The Five-Day TikTok Cult | Children of the Waning Star

Cult, Joke, or Hype?

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There have been enough cults started on TikTok that it’s become a habit of mine to track them.

Today I want to talk about the Children of the Waning Star or, as I refer to them as, the Five-Day TikTok Cult. Is it possible to form a cult in five days? Was this a joke gone wrong? Were people exaggerating the influence of the would-be leader. We’ll discuss.

First we’ll do a quick summary of the five days.

The founder goes by Gigi Jarvis ([@]notgigijarvis on TikTok as of the writing of this post).

Day 1: July 10

Jarvis starts off the video by immediately saying:

“I’m starting a cult and you guys are all going to be a part of it.”

And continues with…

“The first thing I wanna start doing is Victim of the Week, where whoever drops the funniest photo in my comment section, I’m going to steal your profile picture and become you for a whole week.

Also, anyone who follows me, feel free to chime in on our little rules to our…