Hello all,
Another early suffering - I mean - video for you. I did my best with this one, but struggled a little to make it engaging and fun because the film is so bad but still seems like a significant Dingo bobbins, so here we are.
I am writing this having just got back from my second ever gig, which was attended by wonderful viewers and, while it was very rough and silly, I enjoyed a lot. The confidence you give me is something I never thought possible.
I just want to reiterate how lucky I feel to have such kind, compassionate viewers who don't bat an eyelid at my self-harm scars. I didn't need to cover them up.
Also there are some of you who joined for the stupid online character Octavius started out as, and you are still here even though the character has changed and my work becomes progressively more about the real person behind it. I still get hugely anxious about being myself online and have a long way to go still, but the fact I have streamed for a few years now entirely as myself without hiding behind a persona is wild to me. When I started on this journey, I would never guess that Louis would be able to stand before you and (badly) play guitar - not as a character, but as himself.
TLDR you're quite good.
Thank you x