Dear Linkara, I am 28 years old. I turned 16 years old when I discovered your content. I had serious suicidal tendencies. The videos of yourself and The Spoony One kept those dark thoughts at the edge of my mind. I can't thank you enough for that. Over a decade later I am beyond proud to both witness and support the content that kept me alive. For over a decade you kept me from surrendering to despair and helped me crack my knuckles and ask what's next? I found what's next and it made me happy. I couldn't have reached this point without your silly help. Thank you.

Man, I never really registered how what happened to Jim Gordon was just as much a sexual assault as what happened to Barbara. It shows how conditioned we are to see sexual assault of men as "comedic" or trivial. (Not an attack on you of course Linkara, just an observation)

Dear Linkara, four days ago I broke two bones in my left foot at work. Your episodes have kept me entertained during this hard time. Thank you for the laughs and may you one day be victorious over the greatest evil of all...ANCIENT EGYPT! Edit: Thank you all for the positive wishes! I, personally, blame Ancient Egypt for this misfortune.

I want to thank you for including multiple entries on this list about past times you have been insensitive on certain topics. You consistently address them well by offering a sincere apology, not trying to come up with excuses, and explaining what's wrong in an attempt to educate viewers all without centering it on yourself. With as common as apology videos have become, few people do them as well as you do. I really mean it. There are a lot of allies, activists, and creators who could stand to learn from your example-myself included.

Linkara will never understand my insatiable nostalgic thirst for Pre-2016 KZfaq! I demand all Reviewers have deep lore that begins and ends every video and expands to the point where they make movies about it. I'm being genuine here. There's nothing younger me enjoyed more than seeing my favorite internet reviews fight evil doppelgangers or personifications of bad tv and movies. Keep it up Man and I hope it's 10 More mistakes instead of 15 Next Year!

“…That I’m making less mistakes overall.” Fewer mistakes. I’m so sorry

"Why would Wookiee be spelled with 2 e's." You forget, Linkara, that their homeworld is called Kashyyyk. Spelled with THREE YS AND ONE WHY!

I love the ' We've always had Cats" Running Joke!

That is hilarious that a fan actually tracked you down to tell you that the person really did get shot in alone in the dark.

I’m almost disappointed Linkara didn’t get the Infinity Gauntlet and go “Fake!” Still congratulating on winning the Contest Of Champions and getting your Pokémon’s uploaded. Whatever other mistakes, those are still major accomplishments!

You know what would've been a better strategy for the Guardians of the Universe to stop Hal Jordan? If they stood around in a circle and said "We should DO something!" "Should we... DO something?" "We should do something!" "Should we... DO something?"

I will admit that I thought the “Killing Joke” jokes that you made in the review were humorous but then when you included them on the list, it reminded me of an issue that our culture is still bias about and that is when a man gets sexually assaulted it’s either no big deal or even funny but when a woman gets sexually assaulted its treated appropriately as something horrible. I think that double standard is terrible and that everyone needs to be reminded that men can be victims of similar circumstances, especially myself. Thank you for all the work you put into to make insightful but also fun content. Maybe this year will be better than the last.

With 2023 being the year many youtubers were revealed to have made alot of mistakes and internet crimes, I'm glad there are content creators like Linkara who make videos listing their mistakes and shortcomings without having someone else expose them.

Don't feel too bad about getting the Shadow Android thing wrong. When Shadow was first introduced, there was a consistent recurring trend in the series of various characters mistaking him and Sonic for one another (that's been turned into something of a running joke since they look and act nothing alike). So I can totally see it being a running joke in-universe to have characters mistake the Shadow Androids for Metal Sonic despite them being completely separate robots. And thank you Linkara for continuing to do what you do and for always striving to be better at it. I first started watching these videos as a depressed teenager with serious anger issues, but I've come a long way since then and I always look forward to your show. Your optimistic outlook and fun snark are a true delight, and always remind me of the bright parts of humanity that the best superhero comics always try to show in people. Hope you have a good year. P.S. once I have money, totally getting one of those trans pride robomats ^-^

everybody makes mistakes, but not everyone is willing to make an entire video dedicated to correcting those mistakes, and apologizing for making them. This is one of the reasons why I continue watching you after all these years, because you are a kind and caring person, who wants to make videos for enjoyment and entertainment. It's been a rough year, but we were all here together because of you. Happy new year everyone, here's to 2024.

