#parental neglegt

[goofycrow]

I hate when parents are too kind to their kids and do everything for them. FUVKING NEGLEGT THEM STOP BEING SO FUCKING KIND YOURE RAISING AN OVER CONFIDENT SHIT FUCK WHO WILL BULLY PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH SHIT CHILDHOODS!!!!

[psychicbirdstarlight]

Hey, you know what fucks you up for life? :D

When your parents act impatient while doing acts of service.

Mum rolling her eyes when feeding you food, dad sighing in disdain when he changes your diapers... that shit? It sits with you forever. Because you very much sense that, even in early age. And it will make you feel suspiscious of receiving any act of care from your friends/partner/chosen family for the rest of your life. It spoils everything. Every time someone has to make a small effort to love you/meet your needs you get irritated, because in the past every act like that led to your caregivers loving you less. So naturally the more you love someone, the less you want them to do something for you. But of course your chosen family actually WANTS to put in the effort. They actually care about you! But that's not what it feels like, does it? You want to send them away and you might even react in drastic ways because care feels like war to you. You want to keep them as close friends and to you that means not causing any problems. That means not putting any strain of the bond that connects you. Because you litterally have NO experience, have never exeperienced a bond that can support an actual problem.

At the same time you would commit horrible acts of violence in order to care for/safe your loved ones and neglegt every one of your boundaries in order to help them. That is not a coincidence.

#ffs please only get children if you actually want and are mentally fit to care for them #everything less than that leads to you abusing your child somewhere down the line #and your nostalgic wish for a child just does not outweigh the HUMAN RIGHT a child should have to develop a healthy brain

[anshiel]

Marcy: dads look at their kids like ’is anyone else gonna traumatized that?’ and not wait for an answer

Sasha: dads look at their kids???

#amphibia #frogshow #marcy wu #sasha waybright #incorrect quote #has anyone already done this quote beofre w these two? #anyways dont remeber the source ands yeah we dont know much about their parents but also let me headcanon #marcys dad having them move away from her best friends vs. sashas dad possibly being neglegtful FIGHT

[petersnya]

life before | anakin s.

anon ask; Hii can you write an anakin one shot about how reader and anakin are talking about there lives before the jedi order and anakin tells the reader about how great his mom was but the reader had an abusive mom and they just can’t relate? it can be fluffy with anakin telling the reader that they turned out so much better than their mom or something like that

thank you for the requestttt :) i changed it just a tab bit (the mom wasn’t physically abusive) and made it fluffy and angst. i hope you don’t mind! hope u enjoy it - xo 🥰

warnings; none really- fluff, angst (lowkey cried but it’s fine) , kissing, cursing, just cute shit lol wc; 1k+

“She was… amazing.”

His life before the jedi order sounded damn near wonderful. You couldn't imagine him as a child anyway other than happy.

But your life was the opposite. You had two siblings- an older sister and older brother. Your grandma stayed with you, your parents and older brother (your sister was twenty five and moved out as soon as possible). Now, you loved your family- to death. You would do anything for them; but your mother was a different story.

She didn’t physically hurt you, but she caused many self esteem issues. You couldn’t even walk past her without a negative comment coming for her that hurt like a ton of bricks being dropped on you at once. So, naturally, your bond gravitated to your grandma and older sister. You didn't like to talk about your life before the jedi order, so you just sat and listened to anakin. You didn't mind either. It was nice seeing him so happy. How light his blue eyes got as he reminisced.

So, you continued to sit, with a smile on your face, and listened.

“- oh! And this one time when we.. sorry,” he let out a breathy chuckle, “i'm talking too much. What was life like before the jedi order?”

Your stomach stank at the thought of your life. Not the it was like you lived like a slave, and were abuseded or neglegted. You were just embarrassed. For some reason, you felt like it was your fault- like you could have done something different to make your mom actually care for you how you wanted her too. But it was too late, and that feeling of guilt never went away.

“Oh no- no, no, no it's fine i promise.”

“No really. I've known you for what..two, maybe three years now? And you have never told me about your childhood,” Anakin looked at you with a grin, anticipating for you to give him the details he wanted. The two of you were sitting on his bed in his quarters- leaning against the headboard, but Anakin had shifted to sit in front of you. He shifted your legs that were criss crossed open for him to be closer to you; staring at you with love in his eyes.

Ugh, I don't deserve you.

Anakin's smile faltered. You furrowed your eyebrows as you looked at him with confusion. Then it hit you. Usually your force walls would be up, but you were comfortable with Anakin, so you kept them down when you were with him.

“Why would you say that?,” you could feel his aura- and it was strong. It was filled with sadness and confusion. The same feeling of guilt that you felt for years ran through you as your heart cliched at the sight of anakin's shoulder slumping.

You slowly moved your hands away from his- he had been cradling them loosely. Your fingers started to pick at your nails, your breathing becoming shallow- trying your best to avoid his gaze. The feeling of your heart rate picking up quickly sounded in your ears. You watched anakin's mouth move but you couldn't hear a thing - the only sound was the fast thuds sound in your head. Flashbacks of your mom looking at you in disgust filled your head- and all the sudden.. You were a nine year old kid again. Once you became twelve, you started having flashbacks of the bad part of your childhood; those flashbacks led to panic attacks. Just small ones though. You never told anyone. To this day, you still talk to most of your family, and you still have yet to tell them. But you can't bring yourself to do it.

“Hey… hey.. y/n? Are you okay?” Anakin's voice was filled with panic as he watched your video eyes stare past him as a black wall. He didn't know what to do. He had never seen this happen before.

Anakin's hands flew up to grab the sides of your face. He tried his hardest to get deep inside your mind to figure out what was going on. You continued to stare as Anakin shut his eyes tightly- focusing solely on you. Then he got in.

Only flashes went by. Memories of your mother yelling at you, then you running to your sister and her holding you tightly as you cried. Then another flash went by. You were sitting on your bed- shaking as you stared blankly with tears streaming down your face. Anakin groaned in what seemed to be pain as he watched you. He soon realized that this memory was recent. Just as anakin's force got to weak for him to hold it much longer, he heard you whisper in your memory-

“I'm sorry ani.”

Anakin's eyes snapped open as he watched you take a deep breath. Your breather slowed to normal- you looked down at your hands and noticed how red your fingers were. “Damn it,” you cursed under your breath as the realization sunk in. there's no way you just did this in front of anakin. No fucking way.

He didn't even speak. He didn't say a word. Anakin's arms just wrapped around you tightly while holding you head to his chest. Your fingers instantly went up to his hanging padawan braid and twirled it, trying to take your mind of what happened.

“I'm so sorry ani. Im so fucking sorry for not telling you-”

“No. no please don't be sorry y/n/n. It's ok. I've got you,” Anakin pulled you fully on his chest, lifting your head slightly to connect your lips in a tender kiss. Your lips molded together like puzzle pieces. And everything stopped. Everything that you were worried about just faded into nothing. You felt safe. For the first time in a long time, you realized just how deeply he carried for you. And you felt the same.

Your lips moved in sync with passion. He soon moved his lips from yours and smiled. He didn't need to say anything, cause you knew what he was thinking.

you will never go through that alone again, cause i’m right here with you.

