I lost my best friend 3 years ago- not lost as in dead but lost as in we only text each other on our birthdays now. Movies and books don't tell you that a friendship dying is like the sinking of a ship, you try to get higher and higher and hold onto the rails and unanswered texts, the captain tries to steer it to safety and salvage pieces of two broken hearts until you're left with memories of what once was. We were friends for a decade and knew each other's diaries by heart, I still remember her phone number and the way she took her coffee. Seeing her in streets is like breathing in a scent you forgot you knew but it immediately takes you back to a summer in '07.
Movies and books also don't tell you that friendships don't just end after one fight or incident, it's like the rusting of a bridge, the slow decay of flesh and bones and secrets. It took weeks, months- until one day I woke up and I realized I hadn't thought of her in a while. And I wrote a poem that day and I titled it 'The dying of a best friend' and I put all my love for her in a tiny box with my half of the matching pendant of a dolphin we had and stored them in a corner of my heart under the heading Grief. Where else can one hide unspent love?
It's been 3 years since I lost my best friend, lost as in I still carry our secrets in a tiny box but we only text each other on our birthdays.
-Ritika Jyala, excerpt from The world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire
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why do you think c!sam would take better care of c!tommy than c!phil /genq
like don't get me wrong. c!sam has done a lot of bad shit over the course of being warden.
but as of right now, how i am seeing it, is that i'd rather have someone who i know won't berate or scream at c!tommy and has cared about him for months on end over a guy who let c!tommy's abuser out of prison and yells at c!tommy while being a goddamn hypocrite who previously reacted to c!tommy's death with "nahhhh lmao that random ass chaotic kid wouldnt die lets go harass his bff now"
c!sam has cared for this kid for the longest time and c!phil decided to give a shit all of a sudden. c!sam knows how c!dream operates c!phil doesn’t know shit. c!sam knows how to talk to c!tommy c!phil doesn’t.
c!phil is going to be the reason c!tommy gets drastically hurt by c!dream once again because he simply does not know how to handle this.
i just cant over dream’s performance in this scene he was SO unbelievably unsettling. he sounded so giddy and unhinged. the way he talks to tommy throughout the whole thing, simultaneously like hes talking to his best friend and someone hes planning to rip into shreds. he is so happy to be able to hang out with tommy again and being able to torment him over and over and over again. the way his voice just drips venom and smugness. this entire confrontation has to be cc!dream’s best performance by far
That tone he manages to pull off. That particulare tone he uses gives me chills every single time. It’s that wy he sys everything extremely softly, but, like, with so much condescension and, like, pure unadulterate glee at the prospect of hurting Tommy.
And it’s a tone that cc!Dream has been perfecting since the exile arc and it definitely improved drastically since then. Like, in this scene and in this stream as a whole? It was perfect. More than perfect it was terrifying
Hello everyone! How long has it been since one of my Overly Long Analysis?
God, I missed being able to do this, so, to celebrate, this one will be a 3 parter on yesterday's lore!
As always I'll be talking about the characters exclusively unless stated otherwise.
The Dialogue is color-coded so we'll have: Sapnap, Eryn, Michael, Punz, Tommy, Sam, Jack, Dream
Everything under the cut
First up is Sapnap's stream: Late Thanksgiving Stream On Dream SMP (LORE) FINALE because after the last 2 streams my boy deserves to be in the spotlight
Starting off strong with a "wtf is happening, why is Sapnap like this?". In all seriousness though, they were just messing around and having fun at the start. Sapnap, Punz, and Callahan just goofing off together.
Sapnap canonically hates NFTs. George is still sleeping.
Dadboyhalo moment, reminding his kid to feed the horse he stole properly.
Eryn may have just joined Kinoko Kingdom. Karl is canonically watching Over The Garden Wall (good choice).
The bell in the Prime Church is gone, which could become an interesting detail for later.
Glad to know that Sapnap's first instinct when seeing any type of pet is still murder.
"Why is he [Dream] in there? I've barely gotten the whole- why is he even in there?" "He's in there because he didn't pay me enough" "He's in there because he did some fucked up shit Michael" "What- what did he do?" "He wanted to control everyone on the server and he, well, he tried to take everyone's-"
We finally got someone trying to explain to one of the newcomers what Dream has done. It's interesting that Punz immediately made it about himself while Sapnap was trying to explain that Dream had hurt everyone.
"Okay Michael fine, you wanna know- you wanna know why he's in there?" "Yes" "He's fucked up, alright? He was my friend but he's fucked up, okay? He wanted to control everyone" "So do you think he should be in there?" "Yes" "For how long? (...) Because I never got a straight answer. I don't know what he did past trying to control people" "He did fucked up shit. You see this fish [Beckerson] Michael?" "Yeah?" "You see this fish? Beckerson? He took- he tried to take Beckerson from me. Beckerson! You know who Beckerson is?!" "I don't know who Beckerson is" "Beckerson is the first pet on the server" "And he tried to take- why?" "Because he wanted to have power over me like he wanted to have power over everyone"
I apologize for cutting out Eryn's lines here, but this is rather long as is and he was mostly just agreeing with Sapnap. That said it's really interesting to see Sapnap try to explain everything, mostly because we finally have someone who is trying, but also because he has such a unique perspective on things. He used to be Dream's friend and still cares about him and it hurts him that Dream would try to have power over him. It hurts him to know what kind of person his friend became.
