Imisssunshields

"seeing an eclipse for the first time. better yet, seeing any cool space-related events. shooting stars. sunrises and sets. launches to uncharted territory."

-anonymous

Before the second clip, he's baiting them into banning him. Takes of his armour, makes it seems like he is one heart. He wasn't on one, and be wouldn't have have gotten banned. But... was it that? Was that when he realised he didn't want to get banned? When it came down the withdrawing the hearts, was it that point when he decided he didn't want to die? Or sometime way before?

It's obvious why Bacon didn't manage to fully,, meet the same path and fate as Subz. The difference of their approach is already striking. Bacon viewed it as a void arc type of project, it's why Zam supported him so much too, because she recognised that he wants to fix their failure. But Subz went into it knowing this is his last project, knowing that there will never be anything for him ever again. It's interesting, that Bacon had to let go off everything and everyone he had close to him to immerse himself in this role, while Subz already lacked them. That's difference number 1

Bacon's approach was rallying the server, to unite them to work against him. Subz's reasons were selfish more than anything, it was closure.

And, of course. Bacon did get banned. He had taken off Subz's coat, he had ended this arc, but he gets banned. He is his "regular old self". Bacon doesn't get banned when he is trying to be Subz, he gets banned when he is himself again.

Besides, his reasoning for being a good enemy, is that he is easy to kill.

the dramatic irony in stormz comparing quakitus to mugm today is like. insane to me how viscerally potent it is while being completely unintentional on stormz's end (bliss smp the most scripted unscripted server godbless never change). stormz intends the comparison entirely positively, it's meant to affirm that he acknowledges quakitus's feelings about torchblossom as Being Fair by using mugm (someone who he respects immensely) as a reference point—"the way you [quakitus] feel about TB is the same way mugm feels about TE. you're just like mugm."

but, of course, with quakitus's having secret of being Actually Evil or whatever he instead derives his own joy and amusement out of being compared to mugm, because in their extremely warped mindset mugm is the ultimate example of The Controller.

to quakitus, reputation is a tool to be used in service of Gaining More Control, and mugm's influence and reputation precedes all (something something black hole), therefore, he has Control over the entire server. like, hey, even the person controlled her during gilded—that being wyll—falls under mugm's control now (DISCLAIMER: this is completely untrue and more of q's awesome self-rationalization of her Controller/Controlled binary view on people, with her warped view on bonds and friendship he is unable to conceptualize people being Actual Equals in a dynamic)

so, by being compared to mugm, that signals to quakitus that they're doing something right. they're Winning. q even explicitly says that they want to be in mugm's position and functionally replace him come s4

however. there is another layer of irony to this. because quakitus is Dead Fucking Wrong about mugm (as per usual tbh). despite quakitus seeing him as a Controller who has Won due to q projecting his own views onto mugm's position, ironically, mugm is one of the people on the server with the least control over his situation. mugm doesn't view his reputation as a tool, it's closer to an obstacle, an inhibitor, a prison. his Main Struggle on the server is to create a legacy for himself that actually feels like himself, the weight of the sheer influence that mugm has on the server collapses in on itself and makes it so mugm has nearly no say in how he is ultimately seen by the masses.