Ash

Ash (She/They) is the former GTLive Technician and the new host of GTLive.The NEXT Evolution of GTLive is Here!|Meme Review-GTLive, posted Aug 26, 2024 Ash uses she/they pronouns with no preference, which they confirmed on RedditDid anyone catch Ash's (new voice on gtlive) pronouns?-Game Theorist SubReddit, posted March 25 2022, in a That Cybert Channel guest appearanceExplaining the Game Theory Iceberg w/ @absofruitlyash|Cybert Live-That Cybert Channel, posted on April 20, 2023. and on their Twitter account @absofruitlyash.https://youtu.be/k-jXq05SOdY?t=59 They joined Theorist in 2022, with their first off camera voice appearance in March, and their first on camera appearance on sister channel Food Theory in July. Since then, they have made multiple appearances on Style Theory and (in PNG form) on Game Theory and Film Theory, and made their on stage debut at the 2024 Anaheim Vid Con. In their previous role as a GTLive tech they created the programming for GTLive by selecting the games and other content for MatPat and his occasional guest stars. Ash was also responsible for many of the technical and production aspects of GTLive. 
On August 26th 2024, Stephanie and MatPat announced that Ash would be taking over as host of GTLive. They also announced that Sam would be stepping into the role of GTLive technician. 
According to the lore of GTLive, Ash is a figment of Mirror Matt's imagination, and therefore a figment of MatPat's imagination. She took on the generally more affirming voice in MatPat's head compared to Mirror Matt. In early episodes, Ash's chaos and vibes slowly change from episode to episode, keeping Matt on his toes. The main running jokes are that Ash loves to do crime and is slowly converting the older Team members into using Gen-Z speak. 
YouTube User CrushingStrawberries has compiled a playlist of every Ash appearance and GTLive episode in chronological order, here.
==Education ==
Ash lived in Long Island until they were ten years old, after which they moved down south.Is the FNAF Security Logbook FINALLY Solved?!|@HyperDroid "I Solved FNAF's Biggest Mystery"-GTLive, posted Sept 6 2024. They have a theater background, as they went to a Fine Arts High School and graduated with a drama endorsement, which is similar to majoring in a specific discipline in US higher education. They have joked that they have deep seated "theater trauma" as a result of their education. Ash started in the high school's second year of operation. They were in the school's first ever auditioned theater show, which was a performance of The Bald Soprano and Ash was cast as Mrs Martin.BAD END THEATER | No Happy Endings? (Simulation Game)-GTLive, posted July 22, 2022. Their second ever play was Shakespeare's Macbeth, but in their production their director replaced the role of the three witches with Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory from the BBC show Doctor Who. At one point they took a "Devised Theater" class, where the students created their own plays. Ash ended up playing Starlord, in a strange student play where the Marvel superheroes fought against the movie actor Adam Sandler. They also sang a Modest Mouse song a cappella in a performance of Cherrywood and were in Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl.ONE True Ending.... | BAD END THEATER (All Endings) -GTLive, posted Sep 12, 2022.
Ash was in their final year of college when they started at Theorist. They graduated in June of 2022.Is Edith Finch DOOMED? | What Remains of Edith Finch-GTLive, posted June 15, 2022. 
==Early Theorist Career ==
Ash's first day at Team Theorist was during the live action shoot for the Food Theory episode, "I Cooked A Steak in a DRYER...And It WORKED!", in March of 2022. They were not warned in advance that MatPat and Steph would be attempting to cook food in a used dryer on their front driveway, and were immediately put to work filming the episode and running errands. Ash later recounted their first thoughts about that day to MatPat and Mirror Matt, saying, "This is my first 'big kid' job and I want to make a good impression so I'm like, 'alright, I'm ready, I'm going to seize the day' [..] and then there's a dryer. And then its like 'ok, I need you to go and get shrimp'. And I'm like 'what is happening right now?!'" Wait...is that...NUGGET?!|MatPat Meme Review-GTLive, Posted May 20, 2022. MatPat noted that Ash's performance showed the team their ability to deal with the unpredictable chaos of working as a content creator.
Ash was a silent off camera observer for a couple of GT Live episodes prior to their official introduction on March 22nd, 2022. The first episode they observed was "I Got A NEW Job! | Aperture Desk Job (Portal)". Ash admitted that they were pained by the fact that MatPat did not know that the game he was playing (Aperture Desk Job)was created as a tech demo for the Steam Desk.citation needed Their third day on the job was during the Friday Night Funk'n stream.I'M in Friday Night Funkin?! | Funkin' at Freddy VS Afton Full Week & More FNF Mods-GTLive, posted Mar 28 2022 
===First Off Camera Appearance===
Ash was officially introduced in the 2022 episode, "Markiplier SMASHED My Pokemon!| MatPat Meme Review". Almost immediately, Ash adopted the lore of the GTLive channel, hypothesizing that they could be a recording of Matt doing a high-pitched voice, edited in post. MatPat also suggested that Ash could be a figment of Mirror Matt's imagination, who is also a figment of MatPat's imagination ("like Russian nesting dolls"). The first fact Ash wanted the audience to know about them was that they "did crime" and that they are "a nasty little criminal". This is because they touched the recovered portion of the Titanic when they were 12 years old.Markiplier SMASHED My Pokemon! | MatPat Meme Review-GTLive, posted March 25, 2022.
