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EDIT: At the moment this has been taken back down by the cowards, The CW. Trying to resolve this and might have to sue The CW lol but it's a pandemic, what better way to spend it than suing The CWHere is a "preview" of VPD, ie the entire video! It is still unlisted until copyright issues are resolved and I ask that you don't share the link anywhere until it's posted publicly.

It's blocked in some countries, but youtube never tells you which (just helpfully says "blocked in some countries") so a VPN might be needed depending where you are. Unfortunately nothing I can do about that until the claims are released.

The ramble is also incoming but youtube seemed to just not like the video file itself, so I'm going to play around with re-rendering it with a couple different settings until youtube will eat it.

Also, first time using the chapter feature!

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THE Vampire Diaries Video

If the cast of Vampire Diaries see this please let them know I’m single, unless it’s Jeremy tell him I found peace The Damon & Spider shirt: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Guy-with-spider-by-JennyNicholson/64911806.6VDG0 The image file to print your own Damon & Spider shirt when my posting is inevitably removed: https://imgur.com/a/sak1wxA Click your favorite episode of the Vampire Diaries: S01E13 “The 14th Party of the Season” https://www.patreon.com/JennyNicholson S06E05 “[Song Title]” https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson S04E22 “The Mummy vs. Frankenstein” https://www.twitch.tv/progamerjenny Seasons 1-4 & Seasons 7-8 https://www.instagram.com/spider_jewel/ S03E19 “Vampire Fight!” https://spiderjewel.tumblr.com/ S08E01 “A clipshow of all the adventures Bonnie had every time she was offscreen for the past 8 seasons” https://www.facebook.com/JennyNicholsonVids/ References: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-author-of-the-vampire-diaries-has-been-fired-from-h-5756378 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vampire-writer-l-j-smith-bites-back-1397755025 https://rogerpacker.com/its-the-end-of-kindle-worlds-as-we-know-it/ Bonnie fan wiki: https://lj-smith.fandom.com/wiki/Bonnie_McCullough https://web.archive.org/web/20180116112439/http://www.ljanesmith.net/blog/2015/641-and-then-i-woke-up Gameplay footage: https://youtu.be/sQ6JXGYINrI Full credits song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=low9XDzPmJ8 Reactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur765tXdrVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ-O9eXLewI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45UxDm4uB4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFr0FzuRCOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD-FcYKZpko Six Flags ad archive footage: https://youtu.be/ZORd-DqZeXQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0bvgpg7yig Monster Mansion: https://youtu.be/qq618CqX3fY Laffing Sal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMyJOCt7xMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfpbSVf9W4 https://deadline.com/2020/05/greg-berlanti-productions-adapt-the-forbidden-game-novels-lj-smith-as-tv-series-the-vampire-diaries-author-1202944224/ Chapter timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:58 1) The Love Triangle 7:54 2) The Supporting Cast 11:12 3) The Lore 17:31 4) The Birth of Vampire Diaries 20:35 5) The Dating Tree 25:20 6) Magic Jewelry 28:15 7) China Beach 30:28 8) Product Placement 33:05 9) LJ Smith 38:14 10) Caroline's Singing Career 40:31 11) The Villains 51:08 12) Good & Evil Switch 56:04 13) Vampire & Human Switch 1:01:36 14) Dead & Alive Switch 1:04:30 15) Raising the Stakes 1:10:49 16) Characters I Hate 1:19:38 17) Good Stuff 1:23:41 18) The Video Game 1:31:43 19) The Clothes 1:33:52 20) The Vampire Diaries 1:35:50 21) Surprise 1:41:05 22) Elena Leaves 1:43:48 23) The Elena Problem 1:56:44 24) The Bonnie Problem 2:11:22 25) Where Are They Now 2:17:25 26) Missed Opportunities 2:24:52 Conclusion Since I spent $3 to watch that clipshow retrospective I actually earned -$3 on this video.

