About

Christine Weston Chandler (a.k.a. Chris-Chan, CWC), formerly known as Christian Weston Chandler, is a YouTube vlogger and creator of the webcomic Sonichu. Since late 2007, Chandler became a trolling target by Encyclopedia Dramatica, 4chan and Kiwi Farms who frequently mocked his artwork and online behavior.

Online History

Sonichu

While attending college, Chandler was expelled for a year after attempting to find women by posting signs in public places. Over the course of this expulsion, Chandler began work on the first issue of Sonichu, completing it in March of 2005. Although it had originally focused on the Sonichu and Rosechu characters, the comic eventually turned focus toward his life.

Discovery on 4chan

Although he had had an online presence since at least 1999, Chandler was not targeted by 4chan until 2007 when a drawing of Sonichu was posted on the imageboard. Chandler's comics, website and YouTube channel were subsequently discovered. Chandler subsequently uploaded a video addressing his new followers, informing them that he is a high-functioning autistic (shown below).





Sagas





Megan Schroeder / Adam Stackhouse / ED Sagas (2005-2011)

Megan Schroeder was a real-life friend of Chandler's whom he had met in 2005. In 2007, Chandler entered the Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap Showdown, a Sony-held contest promoting the PlayStation Portable version of PaRappa the Rappa, which some speculated was an attempt to woo Schroeder. At the same time a man named Adam Stackhouse created an entry with his sister which ultimately won first place (shown below, left). Chandler, dejected, accused Adam of cheating to win, to the point that he made a video of himself shooting a picture of Adam (shown below, right). Megan told Chandler that she was glad he lost and was disturbed by Chandler's obsession with her. Despite this, the two were still friends until March 2008.





Soon after the creation of the Encyclopedia Dramatica article, Chandler discovered it for himself. Distressed by the amount of negative attention toward him, the large amount bizarre sexually-themed troll art on the page and a blurry photo taken of him without his consent, he declared war on the website, denouncing it as "slander". He went on to start a flame war by creating several sockpuppets, attempting to write himself in a positive light, blanking the page, deleting sections of the article, getting into arguments on the talk page for the article, and uploading his own Rule 34 images, including a pornographic image Chandler had drawn of himself engaging in a sexual act with Schroeder named "ShecameforCWC.jpg." After discovering, Schroeder reportedly broke off communication with Chandler. In July of 2008, Chandler uploaded a video to vent his anger to the trolls and clarified that the woman in ShecameforCWC.jpg was Schroeder and not his fictional daughter as some had theorized (shown below).





Blanca / Jimmy Hill Sagas (2008-2009)

Blanca Weiss was an identity taken on by several catfish trolls in 2008. The first trolling attempts were shared by three internet users who contacted Chandler via instant messaging and telephone. The saga culminated with Chandler sending the Sonichu medallion he wore at the time to one of the three trolls, Ickeriss69, who destroyed it on camera (shown below).





In September 2008, the second trolling attempts were carried out by Encyclopedia Dramatica troll Lordsillynipples, who claimed to obtain pornographic photographs from Chandler.

Around the same time of the Blanca saga, another troll, under the guise of English association football personality Jimmy Hill, claimed to be the true creator of Sonichu and that he had turned the series into a successful franchise in the United Kingdom. Chandler, offended by the portrayal of the Sonichu universe in Jimmy Hill's version (Sonichu as a homosexual, Chandler as an evil robot, etc.), as well as the supposed plagiarism of his work, addressed him several times. On October 13th, Chandler addressed Jimmy more directly (shown below, right). By February of 2009, Jimmy's site was no longer being updated.

The Clyde Cash Sagas (2008-2010)

Clyde Cash is a pseudonym for a troll who is considered to be Chandler's arch enemy. In December of 2008, Clash claimed that his younger brother, Ryan Cash, killed himself when Chandler spontaneously announced he would stop publishing Sonichu. Cash began to harass Chandler several times, and Chandler responded with an apology video towards Cash (shown below, left). Around this time Chandler drew an image of his new "sweetheart" named PandaHalo, who Cash, as an act of revenge on Chandler, told him he had raped PandaHalo who in turn supposedly became pregnant. He later posed as a Nintendo web designer named Gregg Mays in order to take a hold of his website and blackmail him into making a video stating he was gay.

