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Special thanks to @Ellesse_warrior for constantly archiving the livestreams, and to @Games for providing me with some much valuable information and resources regarding Josh.Joshua Fay Saunders aka KingCobraJFS
Introduction
Josh Saunders, better known as “KingCobraJFS” and also sometimes simply called “Cobes”, is a self proclaimed “sexy goth bad boy” of many talents. YouTuber, streamer, guitarist, singer-songwriter, wand maker, dark wizard and harbinger of the cobrapocalypse. Once confined to obscurity, he started a slow ascent to “mild” internet fame as an amateur musician and YouTuber, and a descent into madness and alcoholism. What caused him to be this way? What’s up with him? Well, this my dudes is what’s up.Introduction
Early Life
Much of Josh’s life is murky, but what is known is that he was born on March 26, 1991 to Clint and Laura Saunders in CaspAmong his siblings are two sisters, who according to Clint are “straight ‘A’ students ”, members of honors societies, active in their communities in organizing volunteer work and raising awareness for the Humane Society, and according to HomeDad Clint have no interest in tobacco, drugs, or alcohol. In spite of all this, Clint is still quite proud of Josh, but knew from the time Josh was born that there was something wrong with him. In a screencap from a post by @Buffalo Chicken Sandwich , Clint goes into detail about Josh’s mental state in his younger days:
Clint goes on to describe Josh as having been “tormented, teased, and harassed every second of every day of [Josh’s] life”. This is a stark contrast to Josh’s behavior in high school being described as creepy, and even admitting on stream on 3/7/2021 that he had sexually assaulted girls at school, and excusing it with, “they were totally into me”. (They were not.) He was on his school’s wrestling team long enough to receive a letterman jacket before declaring the sport was “gay”. After discovering the band Cradle of Filth he began to identify as a goth. The very day he turned 18, Josh took up smoking despite his NRDS, and at 21, Josh took up drinking. Both of these vices would become staples of his character for years to come. After high school Josh had a brief stint in the local Job Corps in early/mid 2012 before it ended with him being kicked out after being caught smoking pot. During this time he also met his now ex-girlfriend Stephanie.
Gothic King Cobra Documentary by trappped
There’s debate as to when Josh entered the public eye of the internet. Though he had something of a following pre-2014 with drama involving Stephanie and other shenanigans, it wasn’t until the documentary Gothic King Cobra was uploaded to YouTube on 2/23/2014 that interest in Josh began to grow. The video documents a day in Josh’s life, and also some details of Josh’s past, such as his time on the wrestling team and also the fact he had a fat bush of pubes back in high school. He also reveals he “keeps his shit trimmed down there”. In the documentary we’re also introduced to a cavalcade of citizens in Casper, Wyoming as well who never really make an appearance in Josh’s life later but do seem to be acquainted with him. Of note is Jared Brown, a homeless former Marine who possibly ingrained within Cobra’s psyche the catchphrase, “That’s what’s up” and even doles out some pretty good advice to Cobra."Nut up, or get fucked up. That's what's up today."
The documentary has become a harrowing window into Cobra’s past self, showcasing a young man who had dreams and aspirations, even if a little awkward. Now what remains is a broken man devoid of any ambition who seeks comfort in alcohol, tobacco, fast food, and marijuana. In fact, take just about any post breakup video and you will see a shocking contrast to Josh’s life then and now. See the "Videos" section below for the full documentary.
The Sagas
Like any lolcow, Josh has a multitude of past sagas, many of which can be found HERE or at least everything from 2011 until October 2020. Further information can be found on the Cobrapedia. The most recent and ongoing saga is the Eviction Saga, which started in 2014, but reached a head in 2020 when Josh was told he caused $6,000 worth of damage and caused the apartment above him to be un-rentable due to his constant indoor smoking and spray painting wands for his wand business. Him also inviting various bums and addicts to stay with him as well as getting SWATTED may have contributed to this as well.After being evicted Josh was able to move into a new apartment and so far hasn’t learned from his past mistakes if the appearance of his apartment is anything to go by. For more information on the Eviction Saga, check out the Cobrapedia page HERE.
