#cup.benchtrio

Because even though cbench are friends and were doing a lot of "hanging out streams" within this time frame (recall the jokes with ctommy having two armed body guards time in meta) like there was a lot going on here and it's really highlighted in that stream where ctommy builds the grave for ghostbur. Because ctommy grieving ghostbur is important in his relationship to cwilbur. Because ctommy cared about ghostbur, but in the whole this really represented a key moment in where ctommy really allowed himself to finally grieve cwilbur in a sense and it also provides a lot of thought into ctommy's uncertainty with how he feels about cwilbur now that he's back. This is not to say i think ctommy hates cwilbur, but it is important to highlight the complexity of ctommy's feelings around him from this stream.

This moment also reflects how ctubbo has not allowed himself to grieve, not only ctommy, but also cwilbur with his response in this moment and it also reflects cranboo's distance to the greater history of cwilbur in the narrative up to this point, which allows the audience to pinpoint just how much communication (or lack thereof) has occured within cbeeduo (as well as callium), which later will be a semi part of understanding the ho16/paradise arcs and ctallerduo's dynamic. Which this also connects to the cbeeduo dynamic and cranboo's understanding of the home they were building together

This moment also is a good way to connect to the cookie outpost portion of this time. Because cbeeduo largely distanced themselves from ctommy at this point while he was working with cwilbur on Paradise (save for a couple more streams that followed). It shows a portion of ctubbo that didn't want ctommy, or nearly anyone, involved in an arc that would largely be defined by paranoia and continued feelings of unsafety that have developed since doomsday, really since being a spy, with was spiraled with ctommy's death and cwilbur's revival. Because this does connect to Project Dream Catcher and Snowchester's foundation on hypervigiliance and safety from cdream.

I hope this makes sense, but cbench is very interesting outside of their friendship is my TLDR (though i love talking about them as friends/hcs like anyone does) and there was much i didnt cover about how a lot of their moments extends into greater narratives. feel free to add on this is not disk/horse at all!

Oh great question.

C!Tubbo is rock because though he can be strong and sturdy he can be brittle and shatter.

C!Tommy is scissors because though he can be sharp he can also be careful.