Daniel

Daniel
First Appearance Last Appearance The Danielbeast {{{last}}}
Character information
Age	19
Date of Birth	December? (Sagittarius)
YouTube	Danielbeast
Portrayed by	Yousef Abu-Taleb
List of Daniel's blogs Videos with Daniel

Plot Background

Daniel, AKA Danielbeast, is Bree's best friend and later love interest, and the co-star of the Lonelygirl15 video series. He graduated high school in June 2006 and had a graduation party which Bree was not allowed to attend. Daniel urged Bree to rebel against her strict parents and is concerned about whatever religion and the ceremony she was involved in. Like many of the fans, Daniel has also begun to investigate these mysterious things surrounding Bree and has taken to following her around and recording her actions, even after Bree has asked him not to do so via a video post. On both these occassions Lucy was taking Bree somewhere; once to a nearby park for what appeared to be a practice session for the upcoming ceremony and then a trip to a medical complex.

He is much more social than Bree, he has friends besides her and goes to parties, which he has coerced Bree into sneaking out to go to. Two of his other friends have been named, Paul and Andrea.

Several of Daniel's videos have been made in Daniel's bedroom.

Daniel has on one occasion broken into Lucy's apartment. He found on her computer pictures of himself. He became worried and posted a video on the subject. His worries have reflected onto Bree, causing her to question her religion.

Daniel apparently has two cameras. One is a webcam that shoots videos in the standard 4:3 format. The other is a mini-DV handheld that shoots videos in the 16:9 letterbox format. We have seen the webcam in a mirror in the video "What Did Daniel and Dad Talk About?" and Jonas mentions receiving a tape from Daniel via Bree in the video "Your Decision." Interestingly, Jonas also appears to own both a 4:3 tethered webcam and a 16:9 handheld videocam.

Daniel dropped out of school at a junior college, where he was taking film classes, and left his job at Gas 'n Eats to accompany Bree on the run from the Order.

Daniel's parents do not have much influence on him, due at least in part to a history of alcoholism.

Etymology

Daniel is a Biblical name from Hebrew (דניאל) meaning "God is my judge." This is the name of the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. One of the stories tells how the prophet Daniel saw visions of supernatural "beasts". These comparisons have been drawn by LG15 fans because Daniel's username on YouTube/Revver, as well as his nickname in the videos is 'Danielbeast'.

Links

Danielbeast does not have an official MySpace account. A fan operates an account at http://www.myspace.com/danielbeast.