#anakin skywalker #anakin skywalker x reader #anakin skywalker smut #anakin x reader #anakin smut #anakin fluff #anakin skywalker fluff #anakin angst #anakin skywalker angst #star wars x reader #star wars smut #anakin skywalker x you #hayden christensen

[ericspinkhair]

the boyz smut masterlist

if you want to request anything, please feel free to do so :)

I don't feel conformable writing sub!member as well as anything to do with hurting someone. I incorporate smut in all my writings.

the scenarios that are crossed out are just requests that I have gotten. I might combine some for a more coherent story. even if there are already requests for a member, you are always welcome to send in more ideas. if you have specific fantasies about any of the requests you are free to share them with me and I might incorporate them into the story :)

currenty working on:

- continuation of guys my age don't know how to love me good through siyeon's perspective, dom!sangyeon

Lee Sangyeon

continuation of guys my age don't know how to love me good through siyeon's perspective, dom!sangyeon (requested)

daddy and choking kink (requested)

ceo!sangyeon x secretary!reader, rough sex (requested)

Jacob Bae

I can make you forget

Kim Younghoon

teasing the teacher

dilf!younghoon, sex behind the parents' back (requested)

Lee Jaehyun

teasing him (2 requests)

Lee Juyeon

guys my age don't know how to love me good

anal, fem!receiving

Kevin Moon

quarantine longings

soulmate au! (not requested, multiple parts)

Choi Chanhee

make your own stereotype

naked massage (requested)

friends to lovers (requested)

Ji Changmin

dirty thoughts from a distance

family doesn't approve and they run away (requested)

Ju Haknyeon

breeding kink (requested)

playing games (requested)

Kim Sunwoo

wedding fun [pt. 1, pt. 2] (ft. Eric)

unexpectedly becoming a sugar baby (request for pt. 2)

sunwoo neglegts y/n in the club so she flirts with another man to get back his attention (requested)

Eric Sohn

wedding fun [pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3] (ft. Sunwoo)

eric loses virginity to best friend (requested three times)

reader sits on erics lap, established relationship (requested)

BJ Alex style (requested)

#the boyz #the boyz scenario #the boyz smut #the boyz masterlist #smut #lee sangyeon #jacob bae #kim younghoon #lee hyunjae #lee jaehyun #lee juyeon #kevin moon #ji changmin #choi chanhee #ju haknyeon #eric sohn #kim sunwoo #kpop smut

[lucemferto]

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PH1LZA (or Why Philza is a Victim of Narrative Circumstance)

Heyo! Per request I am posting the script to my video of the same name here on tumblr. I must warn you that just reading the script will probably not give you the full experience, so I would encourage you to watch the video (linked above).

There might also still be a lot of grammatical errors in the text, because I don’t proofread.

Intro

LAST TIME ON LUCEM FERTO

Okay, so! I don’t want this to turn into a reaction channel OR a Dream SMP channel for that matter! [echo]

Well, I lied.

[Intro to “Luc is pretentious about the funny blockmen. Episode 2”]

I swear, I’m working on other stuff. It’s just that my dumb lizard brain has only capacity for one interest at a time!

So, something you might not know about me, is that I am on tumblr – who am I kidding, most of you will know me from tumblr. Before starting this whole YouTube thing, I thought that website died years ago – but as per usual reality proves me wrong. I’m also on Twitter and Reddit, but I get the most engagement on tumblr – by far! – and I need those sweet, sweet numbers for the serotonin!

Anyways, one of my favourite past-times on tumblr is to razz Philza Hardcore Minecraft – that’s his full name – for being a frankly awful father [clicking away] – wait, wait, no! Philza fans, this isn’t a hit piece on him, I promise! Please come back!

This is video is meant to be a companion piece to my previous video about Technoblade and the Doomsday event – you can tell by the shared nomenclature – so you should probably watch that one before you proceed. Unless you don’t want to, which is also perfectly understandable.

DISCLAIMER: This video is mostly about the character Philza plays on the Dream SMP. Whenever I talk about the content creator Philza, I will say so properly. Also, Spoiler Warning for Dream SMP Season 2.

… What is that? You’re wondering what the Dream SMP is? Well, if you had just watched the other video like I told you to do, you would know, because I explained it pretty well there. But in case you don’t know, here’s the cliff notes.

Dream SMP is the hottest New Media Series on Twitch right now! It has it all: gaslighting, child soldiers, Machiavellian political intrigue, Hamilton roleplay, desecration of the dead, shounen protagonists, SO! MUCH! AMNESIA! Filicide, furries, a red egg that’s definitely homophobic and teenagers inventing nuclear warfare. And it’s all done in Minecraft – yes, the funny block game where the only way to emote is to crouch.

And you say the perfect brief doesn’t exist!

Now, you might be wondering, why do I want to talk about this? Well, it’s because Content Creator Philza is one of least controversial internet personalities that I can think of. That man exudes pure comfort. So, it’s just very, very amusing to me that his character became one of the most controversial figures on the SMP, only outshone by Tommy and Technoblade.

And it’s not just amusing, it’s also extremely interesting! I want to dig deep to uncover and discuss the dynamics behind why that is. How did it come to this point? How did a man who appears genuinely so pleasant create a character that inspires so much discourse!

Now, if you watched that Technoblade video – like I told you to twice now! – you might know, that I am the resident character analyses hater of fandom! And that impression is false and slanderous! Don’t tell other people that I hate character analyses! I love them!

It’s just that, in the Dream SMP in particular, there is an abundance of character analyses! Every streamer has at least two very good essays written about them, exploring every possible angle to view their characters and backgrounds and everything. All I’m saying is: I don’t have anything to add on that front.

So, instead I want to pursue a different approach – something, that I feel is a bit underrepresented in the fandom! And I’m not just talking narrative analysis – that’s right, this episode we’re going even more pretentious! – I’m talking Transtextual Analysis!

Now, what is Transtextuality? Well, unfortunately it has very little to do with actual Trans people – #transrights, just in case that wasn’t obvious – but instead describes a mode of analysis with which to put – to quote French literary theorist Gérard Genette – “the text in a relationship, whether obvious or concealed, with other texts”.

Basically, you know how the L’Manburg War of Independence heavily quotes and borrows from the hit musical Hamilton? That’s transtextuality! A lot of the analyses surrounding how Tommy mirrors the Greek hero Theseus, who was invoked by Technoblade multiple times in the series, are already doing transtextual analysis! So, it’s really not something that’s new to the Dream SMP fandom.

But how does this apply to Philza and how he is looked at and judged by his parental skills? Well, there are multiple forms of transtextuality, two of which we will discuss today.

But before we continue, I gotta do that annoying YouTuber thing. I know these videos don’t look like much, but I spend a really long time making them. I work fulltime and I try my best to keep up, but sometimes I can’t. So please, like, subscribe, comment to give me some algorithm juice – I really need it – and most importantly share it! Share it with your friends, share it with your family – I’m sure Grandma is very interested in what I have to say about Philza Minecraft.

And I’m trying to be better! If I sound at all different for this video, it’s because I finally bought a new pop filter, so I can hit my plosives without it sounding like there’s a thunderstorm in my room. I hope it makes a difference; it was a very cheap pop filter, so maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it sounds worse – that would be bad!

What was I talking about? Oh yeah, CHILD NEGLEGT!

 Intertextuality: Why is Dadza?

You know what’s really interesting about the Dream SMP – aside from, you know, most things about it? Very few of the characters have concrete, fleshed-out backstories – and that’s pretty weird! In no other medium or genre could you get away with something like that – at least for long-form storytelling!

So, how does Dream SMP get away with this? Well, it’s because every character on the Dream SMP is basically a self-insert – and I don’t mean that in the “This character is based on me”-kinda way, but in the “This character, for all intents and purposes, is me!”-way. This, like many things that are fascinating about the Dream SMP, is owed to the fact that this series didn’t start off as a continuous drama – it started off as a Let’s Play.

And while we can talk about how someone’s on-camera/on-mic persona is in some ways a character, it’s still miles off of being an actual, fully-realized, separate character in a storyline.

This is where Intertextuality comes in.

