A Buffet of Protagonists
A revision of character⌗
SIGNAL⌗
In late 2019, I came upon a video from The Polyglot. Within it, she presented approximately 6-8 anime-styled characters that she had drawn herself.
ANALYSIS⌗
At the time, I interpreted this as a message. I believed that she had created each as a potential option for me, within whatever story “they” are telling. She was asking me to choose which of the options I would like to represent myself.
ACTION⌗
So, when I saw my favorite option, I made sure that the camera knew. I made a gesture indicating that “#2 is my choice.” At this point, I already suspected that I was being watched.
I chose a character who was tall and someone lanky, with a long black trench coat, and black hair. She described him as somewhat moody and emotional, but incredibly intelligent.
Then, I went on with life.
ANALYSIS⌗
Many months later, I have returned to her channel in an attempt to find that video again, but I cannot. It no longer exists. I have even messaged her about it, but she never responded. Probably because of this trust system.
Oddly enough, it doesn’t exist in the this list of removed videos, either. I can only interpret this in two ways:
- Either the video was removed from theasmrindex.com, too. Or;
- This was something like an A/B test, and only a certain subset of people saw this video. Perhaps theasmrindex.com never indexed the video in the first place.
Whatever the case, the characters were beautifully-drawn and I wish I could see them again.