a minecraft smp isn't a tv show or a movie or a book or a video game, and it shouldn't be expected to operate like one. holding in your mind that the players are simultaneously characters with fictional lore AND that they're real life people with a history of their own isn't a contradiction. being canadian and living in minecraft isn't a bug, it's a feature of the media you're watching. in the same way that creators in an smp set in a mediaeval-inspired world can reference aeroplanes or cameras or beyonce. in the same way that a creator's disability matters despite it not having an equivalent in-game. in the same way that a creator can be trans despite gender not being a mechanic in-game. it's not canon-breaking for all these things to be true. smps don't need to have a set, completely coherent set of rules the way that other media do order for good stories to come out of them. the flux isn't just okay, it's an inherent part of the medium. trying to escape it or avoid it or rationalise it is like trying to say a still image is the same thing as a tv show
