#dreamlying

welcome aboard. this post is rather fragmentary, so i'll have to come revisit and add on, but it should suffice as an introduction.

underlined words are actually links to posts--i suggest reading through these posts if you have the time.

dreamlying is the name of the friend group involving fundytruther, tommyofcolor, georgesoot, shatteredplates, wormweeb, warpedfungusonastick, and lovelyuqis. there are other members, but they've remained private. with the group's current status on the blogosphere now, i will respect their decision.

georgesoot's etymology of dreamlying goes as follows:

dteamblr discord server made

"Dream Truther" role + #dream-truthing channel made

channel discussed dreamnotfound pairing, but also dream himself

negativity crops up in the channel, some other members don't like it much

georgesoot decides to make a #dream-lying channel instead

#dream-lying subsequently attributed to the people involved, rather than the channel itself

dreamlying later spun off into it's own server

tommyofcolor says that they already knew each other since they "interacted a lot with each other on our blogs (mostly about dream criticism) and then when i made the server we actually got to know each other and stuff". the server in question that she's made is presumably the dedicated dreamlying server, which is still active as of May 29th, 2021.

they were prominent in 2020 for their critical insight onto mcyt, content creators, and how they operated in their space. there are allegations of doxxing. they "truth" content creators. not everything is sweet.

it is debatable how influential they were then, but in 2021, any influence they've had has waned enough that their followings and content has since "crystallized". tommyofcolor describes their prior activity as such:

it’s not that we had influence because we were so cool and big, it’s because we were there for the start when the fandom was very very small and words like that would be passed around by everyone.

still, even with their interesting history, it should be reiterated that they are just a friend group behind the scenes. i've called them "titans" of mcytblr in the past, under the assumption that their content has formed the backbone of mcytblr in some form.

they are not titans.

Georgesoot posted: But most of you don’t know the full context of our [Dreamlying] insane ramblings because we deliberately don’t talk about this shit if we can help it. [...] We’ve kept a pretty tight lid on a lot of stuff, like a LOT of stuff. (src)

the claim that "dreamlying poisoned the well" is a pretty tongue-in-cheek joke (it's in meme form for a reason) but it derives from the actual fact that dreamlying is unreliable. [[truthing is unreliable]].

on a more personal level, it's one of those bitter truths that destroyed my analytic momentum and interest in like...i don't know, August or September 2021. from 1 of my drafts (before the roxytonic ad astra pivot):

future anons/visitors: feel free to send in asks and lore on mcytblr.

thanks for the insight--seems like it's been forever since i've had mcytblr gestalt on my mind!

response under the cut.

okay, fine, anon, i'll answer the question.

yes--but conditionally. i'm not going to talk very much (not much interest in direct mcyt), though it would be interesting to see what happens behind the scenes in that group chat.

as for a desire to join dreamlying...i can't say i yearn to join dreamlying. they're interesting, but i've never been one for violet cronehood. i can be a biting crone, but that doesn't mean i like to do it.

(remember that to join dreamlying, you have to send tommyofcolor an application)

hello! i humbly accept your invitation.