Every time I see the video of his younger self after the competition. I really wonder how life would of went if the trolls never came along
This is the most common "what if" question about Chris, yet I never actually see it answered in detail, so I'll give it a shot.
Chris's friendship with Megan would've ended a few months later than it did, and probably far less explosively since Chris would never share her nude drawings online. Chris would never have enough of a reason to include her in the Greene County Conspiracy either, so he'd be unlikely to slander her online or distrust her, and she'd be unlikely to ever threaten him with guns. I can actually imagine him briefly rekindling his friendship with her a few years down the line because of this, though any friendship that grew out of it would either be one of distant respect, or it wouldn't last long.
Without troll influence, Chris would make far less content for YouTube, and the content he did make would be related to Sonichu and his personal qualms rather than online drama. He probably would still make the rare video addressing Sonichu's incredibly small fanbase; Sonichu in this timeline would probably maintain said fanbase for a few more years, without Chris embarrassing himself to the degree he did in our timeline. Because of this and lack of stress from trolling, Chris would probably continue making Sonichu comics much more regularly until around the mid-2010s, at which point the fanbase would be years-gone and he'd lose interest because of lack of responses. Without the trolling community around him, I have doubts he'd ever become obsessed with Twitter, instead mainly sticking to Facebook, a personal website, and a much less active Youtube. He'd probably never blow up unironically, though he might spawn memes once or twice.
Chris would definitely still troon out as others have said, including his tomgirl saga - that being said, since Chris would probably be marginally less terminally-online, he might hold off for a couple more years out of social pressure before going by Christine. Bob, without the stress and rifts with Chris brought on by trolling, would probably be somewhat more willing to tolerate Chris's behavior here. I could see him begrudgingly accepting Chris before his deathbed forced him to, though he'd probably still die assuming Chris was just gay. Overall, Bob and Chris would probably have a slightly closer relationship at the time of Bob's death, which in turn might end with Chris feeling slightly less guilty about it. Chris would most likely dive further into Sonichu to cope with things without the troll paranoia keeping him busy, and I can imagine some bizarrely dark Sonichu comics coming out of the era.
The real world Love Quest would last much longer - without Chris being paranoid or keeping to the internet, it'd probably continue at full force into his late 30s when a combination of HRT and age would kill his libido enough for him to lose interest. I can see him entering a couple short relationships (probably with troons) especially as he becomes desperate, though none of them would last long. The chances of him having kids would still most likely be zero. I can also see him actually developing the confidence to approach women, though by the time he did this he'd probably be too hideous for it to do him any good. He'd still be handsy and creepy, and might rack up one or two sexual misconduct misdemeanor charges. He'd still eventually give in and start drinking and probably smoking weed, though both would happen a year or two later than in the real world. I can actually see him dropping his overt homophobia slightly earlier, since some of his stubbornness in that realm
was ingrained by all of his trolls claiming to be gay men.
Perhaps the
biggest change would be that Chris would have absolutely no choice but to hold down a job. Barb would still spend all his tugboat after Bob's death, and without being able to beg for donations, he'd probably mass apply out of desparation and end up working in fast food or at a Wal-Mart. This would force him to be at least the bare minimum of presentable and would give him distance from Barb and the hoard, but whatever he ended up with would most likely be soul-crushing for him, even moreso than a normal person. Because of this there could actually be a chance of Chris taking art seriously - I could imagine him trying to learn how to draw properly, using a drawing tablet, and maybe even turning Sonichu into something slightly less of a copyright nightmare, out of desparation for a better living. Any progress he'd make there, though, I couldn't imagine turning into something monetizable.
Finally, Chris would still eventually go insane (though probably slightly later and presenting differently without the Idea Guys encouraging his delusions), and he'd still eventually fuck Barb, even earlier if anything without fear of trolls finding out. Whether or not anyone
would find out is your horrifying guess.