Comments

Paulie Paul

OMG the China Beach inserts never stopped being funny. This is a masterpiece, a hugely enjoyable watch, assembled and delivered with all of the skill, meticulousness and humor we expect from Jenny. Even though this was a main channel vid I just now got around to watching this because as a Patreon sub I'm working backward thru the timeline watching ALL the rambles, etc. in reverse order. Anyway, I briefly considered not watching this yet for spoiler reasons because in a later ramble Jenny dismissed Buffy pretty harshly and implied TVD (er, VPD) was better, so maybe I'd want to watch it... I put VPD on my watchlist a couple days ago without looking, then discovered it was 8 seasons of 20+ eps each and said NOPE. This format is the only way I could have consumed that show, I would have lost patience almost immediately. People do like different things. No matter what, this was brilliant and I enjoyed the heck out of it!! "NO JENNA!"

Matt Hayhoe

The moment we have all waited for

The Doom Merchant

I've been watching the previous three previews every few days, I'm so hype for this video, aaaaaaaaAAA

Ryan

One of the better things to happen this week.

Rick Clark

You’re so good to us! Thank you!!

kass

AHHHHH

Lady Plinth

It’s working in the US!

Parker Nisbett

Yay!!! Good to go in Canada if anyone needs a place to set their VPN too

Trystan

2 and a half hours XD oh my god

Julia Watson

I’m so excited for this!!!

Anessa B

2.5 hours? Grabs blanket, cookies, and tea. Let's go.

Caleb J Arsenault

I'm so excited, I started watching VPD because of the first preview, still haven't finished season 1 but I'm loving it so far

Joel Keene

Only 2.5 hours? I'm gonna have to listen to this like 5 times on my drive to Washington

Chloe Bot

JENNY YOU ABSOLUTE DELIGHT

Felicia Prehn

Jennyyyy it's 23:47 and I have work in the morning!! Oh well. Sleep is overrated

Mike Spaulding

Yesssss! I have been looking forward to Werewolf Journals for a very long time.

Kav

As several others have already said: YAY!

Luis

Thanks Jenny!! Hope all the copyright issues get resolved quickly so that everyone can enjoy this!

Alyssa Schultz

jenny made us a MOVIE!!! thank you so much, can’t wait to finally watch!

Macy M

Yes!!

Ben Lewis

Woo! Thanks Jenny. Could anyone point me (or future patrons) to the timestamp of where the previews left off?

Jenny Nicholson

Very weird that it's apparently unblocked in the US, UK, and Canada when the band blocking it is I think american. Tempting to just post it but I think the algorithm refuses to promote any flagged content so none of my subs would see it :'(

Lauri Tervonen

Seems to load just fine in Finland which might mean EU is good to go, maybe? We're not usually important enough to get our own block rules here in the north. Very excited!

Abe Winterscheidt

I spit out my drink at the sheet length of this video

Matt Hayhoe

I think the band is British (??) and I’m watching it unblocked in the UK so ?!

Dylan Audette

Dammit, Jenny! I had so much work to do tonight.

Sarah Margaret

when he says "I'M A RIPPER" I keep waiting for a gang of vampires with slicked back hair to come out snapping in formation

Geoff Ermert

2.5 hours, Jenny!? You madwoman!

Clouds in the Sky

(1) It works fine in Israel (2) Thanks for the timestamps!

Tori

We've been fed! I'm kidding. Thank you for your hard work, Jenny.

Tori

Shred Cadmium

That’s tricky as the previews jumped around a bit but 38:14 would be about right

Tori

aboout at 37, I think

Shred Cadmium

Yah, British so if the You Me At Six songwriter calls the lawyer in the UK morning that’s only 10 hours or so from now 🇬🇧☎️👍 🤔 rock star tho prolly not jumping out of bed <i>too</i> early I guess 🛌💤

Shred Cadmium

No, audio all fine for me so far; maybe try re-loading if your internet can handle re-buffering it all 😬🤞

Tori

Okay it appears to be only a patreon thing, which, okay. Thanks for your reply. I was worried.

Shred Cadmium

Might try bumping the quality down (little cog icon on the embed) if you haven't already - that'll force it to re-buffer but will keep your place rather than starting all over again and should also be a bit easier on your internet connexion

Daniel Stephan

Can we just appreciate how Jenny is out here making feature length movies every couple of months

Shred Cadmium

Dr. Wes Maxfield was brought up in Zimbabwe, so accentwise we're talking: exactly what Jenny said, but even moreso 🇿🇼

Rachel Newlin

Jenny I LOVE you and also the China Beach "ocean sounds" murdered me

Tori

Is Jenny using a lapel mic? for part of this or is she REALLY hitting herself?

