The Channel That Lived To Die

Mark Fischbach (left) and Ethan Nestor (right) discuss the end of Unus Annus as the timer ticks down during the final live stream. Screenshot by the author.

On November 15, 2019, YouTube was introduced to something very strange.

On a brand-new channel, popular YouTubers Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor, dressed in white and black suits respectively, stood on a backdrop of a black and white spiral and made the most interesting channel introduction I’ve ever seen.

Mark and Ethan described how the channel would work. There would be daily…