I watched SANDERS SIDES for the first time and OH BOY do I feel called out lmao 

Matthew!!!!!!! Oh my gosh, I’m so honored!!!!! Love you, bud!!!

Really hope he watches in order from now on and watches the endcards otherwise he's gonna be SOOOO confused

you kept saying that Patton (passion and morality) sounded passive-aggressive, and I'm just here to tell you that everything Patton says is 100% genuine. His entire character is just dad jokes and expressing love for everyone and everything.

3:08 um actually 🤓☝️ is literally logans whole vibe so you totally got that down

oh no this is gonna bring back my horrific childhood hyperfixation that lasted over 6 years (it was the worst and most intense hyperfixation I’ve ever experienced)

Fun fact: Joan worked on all of the Sanders Sides episodes up until roughly the Asides (second series for less content-focused vids) started. So yes, Joan was a part of this episode! I also highly recommend watching the episodes past this one in order if you do plan to keep watching, since it's designed to be seen in chronological order

"Lets self immolate forever!" Oh that's a different side, keep watching

As an old time Sander's Sides fan: AAYGKSYTFSMYTFSYJTFSYJTFA PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE SERIESSSSS

honestly thought this was such a sweet concept & i love that i'm still able to learn so much 💙

"creativity disorder" is basically just my experience of ADHD So yeah, gettin real relatable up here

CRAP HE STARTED WITH THE WORST POSSIBLE ONE TO START ON-

Here are the names of all the Sander Sides just in case others didnt catch it :) Anxiety: Virgil Morality: Patton Logic: Logan Creativity: Roman

Holy hell. The nostalgic whiplash from middle school/early high school is hitting me so hard.

5:13 Each side has a name, but until they decide to tell Thomas their names, they're just called whichever concept they represent. Logan is Logic, Creativity becomes Roman, Morality becomes Patton, and Anxiety becomes Virgil. Later on in the series, we also meet Janus, who represents deceit, and Remus, who represents intrusive thoughts. I highly recommend watching the intrusive thoughts episode. It's so good, and Remus's song is a bop.

The Sanders Sides did actually start with Anxiety and was always educational about understanding and accepting all parts of oneself and learning to do exactly what this episode explicitly talks about, which is to work *with* your emotions and not let them rule you. I'm definitely looking forward to you watching more!!! If you want to see Patton's (Morality) room, then MOVING ON parts 1 and 2 are where Thomas and the Sides go there! Other good ones are: Can Lying be GOOD?, Selfishness vs Selflessness, and Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS. I would definitely suggest watching these in order to avoid spoilers. >.> Yes, it's possible to be spoiled, lol

This is my dream come true! Sander Sides is fantastic and I definitely recommend the full series :) its helped a lot of people with self discovery and mental health

OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED

We are eating good today people.. Mathew has delivered

"stop making me understand my emotions" was me when I was watching this series in my teen years lmao. I love Sanders Sides so much

Watching you have these epiphanies is so validating and cathartic. This goofy series taught me that no part (or "side") of you is *inherently* bad, they all have a job to do, and that's a HUGE perspective shift! I would love for you to keep watching this show ❤️

This series is basically like if Riley could talk to her emotions from Inside Out. And if the emotions were a lot more complicated than just "happy" and "sad" Logan is his Logical side. Roman is his Creative side. Patton is his Morality side. And Virgil is obviously his Anxiety side.

I really hope you actually watch these episode in order, it's really interesting to see how they all develop. Both the characters and the deep themes that they discuss. It isn't making sense to you because you started right in the middle. This is actually the 2 part special at the end of the first major arc of episodes which had been building up since the beginning. Please watch the episodes in order to understand

Y'ALL Y'ALL HOLY SHIT. WATCH THE WHOLE SERIES RN I love this series I haven't been hype for any other video but this I love you please watch more I beg this is my comfort show Patton's (Morality) my comfort character and biggest kin

I HAVE NEVER CLICKED A NOTIF FASTER THAN THIS

We're finally doing Sanders Sides. I hope you watch this series in order so you can see how Thomas's mind and creative anilities grow along with these characters.

