Fucking amazing post in a Discord server (don't have permission to use the person's name, will update if they give it):
It was really interesting to watch dave's stream earlier tonight. He was so afraid of the snake and the apple, Tevin, looming over his stream so closely that he for once fully focused on a game and tried to do good at it, if only to completely shut himself off from his own stream. He couldn't even acknowledge the cheers that asked him about the banners being modified when far more intrusive cheer messages would simply be deflected with his usual lies and the habit of blaming someone else. Guy is legit shook that the "detractors" are in sync and parallel with his live stream instead of videos being made later. You can bring up a specific video and get banned, which arouses the fans and nothing else, you can whisper them but they're well trained to ignore if they didn't follow the steps to disable whispers. But, a live feed, one that has more than double the viewership of its host is much harder to ignore especially when it's made abundantly known throughout the broadcast.
Some of you might know this feeling. Say you work this job that is highly illegal and this job, if the authorities were to catch you doing it, would put you away for a 20 year sentence minimum. When you live like that, one of the scariest things to you is a knock on the door. And if the place that you live in allows it, you're asking "Who is it?" with one foot hanging out the window.
Dave can bullshit his way out of a topic brought up in a video that was made however many days ago, which his "true fan base" will never even watch. What he can't do is refute any accusation if it's happening live since he has no control over it. It's there, it's happening, everyone is aware of it and curiosity is very strong. Just as strong as fear. And here's Tevin knocking on his door.