Intertextuality is a subset of Transtextuality. It describes how the hypertext, which is the text, you’re currently engaged with, uses another text, the hypotext, to supplement itself. The interconnection the hypertext establishes with the hypotext, through stuff like allusion for example, uh-hum [Hamilton], can colour how an audience interprets the hypertext. Basically, Hamilton and Theseus are the hypotexts; the Dream SMP is the hypertext.

So, what does this have to do with backstory? Simple: The backstories of the characters in the Dream SMP consist basically of nothing but intertextual references. Through intertextuality their content effectively substitutes their character’s backstory.

You can see it everywhere. Wilbur’s and Schlatt’s relationship and rivalry is hugely enriched, if you are aware of their shared history like SMPLive, for example – I think anyway. I haven’t watched SMPLive, because … there’s only so many hours in the day and I cannot keep up with the Dream SMP and catch up on SMPLive and live a healthy life – which I already don’t do, so…

BadBoyHalo’s and Skeppy’s relationship, which has become the crux of the Crimson-Storyline of Seasons 2 and 3, is hugely supplemented if you know that they’re also very close as streamers and in real life.

Another great example of intertextuality is basically Technoblade’s entire deal. If you just look at him completely within the text of the Dream SMP and try to transplant his entrance to any other medium: It would be extremely weird! Like, he’s just this guy that comes in in the middle of a very climatic arc, no build-up, no explanation what his deal is, and he’s treated like he has always been there. In any other medium that just wouldn’t work – at least not without a flashback or some sort of exposition!

But because of stuff like Minecraft Mondays, the Potato Wars, his Duel against Dream and SMPEarth, we understand that he is a Big Deal!

Anyways, to bring all of this back to Philza Minecraft: What kind of hypotext informs how the audience sees his character? Well, this is where I will have to talk about SBI.

SBI is an acronym that stand for State Bank of India, the 43rd largest bank in the world and…

It also stands for Sleepy Bois Incorporated. Sleepy Bois Incorporated is a loose assembly of content creators, consisting of Philza, Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit and Technoblade. It is most well-known for its very endearing family dynamic – a dynamic that is frequently acknowledged and played up by the creators involved. Tommy is the youngest brother, Wilbur and Techno are the two older brothers and Philza is of course the dad. And when I say, it’s played up, I really mean it! Wilbur seems to be especially enamoured with the idea and leaves no opportunity untaken to bring it up – which we will come back to.

And I’m not saying that they’re faking this and this is somehow an act. While I know none of these people personally, it appears to me, that this is genuinely how they interact – if a little exaggerated for the streaming experience. Even when they’re not consciously playing into the family dynamic, their interactions still very much lend themselves to that interpretation by the viewers.

Philza especially just radiates Dad-Friend energy – so much so that it has become a huge part of his brand identity – yay, I can bring that back (check out my Christmas video if you want to hear me ramble about that). The nickname Dadza stuck even before SBI was a thing.

So, even if we completely disregard SBI – which we shouldn’t for reasons I’ll get back to – Philza has cultivated an image of strong paternal guidance. He is, in my opinion completely deservedly, regarded very positively. He is highly respected and in turn seen as a voice of reason.

All of this would eventually inform the hypotext of the character Philza within Dream SMP.

 Interlude: Before Dadza & November 16th

Okay, so now we have established that a) Dream SMP heavily hinges on intertextual readings by the audience to supplement character backstory and b) that Philza’s entire deal is that he’s the dad-friend – more specifically that he’s the dad of SBI (not the bank). I think you know where this is going.

So, yeah, ever since it was on the table that Philza could join the Dream SMP, it was immediately assumed that he would take on the paternal guardian role all these traumatized people on that server so desperately needed – and with good reason! Like I said before, the audience at this point was trained to take intertextual interpretations as basically canon or at the very least canon-adjacent.

I want to emphasize that this is most likely not done deliberately. I’m sure content creators Wilbur and Philza didn’t sit there and said: “Yes! We will rely entirely on the audience’s inclination to interpret our characters intertextually to define character Philza!”. Like, obviously that did not happen.

But it’s also important to remember that unlike with traditional media and the fanbases cultivated there, the separation between the Dream SMP and its audience is almost non-existent – and purposely so. The story events are streamed live, Chats are acknowledged in canon and even outside of livestreams creators are extremely involved with the fandom. So, the weight of fan-expectations is equally amplified and will more likely be incorporated into the writing process. Case in point:

[Wilbur “I miss Philza”/Philza about Wilbur]

During Wilbur’s villain arc, even before his official involvement, Philza became a prevalent point of discussion. The hope that he would be the one to snap Wilbur out of his downward spiral was not only wish-fulfilment on behalf of the fans; it also very much played off of the intertextual reading of the SBI-dynamic in relation to the Dream SMP.

Of course, this still doesn’t make Philza and Wilbur canonically blood-related – but it definitely used the “paternal”-dynamic of SBI to build-up tension and drama.

And that ultimately brings us to November 16th. The Grand Finale of Season 1 and Philza’s first canonical appearance on the SMP.

Now, for this I want to pull back from the transtextual analysis and talk about simply narrative analysis: What is Philza’s narrative purpose on November 16th?

Philza serves as the last threshold on Wilbur’s Villain’s Journey – to appropriate Vogler’s version of the monomyth for a minute here – he is what Vogler calls the “Threshold Guardian”. He is the last enemy the Hero faces before completing his quest – in this particular case Wilbur’s quest is to blow up L’Manberg. Multiple people have at this point tried to dissuade him from this course of action: Tommy, Quackity, Niki and others. So how come this Philza moment is not redundant in terms of dynamics compared to these prior scenes?

Well, it’s through our intertextual understanding of Wilbur’s and Phil’s relationship. Because Philza does not just occupy the role of the Threshold Guardian – he is also implicitly the Mentor. Before Phil there was no character in the storyline that held a higher position of moral authority than Wilbur – Dream and Schlatt, while at points more powerful in terms of actual authority, were never positioned by the narrative as Wilbur’s superiors in the same way as Wilbur was to Tommy, Tubbo or even Niki.

Before November 16th all challenges Wilbur faced were from people narratively subordinated to him. But that trend is broken with Phil. That is why he is the Threshold Guardian, why this confrontation is at the climax of Wilbur’s arc. Because Phil is the last thing tethering Wilbur to whatever morality he held before his villain arc; Phil is the last, moral obstacle Wilbur has to discard before gaining his reward.

And, just a quick sidenote, because I’ve seen it around the fandom a bunch: When I’m referring to Wilbur denouncing his morality, I’m using that in terms of narrative analysis. I’m mentioning it, because Wilbur’s character can very easily be read as mentally ill or neurodivergent and some people have – rightly! – pointed out that the excessive vilifying when talking about his character is … problematic, to say the least.

So, I just want to make clear, this isn’t a character analysis, I’m being purposely broad when talking about Wilbur and Phil.

In the end, Wilbur takes that final step and gets his “reward”: As his final request his mentor takes his life and vanquishes the evil – the dragon of Wilbur’s story slays the dragon of L’Manburg. It’s very Shakespearean in its tragedy – but beyond the larger theatrics it’s not really used to further characterize Phil – at least in the context of Season 1. There’s not a lot of focus on his characters internal conflict during November 16th.

Phil, like Techno, is very utilitarian in how content creator Wilbur writes him: He serves as a moment of hype; an obstacle Wilbur has to face; a participant in the tragic climax of Wilbur’s character and ultimately takes on his implicit and expected role of mentor and guiding figure to the rest of L’Manburg.

I think not a lot of people talk about how Philza does not join Technoblade during November 16th. He takes the side of L’Manburg – he fights against the withers and he joins Tommy, Tubbo and the others at the L’Mantree, thus framing him as loyal to the L’Manburg administration – even though Season 2 would make his loyalty to Techno central to his character. But more on that later.

