Gemma

2007-01-17T22:20:38Z

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{{Person
| name = Gemma
| image = Biglipgemma.JPG
| age = 19
| birthday = April(?) 1987
| youtube = Gemmers19
| revver = gemmers19
| myspace = gemmers_19
| actor = Jackie Jandrell
| first = Nut Kills Man
}}
==Plot Background==
'''Gemma''' (username Gemmers19) was a friend of [[Bree]]'s from when she lived in Nottinghamshire. [[Bree]] was particularly good friends with Gemma's dog, as revealed in [[Mysteries of My Past... REVEALED!]]. Since [[Bree]] was 12 at the time, and Gemma 15, it is not surprising that they would not be in the same peer group.

Gemma's first two blogs—[[Nut Kills Man]] and [[Living In London]]—were posted as comments to [[Bree]]'s, with no mention made as to whether Gemma was a real character in the series. Fans suspected that she was canon from the start, and in [[Bree]]’s [[Hi Gemma!]] she was confirmed.

Gemma's parents are members of [[Bree's religion]], but Gemma tells [[Bree]] that she had decided to leave the commune and live on her own in [[Gemma's flat|London]].
Gemma's mother and [[Bree's mother]] met at University, after Bree's mother passionately debated in a class discussion revolving around philosopher [[David Hume]]. Gemma also taught Bree a game called "Nut Kills Man", a fictional, allegedly British variation of "Rock, Paper, Scissors."

Gemma has made [[:Category:Gemma's blogs|several videos]] talking about her life in London. Fans speculate that Gemma's monologues about her life in London are [[Double talk|coded]] commentary/advice for [[Bree]]'s situation. She has given [[Bree]] advice about her situation toward her religion. Gemma has said it's hard for her to live away from the community.

In [[Learning Egyptian]], Gemma claims that [[Bree]]'s religion is not a [[Thelema|Thelemic religion]] at all but a secret society called [[The Order]].

The videos supposedly show [[Gemma's flat]].

==Revelations of Order Involvement==
[[Image:Hackedgemma.jpg|thumb|Gemma's YouTube profile image after her account is hacked by Brother and Tachyon.]]The release of [[Tachyon]] videos [[Gemma? (Part I)]] and [[Gemma? (Part II)]] revealed to fans that Gemma was in Southern California and that she was interacting with [[Lucy]]. The videos were taken to be a message that Gemma was affiliated with The Order and likely working against Bree's interests. Many fans were reluctant to believe that Gemma had been a part of the Order all along, and wondered whether the Order had caught her sometime after the [[Scared To Go Home]] video. If that was the case, then some of Gemma's earlier advice might have been in good faith.

However, Tachyon's [[Gemma? (Part III)]] showed that the location of Scared To Go Home was actually Southern California. In this video, Gemma is also filmed at a payphone saying "Are you sure the 'D' in APHID is not an option?" Clearly, Gemma was even more deeply involved than previously thought, although it is unclear whom it is that she is working with. From what was shown of her phone conversation, it seems she works with [[OpAphid]]. Whether [[OpAphid]] is the [[Order]] or a part of it is still unknown. The [[Tachyon]] videos were very damaging to Gemma's credibility. All the information and advice that came from Gemma is suspect, as it is very possible that she was working with [[OpAphid]] since she first started posting videos.

On January 8th, 2007, Tachyon and [[Brother]] jacked Gemma's [[YouTube]] account, adding slightly altered versions of [[Tachyon]] and [[Brother]]'s five Gemma videos, and changing the profile to
<pre>Greetings and salutations!

It's time you all knew the truth about Gemma.

xoxox,

T

P.S. I assume it'll take him awhile, but if you're reading this then my
"brother" [[10033]] has successfully taken control of this account on my behalf.

P.P.S. For more information about and [[OpAphid]], check out our
videos here under [[Tachyon]] and [[10033]]. </pre>

==Etymology==
The English name ''Gemma'' comes from the Italian name Gemma, which derives from Latin ''gemma'', meaning "jewel."

Gemma is also one of two names for the star Alpha Coronae Borealis (also known as Alphecca). Its name Gemma derives from the star's central placement in the constellation Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown). This connection raises possible links to Bree's fascination with astronomy and to the connections between Bree's religion and astrology (see [[Denderah]]).
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The Ends Justify The Means

2007-01-17T03:02:15Z

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{{Aphid
|number = 13
|name = The Ends Justify The Means
|image = Untitled.jpg
|caption = Oh Dear.
|date = January 16th, 2007
|url = [http://one.revver.com/watch/141994 watch]
|description = With all due respect to philosophers and French poets, perhaps Kruger and Dunning's observations are more appropriately insightful for this day and age. Oh, and in the prophetic words of an old-school bard: "the next time a girl gives you the play, just remember my rhyme and get the hell away."
|tags = [[forever]] [[thirty-six]] [[secrets]] [[tachyon]] [[gemma]] [[ordeal]] [[lonelygirl15]] [[order]] [[daniel]] [[jonas]] [[gemmers19]] [[lg15]] [[opaphid]] [[danielbeast]] [[jonastko]]

More from OpAphid
|Previous = Home Alone
|Next =
}}
'''The Ends Justify The Means''' is the thirteenth video in the OpAphid video series. The probable video for it to be in response to is Daniel's [[Bree And I Hooked Up]].

==Video Contents==
===Transcript===
4 sets of braille letters
Yellow Watcher's eye 
The shot pulls back to reveal Daniel tracking down the source of the disturbance on his cell phone, discovering the camera.
 Wrath Eyes: "Well Played. But then again, clearly things have not gone according to plan...or have they?"
 Mashed audio (will cover later)
 Camera enters Ops cornea
 Camera pulls back out
 "Oh Dear"
 Yellow and flipped Op Aphid ending logo
 "We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective."

===Braille===
i g m r a p m e

Which anagram to RIP Gemma

===Overlayed Audio===
The audio in the cornea is understandably difficult to hear. Listeners have heard: 
"Listen to your enemy, for God is talking." 
"And as such, you will face our wrath." 
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." (backwards) 
There is certainly more but we'll assume it's Op's greatest hits. 

===Quote===
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

-Dwight Eisenhower

==Description==
===Philosophers and French poets===
A throw back to the discription on Cassie Does Not R.I.P. (Rest In Peace)

===Kruger and Dunning's observations===
The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge.

===Song Quote===
so next time a girl gives you the play
just remember my rhyme and get the hell away

DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothin But Trouble

==Companion Video==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3b8ZN65C8 watch]

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