Josh’s Physical Health
Josh’s physical health has been up for debate. A comparison of his past and present appearances shows that it’s started to go downhill over the years. His hair has started to thin greatly and his skin has grown noticeably paler.Cobra at the time of the 2014 documentary vs. Cobra in September 2021 (Yes, it's from THAT stream)
Josh’s Psychology
Much like his physical health, Josh’s mental health has taken a nose dive for the worse. While he does have Asperger's, there is obviously something else going on with him. He harbors delusions of grandeur and an overinflated ego. While he may have had a chance in the past to truly make something of himself, his recent antics have shown that he believes himself to be a handsome goth bad boy with magical abilities and sick guitar skills without a need to improve upon his craft. Never mind the fact that he plays guitar like absolute shit. He’d also rather throw away shit he doesn’t understand rather than try to master it or understand how it works.How Josh sees himself.
Though he hasn’t officially been diagnosed with the following disorders, many trolls and observers of the Cobraverse have theorized that Josh exhibits symptoms of disorders such as severely stunted emotional and social development (Attributed to his Asperger's, but even then seems to be FAR worse than the average aspie), addictive personality disorder, poor impulse control, low IQ, and oppositional defiant disorder.
Fellow Kiwi @Lesbian Sleepover provided a very interesting step by step on the way Josh handles danger and conflict in his life, as shown below.
Throughout all of this, Josh at no point accepts blame for his actions. Not once has he admitted to being fully in the wrong. It has always been that he was only partly wrong, and when he does accept blame he only gives an insincere apology and moves on to the next thing.
Josh on Women and Sex:
Josh and Stephanie in happier times
Surprisingly, Josh has gotten laid in the past and has had at least two relationships in his life, though one only lasted roughly a day. But in recent days he has started to flip flop on women, walking a fine line between Incel to “nice guy”, though he seems to tend more toward nice guy tendencies. Josh, believing he’s the sexy goth bad boy he claims to be, thinks women are waiting to crawl all over him and gouge out the eyes of every other hussy bitch that tries to lay their hands upon his mighty mega meat cock before they can. But since he never seems to leave the CobraZone and venture out into the streets of Casper, we won’t know the extent of his romantic escapades, with most information coming directly from Josh himself or trolls close to him.
In the past Josh was in a relationship with a woman named Stephanie whom he met at Job Corps. For a time, things were good. Stephanie was close to moving into Josh’s apartment, until Josh and his friend Chris got drunk at a gas station and somehow ended up tag-teaming a pregnant woman at the woman’s suggestion. Stephanie then cheated on Josh through the act of anal sex with a mutual friend (I’m looking at you, Homeboy Scotty). Josh’s response?
He made a half-joke threat to rape Stephanie. Stephanie then moved her shit out of the apartment while Josh was at work. On the 4th of July, they broke up.
In 2015 Josh got a new girlfriend named Ami, and after only one day, they broke up. A short time later Ami wound up in jail and Josh expressed great pleasure at this revelation. Eventually Josh began to grow frustrated at his inability to find a woman, until the day came when a fan sent him a $1000 sex doll.
Josh, "Queen Cobra", and Shon
Josh later claimed that Casper police found his sex doll in the back of a meth monkey’s car who was allegedly trying to get scrap metal out of it, thus destroying it in the process. Josh admitted later that he destroyed the sex doll because he got angry after ripping its pussy during a ferocious fuck session. He blamed the doll’s poor quality and poor shipping.
Josh has since been unsuccessful with women, often wanting that black haired tatted up big tittied goth girl with green eyes that so many lust after. Rather than improving himself or settling for less attractive women, even just to get some experience talking to girls, Josh goes for women completely out of his league and wonder why they won't go out with him.
The kind of woman Josh wants but cannot have
Josh and Music
Josh and Religion
Josh and Employment
Josh has had a rather spotty job record. His first job was at a local Wendy’s where he was a rather lackluster employee, where his antics included unclogging a toilet with nothing but a cup and his bare hands, and mixing up the sweet and unsweet teas multiple times. Josh was cut down to a single 2-4 hour shift a week. His employment lasted from Fall of 2012 to August 25th, 2016 when a troll named “Castellus Zemi” also known as “The Fat Fuck from Kentucky” by the Cobra community, called Wendy’s corporate office and filed complaints about Josh’s videos. During his hiatus between jobs he started doing odd jobs around down at the discretion of his “friend” Scrapper Steve. Given Steve’s appearance, one can only shudder at the thought of what these odd jobs entailed.Finally on May 7th, 2017, a whole ass 8 months from being fired from Wendy’s, Josh FINALLY found a job as a humble dishwasher at The Office Bar and Grill. But in September 2018, Josh put in his 2-week notice, citing the lack of hours and that he felt he was making more money from his wand business and doing a lot better. Of course, fans and trolls speculate that one of the reasons Josh quit was due to his disputes with the head chef. Josh didn’t tell his father that he had quit his job; he only found out MONTHS later when he stopped by to visit Josh.
