Man that whole “we’ve made a community here” thing was pretty gay
Well, it's true, even if much of that community is so autistic they make Kiwi Farms look like normies.
I don't think that's necessarily the case; with an affirmative self-defense claim it's not unusual to have the defendant testify as to why they fired and describe their fear of imminent harm for each encounter- especially the first one which wasn't as well documented on video.
You have to think what a jury that hasn't been immersed in this case from the beginning thinks. They're wondering who is this guy exactly, and the prosecution has a ready-made narrative for them that he's a murderous monster of some sort. If he comes across well, and he did, they have an idea who this guy is and that he isn't what the prosecution says.
He comes across as sincere and remorseful. Even though he had every right to defend himself, he wasn't happy or gleeful about doing it. I don't see how they look at him on the stand and think this is the guy the prosecution told them he was in their lying-ass opening statement.
If the defense is good, they're going to go over what the prosecution promised them in the beginning, and refresh the jury's recollection as to all the empty promises of upcoming proof the prosecution gave them, only for their own witnesses to testify to the opposite.
But since it often comes down to feels > reals, it's actually important for the jury to have some idea who this guy really is, especially when he seems like a decent kid whose worst offense was that he was unwise even to be there. Even having made that unwise choice, though, he had the right to defend himself, and if he hadn't, he'd quite literally be dead now at the hands of the scum of the earth.
I don't think the jury will get to know the full extent to which every one of these "victims" was absolutely worthless trash, but I hope they at least get an inkling of it.