Matt Hayhoe

okay i’ve just finished it and BOY what a wild ride, incredible

Jessica Haas

2 and a half hours? natalie would be proud

Flora

feature length beastly sequel!!

Rushka Unverricht

It's working fine in New Zealand. Two and a half hours!!

Guy Wilson

Working fine in the UK. I just wish I hadn't seen the email for this at midnight! Still, something to look forward to for tomorrow evening.

Bryan Sutton

I have that same exact tub of Sonic G Fuel with me right now. Except instead of drinking out of a cool blood bag, I'm using a stupid G Fuel tumbler LIKE AN IDIOT!

Caleb J Arsenault

1) This is Jenny's Magnum Opus 2) That Buffy dig hurt me 3) A new show suggestion for Jenny because I know she likes thematically consistent shows and it would be a nice palette cleanser after this: The Leftovers on HBO

Mireille C

Incredible... I thought I'd have to watch this in a couple segments, but I couldn't stop watching. I watched all of Vampire Diaries (caught up on the first 3 seasons then watched from 4 on while it was airing), and then all of The Originals (surprisingly better in some ways), so I was sort of a fan of the show, but not the sort that would have watched this because I was a fan of the show... If Jenny hadn't done it, I probably would not have watched a 2-1/2 hour retrospective and analysis of any CW show... other than Supernatural. But even I wouldn't demand someone watch a show with 15 seasons.

Jerry Nicholson

This video's gonna have a lot of Lost Cause BS in the comments section

Benjamin Rowlinson

Wuthering Heights by Ellis Bell? Curious kind of a private joke between Vampire Diaries and its rare book collector demographic.

Luis

That was AMAZING :D every cutaway to China Beach made me laugh so hard and of course I had to order a Guy with Spider shirt from redbubble

Shred Cadmium

Aragog started off aloof but grew more interested and ended up utterly transfixed 🕷

Olivia

The focusy thumbnail is cool

Monica McFadden

I love the weird loophole that author was able to exploit to write her own officially unofficial ending. You love to see it.

Porge

Few things have made me as happy as seeing my name in the VPD-video-game-style credits

Erick Martins Ratamero

The "Bonnie Problem" post-it bit murdered me (then I got brought back to life, but evil this time)

Ashley Trudeau

Pitch Perfect vampire definitely looks like Skylar Astin; that's eerie!

Michael Puckett

The main character just never having any growth and being depressed forever is actually pretty relatable

Avani Adhikari

Dying in day 9 of my quarantine. I honestly teared up a little bit when I saw the runtime. Thank you, wow.

Eamonn

2 1/2 hours I can’t wait!!! I love listening to these while playing Immortals Fenyx Rising 🥰

A Tangled Fog of Pulsating Yearning in the Shape of a Woman

FORBIDDEN GAME. YES. Imagine David Bowie from Labyrinth in even tighter creakier leather and infinitely more problematic! How will they #girlboss Jenny? Will they full GoT her and Zach? Or will Julian be stripped of his bulging pants and mi’lady?

Dani Langlie

My soul flew out of my body when Jenny said vampire diaries was better than Buffy lmao. I’ve switched off my humanity. ;)

Haidyn

This was incredible and I’ve already ordered a shirt. I’m so excited to confuse my loved ones with my Guy with Spider

Joe Rogans long hard nips

I laughed so hard during the part where Jenny reenacted that commercial and during the whole video game walkthrough

Saf

At first I was laughing at it... but now I kind of want to watch an episode of China Beach just to see what the fuss is all about...

Bryan Sutton

I took some breaks but I finally finished the whole thing. I'm so glad you brought up Dracula, I was thinking about that when I was watching the show to prepare for this. They could have had a conversation like "Wait, you're THE Dracula?" "Yeah. Bram Stoker and I were friends and he wrote about me." Anyway, this is your Magnum Opus.

Mady, you know, from TV

I only realized over an hour in that I had read a different one of LJ Smith's series as a tween, clearly missing the boat for the more adaptable series. Never seen an episode of this show, and now I don't have to! Ty for your service

Angel Chacon

I laughed at every single China Beach commercial break, well worth the wait and anticipation

Gian Balangue

Willikers, Mister Clooney! Alongside the voice of Littlefoot in The Secret Circle was Casey from Tomorrowland!

