Haven't been posting on here and this sucks to be what I come back saying but:
It's fine to dislike something, it's not fine to make it your audience's problem.
Yes, this is about the Pyroscythe thing.
This specific incident has already harmed people.
As someone with a partner, I wasn't even that bugged when I saw the original announcement on the discord server. I know damn well if my partner came to me about a fanbase shipping my characters that share both my name and appearance I'd try to find a way to comfort her
BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THREATENING MY AUDIENCE
First things first, shipping is something that comes with fame. If you make characters, people will want to play with them. If you're known within a space, shipping will happen. No matter how comfortable or uncomfortable you/people close to you are about it.
Second, setting a "boundary" and especially with the wording Pyro did, pushes the "actually, we don't want this to happen at all" which, and pardon me, is stupid. It's gonna keep happening, just because you wrote a message and made a stream saying "hey please don't do [thing]" doesn't mean people will stop doing it. They won't.
Third, the only way to enforce what was said is through harassment. I'm sorry, that's just the way things are, you don't place a bomb and act surprised when it blows up and kills someone and severely injures another 20~ people. It doesn't matter how much you try to say "please don't harass or hate on boundary breakers" they will. They will hunt them down for sport and sent hate, threats, and worse. This specific incident has already harmed people, and you can see many examples of it just by looking around enough.
Some kid out there is receiving death threats over this. Someone else is considering deleting their entire internet experience to shield from the overwhelming hatred. You're getting support but at the cost of the lives of people who built this goddamned place. Is this what you want for your community?
Fourth. Saying that (and I quote from the original announcement) "nothing that has already been created has to be hidden/deleted" doesn't do shit. Things that have already been created are being hidden/deleted. Not because the person who made them wants to or wants to support the boundaries, BUT BECAUSE OF SAFETY.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HARASSED AND SENT THREATS AGAINST THEIR LIVES OVER CHARACTERS
Do you think any of this is okay?
There's more to it but I'm not one for ranting or controversy.
If this somehow reaches Pyroscythe the content creator (which it likely won't) or any of the "boundary defenders": go ahead. Disagree with me. Threaten me. Tell me off. But this is the truth. I still think this can be taken back, and it would be the sensible thing to do before it gets even worse. I'm not against the ccβtheir content is one of my only safe spaces left, but I can't and won't stand by this shit.
If you wish to, block me. But if you do that I want you to take that as advice for yourself and block whoever's content makes you uncomfortable instead of going/sending people after them.
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When I finished watching SOS SMP, I thought that was it for me and the Minecraft community.
I thought that maybe I'd go back occasionally to rewatch Kingdomcraft or Empires or others but was ready to let go and search for new content to hold me steady through uncertain times.
Then my dearest friend came to me like: "Yo, you wanna watch this cool thing I found w/ me?" It was Ish's 1000 player civilization rich vs poor. I said yes, didn't think much of it.
Suddenly I was watching Minecraft ARGs, without realizing I caught myself SOLVING ONE.
Next thing I know, I'm debating whether to watch Vampires SMP or Unstable SMP first. I rewatched all of Mrds4's videos, every series, every 1hr movie. Now I'm writing a motherfucking VSMP fanfiction centered around Pyroβwho's character I MADE A FUCKING PORTRAIT OF.
GOD MOTHERFUCKING DAMNIT!! I'M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN!
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So, I've this idea in mind of Pyro going to Legundo almost constantly thanks to Scott throughout the events of the series
Then like 200 years later (yes, I hc this happened around the Victorian era) when Scott and Pyro meet again and Pyro tells the others Legs just stands up and goes to get even MORE medical supplies.
Everyone leaving Oakhurst and Pyro just thinking they're dead because what other possible explanation is there is my roman empire. (Dead come living AU)
(Then like 4 other dead people randomly come back for reasons that may or may not be partly Pyro's fault and he's not alone and depressed anymore because this whole AU is about giving everyone a happy ending)
Allow me to expand with this bullshit that came to me after being awake for two nights in a row.
Pyro HELPED Louis bring Owen back from the dead. And their plan was to only bring him back. But things kinda got out of hand and Martyn and Legs are now back too.
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PSA for anyone who has the terrible luck of having to deal with me: if there's someone unsafe near, I will NOT eat.
Unless there's enough safe people to balance it out, I will not, under any circumstances, eat when a person I consider unsafe is near me. Depending on the person it can vary from a 1 to 10 ft radius.
