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ngl i think the real reason people hate the idea of damangela as a duo is because they personally dislike damien and project themselves onto their favs so hard they can't imagine angela caring for him when they don't. people are so weird towards angela in that regard where they'll write off her own words about damien just so they can push this agenda that they aren't friends. like if you're actively dismissing someone's feelings and the things they've expressed to fit your agenda how can you say you care about them? damien and angela are my favorite cast members independently of one another (fan of them both through smosh and their other ventures off the channels) and over the past year i started to really enjoy their dynamic so damangela also became one of my favorite duos. being a fan of them both separately of one another allowed me to notice how often they talk about one another, praise one another, and generally appreciate one another even before i started seeing them as a duo. the hate they get just feels so... distinctly targeted in a very strange way and i can only explain it through the lens of it being projection.
I sadly think you might be right. Bc even with other Damien duos, people think he has no chemistry with anyone. Some people really think no one there likes Damien and he “tries hard” to be their friend which is not true. Angela specifically has shown time and time again she likes Damien and vice versa. As you said, they mention each other a lot and say nothing but nice things. And it’s fine if not everyone likes Damien, you don’t have to, but just straight up lying saying the cast doesn’t either is very terrible honestly