Aaron Fontes

The running jokes in this one were really good. When the crow came back for the series finale after you set him up as never reappearing 2 HOURS earlier I cheered. And that's not even saying anything of China Beach, racism post-it, "NO! JENNA!", etc.

Danny Kapinos

I've never heard anyone claim that The Leftovers is thematically consistent... they literally changed the theme song because it contradicted what the show was saying in its final season

christian moses holtz

maaaaan, best morning ever. just woke up to get ready for work to find out that this is available. can't wait until this evening. :D

Sion Jesse

This is so good, I want to watch this show now

Aasta Thomas

i literally just had to start quarantine today because i might have been exposed to COVID and like i deeply appriciate that i can take 2.5 hours to chill and watch ur incredible VPD takes. ty love the video bonnie/damon is a great ship and def should have happened.

John Fenster

I found this really compelling, even though I have never seen a VPD (or read the books, played the video game).

Scooby-Dum

My cousin Suzy is friends with Matt Davis, the actor who plays Alaric Saltzman. So, since you asked, I'll have her check on him. 😂

al

Can we talk about how the house invitation thing means notaries are witches with magical contracts? Anyways, this exceeded my expectations which were high. Ps. Buffy *was* better in every way...Unless you hadn't watched it back then and tried to watch S1-2 as an adult.

al

Not in person!

gossipgoose

This was absolutely worth the wait!! Thank you so much also this was the best ever patreon credits. Oh! And I loved that you used the chapter feature on youtube bc now I can rewatch all my favorite parts anytime :)

Shaun Cheah

I'm your brother, and I'm gay.

Shaun Cheah

Hearing Jenny mention and then seeing footage from H2O was an experience because my ramble submission for last month was almost "Unfathomable (H2O: Just Add Water, Series 2, Episode 26, Available on Australian Netflix)" because I happened to catch that season finale on the family TV (my youngest sister is obsessed with mermaids; she has seen every episode of all mermaid related content on Netflix multiple times and honestly? I kinda get it) and something about it radiated such perfect Jenny critique material energy. It was so validating to realize I was right on the money. It still might get submitted in a future ramble, but at least that month the siren song of "If you want a vision of the male horse girl equivalent, imagine a guy holding a large fish — and that's his only picture." was too strong to deny.

ViggityVanah

Im a china beach commentary channel now.

Kyle Boardman

this is the best video you’ve ever done omg

Caleb J Arsenault

I always figured the theme song changed because the tone of the show changed. The theme, at least to me, was always "how do we deal with grief." With the first season dealing with unpacking trauma, season 2 focusing on moving on, and the third season focusing on lingering trauma.

Pia Ruthensteiner

I feel like you missed a great opportunity for a joke about the fact that the damon actor is married to one of the actresses who plays a main vampire in twilight.

Jente

"Oh, a compliment....I'll think I'll fall over." JENNY! I've had to pause this video twice already because I'm just wheezing with laughter. Having no context what VPD is except overhearing several of my peers discussing it in high school makes this video so much funnier. This is your magnum opus, you have already peaked for 2021.

Chelsea Clark

Is it just me or does Jenny’s hair at the beginning look a shade darker and very shiny? ARE WE WATCHING A DOPPELGÄNGER???

Ashley Ferrell

I'm not sure what I should watch first. VPD or China Sun

FitchersBird

The China Beach gag was *chefs kiss*. Also, think the crow that shows up is supposed to be a nod to how Damon could turn into a crow in the books and would follow her around. Pretty sure Stefan could turn into like a wolf or something if I'm remembering correct.

Violet

Hearing this show be referred to as better than Buffy is so cathartic because I guy I know is big time like “Buffy good joss Whedon good” and yeah I like Buffy a lot but I feel like because it’s revered as like a genuinely good show when it’s really just stupid fun with some indulgent dramatic moments

Anonymous

i saw season 2 and 3 of vampire diaries while in lockdown and even with that context i'm somehow still amazed by how much nonsense is included in the story while remaining as boring as it is personally my favourite is caroline because she goes through a lot of weirdly traumatic experiences and doesn't grow as a character through any of them. she gets turned into a vampire and is then tortured into figurative heterosexuality all within the same, like, 3 episodes? and she bounces right back to bashfully accepting dresses and jewellery from klaus. v interesting energies from her

MrDucks

Your content motivated me to finally make a patreon account, and I can't tell you how excited I am for this video as a long time guilty pleasure watcher of this show.