What’s also important about November 16th is that this is the day when the general intertextual interpretation became canonized text.

[You’re my son!]

Wilbur is made Phil’s canonical, biological son. The intertextual interpretation of SBI as it pertains to these two characters on the SMP was completely reinforced by the narrative. Or to put it in Fandom terms: The headcanon became actual canon. At least when it came to Wilbur … but what about Philza’s “other” children?

Well, that leads to our second form of transtextual analysis:

 Paratextuality: Is Dadza?

These titles are just getting better and better.

The Paratext is defined as all those things in a published work that accompany the text. It comes in two forms: One of them is the Peritext, which are non-diegetic elements directly surrounding the text – like chapter titles, author’s notes, and stuff like that. Translated to the medium of the Dream SMP, it would be stuff like this:

[Examples]

And, trust me, I could make a whole separate video about how people on the SMP use their peritext as a tool for storytelling – I’m looking at you, Ranboo – but that’s not what we will talk about in the context of Dadza.

Instead, we will focus on the second form of Paratext, the Epitext, which consists of all authorial and editorial discussions taking place outside of the text. That’s stuff like interviews, private letters or J. K. Rowling’s Twitter Account – you know, before she decided to become a full-time asshole.

[Wilbur: Transrights]

After Season 1 ended, Wilbur indulged pretty heavily in providing epitext for the Dream SMP, something he had not done prior to November 16th. His paratextual additions ranged from the playful, like assigning DnD alignments to various SMP members, to the extremely impactful, like the whole three lives system!

You probably think, you know where this is going. Wilbur provided some epitext about how Tommy and Techno either are or are not biologically related to him … and I have to be honest I thought that too. But then I began looking into the impenetrable web that is the SBI-canon on the Dream SMP and found this!

[Ghostbur explains family]

So, it wasn’t paratext, it was just straight text. Said in character, in canon, without any implication that we the viewers should question this. The text of the SBI family dynamic was explicitly linked to Dream SMP-exclusive lore, namely Fundy being Wilbur’s and Sally the Salmon’s son. This is as clear as Philza’s anguished declaration on November 16th in establishing the intertext as text. And because Wilbur also had a very heavy hand in the discussion of paratext around that time, it gave his character’s words even more “canonical” weight. Metatextually speaking, this very much read like the author giving exposition through his character – exposition that we should understand as reliable.

And, by the way, before I continue, I need to give a huge, huge shoutout to kateis-cakeis on tumblr, I hope I pronounced that right, who was just so quick in providing me with these crucial clips. Without him I would have looked for days because these people don’t archive their shit! And the Dream SMP Wiki was NO help, by the way! I love what you guys do, but stuff like this belongs in the Trivia section on characters’ pages!

Anyways, basically during the entirety of early Season 2 the SBI family dynamic was basically canon to the SMP. Sometimes it was only alluded implicitly, again letting the intertext fill out the rest.

[Philza clips]

But just as often it was just explicitly talked about – both in the text and in the paratext.

[Fundy clip/Wilbur “Twins” clip/Tommy clip]

So, I know what you’re thinking: “Why is this part called paratext, if the entire family tree is just textual”. Well, that last clip might give you a hint, as to what I will talk about. Notice how Tommy, one of the people most directly impacted by the canonization of SBI lore, is both unaware of and seems generally unenthused about it, to put it nicely? Well, that would soon turn out to be a much bigger deal than anyone could have imagined as he wasn’t the only one.

[Technoblade decanonizes SBI]

Yeah …

This happened on 20th of December. Regular viewers of this channel will remember that I put out a 90-second joke video, where I complain about this very development. And while I was mostly kidding around, the core idea is still true. The paratext provided by Technoblade and established text were in direct contradiction with one another – and that brought a lot of confusion into the fandom. Confusion, that would soon be followed by frustration.

Because Techno only decanonized himself as part of the SBI family dynamic – but what about Tommy and Tubbo, the latter of which was incorporated into the dynamic exclusively within the lore of the Dream SMP. Was this still canon or wasn’t it?

What followed was a muddled mess of contradictions, intertextual implications, text and paratext in conflict with each another. It was for the most part inscrutable to figure out how Tommy and Philza related to one another. I’ll spare you every comment made about this – mostly because I want to spare myself from looking for all of them.

In the end, the current status is that their familial relationship is … unclear. Philza said, again in paratext, that it’s ultimately up to the writers to decide, whether or not Tommy is his son … which, I personally think he and Tommy should be the ones to establish that, but I’ll come back to that later.

But why is all of this important anyway? Why would this ambiguity create such an uproar, such controversy – especially when it comes to Tommy’s character? What makes Tommy’s and Philza’s relationship such a target for discussion in the fandom?

Well … this is where we will have to talk about the storyline of Season 2.

Interlude II: Tommy’s Exile and Dadza in Season 2

Okay, Season 2. This is where the spoilers are, so I will just sneakily drop this again. It took me five seconds to google this gif and I will milk it for every penny it’s worth!

At the beginning of Season 2, Philza’s narrative role has not changed much from where Season 1 ended. He is in L’Manburg dispensing earthly wisdom, being a paternal figure to Fundy, Ghostbur and Tubbo, helping with the nation’s rebuilding efforts; just generally occupying the role of the mentor.

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And then came … the Exile. The Exile Arc took place between December 3rd and December 15th during Season 2 of the Dream SMP. It revolves around TommyInnit getting exiled from L’Manburg and slowly getting psychologically tortured and broken down by Dream. It’s a really great arc, at least in my opinion, that explores and deepens a lot of Tommy’s character relationships, whether that be Tommy and Dream, Tommy and Tubbo or Tommy and Ranboo. One relationship, however, is noticeably missing.

So, yeah, Philza spends basically the entirety of the exile doing pretty much nothing of consequence. And that’s not a problem specific to him – One big criticism I would levy against the Exile Arc is that a lot of characters are left spinning their wheels. Which is why we get zany stuff like El Rapids, Drywaters, Eret’s Knights of the Roundtable, Boomerville – anyone remember Boomerville, that was a thing for 5 seconds, wasn’t it? – basically a lot of storylines are started and then unceremoniously dropped. Now, I will talk more about this, when I make a video about Season 2 of the Dream SMP … in ten years, look forward to it.

In the case of Philza, this inaction was especially damning, because at this point it was still a considered canon that he was Tommy’s dad. So, the fans were left with a situation, where just a few weeks prior Philza was occupying a paternal role for Fundy and Ghostbur … but now, that his youngest son was in a very concerning predicament – to put it lightly – he was nowhere to be found.

So why is that?

Well, the most obvious answer is that Dream and Tommy didn’t write him into the storyline. We’ve seen that Tommy wasn’t particularly interested in exploring a familial relationship to Philza, at least at the time. And it would just not fit in with what Dream and Tommy tried to do with the Exile Arc: they wanted to tell the story of Tommy being isolated, completely under Dream’s mercy, slowly worn down and manipulated. If Philza had been constant presence for Tommy during that time, it would have definitely shifted the narrative focus. That doesn’t mean that they couldn’t have done that, it’s just a matter of fact that they didn’t.

This also reveals another truth about content creator Philza’s character work, that I think is extremely crucial: He takes what the writers give him. Outside of a few choice moments, he doesn’t seem particularly interested in expanding or even solidifying his character on the SMP.

What I’m saying is that he is very go-with-the-flow: Wilbur wants to enact a Shakespearean tragedy? Philza’s up for it. Fundy wants him as a parental figure and mentor? Philza’s here for him. Tommy, conversely, doesn’t want him as a paternal presence, even though it would make sense for Philza’s character, as it was established so far, to be there? Philza will oblige.