And Michael's skepticism makes sense in the situation. As he mentioned, he never actually got an explanation about anything. He never got specific actions, just general statements on why Dream's a bad guy.
"But I still love him, Michael! I still love him" (reiterating the point that Sapnap never stopped caring)
"Listen, listen, Michael, you just need to listen to the man, he said he's [Dream] fucked up-" "And what did he do to you? What did he do to you?" "I- I don't know. I'm just in it. I'm just in it" "So you are blindly following then?" "No no, I just, Michael, I just don't care" "But have you heard any other opinions?" "I mean, I mean. At the end of the day Michael..." "I don't think you've heard any other opinions"
I think this one was a really interesting exchange. Both of them are new and both of them are completely ignorant to the history of the server, but it's interesting to see how differently they approach their lack of knowledge.
Eryn doesn't really care that much. Just in general. The two things he seems to care about so far are chaos and Tommy. Everything else is just generally inconsequential to him. Whether Dream is actually a bad guy or not it doesn't impact him.
For Michael it's the exact opposite. He wants to get to the truth, that seems to be his main character drive. He isn't satisfied with just adopting someone else's opinions on the matter, especially not if he's not provided with any compelling reason to do so.
And it's very clear that they don't understand each other. They're talking past each other because to both of the the way the other has of dealing with life is inconceivable.
"Michael, even though Dream is fucked up I still care about him-" "Do you?" "But he's gotta stay in prison" "For how long?" "I don't know. As long as it takes for him to stop being fucked up"
Another little thing I wanted to point out here: Michael keeps asking how long Dream deserves to be in prison for, because that's how it normally works. You serve your sentence and that's it. And that's how some people in the fandom seem to view it as well. But, here's the thing, Dream wasn't locked up to be in prison. He was locked up because he had the Revive Book, otherwise, he would have been killed. The prison was the only option for him to stay alive because nobody on the whole server felt safe with him being out.
"He took away everyone's most prized possession! He took away my fish, he took away Tommy's Axe of Peace" (...) "I think he took Tom's discs also" "Oh yeah shit, you're right, that's way more important. He took away Tommy's discs" "Yeah I heard that one" "He tried to take Skeppy, he tried to steal Skeppy!" "He tried to- he took Skeppy. He took a whole ass person!" "He took him and put him in a box" "That's fucked up he literally kidnapped Skeppy" "Okay, like, Michael, he- he- he put Skeppy in a box to control Badboyhalo" "See nobody had explained that part to me, that is pretty fucked up. Now that I think about it maybe it's good that he is in there [the prison]"
Okay, 3 things I want to quickly say about this:
1) Sapnap recognizing the importance of the discs out loud is so important to me. Just anyone that isn't Tommy recognizing that, yes, they've had a huge impact. They are important even if they're pretty basic items.
2) Eryn is surprisingly knowledgeable for someone who generally doesn't care to ask. I'm guessing he probably learned about the Skeppy cage and Tommy's discs off-screen. No idea if it was from stumbling on the attachment vault or from Tommy himself.
3) To all of those thinking the Skeppy cage was just a silly bit with no consequences: how does it feel to be so wrong? Because that's what convinced Michael of the fact that Dream should probably stay in prison. Because everyone here was pretty horrified by Dream's actions.
"Micheal, Michael, Michael, from what I've heard, from what I've heard he bombed an entire country just for the shits and giggles" (okay, he definitely learned his information from Tommy because Tommy was one of the few who heard Dream's spiel about destroying L'Manburg because it was fun)
Eryn actually mentioned seeing the 3/4 Syndicate members and finding it rather shady, so it's nice to see that that had consequences.
Niki joining trying to be as casual as possible and immediately making everyone suspicious because none of them had heard the alarm yet and she mentioned it unprompted. That's a big fail right there.
Sam comes in yelling at everyone to go toward the prison and finally, they actually do. Tommy also arrived. There's a bit of fighting where everyone suspects Sam of lying to them about Dream's escape.
"Tommy, Tommy, I wouldn't lie about this Tommy" (immediately going to reassure him instead of everyone else. Awesamdad moment)
"Tommy, where are you?" (Sapnap also looking for Tommy to keep him safe)
"If Sam isn't kidding and Dream's actually breaking out this is the worst possible fucking thing that's happened" "This is- this is not a fucking joke guys" "Tommy, Tommy calm down" "Don't- don't fucking tell me to calm down Michael, you don't know-" "Tommy they don't know, they don't know. They don't know Tommy" (general noises of confusion from Eryn and Michael) "Excuse me? What is wrong with Dream?" "They don't know, I've tried to explain it to them" "Eryn, You don't think Dream's that bad?" "I don't- I haven't met the guy!" "We just have not met him, we don't know" "Okay, you fucks listen to me: no matter what anyone tells you on this server, Dream- Dream is the worst man on this entire server. He's done thi- he's put me in exile, he's left me to die, he has killed me! Just- he's put me through shit that no one should ever see just for the sake of his own fun, alright?!"
