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| ===== Characters Overview ===== | ===== Characters Overview ===== |
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| *[[characters:KingCobraJFS|Josh Saunders]]: After successfully evicting Chris from his apartment, Josh now has the opportunity to make a welcoming home for his now-girlfriend Stephanie. His hairline will show signs of deterioration quickly during this saga, possibly from the rock'n'roll lifestyle Josh is desperate to embody. | ==== Major Characters ==== |
| *[[characters:Stephanie]]: The lynchpin of this entire saga, her actions during this saga would mould cobra's views on [[beliefs:gender|gendur relayshuns]] for years to come. | ***[[characters:KingCobraJFS|Josh Saunders]]:** After successfully evicting Chris from his apartment, Josh now has the opportunity to make a welcoming home for his now-girlfriend Stephanie. His hairline will show signs of deterioration quickly during this saga, possibly from the rock'n'roll lifestyle Josh is desperate to embody. |
| | ***[[characters:Stephanie]]:** The lynchpin of this entire saga, her actions during this saga would mould cobra's views on [[beliefs:gender|gendur relayshuns]] for years to come. |
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| ===== Set Up ===== | ===== Set Up ===== |
| ==== An emotional toll ==== | ==== An emotional toll ==== |
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| Josh would spend much time working on his next album, [[albums:rebirth of my mind decent into darkness|Rebirth of my mind(,) decent(sic) into darkness]], and would proceed to make videos roughly three times a day. These would often be similarly titled "Morning video", "Afternoon video", and so on and so forth. During one occasion after downing some peach schnapps, Josh would upload a video where he talked about getting catfished via facebook, and would hold the blunt blade from one of his Cobra Canes to his chest, suicide baiting. Josh would show visible signs of balding and getting fatter at this stage. He would end his video by tearfully singing along to Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams and headbanging. \\ | Josh would spend much time working on his next album, [[albums:rebirth of my mind decent into madness|Rebirth of my mind(,) decent(sic) into madness]], and would proceed to make videos roughly three times a day. These would often be similarly titled "Morning video", "Afternoon video", and so on and so forth. During one occasion after downing some peach schnapps, Josh would upload a video where he talked about getting catfished via facebook, and would hold the blunt blade from one of his Cobra Canes to his chest, suicide baiting. Josh would show visible signs of balding and getting fatter at this stage. He would end his video by tearfully singing along to Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams and headbanging. \\ |
| A few days later, Josh would announce that he and Stephanie had reconciled and were back together. This came at a cost, however: The very same day, Josh's spiked dog collar would finally break from years of erosion. | A few days later, Josh would announce that he and Stephanie had reconciled and were back together. This came at a cost, however: The very same day, Josh's spiked dog collar would finally break from years of erosion. |
| In May, disaster would strike once again when Clint discovered Josh had managed to spend $770 over the course of two months, under the impression that this was money from his savings account. This would turn out to be his SSDI payments instead. Josh claimed he was unaware he was still on it. | In May, disaster would strike once again when Clint discovered Josh had managed to spend $770 over the course of two months, under the impression that this was money from his savings account. This would turn out to be his SSDI payments instead. Josh claimed he was unaware he was still on it. |
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| In November, Stephanie would once again return for Thanksgiving, bringing out Josh's more positive side. He would go on to make several more videos before Stephanie's return in one of which he regales viewers with a story where he cleared a clogged urinal. **Manually.** He would unsurprisingly get in trouble for this. Josh would also claim that one of his songs off his fifth album, "Dark Hallow", was played on the radio twice. This has never been proven.\\ | In November, Stephanie would once again return for Thanksgiving, bringing out Josh's more positive side. He would go on to make several more videos before Stephanie's return in one of which he regales viewers with a story where he cleared a clogged urinal. **Manually.** He would unsurprisingly get in trouble for this. Josh would also claim that one of his songs off his fifth album, "Dark Hallow", was played on the radio twice. This has never been proven.\\ |
| Before Stephanie left once more for Job Corps, Josh would make an extremely sexually charged video with her after they got a little tipsy. Josh would refer to their pairing as "true love" during this video. | Before Stephanie left once more for Job Corps, Josh would make an extremely sexually charged video with her after they got a little tipsy. Josh would refer to their pairing as "true love" during this video. \\ |
| | Josh forgets to buy Stephanie a bus ticket back to job corps, so his dad steps in to buy her a bus ticket, and even drives Stephanie by Wendy's on the way to the bus station so Josh can say goodbye. Instead of thanking him, Josh gets pissed off at his dad for making him look like he can't take care of things. Josh decides to call his dad at 6:00 a.m. (on video) to confront him about the issue. Josh's dad responds by telling Josh that he can pay his own rent and bills, but quickly changes his mind. |
