people will take to this book. I feel like with books.... they all hit us differently depending on what age we were at when we read them, and where we were at in our lives, whether we can connect to the characters. The Fault in our Stars came out when I was 16, and had just lost a close friend to cancer. It hit home with me, which is probably a big part of why I loved it so much. And for all the criticism about the way that Hazel and Gus talked, I connected with their thoughts and speech. All the philosophical stuff that is totally out of the norm for teenagers I loved, because my best friend and I spoke like that all the time. It was something we could hold on to to make us feel less strange. We were weird kids, and reading that in a book was something we connected with. Turtles All the Way Down is coming at a point in my life when I'm newly battling a crippling mental illness. So... again, I feel like this book is going to be something I can connect with and hold on to in this stage of my life. Remember that books aren't just about the hype surrounding an author, that's it's not always just a craze. Remember that for some people, these books are very dear to them for different reasons than just "OMG IT'S A NEW JOHN GREEN BOOK!" Be respectful. You don't have to like it. But please don't try to make those of us who enjoy it feel bad for liking it.

[projectforawesome]

Project for Awesome 2022 Perk Fulfillment

8Welcome to the 2022 Perk Fulfillment post. 

This post will continuously be updated as perks are fulfilled, so you can keep track of whether or not you should have received yours. You can bookmark this page and refer back to it to check on the status of your perks.

Digital perks will be emailed as they come in throughout the year, so please make sure info@projectforawesome.com is marked as a safe sender on your email.

Even if you bought a digital download bundle perk individually (i.e. you didn’t buy the whole bundle) you should still receive it at the date listed. If it’s not listed, it hasn’t been sent out yet! 

Please keep in mind that due to COVID shipping moves slower than it did in the past.  Note that you will receive an email from DFTBA when your perk ships.

If you have any questions you can email us at info@projectforawesome.com

Digital Download Bundle Perks

- John & Sarah’s Like Letters (3/2/22)

- Journey to the Microcosmos Soundtrack Vol 1 and 2 (3/2/22)

- Nerdfighter Coloring Pages (3/3/22)

- A digital hand-drawn affirmation from Hannah Hart (3/3/22)

- “I wanna be a crab” song (3/4/22) 

- Bonus Digital Download Bundle perks (3/4/22)

- Hogwarts as a Museum / Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast (3/8/22)

- Digital Nerdfighter Art Bundle (3/11/22) 

- P4A Knitting Pattern (3/22/22)

- Craig and Joe Movie Commentary (3/25/22) 

- Digital wallpapers (4/14/22)

- Super Carlin Brothers podcast (4/19/22) 

- Cocktails & Crostini livestream with Sarah and John (5/8/2022)

- Nerdfighter Cross Stitch Pattern (5/11/22)

- Pizza John x Anthropocene Reviewed Zine (5/16/22) 

- Dadcast (6/13/22) 

- Dear Katherine & Sarah (6/27/22) 

- John’s Tiktok drafts/ John’s deleted Tiktoks (7/6/22) 

- Exclusive DH&J episode (7/12/22) 

- Hank’s Tiktok drafts (7/12/22) 

- A Knight’s tale commentary (7/20/22) 

- AART Manuscript (7/20/22)

- Hank TikTok Dances (8/22/22)

- Baby-Sitter’s Club Podcast with John & Rosianna (8/26/22)

- Hank Thanks You on TikTok (9/12/22)

- Rosianna’s Winnie the Pooh story - 10/25/23

Physical + Exclusive Digital Perks

- Hank performs your tweet form (3/09/22) 

- Animated into Crash Course Form (3/23/22) 

- DH&J Personal message form (3/23/22)

- Nerdfigther Art (3/24/22)

- Signed Storm Trooper Helmet (SCB prop!) (3/29/22)

- Super Carlin Bros signed posters (3/29/22)

- Signed Mjölnir, Thor’s Hammer (SCB prop!) (3/29/22)

- Signed Iron Man Helmet (SCB prop!) (3/29/22)

- Signed Monster Book of Monsters (SCB prop!) (3/29/22)

- Signed Tesseract (SCB prop!) (3/29/22)

- Signed Thanos Rainbow/Infinity Stone Bobblehead Funkos (3/29/22)

- Hedwig Large Funko Pop (3/29/22)

- Tak Board Game Bundle (regular edition) (4/1/22)

- A Meteorite from Phil Plait (4/1/22)

- Crash Course Signed Script (4/4/22)

- Kurzgesagt 2022 Calendar (4/4/22)

- P4A Quilt (4/4/22)

- Signed and Personalized Copies of Josh Sundquist’s Book (4/4/22)

- Life’s Library Bundle (4/4/22)

- Crash Course Signed Script (4/6/22)

- Foam Hanklerfish Coin (4/8/22)

- Rainbow Hat Ornament (4/13/22)

- Pick a Pride Hat (4/13/22)

- Pride Hat Ornament Set (4/15/22)

- P4A 2022 Sticker (4/15/22)

- Signed Copy of the Bad Food Bible (4/15/22)

- P4A Quilt 2 (4/15/22)

-TAK Board Game Posh Bundle (4/15/22)

- Zoom Call with Dr. Aaron Carroll (4/14/22)

- Cosmic Bean / Pizza Mystery print (4/19/22)

- Trivia Night with Hank on April 20th (4/20/22) 

- Personal Thank-You video by Brennan Mulligan (4/21/22) 

- P4A T-shirt (4/28/22)

-Woodblock Nerdfighteria Print (B&W) (4/28/22)

- Sabrina draws you a frog friend (4/29/22) 

- Grace & Mamrie personalized video (5/3/22)

- Personalized podcast by Andrew & Rob (5/5/22)

- P4A Hoodie (5/9/22) 

- Woodblock Nerdfighteria Print (color) (5/11/22) 

- SciShow Finds Mystery Fossil (5/11/22) 

- P4A Enamel Pin (5/17/22) 

- P4A Mystery perk (5/17/22) 

- Physics Girl plushie (5/17/22) 

- Hand drawn affirmations from Hannah Hart (5/17/22) 

- Taylor Behnke Bat Art (5/17/22) 

- Physics girl postcard (5/17/22) 

- P4A Poster (5/18/22) 

- Signed Hank Green Book (5/24/22) 

- Dinosaur Bundle Amigurumi crocket kits (5/24/22) 

- Dimension 20 Death’s Avenged Mug (5/24/22) 

- Boggy Blush from Dimension 20 (5/24/22) 

- Bad Kids Enamel Pins from Dimension 20 (5/24/22) 

- Dimension 20 Wyrmwood Dice vault (5/24/22) 

- Dimension 20 Wyrmwood Dice tray (5/24/22) 

- Wrap Gift dice set from Escape from the Bloodkeep (5/24/22) 

- Under the Desk News Merch Pack (5/24/22) 

- Hank’s confetti (5/24/22) 

- Animal Painting (5/25/22) 

- Painted dinosaur (6/8/22) 

- Sharpie from John’s collection (6/8/22) 

- Book from John’s library (6/8/22) 

- Painted 3D Stegosaurus (6/8/22) 

- Signed John Green foreign editions (6/8/22) 

- P4A 2022 Socks (6/9/22) 

- John’s Zoom book recommendations 

- Rosianna’s tarot readings (11/29/22)

-John’s Cookbook pt. 2 (1/9/23)

Please note: If a perk is not on this list, it has not been sent out yet. Thank you!