#ausmp

This is a zine dedicated to and honoring the queer CC's who have made an impact on this fandom and their fans! It'll feature art, fanfic, and stories about how openly queer CC's have helped people accept/become more comfortable in their identities! (Which, by the way- you don't have to be signed up for the zine to share your story! Anyone can submit one!)

So, how exactly is this zine going to work?

Lavender and Carnation's will feature art and writing like most zines, but it has a special addition to the usual- you can submit your own stories without having to be an official contributor!

Have a CC who helped you become more comfortable with your identity? A CC's character who's impacted you via their story, or has helped you through a rough time in your life? Share your story (anon or not) and you can have it featured in the zine, interspersed with art of that CC's characters and stories!

Okay, this sounds awesome! But wait, how do I apply? What's the criteria for a CC getting nominated for this event? What's the schedule?

Great questions! Here's a basic run-down of the event (along with links to fully explain it)

(And yeah, OF COURSE he made that threat in Pyro’s chat. Why is it always Pyro’s chat specifically? Like half his friends are streamers, you’d expect him to say dumb shit that then gets screencapped in other people’s chats too. Is it just that hanging around Pyro specifically makes him mouthier or something?)

IN SCOTT’S DEFENCE it’s more about the undertones. and it’s not just esmp1 and pirates, there’s also area unknown... but you should ask evan wengine about that because I actually haven’t watched all of ausmp (yet), I just think the dynamic scott & aimsey have is very fun, and there’s only so many times you (gay man) and your friend (nonbinary lesbian) can joke about making out before I (lorefulgood) start to get a bit 🤨 when the two of you decide you’re brothers.

setting that aside, esmp1 is weird by default because how do you even reconcile an evil twin brother who is, literally, just yourself?* scott’s also weird about Obligation and Duty in general—you can see this in the life series as well, where he genuinely doesn’t abandon or betray his teams even if he desperately wants to, unless the rules mandate it—and in sibling dynamics that often translates into him deciding that things have to be done a certain way because that’s how things “should” be. scott views all relationships as varying degrees of stifling because, in his mind, once you’re in something (whether that’s marriage or brotherhood or the overall concept of filial piety) you can’t get out of it until you die. you have probably also noticed that scott tends to connect those intense close relationships to dying.

and as for why it’s always pyro’s chat specifically? it’s mainly because pyro’s the only one of his current crushes friends who’s not PG lmao so you’re getting more of the authentic scott (which you can tell by the way he phrases things)