Editing Christine Weston Chandler (section)

=== Early life ===
Chandler was born in February 1982, in Ruckersville, Virginia to parents Robert and Barbara.

According to a 2004 intake survey done by a doctor at the University of Virginia Health System that Chandler shared with trolls, he was diagnosed with "autism at around age five or six." He attended Manchester High School in Midlothian, Virginia, describing the four years in a 2013 Facebook post as the best days of his life.

In 2000, he created Sonichu for a high school project, a cross between the Pokemon Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonichu has become Chandler's most long-lasting creation, with him making over a dozen comics that he's posted online. For the majority of her time online, Chandler wore a Sonichu medallion around his neck at all times.

While attending Piedmont Virginia Community College in 2003, Chandler chronicled his "Love Quest" in his own online diary, where he carried around a large sign that read "Seeking an 18-21-Year Old Single Female Companion," approaching women and asking for a date. After weeks of holding the sign on campus, the Dean of Students banned Chandler from using it while on school grounds, according to Chandler's edits on the CWCki.

Undeterred, Chandler continued to use the sign and technique at the Charlottesville Fashion Square mall throughout 2004 to no success, according to journal entries from the year. Mall security guards, which Chandler had dubbed "jerkops," banned her from the location without a parent present according to transcripts from his diary. After the ban, Chandler moved his "Love Quest" online, inviting trolls into his life.