I don't wanna jinx it, but let's hope your schedule is back on track for 2024.

You're a real Honorable Man Linkara Whether it's trying to maintain a aschedule, improving your craft, and even owning up to past failings You've always proven to be kind, honest, hard working, and trying to do best by your fans for those reasons and more I'm proud to call myself a lifelong fan Happy 2024 and more years to come!

Like you, 2023 was a rough year for me. For starters, I lost mi abuela on my mom's side. She passed away eight days before my birthday. It was horrid but eventually I grieved. I grieved a lot but all I can do is keep on going. Trust me. And 2024 will probably not be better considering I found out the MCN I'm under is in major trouble. It can explain why my pay had been delayed. At least watching these can help alleviate the stress. I only hope that 2024 will probably be a year things can be better. May it be better. Not just for you Linkara but for all of us. As I said so already. Expertly done Linkara. Expertly fucking done.

I only know what Crazy Quilt looks like because he was featured very prominently in the _Batman: The Brave and the Bold_ animated series episode "The Color of Revenge!", otherwise I'd have had no idea. In the episode, Robin accidentally blinds Crazy Quilt and, years later, the guy returns seeking revenge. It was one of the more memorable episodes. It also dealt with a Robin who stopped being sidekick to Batman during that time-skip and explored the relationship between the two.

Thank you for hearing me out about the issue I had about The Killing Joke review. We as a society really need to work on accepting that sexual misconduct/violence can happen to anyone, regardless of who they are (to your credit, you did mention that a bit in your Identity Crisis review.) People who have been harmed in such ways should be encouraged to seek help & have easy/affordable access to therapy to help them overcome difficulties & properly heal. You (& Bennet the Sage addressing a similar situation during his De:vadasy review) have helped to nudge things in a small, but not insignificant way, in the proper direction. Hopefully more people will follow suit eventually.

Always appreciate a content creator that actually looks at themselves and takes accountability. Been a fan of yours since I think 2010. Makes me happy to see you going strong.

I'll say this about The Killing Joke and its canon status: it was obviously meant to be canon. Batgirl Special #1, which came out DAYS BEFORE TKJ, was meant to be a send-off for Barbara's time as a heroine before being crippled.

52 is a chunky amount, but I'm also curious to see if you'll make it. Just please don't overwork yourself for our amusement. You're one of the most consistent people I watch on KZfaq (yes, even with schedule slippage). :)

For some reaon "i confused Bermuda with the Bahamas" made me laugh so hard.

You know what they say, 51 is the new 52.

I believe "Heel-Face Turn" (and the counterpart, "Face-Heel Turn") is specifically the way the terms are phrased on TV Tropes, I guess in order to specify what the heel or face in question are turning into.

Kudos for admitting your own mistakes. I didn't even consider the jokes made in killing joke review at the time, but I understand why it was viewed in bad taste. You're a good person and you're content has not only brought joy to many, but helped many through tough times(myself included). Here's to a new year and hope it's a good one.

Dear Linkara. I'm 20 now, and I first started watching when I was 13. I'm so appreciative of the show and of your sense of humor, your moral compass and how you conduct yourself. This last year has been hard for me, but I've gotten through it, and I'm so grateful for the levity the show brought, and in a moment of crisis, the guidance I could take. I showed a close friend "All that He Sees" last night and we had an amazing time! They really enjoyed it and we had a great time swapping interests. Thank you for all that you do. May the Fourth Wall keep standing for time immemorial!❤

As far as Teen Titans goes, the story I've always heard is that the show didn't have the budget for a 6th regular VA, so they could only do a few episodes with Terra before she could be considered a regular. It's why the show liked to use Gizmo as one of the default bad guys, because his VA was Tara Strong, who was already on the cast as Raven. The no-continuity thing is a little weird given stuff like Justice League and Ben 10 were pretty continuity-heavy and also running around the same time. And, of course, it's especially weird now when they have stuff like Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Gumball, and Craig of the Creek.

