Daniel

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Daniel
First Appearance Last Appearance The Danielbeast What's Going on?
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 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 decided to follow her around to 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.

As Daniel investigated further, he became increasingly worried. Unheeding of Bree's requests for him to stop, Daniel followed her once again to the site of where the Ceremony was to be held. Although he couldn't see much, he did manage to see many hooded figures, one being Bree, before he realized he was being followed and had to flee.

Not convinced that Bree was being truthful, Daniel later broke into Lucy's apartment to look for clues, where he found pictures of himself on her computer. He became worried and posted a video on the subject. His worries finally made sense to Bree, causing her to question her religion.

After an unsuccessful attempt to excuse her from the Ceremony, Bree's parents were taken away by the local Deacons, and Bree went on the run with Daniel. As a result, Daniel dropped out of junior college, where he was taking film classes, and he left his job at Gas 'n Eats to accompany Bree.

After going on the run, Daniel and Bree stayed at a motel where they were soon warned by Gemma that they were being followed. Having received Gemma's warning, Bree and Daniel gave a half-heartedsearch through their motel room, but found no one. Gemma once again posted a video telling the two that they were being watched, and this time Bree heeded her warnings and fled. Although Bree said she overreacted, the duo found a different motel room, but Daniel became angry at Bree for not taking their plight seriously enough. Soon, though, the two made up and Bree gave Daniel an impromptu Thanksgiving feast. After coming back from their feast, however, they saw that their motel had been ransacked. Once again running, they abandon their car and find themselves on the streets.

While they were in desperate need, Jonas began posting videos offering help. Although, Daniel was extremely skeptical, he asked the viewers to vote on whether or not to trust him. While the viewers voted to trust Jonas, and Bree chose to stay with him, Daniel chose to go home. Daniel ultimately changed his mind and joined 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 to try 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 home extremely drunk 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 once 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, Bree, and Jonas were forced to flee Jonas's home after having a confrontation with a Watcher, and hide in a cabin in the mountains. Once at the cabin, Jonas and Bree went exploring their surroundings. When he awoke, Daniel was briefly jealous and angry that he had not been included in their exploration, however, as more pressing matters arose, the boys put aside their differences and, with the help of the LG forum members, were able to crack the file given to them by Tachyon.

Shortly after they were able to crack the file, Bree became convinced that Jonas was a part of the Order after finding a Watcher symbol in his cabin. Daniel, however, was not at all convinced of Jonas's betrayal, and tried to talk to Jonas one on one but was met with much anger. After Jonas escaped and proved Bree wrong, the three went on the road again, this time headed to Mexico.

Jonas brought Daniel and Bree to his Aunt Alex's house, who was away on business at the time. While Bree went with Tachyon, Jonas's aunt came back in town, and Daniel and Jonas were invited by Alex to a fashion party. Daniel and Alex appeared to be very interested in each other, much to Jonas's dismay. Bree posted a video saying there was a photo at the party which she thought was Alex and Lucy and warned the guys to leave Alex's home and meet up with her.

After finding out about Alex's true allegiance, Daniel, Bree, and Jonas headed to 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

Daniel first disclosed specific information about his parents in Drinking Problems,where he told us that growing up, although they were not loud or abusive drunks, he was "violently ignored" by them. He also told us the bad times were when one of them would stop drinking, because one of them would get better and he would finally have a parent, but then, all the arguing would start again. At the time of this video he claimed they had been sober for two years, however, much later in the series, it was confirmed they had, at some point, began drinking again. His parents' alcoholism meant that Daniel spent more time with his grandmother, which he did until she died.

Notes

• 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).
• 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

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