Jayce / ManOfProgress

— 31 years old, he/him, bisexual trans man, Mexican-Brazilian— Started content creation in 2020 as a hobby to battle the pandemic boredom but blew up and decided to make it his full-time gig— Streams games and goofballery on Twitch [623k followers] and posts & streams more personal and unrelated content on YouTube [102k subscribers]— Found Viktor’s channel ~6 months before they started talking and feels very comforted by his voice; sleeps to his videos every night and puts one on whenever he’s anxious or angry— Got into a bad car accident as a child that was fatal to his father and left him with chronic pain on his left leg; now wears a knee brace and a calf compress periodically

Viktor / The Machine Herald

— 32 years old, he/him, gay trans man, Czech-Polish— Was unable to leave the house during the peak of the pandemic and found joy and inspiration from Jayce’s content, and chose to start dabbling in content creation in 2022— Creates very technically advanced and meticulously crafted ASMR videos; usually fully focuses on the mechanical sounds and tech aesthetic but lately has been brancing out more [12,3k subscribers before he gets in kahoots with Jayce]— Started showing his face only around the time when Jayce started watching him; previously wore a mask in videos— Has many health problems, including scoliosis and rheumatoid arthritis (which has caused lung scarring and severe cartilage damage to his right leg and spine)