Classic Era: Difference between revisions

[[File:DanielLarsonFanspfp.png|thumb|328x328px|The classic profile picture, always used up until Daniel's termination.]]

While not his first account, the Classic Era would begin in March 2020, with the creation of Daniel's most notable TikTok account, @daniellarsonfans. The first video uploaded to this account was footage of the neighborhood surrounding his disability housing, flipping the camera to him wearing a mask.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/1bljwzd/weve_found_the_first_daniellaronfans_tiktok_video/</ref> Not much else is known about Daniel's early videos due to them being [[Lost Media|lost.]]

By March 25th, Daniel would be under the effects of a stay-at-home order in Colorado due to the burgeoning [[wikipedia:COVID-19_pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], which surely increased his social media use.<ref>https://www.colorado.gov/governor/sites/default/files/inline-files/D%202020%20265%20Dial.pdf</ref>  

One of Daniel's most popular videos was of him wearing a green shirt, saying, "Good night everyone", and thanking his followers for their support.<ref>https://archive.org/details/download_20231104_2127</ref> This is considered to be the point in time in which Daniel developed the cult following seen even today. This was due to his unorthodox appearance and strange mannerisms, which would soon push him into the spotlight. Daniel would post a variety of content, such as videos of his disability housing, him singing, and posting about his aspirations to be a singer-songwriter and/or celebrity.

 

During May, it appears as though Daniel was staying in a disability housing arrangement where he had access to a child. While this child's name is not known, Daniel had taken several videos of this child and posted it to @daniellarsonfans.<ref>https://x.com/DanielL07587071/status/1258532804989607936</ref> It should be noted that this would not be Daniel's last time interacting with children at disability housing. Unbeknownst to Daniel's followers, this was probably [[Pedophilia|not a good idea]].

According to now-banned TikTok user @diper_911, the account was found through an email associated with his [[Social Media Accounts|Twitter (X) account]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/1d81zs2/one_of_the_original_videos_exposing_daniel_for/</ref> The account had albums filled with several images of children, most notably of celebrity [[Grace VanderWaal]], who was 16 at the time of it being found. However, it should be noted that the pictures saved to his Pinterest were photos of her from when she was significantly younger. Additionally, the Pinterest account contained maps of the United States which listed the age of consent for each state, and photos of his various underage celebrity crushes. While archival of information from around this time is sparse, it is said that now-banned TikToker @hottielarson discovered it.

 

After this, Daniel immediately opted to saying that the Pinterest account had not belonged to him, and at one point, pretended that he did not even know what Pinterest even was.<ref>https://archive.org/details/daniel-larson-doesnt-know-what-pinterest-is</ref> However, this account dated back far before Daniel ever became popular on TikTok, and well before management stepped into his life.<ref>https://archive.org/details/daniel-larsons-pinterest</ref> Keep in mind that this was all in between Daniel admitting to owning it, right before going back to saying he was forced into making it.  

On November 19th, Daniel's then management, [[Roach Records]], would pull him into a [[Post-Pinterest Leak Live Stream|Zoom Meeting]] with TikToker @diper_911, where he was questioned by multiple people about his Pinterest account. When asked questions, he claimed to have been hacked at multiple points in times, made excuses, or brought up things that were entirely unrelated to the situation.   

The leaking of his Pinterest account had also recontextualized several videos Daniel made on TikTok where he would duet videos of underage girls dancing (which Daniel claimed he was hacked into making), as well as videos with the children he lived with at the time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-TthuCU04s</ref> In the end, Daniel was found guilty of owning the Pinterest account, even though he adamantly denied it.  

Daniel would delete his Pinterest account on November 20th, at around 2:50 PM CST.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6897282305786711302</ref> On November 21st, which can be ascertained from duets made on his TikTok,<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@nathan.helbling/video/6897646097116695813</ref> Daniel posted his first of many apologies, in which he admitted that he had "...used pictures of girls and masturbate[d] to them."{{Citation Needed}}Only a day later, Daniel went on lockdown. He not only disabled comments, but he also deleted and/or set his videos to private, especially ones about [[Grace VanderWaal]], as well as setting his liked videos to private.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6898106445758303493</ref> He even went as far as to temporarily deactivate his TikTok account starting from the 24th,<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6898902400409554181</ref> coming back to the platform sometime in December.  

In December, Daniel would be interviewed by [[The Delegation Podcast]] on the 6th regarding his Pinterest account and his general views on things such as duetting videos of children, as well as his relationship with Breanna and the other child he was living with. Daniel claimed that Breanna was his "half-sister", and he had no intention of doing anything sexual to her. Additionally, Daniel claims to have been blackmailed by record labels he was a part of to say several incriminating things regarding children, as well as saying that the reason he had photos of children saved to his phone was because of his career as a [[Southwest Model and Talent Agency|fashion model]]. While the former was true for certain videos, the latter was harder to believe.