18:50 And here we see Mathew perfectly describing what artists call 'plagued by the visions'

You don't even know how glad I am that you watched SANDERS SIDES. I've been watching this series from the beginning.

Probably was already said but YES! Joan worked on this ep. Joan actually kept working on sanders sides up until about 3 years ago. There’s a behind the scenes vid of Joan and Talyn working on this. They’re both so talented!

literally RIGHT when i was getting hypetfixated on sander sides again… MATHEW HOW DID YOU KNOWWW

Sanders Sides is such an interesting series, if you do more I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

The constant creativity is actually something that was addressed in Sandman on Netflix (no idea if it was in the comics). But yeah, the guy ended up having a constant flux of ideas and it drove him nuts.

SANDERSIDES‼️‼️‼️‼️ you gotta watch the full series in order at some point, its amazing. Top tier. 10/10.

the part where Virgil (anxiety) tells Thomas to breathe in for 5 seconds and let it out for 7 seconds is him telling him how to breathe during a panic attack also YAY I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE REACTING TO SANDER SIDES I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! also, Patton saying “i’ve been theorizing about it (Virgil’s name) for a while now and if it’s not exactly what i think it is i will lose it” is an inside joke for the fandom because all the other characters had already reveled their names and Virgil was the last one. his name reveal took a lot longer than the other sides and the fandom went crazy trying to figure it out. like i remember having in depth discussions with other fanders (Thomas’ fandom name) about what we thought his name was gonna be. so yeah now you have context 👏

The sides within the episode (there are others) are Logan - Logic Patton - Morality Roman - Creavity Virgil - Anxiety

the special interest flailing that I did upon seeing this upload was mortifying but worth it

If you want to see more of Joan, I recommend "Can lying be good." If you want a fun song/ thought provoking episode, I recommend "Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts" Glad you're reacting to this series- I enjoyed the video as always!

PLEASE WATCH MORE SANDERS SIDES! Thomas does such an amazing job exploring different topics and concepts like this one, he has videos on dealing with intrusive thoughts, selfishness vs. selflessness, moving on and nostalgia, and learning new things about ourselves (this one features puppets!), plus so much more,.The way he tackles these issues is so unique and it made me so happy that you were able to catch on to the message of this episode so quickly!

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE, please do watch the whole series so far since you seem interested! Thomas has a playlist on his page labeled "Sanders Sides: The Complete Collection" with all of the episodes so far in order! (btw Creativity's name is Roman)

Sanders Sides is honestly so amazing. The Intrusive Thoughts video has helped me a lot personally, so has the Anxiety two parter. And so have other Sanders Sides videos. I also really just like the characters.

Your gonna have to watch in order. He makes lots of callbacks and references to previous sandersides episodes.

As a Sander Sides cosplayer who is also a fan of yours this is the crossover I needed💜

I just finished Sanders sides for the second time yesterday, you gotta go on order, or nothing makes sense. Thomas has a playlist on his channel.

Soooo, I know you have a lot on your plate already, but this is one I'd love to see you watch in order, as there *is* continuity in these, strangely enough. He even has an official, in order playlist, and there's even bloopers to enjoy! Obviously the bloopers don't need a reaction vid, but still. If you watch them, having the full order/continuity will most likely bring more enjoyment. And I know we'd probably all enjoy seeing you follow the journey of Thomas!

Matthew’s track of mind as he started realizing Anxiety’s importance reminds me of myself when I felt started seeing any psychologist for my anxiety disorder 😂

5:43 Close, Logan is derived from Logos.

PLEASE I BEG OF YOU TO WATCH THIS SERIES IN ORDER. There is a playlist on his channel. This is my favorite series

YES FINALLY!! It’s wonderful seeing this fandom coming back around

This series evolved from light hearted comedy with life lessons to a full on rollercoaster of emotions + life lessons. With a lot more CHAOS on the side. Truly amazing, I've enjoyed every second of it! 😂❤

Noooo, the end credit scene!! 😂😂 And yes, PLEASE do more!!

