Sanders Sides

Thomas Sanders decides to take some time to figure himself out, and introduces three different parts of his personality: Logic, Morality and Creativity (also known as "Princey").

Thanksgiving is approaching and Thomas' dad, his real dad, has asked him to help cook the turkey. But Thomas still doesn't know how to cook, so Morality pops up and reminds him that he should improve on the process of becoming an adult, which he consistently calls "adultery", to Thomas' dismay.

Thomas is feeling quite relaxed, when suddenly Anxiety pops in and ruins his peace. He calls for help on Creativity, who suggests Thomas to retire to a corner of his mind for reinforcements. He does so, and Thomas and Anxiety pop up on Lilly Singh's apartment, where she gives Thomas a few tips to, if not destroying Anxiety completely, at least bring him down enough.

New year has arrived, and as suggested by Logic, Thomas starts thinking on New Year's resolutions. Creativity and Morality also pop up to give suggestions and in the turmoil of emotions, Anxiety pops up to remind him that it is pointless to waste time on New Year's resolutions because he's going to give up fulfilling them in a month or probably less.

Thomas has decided to talk about the messages given by Disney movies, so Princey, as a Disney fan, cannot help popping up. So does Anxiety as he too is a Disney fan, because he sees the sinister undertone messages that Disney movies also provide. So Princey and Anxiety start a debate about what positive or creepy messages can be inferred from each Disney movie.

Thomas has fulfilled one of the dreams of his life, appearing on a Disney show. So the Sanders Sides appear to ask him how the experience was.

Thomas has just dyed his hair purple, and the Sanders Sides, who as a result have also developed purple hair, show their opinion about the change. Patton and Roman love it, while Logan hates it and Virgil doesn't know what to say, as he doesn't want to spill too much anxiety on Thomas, since he wants to fit in the group, although he doesn't know how. When Patton has the idea that the purple hair reminds him of Nymphadora Tonks, from "Harry Potter", Thomas has the idea of using the Hogwarts Houses to sort all of the Sanders Sides into different houses based on their personality traits. As Thomas is a long time convinced Hufflepuff guy, the rest analyze themselves to see which house they would fit in, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin, and to try and get Virgil more integrated into the team.

Thomas is feeling really sad over the remembrance of a long lost love he hasn't been able to move on from yet. He has the idea that going to Patton's room will help him enhance the happy memories to wipe away his sadness. So all the Sanders Sides and Thomas go to Patton's room, which is full of items of Thomas' past: things he wrote as a kid, music he used to play, gadgets he had and enjoyed, photographs and drawings of his life, and more. They all get carried away with the memories, while suddenly Virgil starts feeling bad. Only Logan notices this and tells the others they must get out of the room quickly, because "habitual worriers" like Thomas, with an habitual tendency to anxiety, when they look back to the past, they tend to think that the present pails in comparison to the "wonderful memories", which in turn worsens their anxiety.

After Logan's abrupt departure, Thomas starts realizing that he cannot keep like that anymore, torturing himself with a love that cannot, and shouldn't, be back, because that wouldn't be fair, nor for him neither for his ex, because he wouldn't be happy with Thomas, just as he wasn't happy in the final times of their relationship. So, even though it's not going to be easy, and knowing that he's still gonna feel pain, maybe for a very long time, Thomas decides it's time to move forward with his life, accept that that love story is over for good, and, even if not healing completely from his pain, at least learn to live with it.

The Sanders Sides appear on Thomas because they feel in the mood for doing a video, and since it's Christmas Eve, and it's the first Christmas that Virgil spends with the rest of his new friends, Roman suggests that the four of them should wear festive Christmas "ugly sweaters" and perform a Christmas carol together. But they don't agree very much on the lyrics that Roman has written for them, especially Virgil.

Thomas has forgotten last night to go with Joan to support them to a reading for a stage play Joan had been working on. In the morning, Joan sent him a text reading "where were you last night, F Word Face", and Thomas, who thinks Joan is mad at him, doesn't know how to tell them or if he should tell them the truth at all, that he was on a date with a guy he'd just known while Joan was on their reading. Since Thomas is more inclined to lie to Joan because the truth is too horrible for him to tell them, Roman decides to transport them all to a Mind Palace shaped as a theater where he will assume Joan's form so that Thomas can practice his lying to Joan in the various situations Roman puts in front of Thomas in the form of a play, with Logan as the stage manager, Virgil as the technical operator and Patton as the director.

After a failed game and loss of motivation, Logan tries to help Thomas find the bigger picture behind everything he does in his life, while Roman tries to convince Thomas to take risks and not settle for a boring and basic life.