Thanks for another year linkara. Your videos have been making me smile thru dark times for 15 years now, so heres to another 15 (at least). And good luck on the 52!

I’m pretty sure that the TVTropes page for “face turn”was at one point called “heel face turn”, so that mistake is quite understandable.

Ah, but Linkaraa, isn't Ancient Egypt, as a country, a *minion* of your greatest foe Geography?

Hey Linkara, ambitious plans for 2024, having a solid 52 episode. I know it might seem like 2023 was short in episodes, but it's worth noting that your episodes are also longer than they used to be. If you want some heartening math, between 2010 and 2022, the amount of hours (not episodes, hours) of Atop the 4th Wall every year came to almost exactly 25 hours. That's about a half hour of content a week for 50 weeks out of the year, and 2 weeks for time off, so overall extraordinarily solid. 2023 was a bit short, but not the shortest year you've had. Point is, I respect the hustle, but don't feel like you've been letting us down. You've been one of the most consistent creators I've watched considering you're such a small team of mostly just you. Don't work yourself into any early graves.

Actually Linkara, you did review a comic featuring that Algonquin Spirit. The first appearance of Wolverine in Incredible Hulk number 181.

I appreciate your humility and willing to accept your mistakes and improve on them. You’re a good man, Lewis. And I’m glad I found your channel.

Videos like these are important because it isn't just Linkara reflecting on his own past mistakes, but also granting the audience a chance to reflect with him. most of the other videos were fun watches and to me never felt like grievance mistakes, just ones you could joke about. this video though really made me reflect as well, especially the last two entries I genuinely had no idea the creature's name was Taboo and much like Linkara thought it was a generic monster taken from folklore, but know now what significance it has makes me put it in the same category of "hollywood appropriation" like Voodoo from Vodu the same went for Gordon and the jokes used on him, i genuinely laughed at those because i felt Linkara's intentions, but now I'm reflecting on this and yeah SA to ANYONE is not okay and kudos to Linkara for being the change he wants to see the world have. Thank you for 2023 Linkara, here's to 2024

If I may say Linkara, Lewis, Mr. Lovhaug, I truly appreciate you and your hard work. Not only are you entertaining, and yes even funny, but you are also informational. Educational I dare say. And not just for comics but for other world information, you retraction of the certain native spirit mentioning being the best current example. I was not aware of this fact and like you am mostly aware of the Marvel character of the same name. I say all this as both a “shake you hand” kind of moment but also as a reassuring moment for you. About your schedule. I can understand the need for structure and the normal it can bring, but your job is stressful enough as it is. And yes I acknowledge the stress a KZfaqr goes through, especially one who has been around as long as you. Your videos are like coming across gold for me. Whenever they pop up for me I jump in them. I wouldn’t assume I could speak for others but I do think it is safe to say, don’t worry about it. Life certainly has enough stresses and struggles in it. You do great work, and we your loyal fans are always happy when your videos drop, whenever they do. Hell in honesty I didn’t even know what your scheduled days were until this video. Cut yourself a little slack and a bit of grace. We got you no matter what.

Another year, another AT4W season. Looking forward to the new lineup of bad comics… and whatever story you’re FINALLY allowed to make post-contest.

in regards to the algonquin spirit, it's an easy to understand mistake if you didn't know. It shows up in a lot of places that one would not think it problematic. While Until Dawn probably made it very popular, it predates that. There is the Marvel Character as you mentioned, but there is also a digimon named after it and i know it is a creature in DnD. Hell, the Supernatural series had it in their second episode. it's one of those things you just gotta take on the chin and try and be better. If you ever do need to discuss the Marvel character, my friends and I just use the fast food chain of Wendy's to convey what we mean.

I just wanna thank Linkara for all the great work he gives us because he honestly gave me a better way to read and understand comics

It takes a good man (or person) to say he makes mistakes. It takes a great man to analyze his mistakes, even mistakes he may not agree with, and strive to be better for everyone. You are a MAN. Can't wait for the 20th anniversary one day. Good luck on your 52-episode endeavor, Linkaraa!

