I've been a fan of the Nerd (specifically the character. James Rolfe, the actor who plays the Nerd, is a great guy too) since 2017 and I love finding myself watching his videos and would always find comfort watching him and having fun with laughs. Nerd has been making me smile, laugh, and also informed of the retro gaming stuff. Also I find the Nerd cute too, like his frowns and his smiles are just so charming haha (I have a crush on the character, so there's that lol).

There's that endearing charm that makes me always go back (to the past lol) watching AVGN from time to time. Whether from rewatching his older videos to catching up to the latest episode of the web series.

The fourth photo is the art I did and the first three are what they looked like after they were made physically. ✨

Since there's a lack of merchandise of these two in my country, I just made my own instead and used my art skills to turn my own creation into my own personal oshi merch of my favorites.

Like this one for example where I drew photo holders/toploaders designs centered around Angry Video Game Nerd and Nostalgia Critic, and had paid someone to make physical custom toploaders. They delivered it well because I'm so happy that I get to use my art to create something more for myself. 🥺

"Is it okay if I yumeship with internet reviewer characters like Angry Video Game Nerd or Nostalgia Critic?"

Specifically the characters only, not the actors who played because I don't like RPF shipping. Though some people would just think that the characters they played for laughs and the actor who played them are the same being despite the fact that they're separate entities and that actors are not like that IRL. There's also the fact that the characters have their own established lore which doesn't happen in reality and is only meant for skits and jokes.

I know I've asked this already in the main yume subreddit through FAQ and I got the answer that I needed to hear but I do need to hear from others because I've been having this feeling ever since I got back into my hyperfixation and I want to hear different thoughts from others about this.

I have been crushing on both AVGN and NC ever since I discovered them back in 2017 and I just got back on hyperfixating them around last year.

So yeah, I just joined this subreddit because I know this is a good place to ask regarding F/Os and I wanna know is it okay to yume them.

Solid Snake - Metal Gear

America/Alfred F. Jones - Hetalia

Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney

Morty/Matsuba - Pokemon

Takeshi Yamamoto (TYL version) - Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang) - Mortal Kombat

Optimus Prime (any versions of him) - Transformers

Luke Skywalker - Star Wars

10th Doctor (this specific Doctor only, I do have a celebrity crush on David Tennant so there's that) - Doctor Who

Angry Video Game Nerd (actually I do have a celebrity crush on James Rolfe but I'm crushing on his character AVGN more tbh)

I'm not really that much active in yumeshipping but I have always love Optimus Prime and I've drawn art of myself and the big truck boi himself.

I'm mirror sharing btw. Would love to see other Transformers ships that you all have. :)

In order: 2025, 2024, 2023

I've been collecting ONLY Starscream stuff for 3 years now and these are what I've got for getting only my favorite Transformers character. I still have all of these toys and some fan merch of him as of now.

I didn't buy any other Transformers because I usually save my money for only Starscream merch.

Since it is James Rolfe's (aka the guy behind the Angry Video Game Nerd web series and also who plays the Nerd himself) birthday, I just wanna share my very own personal collection of AVGN merch.

They're all fanmade because that's all I can afford for now. 🥹

But I'm proud of what I made because most of these are handmade by me and some of my art is used to make into keychains and pins. ✨

I don't have a shrine as of now because I used most of these for itabag decorations.

Since today is James Rolfe's (aka the guy who played the Angry Video Game Nerd) birthday, might as well share my AVGN ita bag again. Now with more decor. Added some Nintendo console stuff because he was called the "Angry Nintendo Nerd" first haha.

I really love the custom photocard that I received recently, I designed the photocard and then had a shop materialize it for me. It came out so good. 🥹✨

I've been collecting Starscream stuff (official or fanmade) since I first got into the fandom in 2023.

Here's the collections I have (in order: 2025, 2024, 2023)

Do you have a specific Transformers that you collect today? I wanna know what you guys got. ✨

Sharing another itabag here but it's focused on the angriest gamer you've ever heard.

WIP because i want to decorate these more with pins and keychains of AVGN.

Everything here except pixelated AVGN icon and AVGN 8-bit icon are my own art btw.