The thing about Roman is that he’s more than just creativity, he’s also Thomas’ pride & confidence

It hurts my soul so much when he just watches the best episode of something without watching everything else before it that makes it so awesome. Truly heartbroken every single time and can't get myself to watch the video ;-;

IM SO GLAD THIS FANDOM IS COMING BACK

Fun fact: this was one of the shows I watched during quarantine and it really helped me with things like realizing I had intrusive thoughts or helping with my anxiety. I even cosplayed as a certain yellow fiend and my brother as Patton

Im glad you watched Sander's sides but the fact you started here means you dont get the stress of how dragged out it was to get Anxiety's name. All the Sanders sides videos are them working together and getting better at communicating. There are also a few other sides on occasion that fill in other parts of Thomas' mind and he (Roman) does role playing and he has played a few games as the others.

MAN this takes me back, id love to see you reacting to the rest of the series,it keeps bringing up really interesting depictions of a whole bunch of moral and self evaluating questions we all struggle with

I really hope Matthew watches the Sander Sides episodes in order. Theres actually some lore in there. Its really interesting. Its kind of confusing out of order and the endcards are important too.

Ahhhh you definitely picked a good episode to dive in on. Summary of the characters- Roman (aka Princey)- Creativity- very dramatic and acts like he's better than others Logan- Logic- Takes everything very factual and literally. Can get a lil snappy with the others Patton- Morality- Very sweet, considered the dad character. A lil toooo optimistic sometimes Virgil- Anxiety- Nervous and grumpy, but clearly cares deeply for the others, including Thomas

The way I SCREAMED when I saw this title and thumbnail:’)!! I LITERALLY LOVE SANDER SIDES SM. Not only is it my childhood but it’s just always been healing to me

I highly recommend the rest of the series!! It surprisingly teaches so much about the mind, mental health and feelings and in such a fun way! I've watched the series for years and it's helped me grow and learn so much about myself!! Season 2 (after Accepting Anxiety) is my favorite round of videos honestly lol my favorite video specifically has to be Selfishness v. Selflessness though

oh no, I can feel my 2020 Sandersides phase coming back... oh my god I'm realizing now how much I can still quote from this even though I haven't rewatched it in forever...

YOU KNOW JOAN? That's so wholesome, what the duck- yes, they did help write this video!! BY THE WAY, there are extra scenes at the end of each video, so make sure you stay for those 😁

Never have I EVER clicked so FAST YES FINALLY SANDERS SIDES!!! This has been my comfort show for about 8 years now (since it released lmao) and I just ugh. I love it so much. I hope you enjoy it more and more if you continue the series🤩

Whoo sanders Sides Reactions!Pls watch the whole Thing! And in order! And watch the endcart! That would be fantastic!

AAAAAAAA SANDER SIDES!!!!!! I love them so much! You should definitely watch them in order cause they show really awesome lessons as well as having a storyline and character development to them! Can’t wait to see u watch more of them!

you'd love some of the other episodes (to see Patton's (Morality) room, the "moving on" two-parter will have that)

Joan did indeed have a handy in writing these representations as well as actual a Psychologist who helped Thomas to understand these concepts. Sander Sides are great. FYI Logan (Logic) Virgil (Angst) Patton (Innocent, carefree, fun loving) and Roman (Creativity) all of them were named after great thinkers. Pretty sure the others were too

ugh yessss sanders sides, i used to be so obsessed with this series the episode that really changed my perspective on things was selflessness vs. selfishness, there's so much info jam packed into that episode it was such a crazy fun thing to watch, especially right as it came out

You didn’t watch me in order and now you’ve got their names spoiled lmao I do hope to see more! Sander sides is one of my fav things and it’s nice to see more reactions to it!

For more Thomas Sanders content, while naturally I'd love more Sanders Sides, can I recommend reacting to his singing?? He's got a few Disney mashups, a couple of original songs, some covers, and if you wanna stay on the Sides train there's some songs throughout the series.