So proud of my boy for being able to finally explain how much Dream hurt him even while having a full-blown panic attack. This is the closest he's ever gotten to mentioning the abuse as well. Also, Sapnap supporting him all the way through while also trying to explain that the other two aren't doubting him out of malice but just genuine ignorance.
"No nononono we, we know Sam Tommy and Sam- Sam doesn't fuck around like this" (Sapnap acting as the voice of reason after everyone started doubting Sam once more)
"Eryn, Michael, listen to me: if Dream comes near you, if he interacts with you, he is not a good man, alright? He'll dig his claws into you and manipulate you from within. Please, whatever you do, listen to me right now if he gets out then everything is gonna turn upside fucking down, alright?"
It's really fascinating how Tommy describes things. Wilbur's brand of manipulation is an insidious little thing, a bug crawling into your brain and making you take wrong decisions. Dream's brand of manipulation is more overtly destructive. It claws at you from within and warps your perception of the world, turning it upside down. Tommy's speeches are always really simple and direct, but they get the point across wonderfully.
"Sapnap just let me stay with you- let me st-" "Just stay with me Tommy, he won't be able to get you if you're with me" (Sapnap once more acting as a shield to protect Tommy from Dream, a nice callback to the Disc War Finale)
Dream, Techno, Connor, and Ranboo come out of the prison and Sapnap doesn't hesitate a second to start attacking Dream and yelling at everyone to help Sam.
"No I can't get hit by him [Dream], not again, I can't go through this" "Tommy stay back, just stay back" (In case anyone doubted that Dream's abuse towards Tommy was also canonically physical, here's your answer. Also Sapnap taking a moment from his fighting to help Tommy calm down)
"Michael, Eryn, listen to me, if he [Dream] makes any contact with you, if he makes any- any- any measure to interact with you do not believe anything he says. He's a manipulator and a liar" (Tommy still focusing on getting his point through to the 2 new members since they'd be more vulnerable to Dream's manipulation)
Sapnap mistakingly killed Cottonball and that's the first time you can hear instant regret for killing a pet.
"Don't focus the Wither, focus Dream!" "But the- but the Wither will destroy everything" "Who gives a shit, Dream will do way worse!"
Reminder to everyone that Jack hates Dream more than literally everyone else on the server. He was there to see him destroy everything time and time again, he was there to fight against him on Doomsday, he's seen what happens when Dream is free, and Jack is willing to get some of the server destroyed if it means avoiding that.
"Niki was spawning Withers! I knew she was a fucking part of this Punz, I told you" "Yeah, what a fuck?" (I suppose that even working with Dream, Punz wouldn't have known that. Either way, Niki managed to fool no one from the start)
They meet up with Hannah and Boomer again when chasing Dream and the Syndicate and Hanna is immediately in favor of killing Dream. I didn't remember whether she had an opinion on him or not but guess that answers the question.
Also, there is another bit of infighting where Eryn is saying that they should leave Dream and the rest alone, he mostly doesn't understand what's happening and is decidedly confused. On the other side, Punz, Sapnap, and Hannah are very vehement about NOT leaving them alone because they are aware of what they'd done and don't want a repeat of that.
"I know where he [Dream] went but I'm not telling you guys" "Why would you not tell us?!" "I don't think we should kill him! Everyone deserves redemption!" "Eryn, you were not fucking here to make that call!"
Jack being based as f*ck once more. The problem with Eryn's line of thinking here is that he doesn't know. Much like Phil or Techno his actions are based on ignorance. He doesn't know Dream, doesn't know if he'd even want to redeem himself and he doesn't know what he's done. And Jack is right, Eryn wasn't there, that isn't his decision to make.
Also, Michael's makes a point here that he is also interesting. He understands why Eryn is struggling with this decision because he too is ignorant. He never met Dream and it's hard to make a decision while they're under so much stress. But also he thinks that, after Tommy's speech especially, they have to at least keep tab on Dream's whereabouts even if the two of them don't intend to kill him.
"There's no time for this shit! Did you not here- Tommy not fucking get through your that he's a- what he's done?" (I have such a hard time thinking that this guy is supposed to still be one Dream's side with how upset he sounds about them not taking Tommy's words seriously enough)
The group splits up and Sapnap decides to only take Punz with him to fight Dream as they're the only ones who may have a chance.
"Who would be first on his [Dream's] agenda?" (Yeah, wonder who. I forget sometimes that the only people who are aware of Dream's obsession are Tommy himself, Quackity, Sam, and Jack. And now maybe Phil if he connects the dots)
They split up once again at Punz's insistence, and I'm guessing here is maybe where he meets up with Dream? Someone who watched his pov can tell me.
