Blood Meridian is a Fairy Tale, actually
Added 2025-12-27 20:13:12 +0000 UTCOnce my current sponsorships run out (March 2026), I'm going to start doing 4 videos a year.
It's become clear that in order to reach my own standards, this has to happen. I'm finishing up my December video and am generally unhappy with its messiness. The problem is this: I wanted to make a video about Blood Meridian, Conquistadors, and the perils of fairy tales but that video's bibliography is going to be like 15 books long. I realized that I had to make a smaller video, very quickly, and the result is funny-enough but I fell back into some bad writing habits. Namely: I can't stay on-topic and the essay is too confusing for what it's trying to say. I think you'll be happy with it and there are parts I'm very happy with, but I could do better. I can see all the problems and I can't fix them.
I want to be diligent, and I want to write essays which tackle large, difficult subjects. You can't do that every month. The Patreon has grown, allowing me to dig myself out of debt and re-find my footing during a difficult year. Words cannot express how thankful I am for your support in this time, and I'm happy to say that YouTube, inexplicably and suddenly, re-monetized me.
I'm very tired of working non-stop only to not be happy with the result. I kept telling myself that I wasn't working hard enough but the reality has set in that I'm not giving myself enough time, which is ridiculous, because you already have. I don't want to burn bridges, in case YouTube demonetizes me again (they will), so I'm going to fulfill the contracts I've signed. Afterwards, Columbus.
It's clearly time for me to enter a different stage of my Youtube career, where I spend months on the kinds of videos that viewers (ideally) drop everything to tune into. Everything is getting frayed at the edges, I can't keep this up. It's not a matter of working too little, all I do is work. It's also not a matter of working too much, as the frustration lies in the end-product, how much better I know it could be if I just gave myself more time.
You'll see, with the Blood Meridian video, what I'm going to be doing from here-on. This is the rough outline.
Thanks and have a happy New Year,
DJ PC
Comments
I have a few very select people that I will watch no matter what as soon as they come up and you're definitely one of them. Consistently amazing work and definitely worth it every time. You're one of the few people I like enough to *make* my friends sit and watch an hour long video. We will sit here together and you will be scandalized and informed.
silentisland
2026-02-27 12:42:19 +0000 UTCHey Peach, I just now subbed but I’ve been watching you since the Far Cry 3 days. I’m excited to see you tackle Blood Meridian, it’s my favorite novel. I’ve noticed your notes so far have discussed the faerie realm and medievalism aspect of it, which is a unique perspective I’m excited to see, but I’m curious to know if you’ve looked into any of the gnostic aspects of the novel as well. I think Gnosticism is fascinating and it’d be cool to see you melt down about it in your autistic vernacular. Can’t wait to see the final product.
Shane Souders
2026-02-17 19:31:29 +0000 UTCYou'll get my five bucks a month till you disable the charge or I lose my job.
Chandler Kolberg
2026-02-11 20:44:48 +0000 UTCNah bruh I drop everything to watch your shit. Take the time. An occasional shitpost video would be appreciated, but for real “going crazy reading primary accounts” type videos literally make me stop everything and take a night to watch. Your hour long + history videos are a staple for me Oh yea also don’t kill yourself. I’m going thru that and I’m currently on the edge of kill myself or watch a DJPC vid so use that emotional blackmail to keep on trucking fam
Vale Kennedy
2026-01-16 08:43:01 +0000 UTCI'm quite satisfied with a switch 2 video now and then too. It was good, you can still do the goofy shit that got us here in the first place when you need a break or have something topical to say.
EchoChamberShow
2026-01-02 10:51:40 +0000 UTC
