I wonder what a true full robust redemption ark would look like for DSP.
It cannot be over-stated just how much Phil really does think that he can "redeem" his image by going viral in some way, like he sort of did by dunking on ProJared when everybody else was already doing it. It truly doesn't take much for Phil to think things are magically turning around for no logical reason, because he's that desperate for the slightest sign that he doesn't have to exert himself in order to wipe the slate clean. Not that he would put effort into it anyway, it's just that without that hope of his, Phil would be driven to drink even more than he already does. Accepting that he doesn't get a redemption without earning it is utterly painful to him.
Point is, you can't get a redemption arc out of someone who's THAT fucking stupid, who legit believes that any instance where dogpiling on somebody he should be empathetic towards doesn't immediately blow up in his face is tantamount to people forgetting all the reasons that DSP deserves be known as a piece of shit. A broken clock is right twice a day, and Phil genuinely doesn't recognize that effect when he sees it. All he sees is a chance to "debunk" all kinds of shit that he would've been better off not drawing any attention to, like the time he threatened to slap an 11 year-old girl, after she could no longer hear him, for rightfully calling him an idiot, as if the detractor channels haven't made it really easy to find the exact clip and see that he's lying about it having never happened.
Maybe its the human spirit, but as much as I hate Phil, I still love a redemption story. Imagine to top it all off he takes the "lightsydephil" meme and runs with it.
I as well would legit feel inspired by seeing him pull a Grinch and grow his heart three sizes in one day. It would be one hell of a surprising turn in the story of Phil. If it were genuine, which it more than likely wouldn't be.
Honestly he could probably leverage the fact he gets the most money per viewer out of all streamers. This guy gets like <300 viewers on average and still rakes in 200+ bucks every day. If he managed to dance around the issue of the same three whales propping up his stream he could probably bullshit a few companies and convince them he has the most engaged viewerbase on Youtube and he's totally worth sponsoring.
Not when so much of that money goes directly to him, and bypasses the platform he's using to stream. That's part of why he hates being put on blast for having such an odd amount of support for such a small audience, he knows how it looks to companies who are trying to get their fair share of the profit which he always tries to deny them.
I mean, you don't really think that had NOTHING to do with Twitch deciding to stop paying him, do you?
