Gaming streamer Rachel “Valkyrae” received a strange gift in a podcast: the voodoo doll of her former boyfriend, Twitch streamer Michael “Sonii” Sheenan, with whom she had no contact for three years. Sonii describes the situation as disgusting and disturbing. Many men on X, formerly Twitter, agree with him.
That was the situation: Valkyrae was on the “Press Esc” podcast with her friend Lisa “Alytuh.” Valkyrae unpacked a gift box and suddenly had a doll in her hand. Valkyrae asked her friend in horror, “Is that a voodoo doll?”
She happily explained: Yes, she made a voodoo doll of Valkyrae’s ex-boyfriend. She really hates that guy.
Valkyrae seemed horrified at first and accused her friend of saying that this was crazy shit. But then she thought about whether needles could be stuck into the doll. Maybe that would really hurt him? Ultimately she decided against it.
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Ex-boyfriend describes relationship as “toxic on both sides”
What does her ex-boyfriend say about this? Her ex-boyfriend, a Twitch streamer named Sonii, reacted irritably. He hasn’t spoken to Valkyrae in three years. But he found this behavior so disturbing that he contacted her.
He’s been trying to distance himself from Valkyrae for three years now, but she obviously can’t let go. He accuses Valkyrae of using platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to stir up hatred against him. At the time, their relationship was complex and toxic from all sides. However, they were never physically abusive towards each other. Both had injured each other and had now healed the wounds at their own pace.
He hopes that Valkyrae will stop and offers to let her know if she has a problem (via x).
Men find the clip disturbing – some women want a best friend like that
How are others discussing the clip? The clip is seen in different ways.
Men say:
There are even nasty interpretations of the clip:
Some women seem to think this is great on X:
Turbulent relationship – turbulent career
What do we know about Valkyrae’s relationship? Valkyrae was still a relatively small Twitch streamer in 2020, but was discovered by the YouTube gaming boss who saw great potential in her. He gave her an exclusive contract.
When Valkyrae switched from Twitch to YouTube, she fell into a crisis because she was going through a difficult time in her private life: At that time, she had moved into a new house with her partner, but had trouble with the neighbors who kept her awake at night. This stress in the new house led to a relationship crisis and Sonii moved out of their shared house. Valkyrae fell into a creative crisis and hardly made any videos anymore.
But the corona pandemic turned out to be a stroke of luck for her career. From September 2020, she showed the game “Among Us” with a circle of streamer friends and her viewer numbers exploded. Her living situation also improved: Valkyrae moved in with Twitch streamers like Pokimane.
Valkyrae and Sonii later rekindled their relationship, but the breakup came permanently in 2021.
Statements from Valkyrae suggested (via reddit) that Sonii had not come to terms with the fact that Valkyrae’s career on YouTube was skyrocketing while his own career as a Twitch streamer was stagnating. The relationship is said to have always been turbulent; they broke up once every year for 5 years.
Valkyrae said that she really wanted the relationship with Sonii to work because he was the last of her life partners that her late father had met. Valkyrae often comes across as fun-loving and cheerful, but she has also experienced the bad sides that come with being a gaming star on the Internet: Streamer talks about the shockingly disgusting sides of being a gaming star