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silverthetheorist · 3 years

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The end of L’manburg was disappointing (and why rollercoasters and fun)

I really wanted to like this war. I really did. And I did like many things (Which I will go through don't worry) but... Look, the event was not bad by any means. But this is the first big event that I can say was mediocre at worst and good at best. A solid 6/10 maybe (All other story arcs and events are from a 8/10 to 10/10), specially after the marvelous festival from yesterday. So let’s see first the things that worked:

- FUNDY AND NICKY POPPED OFF. Them destroying the provisions before the start was great because it did not only made sense for their (Very tired of being sidelined and very tired of L’manberg’s bullshit) but it also had plot repercussion. In a story, for an action to be significant it has to have two things going for it: An emotional repercussion and a plot repercussion. This had both: Two og L’manburgian giving up on their nation and causing the L’maburg forces to be under-and I can’t stress this enough- very under prepared. In Eret’s case it is a lot harder to justify because her arc was never very consistent as I have said before.

-The villains were very smart and intimidating. First the chose to attack L’manberg the day after the festival giving them little to no time to prepare. Second, they attacked earlier and devised a plan to cause the most destruction possible. Dream and Techno are many times smarter than many movie villains.

-Tommy exposed Techno for the hypocrite and selfish pig he is. Good for him.

-Anything Ranboo does is gold of course. But, I think joining Phil is a bit of an iffy decision. For someone who doesn’t choose sides he surely chose the one that caused the most destruction and pain for all of his other friends. He is probably one of the most exciting people to watch in the future

-Tubbo jumping in front of Techno’s blast to protect Tommy (I do not want Tubbo to die because he is probs my favorite but that would have been a cool canon death). Tommy asking about Tubbo every 5 seconds. Both apologizing to each other and reuniting finally. Tubbo looking at everything he had built being destroyed, completely speechless. Tommy and Tubbo meeting Dream in the obsidian thing over L’manber. It had a weird final boss feel to it. I wish something had happened between the three there. Maybe a short fight or something. It was still cool.

So, yeah. There is a lot to like about the event. Now I have three main problems with this event:

My first problem is that it all felt a bit... pointless. This reminded me a lot of the movie Captain America: Civil War. It was a great movie, but it did not have almost any consequences. In today’s event L’MANBURG WAS DESTROYED FOR GOOD THIS TIME and... it doesn’t feel like anything has changed at all. Tommy is still on about the disks even after everything he’s been through. Quackity is still... honestly I never know what is going on with him. Techno and Phil are still assholes and have all the power along with Dream. The badlands still haven’t done a thing (A shame). You can say that Wilbur is going to be revived, and yes that is pretty big, but he has been alive before (I actually love that he is being resurrected surprisingly, I’ll talk about it later). You can also say that L’manburg is gone now but... was it really there ever since Tommy was exiled considering everyone basically left?

It feels like we could have skipped everything after Wilbur blew L’manberg and everything would be the same. Like everything in between did not matter. Think of it, is there any major differences (Besides minor character changes) between the end of the Manberg vs Pogtopia war and now? Probably not many. This goes back to what I said in my first post: History is repeating itself a little to much. Another exile, another festival, another execution, another time L’manburg is destroyed. At least there is not going to be another election anytime soon.

I think Tommy’s line to Techno that “You are repeating history but worse” is very ironic. The idea that history repeat itself is tempting and, when done efficiently can be amazing, but this was not the case. I cannot blame theme though, a “history repeats itself” story is very hard to write without feeling like you are repeating yourself. But they were so close. The Schlatt/Wilbur and Tommy/Tubbo parallels are a great example of it because it had the two things that a “History Repeats itself” plot needs: A new emotional background (The Tubbo/Tommy friendship breaking) and a final change (When both decide not to become like their predecessor). That’s right. You can argue that this war had a different emotional background but the end result was the seem. This type of stories are only satisfying if we see the change at the end, imagine how great it would have been if they managed to resolve their differences and truly unite against Dream and stop L’manburg from blowing up.