After that, he impersonated Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, convincing Chandler that a Sonichu game was considered and rejected by Nintendo. Chandler also uploaded a video directed towards Miyamoto in a bid to prove to him that he is the real Christian Weston Chandler, and not a troll (shown below, left). Later, Clyde was able to troll Chandler in real life by not only getting another individual, Robert Simmons V, to act similar to Chandler and actually talk to him, but by sabotaging a date with another girlfriend (who turned out to be another real-life troll) via sending a man in a pickle costume to the same location as the date. Clyde was claimed to be killed on May 22, 2009, though this was later proven to be false. The image of Lee Hotti became associated with Clyde after Lordsillynipples, the same troll who impersonated Blanca, told Chandler that this was what Cash actually looked like. In March of 2010 Chandler would upload a video in which he addresses his rage to many trolls, specifically Cash, and goes so far as to play out a scenario in which the two of them meet, ending in Cash's death. The video has since been removed.





Bluespike / Julie Saga

BlueSpike was a troll who met Chandler in December 2008, under the alias of Julie, a girl who wanted to be Chandler's girlfriend. Over the course of their relationship, Bluespike claimed to have used the alias to lead Chandler into making a video of himself performing a sex act on an inflatable while yelling Julie's name.

During this time, BlueSpike assumed another identity under the alias of Max, claiming to be Julie's younger brother while still maintaining the Julie persona as a separate character. Over the course of an hour in March 2009, Max managed to get into Chandler's PlayStation Network account and threatened to sell it on Ebay and stop Chandler from seeing Julie altogether, unless Chandler said "Billy Mays is the mayor of CWCville," whilst putting his Sonichu medallion into his anal cavity.





Ivy Saga

In March 2009, Chandler met another troll by the name of Ivy who Chandler believed was his girlfriend until later that year. The result of Ivy trolling Chandler resulting in him implementing her as a character into Sonichu and many videos about him declaring his love for her, in the form of music videos, sexual content, and later, a marriage proposal.









The saga officially came to an end in July 2009 when Chandler learned that 'Ivy' had committed suicide, which he would later reference in the Sonichu comic as a tribute to her.

Liquid Chris / Kacey Sagas

Liquid Chris was a troll who appeared in late June of 2009, claiming that Chandler was an impersonator and that he was the real Chandler. He was able to bait Chandler into reacting to him, and soon after a "CWCivil War" trying to prove who was the real Chandler-chan broke out between the two, despite Liquid being an obvious imitator. The highlight of this was a karaoke competition, which the real Chandler later retracted after losing. After a two month long period of inactivity, Liquid's at the time supposed girlfriend Kacey managed to gain contact with Chandler, and pretended to almost be tricked by Chandler into going to his house. She pretended to break up with Liquid until she "learned" that Chandler was tricking her. Liquid ended his trolling on November 6 with a video saying that he was given permission to marry Kacey.





Asperchu / CWCipedia Sagas

Asperchu is a Sonichu parody comic written by Alec Benson Leary, first released on December 4, 2009. Chandler discovered the comic soon after after being sent several homoerotic pieces of artwork featuring the Sonichu and Asperchu characters. On January 19, 2010, Chandler posted a twelve-page portion of Sonichu featuring the Asperchu characters not only being saved from Alec, but also being rewritten into versions of themselves less insulting to Chandler, along with an ultimatum insisting that these incarnations were now Asperchu canon. Chandler soon apologized for the trouble he was causing. This was, however, seemingly taken back, as Chandler soon after uploaded the final pages of Sonichu #10, depicting Alec and the staff of his Asperchu wiki being brutally murdered in various ways.





The Surfshack Tito and CWC Exile Sagas

In March of 2010, Chandler attempted to disconnect himself from the Internet. It is commonly believed his former pastoral counselor Rochelle "Rocky" Shoemaker was behind this exile. Although he was seemingly gone, Chandler was, in reality, still around, contacting yet another potential girlfriend (see below), posing as a troll named "JenkinsJinkies" on the CWCki , and uploading various animations for Flipnote Studio. He was also covertly photographed at several Fridays After Five in Charlottesville, VA. This saga ended in late August, when three videos leaked of Chandler destroying his PlayStation 3.

