Linc
| Linc (Thomas Jefferson Russell) | |||||
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| Age | Unknown | ||||
| YouTube | lofisyndicate | ||||
| Revver | lofisyndicate | ||||
| Portrayed by | Logan Rapp | ||||
| List of Linc's blogs List of Dehteraew's blogs (not canon) Videos with Linc (Thomas Jefferson Russell) | |||||
Thomas Jefferson Russell (better known as Linc) is a character in the Redearth88 series. He is an ex-OpAphid agent, who is on the run from the Order. Linc's username dehteraew (which, backwards, is "We Are the D") chronicles his life as an ex-OpAphid agent. He recently changed his username after 15over15 contacted him, and told him to protect Rachel.
Background
Linc is an ex-OpAphid agent. The Order has tried to shoot him, drown him, and even blow him up. Somehow he evades his foes and always bounces back. In his videos, he communicates with the TAAG as well as Tachyon, Maddison, and others. When the War Pylol video was discovered, Linc fled to Texas to save Maddison, but was unable to get to her in time. He had helped Maddison and Adam, alongside a number of members of the community, to try and discover the mysterious identity of Mr. Zipp.
Linc has recently made a reappearance with a new YouTube username, lofisyndicate. However, dehteraew is still active. He has informed us that he has been abandoned by his leader, and is currently being stalked 24/7 by an evil pre-recorded phone message. He receives a phone call every hour stating a message that he has until the 21st, but does not state for what. When the number is called, a music mashup puzzle is heard. The character 15over15 is then discovered.
Afterwards, 15over15 contacted Linc, and told him to protect Rachel. He has been stalking her, until one day when Rachel saw him in the park, and he was filming her. He told her he was filming his cousin, and the two went on a date, and planned to hit up garage sales later. However, Rachel saw Linc's cousin, and found out he wasn't filming her. She reacting angrily, and told him to go away when he tried to contact her. Despite this, Linc rescues Rachel from "the faceless guy with the syringe" who appeared to have done something to her while waiting to undergo an STD test. Linc shot the men and took Rachel home, where she spent the next few days sleeping.
Not long after, Rachel decided to give Linc a second chance, but on a bus ride home they are spotted by War Pylol, a former OpAphid agent, and are subsequently chased by a white van, which is documented with the aid of Linc's newly acquired war-spy device. Linc and Rachel lose the van in a parking garage (in which Brother, or Tachyon take care of the van's driver) and decide to hide out. Linc, convinced that 15over15 is going to assist them, takes Rachel to a spot outside a mysterious tunnel. Rachel loses her temper and storms off through said tunnel; Linc follows her and begins to explain their situation. He fails to notice that he is walking ahead and when he turns to check on her she is gone. Upon turning back around a ghostly image of OpAphid herself is shown and Linc falls to the floor.
Over the next two months Linc and Rachel whereabouts remained a mystery. Linc uploaded a video on October, 11th, 2007, entitled Farewells in which he explains that he woke up on September 1st, unaware of what had happened the previous month. He declares that he is tired of seeing the people he tries to help fall. He says he will not leave a trail and that anyone that tries to find him will fail.
On November 7th, 2008, over a full year since he was last seen, Linc reappears. Captured (or "retrieved") by an entity known as "the Home Office," he refuses to provide them with any information, despite the Home Office declaring themselves an enemy of the Order. It is revealed in the video The Hand That Feeds his true name, and "Linc" has merely been a callsign for the time we've seen him.
Notes
- Although this is never really clarified in the story, Linc's use of the lofisyndicate account coincided with his joining of the LoFi Syndicate, a group of "cadets," made up primarily of the fans, who work alongside Tachyon. The group is intended to be similar in design to IPOD OPERA. [1] [2]
