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</gallery>Daniel has expressed an intense fixation on Grace and has frequently directed obsessive behavior toward her, similar to his focus on other individuals, including [[Bob Proctor|Bob]]. Posts made by Grace on TikTok or Instagram were often inundated with frequent comments from Daniel, creating the impression of a real-time interaction with her. Daniel repeatedly mentioned and tagged her in his own TikTok videos, causing her notifications to be dominated by his messages. This behavior continued across nearly all of his TikTok accounts and ultimately led to the termination of one account for repeated harassment. Shortly after, Grace added filters to her TikTok comments to block terms such as "Daniel Larson," "Mr. President," and "Danderson" to prevent further interaction. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEyEUscOr6A&feature=youtu.be</ref> | </gallery>Daniel has expressed an intense fixation on Grace and has frequently directed obsessive behavior toward her, similar to his focus on other individuals, including [[Bob Proctor|Bob]]. Posts made by Grace on TikTok or Instagram were often inundated with frequent comments from Daniel, creating the impression of a real-time interaction with her. Daniel repeatedly mentioned and tagged her in his own TikTok videos, causing her notifications to be dominated by his messages. This behavior continued across nearly all of his TikTok accounts and ultimately led to the termination of one account for repeated harassment. Shortly after, Grace added filters to her TikTok comments to block terms such as "Daniel Larson," "Mr. President," and "Danderson" to prevent further interaction. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEyEUscOr6A&feature=youtu.be</ref> | ||
As of 2024, Daniel's obsession with Grace | As of 2024, Daniel's obsession with Grace showed no signs of stopping. He continues to fall for trolls’ claims about her and follows the instructions of trolls impersonating Grace, often leading him to engage in graphic and disturbing actions, including the creation of NSFW content such as [[The Toothbrush Incident]]. While his Graceposting had eased up, it never truly died down or stopped. Daniel's most recent head-canon was that he and Grace were periodically breaking up and getting back together, or getting an apartment, with no inbetween. | ||
Although these delusions do appear to be what Daniel is genuinely thinking, [[Flexburger]] has said in the past during a AMA that Daniel does not truly believe that he is dating Grace. Instead, it is said he wants to believe it, and likes having someone to sext and talk to. However, considering th | |||
Although these delusions do appear to be what Daniel is genuinely thinking, [[Flexburger]] has said in the past during a AMA that Daniel does not truly believe that he is dating Grace. Instead, it is said he wants to believe it, and likes having someone to sext and talk to. | |||
== Grace and [[Pedophilia]] == | == Grace and [[Pedophilia]] == | ||
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''Main Article: [[Likee Meltdown]]'' | ''Main Article: [[Likee Meltdown]]'' | ||
During one of his delusional episodes, Daniel, seemingly without access to his phone, posted on Likee, a short video | During one of his earliest delusional episodes, Daniel, seemingly without access to his phone, posted on Likee, a short-video platform he used while banned from TikTok, in despair and asking his followers to retrieve information from the 'VanderWaal Team'. | ||
Daniel appeared to believe that an unspecified accident had occurred and that the VanderWaal family, whom he was convinced had been in contact with him, was withholding information about Grace. Throughout the video, he hit his head and made threats against his own life. While he did not act on these threats, the episode marked the first notable instance of a meltdown. Daniel claimed that if he did not get in contact with the VanderWaal family, he would end up homeless. Although relatively minor at the time, the incident foreshadowed more severe delusional behavior in the future. | |||
Afterwards, Daniel uploaded a video to YouTube mourning the supposed deaths of Grace, and her father Dave. In this video, he expressed the belief that Grace had both committed suicide and suffered a heart attack simultaneously. Before Daniel addressed their deaths, he became emotional, crying and hysterically apologizing for sexting minors and sending pictures of his genitals to individuals he believed to be Grace. He promised to repent for the bad choices he had made and honor her legacy.<ref>https://archive.org/details/daniel-larson-mourning-grace-and-dace-vanderwaal</ref> | Afterwards, Daniel uploaded a video to YouTube mourning the supposed deaths of Grace, and her father Dave. In this video, he expressed the belief that Grace had both committed suicide and suffered a heart attack simultaneously. Before Daniel addressed their deaths, he became emotional, crying and hysterically apologizing for sexting minors and sending pictures of his genitals to individuals he believed to be Grace. He promised to repent for the bad choices he had made and honor her legacy.<ref>https://archive.org/details/daniel-larson-mourning-grace-and-dace-vanderwaal</ref> | ||