No, there's nothing you can do or say to make me change my mind unless it's eating somewhere else farther away from the unsafe person or getting safe people.
As the lord of the tides held him up and prepared to strike him with his trident, Odysseus closed his eyes shut.
He knew this was it, he was never going to make it home now, all because of one goddamn Cyclops he spared.
The screams of his comrades when they drowned just minutes ago were something he'd never forget, 600 lives lost because of his foolishness. But at least he'd see them again soon enough.
I'm sorry, Penelope, please know I tried
But the final blow never arrived. Instead he felt a sharp pain in his eyes as the Trident thrust in.
He was sure he screamed, but he couldn't hear himself clearly, as the world turned to black and Poseidon released his hold on him letting him fall.
His lungs felt like they were burning as he was surrounded by the same waters that killed his army and soon would claim his life too.
His body trashed uselessly trying to find a way out of the water, failing to do so non surprisingly.
Still he tried, maybe it was that weak hope of being able to see- no, not see, but to be with his family one last time, to not die without having been able to reach home, to reach Penelope.
Still he tried, maybe it was that weak hope of being able to see- no, not see, but to be with his family one last time, to not die without having been able to reach home, to reach Penelope.
Eventually, his body gave out, the exhaustion of nine days awake took over when the adrenaline of the situation wore off and all Odysseus could do was wait.
Wait and hope that maybe one day Penelope could forgive him for not making it back to her and their son Telemachus.
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Summary up to this point: Poseidon blinded Odysseus and killed all men.
Here's a few EPIC AU ideas that idk if I'll ever do anything with but oh well
Cursed!AU
Basically, by unknown reason and culprit, Odysseus gets cursed and can become an actual monster. Cannibalism was included in the original concept but this idea has become vague with time and frankly idk what is going on in this AU anymore.
Replacement god!AU
This one I've mentioned before but I'd rather put it on the list so I don't forget it myself, also I wanna add some things. Basically, Zeus takes Athena's goddess status in the end of god games (he apparently can do that in this universe) and since we're gonna need a new deity of wisdom and war, he picks Odysseus as her replacement. This is a HC of mine, but in this AU Athena has her emotions kinda muffled (idk if I'm explaining myself properly here) and once she's turned into a mortal she experiences said emotions at full force, Odysseus is there to be an unfortunate victim of her crashout.
Gods and mortals swap!AU
Basically what it says. Poseidon swaps with Ody, if it helps. I've not really taken the time to develop it since it's a JOKE AU but I believed it worth mentioning. Do not ask about further roles because I have absolutely no idea.
Little Owl!AU
Replacement god AU but Athena DIES and instead of Odysseus, Telemarketing becomes the new god of wisdom (for some reason). This happened because I'm an imbecile and thought Athena had actually died when watching the Ithaca saga release, I only had the realization that she didn't when she appeared in ichbw.
Mad king!AU
So basically, Odysseus is just as ruthless as in the end except he's like this from the very beginning. This will cause problems. A lot.
Lies in paradise!AU
This is a not happy idea. Basically, Odysseus hit his head at some point between Thunderbringer and Love in Paradise and looses all his memories, so once he arrives at Calypso's island she takes advantage of the fact that he doesn't remember anything and manipulates him into believing he's her husband and for years he believes her, though he has a feeling that something's odd. Eventually, Odysseus' memories start to gradually return, and he's torn between the life he built with Calypso (but he does feel betrayed and hurt once he finds out that she was tricking him for so long) or risking it all to fully find out who he was before.
Story doesn't repeat but it sure as fuck rhymes!AU
This is an AU where he's immortal and outlives everyone he's ever cared about. Then, millennia later, on our modern day and world he meets some people, people who are "coincidentally" similar to the one's he used to know, like if they were brought back from the underworld itself. But with that, there's a downside, as the events start to occur the same as the first time around, Odysseus can try to stop the tragedy but who knows if he'll succeed.
Us gods amongst men!AU
God!Odysseus meets Alexander Hamilton and accidentally causes him to become immortal. This is just a silly concept.
Pirates!AU
When Odysseus is young his family gets overthrown and he has to run away or he'll get sent to Hades... This somehow leads to him becoming a pirate.
School!AU
Trojan war and Odyssey happened EXCEPT they're all just middle/high school students on their teens, with all the drama that implies. The gods are teachers in disguise.
And that's all for me, thanks a lot for paying attention to these weird ideas I had about AUs of this great musical. Feel free to use any of these (and/or change stuff) if you wanna!
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