Classic Era

The Classic Arc encompasses Daniel Larson's journey from the inception of his TikTok account, @daniellarsonfans, to his substantial growth and following on the platform. This period spans from around March 2020 to late 2021, ending where the Homeless Era began. During this period, especially during video's in 2020, Daniel's videos were notably more tame compared to his current content, likely due to his medication, housing, and lack of trolls. It can be argued that during this era, Daniel was significantly less mentally ill compared to his behavior following this.

During the Classic Era, the arcs that corresponded with it were the Fog Arc, and the Headset Arc. This era is notable for being the era where Daniel's Pinterest account was found, him being reported to the FBI following it, and for the lack of archiving of it in general. Additionally, this arc is notable for the incidents that occurred during it, most infamously, the May 6th Incident.

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While not his first account, the Classic Era would begin with the creation of Daniel's most notable TikTok account, @DanielLarsonFans, in March 2020. It should also be noted that Daniel was known to have an account named @DanielLarson_Fans at this time, although it is unclear if these are the same account. Sometime during March, Daniel uploaded his first video, which is footage of Daniel's neighborhood surrounding his then disability housing.^[1] One of Daniel's most popular video's was of him wearing a green shirt, in which he says "Good night everyone", and thanks his followers for their support.^[2] This is considered to be the point in time in which Daniel Larson developed the cult following seen today. This was due to his unorthodox appearance and strange mannerisms, which would soon push him into the spotlight. Daniel would post a variety of content, such as his then disability housing, him singing, and posting about his aspirations to be a singer-songwriter and a celebrity.

On March 25th, Daniel was under the effects of a stay-at-home order in Colorado due to the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic, which increased his social media use.^[3] During May, it appears as though Daniel was staying in a disability housing arrangement where he had access to a child. While this childs name is not known, Daniel had taken several videos of this child and posted it to @DanielLarsonFans.^[4] Knowing what he is now, this is extremely disturbing.

Daniel would begin posting increasingly popular videos on his various TikTok pages in May 2020, when he was staying in the Green Room. This month was most notable as it took place during the recent George Floyd protests (or to Daniel, riots), where he'd start voicing his opinions on the matter. He first posted about it on the 28th of May, on Twitter, where he stated that the situation was unfair because, in Daniel's words, "we are all equal."^[5]

jumping jacks as a tribute to George Floyd during the then current BLM protests, as well as being under the assumption that his fans were rioting in the streets.

Sometime in July, during the 2020 presidential election, Daniel announced that he would be running for President of the United States. While it is unknown when the first video announcing this was made, a post from the 10th of July from his Twitter account can be found regarding this topic.^[6] Despite not stating what political party he belonged to or what kind of policies he'd instill, people began to ironically encourage him, calling him "Mr. President" as they played along. In his TikToks from this time, Daniel called for a Coronavirus vaccine to be made by Halloween of that year, as if he truly was the President.^[7]

Beginning in August, Daniel would begin to be contacted by several false management "companies" and record labels, who sought to exploit his desire to be famous. Though, this appears to have begun as early as July, as a post on Reddit claims that during July 2020, the band, Rectus Abdominus, attempted to sign Daniel to a company named Graduate Records after his phone number was leaked. This appears to have been a legitimate record label, evidenced by the fact that it had shut its doors in 2022 after producing multiple songs, such as Heart Shaped Lakes' debut album, Good Grief: A Violent Dream. After their conversation, Daniel was not interested in signing to the label as he claimed it was "not big enough", proceeding to then sign on to Fine Dining Records.

These management companies would convince him to say several degrading and controversial things, most notably a video wherein Daniel apologizes for being in the possession of CP.^[8] Even more, Daniel was made to strip nude by these record companies, which is evidenced by a now-lost Zoom meeting organized by "Titan.Co", another fake management company.^[9]^[10] In this meeting, Daniel is noted to have exposed himself in front of potentially hundreds of minors, but this is unconfirmed.

Pinterest Leak

On November 20, 2020, Daniel's Pinterest account was leaked, which dated back far before Daniel ever became popular on TikTok. According to TikTok's by now banned user @Diper_911, the account was found through an email associated with his Twitter account. The account had albums filled with images of children, most notably celebrities such as Grace VanderWaal and Darci Lynne Farmer, who were both 16 at the time. However, it should be noted that the pictures saved to his Pinterest were photos of them from when they were even younger. Additionally, the Pinterest account contained maps of the United States which listed the age of consent for each state, and photos of his various underage celebrity crushes.

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