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“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story

So I’ve encountered quite a few people who, for one reason or another, are trying to get into these Markiplier videos, but are confused and or overwhelmed by the sheer amount of lore and catch-up videos there seem to be in order to even start. That’s certainly understandable, especially right now, since Mark has been bombarding us with codes and ARG elements while promoting/hyping up Space part 2.

Well, if that’s you, I am here to tell you Two Things!

ONE! You should watch In Space With Markiplier! Regardless of the rest of the lore, characters, easter eggs, etc, Space is a fantastic choose your own adventure story in an incredible sci-fi setting, and it is SO much fun. I promise, you don’t need to know anything about @markiplier​​ lore or previous videos or anything like that, if it seems like something you’d like to check out, I highly recommend you do so! If you’re not so sure about space as a setting but still want to try this cool interactive form of story telling, check out A Heist With Markiplier, it’s got the same choose your own adventure style of story telling, but with a modern heist setting instead of a futuristic sci-fi one.

I reiterate, both Heist and Space can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of prior knowledge of the lore, and if you have even the SLIGHTEST bit of interest in watching them, you absolutely should!

And TWO! If you want to know what’s going on with all the extraneous lore but don’t know where to start or are confused by it all, fret not! I am here to show you which videos you should watch if you’re a total beginner, and to explain the plots/themes of each if you still have questions after watching or you don’t want to watch every video that contains lore but you still want to understand what’s going on. So without further ado, here we go!

*Note: this post will attempt to avoid all theorizing or speculation; rather, it is meant to give the facts of the various interconnected videos Mark has made as plainly as possible. If at any point what I’m stating is not canon, but my opinion/interpretation, it will be clearly stated as such. This post also will not be discussing the plot of Space or the codes involved in the last several teasers, it instead should serve as background information for how the world of Mark’s stories functions.

Also, since this post is very long (nearly 9k words!) and has a lot of links in it, tumblr might end up strangling it by not showing it in the tag, so reblogs would be really helpful in making sure people who might want to read this post get to see it!

Background Info

First things first, let me lay some groundwork for the completely uninitiated. Mark Fischbach, aka Markiplier is a gaming youtuber, (a comment I get a lot on posts is “wait what, isn’t this guy like, a letsplayer? What’s with all the lore?) but ever since his channel’s inception, he’s also enjoyed creating short sketch videos and fun characters, and often performed as characters other than himself as a bit during let’s play videos early in his channel’s history. 

Characters that Mark played, either in sketches or let’s plays, became colloquially known as “egos,” short for “alter egos” since the idea was that the characters were alter egos of Mark himself. There were several of these “egos,” such as Googleplier, Dr. Iplier, Bim Trimmer, etc., but by far the two most popular and most commonly used in both fanworks and by Mark himself are Wilford Warfstache, an eccentrically violent television interview host with a pink mustache, and Darkiplier, the ‘evil’ or ‘dark’ version of Mark.

imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg

Shrodinger's razor: an unopened box may or may not contain the solution to the story; there's no way to know without opening it. (example: Monk)

Schrodinger's Gun: Treat every gun as if it's loaded unless you've checked it yourself.

Little Cherokee Seeds is a program where mothers and babies spend all day with first language Cherokee speakers, speaking nothing but Cherokee, so that the babies become a new generation of native speakers. They're also teaching traditional skills and mothering practices to the mothers to pass on.

This is so so important for the survival of the language. These babies are on track to being fluent first language speakers, and they will be able to keep the language going for another lifetime.

After a lot of searching on the internet, I made my necessary pilgrimage to the beloved memorial bench. I had to find some coordinates posted on Reddit and put them into GPS but I got it just as we were about to give up!