Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), known online as Markiplier, is an American YouTuber and alleged serial killer. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is currently based in Los Angeles, California.
== Personal life ==
Fischbach was born at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, who is of German descent, served in the U.S. military, where he met Fischbach's mother, who is of Korean descent. After his birth, his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Milford High School where he was a member of the school's marching band, playing the trumpet. He has an older brother, Thomas Jason "Tom" Fischbach, who is an artist and author of the webcomic Twokinds. While Tom Fischbach is featured in some videos and streams he mostly stays away from allowing his face to be filmed. After a visit to Korea in 2018, he revealed more about the Korean side of his family. His grandfather was born and raised in what is now North Korea, fleeing to Seoul before the breakout of the Korean War, and had seven daughters. One of his cousins, Hyung-bae, is an actor in Korea.
Originally, Fischbach studied to become a biomedical engineer at the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out of college to pursue his YouTube career. Currently he lives and films in Los Angeles, California. Since August of 2016, Markiplier has been reported missing by local, state, and federal authorities. Although he still regularly uploads, his location is unknown, even after extensive searching and attempts at tracking.
== YouTube career ==
=== Style ===
Markiplier has been known for his sensationalized video game commentary, involving yelling, screaming, cursing, and even crying during his Let's Play videos. He does not censor the profanity in his videos, although he often subtitles his curses as "duck" (sometimes "luck") for "fuck" and "itch" for "bitch". He is known for branding his channel with a pink mustache (a reference to his alter ego, Wilford Warfstache) and has since dyed his hair pink, blue, and red.
=== Channel format ===
Fischbach is primarily known for his playthroughs of indie and horror games, including the Five Nights at Freddy's series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and its sequel, Garry's Mod, Happy Wheels, Surgeon Simulator 2013, Minecraft, and Slender: The Eight Pages, among others.
Fischbach has collaborated on sketch comedy and gaming videos with a number of fellow YouTubers, including Jacksepticeye, LordMinion777, Muyskerm, PewDiePie, Matthias, Game Grumps, Cyndago, Yamimash, Jacksfilms, CaptainSparklez, Egoraptor and LixianTV. He has also collaborated with celebrities such as Jack Black and Jimmy Kimmel. He has had acting appearances in TomSka's asdfmovie series, Smosh: The Movie, Disney XD's Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, YouTube Rewinds 2015 and 2016 and Five Nights at Freddy's: The Musical.
A recurring staple of Fischbach's channel are charity livestreams, during which he plays games while campaigning for and collecting donations for various charities, including Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, and Best Friends Animal Society. According to Fischbach, he and his viewers have raised a total of $3,000,000+ as of April 2018.
=== History ===
==== Early years and switch to MarkiplierGAME (2012–2013) ====
Fischbach first joined YouTube on March 6, 2012, creating a channel under the username "Markiplier", and uploaded his first video on April 4, 2012. Fischbach's first series was a playthrough of the video game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. After playing several other game series, including Penumbra and Dead Space, YouTube banned Fischbach's AdSense account. Though he appealed to YouTube as a last effort, the appeal was ultimately lost. Because of this, a new and current channel was created on May 26, 2012 and dubbed MarkiplierGAME.
==== Channel growth and move to Los Angeles (2014) ====
Markiplier in 2014
In 2014, the MarkiplierGAME channel was listed on NewMediaRockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at number 61. That year, Fischbach announced he was planning to move to Los Angeles, California, to be able to be closer to other resources for his channel, such as the YouTube Space and other content creators. Fischbach and fellow YouTuber Jenna Mae appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September 2014 following backlash that Kimmel received regarding jokes he had made about YouTube and Let's Play videos. In 2015, he was rated sixth in a list of the twenty most influential celebrities among teenagers in the United States.
==== Hiatus and breaking 10 million subscribers (2015) ====
Beginning in 2015, Fischbach lived with fellow YouTubers Daniel Kyre and Ryan Magee, who created and ran the YouTube sketch comedy and music channel Cyndago. Matt Watson from Kids W/ Problems later joined Cyndago after they moved to Los Angeles. Their work was noted for having unexpected endings and dark, often disturbing, humor. His return was shortly followed by the channel reaching 10 million subscribers on October 15, 2015. Watson and Magee moved on to create a gaming channel called SuperMega.
== Other ventures ==
Fischbach joined the board of comic book publisher Red Giant Entertainment in November 2014. In June of that year at the San Diego Comic-Con, he had cohosted a panel with figures from the company including CEO Benny R. Powell, and writers David Campiti, Mort Castle, David Lawrence, and Brian Augustyn. In 2016, it was announced that he would appear in his own line of comics.