18:48 im gonna be a literature nerd for a second but that idea of a “creativity disorder” was actually explored in a short story that i can’t remember the name of lol. In the story, a boy had an extremely heightened imagination that made him see metaphors and symbolism in EVERYTHING to the point of him being put in a mental asylum. It made me realize being too creative can actually be bad for you lol

OKAY! Context as to why Virgil’s voice changes like that he was once called “paranoia” as opposed to “anxiety” so when he gets extra paranoid or overwhelmed, his voice changes which shows that he used to be a dark side instead of a light side (hope that helps a little!! 💜🖤)

Omg, this fandom is revivingggggggg!!!! I literally thought there would be very few people in the fandom and that it kinda died and I was the few people new to the fandom. I now see so many recent comments on Pinterest on Sander Sides stuff it's insane!

glad you liked _sanders sides!_ it's definitely an interesting concept, but a fun one nonetheless. for the sake of understanding the four main sides better, i'll quickly explain what each of their names mean and how they correlate to the character: logan - named after aristotle's logical appeals (logos); in thomas's vines, was originally the "teacher" character patton - named after aristotle's emotional appeals (pathos), as well as the term "paternity", as patton - in thomas's vines - was originally the "dad" character; patton is thomas's heart roman - based off of romanticism and the romantic movement, a lot of romantic literary works revolved around knights/princes (hence, the nickname "princey"), plus, he was originally the "prince" character in thomas's vines virgil - latin origin of unknown meaning, theorized to mean "vigil"; the character of virgil appears in _dante's inferno,_ wherein he (virgil) guides dante out of the underworld, which is similar-ish to virgil guiding thomas and the other sides out of his room in _accepting anxiety: part two_ if you're curious about the source of all these name meanings, check out thomas's _sanders sides_ behind the scenes q&a! when scrolling through thomas's videos, it's the one uploaded right after _accepting anxiety: part two._

Oh my this is insane, i never thought that this day would come. Sanders Sides means so much to me, taught me how to deal with my mental health before i needed it and literally learned english because of it sjdjwjsksk. Hope you have a good ride with this series, its amazing. Pd: pLEASE WATCH IT IN ORDER, self discovery is the main thing, but there's lore too, there's a playlist in thomas' channel :D

This was so many years ago but you don’t even know how HUGE these two episodes were when they first got released. This double feature gave us Anxiety’s name, him being accepted by the group, the hint at FUTURE sides??? Suffice it to say, I was obsessed and watched it when it dropped 😂

What you said about not feeling pain is so true. I have a birth defect that caused nerve damage in my feet, so I can't feel anything in them & they're completely paralyzed. And whenever I tell people I don't feel pain in them, they're like "oh, that must be nice", but.. I can't walk barefoot outside. And I'm technically not supposed to inside either, but there's much less that could hurt me. I still have to be mindful though & check my feet for scratches & stuff every so often bc I won't know if I step on something sharp & it could get infected or something. So it isn't completely terrible & life altering, but it's still annoying sometimes lol

The shade on not remembering Roman's name is the most ironic and hilarious thing ever

literally my whole childhood !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never watched any of your videos but I’m in Thomas’ fan community and someone recommended this video. Watching you watch this video for the first time and figure stuff out was truly THE BEST! You came to a lot of great conclusions, some very accurate, some you should watch more to make it make sense! 😂 I highly encourage watching the rest of Sanders Sides and Thomas’ other videos. I’ve been in the fandom for 6+ years and I’m still not tired of Sanders Sides. And I’ll be giving you a follow! 😁

Seeing this posted just Made. My. Day. I’m so glad you’re discovering Sanders Sides! Highly recommend more episodes.

Was NOT expecting this, it’s been so long, but this is one of my favorite webseries ever. But it is a series, meaning plots do continue from previous episodes, especially as time goes on, so please watch the whole series in order!