That is my second problem. I am not against the idea of L’manburg ending for good. But it happened at a very random part of the story. L’manburg, the place that started it all perished because a pig felt betrayed by a friend and Dream was being his usual self. Compare this to the last time it blew up: A fallen hero destroying what he built because he wouldn’t let anyone else have it. It just doesn’t compare. And honestly, we are mostly sad that it is gone because of the first war, the election and the manberg vs pogtopia arcs. If the end goal of three months of storytelling is to destroy L’manburg, why did they spend three months showing how shitty it has become and how everyone left? This last point sections nicely to my last problem

My third and final problem is that it all seems a little samey. Now listen to me on this one. Do you know why the Deadpool movies are so effective at making you laugh? Because it mixes dramatic moments with comedy very well, each dramatic moment elevates the next joke and vice versa. It is also why Tommy’s lore streams are so good, when you juxtapose both drama and comedy it works very well. Like a rollercoaster, the fun comes from all the ups and downs. But can you truly say there were any up moments since the manberg vs pogtopia war. Not really, maybe some but nowhere new as good as the up moments in previous arcs and nowhere near as present. That is why this past three months feel very samey. It has been just constant dread and sadness with very few good moments storywise. Compare this to before when Wilbur was the main writer: Eret betrayed everyone and Dream blew up some of L’manberg, but they won the war and got their independence. Pog 2020 lost the election but Techno joined them and most people were secretly helping from the shadows. They got back L’manburg from Schlatt but Wilbur and Techno betrayed them. See how it has a great mixtures of ups and downs? Today’s event would have benefited from at least one ray of sunshine at the end, maybe a new piece of information returns, or Tommy and Tubbo have a final talk and resolver everything, or something nice for a change. (Wilbur being resurrected does not count, he traumatised everyone, I would not say that is a very happy thing, more of a mixed bag)

But I don’t want come off as too negative. But now I am being cautious of the storyline. I think the next couple of stream are going to be key. There is still hope that some of these problems will be addressed. Even if they are not, the story will have suffered it’s first big dud (Which is a testament to how good and capable everyone is of telling a great story).

PS: English not my first language. You know the drill. I am once again not sending hate to anyone ever. There is nothing wrong with criticizing what you love, I think it is kind of necessary in a weird way.

PS2: I also have hope because I believe that Wilbur is coming back as a writer. On a stream (When he saw Matpat’s theory) he said the was “not currently writing the story” which I found as very suspicious wording. That and Alivebur returning I think makes a pretty compelling case for his return as a writer, I don’t see him as the type of guy that would just return so that someone else would write his character. On another note I hope the current writer don’t feel pressured to follow Matpat’s theory just because he is a big youtuber. While not a bad theory by all means (As soon as Ghostbur said he wanted to be alive my first thought was Quackity and Schlatt) but I would prefer it if they were not manipulated by outside sources to make the story a certain way.

PS3: I have other things I would like to cover. Mainly, I have three ideas for future essays: an analysis of the medium the smp storyline is being made and why it is harmful to it’s story (Specifically it’s eventual ending), a study of how Ranboo’s philosophy causes more harm than good and a “What if” essay of how many road the smp could have taken with it’s story after the manberg vs pogtopia war. I will probably do all three of them eventually but if anyone wants a specific one I can do it no problem. Also, if anyone wants to interact or give their opinions or criticize my ideas you are more than welcome to. I have no friends who are into mcyt and I love the back and forward of different opinions and ideas.

#tommyinnit #tubbo #ranboo #quackity #wilbur soot #wilbur #dream smp #dream #fundy #nicky #nihachu #philza #techno #technoblade #mcyt #eret #ghostbur #l'manberg #l'manburg #SapNap

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someone-took-ombrr · 3 years

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pspsps reverse au pspsps

Hey Y'all know reverse aus? it's kinda like this but more stupid, Imma just make a list on the majority of the members- (It's long so be warned)

Dream/Nightmare: He actually cares about people, he also doesn't like conflict so he gave L'manburg their independence without fights (on his part at least). He's also an actual good husband in this.

