Dream\u2019s face reveal showed the true nature of the internet YouTube: Dream, SkittlefizzOn October 2, massively popular Minecraft content creator \u2018Dream\u2019 showed his face to the internet for the very first time \u2014 but reactions weren\u2019t all positive, with some trolls immediately insulting the influencer\u2019s appearance. Faceless content creators abound on social media. Names like Corpse Husband come to mind, who has purposefully hidden his appearance from the internet due to issues with self-image and privacy. Looking at the internet\u2019s response to Dream\u2019s face reveal, it\u2019s not hard to understand why Corpse continues to use fan-made avatars instead of a selfie. Although Dream was largely praised by other content creators who Facetimed him during a social media blitz ahead of his official reveal, the internet at large didn\u2019t seem to be impressed by his appearance. Dream\u2019s face reveal prompted a \u2018He\u2019s Ugly\u2019 Twitter trend In fact, one of the top trends on Twitter following his face reveal was \u201cHe\u2019s Ugly,\u201d with some commenters bemoaning the fact they waited up just for a \u201cmediocre\u201d looking guy to show his face. Unfortunately, it looks like Dream was going to get lambasted no matter what, because much like Corpse Husband, his fans\u2019 expectations were extremely high \u2014 and probably unrealistic. Corpse himself spoke on this subject in the past, saying: \u201cWhen you have millions of people like \u2018I think he looks like this or like this\u2019 and you look dramatically different from all of them, it\u2019s like you\u2019re going to let down a lot of people at once, and I\u2019d rather not do that.\u201d Fan expectations and internet trolls With a massive fanbase like Dream\u2019s, one also garners a decent amount of haters. It was almost certain that he would get backlash over his looks because of these two factors, something that YouTube star MoistCritikal pointed out in a recent video discussing the topic. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people that hate Dream, they hate his fan base, can\u2019t f*cking stand the guy,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I feel like no matter what he did here, this was going to happen. This was inevitable.\u201d \u201cHe could have done this face reveal and it turns out Henry Cavill was behind the mask\u2026 and Twitter still would have eaten him alive, calling him ugly.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time Dream\u2019s looks have been the topic of controversy. Back in 2021, internet trolls seemingly uncovered older photos of the Minecraft creator, instantly spawning backlash from fans and haters alike as his appearance didn\u2019t meet their expectations and accusing him of \u2018catfishing\u2019 \u2014 if that\u2019s even possible when a person hasn\u2019t ever publicly shown themselves in any fashion. This kind of negative response essentially enforces an idea that looks are all-important; that nothing matters to the masses outside of one\u2019s desirability. Looking at the average person\u2019s Instagram feed, this doesn\u2019t seem too far off the mark. Dream getting hate for face reveal highlights a bigger problem Therein lies the issue. What does this backlash against Dream say about the state of the internet? The rise of social media has undoubtedly birthed a generation of extremely visually-driven people who are sated by instant gratification. We crave picture-perfect influencers, airbrushed to perfection. If Dream doesn\u2019t meet the standards that some fans have conjured up in their heads, they feel that he\u2019s somehow wronged them. For haters, his appearance is also the perfect fodder for trolls to throw back at him when something goes wrong. At the end of the day, the negative reaction to Dream\u2019s face reveal exposes a massive problem with internet culture. We think it\u2019s okay to boil an entire person down to factors they can\u2019t control, such as their physical appearance. And if that doesn\u2019t live up to the masses\u2019 expectations, it\u2019s okay to fling proverbial poo at them. It\u2019s important to note that Dream has seen a swath of support in wake of these negative reactions from his fans and fellow influencers alike, but that doesn\u2019t erase the instant antagonism his highly-anticipated reveal was met with on social media. Sure, Dream is rich and famous. He\u2019s got resources. He\u2019ll be fine. He\u2019s certainly dealt with worse accusations before. But someone\u2019s status shouldn\u2019t be an excuse for others to behave badly toward them \u2014 and luckily, Dream has been planning this reveal for some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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