"We need to tell- Eryn doesn't know. Eryn, Dream is gonna be the worst person you ever fucking meet. He used to be great! He used to be my best friend, but he's changed. He's not the same. Just be careful, if you see him don't fight him. You won't stand a chance"
Honestly, I really appreciate the fact that Sapnap is one of the few characters that keep trying to solve the misunderstandings in the server instead of just not communicating. And, since he's not sure if he got through Eryn, he simply wants him to stay safe. He's not mad about it, just concerned. It's refreshing.
"Do I really have to kill my own best friend?" (Sapnap trying to come to terms with his own promise)
Also, Sapnap is convinced that Ranboo is one of the people who helped Dream escape. And he was the one to tell Tubbo that Dream escaped apparently.
"Are you a Dream apologist Sam?" "I'll kill you" (Welp, that answered that question)
After Sam arrived the group (made of Hannah, Boomer, Eryn, and Sapnap) started questioning him on how he could let this happen, with Hannah also bringing up that she's disappointed in him for that.
"I don't know anyone might wanna get him [Dream] out because he manipulates people, that's what he does! That's what he's good at!" (Sapnap proving once more that he knows why Dream is so dangerous)
"Where did Tommy go? I hope he's okay..." (There are 2 things Eryn cares about, I'm telling you)
Sam confesses to Sapnap that he thinks there is a mole amongst the guard because Techno couldn't have known how to break into the prison like that. So Dream has managed to create mistrust among them even without realizing so by giving Techno the blueprints. Apparently, even Sam doesn't suspect that Dream would go after Tommy immediately, huh.
"I know where he's gonna go" "Where?" "Sapnap I know where he's gonna go. Where is- who has his stuff? His armor?" "What armor?" "Oh no. I'm gonna go where- where the bunker was, where we arrested him. You try and go find somewhere else" *Sam leaves* "His armor. His armor. His armor? I know where he's going- I know where he's going next! He needs his shit!"
They figured this one out about 20 minutes too late. Still, though, they both managed to put their emotions aside long enough to think logically. It's more or less expected from Sam by this point, but it's impressive from Sapnap considering that he's usually a lot more on the impulsive side. Meanwhile this whole stream he's been a constant voice of reason.
Sapnap remembers that Tubbo was the one to take Dream's armor and heads to Tubbo's secret vault. Of course, he gets there in time because Dream was way too busy tormenting Tommy at this time, and manages to get everything from there, even wearing Dream's own armor.
Dream does in fact go to the vault as Sapnap suspected, even if he's already armored.
"Sapnap! Sapnap it's great to see you! Do you have my armor?" "Yeah, I do. I've everything" "Give me it. Come on" "Don't think I can do that pal" "What do you mean?" "I don't think I can just hand you over your armor. Why did you guys- why did you get out?" "Eh. It's my armor, I'd like it back"
Dream's tone just shifts drastically as soon as Sapnap refuses to comply with his demands. It's the closest we've seen Dream act like he does with Tommy with anyone else.
"I don't know Dream, I'm not gonna lie it kinda- it kinda feels good on me. Dream, I told you to stay in there [the prison], didn't I?" "What are you saying?" "I told you to stay in there, why did you get out?" "What do you mean why'd I get out?" "Why did you get out?" "What did you want me to rot in- I was getting tortured! Did you want me to rot in prison forever?" "You were getting tortured? Who was torturing you?" "Yeah Quackity was torturing me" "Quackity was torturing you? What do you mean he was torturing you? Like literally torturing you?" "He was trying to get the revival book and so he was torturing me" "The revival book? What revival book?" "It's a long story" "Do you have it on you now?" "No, I don't. Just give me my stuff. Give my stuff and I'll leave, I'll be out of here"
Taking another break from transcribing this long-ass dialogue to point out a couple of things here:
1) Sapnap, much like Tommy, is immediately sympathetic to Dream for what he went through, showing once again that the torture was not something anyone on the server approved off, no matter how much they dislike Dream, or, in Sapnap's case, how much he thinks that Dream deserves to be locked up in prison
2) This is not the first time that someone who was at the Disc War Finale seems not to know about the book, despite the fact that Dream having that was the literal reason why they locked him up instead of killing him, which makes me wonder if people thought that Dream's revival powers were something he simply had instead of having been acquired from somewhere else
"What are you planning to do? I think I deserve to know" "I was planning to leave and get away and just be away from everybody" "You're just gonna leave and get away and live on your own? Away from everyone? That's your plan?" "Yes, if you give me my armor I'll do that. I'll go away" (...) "Dream I can't do that"
So, of course, we don't know what Dream's actual plan is. We don't know the details of it, nor his end goal. But, considering the fact that, at this point in the stream, he already spent quite a bit of time psychologically torturing Tommy and telling him that he would make him immortal it does seem extremely likely that he's lying to Sapnap.
