LZRD WZRD

Spencer Morgan, better known online as LZRD WZRD (pronounced lizard wizard), is an American YouTuber who makes review and analysis videos of Erin Hunter's young adult book series called Warriors as well as other various forms of artistic media.
==Content==
He was part of a former YouTube social group known as "VidClan", which was a group of Warriors enthusiasts that posted content on YouTube, including Moonkitti, Tennelle Flowers, DAT ASS is CASH, and Selneversleeps. 
He has a strong love for the Warriors character 'Jayfeather' which he often expresses throughout his videos. LZRD WZRD also shows a strong interest in history, religion (specifically Christianity), ethics and politics.
==Warriors Videos==
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LZRD WZRD's Warriors videos are his most popular and most frequent type of uploads. He has a series called "Analyzing Warrior Cats" in which he reviews and analyzes Erin Hunter's young adult book series Warriors. His goal with these videos is to find out and teach others what these books do so well and how they can apply it to their own writing as well as scrutinize the purpose and inspiration behind different parts of Warriors. 
He also encourages his viewers to think about the topic of the video for themselves to allow them to create their own opinion. Spencer also hosts a podcast series called "CatCast" where he and a couple of guests (commonly other members of Vidclan) talk about Warriors, though it is known for being very off-topic very often. It is considered an adult-targeted podcast as it includes a lot of swearing, drinking, and sexual references.
==Controversy==
LZRD's eventual, unannounced exodus from YouTube began when previous fans of his channel began to accuse him of religious intolerance, homophobia, racism, etc. due to his habit of expressing his relatively conservative Christian views on his platform. 
Twitter user @celestialtabris, a long-time fan of Spencer's, explained her frustration with him in a long exposé on her account, alleging in detail instances of Spencer weaponizing Christian views to aid him in arguments.Twitter (February 7, 2018). (screen capture) A screenshot she posted supposedly shows Spencer urging a commenter on one of his videos to continue to push their friend away from homosexuality.Twitter (February 7, 2018). (screenshot)Youtube (2018). (screenshot)
The rest of the VidClan members - Tennelle Flowers, Moonkitti, DAT ASS is CASH, and Selneversleeps - have all denounced LZRD WZRD following this.Tennelle Flowers — Vidclan. Tumblr (Aug 21, 2018).Tennelle Flowers — Hey, what’s the LZRD WZRD deal? I’m confused,... Tumblr (Oct 24, 2018).Moonkitti. Google Drive (Feb 29, 2020).Selina God?. Google Drive (Jul 25, 2021).Tom "Objective". Google Drive (Jul 25, 2021).v_neutral VS Selina. Google Drive (Jul 25, 2021).
However, Youtuber BrokeSpaceCat analyzed the drama in his LZRD WZRD Drama series,LZRD WZRD Drama "Evidence". Youtube (November 12, 2018).LZRD WZRD Drama "Art Problems". Youtube (November 12, 2018).LZRD WZRD Drama Analysis Aftermath. Youtube (November 12, 2018). speaking in his defense and refuting the claims made by @celestialtabris. He contended that there is not enough "conclusive evidence that Spencer is homophobic, [...] and without decent evidence provided, Spencer would be proven innocent." 
He has also noted that Celestial Tabris "manages to do the exact same things that she called him out for [in her thread condemning LZRD WZRD]. Namely this includes 'religious intolerance,' 'condescension,' and 'gaslighting'."Hypocrisy Analysis. Google Drive (Apr 5, 2020). BrokeSpaceCat has shared screenshots of the drama here.
Spencer has not posted on his YouTube channel since his cancellation, and he has deleted his Twitter. He has privated several of his videos, most notably his Catcasts,Note that the homepage of LZRD WZRD's channel archived on January 2017 features several videos not available on the channel today (last retrieved March 19, 2022). after this event. He has also privated at least two videos since 2021.LZRD WZRD's playlist "Analyzing Warrior Cats" currently has 31 videos (with one video unavailable) as of March 19, 2022, but the playlist had 32 videos when it was archived on January 12, 2021. Note that in the former, the playlist was "Last updated on Feb 7, 2021."
== Other videos==
LZRD WZRD has created many other analysis and review videos on other forms of media. These include 'The Chronicles of Narnia', 'My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic', 'Zootopia', and many more. He also started a Nuzlocke of Pokemon LeafGreen called the 'Magical Mystery Nuzlocke'.
==Avatar==
Though LZRD WZRD uses an animated figure in most of his analyzing videos to act as the narrator of the video, he also sometimes films himself in real life to comment on certain topics.
In the first few videos on his channel, Spencer's avatar was an orange lizard wearing a wizard hat, but as his content got more centered around Warriors, it changed to an orange cat wearing a blue bandana with stars on it to fit the theme of his videos better. and remained that until he went inactive.
==Trivia==
*Along with Jayfeather, Cinderpelt and Needletail are also some of LZRD's favorite characters in Warriors.
*Catcast was thought up by DAT ASS is CASH after he became one of his Patreons.
*A 'better Catcast' was created by Tennelle Flowers, Moonkitti, Selneversleeps, and DAT ASS is CASH in 2017, in which they spent the whole two hours speaking about Warrior Cats and occasionally ridiculing Spencer and his tendency to bring up Bible verses and get off-topic.
==References==
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Book-narrating YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014