Dutch Duo is so fascinating. They both have two characters, one on Lifesteal and one one on The Realm, and their characters on The Realm parallel the other on Lifesteal. Let me explain.
To me, LS!Clown and Tr!Pangi have a lot of unnoticed parallels, both of them being pretty damn powerful (though not the most powerful, examples being Sneeg and Tr!Clown above Tr!Pangi and BFB above LS!Clown) on their respective server, with a select few people they care about (or just one with Clown cough cough branzy) and just about everyone else being irrelevant to them, aside from the people they hate, who generally have a pretty tough time. Clown is a little more selective with who he trusts, but thatâs pretty easily explained by being on Lifesteal and general paranoia. Theyâre both violent and unashamed of that. Theyâre not afraid to play dirty, whether itâs based off honour a whole damn exploit, or getting paid 500$ to empeach your teammate *PMC*.
When considering their counterparts (LS!Pangi and Tr!Clown), they too are surprisingly similar to each other. They both still care about specific individuals, such as Derap and Zam for LS!Pangi or Ros and [idk I donât watch yellow I just know rospierce] for Tr!Clown. But they never really harbour hate towards any specific individuals. The only two times Tr!Clown ever seemed properly upset was after Pili killed Ros twice. He didnât even seem upset during the fight itself, more like he was fulfilling a duty. The other instance is Owen but do I even have to explain this one? As for LS!Pangi, he was upset like, after Empire Duo breakups? And like after Mapicc kept killing him? And literally nothing else off the top of my head. They donât kill for no reason either. While you can argue LS!Pangi doesnât kill or fight on Lifesteal so people feel safe at his recordings (since heâs the only person making chill ass videos on that server), you have to acknowledge that aside from his hunger games event, he has no proper kills this season (source being the Lifesteal wiki) unless youâre counting Jepexx, which he didnât get the heart from (and lowkey bro had it coming đ). While Iâm not sure how many kills Tr!Clown has, the only ones I remember are when people were hurting those he cared about, specifically Ros. Theyâre both quite based on rules and grind for what they need instead of fighting for it. A lot of the time, their actions are completely intertwined and associated with one of the few people they care about (Empire Duo, Cringe Duo, LoSA, etc.) and never only them, partially because of how much of their character revolves around others. They both get the chance to be different from what is typically assumed of lifestealers. They are selfless and not quite pacifists, but theyâre pretty damn close for Lifesteal.
One of the reasons Iâm a big fan of Lifesteal cannibal headcannons is because of how accurately it portrays their nature in a way others can understand. They are violent, selfish and unpredictable, killing on a whim with behaviour that would come off as insane on more casual SMPâs or ones based on storytelling like The Realm. However peaceful you are when you join the server, everyone is eventually corrupted by it. And no matter how well you hide or push away the corruption, it always comes out somewhere. In LS!Pangiâs case, his violence has been entirely oppressed due to his efforts of keeping people comfortable during his recordings, and that violence ends up coming out on The Realm, where thanks to the power of âout of characterâ and the fact he barely hosts realm recordings leads to him being able to kill more freely. Meanwhile, Clown has no need to fight on the realm, since he does nothing but whenever he actually logs on LS. Lifestealers are always in one of two states, those being âI care about you and I will protect you with all my powerâ and âI literally dgaf fucking dieâ, and itâs never been more clear with these two.
In conclusion, Dutch Duo is fucking awesome and I need more of them. Thank you.
PS: Itâs kind of ironic that Clown and Parrot are Parallel duo, since at this point it might be Clown and Pangi.
(Sorry if the Tr!âs and LS!âs makes this hard or obnoxious to read itâs so annoying but I have to distinguish argh)