The reason I’m mentioning this is because, while Tommy and Dream were unwilling to utilise Philza in their storyline, someone else was more than happy to. Which leads us back, like it always does, to everyone’s favourite Porky Pig-kinnie in a crown: Technoblade.

Technoblade and Philza, from everything I’ve seen of them, seem to be very good friends – and they share a lot of history even outside SBI. So, it’s commendable that they would collaborate on a storyline together.

A consequence of that, however, is that Philza’s narrative purpose shifts completely with very little transition. His entire character changes from being the Mentor-figure of L’Manberg to being pretty much exclusively defined as Technoblade’s ally; his man on the inside. It is a very sharp turn from the end of Season 1. Their relationship is once again informed via intertext – this time the Antarctic Empire on SMPEarth serves as the hypotext – but there isn’t a huge effort made to smoothly integrate that aspect of Philza’s character into the larger narrative framing around him.

How much the narrative utilisation of Philza has shifted can be very easily observed through the Butcher Army event on December 16th, a story event that I like less and less the more I think about. Here Philza is used to show just how corrupt and violent Tubbo’s administration has becomes. He is no longer the respected mentor, he is now the stand-in for the oppressed populace, similar to Niki’s role in Season 1. On a narrative level, he is here to prove a point.

If you’ve seen my Technoblade video, you know how I feel about … just that entire storyline, so I will not reiterate too much on it. I just want to make clear that I’m not principally against this development – if they wanted to truly explore Tubbo going down a dark path and getting corrupted by power, so much so that he would even treat the person who effectively raised him like a prisoner, I would be extremely here for it, I cannot stress that enough.

The problem I have is that it’s just so sloppily done. It is not coherent with how these characters behaved and, more importantly, how they were narratively framed prior to the Butcher Army event. Fundy gets one token line about Phil being his Grandfather – a far cry from the very emotionally complex relationship they had established at the beginning of Season 2 – and Phil then callously disowns him.

The major problem simply is that we don’t see how Philza changes from Mentor-figure to embittered, oppressed citizen. And there was enough time to build to that. During the entirety of Tommy’s exile Tubbo was pretty much spinning his wheels and Quackity and Fundy were opening up plot cul-de-sacs that didn’t end up going anywhere. This is time they could have spent on developing their relationship to Philza and the dark path they were going down – but again, Season 2 video.

There is not much to say on Philza’s narrative purpose and framing beyond the Butcher Army event. He remains pretty much exclusively Techno’s consigliere with his role as Mentor to L’Manburg a distant memory. He has some cute character moments with Ranboo, because content creator Philza is just big dad-energy whether he wants to or not, and whenever he and Ghostbur share a scene suddenly the narrative remembers that there are people other than Technoblade that should exist in Philza’s inner world. But aside from that, Philza’s storyline in Season 2 remains … pretty definitive is the nicest way I can put it.

Most importantly his relationship with Tommy continues to be completely unexplored – whether by chance or choice – and that combined with ever vaguer paratext leaves “Dadza” in a very peculiar situation.

 Conclusion: Is Dadza a Good Dadza?

So, the question to end all questions. The big, obnoxious text, that I will probably have put in the thumbnail – I haven’t made it yet, but I know myself. The honest answer is: I couldn’t tell you.

I have, in the past, been expounding the virtues of narrative analysis. That is because I feel that Narrative Analysis and Textual Analysis, like in this video, can provide certain tools that Character Analysis lacks. Often times I see people trying to get at a writing problem or query and getting frustrated because they’re not using the toolset, they need to figure out what they want to figure out.

But I’d be a hypocrite if I pretended like everything could be solved through the modes of analysis I prefer. And I think the Dadza-issue is exactly such a case.

I set out to explore why the Philza-Tommy-“Dadza”-relationship has become so controversial. It’s a combination of expectations build up through intertextual readings, that were partly canonized – something that is very common for the Dream SMP – conflicting pieces of paratext, which only serve to muddle the issue further and a text that is not only completely uninterested in actually exploring Tommy’s and Philza’s relationship – as it stands right now they might as well be strangers, narratively speaking – but also completely changes Philza’s narrative purpose as it relates to characters like Fundy or Tubbo about half-way through with little to no transition.

That is why I say, that Philza’s character is a victim of narrative circumstance. Because unwittingly, through all of these factors and decisions, there is not coherent reading of Philza that frames his parental skills in a particularly kind light.

The question of how we can judge Phil as a paternal figure ultimately falls within the purview of the character analysis – and that’s a very multifaceted issue, highly dependent on which POV you focus on and how you interpret the other characters in that POV’s periphery.

To put my cards on the table, I think that Philza is a very flawed father/father-figure – and I find that absolutely okay. Flaws are the spice of character building. He is not Cinderella’s Evil Stepmother – but he’s also definitely not Mufasa. If we were to read Philza as a paternal figure, then he would have made a lot of mistakes and decisions to the detriment of his “children” – least of all everything that happened on Doomsday.

But I also have sympathies for Philza fans who are tired of the Dad-Debate and would like to have his character judged independent from his relationship to Ghostbur, Fundy, Tubbo and Tommy.

Ultimately, to bring it all to a point, I’d like to end with saying, that I think that Philza, out of all the characters on the SMP, has the potential to be on of the most intriguing, multifaceted ones. There are all of these different patches of story, character moments and narrative and transtextual implications, that, if brought together, could create a beautiful tapestry of the character Philza.

You have his relationship with Techno, which holds the potential for so much emotional conflict and vulnerabilities, you have his time as mentor of L’Manburg, which is just criminally underused; the complex relationship between him and Ghostbur/Wilbur; and – for me, personally – most intriguingly this weird, almost uncomfortably distant non-relationship with Tommy. That last one is intriguing to me, because it contrasts just so much with our intertextual understanding of the characters and streaming personas – and it just holds the potential for so much conflict, so much drama, so much angst. Which I live for!

And, yes, I do believe that most of this is narrative happenstance, that this was largely not intended by Philza or really any of the writers. It’s just what happens when hybrid-roleplay-improv a long-running, livestreamed storyline in Minecraft.

But I want them to realize the potential they have on their hands, because it could – with barely any adjustments – turn Philza from a victim of narrative circumstance to a champion of it!

 Outro

Thank you so much for watching this video. Usually, I don’t record outros this standard, but after this beast of a video I felt it necessary. I hope that whether you’re a Philza fan or a Philza critical or just completely uninvolved in the whole thing, there is at least a little entertainment you could get from this.

I want to take this opportunity to say that my next few videos will probably not be Dream SMP related – a sentence which undoubtedly lost me a bunch of subs – simply because I don’t want to burn out on it. I genuinely enjoy watching the SMP and being exhausted by it would be something I wouldn’t want to force on myself.

But who knows what will happen? The Karl Jacobs video was something I did spur of the moment because the idea just came to me – so I can’t guarantee that the next video won’t be a three-minute joke about Purpled or whatever.

Anyway, my concrete plans for future Dream SMP videos are essays on Season 1 and Season 2 as well as one for Tales from the SMP.

Before that I have a longer video in the works, which I’ve already teased a bunch, so I hope it will finally be finished sometime. And I also may be working on something … eboys-related? Maybe. I’m not making any promises!