And, since I know some people are wondering if that was just Tommy's hallucination, right after this conversation Dream gives Techno the Axe of Peace that was previously buried in Logstedshire. He had to have been there and we as the audience have no reason to believe otherwise as of now.
Either way, Dream gives Techno his ax back in exchange for him and Tubbo leaving and blocks himself and Sapnap in the vault with some obsidian he had.
"Dream! You're not the person- you're not just gonna live off in a little cottage in the middle of nowhere, are you?" "Okay, you're right! Look, I won't, I'll live here but I'll be peaceful everyone- everyone will see that" "Dream, I would love that, I really would. That's all I want. But that's not you. And the fact that you broke out of that prison is just a testament to that"
There are a couple of things to note here. For one thing: Sapnap saw right through all of Dream's deception. He's aware that his old friend is a liar and he doesn't let his promises deter him. But also one thing that's very clear all throughout this interaction is how much he still cares about Dream. So much so that Dream being out and being peaceful is all he wants. And he has to go again his own affection for his best friend to stand his ground because that's the right thing to do.
"Dream, you left me behind once before, I'm not giving you the opportunity to do that again" (The difference in perspective. Dream and Sapnap both claim to be the ones who've been abandoned. I'm inclined to agree with Sapnap here though, Dream abandoned him when he gave a speech about how he only cared about controlling Tommy)
"What have you been up to the last couple of months Sapnap? How about the last year? What have you been up to?" "Working on a kingdom. With Karl. And George. You remember George, don't you?" "Ah, kingdom, where is that located at?"
If anyone remembers this is the way Dream fishes for information about people's attachments. He did the same with Techno when they were talking in prison, only this time it's made a lot more obvious with the intention of being intimidating. After all, what Dream is after right now is his armor, not Sapnap's attachments, and he's more likely to falter if he's nervous.
"I bet George misses you a whole lot" "I bet he does" "He definitely never talks about you, I'll tell you that much" (Sapnap is trying to use a similar tactic to Dream's here, trying to hit him where it hurts. Sadly for him, he gets no reaction since Dream hasn't really cared about him or George for a long time now)
"Dream, if you want it [the armor], take it off my dead body, I'm not handing it to you. You can say you're trying to negotiate with me all you want, I'm not budging" (This was just cool)
"If I give this to you I don't even wanna know what you're gonna do"
Deciding that that's probably a fight he can't win since Dream doesn't have that many resources at the moment, and even less after he used some to torment Tommy, he decides to change tactics, get out of the room and threaten Kinoko instead.
"If you really wanna live that way in a house, in a cottage then you don't need this armor, just go and do it. But I'm not giving you stuff that's gonna enable you to hurt other people, not again Dream"
Once again, Sapnap is being extremely rational in this stream. He realized that Dream really wouldn't need weapons and armor if he was telling the truth. But he isn't. And Sapnap can see right through him.
Dream still manages to evade Sapnap's chase and leaves him telling him they'd see each other again.
Sapnap heads back to Kinoko and meets up with Karl to try and explain everything. Karl disagrees with Sapnap actions saying that he believes that Sapnap has made Kinoko a target.
They end their conversation agreeing that they'll have to prepare. Make a watchtower, get more people, and so on.
Sapnap throughout this stream truly impressed me. He managed to keep his cool for the most part and think before he acts, which brought him to both be able to predict Dream's next move as well as to be able to see through the bs. It's also interesting that, while Dream most likely doesn't see Sapnap as an equal, he still sees him as a definite threat, at least pvp-wise.
It makes me really curious to see what kind of role Sapnap will cover moving forward.
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Yeah, no, this plot twist makes absolutely no sense. This is the exact example of why if you’re making a writing choice just to shock your audience it’s gonna suck.
On so many levels it simply make no sense. Not only has c!Dream gained absolutely nothing from being put in prison, he actively lost a lot of his power over the server because of it. THE ONE THING HE WANTS.
It make literally no goddamn sense. And it’s not like Dream could have thought that it would benefit him, even at the time, even without knowing about the torture, because HE was the one who helped to plan out hoe the prison would function!
And, again, as you mentioned, Punz didn’t even help with his escape! He didn’t matter in the slightest for it!
And Techno wouldn’t even have gone to visit Dream and give him the chance to redeem his favour if Quackity hadn’t decided to go after him again. So even that was another really big IF they couldn’t be sure of!
Literally, to solve some minor plot holes they created f*cking craters over here
You can argue with me all you want, they are friends. It's even said in a stream! The conversation was Dream Telling Punz that if Punz is in danger, Punz needs to act like he is on the opposite side of Dream. To Which Punz asked if he does that if they are still friends which Dream says, "yes we will still be friends."
Yes Punz does work for Money but Punz also really likes his friends, but knew if he didn't do anything that day, he would regret taking money he didn't earn.
So Punz "betrayed" Dream.
Now to be honest I put "" around it, but I do actually think it was a betrayal. Not an act made by Dream and Punz. I have a feeling Dream had no idea this would happen, but understood why Punz did that. Because they are friends.
