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oh.

would you look at that.

England’s King Charles II took medication made from human skulls after suffering a seizure, and, until 1909, physicians commonly used human skulls to treat neurological conditions.

huh.

Noble’s new book, Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture, and another by Richard Sugg of England’s University of Durham, Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians, reveal that for several hundred years, peaking in the 16th and 17th centuries, many Europeans, including royalty, priests and scientists, routinely ingested remedies containing human bones, blood and fat as medicine for everything from headaches to epilepsy. There were few vocal opponents of the practice, even though cannibalism in the newly explored Americas was reviled as a mark of savagery. Mummies were stolen from Egyptian tombs, and skulls were taken from Irish burial sites. Gravediggers robbed and sold body parts.

Same source:

the poor, who couldn’t always afford the processed compounds sold in apothecaries, could gain the benefits of cannibal medicine by standing by at executions, paying a small amount for a cup of the still-warm blood of the condemned. “The executioner was considered a big healer in Germanic countries,” says Sugg. “He was a social leper with almost magical powers.” For those who preferred their blood cooked, a 1679 recipe from a Franciscan apothecary describes how to make it into marmalade.

And thats fine, if the content gave you comfort and help its understandable that you'd miss it because its close to your heart. Since you don't know the person so you miss what they gave you and what Technoblade gave us was truly special.

But the moment someone gives you a knock off version of that content back suddenly what you wanting content is more important than the grief of those who lost a son, friend and brother? No.

Their wants and needs take the highest importance. No you are not grieving, you did not know him. No, you missing him is not on the same level of them missing him.

All of Technoblade’s content is still up. His channel is still available. You can be a decent normal individual and rewatch it any time.

“Well Techno would have been fine with-“ Techno wasn’t even fine with being selling fan merch of him, you really want to try and say he’d be fine with someone profiting off of pretending to be him? Seriously.

“But larp said he would stop if-“ he has backed Technodad into a corner. Seeing how intensly people defend technolarp do you really think they’ll be all cool and chill if and when Technodad asks him to stop? After all Techno’s friends have voiced their discomfort? Really? Apparently he also reached out to Technodad which just shows how uncaring he is. “Hey can I pretend to be your dead son? Btw I’ve already started lol”. How can you even think to not only think this up but then start it and after you’ve started you go and bother a grieving father for approval and to make yourself seem like less of a shit bag? Ugh.

“But skeppy-“ doesn’t seem to be handling anything well and because this clearly isn’t a healthy thing to do I don’t think it should be encouraged.

And regardless, Technoblade has passed. He cannot say what he would have wanted or what he would have done. So we have to take what people know actually knew him say on his behalf to protect not just his legacy but their own mental health and their journey with grief.

You as a fan will never be more important than that.

Technolarp has announced he’s stopping (genuinely surprised) though while I don’t think his post was enough to truly incapsulate the harm he caused I’m glad his part is this mess is over and I’m sure Technodad and Technoblade’s friends are too.

The issue continues with fans. I was right. Technolarp backed Technodad into a corner. People are calling Technodad selfish, saying is Tubbo overreacting, saying they “don’t care about the fans who are struggling”

You people are incredibly, incredibly selfish.

How many ways can I say that YOU DID NOT KNOW TECHNOBLADE. YOU ARE NOT GRIEVING. YOU CAN RE WATCH HIS CONTENT. What you’re missing is a dopamine hit from seeing a new upload notification which you can get from other YouTubers who aren’t impersonating a dead person.

If your way of “coping” with the loss is harassing his friends and family, complaining online that you don’t get any new content and centring yourself then get a new coping mechanism.

as someone who loves dsmp and occasionally uses reddit, the subreddit sucks and is full of WSS. like every other post is WSS or dteam support, either that or its people trying to sell their old clothes. I tbh wanted to have a place on reddit where there are people who like the actual characters on the DSMP and not people who are selling their souls to lick the shoes of known abusers. I created a subreddit called r/ctommy for C!DSMP content because i feel like us ctommy fans are the most normal & hes the main character so… - are you guys interested?

Look at all the famous trans women in video games. Bridget, Poison, Birdo, Vivian, Madeline... you're either a white girl or an inhuman. Well, what about the popular trans girls in real life? All the funny comic artists, the youtubers, and even the actual celebrities and politicians? White white white white.

This confuses me. When I visit family, I see people who look like me. When I go to the park, to school, the store, there's always someone like me just around the corner. And the trans women- the trans PEOPLE I meet irl? Mostly brown! The majority!

And yet somehow, someway, every single tgirl on the internet is seemingly the same flavor of vanilla every single time. Now I know tumblr is a uniquely white place, but this is still prevalent everywhere else. It is not reflective of reality. It makes me sad. Every time I turn on the TV or go on my phone, I don't ever see myself. All those feel-good transition timeliness or waaacky personalities. Just a bunch of... people who aren't me. If there was literally just 1 trans Latina with any popularity, I probably would've figured out my transness sooner. You know how hard it is to navigate those feelings when 80% of resources are through white eyes?

Aaaaand don't think you're off the hook, TMEs. Gay men, I can see your ancient Rome-loving woman-hating James Somerton leather nazi sons of bastards! And cisbians, don't think I didn't notice your renaissance painting cottage core copaganda female rage in a plantation with mediocre pop music asses too! And trans men... put the fucking Rocky Horror down right now. That lack of melanin will kill you.