#dream smp #dsmp #dsmpblr #dreamsmp #dsmp analysis #dream smp analysis #ph1lza #philza #dsmp philza #dsmp ph1lza #dsmp phil #antarctic anarchists #the syndicate #dsmp syndicate #technoblade #dsmp technoblade #dsmp techno #wilbur soot #dsmp wilbur #dsmp wilbur soot #tommyinnit #dsmp tommyinnit #dsmp tommy #tubbo #dsmp tubbo #fundy #dsmp fundy #dream smp season 2 #lucem ferto scripts

[kinschi]

Ok guys hear me out: FMA ATLA AU

I already had this in mind quite some time ago and even drew fire nation!royai but since I’m in the Atla hole again that thought came to me and wouldn’t let me go

So here are my thoughts on some characters

Roy and Riza are fire nation

both are firebenders (I thought about making Riza a non-bender and it would probably fit better, but I don’t think I ever saw someone from the fire nation army who was so she can bend. And honestly badass fire bending Riza is life sooo)

Roy grew up with Madame Christmas in one of the poorer districts of the fire nation and basically taught himself firebending. He wasn’t super good at it but showed signs that he could become of the best with instructions

Berthold was a fire bending master and finds Roy one day practicing, and seeing the potential he took him in as his student.

That’s how Roy and Riza met, and they practiced together but didn’t really form that close of a bond even though Riza kicked his butt in the beginning

Berthold was obsessed though with becoming a more powerful bender and finding out everything about firebending so he started to neglegt everything else

Riza’s mother died when she was very young

Once Roy was old enough and couldn’t really learn much more from Berthold he enlisted in the army with the naive hopes of helping his home country

but war starts brewing on the horizon and they don’t see how evil the fire nation really is

Meanwhile Berthold goes on a journey to find the dragons

He doesn’t find them but found a clue at Wan Shi Tong’s library

He returns home, getting sick on the way and knew he doesn’t have much longer to live so he branded Riza’s back as a way to keep this information hidden and maybe pass it on to someone worthy

After he was gone, Riza had practiced her firebending and constantly played with the thought of joining the army as well since she had nothing else now

Then at the funeral Roy showed up in his military gear and talked to her a bit (like in FMA) and she then made up her mind. (Also she thinks Roy would be the best person to trust her knowledge on the dragons with)

So she showed him her back, he went to the dragons, they taught him and he became the most powerful firebender

So they both are in the army but in the end, once the war is in full bloom they are forced to do horrible things

Seeing what Roy was forced to to with his powerful bending and also the fact that the fire nation started to hunt all the dragons, Riza asked Roy to burn her back so no one else would find the last remaining dragons

After another brutal raiding mission they talk and basically plan to overthrow the government

Roy is a high ranking General and Riza his guard and second hand basically

Then I haven’t thought much about the others tbh just

Winry is a waterbender from the north pole

She grew up with Pinako, who is a master healer and got taught healing ever since she could bend

but because of the sexist views up north she never really learned how to fight much

They have close family friends in the earth kingdom, namely the Elrics

so when Winry’s parents died at a fire nation raid at the south pole, and Trisha also died, Pinako decided they move to the earth kingdom to find Ed and Al

Since Hohenheim had already left she couldn’t leave them alone

I think I’ll make Ed the avatar

he didn’t know until Trisha died and his emotional overload made him go into the avatar state

Idk how to think about something that would be equivalent to Al’s suit of armor but maybe he tried to calm Ed down and in the progress something happened to him? Maybe something with the spiritual world? Idk

Olivier is probably a non-bender but the greatest swordswomen there ever was, like she can kick any bender’s butt in the blink of an eye

Armstrong is an earthbender

don’t know if they’re both earth kingdom citizens since I kinda want to keep Olivier up north but maybe they had parents from both nations idk

The fire lord is either father or Bradley

I think that’s all I thought about so far. If you have any ideas please let me know!!

#fma #atla au #royai #i just love the atla world so much #afjdlsfjls #i dunno what to do with this tho just wanted to write stuff down

[theghostofblackbunnymask]

sapnap : y/n what happend to your parents

Reader... They are fine and alive!

Sapnap:y/n..

reader: yeah they are in prison and got a death sentense for child abuse and neglegt

Sapnap: oh...

[umi-tama]

November 3rd 2011

Today was a very special day for Percy! (... Or, well, I made it into a special day by messing around with the time a bit, to age him up.) Because today, he decided to go find himself a suitable wife. He redecorated his appartement, took a shower, geled his hair back, picked out his nicest necktie, and then went off to the Date Place...

... where he met a sweet little Uwasatchi, with whom he immediatly fell in love ^^ I'll try to think of buying a smaller screwdriver tomorrow, so I can finally remove Percy's batteries, without damaging more than I already did, when I put them in ^^' Here are his stats when he went to sleep: 6 yr, 75 lb hungry ❤❤OOO happy ❤❤OOO train [▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫] friendship OOOOOO gotchi points: 293,920 

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She's here, she's here! :D 

Say Hi to Kimiko the Fosterling! :3 

Ok, here she looked anything but amused, but hey, she's still a baby after all. (She looks like she's thinking "put that camera phone away already, and feed me! ~_~") 

Those basics the instruction manual covers unfortunately don't include the question of how to put little Kimiko to sleep, it only mentions the fact that she sleeps at all, but that's already it. So feel free to call me desperate right now, since it's 2am already over here, and she just won't stop beeping at me every couple of minutes x_x I actually consider to just mute her... I mean, she can't run away from me yet, can she? She's still a 2 months old baby, after all...

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November 4th 2011

Oops, forgot to get a smaller screwdriver, while out in town today ^^' Therefor Percy and his wife are still with me. Here Percy's current stats (after I aged him up again and just woke him up in the middle of the night, to cure his sickness and feed him): 8 yr, 93 lb hungry ❤❤❤❤❤ happy ❤❤❤❤❤ train [▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫▫] friendship ❤OOOOO gotchi points: 294,920 

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Ok, since I still didn't figure out, when Kimiko is supposed to go to bed, I just turned off her sound, when I went to sleep myself last night, hoping the best. Luckily, when I woke up this morning, she was still there. Grumpy and thirsty, ok, but still healthy. She lost quite some weight, though. When I went to bed, she had reached 3,3kg. This morning she was down to 2,5kg. I'm starting to suspect, that her constant napping instead of having a regular sleeping cycle, could've been programmed on purpose, to make her more realistic. Like, real babies don't sleep that super long at a time either, do they? (At least you always hear parents complaining about getting woken up in the middle of the night...). Anyways, I thought I might share some more information with you guys. First of all, Kimiko has a lot of different facial expressions. 

(^scan of the instruction manual, translated by me) Most of the time, she's napping/dozing, pulling funny faces, winking or looking sad. Sometimes, when I feed her, she's showing a bit of a temper, but usually she gives up on that quite fast again. All in all, it's often really hard to know, what exactly she wants, since her facial expressions often seem somewhat random - she can smile and pull faces, even though the smiley attention icon is still lit, and a minute later she frowns at me, even though everything seems to be okay. Aalso, the happy/health bar doesn't show, how happy Kimiko is right now, but how happy (and healthy) she is in general, like, how much you neglegted her. Here a short overview over her (many) icons: 

The thermometer, sad smiley, stomach and running stick figure are different attention icons, while everything else is clickable - yes, even the "PM" (selecting and activating it brings the clock back to the screen). Btw, Kimiko loves water. Right now, it is pretty much everything she needs, since it makes her not only full, but also happy. I found out, that giving her something to drink every couple of minutes prevents her from calling for attention. I read her a goodnight story tonight...

In case you're curious, the story involved zombies 🧟‍♂️ I just love scaring kids... 😈 And here we have happy!Kimiko:

Here her stats, when she, no, I went to sleep: - age: 1 year - IQ: 202 - weight: 4,7 kg - 🙂 ▌▌▌▌ - ❤️ ▌▌▌▌

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November 10th 2011

Percy and his wife became parents of a lovely little girl. After they left her, I removed the batteries of my Tama-Go. 