Holly Ratcliff

The books sound like early Buffy, geez.

Ezra Linehan-Clodfelter

God the CW is really something else. I want someone to give them a couple million dollars an episode for one of their shows to see just how deranged it would become. This video is amazing.

Sarah Margaret

I've been watching this in chunks and now my latest comment is , OH MY GOD the jewel princess books! I thought I hallucinated those.

beaniebby Mods

I want a "Live, Laugh, Love"-style sign in my home that says: Take Naps Kill the Devil Get a Boyfriend

Jon

This is art.

Claudia Lacleriga

I’m from Spain and it’s unavailable to watch now 😩 It was available earlier today...

Aaron Fontes

The video just got blocked in the US minutes ago by WBTV :( I hope everything hashes out well

Autumn Egitto

nooo was just about to watch i popped corn and everything! lol hope everything works out :(

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Comment edits

2026-10-07 18:00 Aw, dang, just subbed to watch it, too :&lt;
2021-01-11 21:07 Aw, dang, just subbed to watch it, too :<

Aw, dang, just subbed to watch it, too :<

SweetAlissum

Damn I started watching this last night but had to go to bed for work and now it's been taken down. I hope you can resolve this because it was so hilarious.

Rushka Unverricht

I watched just over half of this last night, then stopped when I began getting sleepy. Wish I had just powered on with the rest of it now lol!

Theo

Oh no, I had about 30 min left to watch but it got taken down!

Oathian

Super glad I got to finish the video before the takedown... But damn this is some shit... Sorry you have to deal with this garbage, Jenny. :(

Didge Ridoo

Ah man they got it! THEY TOOK MY VPD FROM ME

Guy Wilson

Dammit... I knew I should have watched this last night!

Kaelynn

I got married near the film location for VPD, and on the day of the wedding all of my bridesmaids were late because they got sidetracked finding all the set pieces in Covington. I never watched the show myself so when they told me that they got lost ‘Vampire Hunting’ I was very confused! Getting this context makes it so much funnier to me lol. Thanks Jenny!

Michael

Cowards!! Well, the first half I watched last night was great

Eileen Nguyen

OH NO I stopped to go to a zoom meeting, should have left my camera off clearly.

Joe L.

Well, I'm glad I got to watch it before The CW got their claws on it, it was a great video and you did a great job on it. I look forward to the new video series "I'm Suing The CW" that is surely in the works now.

Julie Ha

rip vpd video 💔 maybe you could dub over the claimed parts with your own voice? or vice versa, use the sound and sketch the scene? i don’t know how copyright works so 🤷‍♀️ but good luck suing the CW!!!

Julis

consistent might be a bad word, but it was intentional. my vibe with VPD is more that they wrote plotlines for their immediate effect, and haven't really thought about the big picture.

Dan Gibbins

Thanks for all the hard work and sorry the CW's making this hard on you. I only made it an hour in before I had to call it a night, but it was great up until then, and every time you cut from a VPD clip to the China Beach ad it got funnier.

Matthew McCoy

Crap, I watched the first hour of the video last night assuming that I could watch the rest today. Curses! My main take away for the hour I watched is: I didn't expect so many China Beach references.

Gamera

If anyone finds a country on vpn this video still works for please share. Pretty sure it's been totally locked down though.

Corey Davenport

No! My girlfriend and I saved this for today! Good luck, Jenny.

Jacob Crowe

Ugh, this dropped too late for me to watch last night so I spent all of today at work anticipating getting to watch it when I got home. Is there any way it could be uploaded somewhere else so at least the Patreon crowd could see it?

Benjamin Rowlinson

I foresee a great three-way schism emerging within Jenny Nicholson scholarship of the mid-century to come: Re the Spooky Crow Evidently Agrees With Her moment at 2:16:40 in 2021's VPD pre-release beta – was it spontaneous, choreographed, or entirely unselfconcious? (Those Jenny Nicholson scholars are crazy people. Why don't they just ask the spooky crow?)