Jackie / Tomgirl Sagas

Jacklyn "Jackie" Romy was a troll who represented herself through a fake alias nicknamed "Jackie" accompanied by a picture of an anonymous female taken from a set of amateur adult photographs (shown below, left). Chandler first got into contact with her in April of 2010, and the two corresponded via email for several weeks over the course of the month. During this period, Jackie discovered Chandler's online presence, which culminated into a video on April 21st where Chandler describes what sexual acts he would perform on her (shown below, right).





Disgusted by his seeming unwillingness to be in a stable relationship, Jackie broke off communication with Chandler until July. She attempted to give Chandler advice on how to improve his life, which he ultimately ignored. In September 2010, she asked Chandler to draw pictures of he and herself having intercourse, to which he obliged. He also made several videos targeting Jackie's ex-boyfriend, and, through October, recorded several videos of him cosplaying in order to impress her, mostly as various cartoon characters. The Jackie saga ended after Chandler stopped replying to her emails at the end of the same month, and to many it is still unclear whether "Jackie" was an online troll pretending to be a female interested in Chandler or if she actually was real.

In late March of 2011, Chandler sent an email to Jackie about a new interest he had picked up: crossdressing. At the end of April, Surfshack Tito leaked images of Chandler dressed in women's clothing. In May, he joined the now defunct Tomboys and Tomgirls of Virginia forum, and was soon found out in the next month. Over the course of August, Chandler made a series of videos, named the "Calling Out" series, in an attempt to get trolls to apologize to him; only Surfshack Tito met his demands. The Tomgirl Saga ended in September with the death of Chandler's father, Robert Chandler.

GAMe PLACe Saga

From dates as early as 2002 to 2008, one of Chandler's favorite places to hang out in Charlottesville was the local hobby and game store, the GAMe PLACe, owned by Michael Snyder. Chandler enjoyed coming to the store because they sold video games and trading cards, and held weekly tournaments of the Pokemon Trading Card Game which Chandler, at the time, had an interest in. It is also where he met Megan and became friends with her before the events of the ED saga occurred.

However, during his time at the GAMe PLACe, Chandler would repeatedly be warned by the store's staff and Michael himself for numerous behaviors and incidents he caused, including racism, yelling at children, poor sportsmanship in card games and video games, and disrupting the shopping experience of other customers. This information was revealed by two trolls under the aliases of Mimms and Lucas, who experienced viewing the behavior first-hand when Chandler was a regular customer.

In August 2008, Chandler was officially banned from the store by Snyder and was legally not allowed to come back, which would lead Chandler to try and convince Snyder to appeal his ban by continuously sending emails to him, trying to sneak in the store itself and making apology videos through his YouTube channel at the time, to no avail.





On October 28 2011, Chandler and his mother, Barbara 'Barb' Chandler, were arrested under the allegation that they had been trying to hit Michael with their car. Chandler was sentenced to community service, one year of probation and mandatory psychiatric treatment on July 10 2012, nine months after the initial incident occurred.

Documentary

On February 2nd, 2015, YouTuber sachumo uploaded a video titled "Chris Chan Documentary," chronicling the personal life and online history of Chandler (shown below). Within two years, the video gained over 1.08 million views and 9,000 comments.





Patreon

In June 2017, Chandler launched a Patreon titled "Christine Weston Chandler is creating Sonichu and Rosechu Official Comic Books and Products." On October 9th, Chandler uploaded a video discussing the Patreon page (shown below). As of November 2017, the Patreon collects $610 per month from 27 patrons.





PewDiePie Video

On November 9th, 2017, YouTuber PewDiePie uploaded a video titled "Stop Ruining Sonic," in which he discusses Chandler and Sonichu (shown below). That day, the video was submitted to the "Christian Weston Chandler" forum on Kiwi Farms.





Personal Life

Chandler was born on February 24, 1982 in Charlottesville, Virginia and was raised in Ruckersville, Virginia for the majority of his life. Early in his life he was diagnosed with autism, though it is not sure when exactly this took place. He took interest in Sonic the Hedgehog from the time the earliest games came out, and later took interest in Pokémon as well. In 1994, his name was legally changed from Christopher to Christian after having it misheard by Leonard Bearstein of the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra, an animatronic musical project. In March of 2000, Chandler created the Sonichu character after he was not allowed to use copyrighted characters in a school project, instead combining two preexisting characters to create an "original" character. After graduating from high school, Chandler enrolled at Peidmont Virginia Community College, eventually obtaining an associates degree in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design.

Search Interest

Know Your Meme Store

External Sources