| I went to the same high school and college as Allison and Brandon. I was the same graduating year as Brandon and I had a few classes with him in high school. Allison was two grades below me, so I never had any classes with her that I can remember. However, in college we shared a few classes and I remember her very well. I’ve watched her channel since almost the beginning and her videos are super well done and professionally edited, but her content can be so curated at times. Almost too perfect to be true. This might be a long post, lol.
Allison was a Telecommunications major at UF and I was an Advertising major. Both majors are in the same college at UF, so a lot of overlap in classes. I had Allison in a few classes. I had no idea Allison had a channel until she mentioned it on one of the discussion boards for an online class. I think she only had like 10K subscribers at that time. I kept up with her channel and it was interesting to see her vlogs of her life as a college student at UF.
In real life, she speaks in the same voice she uses in her videos. Although, her personality is not as “peppy” as she comes across in her videos. If anything, she’s much more normal acting in real life I guess?
She had a diverse group of friends and some of her friend group were people I was also friends with and they had nothing but positive things to say about her. The most negative thing I’ve heard people say about her were from people being annoyed at how positive she was and how she was always dressed up (it’s Florida and even the girliest girls wore t-shirts and shorts on campus). She was also a part of this organization on campus called “The Agency" which is pretty much a student-run communications agency on campus. I had some friends who were in it and some really loved it, while others didn't like it much. It was a very time consuming organization and was unpaid.
She was in a group project with me in one class. For those who have been through college, you know how much of a nightmare some group projects can be. I must say that out of all the group projects I did in college, Allison was one of the best people I worked with. She was organized and went above and beyond her part in the project.
She seems like an airhead at times in her videos, but she’s actually really smart. She graduated in 3 years and she graduated magna cum laude. She strikes me more as someone who is book smart, but not street smart.
I can’t say much about how Allison was in high school since she was two grades below me and our high school was huge. Apparently, she was a mean girl type in high school according to one of the posts on here, but I don’t know for sure. She was always extremely nice in college. The only thing I know about Allison in high school was that she was involved in student council.
Brandon, on the other hand, I remember a lot about since we graduated the same year. I completely agree with a few others on here that he is possibly on the spectrum. I always thought that about him since high school. Brandon in high school was pretty similar to how he comes across in Allison’s video – very timid and awkward. I remember he was EXTREMELY smart – almost to a scary extent. I want to say he was valedictorian, but I don’t remember for sure. In the classes I had with him, he was generally very quiet.
While he seems quiet and sweet, he does have a bit of an asshole side. My friends and I used to refer to him as “Mr. Perfect” as a joke between us. Very Type A and everything has to be perfect with him. He always felt the need to correct people and always thought he had the correct solution to everything. He once suggested our teacher use a different color marker on the board because “green against white is hard to see” or something weird like that. He also got upset when people cussed in class, and he would tell them not to use “vulgar language.” He had such a savior complex about him. VERY religious.
My sister was friends with Brandon’s sister in high school, so I know quite a bit about his family. His parents own a floor covering/home improvement business, and his family was pretty well-off, but lived way beyond their means. My sister told me that they ended up having to sell a lot of their rental properties after the 2008 financial crisis and their family home went into foreclosure in like 2010/2011. This was all before he started dating Allison.
I know in a few of Allison’s videos she speaks about how Brandon is like the “budget king” and they’ve even made videos together about finances before. I’m pretty sure his family’s foreclosures years ago is a major reason why Brandon is like that.
His family are extremely conservative evangelicals and are hardcore Trump supporters. I do remember before Allison’s channel got big and when Brandon would comment on her videos, you could see he was subscribed to a bunch of right-wing channels. Once Allison’s channel gained more popularity, Brandon hid his subscriptions from public view. It makes me wonder if that was something she made him do due to her not wanting backlash or if it was him just wanting privacy.
I find it interesting that she didn’t post anything about Roe vs. Wade. Very telling what side of the fence she’s on to be silent about that…
I also wonder what her views on LGBT are. Her friend group in college was diverse as I mentioned above and one of her best friends she always hung out with around campus was openly gay. Although, she strikes me as a “hate the sin, love the sinner” type…
I also wonder if Allison and Brandon are vaxxed? I don’t remember her ever mentioning it in her videos, but I don’t watch all of them, so I have no idea. It wouldn’t surprise me if they weren’t because I know Brandon’s family are anti-mask and believe the vaccine is a means of control.
If anyone has any questions about them, I’d be happy to answer. I have more I could say, but this post is already so long. |
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