Brotherhood 2.0: May 29: The Goth Scene and Evil Ladies
2007-05-29 · letter vlog · John · 3:59 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Nerdfighteria, History & curiosities) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, song or performance, guest or collab
Packing up his books in New York, John finds a goth-scene guide (an 'in your pants' riff) and a book of history's most evil women, which he offers as the answer to Hank's shortage of evil female babies for the Evil Baby Orphanage; a rhymed reply from the Yeti answers Hank's soccer-team song.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Greeting; back on the odd days; scouring New York streets for moving boxes as 'conservationists'; the packed books; nerdfighters don't excel at lifting
- ★★ John is back on the odd days, in New York City scouring the streets for free moving boxes because Hank has turned them into conservationists. (playful) — 00:00:03 · New York City
- ★★ John says he and the Yeti have almost finished packing all their books, which he shows piled up. — 00:00:37 · Sarah Urist Green
00:01:08 — Found while packing: 'Everything You Need to Know About the Goth Scene' + 'in your pants' riff; Hank's question about the paucity of evil female babies
- ★★ While packing, John found two books he had long been looking for; the first is 'Everything You Need to Know About the Goth Scene'. (playful) — 00:01:08
- ★ Adding 'in your pants' to the title, John wonders which goth scene is meant: people listening to The Cure, or armies massacring each other. (joke) — 00:01:08 · in your pants
- ★★★ Answering Hank's question about the scarcity of evil female babies, John presents his second find, a book on the most evil women in history. (playful) — 00:01:08 · Evil Baby Orphanage
00:01:46 — 'The most evil women in history': Queen Ranavalona I, King Zog I, a quote on Madagascar; enough evil ladies for the Evil Baby Orphanage
- ★★ John is particularly impressed by Queen Ranavalona I among the book's evil women: he likes saying her name. (playful) — 00:01:46
- ★ John says he likes that Ranavalona was 'the First' and that there was never a Ranavalona II. (playful) — 00:02:12
- ★ Ranavalona reminds John of another favourite monarch from history, King Zog I of Albania. (playful) — 00:02:12
- ★★ John reads Hank a quote about Ranavalona saying that if her rule lasted much longer, Madagascar would be depopulated. — 00:02:12
- ★★★ John concludes the brothers should have no trouble finding enough evil ladies to fill out the Evil Baby Orphanage. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:12 · Evil Baby Orphanage
00:02:44 — A note 'from the desk of the Yeti': Sarah's rhymed reply to Hank's warning song (two kids, a two-man luge team); sign-off and birthday wishes
- ★★ Interrupted at sign-off, John receives a note 'from the desk of the Yeti' and reads it: Sarah's rhymed reply to Hank, recalling that she and John married a year ago last week (week of 21 May 2007). (playful) — 00:02:44 · Sarah Urist Green
- ★★★ Sarah Urist Green (quoted): Sarah's poem thanks Hank for his warning but says one Yeti's womb can manage only two children, and that John must stop to stay married. (playful) — 00:02:44 · Sarah Urist Green, John Green
- ★★ Sarah Urist Green (quoted): The poem says their kids needn't play soccer: the only team they will make is a two-man luge, and Sarah may someday be a 'luge team making machine'. (playful) — 00:03:11 · Sarah Urist Green
Humor (significant)
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John adds 'in your pants' to the title of a goth-scene guide and asks which goth scene is meant. — 00:01:08
“it's gonna be really awkward to have large armies massacring each other in my pants.”
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John says the first thing he likes about Queen Ranavalona is saying her name. — 00:01:46
“Rana-valona, Rana-valona, Rana-valona, Rana-valona!”
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The Yeti answers Hank's song warning that John wants two miniature soccer teams of children. — 00:02:44
“there's only so much one Yeti's womb can do, and that number is two.”
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The poem says their kids needn't play soccer or be numerous to win their hearts. — 00:03:11
“the team they'll make is two-man luge.”
Threads in this video
- update · John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — John and Sarah are packing to move out of New York: they hunt the streets for free boxes and have almost finished packing all their books. (00:00:37)
- callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John again calls Sarah 'the Yeti' while describing the packing. (00:00:37)
- callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — John adds 'in your pants' to the titles of the two books he found and riffs on goth armies in his pants. (00:01:08)
- variation · The Evil Baby Orphanage (2007) — Answering Hank's shortage of evil female babies, John offers the evil women of history, led by Queen Ranavalona I, to fill out the Evil Baby Orphanage. (00:02:12) → refers to May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies
- retold · John and Sarah's first wedding anniversary (2007) — Sarah's poem recalls that John convinced her to say 'I do' a year ago last week (week of 21 May 2007), with Hank as his brother. (00:02:44)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — told 5×, last update 2021; last: retold, 2021-05-25
Mentioned
People: Ranavalona I · Sarah Urist Green · Zog I
Works: Everything You Need to Know About the Goth Scene · The Most Evil Women in History
Groups: The Cure
Rituals: Alternating days
Terms: Evil Baby Orphanage · in your pants
Places: Netherlands · New York City
Replies to
- answers · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — “Hank, you asked me while I was in the Netherlands what we were going to do about the paucity of evil female babies.”
- answers · May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team — “Hank, thanks for your warning, but there's only so much one Yeti's womb can do, and that number is two.”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-05-30 · May 30th: Ranavalona and Clean Coal (Hank) — answers (callback on John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007)) — Referring to John's last video, Hank calls the Yeti amazing and says he is undone. (00:02:38)