Now, Josh is seemingly unemployed with his only source of income being social security allowance and his wand business, which he crafts homemade magic wands to sell on Etsy. However, his Etsy account was taken down in September 2021 after a dispute with a customer, in which Josh was unable to provide a refund of $270. Without Etsy, the boglim grifter is without a stable source of income as of this writing.
Josh and Finances
As evidenced by being unable to provide the $270 Etsy refund mentioned above, Josh is absolutely terrible when it comes to finances. Every time he comes into the possession of Clintbux from dad or donations from fans, it doesn’t last long, with almost all of it literally going down the shitter since he spends it on fast food. Back when he was with Stephanie he would spend his $400 Wendy’s paychecks on Golden Corral. Now he spends what little money his has on booze, tobacco, weed (Possibly spice as well), and fast food for his infamous food reviews and mashups. How bad exactly is Josh with money? He spent $1,000 in 5 days. And no, it wasn’t on anything meaningful.How Josh spends so much money on fast food can be chalked up to the ridiculous orders he makes. Little Caesar’s is a relatively cheap pizza joint with offers like $10 for a large pizza with three toppings or $5 for a simply pepperoni pizza. But Josh somehow manages to spend $70 on a custom made pizza. It remains a mystery how he’s able to pull this off, but it can be inferred that he A) Orders multiple items alongside his custom made monstrosity that’s already putting pressure on kitchen staff. B) Uses some kind of app like DoorDash to have it delivered, which is known for having ridiculous delivery fees. And C) Doesn’t realize how the coupons work.
With the wand business being placed on hold, Josh will need to rely on more ebegging and Clintbux if he is to survive the winter. He could also just buy groceries and cook for himself, but…
Josh and Cooking:
Josh has cooked for himself in the past and posted videos of the process, but seems to have relied more on fast food reviews for his sustenance as of late. Most of his meals don’t look very presentable and are often either burnt or of questionable edibility. Below are some of his (in)famous cooking videos, including one where he starts a fucking grease fire:
WARNING!!! DO NOT FUCKING EAT ANYTHING WHILE WATCHING THESE.
Seriously, I warned you...
The Grease Fire Video
The Grease Fire Video
Persons of Note
Below are some persons of note in the Cobraverse, but not all of them. This list will be updated over time when possible for new additions and updates.(Shoutout to @Games for providing me with this information)
The father of Josh, Clint was born September 15th, 1969 in Casper, Wyoming to his parents Al and Sandi. He went to Natrona County High, the same alma mater as Josh, and graduated in 1987. He was always fond of personal fitness and was even on the wrestling team, much like how Josh was. Unlike Clint however, Josh was never too interested in physical fitness.
Clint got with Josh’s birth mother some time after that and had him in 1990. They were together for a while but things didn’t work out, so he moved around and eventually left to live in Minnesota around 1995. He went to school at Moorehead, where he met Tanis, Josh’s current stepmother. He received a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications. After that, the details are hazy. They moved around to California and South Lake Tahoe while Josh was growing up, more notably North Dakota. Josh went to high school there for three years. Clint went to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco around 2011, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in Photography. Eventually they moved back to Casper. He currently owns his own photography business and he has also been an assistant professor/head of the photography department at Dakota College.
Clint is also Josh’s first and foremost lifeline when shit goes sideways, but at the same time he has to deal with Josh’s bullshit such as when Josh was being evicted from his previous residence in 2020. Clint has also been the subject of speculation for the prophesized “Clintervention”, where he steps up to yank his son from the clutches of addiction. The truth is, there have been multiple Clinterventions where Clint intervened, slapped some duct tape on the situation, and then called it a day. From the way it seems, Clint has been doomed by the gods to deal with his son’s bull shit and serve as the favored servant of the dark lord Cobra.
The father of Josh, Clint was born September 15th, 1969 in Casper, Wyoming to his parents Al and Sandi. He went to Natrona County High, the same alma mater as Josh, and graduated in 1987. He was always fond of personal fitness and was even on the wrestling team, much like how Josh was. Unlike Clint however, Josh was never too interested in physical fitness.
