#this would be nice even though i don't do dsmp stuff anymore

[mcyt-irl-confess]

No idea if you're open to people outside of DSMP related, so be free to ignore this?

Anyways I'm an Introject of a sorta older mcyt, he's still around and pretty popular, doesn't do Minecraft super often anymore. Mostly games similar to among us and such.

I don't have the best source, I'm Introjected from a very specific time point (2016) in his career. And back then he didn't make the best jokes, idk if dropping the r slur multiple times is "dark humor" but ew. bad.

But the actual confession here? I still watch that old content, even though the people are bad and it needs to be forgotten. It brings me comfort, and it's my source, so I still watch it. And much of it makes me uncomfortable because of the slurs and jokes, but the rest is so nice to me.

Is it wrong to watch that old stuff? Uh probably. But I do it for my mental health, oddly enough.

Ramble over, sorry lol

(- Max/Mith)

this confession blog is for all mcyt not just the current big named ones, so you're fine don't worry !

i think a lot of people forget that you're allowed to enjoy something and still be critical of it and acknowledge its issues. these days fandom spaces, especially on twitter, have come off as "if you like X then you support/agree with everything even the bad" which isn't true! you can like something and enjoy aspects of it while still being critical and knowing it has a bad history. if this brings you comfort because it's your source, then it's okay. you recognize issues with it, you obviously don't think it's ok.

i'm unfamiliar with the source in question so i can't really speak on the topic too much, but it's not inherently bad to watch something that gives you comfort even if it has a bad history. if that was the case then there would be a lot more issues with medias people grew up with lol

#mcyt #mcyt introject #minecraft #minecraft introject #mineblr #mod 💌 #thats just my opinion at least #i think youre okay as long as you are critical and recognize its flaws #which is something most people dont think can coexist

[khizuo]

alright, it's time for hot takes in tandem with @thespoonisvictory (very quick hot takes just for the pleasure of the 3 people who enjoy my presence on their dash, please I'm not looking for a huge debate lol)

1. more people should have streamed at the red festival. all the multiple povs was what made nov 16th, the two festivals, etc. so fun. at least quackity or purpled should have streamed. the red festival is a meh event for several reasons (@/lucemferto has a great video on it), but this would have been an easy way that the event could have been improved.

2. I don't dislike the 3 lives system anymore, especially with the way the cc's have played with and dramatized the concept. however, as much as I love wilbur's writing and I don't agree with the constant "godmodding!!!" takes, I would criticize him rp-wise for the way he introduced the 3 lives system. he kind of just said he liked it on reddit and talked about it on tubbo's stream once and everyone ran with it. thankfully none of the cc's seemed too unhappy about it, but I feel like it could have benefited from some more private discussion.

3. I like the individual s3 plotlines more than the individual s2 plotlines as a whole, even though I have major issues with s3. best s2 plotline was obviously the exile arc. I still don't care for the butcher army stuff. from a conceptual level, sam's fall as a warden, las nevadas, tommy's death and revival, and wilbur's revival is more interesting to me than most of the stuff in s2. now, if only the plots can be wrapped up satisfyingly...

4. ranboo isn't one of the best actors on the dsmp in my eyes. don't get me wrong, he's good, but he lacks the subtlety of tommy, tubbo, and wilbur. also, @/thespoonisvictory has basically already expressed all my opinions on his long monologues lol

5. i love captain puffy and I respect her decision to decanonize the duckling dream thing, but I do remember that she called dream her duckling in character during the green festival. while I understand why she chose to decanonize it later, and with the scattered nature of this medium it's understandable that she wouldn't have her character 100% ironed out from the start, I still think these kinds of situations are... not ideal (it's not limited to captain puffy either). if you have to specify things about your character ooc, then that's... not my favorite. this is why tommy and tubbo are so well written imo — they never have to specify things about their character ooc. wilbur's c!wilbur fanfiction barely counts.

6. puffychu needs to come back (as a relationship or friendship, idc). that could get rid of the perception that niki's character is centered on wilbur. it would add an extra layer of depth to both niki's and puffy's characters which I think is much needed.

7. fanon c!wilbur is made too soft and nice sometimes, in an overreaction to the way he's constantly villainized. as much as I love the man, I think it's important to remember that he absolutely did shitty and traumatizing things during his spiral. this isn't me making the "his mental illness doesn't excuse his actions!" argument which c!wilbur apologists are well familiar with. what I'm talking about is fanon portrayals of c!wilbur's spiral being this soft, isolated thing, which c!tommy didn't see much of. the sort of "the only thing c!wilbur did in pogtopia was smoke and play guitar and cry!" thing. like, c!wilbur wasn't just a mopey wisp of smoke in exile. at times he spoke lucidly, even excitedly about blowing up l'manberg. at times he smiled when saying shitty things to c!tommy. he was absolutely suffering hellishly and I'm not forgetting that; I'm not saying he was having a fun time during his spiral. but his spiral isn't this entirely innocent thing, either. it's not like the only thing he needs redemption for is pressing the button.

8. c!techno is not a great anarchist (I say this as a socialist) and I wish more dream smp cc's recognized that. right now the word "anarchist" kind of paralyzes people I think. if cc!techno wanted to portray anarchy without concretely subscribing to a real-world ideology, he should have let his character explain his ideology more. because as we have it, we've got a meh portrayal of anarchy (and not for the "violence" reason) that keeps throwing a wrench into analysis.

