Greem

Greem dumb stupid (their persona as drawn by them)

**Sam Kimberly Greem Jestay** is the Materfamilias of the Sam Dynasty and current owner of Gobcord, Vessel of Gob, and a multimedia artist concentrating in drawn art as well as music and writing. Online, they are primarily active on Discord, having been a prominent member of the Zalinki fan community from 2018 to 2022 and the Gobcord community since its beginning in 2021. They are most known and admired for their unique and esoteric sense of humor, joyful energy, knowledge, creativity, and unwavering love for the role-playing video game Disco Elysium. Offline, they are an active member of the underground LGBTQ+ youth community in their home country of Colombia, and are an honorary member of their friends' cover band. They are a goblin with large, pointy ears; grey, meaty skin; white, flowing hair; beady eyes; and sharp teeth, with one particular tooth that juts out of their mouth when closed. They are a non-binary transfemme.

## Community profile

### Screamsville (2018)

In relation to the Zalinki community which Gobcord is adjacent to, Greem entered the community in 2018 through the original Zalinki-oriented community Discord Screamsville under their alias Daper, their online name before the Greem moniker, real-life nickname, and name of their original character. Between Screamsville's shutdown and 2020, Greem redirected their focus onto school and their offline social life.

### Dad's House (2020 - 2021)

Upon the opening of the Dad's House community Discord server on 21 March 2020, Greem joined under the alias of Whopper, named after the Pokemon Wooper. There Greem cemented themselves as a prominent member of the Zalinki community and met the majority of their long-lasting community friends, including the majority of who would form the Gobcord community. Dad's House community engagement mostly comprised of sharing art, sometimes of Zalinki or pertaining to his community; discussing and memeing Zalinki's musical and animated works; and interacting with community leaders. Greem involved themselves with all of the above frequently during their most active time in the server.

In particular, Greem -- along with a collection of community members -- enthralled themselves in the cryptography and historiography of Zalinki's deleted or forgotten music, as well as the cryptic messages and images he communicated with these members through which gave seldom insight into his lost works, his past, and his state of mind.

It was in Dad's House where Greem would first develop the alias they refer to themselves by now. They adopted this name from their favorite color, green.

### Colour Empire (2021)

On 7 January 2021, Greem joined the Colour Empire Discord server created by Dad's House member Jacc (then known as Jorep) with many other prominent Dad's House members. They were directly involved with the abandonment of and secession from the Colour Empire which took place on 13 January 2021 over a dispute with Jacc on the morality of furry identity, resulting in the formation of Loser's Club.

### Loser's Club (2021)

Greem was appointed as a moderator by Kris soon after the creation of Loser's Club, acting as one of Kris's cronies in their administration. Greem was one of the biggest critics of Kris's management of the server, acting as a part of the antagonizing force which culminated in the Goup d'Etat on 8 March 2021 which displaced Kris as owner of the server and led to a radical restructuring of the server's administration and community culture. Greem acted as the owner of the newly-reformed Goon Cave, which was quickly rebranded into Gobcord. Along with this, Greem's ascension to the Gobcord throne resulted in the formation of the Sam Dynasty, in which they ruled alongside Sam.

### Gobcord (2021 - 2022)

In Gobcord, Greem was seen by many to be the community's cultural leader during their time as owner; a tender and deliberate voice in community drama and amidst server turmoil, and an original, refreshing, and grounded friend to nearly everybody. They, along with others, engaged the server in fun jokes and gags and community events such as game playthroughs and watch-alongs with the same commitment and vigor as in Dad's House. Greem was (and to an extent still is) an unconscious proponent of the philosophy of the Gobcord experiment -- the idea of Gobcord's ability to enhance the Zalinki community's best members when brought together in a common space.

On 4 May 2022, Greem stepped down as Gobcord's administrator after over a year of managing the server as owner, passing the role onto server moderator and their close friend Sam. Greem cited an increasing inactivity online and a growing commitment to their offline life conflicting with their duties as owner.

### Present (2022 onward)

Greem has all but officially retired from the Zalinki community and has abbreviated their involvement in the Gobcord community in order to focus on their wellbeing, personal and academic goals, and social life. They are still committed to maintaining the connections they have with members of the community and others online, as well as sharing and improving their craft in visual and musical art.

Greem is one of a handful of highly political Gobcord members, outwardly aligning themselves with leftism. Although they are unsure of their specific political labels, Greem is politically aligned with the thoughts of Marxism, democratic socialism, and radical queer liberation. They have been an active voice for LGBTQ+ rights, especially for the rights of transgender people, online and in their immediate community.

## Works

Aside from the visual art they sometimes share online, Greem released an extended play on 29 March 2021 to their Soundcloud profile titled *CHEWING FRUIT* featuring past songs they had made on their phone.

## Controversies

Although they are a mostly virtuous figure, Greem has had their fair share of controversy. Throughout the entirety of their premiership in Gobcord, they have been criticized for their seemingly bizarre food-condiment combinations, most notably their salting of mangoes as a snack, as well as putting sour cream on bananas. Salted mangoes became a symbol of derision against Greem's administration, as well as a community in-joke. Despite the criticism, salted mangoes are a common snack in Greem's home country of Colombia.

In December 2021, Greem was the subject of the Sketchy Sam debacle in which they were criticized for saying Sketchy Sam was "kinda bad tho." Greem eventually rescinded the statement, but the controversy became the nidus for Sketchy Sam as a cultural and memetic icon of the Gobcord community.

1. ↑ https://www.mango.org/blog-mangos-in-colombia/