😂😂Mathew...I think you broke me...before you even started the reaction...!😂😂"Joaney-woaney...in my thomby-womby..."😂😂and then just the look on your face afterwards like WAHT HAVE I JUST DONE? What terrible words have I uttered???😂😂

I've said this a few times but I'm so glad Sander's Sides was the first fandom I majorly took part in. The content is so comforting and clever with the majority of the videos having great messages in them, and the fandom was/is filled with so many kind and supportive people. Thank you fanders :)

YESSS ILOVE THOMAS SANDERS AND YOU AND NOW YOURE WATCHING AND ITS GREAT

This is also why the movie “inside out” is important

if you do watch more, please watch the series in order ‼️‼️ i love sanders sides so much

Strongly recommend watching these in order because the series does set up the dynamic for the characters and explains who everyone is

OHH PLEASE watch these in order. i love this series so much

Yes!! I love Sanders Sides! Please watch these in order! ❤❤

"this is so layered!" welcome to sanders sides its always layered af :)))

Starting with these 2 videos is like deciding to watch a linear story based show and starting at the season 1 finally. Sanders Sides is one of those web series that you *need* to watch in order or else you'll have no context for what is happening.

I am SO HAPPY you checked this out!!! Hopefully you'll give others a try too, although i recommend taking it in order! Sanders Sides has gotten me through a lot of tough moments in my life, they're surprisingly deep and helpful, aside from being very entertaining! Again, thank you for getting so absorbed into this😂

i’d really LOVE to see your reaction to more sanders sides eps (ideally in chronological order) the episode on intrusive thoughts was literally the only reason i was able to overcome my own intrusive thoughts that were causing me horrific insomnia for days in a row. it’s always great when a series is able to be entertaining and relatable yet still educational and introspective at the same time.

WOOOO I love Sanders Sides! I genuinely learned so much about myself through these episodes and they got me through some pretty hard times. So cool to know that you're friends with Joan!! Highly recommend checking out some of Thomas's music, he's incredible and got some really fun stuff.

It’s so cool seeing somebody experience a piece of media for the first time that was so influential in raising me and shaping me into who I am today, especially for them to get it so completely. I’ve been watching Thomas since he was on vine and followed him over to RU-vid back around 2016. I watched the first sanders sides video when it came out and have been a fan since. I remember the first part of this coming out and it was the LONGEST 5 days of my life waiting for part 2. I remember I just spent that time rewatching the series up until that point over and over again and constantly refreshing his page to check if part 2 had been uploaded yet lol (I was like 11 at the time). Virgil has always been and always will be my favorite character and these episodes were the culmination of the nuances that were present throughout the series up until that point that were the reason why he was my fav. Thomas is such an intelligent, funny, talented, and genuine creator and it has been a privilege watching him all these years. Thank you so much Thomas. This reaction video just shows that your videos have held up against the test of time and that they are still so poignent and have something to say today.

OH MY GOSH YES! I hope you can check out more of this in the future, either going through the series in order or just checking out some of the songs!

Yes ! I recommend seeing all of them ! The first videos aren't really long (it goes on longer and longer with time) and very profond, but each one of them deserves a reaction, specially since they began to talk about more profond concepts.

The first sides you see in this video, Patton (the Morality side), Logan (the Logical side), and Roman (the Creativity side) are all based on the narrative ideals of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos (and there are reasons why Roman doesn't go with a name like Ethan to go with Ethos the way that Patton and Logan go with Pathos and Logos). Virgil's name comes from the poem "The Divine Comedy" AKA Dante's Inferno (a tale about a man named Dante being shown the nine rings of hell by an ancient Roman poet named Virgil who also warns Dante about each ring). As of today, there are two other sides that we have come across (and a third who is set to appear in the next video). I won't say much more on the subject as this entire series is worth watching with how fun and how deep it can get and spoilers are no fun.

I havent seen anything about Sanders Sides in AWHILE now, how refreshing lol

My God, Sanders Sides!!!! I remember watching from the very beginning after Thomas got hyper fixated on Inside Out up until their amazing costume changes and intricate plots, Ironically, Sander Sides helped me with a couple of my Psychology classes for school 😂 lol. I never knew a silly RU-vid show could be so helpful. Thanks for reminding me of this incredibly niche interest of mine. ❤❤😂 Matthew explaining each scene in detail and I'm over here in my room yelling "exactly!!!!"