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Not much is happening with Kimiko these days. I still don't know how to make her sleep at night, but then again, it doesn't really matter. Ever since she grew out of the baby stage and turned into a toddler, she became quite a hardy little girl and a lot less needy :) Here she is as a 2y old: 

Since she can walk now, she loves to run around and make a mess of her clothes and hair: 

(left: after I finally caught her | right: after I brushed her hair and cleaned her clothes) And that's how she looks right now: 

1 day in our world doesn't equal one year in Kimiko's world, so she's still a small child, too young for school even. Here are her current stats: - age: 3 years and 8 months - IQ: 202 - weight: 8,3 kg - 🙂 ▌▌▌▌ - ❤️ ▌▌▌▌ ~ On another note: I ordered an Angelgotch today :3 I considered saving some money to get an ID L, but 53€ really is a bit much for my taste ^^' maybe another time, we'll see ;)

#TamaTown TamaGo #Kimiko the Fosterling #archived post #Tamagotchi #2011 #long post #Tama Log

[bigfrozensix]

I'm a firm believer that Iduna and Agnarr could be redeemed for all the mistakes they made in raising Anna and Elsa if they weren't, you know… dead.

I still believe there's a huge difference in parents who are very well meaning and accidentally abuse their kids out of ignorance, than parents who legit don't care and cause harm on their children by not even trying. Main difference being that one can learn from their mistakes and the other probably won't.

Iduna and Agnarr tried so hard. They spent so much time with Elsa to try and help her. Tried their best with the knowledge they had available to them. Sadly it just wasn't enough, and in the process they neglegted Anna.

And this is coming from someone who was unintetionally abused by her parents, who acknowledged their mistakes and learned from them.

Obviously not all abusive parents deserve a second chance, Mother Gothel and Lady Tremaine (for example) don't. But I truly believe Iduna and Agnarr would deserve a second chance if they were still alive.

Speaking of. The Little Mermaid is a great example of how abusive parents can be well meaning, still make mistakes, and then learn from them.

#stop this mindset that making mistakes is equel to being a bad person #disney frozen #frozen #queen iduna #king agnarr #anna #elsa #parental abuse #rant #serena speaks

[gffa]

Question about ”Last shot” and baby Ben Solo; is Han’s and Leia’s parenting call-social-services levels neglegtful, or is it ”they can’t be with Ben 100% of the time, which leads to some incidents?

Hi!  Keep in mind that I’m only a third of the way through the book so I can only speak to that (and to what I’ve read from Bloodline and The Last Jedi novelizations and seen quoted from the Aftermath trilogy) but it’s absolutely 100% “they can’t be with Ben 100% of the time” (and instead we’re shown that someone is almost always with him and being very patient and caring with him).So far in Last Shot, Han isn’t perfect, he does make some missteps–like wanting to get the kid a blaster even though he’s only like two years old, but Leia is always there to go HEY NO BAD IDEA and Han realizes she’s absolutely right. The problem is that everything Han seems to try to do (even though we see several scenes of him holding Ben, being patient with him, never blaming Ben for anything) seems to backfire and his own low self-esteem (plus desire to be a wanderer) makes him feel like they’re better off without him.We see a ton of love being shown to Ben–we see him sleeping in the same bed as Han, we see Han carrying him around and snuggling with him, we see Leia kissing the top of his head and saying she loves him, etc.  It’s unclear if Ben is just a normal toddler who cries at things or if something more is going on (because of a connection to the Force or some internal issue with him) but Han and Leia are definitely present and involved in his life at this point!I get the strong impression that the takeaway is that we’re meant to think baby Ben is adorable and we’re sympathetic to the character, we get that he’s an emotional kid who had a lot of feelings tucked into that little body of his, that Han and Leia are definitely busy parents, that Han’s probably going to be gone a fair amount, but also that things are genuinely good, that Ben felt connected enough to them that he snuggled up to Han at several points already and was comforted whenever he was upset about something!  I feel like the impression is that it’s a complicated situation and these scenes are here to show that Ben chose his path, but that we can see how he chose to walk the path he did, because his parents loved him and were actively involved in his life.So, yeah, “they can’t be with Ben 100% of the time, which leads to some incidents”, where they’re not perfect, but not anywhere near calling social services levels of neglectful or abusive, is a good way to put it!

#leia organa #han solo #ben solo #kylo ren #meta #novels #last shot #anonymous

[sanderssidecanons]

Title: Don’t starve, Sides!

Theme: Sanders Sides / Don’t Starve AU

Word count: 2272

Shippings: It will be logicality and probably prinxiety, but now there is nothing specific, just fluff you can view either way

Warnings: I’m not sure, there isn’t really anything in this one I would warn you from?

Note: I don’t know, I was really bored and like the idea, so I decided to write it instead of drawing it. Maybe I will do more if you guy’s like it.

It was a day like any other in the mindspace oft he mind of Thomas Sanders. Every treat did normal activities, nothing was out of the ordinary in the imaginative place. The four main treats of Thomas, Logan the logic, Patton the morality, Roman the creativity and Virgil the anxiety tried to just lay low and relax for a little while, they all trying to recharge after Thomas announced a little break for him and his sides to just sit down for a while and catch a breath, simply existing without the pressure of making a video or somehow being productive.

And unsurprisingly reacted every side different to the break Thomas was giving them. Roman was bored as hell since Thomas didn’t need any creative ideas right now, the fanciful side doing almost nothing but lying down, sighing dramatically, complaining about the boredom and then ending up playing video-games or board-games with Patton and Virgil.

The anxious treat was actually quite thankful fort he breather, still nervous about everything that’s going to come up once the break ended and scared of almost everything, but he was way more relaxed than usual, coming out of his room more often and bantering quite a lot more with Roman, disgruntling the fanciful side to the core.

Patton on the other hand was practically floating through the mind palace, happy to finally be able to show the other sides how much he loves them and at last showing his parental side once more and take proper care of everyone since Virgil had a terrible sleeping schedule, Roman sometimes needed a shoulder to cry on and Logan locked himself in his laboratory all day long and doesn’t come out until nightfall, which was far too late for Pattons taste.

Logan behaved a little odd since the break started, claiming he worked on something to surpass the time, but sharing not a single detail with them. The only thing the other sides knew was the fact, that Logan locked himself in his laboratory since almost a week now and no one knew how to lure him out to at least eat something. This issue was the reason for Patton’s nervous pacing in the living room one day.

He prepared lunch for Logan, said meal waiting on a tablet on the table for the emotional trait to be carried to the logical one, but now simply steaming away as Patton was lost in thought. Virgil and Roman were playing a game of cards on the table but interrupted it a few moments ago so they could watch Pattons distressed face and nervous pacing. Roman sighed irritably and stood aprubtly up, knocking the table a few inches forward and causing the meal to slightly move in the process, while Virgil flinched and glared upwards due to getting spooked.

„Alright, this is getting ridiculous! This nerd can’t lock himself in the whole day!“ Declared Roman as he jumped on the couch, lifting a fist up into the air and staring at the ceiling, Virgil following his gaze slightly confused and giving Roman a look.

„What do you suggest we do, prince annoying? Kick his door in?“ He looked back at the fanciful side who already had a battering ram in hand and groaned, throwing his head back and flailing with his arms.

„Roman, no.“ Roman poutet, swinging the battering ram around while explaining passionately.

„Come on! Everyone of us want’s Smartass to come out of his stupid laboratory and maybe play a game or watch a movie, heck maybe even eat dinner with us! I thought we were a family! It’s our right to tear Logan away from his work so he doesn’t lose his grip on reality! That would be the worst since he IS logic!“ Patton bit his lip, contemplating the options he had, slightly torn apart at the fact, that he didn’t want to disturb Logan’s privacy while at the same time whoheartedly agreeing with Roman.

