DrewPicklesIsSwell1957
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DrewPicklesIsSwell1957 (DPIS1957 for short) was a member of the Speakonia Community since roughly the late 2010s. One of the most infamous members of the community, he is perhaps best known for his Commentary/Rant videos featuring Drew Pickles, and while his content does have its fans, many members of the community have disregarded his behavior as going way too far.
History[edit]
DrewPicklesIsSwell1957 got his start sometime in the late 2010s (some estimate 2018, though it might be even earlier). Originally, it was thought that we was actually a user by the name of Strawhatpirate1991, but he has since denied this claim on multiple occasions. He was different from many members of the community in that, instead of making traditional Goes To, Secret Missing Episode, or Blood-style videos, he made commentary and rant videos, using Drew as his avatar, with one video using Barney. His primary focus for his videos tended to be people within the animation community, the Nostalgia Critic, and various other people he did not like.
DPIS1957 would continue to make content up until his account was terminated in 2019. Sometime in 2020 or 2021, he would return to YouTube as DrewPicklesIsSwell1957Reborn, and began to make new videos and reupload older ones until he would finally close that account in 2022, seeming to retire for good. His videos would end up being archived via the Internet Archive.
Criticism[edit]
While DPIS1957's content does have its fans, many within the Speakonia Community have heavily criticized him for a myriad of reasons. For one, he seems to be a bit too obsessive over the people he covers, constantly attacking them and acting as if they were the absolute worst people on Earth, in a manner that has been referred to as "A-Logging". The next issue many members had was his encouragement on trolling said users he covered. While the Barney Bunch did start out as a trolling group, and some members did often poke fun of unusual users and community detractors, there was no real malice involved. DPIS1957's videos were openly hostile towards anyone he was covering, some of it justified, but oftentimes the person he was covering wasn't really doing any real harm, perhaps none more evident than with his tangent over the cartoon community (users like Mr. Enter and PhantomStrider) and the Nostalgia Critic, of whom he would tear apart and sometimes encourage going after.
But by far the biggest criticism against DPIS1957 was his approach to videos and the way he used Drew. Almost little to none of Drew's personality in Barney Bunch videos was present in the Commentary/Rant videos, save for a few small references here and there. He used Drew as his "Author's Avatar" ( a practice that has been a common trope in prior videos, but never to this extent) and as such, flanderized Drew to the point that he went from being the juggernaut character of the community to openly being disliked. This, combined with the stagnating state of the Goes To videos, lead to many members at the time ditching Drew in favor of other characters like the Wiggles. After DPIS1957's termination, Drew would slowly start coming back to being used more often, though this could also be the result of many Second Renaissance members retiring or becoming inactive, and the Wiggles falling back into obscurity.