9. in the "lore" vs. "semi-lore" stream discussion, I don't see the edited youtube video format brought up nearly enough. that's a huge part of why s1 is so accessible to people — that wilbur and tommy (also fundy) made videos on it. I understand making videos of the same subject you're streaming probably isn't the easiest and I respect cc's decisions to make the content they want to make, but. the edited pogtopia videos still save my life lmao.

10. this is a more general rp opinion, but in general I don't get too interested by really in-depth rp backstories and fantasy lore (at least in minecraft; not as much in text rp). maybe this is just a me thing, but I prefer an rp to be mostly constructed of the plotlines going on in the here and now. you know, the "don't make your first dnd character have a backstory that's 20 pages long" kind of thing, but translated to the dream smp.

11. I feel like c!ranboo hasn't been significantly challenged. yes he struggles with mental illness and that is absolutely a significant personal challenge, but I mean challenge in like a wider plot way. a challenge which involves other characters besides dream. I was hoping the syndicate would provide that but it hasn't yet. also he's so rich and his ideology keeps proving "right" it feels a little bit like techno.

12. the dream smp is not diverse enough and offloading that issue entirely on the fanbase in a way that fully absolves all the adult white cc's on the smp from blame isn't good. absolutely the mcyt fanbase needs to pay more attention to streamers of color, but it isn't solely their fault that the dream smp is so white. the streamers are at fault at some level, especially because most of them benefit from white privilege. the erasure of poc in the mcyt community is a community issue, and that includes both the cc's and the fanbase.

#my text #discourse tw #critical #dream smp critical #c!techno critical #c!ranboo critical

[elytrafemme]

hello. me again. BWJSHSKSHD

i apologize if this isn't as well written or thorough as the other things ive said about cough syrup - i was out almost all of today, got home and still had to do things, and right after i send this i must Continue to do things and prepare for school tomorrow (🤢🤮) BUT AGAIN. DUDE. the latest chapter was so. INCREDIBLE ?

your words flow as amazingly and smoothly as ever and so does your dialogue, and, well, Everything, but i especially LOVE so much the ways you're slowly weaving more about the mysteries you've set up into the story as well - c!quackity and c!tubbos past, what happened with c!q and c!techno, c!ranboos Everything, you're SO so good at giving the reader just enough information to have a growing understanding of what happened while still being intriguingly vague enough to WANT those answers. and sure, even though one could kinda infer some things based on already existing canon, like who's c!tommys abuser, who is it that seemingly hurt c!quackity and c!tubbo, etc, it's still written so INTERESTINGLY that you want to know it ALL no matter what!! and the little details you write into c!tubbos internal monologue - like how he's skilled in sneaking around (if i recall the line correctly), the palpable panic he felt when c!q tapped his shoulder, it feels so Realistic and just. SO so good

speaking of c!q and you knew this was coming i am already obsessed he seems like such a Fucking Bastard and i Love him. this passage in particular, as well as the paragraph after it: "Because Quackity doesn’t apologize for things anymore, and Tubbo knows that, because he’s one of the only people who saw the days where Quackity would, always and all the time.", actually made me have to stop reading for a second to process it because. Holy Shit (/POS) Y'KNOW? and that leads back to what i said about you being great with setting up mysteries just - MAN!!!!!! i also must legally thank you for the Crumbs and i don't even have to clarify which at this point do i. i am feasting on them like a starving rabid raccoon. girl this is literally a c!beeduo fic i don't know why i am so obsessed with your c!tntduo Already when the fic Isn't Even About THEM I. i think there's something wrong with me. that's ok though ☺

LORD. Sorry about The Everything here and dumping all this in your askbox when tbh i should've just written this as a comment 😭 TL;DR. I HAVE CTNTDUO DISEASE ALWAYS AND FOREVER, COUGH SYRUP AMAZING, YOU'RE VERY TALENTED, I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER, I HOPE EVERYTHING IS WELL :D!!

this is the loveliest thing to receive right before i go to sleep :D

im so so glad u liked it seriously dude it means the world to me. this is so so sweet

im genuinely super happy to hear that because, due to like, as u said, pre-existing canon, and the fact that cough syrup is based off of the characters, it is kind of hard to build a mystery up because you can already guess some of the character relations. i tried to make some of them unique and all, but even the ones that come up later in the story still have some tie to the DSMP plot. it's important to me that the characters in CS are very clearly inspired off of the DSMP characters, but it's also good to know that the story isn't too predictable

hearing that it's realistic too means literally everything because, like. that's my main goal. if i write a piece of work and every part of it is bad except its realism, i will still take it as a win. because that's the thing i find most fascinating and fun about fic writing, and especially in terms of the topics that i am not too acquainted with, it's good to know that i'm realistic there :]

i will pat myself on the back here and say that the quackity line you quoted is one of my favorite lines i've written thus far. the other line i like a LOT, you'll see it in chapter 7, also has to do with him so. we can be very sane together :)

NO HONESTLY LIKE. i love c!tntduo and idk when i will get around to writing fics specifically dedicated to them, though it's In My Plans Of Stuff To Do, so i mostly want to explore them here. it's only really gonna be seen through tubbo and maybe ranboo's lens, but still. they're important to me. and there's a lot of stuff about their characters in this fic that make them both click well together and absolutely not work out. it's interesting to write :D

thank you so so so much again it means so much that u keep reading it, i hope u have a nice night

#nightmare.ask #calli tag :o !!! #nightmare.cough-syrup #it genuinely means so much like. wtf wtf wtf