Now to our time, Punz has been pretending to be friends with everyone, he knows if he shows a bit of liking Dream, everyone would get angry at him. So he keeps a good act up. Because he knows he can't get Dream out, he knows how Powerful Sam is and doesn't want to try, so all he can do is watch and wait.
That is, until Dream is out.
Dream is free meaning Punz can actually help his friend. There is nothing stopping him from helping Dream again. They are friends and he promised Dream to be there for him.
(I'm trying really hard to fix the plot holes I'm sorry, that's the best I can do, I can send the vid link I got it from if you would like it.))
The problem with that is that, even if you were 100% correct and they were best buddies this wouldn't fix literally any of the plot holes we mentioned.
Dream and Punz planning this whole thing out still didn't benefit Dream in any way whatsoever. It still was a crappy plan at best that still hinged entirely on everyone else hopefully acting a certain way. Mind you, it's all to an extent that they literally COULDN'T predict.
And, even with Punz not being able to publicly support Dream, he could have still left a letter or something reminding Techno of the favor at least. Or maybe he could have tried talking with some of the newcomers to try and make them more sympathetic towards Dream? Or visited him at least once?
Them working together now could have been explained in a 1000 different ways without creating more plot holes and invalidating the only significant narrative victory c!Tommy and c!Tubbo ever got.
“Do walls help you feel safe? More comfortable?” - c!Quackity
No, you don’t understand this question destroyed me. No one touch me.
We know its canon that cQuackity HATES walls. He has a bad history with them. He said so himself to Tubbo and Ranboo during the whole cookie outpost incident.
When he heard that cTommy was surrounding himself in walls he IMMEDIATELY wants to make sure if this is good for Tommy’s mental health, because he understands what its like to feel suffocated by walls. Yes he wants Tommy to be safe, but not at the expense of his mental health. Not if he’s miserable behind those walls, practically dying in another way. He refuses to let cDream take that from this child.
tbh under appreciated part of the c!Tommy c!dream dynamic is just how trapped Tommy is. like not just mentally/emotionally but also just like physically. like I think its fair to assume that no one can leave the server, at least without great difficulty. theres no where on the server Tommy can go that c!dream won’t find him. he can’t even die bc c!dream will just bring him back. he genuinely has no escape, Tommy is literally permanently trapped
like i dont think you understand. there is a feeling of something being Wrong with the world theyre in. beyond the actions of the players, beyond the boogeyman curse, the new attitude towards red lives, and the life sharing mechanic. it feels simultaneously hostile and yet far too accommodating at the same time and literally nothing about the rp could ever top the accidental worldbuilding they did
i think half of the horror in last life isnt in the players, but in the world itself. the players have done this song and dance before, they know each other well. the issue is, the world knows them too.
in the last world, everyone got three lives, and three lives only. some people died by accident, others in petty fights, a couple on purpose, but everyone had three lives to take care of and (try to) not waste. scar lost two of his lives in quick succession, leaving him red for most of the season. its clear by now his luck is bad enough that it wouldnt be fair to give him the same amount during the next season.
when he spawns into last life, he's given 7 lives.
grian, on the other hand, stayed green almost the longest of anyone else in the first season. 3 lives was more than enough to carry him to victory. if he did that well before, who's to say he wouldnt smoke the competition again with the same amount of lives? someone else needs a chance to win.
when he spawns into last life, he's given 2 lives. (and immediately finds a way to make do with it.)
jimmy, the first to permadie last season, spawns into the world with 6 lives. his husband, scott, spawns in with the same amount. (though they decide to stay distant this season.)
this is fair. this makes things easier for everyone.
speaking of which, the landscape is easier for everyone, too. dark oak, unlike last season, is plentiful, unable to be hoarded and fought over. there is no desert, unlike last season, because deserts are hard to live in, and even harder to fight in and defend. there are no ravines to fall into. there are multiple large mountains to settle on, defensible and easy to see from. the world is kind to them. the world gives them what they need.
the world is small and inescapable.
even as the world grows more and more cluttered by bases and ruins, there's a sense of overwhelming claustrophobia to it all. the woods are thick and deep but not enough to hide you from enemy teams. everyone is close enough to make travel convenient between settlements but you're always aware of your enemies being too close for you to escape them, too. this world seemed big enough when everyone first spawned in. there are still pockets of darkness where nobody has made a base. and yet, it's clear: the world isn't big enough for everyone. something has to go.
even as tensions rise between neighbors too packed together to be comfortable, it is lonely.
and not only is there dread in the beginning of every session, anticipation of treachery and betrayal, it becomes very clear, very fast that they can't trust the world, either. fire burns emerald green, mockingly. potions linger long after their effects end. even the most normal game mechanics feel like there is something off. the world that they were given isn't normal, and perhaps never was. this doesnt even take into account whatever the hell the boogeyman is.
nothing is given freely, this world feels like it's taking back. which, of course, is impossible, because it's a Normal Minecraft World. there is nothing wrong with it. everything is working as it should be. the glitches are minor enough that it doesn't even effect gameplay. what they should be worrying about getting them is each other.
i still dont trust it.