The Heel/Face thing is an easy enough mistake to make. Just remember that Heel means evil, Face means good, and turn means to change between the two. For example: "Fans were pissed when Cassandra Cain had a Face-Heel Turn and wanted to make Robin evil too." Example 2: "The Swordsman started as a villain, then made a Heel-Face Turn and joined The Avengers." Maybe Song of Orpheus could just be a short (10 minute) filler review? It's not terribly long and would help you get closer to your resolution. If nothing else, it's good "falling behind, need content while I work on another review" fodder. Whatever the case, best of luck in 2024.

And behind Linkara you can see something interesting: a lil' red truck, haulin' a Christmas tree!

If you reach your video output goal, you can call 2024 your "New 52" lmao

Never knew speaking the name of Wendigo was a taboo in native american communities, always though it was just a regular folklore monster, like my country's many folklore creatures.

you're far from the only one to treat sexual assault on a man as less serious than one on a woman. at least you have the guts and conscience enough to recognize and apologize.

I don't know if it's snowing real hard up north yet or not, but Linkara, if you hear someone say "can you help me with this?", ignore it.

For your Number 2 Mistake, I did not know it was taboo to even say the name of the creature or spirit of Native American folklore. However, I can see it as a cautionary tale about losing humanity and becoming something inhuman. I think the video game Until Dawn did that kind of story with the creatures, but I could be wrong.

Funny thing about the Shadow Androids, they actually originated in that "one Sonic game but with guns". It got very weird. There's retcon, aliens, death, destruction, mild swearing, OW THE EDGE, and robot clones. To quote Peter Parker, "This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot".

"That I'm making less mistakes overall..." Fewer. The word is fewer. I just found that funny, don't take it personally.

Don't give into despair, you turn into a witch.

I actually don't mind the delays HOPR is taking because I understand ATFW is your top priority. I don't mind waiting well until 2030 when you get caught up.

I'm honestly really interested to see what the new storyline has to offer and what new interesting ideas you will add to it

[snickers] You bent your Wookiees.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but people already are nostalgic for early KZfaq. Hell, the Nostalgia Critic himself has become nostalgia for a lot of people!

Hate to tell you thins Linkara, but people are already nostalgic for old KZfaq videos.

To see you keep talking about new stuff and finding new ways to talk about things really makes me happy to see AT4W really expand the way it has

As someone who can admit their mistakes and even goes out of their way to make sure they don't happen again you have my respect and as an on and off viewer for the last decade I hope your 2024 is phenomenal

While I liked the regeneration in the 3rd DW special, I completely get why it rubbed people the wrong way. Ncuti Gatwa’s still gonna be a great doctor, I can tell!

Hey Linkara, in regards to you pushing your merch lately, I'd just like to say I got my robomat in the mail today. It's adorable and I love it. 😁

Somehow wishing for a "good year" is harder than deciding what's your favorite rock

Thank you for acknowledging mistake #2. I was one of the ones who pointed it out.

For mistake 9, technically the terms would be a Heel-Face Turn or a Face-Heel Turn, with the ordering of the name referring to when a character goes from the first state to the second. You were being corrected on the shortened slang terms, as opposed to the full versions, so the confusion is at least more justified in that case.

Quick one about item 6 (I know but hold on a second) A lot of the "Masterplan" was Cartmell's notes on the subject. It's kinda important as a writer to have the answers to mysteries. Even if you don't intend for those mysteries ever really be answered publicly. It helps with consistency and keeps the "world"of the story whole. This is the big problem with the JJ Abrams "Mystery Box" concept. Abrams doesn't care what's in the box, so when other writers aren't given the outline they have to make it up themselves and thus we get confusing messes were plot points just vanish. the thing with the Masterplan was it was the great unfinished work. It was interesting, had been woven into more or less two seasons at that point and was the big mystery behind so much. Fans lashed on to it like a life raft during the wilderness years until it built up it's own mythology

These year end lists are genuinely not just one of my favorite of your traditions on the show, but something I look forward to as part of my New Year, something to wipe the slate clean and dive into another trip round the sun. Thanks for helping me gear up for what's ahead- I know I'm not the only one whose life really is richer for all your hard work. P.S. Your 52 episodes goal is admirable and by all means go for it, but please remember not to pursue that or anything else at the expense of your physical or mental well-being- I'd rather have one at4w episode per year and know that you're doing well than have any number of episodes that you needed to go through hell to produce.