== GTLive Tech Transition ==
During their early episodes, Ash shared a number of facts about their background and their personality. They first shared their theater knowledge in the Lilly's Well episodesThis Game Made Me SCREAM (I Almost Broke my mic)|Lily's Well-GTLive posted April 1 2022. and discussed how they would fling themselves into the sun in the Chomping with Chomper gameplay.This FNAF Fan Game is SO SCARY!|Chomping with Chomper-GTLive posted apr 12 2022. Ash and Mirror Matt also introduced the GTLive inside joke about the "phony betwixt y'all" in the April 13th episode, "A Mandela Catalogue Game?|The Mandela Catalogue+Assessment". 
Ash started appearing as the solo tech in the episode, The Lost FNAF Fan Game?|Afton Built which was posted on April 20, 2022. Mirror Matt would continue to participate with Ash in several episodes until his final episode posted on September 9th 2022. Mirror Matt's departure was not hinted or alluded to until after the FNAF off episode.
===Mirror Matt's Final Episode===
For Mirror Matt's sendoff from GTLive and Theorist, MatPat and then GT Creative Director Tom created a Five Nights at Freddy's Lore-Off--or as MatPat put it, 'Mirror Matt v Ash FNAF Throwdown'. This was a long awaited episode that had been teased for multiple GTLive episodes. The trivia game consisted of three rounds, with the final round forcing the contestants to summarize the entire FNAF Timeline in under 3 minutes. Mirror Matt and Ash were given buzzers and the first one to buzz in would get the first shot at the answer. The winner would win a cookie of their choice, with the loser being banished to the FNAF portion of MatPat's brain. This 'punishment' makes sense within the channel lore of GTLive. In reality, it was to give the audience a "canon" explanation for Mirror Matt's departure from Theorist.Mirror Matt and Ash scored quite evenly in the FNAF Lore Off, with Ash scoring 14 points and Mirror Matt 14 2/3 at the end of the third round. However, in the final round Ash's timeline was more complete than Mirror Matt's and she was declared the winner. This episode was not only notable because it was Mirror Matt's final episode, but it was also had noticeably different editing (previous GTLives had very minimal editing, usually only cuts for timing). It also introduced PNGs for Mirror Matt and Ash based off of GTLive Fan Renee's artwork.Note: Renee's work is posted here with permission. Please check them out at @itsreneeagain
==Face Reveal==
On July 30, 2021, Ash was featured in the Food Theory episode, "The Best Milk That's NOT Milk!" In that episode Ash ranked soy milk favorably, while not liking the taste of almond milk.
In the episode, MatPat wanted to taste test multiple forms of non dairy milk with multiple members of Team Theorist. Ash was introduced with their partner, Tamar, with Ash's first on camera words being "Hello everyone! My name is Ash, I have a face. That's crazy.Food Theory: The Best Milk Thats NOT Milk!-Food Theory, Jul 30, 2022. In that episode Ash ranked soy milk favorably, while not liking the taste of almond milk.
Ash's first on camera GTLive appearance was in the 2022 Halloween Meme Review Episode. Ash went as MatPat for their Halloween costume, using a brown leather jacket with zippers, a musical theater shirt, blue jeans and one sock (to go with MatPat's habit of wearing one sock around the office). MatPat deemed this look as a new ego, known as AshPat. This was also Ash's first time sitting on the couch. 
== GTLive Producer (2022-2024) ==
 Ash Lore Heavy GTLive Episodes (2022-September 2024)
Episode 	Airdate 	Notes
Return of RAGPAT-Will You Snail? (Hardest Platformer EVER)	July 27, 2022	First time Ash does the GTLive send off for MatPat ("This wasn't a livestream, but it was a video, a video for you")
 	 	
 	 	
==Food & Style Theory Appearances==
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==GTLive Host Transition==
On August 26, 2024, Ash was announced to be replacing MatPat as the next GTLive Host in the August 2024 Meme Review. In that episode it was revealed that Ash would co-host with MatPat for the month of September to ease the transition and then MatPat would leave at the end of October. Ash also gave the audience behind the scenes lore and said that they have been doing "training episodes" over the summer to practice hosting duties, with MatPat giving notes and feedback. They revealed Sam Dantona would be taking over GTLive technician duties, making him the sixth person in that position. Later that day, Team Theorist released an announcement on InstagramIntroducing the NEXT Host of GTLive...Ash!-Team Theorist, posted August 26, 2024 and Twitter/XIntroducing the NEXT host of GTLive...Ash!-Twitter, posted August 26, 2024. 
Ash's first episode on the couch with Matt was on September 3rd, 2024, in the episode "Is Roblox Pressure Better than Doors?!" During the Witty Banter, Ash told MatPat that it was "an honor" to be taking on the role as GTLive Host. This episode was also Sam's debut as the GTLive Tech. 
==Other Notable Appearances==
===GTLive===
Ash made a surprise appearance in "FNAF Help Wanted 2 Is FINALLY Out! | Five Nights At Freddy's VR 2" where she was seen holding a microphone that came off MatPat's sweater during the stream, following him around, occasionally looking at the camera for a brief second with a stressed/exhausted face, though she entertained fans giving everyone good laughs.
===MatPat's Final Theory===
In the "Chaos Ending" of "Matpat's Final Theory", Ash is seen sitting on the floor, frantically comforting Peepatwo (and maybe herself) as the chaos around them plays out, before Dan threateningly peeks around the corner, causing Ash to let out a blood curdling scream. 
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