(this is all taking into account that the world they used for last life was hand picked and edited to suit their needs before the season even started, btw, im just a dramatic deranged individual)
You know what's wild? Scott essentially sacrificed his green and yellow lives... and still won. He gave a life to Cleo to keep her safe. He let the Boogeyman take his yellow life because he wanted to keep his friends safe.
Scott was the only person to consistently keep his loyalties, to protect his allies. He was the only one of the last lifers from the previous season to make a pretty house. Really out of everyone, despite knowing this was a death game, he was the only one to keep that hope.
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since we’re talking about pogtopia crime boys and i’ve been rewatching streams again, i keep noticing every time c!tommy gets stressed about c!wil not wearing armor it’s just. idk it makes me feel a lot of emotions. like specifically i think a lot about the way c!tommy looks out for people by fighting for them, and how he does this specifically for c!wil (which is a little bit of cc!tommy knowing cc!wil just isn’t as experienced at minecraft and won’t know how to defend himself, but i like how it translates to c!tommy looking out for c!wil in the meta). i think it started with tommy being the one to kill mobs for him cause logistically he was better at pvp, and that was okay, it wasn’t a big deal because tommy could handle that. what he needed was someone to guide him, someone to look out for him when he was restless and searching for something he couldn’t name, and wilbur was that person. he gave him purpose, looked out for him, stood tall when he couldn’t. he was his president, general, best friend, brother. if all tommy could do for him in return was fight for him, he could do that.
and then pogtopia happens, and it’s the first time wilbur wears armor. and then wilbur stops wearing any at all, and tommy’s so stressed about it. like c!tommy in no way thinks c!wil is incapable — it’s both admirable and naive because he doesn’t fully realize the extent of wil’s hopelessness, but nevertheless. during almost every vod, every two seconds he’s like, “wil! you’re aware we are criminals? why aren’t you wearing armor? why don’t you have your sword?” and the audience knows the devastating reason why wilbur’s so careless with his own safety, we know why he doesn’t bother with armor, but tommy doesn’t. he just isn’t clocking it, and eventually he kind of just takes it upon himself to fight for him and make sure he knows where he is during battles because he’s so worried about him. it’s such a tragic example of the c!crime boys pogtopia dynamic that seems small, but i think about a lot.
it shows how little wilbur cared about his own well-being, how hopeless he was, how much he gave up on himself. it shows tommy trying to be a leader, trying to be responsible, trying to be the person who takes care of wilbur instead of the other way around, but the only way tommy knows how to look out for wilbur is by fighting for him, by making sure he’s wearing his armor, things that he knows how to do. like, he didn’t think to ask him “why aren’t you wearing your armor?” because he didn’t know how much wil was hurting, didn’t know that he was letting himself get hurt on purpose, but he knew how to look out for him on the battlefield when he didn’t wear any. he did his best.
and now, even when they’re revived, tommy kills mobs for wilbur automatically and still gets worried when he stands too close to creepers and it just. aHHHHHHH. like they’re so different now, but that still stayed the same. wilbur is still careless with his safety. tommy instinctually wants to protect him. i care them.
Techno apologists trying to use the voices as an excuse for techno killing tubbo at the red festival are real confident considering what Else has been retconned in to that event.
Technoblade came off of the massacre, came back to pogtopia, and had to look tubbo in the face Covered in burn wounds knowing what that meant, knowing it meant that tubbo was one step closer to a permanent grave and that those wounds would never heal. And he chose to double down. He Chose to beat tommy in a hole for the right to Not Care and stuck by that decision.
He didn't apologize, he didn't show remorse, and even Now he refuses to acknowledge how it hurt tubbo, tommy, and everyone who cared about him.
You can argue that he lost control at the festival but you can't absolve him of responsibility. He Had choices and he made them
I saw a post talking about how Terry Pratchett only wrote 400 words a day, how that goal helped him write literally dozens of books before he died. So I reduced my own daily word goal. I went down from 1,000 to 200. With that 800-word wall taken down, I’ve been writing more. “I won’t get on tumblr/watch TV/draw/read until I hit my word goal” used to be something I said as self-restraint. And when I inevitably couldn’t cough up four pages in one sitting, I felt like garbage, and the pleasurable hobbies I had planned on felt like I was cheating myself when I just gave up. Now it’s something I say because I just have to finish this scene, just have to round out this conversation, can’t stop now, because I’m enjoying myself, I’m having an amazing time writing. Something that hasn’t been true of my original works since middle school.
And sometimes I think, “Well, two hundred is technically less than four hundred.” And I have to stop myself, because - I am writing half as much as Terry Pratchett. Terry fucking Pratchett, who not only published regularly up until his death, but published books that were consistently good.
And this has also been an immense help as a writer with ADHD, because I don’t feel bad when I take a break from writing - two hundred words works up quick, after all. If I take a break at 150, I have a whole day to write 50 more words, and I’ve rarely written less than 200 words and not felt the need to keep writing because I need to tie up a loose end anyways.