Clint got with Josh’s birth mother some time after that and had him in 1990. They were together for a while but things didn’t work out, so he moved around and eventually left to live in Minnesota around 1995. He went to school at Moorehead, where he met Tanis, Josh’s current stepmother. He received a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications. After that, the details are hazy. They moved around to California and South Lake Tahoe while Josh was growing up, more notably North Dakota. Josh went to high school there for three years. Clint went to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco around 2011, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in Photography. Eventually they moved back to Casper. He currently owns his own photography business and he has also been an assistant professor/head of the photography department at Dakota College.
Clint is also Josh’s first and foremost lifeline when shit goes sideways, but at the same time he has to deal with Josh’s bullshit such as when Josh was being evicted from his previous residence in 2020. Clint has also been the subject of speculation for the prophesized “Clintervention”, where he steps up to yank his son from the clutches of addiction. The truth is, there have been multiple Clinterventions where Clint intervened, slapped some duct tape on the situation, and then called it a day. From the way it seems, Clint has been doomed by the gods to deal with his son’s bull shit and serve as the favored servant of the dark lord Cobra.
Grade A Edgelord and another one of Josh’s close homeboys. Warlord was arrested multiple times, such as an arrest in May 2018 where he was arrested for domestic battery possibly involved his then-pregnant wife. Much like Scotty, Warlord is a mooch, a liar, and often pretty spergy. Being obsessed with the tabletop game Warhammer 40k and it’s DEEP LORE, Warlord models his life philosophy from quotes spoked by the Space Wolves and Grey Knights chapters of the Space Marines. Warlord was the one who got Josh the job as a dishwasher at The Office Bar and Grill, and also often tries to impart sage wisdom to Josh with his stolen and bastardized quotes, but to no avail. Also of note is the fact that Warlord has exchanged naked pics of himself to men who talk with him on Facebook, though most of these men are trolls.
Warlord has had two spouses in the past, both of which he is no longer with. He has three (Possibly four) children from these relationships. Warlord has always wanted children, though mostly because he wanted to have his own Space Marines chapter, basically. He likely finds comfort in the idea of having a large familial structure. Sadly, this would not happen as his marriages didn’t last long. But at least he got a few kids out of it. After his most recent wife Valorie confessed to him in August 2018 that she cheated on him with another man and got an STD, Warlord broke down and allegedly got admitted to a mental hospital.
"To pay tribute and respects to Mrs. Green, I immor-- *BELCH* --'scuse me, immortalized her on-- onto the staff."
Favorite phrases
The following are words and phrases that Josh has become very fond of saying in his videos, the most famous ones being "That's what's up" and "That's most definitely what's up".- What's good, youtube
- Well anyways, youtube, this is KingCobraJFS with another video, I'll catch you cool cobras (later/on the flipside).
- Trust and believe
- I guaran-fucking-tee you
- My trusty [random object]
- That's what's up
- That's most definitely what's up
- Thing of it is, youtube
- Yeah buddy
- "Scuse me" (after sneezing, coughing or deliberately farting and belching)
- My asperger's is talking shit again (after passing gas)
- You have no idea / You don't even know
- It is what it is
- Here's the thing, slick
- No skin off my shoes
- Fuck your sky god
- Ooo-wee
Cobra Relics (Work in Progress as of 10/3/2021)
The Boglim Hat
Josh is almost always seen wearing his seemingly favorite hat, a black cowboy hat that has seen a lot of wear and tear throughout the years, and despite now looking like something that not even a hedge wizard would wear, Josh continues to rock it in public. Some speculate that he sleeps in it, but after his recent tantrum where he broke his cigarette, its survival has been called into question.The Boglim Hat
Links and Misc. Shit:
KingCobraJFS subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/kingcobrajfs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingCobraJFS/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KingCobraJFS/featured
Cobrapedia: https://thecobrapedia.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
Bitesize Cobra Vids (Unaffiliated with Cobes. Part archive channel, part highlights channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC35BNoSqtV52s6g6Xglj4cA
KingCobraJFS: Now it's a party!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDvHkMbk_gw
Gothic King Cobra Documentary by trappped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvhchxHUCA0
Local news article on Josh getting SWATTED: https://trib.com/news/local/crime-a...cle_ddbffd99-7f73-58cb-bd9e-dc1aa0fe285a.html
Dying his hair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ELpTHMamGE
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