Megan Dixon

Moved up a tier on Patreon today and I’m so glad I did. I tried to watch VPD last year but got bored and gave up. I’m so glad you took that silver bullet. (Wrong monster, sorry)

Rose

looool I started watching this at like 10:30 eastern time and it was working fine, got 30 minutes in and had to go do real work, and now at 6PM eastern it's blocked. THANKS WBTV

ryan

heya Jenny, I just subbed to see you VD video whenever it sees the light of day. have you considered uploading it to vimeo or somesuch?

Susie B

This is incredible and that's coming from a girl whose writing career began at VPD fan fiction. You should be really proud of yourself, Jenny! I know I am!!!

Taylor Calloway

NOOO IT GOT BLOCKED AND I WAS GONNA WATCH IT ON THIS FLIGHT D:

FireBatV

I really enjoyed this! Sad it got blocked. Good luck getting it fixed up so it doesn't get blocked.

Gian Balangue

If you have a Vimeo account, I know of some other creators who host their more copyright-sensitive content there.

LL

How did I get to the reaction vids section before I got the block? For a second I thought it was part of the vid. Good luck Jenny! I was enjoying it a lot so far!

Allyson Laredo

this became unavailable while I was watching it but I was still able to finish it because I hadn't refreshed the page and I feel like I've gotten away with something. This video is everything I wanted it to be and more. what an excellent use of 2.5 hours of my time

Josh Osterhout

Dang. I really wanted to finish this absolute masterpiece.

Matthew Dans

Damn, I got an hour and a half in, got distracted by something else, and now it's gone.

Steve Kertes

Yay! I was only an hour in last night.

Kari

Omg. It’s a full-length feature film

Jacob Crowe

Never get tired of that transition.

Arielle Lyons

kai: *shows up* me: oh he looks like skylar astin jenny: he looks like the guy from pitch perfect

Rebekah Wright

fww I think both Edward and Stefan are both supposed to be visually based on James Dean, rather than Stefan visually based on Edward.

Dan Gibbins

That was the longest thing I've watched on YouTube, including rental movies, and I enjoyed every minute and didn't want it to end, thanks for making it. Probably gonna watch it again by next week if only for the China Beach running gag.

Rebekah Wright

Awww, why the Buffy hate? That was much better than VPD

who is counting

fwiw I can still watch it here in *vague handwave* eastern Europe. Btw. amazing work Jenny! Can't help but wonder what would some future media archeologist think of VPD if they'd only found this video

Guy Wilson

Looks like it's working again here in the UK

Renah K.

Haha chiming in abut an offhand comment. I'm not sure about other countries but in Canada you shouldn't donate a book to the library if your intent is to support an author. Authors are actually awarded a yearly royalty-type-thing based on how frequently their books were checked out in public libraries. But this program excludes books donated to the library. So the best thing to do is request that your library order books from authors you want to support. If you have books you want to get rid of, donate them to a school library or prison.

Kristian

So you mentioned to big parts of my childhood-the jewel princess books and Six Flags Over Georgia. Didn’t think it would happen in a Vampire Dairies video. Weird fun fact, Sara Paxton was in the movie and she played Sabrina, the Sapphire Princess.

Eileen Nguyen

After it came back: Partner: Are you going to bed? Me: No, I have to watch this video because it might be gone in the morning!

Luke Middup

Is it just ne or do anybody else want to watch the Vietnam show now?

James Peeler

I desperately need the corkboard to come back in future episodes. The cutaways where the telescoping pointer smacks across the board are killing me.

Charlie Hills

2.5 hours!? *sets 'out of office' notification* *puts popcorn in microwave*

David Aitel

To be fair I subscribed on patreon just to see this video since I saw all your messages on Twitter about Youtube making life hard.

Stephen Notley

Arg... I'm getting a spinning load icon that gives way to an "An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: JH3TCGBaUlhAeUsG)" message. DAMN YOU, TUBE! The most frustrating thing is that I can scrub along the timeline and see the little preview window showing the entire video... it just won't PLAY.