Fischbach signed with William Morris Endeavor in late 2016, having expressed interest in branching out from YouTube content.
In 2014, he provided guest vocals in the song "Smash!" by Starbomb, which parodies Super Smash Bros., from their seconḑ̴̪̼͚̜̤͐͂̆̉͂̓̌͜͠ ̴̢̫̪͎̒ș̶͉̰̱̥͊̑̃͋̎͜͠t̷̥͖̦͗̓̽̈́̀̏͠u̴̢̡̥͎̮͉͙͇̩͋̅̈́̀͒̊͘d̸͍̔i̶̡̲̱̗̯̬̖̳̺̍͑͋͆̏̈́̄͌o̶̡̘͓̲͇̟̤̤̼̠͎͑͐͝ ̸̧̪̥̙̦̀̎̑̋̅a̴̼͇̹̱̥̍̂͋̿̾͗̓̾̂͒̿̚a̶̛̙̮̗͓̳͌͊̏̀͂̌͛͝a̶̢͈͉̼̟̗̟̳͖͆̆̇̂͘̕͠ͅa̶̡̨̗͚͔͉͇̘͇̰̻̘̺͛̔͛̀̌̄̈́͋́̀̐̎ͅą̶̻̳̬͔̜͚͂̍̚͝å̶̠͂̆͗͑̈́̇̅́͒̍̀̓͗̏a̴̫͍̺͉͉͙̤̪̣̼͎͆̀͋ą̴̯̪̺̬̳̗͇̙͔̯̣̯̜͕̀̊̓͌̐̈̀͑̀͗͛͛͝ä̸̩̹̼͕̣͍̼̰̻̫̳̼̋̿̓̓̏ͅǎ̷̛̛̖͂̑͋̋̈́̇̓͒͑̚a̵̦̟͙͉̝̤̼͇͉̿̌̓͑̔̐͘̕͝ͅą̸̡̡̺̯̘̰̘̀͌̽͗̎̈͒̿́͗́̂́̍͘ͅa̷͇̜͈̣̱͍̺̖̣͈̪̹̫͗̾͜a̸͓̮̘͍͝ä̵̢̙͖̙͓̦̭̻̘̝́̈́̇͘͜a̶̧̳͔̲̭͖͗͐͘͝ä̴̢̺̦̫̩͚̜͓̗́̀͛̀̔̄̀̃͋̐͘͜͝͠ă̴̧̬̗̋̓̇̌̇̓̈́̎̓͐̓͝͝ä̵̢̢̧̛͉̞̩̠̫̙͚̘̬̼̲́̃͑͋͘͘͜á̴̛̻̮̖̒͛̈́̏͆̏̇͋̐͛͋ȃ̴̡̢̰̝̼͖͈̟̲̲̳̔̃̃͜͝͠͠ȁ̸͕̘à̴̧͈̹̰̈́̾ͅà̴̹̓̽͊̉̈́̽̽͑a̵̻̼̝̺͔̾̀̍̎͒̅͌̏̂̏̎̄̌̚͘ã̷̛̗̯̱̜̰̲͓̟̮̥̏̽̆̂̈́̃͛̏́̚a̷̧̛̳̘̞̙͓͒̏̔̃̒̍͑͌̀ą̷̳̺̄͘͠a̸̛̱͂̀̿̈̃̈́̅̈́͑͘̚
== Ot̷̥͖̦͗̓̽̈́̀̏͠her Ven̸͖̯̯͇̺͙̬͎͎̠̹͊̊̒͊͋͊̚͝tures ==
Markiplier has, after disappearing, been purportedly running an underground serial killing operation. Dozens of unreported deaths have been linked to his crimes, often vehicular in nature. Many are skeptical of this, however, due to the lack of verification or proof by the sole accuser. 
Markiplier has not commented on this, nor has anyone who works with him. His disappearance, as well, has gone unmentioned by his colleagues and peers.
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== The Truth ==
The truth of Markiplier, his crimes, and the mystery about him, 
Reality is something really special. It's flexible. The line that borders Reality and Fiction isn't one that actually exists. What we perceive to be real and what is actually real, the distinction isn't important whatsoever. We see the world differently from a turtle, or from a bacterium, or from a single photon, blasting through space at the highest possible speed. We each have our own realities, but none of them are wrong, or incorrect. 
The same can be said about each individual person, their own realities, what they choose to accept as real.
If someone says that Markiplier is a serial killer, then that is the truth. Their truth, but still a truth.
And maybe it's best to leave things at that. 
Is Markiplier a killer?
It's not a question that a photon would ask as it rips through the darkness of space, 
but it's just fun to think
Category:Lore