Yes, sometimes, I do not produce a single thing worth keeping in those two hundred words. But it’s much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all.
This is the second time this post passes on my dash and it’s the best advice I ever got. I can’t write consistently in one go, it’s always about 50 words and then I get distracted and just have to do something else for a while. Do the math quickly: trying to write 2000 words a day takes a looooong time that way. So there were many days where I just didn’t even start writing, cause I wouldn’t reach my goal anyways and feel like a failure. Then I stumbled upon this post and I thought: hey, let’s give this a try. And it works! I set my goal between 200-400 words a day and that’s perfectly doable. Some days I get into the flow and I write a whole lot more. On other days, I struggle to get those 200 out but hey, at least I wrote 200 words and reached my goal. Whatever the outcome, t makes me feel good and accomplished.
Writing takes practice, so even if it’s only 100 words a day, it’s better than nothing. If it worked for Terry Pratchett and me, than it can work for you too!
like we talk about logstedshire a lot and tommy and dream are usually praised for their writing on that, but tommy is often slighted for only being able to write heavy angst for his character and nothing else meanwhile antarctic anarchist commune c!tommy exists & is ignored and im TIRED OF IT! ITS ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING PARTS OF THE SERIES! we do not talk about tommy's Christmas to-do list enough and "enough" is every day Always BTW. I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ERA OR I WILL EXPLODE!
the way he was able to balance the way tommy was recovering from abuse (becoming happier, acting mischievous again) while still very clearly broken and disoriented and confused about his feelings for dream (panic attacks and rambling and unable to process/understand the emotion) WHILE sliding down into a villain route with very little coertion from techno (beginning to see the discs as the only thing that matters, being willing to commit terrorism and do whatever techno says if it’s for the discs) is genuinely phenomenal.
it never feels over-packed or confusing either; in fact you might not even realize these three seperate things are happening until you rewatch it with a narrative eye. and they all simultaneously connect to tommy’s arcs perfectly and lead into his reconcile with tubbo.
it’s baffling how a seventeen-year-old’s improv comedy can have more realistically written heart and soul then any given marvel film
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sweats. across all my social media i’m just seeing people not wanting wilbur and tommy to be teamed again and i’m [cries] because i. do want them on a team again. hh.
I really enjoyed them. I had a lot of fun yesterday, but I also don’t really watch MCC hoping to have the “Winner’s POV.” Wilbur sometimes has his moments, and that’s a lot of why he tends to be with someone from SBI who can usually pull him out of them.
My thing is that it was actually a pretty healthy dynamic? Wilbur was tired and got frustrated. Tommy tried to make light of it and then realized Wilbur was actually frustrated and Wilbur said how Tommy was talking to him was making him annoyed. Tommy let Wilbur cool off, and then Wilbur came back and apologized for letting it get to him and getting annoyed at Tommy. That’s like… actually how friendship works. Not just content creator friendships, but actual ones. You get mad at each other sometimes for stuff that’s not really the others fault. It just happens.
It says a lot about how close they are that they’re able to recognize when it’s just one of those moments and what they need to do to get past it. I dunno. I’d hate to see them never team again because they have a genuineness to them that’s rare in a lot of content creator team ups. They just need to find a Techno like figure that can absorb some of that sibling vibe.
exactly. in the end mcc is supposed to be more about fun and teamwork than competition (which is why, from what i’ve heard, they’re looking at removing the individual ranking score) though over the course of time it’s become more competitive, stressful, and decidedly toxic at times. i’d much prefer to watch genuine dynamics where they’re trying to win (because everyone is) while still recognizing it’s just a game and they can have fun.
i’m sure it applies to other creators as well, i just specifically watch wilbur’s pov and wilbur’s pov only most of the time, but you’re right in that what’s nice about wilbur and tommy is that they recognize when someone is being too much or too mean or brushing the other off, and then they do better. they apologize and they fix it and when they’re working together damn they work together well, and they have such a dynamic that it’s genuinely enjoyable to watch them and so funny when they hit their stride on bits.
i dunno, i feel slightly unhinged i just love to watch them so much and you’re right, if they have the right person teamed with them, their playstyles sync up really well. i think it’s less a matter of “they’re incompatible” and more a matter of “there’s a missing piece that usually bridges the gap and they struggle a bit without someone who can handle and balance out the extreme sibling energy and reel them both in when they get out of hand.” and mcc16′s mess could really be contributed more to wilbur was genuinely having an off day, and honestly, who wouldn’t be, considering techno’s video releasing the day before and suddenly the entire world knows about this thing that’s happening to your friend?
anyways. i admittedly don’t know a lot of mcc stats and things; i’ve never watched for winner’s pov (though i do tend to pull for certain teams. cough, captain sparklez, cough) and i’m really just there for fun more than anything. hell, my favorite game is fucking buildmart. but i personally still would like future crimeboys team-ups in mcc.
