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Reed
First Appearance Last Appearance The Beginning of the Beginning Chapter 4: Growth Spurt
Character information
Age	34
Date of Birth	November 3rd, 1989
LG15	10007
MySpace	reed_a_book
Forum Posts	ReadABook
YouTube	reedabook99
Portrayed by	Brett Ryback
List of Reed's blogs Videos with Reed

Reed Barnes (also known as ReedABook) is a college dropout from Chicago. His first video was featured on LG15.com On Friday August 29, 2008 as part of "Community Appreciation Week", and was later revealed to be a canon character of LG15: The Resistance.

Background

Reed states in his first video blog that he has been living in Chicago since mid-2007, and had dropped out of college due to his being easily distracted, usually by all the thoughts that are constantly going through his head. Reed began posting written blogs on MySpace on July 31st, 2008, the day before The Ascension took place. He reveals that his latest fixation is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figure craze, and describes his hunt for the "Be-Bop to my Rocksteady", as well as his excitement to see the movie "Watchmen".

Rant-tastic!

At the end of his first blog, he states that he should probably get to work. A week later, he reveals that he has lost his job due to being too "lax" for the world of account firm interning. The rest of his ramblings consist of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Batman, Mario & Luigi, and his desire to see a movie version of Veronica Mars which is "almost as good as Buffy."

On August 29th, Reed posted his first video blog onto YouTube, where he explained his situation and introduced himself, and his "Dad", to the world. He is momentarily distracted by a rant regarding his distaste for "Mincing", due to the association he has with the book "The Jungle", which involves humans being minced into meat. He explains that he has a friend who is designing a "really cool logo" for his videos. Sure enough, in his next video, we see a short and colorful musical montage involving Reed making various facial expressions. His first official rant involves the Hipster trend, labeling it as something Hot Topic threw up and can't figure out why you would wear a conductor hat while not on a train.

Digging Deeper

Reed eventually discovers Sarah and Jonas's videos against the Order. It is not clear why, but suddenly he is stalked by a man who drives a white van for a scientific organization called LifesBlood Labs. He is terrified and clueless about this, and goes into hiding in downtown Chicago. Meanwhile, Reed is begging Sarah and Jonas to let him stay with them. At first, Jonas says no, but after an encounter with both Reed and his stalker, he gives in. Reed is currently on the run with Jonas and Sarah.

Notes

We are the Reedite Movement.

• Reed's first two videos were posted on LG15.com under the guise of "Community Appreciation Week". His second video was posted due to "popular demand" - referring to the positive response his first video received.
• Reed is the only character to have broken the fourth wall (i.e. admit the ficticious nature of the series) by citing that the LG15 website is run by Amanda Goodfried. The only other character to have interacted with a producer of the show was Gavin, though he only theorized that he was part of a show.
• Upon Reed's stating his non-canon status, a small group of loyal fans began the Reedite Movement To Make Reed Canon. Prominent members of the Facebook Group include Miles Beckett, Greg Goodfried, and Alexandra Dreyfus.

Etymology

Read is an English surname which comes from multiple sources, including Old English read meaning "red" (originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion) and Old English ried meaning "clearing" (given to a person who lived in a clearing in the woods). [1].

Theories

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