Jeff McManus

Now that I know that Jenny knows about Warrior Cats I want her to make a video about Warrior Cats.

Autumn Egitto

watching with a VPN and i cannot stop laughing at the transition boy oh boy this is wonderful

Eileen Nguyen

The song is, "Reflection," by Diana Ross and the Supremes, if you were wondering. Also, yeah, the show sounds pretty interesting!

Kiera Thompson

I cannot find an answer online and I truly need to know, why was Stefan in scrubs and dressed as a doctor/nurse in the point-and-click game!

Jenny Nicholson

He's a nurse or paramedic or something in the game, idk if this is based on anything in the books. Weirdly Stefan in the show has a paramedic doppelganger. It makes it even funnier when he says "money is of no use to me" because he's earning some kind of salary and if he's not spending any of it he's especially able to loan Elena money.

Rebecca Cook

I've been meaning to join Patreon for a while but Jenny, the NEED to see your take on Vampire Diaries finally convinced me. This was hilarious, I'm a huge fan, plan on rewatching every time I have a bad day.

Kiera Thompson

Baffling. From what I remember back in middle school when I read the books, Stefan definitely was not hired on as a nurse or doctor while posing as a middle schooler. Whatever. Guess it’s canon now

Kiera Thompson

Also thank you for an amazing video it was everything I wanted and more!!

Rushka Unverricht

I watched all of it at last; another great video! The China Beach Ads cutting in unexpectedly every now and then was hilarious, and the way they would cut off abruptly (at a slightly different point each time) only seemed to make the joke funnier! It got to the end, and I remembered that this video would be the first time my name would be in the credits. A pretty cool credits sequence to boot! 

Macy M

A school for Halloween monster children, you say? Are Shaggy and Scooby teaching P.E. there, by chance?

Lucie Gocníková

that would be the best!! I hope someone suggests that as a ramble topic

Spencer Hastings

Jenny should make a higher patreon tier called “help me sue the cw” it’s a worthy cause.

AllieCat

SING AT THEM ABOUT SANTA FE

Renah K.

Whoever’s in charge of marketing at the CW really dropped the ball by not collabing with Bath and Bodyworks on an official TVD vervain lotion with an in show storyline where characters complain about so many humans wearing it

Joanna M

I’ve never seen VPD but I’m watching The West Wing at the moment and the only black executive assistant in the White House is called Bonnie... so now my headcanon is that this Bonnie grew up to work in the West Wing but she just still is a witch. I’d like to see Aaron Sorkin make that show.

Jord Mendicino

The missing post-it note mini-thread was *chef’s kiss*

Shred Cadmium

Sam Seaborn looks a lot like Damon, now that you mention it. Doppelgänger! 😱

Shred Cadmium

It's not just the Bad Cars who are Bad ✊

Yami Shaggy

All that time I gave to this show a few years ago has finally paid off by having all the context necessary to fully enjoy this video, and it was as great as I had hoped it’d be. Also thanks for putting the chapter feature in, that’ll make it so much easier to watch highlights or something in the future. And as another comment mentioned, the lost post-it note bit was amazing. Also I saw that a potential Originals video along with other CW videos probably won’t happen now after all this hassle, which sucks because I would have loved to see them, but I understand. Hopefully there’ll be a better way of distributing and monetizing them eventually or something.

Clark Woods

Wow can Jenny this video was genius and so freaking cool!!! The comedy of the editing was also like insane, thank you for this masterpiece and I hope YouTube enables it!

Quillmonger

I know what I am doing after work

geeshta

Now THIS is another level of content. You can tell that so much effort has gone into this video. I love the occasional meme like the "burn" guys or repeating of China Beach ad. I really think this is gonna do good for the channel and gain even more audience.

Eamonn

Seeing my name at the end of the video is so surreal, thank you Jenny💗🥺

Stephen Notley

Ah, awesome! They released it! The world is a better place! Even as I reveled in the 2.5-hour glory, savoring each and every China cutaway, during the whole thing I kept wondering in the back of my mind, "Huh, this shares so many elements with Buffy; I wonder what she thinks of that?", only to get that "At least it's better than BUFFY" stinger at the very end. Now I feel like a chump. But I want to know more! Does anybody know if Jenny is on record anywhere with a few sentences of Buffy takedown?