You did review a comic with the Marvel coop of the Algonquin culture. Years ago when you covered Wolverines first appearance in Secret Origins month. It was an issue of Incredible Hulk.

Linkara, I've floated your videos on occasion in the last several years and recently I've been converting them to mp3s so that I can listen to them off a USB on the work truck's radio. It's been phenomenally entertaining to listen to your fun reviews/rants about all kinds of stories and franchises even though there is a lot of visual gags and scans to poke fun or praise art it helps keep me awake and alert on some otherwise boring long distance drives which can give me road fatigue, eventually when I have more time I look back at key moments about some artistic decisions you point out and have a good laugh -much more entertaining than the limited selection of radio stations and hearing the same songs on repeat. Keep at it you magnificent bastard.

Hey Linkara. I totally understand how schedule slippages are a massive pain and I'm glad you are slowly but surely working it all out! I've really enjoyed the videos that have come out and whenever I am doing exercises or grinding in video games, I always play your old videos in the background. I learn a lot from watching your vids especially in the world of comics. I got into Star Trek because of your vids AND am currently binge watching every single episode of Doctor Who because of your vids. (And yes, I am currently watching the Classic Series before I go onto the reboot, I'm actually really enjoying it too). And you (along with a few others) got into doing reviews of my own. Out of all the reviewers that started off on that particular website, your vids are the one I watch more often! I can't wait to see more vids in the future and I hope 2024 is a good year of you too! :D

So, your resolution is for a "New 52", eh Linkara??

I was expecting the Hound/Huffer confusion from the Transformers retrospective to make the list (although it led to a hilarious running gag in those videos), but honestly good on you for acknowledging more serious mistakes and off color jokes. You're a good man, Linkara. There's a reason why people still enjoy your videos and keep coming back to you after sixteen years.

I for one appreciate your commitment to owning and learning from your mistakes and hope you continue to do so until you make it into The Good Place. Also, don't push yourself too hard to make a video every week, I don't think anyone wants you to get burned out.

I love your channel Linkara, I'm a relatively new subscriber but I really enjoy your stuff and to see you admit mistakes and further educate yourself to make the content better is so admirable :)

"My New Year's resolution: 52 episodes in 2024." Here lies Lewis Lovhaug. Comic book reviewer who worked himself to death.

Lewis, I appreciate you and your wit and genuine awesomeness.

19:37 Imagine someone making a compilation of "Linkara VS Geography"

I always love these videos looking over past mistakes and the previous year as a whole. Also do you plan on being on another episode of Escape From Vault Disney? You gave a lot of great remarks on the last two you were on.

My favorite part of the show is Linkara vs Geography, but don't feel bad about getting Bermuda and The Bahamas mixed up, my dyslexic ass always mixes them up too.

In a world if cobstant botched apologies youre the one light reminding me people can actually be genuine

I really respect the commitment to rounding up mistakes and issuing corrections as publicly as possible. I feel like a lot of KZfaqrs would benefit from making mistake roundup videos like this, maybe there’d be less people holding grudges about flubbed facts or insufficient research.

Also, I wonder if MLP FIM intentionally changed the name of a creature in an episode that was sort of Christmasy because it would create that kind of problem. Then again, they have an excuse, the MLP universe tends to make cartoony changes to various things: parasprites, auroricorns in G5, along with bunnicorns, pegasnails, etc

I hope the cats don't turn out to be evil. I like them.

Congrats on F I N A L L Y winning the contest against a suspiciously familiar sounding bandit chief, hopefully ‘24 is the year your schedule is kept even to balance out things.

Cheers to another great year and for introspection!

