Grace VanderWaal: Difference between revisions

Daniel, well aware that Grace was only 17 at the start of his obsession, made various posts claiming that he would, "...wait until Grace is 18." Daniel has claimed to be in either a romantic or sexual relationship with Grace depending on his feelings (more so delusions) at the time. If romantic, he claimed that Grace was his girlfriend. If sexual, he explains the various explicit sexual acts he'd do to her. Even so, no matter what he is feeling, It is extremely disturbing.   

   <big>'''I just wanted a chance and I need help! I was never givin a chance and every single time I tried to contact you i get threatened. I really like your daughter for who she is and not for sexual reasons. The trolls want everyone to think it's for sexual reasons. I just wanted to stand out and have a chance with her! I know the competition she has. We are all human and we do sexual activities though. But that doesn't make me a pedophile if I have never even done anything and everyone uses me because I don't have protection. I'm sorry for everything being crazy.'''</big>  </blockquote>Daniel seems to hold Grace in particularly high regard. Thus, Grace is oftentimes the primary victim of Daniel's delusional harassment. Every once in a while, posts made by Grace on TikTok or Instagram would be filled to the brim with comments from Daniel as if he were having a conversation with her in real time. Furthermore, in any TikTok posts that Daniel made that regarded Grace, he would tag her, which would result in her notifications being filled with nothing but Daniel. He does this on almost every TikTok account he has, to the point where one of Daniel's TikTok accounts was suspended for his constant harassment towards her.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEyEUscOr6A&feature=youtu.be</ref> As of 2023, Daniel shows no signs of stopping his obsession with her. He is still constantly falling for trolls' claims about Grace, and people who pretend to be Grace to get him to do egregious and quite frankly disturbing things. Even though as of recent his Grace-posting has seemed to dwindle, it has never truly died down or went away, Daniel's current head-canon being that him and Grace are periodically breaking up and getting back together.  <gallery>

During one particular delusion, Daniel, seemingly because he was without access to his phone, posts on Likee, a short video creating site that he stayed on during a period of time when he was banned from TikTok, in absolute despair for his followers to get him information. Based on the content of these videos, it seemed he was under the impression that there had been some kind of accident, and that the VanderWaal family, whom he believed were in contact with him up until this point, were refusing to give him information about what had supposedly happened to Grace. Throughout the video, Daniel hits himself and threatens to end his own life. Daniel obviously did not follow through with his threats. Additionally, Daniel said that if he did not get into contact with the VanderWaal family immediately, he would allegedly be on the streets.<ref>https://archive.org/details/the-likee-meltdown</ref> This was a sign, although small, of things to come.  

In 2020, Daniel texted a number who claimed to be Grace Vanderwaal, the person behind this number has yet to be identified. In the texts that the fake Grace sent, they claimed that they were currently at the White House, and was being raped by her father, Dave VanderWaal, along with being gang banged and impregnated by a multitude of people. Daniel, believed this to be genuine. Trying to understand it all, Daniel attempted to convince 'Grace' to move out to Denver, where he was staying at the time, so that she could press charges on her father and live with him instead. What is important to note is that the messages start off with Daniel genuinely caring for 'Grace's' well being and asking what he can do to help. This did not last long however, as Daniel proceeded to ask 'Grace' what it felt like to be raped, and what she thought about during it, so Daniel. He claimed to have asked these questions in order to use the information gathered by them in court.   

After this, Daniel went on to make multiple videos about this, claiming that he had called the police to deal with this matter, and considering his past actions, he most likely did call the authorities.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/qfbeco/daniel_called_the_cops_on_the_white_house_theres/</ref> Additionally, he claimed that Grace said in their texts that the Secret Service was fully aware of her being raped in the White House. He also claimed that 'Grace' wanted to date him because of her supposed, but obviously untrue, desire to get away from her father. This situation ended with the fake Grace presumably stopping contact with Daniel once they had successfully trolled him.