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''Main Article: [https://wiki.lolcow.city/daniel-larson/Jacob_Sartorius#Delusions Jacob Sartorius#Delusions]'' | ''Main Article: [https://wiki.lolcow.city/daniel-larson/Jacob_Sartorius#Delusions Jacob Sartorius#Delusions]'' | ||
[[July 24th Freak-out|On July | [[July 24th Freak-out|On July 24,]] 2023, Daniel became convinced that Grace, whom he believed had been in a relationship with him until this point, had broken up with him as things were, "..moving too slow". Shortly after, he became fixated on the idea that she had started dating American social media personality and singer [[Jacob Sartorius]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZZNwQ2ldycA</ref> Daniel would soon believe that Jacob had impregnated Grace, and ordered her assassination by "[[Tyrone]]", all at the same time. Daniel's narrative regarding Jacob rapidly changed, at one point claiming that Jacob was harassing him, and later insisted that he was targeting Grace instead. | ||
This eventually culminated into Daniel throwing his dinner into a river because of his anger at Grace dating Jacob instead of him. | This eventually culminated into Daniel throwing his dinner into a river because of his anger at Grace dating Jacob instead of him. | ||
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On August 29, 2023, an already on-edge Daniel, who had already spent a night on the streets, was being contacted by a troll pretending to be Grace, trying to provoke him by making threats towards him, such as that "Tyrone would butt-fuck him until he dies", calling him a pedophile, and telling him to have sex with Bob. Daniel became upset on his Community Tab page, making threats and attempting to text 9-1-1 a screenshot of his conversation. However, Daniel uploaded and deleted a YouTube short, calling her the [[Self Defense Word|N-word]], and saying how he will always hate her. Later, Daniel went live on YouTube in a full-blown meltdown, repeatedly punching himself in the head, slamming his head into a wall, and wishing death upon Grace. | On August 29, 2023, an already on-edge Daniel, who had already spent a night on the streets, was being contacted by a troll pretending to be Grace, trying to provoke him by making threats towards him, such as that "Tyrone would butt-fuck him until he dies", calling him a pedophile, and telling him to have sex with Bob. Daniel became upset on his Community Tab page, making threats and attempting to text 9-1-1 a screenshot of his conversation. However, Daniel uploaded and deleted a YouTube short, calling her the [[Self Defense Word|N-word]], and saying how he will always hate her. Later, Daniel went live on YouTube in a full-blown meltdown, repeatedly punching himself in the head, slamming his head into a wall, and wishing death upon Grace. | ||
== Delusions while Incarcerated == | |||
Daniel's obsession with Grace persisted even while incarcerated, as evidenced by phone calls with Clark and Lil Sippy. | |||
During the first Jail Arc, Daniel admitted that he continued to think about Grace to calm himself, with delusions that she was shocked by the news, that she and Tina might bail him out, and that he was still on track to get an apartment with her. | |||
When Daniel was arrested for federal crimes, his delusions about Grace showed no sign of stopping. During the first call of the Second Jail Arc, he mentioned messages from Tina scolding him to stop talking about her, but he also maintained the delusion that he was engaged to Grace and his desire to reach out to her. In the next call, Clark confronted him, emphasizing that Grace did not want any contact with him, considered him a creep, and that Tina was only telling him to back off while calling out his delusions and inappropriate behavior. In the next conversation, Daniel appeared to accept that Grace did not want contact. However, months later, he called Clark again, maintaining the delusion that he would have a wedding with Grace upon his release, demonstrating that repeated attempts to confront him with reality are never successful. | |||
During his time in federal prison, Daniel also claimed, among other delusions, that fellow inmates and correctional officers were teasing him with jokes about Grace, that Bob was upset because Grace was not helping him, and that her father, Dave, approved of him dating her. Lil Sippy, who got in contact with Daniel during his incarceration, enabled and reinforced his delusions. He told Daniel that Grace was in Miami Beach with a fictional dubstep artist wearing a shirt that said "Free Daniel Larson," sent him numerous photos of Grace through prison mail, and even sent him a Grace VanderWaal songbook, while simultaneously telling him to stop dwelling on Tina and Grace. Daniel also developed the delusion that Grace was cheating on him with Clark. | |||
However, the most recent time Daniel mentioned Grace was in a letter in March 2025, stating she was involved in the case, and has not mentioned her since. | |||
== Contact with Grace or her family == | == Contact with Grace or her family == | ||