He missed the logical side on their breakfasts and dinners, on their evenings where they would watch a movie or play a stupid game together or the nights where, when someone had a nightmare, met up in the living room once again for Patton to lull them into comfortable memories and all three of them sleeping together on the big couch, huddled together into one big pile.

„Let’s go Roman, Virgil. We’re busting in.“ Decided Patton finally, Roman immediatly jumping from the couch, pumping his arms in an enthusiastic manner whike still holding the battering ram, Virgil emitting a distressed noise at Patton’s decision. He wasn’t supporting this at all, too familiar with the feeling of just shutting himself in and avoiding any contact but at the same time having silent doubts about Logans reasons to lock himself in, not sure about  Logan’s motive being the same as Virgil’s.

He silently contemplating for a few moments before rising with a sigh and following Patton and Roman who already prepared themselves for busting in. „You really think we should, you know, use a battering ram instead of, well, knocking first?“ Roman and Logan looked at Virgil for a moment before giving each other a look, both of them shrugging and taking a step back and slightly crouching down, preparing themselves for a sprint.

„Ready, Patton? On three!“ Patton nodded and went along with Roman’s countdown, the fanciful side slowly counting up. „One.... Two... THREE!“ Both of them started sprinting, ready to simply destroy the door seperating them from the logical trait, Roman screaming  in a panic as said door suddenly opened and revealed Logan on the other end, his eyes widening at the side before him, before forcing a noise of distress and panic out and jumping to the side, Roman trying to stop but with Patton not knowing what was happening both of them stumbling inside of the room and crashing into numerous glasses on a table, breaking them in the process and spilling everything, Virgil cringing at the noises and sight before him.

Logan took a moment to calm his racing heart as he put his hand on another table to support himself, panting slightly at the shock of the unexpected situation. The logical trait took another deep breath before straightening himself, pushing his glasses up and looking down at Roman and Patton sprawled on his floor and covered in colorful and luckily nonpoisonous liquids, raising his eyebrows while his eye twitched in irritation.

„What is the meaning of this?“ asked Logan unamused and also very surprised as he not expected Roman and Patton to bust in with a battering ram, which was now lying forgotten in the floor, right next to the destroyed table. Roman grinned sheepishly while scratching his head, slightly ducking down at Logan’s intense gaze. „We were worried about you and I really wanted to bust into something since I was horribly bored and incredible curious about your science-stuff?“ Logan’s eye twitched again, pinching the bridge of his nose and sighing through it as he turned around, ignoring Virgil, who poked his head slightly in to see if it was safe to come in.

Patton shook his head like a dog and joked: „I guess we really went above and beyond this time!“ Roman nodded eagerly, quickly picking himself up and helping the parental side on his feet. „Sooooo, what’cha working on?“ Asked Roman innocently as he rocked himself back and forth, grinning sheepishly an giving Logan the puppy-eyes, who simply gestured to the enormous machine behind him. It seemed to be some kind of giant door frame, an actual door missing with cogs and other machines whirring above it.

„I worked in this. It’s an interdimensional door, supposed to make travelling into places outside of our dimension possible.“ Roman cocked his head slightly, squinting at the devices above the frame and poking Patton with his elbow, nodding upwards and whispering: „Kinda looks like a face, doesn’t it?“ Patton looked at the fanciful side, before he followed Roman’s gaze, eyes squinting at first before widening in surprise as he saw the slightly insane looking face inside of the machinery.

Virgil also seemed to notice as he shuddered and took a deep breath, composing himself and answering. „Logan, buddy, I don’t think we should mess with other dimensions. I mean, we haven’t nearly explored anything in our own dimension.“ Logan chuckled slightly and shook his head, pushing his glasses up again as he explained. „Do not worry, it is not supposed to work, for it is merely a prototype of a device, which will only function properly in a faraway future, if it will function at all.“ All of the other sides ‚ahhhh’d at Logan’s explanation, Roman walking closer and inspecting the frame, admiring the aesthetic design despite it being a scientific device.

„It looks really impressive.“ Admitted Virgil, slightly intimidated at the insane glare the face in the cogs gave him. Logan nodded, satisfied with himself and his good work, before he asked: „What motivated you to burst violently into my private laboratory anyway?“ Patton sighed in defeat, shoulders sinking and pouting at the logical trait whose mimic changed from exhausted and slightly irritated to surprised in an instance.

„I was just worried about you and... missed you. Because you were always gone, well not gone, you were still there, but you were behind a door and only came out for bed at like midnight before you got up at 5 or 6 in the morning to get back to work. We all miss you Logan...“ The logical trait opened his mouth slightly, missing the right words as he looked at the other sides , now realizing how long  he was actually working on  his prototype and how long he neglegted his family.

„Apologies for losing the track of time and reality.“ Logan hung his head slightly, admitting his mistakes to himself not easy for him as he was the logical trait and being right was his purpose, but he looked back up again and smiled slightly. „It’s lunchtime, isn’t it?“ Patton beamed, blinding everyone in the room like a beacon at Logan’s words and kind tone, before flinching at a bright flash and loud whooshing noise, everyone gaping at the portal as it had suddenly a strange matter twirling inside of it.

Roman jumped back and furrowed his brows together, mouth open in shock while Logan simply turned around, confusion written all over his face. „That’s impossible! It shouldn’t work! It wasn’t supposed to work, I didn’t even build something to turn it on! It is just a metallic doorframe!“ The other three’s jaws dropped as dark, shadow-like hands, almost claws, came through the portal, the ‚arm‘ attached to them being simple shadows, which moved and twitched uncontrollably while one hand gripped around Romans waist, trapping him in place and the other slapping itself over his mouth, making any communication impossible.

Logan grunted while he tried to plant his feet firmly on the ground as he was being dragged towards the portal, everyone else frozen in fear and surprise, forced to only stare in shock. Logan was slowly dragged towards the portal, a few inches of fighting late he felt a particularly hard pull and his feet left the ground, the logical trait falling in one smooth motion into the portal, the last thing he heard and saw being the shocked noises and faces of the other traits.

Another set of hands appeared and Romans eyes widened, quickly pulling his sword out and slicing at the hands, simply slicing through them without any inpact, the shadows gripping the blade firmly and pulling it out of Roman’s irony grip, the other hand snaring his wrists as he screamed in distress, trying to free himself, only to be grabbed by the other hand and lifted off the ground, also thrown into the portal to share the same fate as Logan.

Patton and Virgil finally managed to stand up, the emotional trait standing protectively in front of Virgil and shield the anxious trait with his body and arm. „Let’s get out of here!“ commanded Patton, Virgil only able to nod with widened eyes. Another set of hands appeared while the remaining two sides made a dash for the exit, Virgil stopping at the frame when he heard a stressed and shocked scream, whipping around and heart stopping at the sight of Patton’s scared face, eyes filled with tears while his arm reached towards Virgil and a shadowy hand gripped firmly around Patton’s ankle, snaring and dragging him towards the portal.

Virgils fight-or-flight instincs kicked in, unable to leave the emotional trait behind as he dashed forward and gripped Patton’s arm with both hands, growling and hissing as he felt the resistance of the shadow-claw. Patton tried to kick at the hand to no avail, gripping Virgil’s wrist like his life depended on it, which was probably the case.

„VIRGIL!“ Screamed Patton, looking back and flinching at the sight of the portal and the hands.

„I’M NOT LETTING GO!“ Answered Virgil just as loudly as, crying out in agony and fear as the other hand snared Virgil’s wrists and pulled him forward, the anxious trait falling towards the floor and landing face first, only able to hold Patton at the last moment, who still cried in fear and agony and probably every negative emotion there is.

But it was to no avail as Patton and in the Process Virgil were also thrown into the portal, their hearing completely shutting off and Virgil feeling himself losing his grip on reality, slowly letting go of Patton’s hand and surrendering to the darkness.

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