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| ==== A Calamitous Divination comes true ==== | ==== A Calamitous Divination comes true ==== |
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| Out of the blue in December of 2013, disaster would strike: Clint's car would be almost entirely destroyed by a semi truck trailer attempting an illegal u-turn at night on the highway. Clint would attempt to swerve and have a corner-to-corner T-bone collision with another vehicle in the process. This would harken back to a curse made nearly [[sagas:the_gothickingcobra52_saga|three years prior]] as a throwaway during an argument between Clint and Josh. Coming close to death, Clint would win thousands of dollars in settlement due to the incident. Heartlessly, Josh would make a video blaming //Clint// for the car crash, because if his dad was home more of the time, it would not have happened. Letting go of years of angst, Josh would say "If the car crash killed him...? Honestly, I don't know what I'd think. [...] But if he did die, welp, he's always away on trips working, so it wouldn't make much of a difference to me." \\ | Out of the blue in December of 2013, disaster would strike: Clint's car would be almost entirely destroyed by a semi truck trailer attempting an illegal u-turn at night on the highway. Clint would attempt to swerve and have a corner-to-corner T-bone collision with another vehicle in the process. This would harken back to a curse made nearly [[sagas:the_gothickingcobra52_saga|three years prior]] as a throwaway during an argument between Clint and Josh. Coming close to death, Clint would win thousands of dollars in settlement due to the incident. Heartlessly, Josh would make a video blaming //Clint// for the car crash, because if his dad was home more of the time, it would not have happened. Letting go of years of angst, Josh would say //"If the car crash killed him...? Honestly, I don't know what I'd think. [...] But if he did die, welp, he's always away on trips working, so it wouldn't make much of a difference to me."// \\ |
| Josh would spend Christmas in the hospital with his father and family, and make more videos bemoaning Clint's condition. | Josh would spend Christmas in the hospital with his father and family, and make more videos bemoaning Clint's condition. |
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| ==== The documentary drops ==== | ==== The documentary drops ==== |
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| trappped's Gothic King Cobra documentary would release, leading to a spike in popularity. It would be discussed on the Mega64 podcast, and Josh would attract a larger audience to his channel. At around this time, a freeloader from [[sagas:The Couch Chris Saga]] would reemerge: Matt Champy, a member of the prepper doomsday cult that Chris had been part of. Matt would hang out more frequently at Josh's hotel and continue to try to get Josh and Stephanie to join the preppers, introducing him to Damien and Megan the cult leaders. Matt and Stephanie would get together behind Josh's back. \\ | trappped's Gothic King Cobra documentary would release, leading to a spike in popularity. It would be discussed on the Mega64 podcast, and Josh would attract a larger audience to his channel. At around this time, a freeloader from [[sagas:The Couch Chris Saga]] would reemerge: Matt Ciampi, a member of the prepper doomsday cult that Chris had been part of. Matt would hang out more frequently at Josh's hotel and continue to try to get Josh and Stephanie to join the preppers, introducing him to Damien and Megan the cult leaders. Matt and Stephanie would get together behind Josh's back. \\ |
| With his apartment inspection coming up, Josh would once again threaten to commit suicide if he didn't pass, saying he didn't give a fuck. | With his apartment inspection coming up, Josh would once again threaten to commit suicide if he didn't pass, saying he didn't give a fuck. |
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| A few months would pass with little consequence. Josh would post less videos, but also drink more. He would also finally purchase his shotgun - a 12-gauge Stoeger - for a surprisingly fitting $420. He would show it off in videos and display concerningly spotty gun safety habits. Some days later after attempting to close the shotgun one-handed, he would cause a hairline crack in the stock close to the trigger. After attempting to fix the crack himself with gorilla glue, he would render the gun inoperable. It would continue to pop up in streams for years to come.\\ | A few months would pass with little consequence. Josh would post less videos, but also drink more. He would also finally purchase his shotgun - a 12-gauge Stoeger - for a surprisingly fitting $420. He would show it off in videos and display concerningly spotty gun safety habits. Some days later after attempting to close the shotgun one-handed, he would cause a hairline crack in the stock close to the trigger. After attempting to fix the crack himself with gorilla glue, he would render the gun inoperable. It would continue to pop up in streams for years to come.\\ |
| Josh would also begin another project - souping up his [[objects:the bike|bike]] with a two-stroke bike engine kit from a website with few good reviews. It would ultimately come to ruin despite Josh's significant time and money. | Josh would also begin another project - souping up his [[objects:the bike|bike]] with a two-stroke bike engine kit from a website with few good reviews. It would ultimately come to ruin despite Josh's significant time and money. However, we did eventually get one of Josh's best videos out of it, where Josh would ride his bike in the apartment hallway. |
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| ==== Heartbreak ==== | ==== Heartbreak ==== |
