The Evil Jarling

The Evil Jarling is a jarling that organized a fan meetup event in Perth, Australia, on Boxing Day 2022, with the intent to get someone to buy them a ticket to the film Avatar: The Way of Water. The Evil Jarling announced this fan meetup through their patreon name, which was read on the podcast in episode 304. Only one other jarling showed up to the event. The Evil Jarling suggested they go see the new Avatar film and then claimed to have forgotten their wallet, so the other jarling paid for it. After the movie was over, the Evil Jarling told the other jarling they were going to the bathroom, but they instead left. The truth of these accounts has been somewhat debated.

### Announcement of Meetup

Once a month, the names of the patrons of the Jar Media Patreon that are of the "dibby" tier and above (named after the term dibby coined by Alex) would be read out during the podcast. The Evil Jarling became a patron for one month under the following name, which was read out on episode 304 "Pick & Mix Goblin Mode (WARNING WTF)".:

> Perth Australia Jarling Meetup Boxing Day 10 AM at the City Cactus
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### Meetup

Only one jarling showed up to the meetup besides the Evil Jarling. In a post on the Jar Media reddit page, u/Kris-Peacock documented their experience. They showed up to the meeting location and was unable to find any other jarlings for 20 minutes. They asked the people that were nearby, but was mostly ignored " as if I was a drugged up homeless person spewing nonsense". Eventually, 30 minutes after the original meeting time, they found the Evil Jarling. After talking for a bit, the Evil Jarling suggested they go see the new Avatar film. When told the price of their snacks and ticket, the Evil Jarling claimed they forgot their wallet, so u/Kris-Peacock paid for them.

After the film, the Evil Jarling said they needed to go to the bathroom. After waiting 20 minutes for them to return, u/Kris-Peacock went into the bathroom and discovered that the Evil Jarling was nowhere to be found.

> This fucking bastard paid about $15 AUD on a patreon name to stage a fake meetup in order to con a free ticket and snacks valued at $35 AUD.
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> u/Kris-Peacock on the Evil Jarling,

This reddit comment was discussed in the episode 309 "The APEX Redditor".

### Rebuttal

The reddit account u/The\_Evil\_Jarling made a statement in the Jar Media subreddit defending themselves. They claimed to be the true Evil Jarling, and was using a newly created burner account to avoid getting hate on their main account. In order to prove their authenticity, they gave details about the other jarling that had not been made public.

> I can prove it by giving extra details that the other perth jarling can confirm: he wore a red top with short blonde hair, and we bonded over our mutual love of Talking Heads (a band I have never actually listened to)
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> u/The\_Evil\_Jarling on proving his identity,

They claimed that the other perth jarling lied about how long they had to wait, claiming it was only 15 minutes as opposed to 30 minutes as was stated by u/Kris-Peacock. The Evil Jarling then confirmed that they intentionally planned to not bring their wallet as a way to save money, but hoped that more people would have came to the meeting so that their cheapness would be less noticeable. The Evil Jarling felt like they were hitting it off with the other jarling, but felt guilty as their friendship was built on lies. After the movie ended, the Evil Jarling felt guilty and decided to just leave to avoid their true intentions becoming revealed.

> I would say sorry but honestly it was so cool how this plan worked I'm still on a high from it, even if part of me is sorry I can't apologise in good conscience knowing I may do this again.
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This comment was discussed on episode 310 "The EVIL JARling".

### Doubts of Authenticity

The truth of both accounts are hotly debated. Notably, James said that he thought the entire story was staged, saying that it was likely just one person who owned both reddit accounts.  Alex and Jamie both said they want to believe its true.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://youtu.be/T69P6T69rRs?t=4694
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.reddit.com/r/JARMEDIA/comments/107jhpp/comment/j3rjcrd/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/JARMEDIA/comments/107jhpp/comment/j3rjcrd/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/wVPlBG8SHzM?t=3130
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.reddit.com/r/JARMEDIA/comments/10jhbpl/comment/j5qnxdm/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/JARMEDIA/comments/10jhbpl/comment/j5qnxdm/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
7. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/JARMEDIA/comments/10jhbpl/comment/j5qnxdm/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
8. ↑ https://youtu.be/IMsd6HG0oyc?t=485
9. ↑ https://youtu.be/IMsd6HG0oyc?t=920
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/IMsd6HG0oyc?t=955