In a chat interview, CT, a youth in his mid-teens, said that he created this character
with select friends as a secret joke. Although CT is in the costume, another friend
provided a narrative voice over, in which his voice was modulated to sound lower. CT
made the video after another friend (RJ) ‘‘jokingly’’ told him that he didn’t need CT’s
help to make videos. RJ implied that CT’s contribution was technically lacking. In
response, CT and some other friends created the ‘‘Vlad the Impaler’’ character. CT’s
goal with the ‘‘Vlad’’ films was to become quite popular on YouTube and then reveal
himself to his friend RJ, so that RJ would know that he had misjudged CT’s talent.
CT:
the first vid was to make it seem like we had no clu what we were doing and i
wanted it to [build] up. and when the time came if we had a lot more views
than RJ we would [unveil] our selves, but we havent been able to make any
videos for them