Live-Blogging Mianite

Okay this is an amazing poster for the Wizards

anyways tag urself

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We’re in the preliminary stages of making some Season 2 Behind-The-Scenes videos.  We have a list of things to discuss, but what would you most like to see us talk about/explain?

Give us your questions, reblog to your friends, spread the word, spread the joy, have a sandwich!

Over a half year since Mianite Season 2’s end, arguments continue, lines continue to be drawn, and friendships remain strained over whether or not the season was a success or a disaster.  While I acknowledge I can’t actually end the arguments for others, this far removed and with plenty of feedback externally as well as my own personal experience internally I know what I believe, and am happy to explain how I came to the conclusions I have.The short answer:  Mianite Season 2 was successful.

Of course it was.  If it was a disaster there wouldn’t be interest in the next season.  If it was a disaster then the streamers wouldn’t need bot commands with canned answers to the question of “Where is Mianite” that’s repeated in their livestream chats over and over and over.  There wouldn’t be a Tumblr fandom, and there wouldn’t be so many people on the sub-reddit still trying to convince people that it was a disaster.  Mianite, as far as a Twitch livestream intended to bring in viewers and YouTube VOD views, was unquestionably successful.   But there is more to it.  

The real answer is:  Mianite Season 2 was successful despite itself.

You could fill post after post with text about the lessons learned while S2 was being produced.  I’m not sure they would all be interesting lessons, but there were hundreds or even thousands of little ones.  But the real lesson for me is that it is less important what Mianite is and more important why Mianite is.  The majority of Mianite’s fans aren’t “Mianite Fans”, they’re “Tom Fans” and “Jordan Fans” and “Tucker Fans” and “Sonja Fans”.  

These fans stuck through S2 and its complicated stories even when confused, irritated, or even incredulous.  They kept watching because they enjoy their streamer.  I believe the ideal future of livestream shows like Mianite involve learning from and leveraging that realization.  Let the streamers choose how to react, how to feel, how to interpret, and how to explain.  Let them entertain their fans with the awesome world and setting as the backdrop, not the foreground.  

alright, let’s do this

motiah makes neat edits and is very sweet

little-ianita one of my favorite blogs; they make adorable art

syndicategif; name says it all

-captainsparklez; makes jordan gifs

jordansperm and jordansballs; two tiny nuggets who make great wonders with photoshop and i love very dearly

arhavis if you’re not following her yet i mean idk what you’re doing tbh

tom-cassell; writes great fanfics (also known as insidicate)

infinityfangirl; does magical fanart and is a really nice person

mianitefa & officialmianite; blogs with 100% mianite that i like to stalk every now and then (first one if for fanart, the 2nd is for pretty much everything)

purplehairtom; doesn’t reblog/post all that much mianite anymore, but is a great nerd and a fish fucker

aside from these specific people, there are plenty of other great blogs. here are some of my favorites:

mayor-of-luckville / dia-mot / fucking-merome / livinginafairytaleofsparklez / dashboardofficial / captaincrafted / be-my-biggums / syndico / rangas-love-youtube / sparkleychaos / jardonstaintacle / jordanmoron / daddymot / captainsparklez / captain-glitter-lap / bluebansheebitch / twinklethighs / ababblingcat / tuckerb0ner / tuckerbonxr / cupcakemaron / dianite / nadeshotlives / itsfiirefoxx / actualprinceandor / dj-jds / iianite / wanglington / iijeriichxii / jardongoteveryonepregnant / motofficial / vikingsyndicate / wglingtn / storiesfromtherealmofmianite / lady-waglington / goggles-the-bot / katsir / badlydrawnmianite / d-ianite / oh-my-dianite / sparklyawesome / championofianite / jordapper / countrybats / diine-at-niite / daddydianite / syndisparkle / theasskickingiowan / maddiesontheinternet / silversparklez / jardonisbae / sperioles / jardonsrose / &f;vv@demonlanuit / jardonspotato / waglinggirl / misslehnsherrcosplay

i probably forgot some blogs but these are some off the top of my head. i really hope the mobile tagging works, rip