Lissi Sowa

Okay I loved this video so much and I would be so, so happy if you did a The Originals or a Legacies Video. This was so much fun and my heart is a bit broken bc you didn't talk about Klaus and Rebekah that much. :/

Shred Cadmium

🤔 I've been racking my brains but I can't recall any prior mentions of Buffy VPS! (There was a mention of Joss Whedon one time ☝️ but that was in connexion with Justice League...)

Tyler Honsel

I’m honestly surprised you’re not a Buffy fan. I guess I should give VPD a watch, because based on your video essay, I’d still say Buffy is the superior show, but I’m open to discovering something new. Thanks for the video!!

Stephen Notley

Yeah... I mean, Jenny follows her interests and that's why we love her; we'd never want that to change. At the same time, though, I found myself idly wondering how the kind of analysis she applies here would go if it was applied to Buffy. Stuff like season arcs, intended or untintended character change, lore mechanics, overall THEMES... plus the fact that fandom has largely turned on Joss Whedon in the years since Buffy, and why that was, and what that means when you look back at a show 20-ish years later. Seems like there's just a lot more meat on the bone, good and bad, with Buffy than VPD on those fronts. But, Jenny's gonna Jenny, and we're all the better for it, so I'll take what I get and LIKE IT. Hell, I'll love it!

Stephen Notley

I feel mostly the same way. I guess I'm not hugely surprised Jenny's not a Buffy fan, but now I'm super curious about WHY. When Buffy came out it was generally praised as being woman-centered and female-positive, with books and academic papers aplenty on the subject, but now the hot takes are more likely to be broad condemnations of Buffy as misogynistic garbage. The show didn't change, so what did? Ah, well. Still glad we got the VPD video!

Tyler Honsel

Thanks for the comment man! I suppose the trouble Joss Whedon’s gotten into with his personal life the past few years may have lead to some backlash against his prior works, even making them seem hypocritical to an extent. But I totally agree with you, the works haven’t changed! What they were saying and have said has not changed! Buffy still holds up for me as an incredibly multilayered emotional resonant show.

Stephen Notley

Yeah. I can still go back to key moments at any time if I want a good cry. Buffy getting the Class Protector award in "The Prom"? Xander facing evil Willow in "Grave"? Yikes. I need a roll of paper towels for th' sniffles.

Kel McDonald

Jenny, I'd like you to know that the vampire dairies spin off Legacies has all the goofy halloween monsters you could ever want.

nickneverwins

late to the party here but fun fact re: setting: VA has a town called Fall's Church, and there is a school in the same county (not in Fall's Church itself) that was called Robert E Lee High School, but last year they renamed it after John Lewis, a black civil rights activist and politician. I'm from the UK originally but lived in Fairfax County not far from Fall's Church for a few years as a kid and knew of the high school so when I was back living in the UK and picked up the books (never saw the show - this has been my wonderful introduction) I was like 'oh cool that's kind of where I lived but fiction?' Slightly disappointed they renamed it in the show but also not because of the hamming up of that confederate stuff. Yikes

Elliot Berry

I started watching this and I was like, wait, what am I doing? I'm not a patron of Jenny Nicholson yet? What a mistake, I thought I'd done that months ago, darn.

Amalia Dapkiewicz

Finished this video and immediately came over to patreon

Z

I've watched this all the way through at least three times

Oathian

Oh are the pictures on your conspiracy board from an actual VPD coloring book? Amazing.

Yarrow

Spoilers for Jenny's video! * * * * * * * * * * * The brushstroke that made this a masterpiece was the credits at the end. Truly a work of art. Bravo.

Oathian

Hey, Jenny. Serious question. Why don’t Damon and Stefan want to date Catherine? I thought the whole reason they wanted to date her was because of how she looked, and Catherine looks identical to Bella...

Joel Keene

Growing up in south georgia, Six Flags was my home park. Monster Mansion terrified me and left me traumatized well into my high school years. Somehow....I thought you should know that.

Rushka Unverricht

I was watching a part of the VPD video again, and noticed that the video has now passed 3 million views. Well done Jenny!

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Just finished watching this video on YouTube and had to give a few bucks because I was blown away by the quality - thank you so much for posting this