Gogy/Georgewaslost: Mr lore man himself, he's a little shit, constantly causing conflict and always present during events, he also hates being babied and very self-sufficient.

Sapnap/Pandas: A coward, he doesn't fight unless he has to, he also doesn't like animals, not in a "KILL THEM ALL" kind of way, more of a "please get that away from me I don't like it" kinda way

ItsAlyssa/Alyssa: Mute, she doesn't speak at all and doesn't really have much of a role in the server, she's just kinda there.

Callahan/Callahan: He left before anything interesting happened

Awesamdude: So y'know how warden sam is a kind of an alter-ego? Now it's his whole ass personality, yep sam is cruel, cunning and doesn't give two shits what other's think.

Ponk: Very calm and collected, he's a free-spirit and doesn't like conflict all that much.

Badboyhalo/Goodboyhalo: Bad but he can cuss and has 0 chill, constantly likes pulling jokes and stealing things.

Big man tomathy in of it/Tommy: Very sensitive, he cries a lot, he's usually quiet and still tries to fit the footsteps of his brothers, he's also Phil's bio son in this

Tubbo/Tubboinnit: Tubbo is just a chaotic mess but with a lot of weird and very specific boundraries, he's also Schlatt's bio son and is proud of it.

Fundy: A son of a cod and wilbur, he's also an arctic fox just cause i guess. Fundy's also offered the role of king with nightmare as his loyal knight (and lover)

Punz: He's a traveling warrior, he only really fights for his pride and money

Purpled: Punz's younger brother, he's just some guy that can build really well

Wilbur/Ghostbur: Just switch their personalities (I got lazy ok) So Alivebur is sweet and innocent and Ghostbur is fucking insane, also adopted.

Jschlatt: He's a smoker, not an alcoholic, still gets a heart attack and fucking dies. He's not really as cruel as he's portrayed. He just does what he sees fit for the country and not himself.

Skeppy: He hangs around Gbh and usually has to apologize for Gbh's actions, he also doesn't really like playing pranks and usually is seen helping other's with their projects.

Eret: Completely loyal to L'manburg and sees Fundy as a traitor for leaving L'manburg to be king. She's kind to animals but they're very protective of their property and he's quite good at pvp

JackManifold: One of Tommy's closest friends and stands by his side most times. He duo's with Niki and they good buddies :]

Niki: At first, Niki was quite doubtful of L'manburg, she believed that it would crumble, but eventually she became more hopeful of the country and know fights by their side with no hesitation.

Quackity: He doesn't swear and is just wholesome, he tries his best to keep a positive vibe and make other's happy, he's Karl's fiance.

Karl Jacobs: An E-boy, he's also a pessimist and can't be bothered to look for good in a bad situation, he does still time travel but only to his benefit.

Hbomb: they're reserved, don't really stand out that much. Fundy's his close friend but other than that he doesn't really do much

Technoblade: In a constant state of distressed, he can't sleep well because of the voices in his head so he makes builds as a coping mechanism. Phil's bio son.

Antfrost: He's a good builder, he's anti-egg

PHILZA MINECRAFT: He cares for his family and sons, equally this time. He usually hangs around L'manburg's ruins to remind him of wilbur (Just so you know, Phil didn't kill him in this, Wil got knocked back during the explosion, hit his head on a rock and died :))

(I skip a lot of people that aren't relevant to the plot)

Ranboo/Booran: Tubbo's vice president in L'manburg, he has a really good memory and doesn't hesitate to call people out on their bullshit.

Foolish gamers: A pvp god. he's puffy's bio son, a demi-god of life and the wildlife

Hannah: A anti-egg spy, she hangs around Sam every nowadays.

Slimecicle: He killed nightmare once then left, never to return.

#dream smp #dream smp au #I promise I'll write about this later #nightmare smp

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