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| On the fourth of July, Josh would once again lament his breakup and single status. Digging himself an even deeper grave, Josh would admit he "half-threatened" to rape Stephanie. He would further threaten to destroy her Job Corps certificate. \\ | On the fourth of July, Josh would once again lament his breakup and single status. Digging himself an even deeper grave, Josh would admit he "half-threatened" to rape Stephanie. He would further threaten to destroy her Job Corps certificate. \\ |
| Josh would show up on podcasts with Tommync2010, start work on [[albums:cemetary gates]], his sixth album, and start moving on from the loss of Stephanie. At the end of July he would end strong with a video talking about legalizing weed and also disclose a time where a drunk girl called him a creep at his favorite watering hole, the Sand Bar. This era would also bring the advent of the Floral Throne, precursor to [[objects:the dead dog chair]]. | Josh would show up on podcasts with Tommync2010, start work on [[albums:cemetery gates]], his sixth album, and start moving on from the loss of Stephanie. At the end of July he would end strong with a video talking about legalizing weed and also disclose a time where a drunk girl called him a creep at his favorite watering hole, the Sand Bar. This era would also bring the advent of the Floral Throne, precursor to [[objects:the dead dog chair]]. |
| Josh's next step in his love quest would be online dating. On the 16th of September, Josh would upload a video talking about signing up for free dating apps. He would claim to have numerous women flirt with him on these pages, although it's likely these were catfish or fake profiles designed to drain wallets. | Josh's next step in his love quest would be online dating. On the 16th of September, Josh would upload a video talking about signing up for free dating apps. He would claim to have numerous women flirt with him on these pages, although it's likely these were catfish or fake profiles designed to drain wallets. |
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| The 6th of October, 2014, Josh's [[characters:tanis saunders|mom]] would call to inform Josh that they were going to be putting their dog Chance down. Josh was incredibly distraught over the loss of Chance, and would drown his sorrows in whiskey. Josh would keep Chance's collar and wear it. \\ | The 6th of October, 2014, Josh's [[characters:tanis saunders|mom]] would call to inform Josh that they were going to be putting their dog Chance down. Josh was incredibly distraught over the loss of Chance, and would drown his sorrows in whiskey. Josh would keep Chance's collar and wear it. \\ |
| In the run-up to Halloween, Josh would spend 80 dollars on a green-and-black cloak. Given that Josh's hours had been cut back at Wendy's due to his [[incidents:pay day|inability to show up to work on time,]] this would come across as an extremely questionable move on his part. During this phase, Josh would take to Facebook to lament that he was going to be single forever, spawning the popular Cobra meme "having a girlfriend is a want, not a need". | In the run-up to Halloween, Josh would spend 80 dollars on a green-and-black cloak. Given that Josh's hours had been cut back at Wendy's due to his [[incidents:pay day|inability to show up to work on time,]] this would come across as an extremely questionable move on his part. During this phase, Josh would take to Facebook to lament that he was going to be single forever, spawning the popular Cobra meme "having a girlfriend is a want, not a need". \\ |
| | On Halloween, Josh would make a video that in a rare show of self-reflection, never was uploaded. Josh was extremely self-conscious about his hair loss, and would attempt to grow his hair back by rubbing onions over his scalp, which he claimed would assist with bringing his follicles back. This would also be a time of great stress for Josh, as he was now not making enough at Wendy's to cover his rent. |
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| ==== Onions ==== | ==== The BOY goes live! ==== |
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| On Halloween, Josh would make a video that in a rare show of self-reflection, never was uploaded. Josh was extremely self-conscious about his hair loss, and would attempt to grow his hair back by rubbing onions over his scalp, which he claimed would assist with bringing his follicles back. | Using an ancient evil by the name of Google Hangouts, Josh would do his very first livestream hangout, talking about guns, weed, and Albert Einstein's theory of energy. This would be another landmark achievement for Josh, although the stream itself was underwhelming due to the lack of fan input. |
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| | ==== Ending the year ==== |
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| | Little of interest would happen in the last months of 2014, although Josh would get drunk during the holidays and drunk-text Stephanie, saying he would refuse to be in an open relationship with her, not even knowing what it was. This closure serves as the ending for The Stephanie Saga, and soon enough Josh would fuck up a setting on his video camera, starting [[sagas:The Low Volume Saga]]. |
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| ===== Significance ===== | ===== Significance ===== |
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| | The Stephanie Saga marks the highest point in Boglim History: Josh was employed, happily dating, and making a shitload of videos and albums. Much of this age would come to haunt Josh in later years, as Josh has since deleted every video to do with Stephanie. |
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