I’m still reasonably new to your stuff but I appreciate the fact that you do lists like this ❤😊

Really good video and happy to see that you're improving and making less major mistakes. You've had to go back far with a few of them.

27:56 Huh that line didn't exactly age the greatest though considering what The "Spy Master" did with the Cybermen...

From what I've heard, The Killing Joke was always meant to be canon. There was a book released about a month before The Killing Joke called Batgirl Special #1 which had the story "The Last Batgirl Story" and supposedly, according to the writer of that book, Barbara Kesel, she was commissioned to write this book to specifically to allow for the status quo changes that The Killing Joke would cause. Plus, since the first book to reference what happened in The Killing Joke after it happened was in Batman #426, AKA, the first part of A Death in the Family, which came out only five months later, this does seem to support the idea it was always meant to be canon and not an Elseworlds sort of thing.

Thank you, Linkara, for another year where I could look forward to your entertaining videos. I've been watching you for over ten years now, and your videos are my ultimate comfort food; when I lie in bed and feel sick, or bad, or I can't sleep or I just want to watch something safe, I watch one of your videos and they just cheer me up. Here's to another year of great episodes :)

I really wish that batman: the killing joke never happened at all. Can’t wait to see you making more videos

I can say that 2023 was the year that I got back into Atop the Fourth Wall after several years as a lapsed fan. It was never anything to do with the content, I had just fallen off of keeping up with the videos and never found myself coming back around until the Man of Steel review popped up in my feed back in February. And I've been catching up since then. As someone who was a fan from the old days on that one website when I was a dorky high schooler, it was great seeing how much you've progressed while still being the snarky geek that I was a fan of. So thank you, Linkara, for still being around and continuing to make me laugh through the cringe of bad comics (and find even more to enjoy in the great ones). I can't wait to see what you have in store for 2024!

I’m just happy to have the contest over and i can’t wait for more stories.

It is so wild to me that you know Eldritch Grandpa and I ALSO know eldritch grandpa (though not as well), enough that I've raided them a few times and been raided by them once. I've been watching since 2011 (when I finally got off dialup!) and watching your show has been a huge deal to me, a comfort in bad times and a laugh in good. Knowing we're just a degree of separation away is the kind of thing I gush about constantly to my partner and friends. I don't know if you'll see this comment (especially since I'm late on watching this episode!) but I just wanted you to know how big a deal you've been in my life, and I cant wait to keep watching your show

Enter? People are already nostalgic for early youtube content. Heck, Markiplier is at this point an elder statesman of the platform and in his avantgarde phase.

2023 was a rough, rough ,ROUGH YEAR! But ur show has always been an inspiration my friend because of good supportive people like u Linkara I was happy to embrace that I am bisexual and good folks like u whom are supportive to LGBTQ+ Rights and people; I am thankful for ur channel and work thank u Linkara

If geography is your weakness, you truly never will know where in the world Carmen SanDiego is

A quote I think about a lot is "You did everything you could and still failed" it can be seen as negative but also I find it a good way not to beat myself up. Sometimes stuff just doesn't work out, I do hope you can get back on schedule but if life gets in the way then it happens. I mean hell I follow creators who release like once every two years I'm not going to get mad if you only do 40 something episodes instead of 52

Linkara I’ve been a fan since just after you started, and I hope you can go on forever. LONG LIVE THE TRILBY!

Actually... no, you're kinda right. "Heel-Face Turn" is when a Heel turns into a Face, and it's what Vader did. It's the proper terminology of the "Face Turn". The opposite of that is a "Face-Heel Turn". TV Tropes if very helpful for those kinds of mistakes... but given you already have schedule issues, I'm not asking you to get into that site on the risk you may waste your life on it. EDIT: TV Tropes calls a character a "Heel-Face Revolving Door" if they keep flip-flopping constantly from one to the other.

Happy New Year Linkara. I hope you reach lucky number 52 of the Sweet 16 year of AT4W. Here's to hopefully the next 51 episodes.

I look forward to this list because I sincerely appreciate when content creators reflect on their work and try to do better. Looking forward to another year - good luck on your schedule goals!