#cooper talks

secondly, its very easy to tell by the outpouring of hate comments on many of the hermits' recent videos (after his response) that he reached a target of young, impressionable fans. not only that, but also a darker side of the hermitcraft fandom that i like to ignore.

as much as i love hermitcraft, its "golden" status that its gotten from remaining "unpolitical" and "drama-free" has perpetuated a very ugly-hearted group of fans who cant find solace in the more openly left-wing smp communities. so they turn to hermitcraft, where they can hide a little more easily. and this has been a group of people slowly cultivating numbers for years now, and there's enough of them that docm77's gay beacon, or the number of pride mcc participants (and queer hermits) can't ward off.

these people have always been the ones brushing concerns in the community under the rug, the "this isn't the place for politics," and "i watch hermitcraft to get AWAY from that stuff." types. they are never going to believe the women that were harassed over the male creator they've latched onto as someone who's "for them" and "un-cancelable." these people have been waiting for this opportunity. and you'll see them say "hermitcraft is over," and "they can't come back from this," but none of that is true. they're the only ones who believe that.

and as awful as all of this is, the hate and the VERY thinly veiled misogyny-- there is a bright-side in weeding those people out. "i don't think i'll be able to watch hermitcraft after this" good fucking riddance.

iskall knew what he was doing by bringing his shit response video to his youtube audience. instead of the reddit, instead of twitter, but to a space that HE moderates. the space with the highest concentration of people who he know will defend him.

first, it was for bdubs—for etho, too. for a promise made that she had nothing to do with. she died in a heartbeat—a confusing blur of screams and colour. she died so that bdubs could live, and her death was not hers, but his. it was his victory, his way out, and she got lost somewhere in the middle.

second, it was for joel—for his god-given task, and for his rivalry. she died alone, forever falling, carrying out a mission that she had nothing to do with. she died and jimmy lived, and once more her death was not her own. not hers, but his— his victory and his celebration, all while she continued to fall.

most recently, it was for jimmy— a mission, and a promise that he would be "taken out by [grian's] own hand," that she had nothing to do with. she died voiceless, unable to utter a final word, and grian cheered. not for her elimination, but for his. it had nothing to do with her, she just happened to be there.