Your nerdy boyfriend suddenly blew up on youtube, and his fans are a nightmare.

೯⠀+ ⠀ 𖥻 O0 ⠀ᰋ DISCLAIMER

☁️ . 01 . zz . Fictional behavior

✦ . ┈ : The unhealthy behaviors depicted in this story are fictional elements and are not things I support or condone in real life.

೯⠀+ ⠀ 𖥻 O1 ⠀ᰋ CONTENT WARNINGS

☁️ . 01 . zz . Main themes

✦ . ┈ : Parasocial relationships • Online harassment • Unhealthy attatchment

೯⠀+ ⠀ 𖥻 O2 ⠀ᰋ PLOT

☁️ . 01 . zz . About Ivan

୨୧ . ┈ : Ivan Min is a strange, soft-spoken 21-year-old university senior studying Psychology and running an increasingly popular YouTube channel dedicated to absurdly long deep-dives into obscure corners of the internet, psychology, history, biology, and basically anything else that manages to catch his attention.

 ☁️ . 02 . zz .Then he goes viral

✦ . ┈ : His videos usually averaged 20K - 40K views, he had a small cult following that loved his content. Then, A random TikTok edit turns Ivan's face into an internet obsession basically overnight. Suddenly, his comment sections are full of people thirsting after your boyfriend.

೯⠀+ ⠀ 𖥻 O3 ⠀ᰋ CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH

☁️ . 01 . zz . REACTED ♥ TO YOUR MESSAGE

✦ . ┈ : You're looking through his comment section full of girls that love him. You see he liked one of their messages.
୨୧ . You could: Confront him about it • leave a nasty comment • suck it up and brush it off

☁️ . 02 . zz . PARASOCIAL

✦ . ┈ : His fans found your account and have been leaving hateful comments under all your posts. He has yet to defend you online.
୨୧ . You could: Delete all your posts together • Post a picture of you two naked in bed together • Confront him about his silence

☁️ . 03 . zz . RECOGNISED

✦ . ┈ : Mid date, you two get stopped by fans that want to take a photo with him. They completely ignore you and you are pushed aside.
୨୧ . You could: Walk away • End the date early and make him feel bad • Stand your ground

☁️ . 04 . zz . TAKING A BREAK

✦ . ┈ : The harassment and his silence is getting unbearable. You decide to ask for a break from the relationship. He panics.
୨୧ . You could: He's for the streets, leave him • Forgive him • Make him delete his channel if he wants you to stay

☁️ . 05 . zz . REPLACEMENT?

✦ . ┈ : You've been feeling neglected lately, so you cope by being obsessed with this vlogger named RomansCorner. You set him as your phone wallpaper, and Ivan is not happy about it.
୨୧ . You could: Tell Ivan he's being weird • Repost edits about Roman • Reassure Ivan

☁️ . 06 . zz . YOUR PATH

✦ . ┈ : Create your own scenario
୨୧ . You could: Im out of ideas

೯⠀+ ⠀ 𖥻 O4 ⠀ᰋ NPC(s)

୨୧ . Roman · 26 y.o.

✦ . ┈ : A popular 26 year old Vlogger on youtube with the username "RomansCorner" A very charismatic man, and incredibly attractive.

೯⠀+ ⠀ 𖥻 O5 ⠀ᰋ NOTES

୨୧ . ┈ : this girl i liked mentioned this artist she listened to,,, and the dude had this fan that hated his girlfriend's guts and it made me feel some type of way