Daniel

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Daniel
First Appearance Last Appearance The Danielbeast They Beat Her!!!
Character information
Age	19
Date of Birth	December 1987? (Sagittarius)
MySpace	daniel_thebeast
Forum Posts	danielbeast
YouTube	Danielbeast
Portrayed by	Yousef Abu-Taleb
List of Daniel's blogs Videos with Daniel

Daniel a.k.a. Danielbeast or Beast is Bree's best friend, (on and off) love interest, and the co-star of the Lonelygirl15 video series. His first videos were initially made in his bedroom.

Background

Daniel graduated from high school in June 2006 and had a graduation party which Bree was not allowed to attend. When summer began, he taught Bree how to make video blogs and was the one who set up her YouTube account. As the summer progressed, Daniel urged Bree to rebel against her strict parents and was concerned about her religion and the ceremony she was supposed to partake in later that year.

Like many fans, Daniel began to investigate Bree's religion and even decided to follow her around and record her actions, even after Bree had asked him not to do so. On both these occasions Lucy took 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.

Daniel later broke into Lucy's apartment. He found on her computer pictures of himself. He became worried and posted a video on the subject. His worries had finally been reflected onto Bree, causing her to question her religion.

When her parents disappeared with the local Deacons, Bree went on the run with Daniel. As a result, Daniel dropped out of school at a junior college, where he was taking film classes, and he left his job at Gas 'n Eats to accompany Bree.

For the next few months they lived out of Daniel's car, several motels, and even off the streets before coming to Jonas's aid in the winter of 2006. While Bree chose to go to Jonas, Daniel chose to go home before ultimately changing his mind and joining Bree and Jonas at Christmas. The next day, though, Bree went missing. After finding out that Bree had gone to find her father, Jonas and Daniel hit the road trying to find her. They were able to locate Bree, however, her father was gunned down by the order and the trio was forced to flee the scene.

Upon retuning to Jonas's house, Daniel tried to cheer Bree up, but he was unsuccessful. Then Daniel posted a video claiming that he and Bree had "hooked-up", which Bree vehemently denied. After having his advances once again rejected by Bree, Daniel set out to Pins and Pints to forget his troubles, and came back extremely drunk and with a random girl. The next day, a remorseful Daniel awoke with Jonas's graffiti on his face.

Wanting to find the girl who had come home with him, Daniel again set out to Pins and Pints, but this time he did not return. Worried for Daniel's safety, Bree and Jonas set out to find a man the bartender said Daniel had been drinking with, but with little success. In Miss Me? a drugged Daniel tried to convince Bree to do the ceremony, which confirmed he had been kidnapped by the Order. Bree and Jonas successfully rescued Daniel and ultimately foiled the Order's plans with the help of Tachyon and Brother.

After being rescued, Daniel traveled with Jonas and Bree through California, Las Vegas, Mexico, and Texas. Throughout their traveling, Daniel had a tendency to become inebriated (as noted in Uncle Dan, Vegas, Baby!, Spring Break Sucks, and Intervention). Before arriving in Texas however, Daniel claimed he was sober once more (Daniel's previous period of sobriety followed his rescue from the Order).

After arriving in Texas to find the new ceremony girl, BDJ teamed up with Sarah and Taylor and were able to locate Jules who was thought to be the new girl. Later, Bree gave herself up to save Jules, and Daniel and Jonas spent the next month following the Order and trying to save her. Finally locating where Bree had been hidden, Daniel, along with Jonas and Sarah, went to her and Jonas forcibly took back a brainwashed Bree.

Although a short while later, Jonas was convinced the old Bree had come back, Daniel was still wary and felt like Jonas was taking advantage of her brainwashed situation. Bree fled from TAAG the morning after sleeping with Jonas, and Daniel, for a short time,appeared to become more interested in Sarah than recovering Bree.

Daniel's interest in Bree picked up again when she began posting HoO videos, and they found the help of Spencer Gilman. With all five members of TAAG together, they followed her trail all the way to the ceremony. Unfortunately they were too late, and Bree died

After Bree's Death

Like many of the main characters, Daniel had returned home after the events of the season finale, and said that he will no longer be vlogging. After opening Bree's email, however, Daniel did start to vlog again, and after finding out Jonas and his sister were in need of assistance, once again began to fight the Order. Running once again, only this time with Emma, Daniel and Jonas made their way to Arizona,where they were once again accosted by the Order, and reunited with Sarah. After Jonas gave Emma to LaRezisto, the three went back home and began resuming normal life. Shortly thereafter, however, Sonia showed up at their door offering her assistance, and they began once again fighting the Order.

Relationships

Bree- Beginning with Boy Problems..., Daniel's potential romance with Bree has been on and off. Daniel gave Bree her First Kiss,but Bree never seemed to return his feelings. Daniel later admitted that he was "so in love with Bree", but that they're relationship had gone from Bree being the love of his life to simply being best friends.

Alex- Since Bree had rejected many of Daniel's advances, Daniel began to show a romantic interest in Jonas's Aunt Alex, much to Jonas's disgust. This ended soon after it was revealed that she was still involved with the Order.

Sarah- For a while, in response to the somewhat aggressive advances of Sarah, Daniel seemed to enjoy the attention and flirting, possibly hinting at a growing mutual affection, however, Sarah soon wanted him to "back off" and things cooled down. Though Daniel found a new girlfriend later, he still chose Sarah to be the one who kissed him in his Student Film, leading many to believe they still have feelings for each other.

Mallory- In Drunken Yodeling Daniel announced he had a new love interest, Mallory, and showed us her picture. She appeared in person in Hot Date where Daniel took her out and then lied to her about his past. Daniel's relationship with Mallory has not been shaken even though Sarah had attempted to expose Daniel's involvement in the resistance, we found out that Mallory already knew. She has been in several videos since then, and has even posted her own videos.

Family

As for Daniel's family, his parents don't have much influence on him, due at least in part to a history of alcoholism, to which Daniel struggles with himself. His parents' alcoholism also meant that Daniel spent more time with his grandmother, which he did until she died.

Notes

• 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.

• One of Daniel's better skills is Breaking and Entering. He has shown this questionable talent when breaking into Lucy's apartment, into a local warehouse, into Alex's Mexican condo, and a hospital in Texas. His response, "It's all I know how to do really, I guess."

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'.

Theories

Follow this link for theories about Daniel.

Links

DanielBeast's official Myspace account:http://www.myspace.com/daniel_thebeast

A fan operates an account at http://www.myspace.com/danielbeast (which predates the official one above)