Some of the smallest joys is tubbo thinking foolish called him the f slur only to realize he said "TOTALLY FORGOT" and having to do a double take and then losing it
Man was flabbergasted before realizing he couldn't read
So what if Fred actually likes Tubbo back, but has to pretend he doesn’t, as a means to protect them both from a bad situation?? Because if you think abt it, it really did seem like Fred was reciprocating Tubbo’s feelings, with the dates and the flowers and just the way that they were interacting in general. But only when it became “too real” (it being confirmed that Tubbo really liked Fred) did Fred realize “oh shit, this is kinda dangerous for the both of us. I need to cut this off before anything grows further.”
Because if one person has unrequited feelings and they keep it to themself, there’s no reason for the federation to intervene. But if the other feels the same, that shit can get messy. It’s gotten to a point where Fred can’t play dumb or innocent anymore. Fred must face that the line has been crossed, and that shit might get dangerous for the both of them if they continue further beyond that line.
This is especially plausible considering the fact that Tubbo doesn’t have the greatest track record of being a law abiding citizen. It’s bad enough that Fred has developed feelings for a resident of the island. Its another when said resident is openly an anarchist, and vehemently against the organization that he himself is a part of.
So yeah. I think that Fred still being interested is entirely plausible, and that shit might just cross the territory of “I want to so bad… but it would be dangerous if we did” territory.
Aypierre, upon meeting Sunny in the adoption center: Sunny, I have something to tell you. You are not Tubbo's child. Tubbo is your child. Take care of Tubbo, please, Sunny. Take care of him. I trust you.
What is killing me was the silence, the happy music blasting in Tubbo’s ears before Cucurucho shut everyone up with “Unacceptable”..
We were so happy. Fred was happy. Tubbo was happy. The Workers were happy. Fit was happy.
But, it all come down to expectations. Fred is a A-class worker in the Federation and Tubbo is simply a troublemaking Islander.
They aren’t meant to be together, not ever. It was as plain as day, yet we all fell for the illusion of infinite time. Now, their gone again, alive and well, but now completely restricted from ever meeting Tubbo again if Cucurucho has a say about it.
And, the Federation has all the means to make sure this red string of fate never connects again.. even if it mean slitting the finger it’s tied too..
"Trust no one," The golden winged vice would proclaim in a whisper that grew into a shout-Tubbo's right hand man, when the one he truly trusted was long gone. "Trust no one Tubbo, not even-not even me."
"Beware the watchers," A lone avian warned, with lava already slowly rising from the ground far below. "You don't know what they've seen of you, what they've done, what they could do. All that they can destroy."
"Tread lightly around the survivors," The Angel of Death cautioned, a smile tugging at the edges of his lips. "You don't want to know what they did to survive. They won't tell easily."
When he met his daughter, he told them one.
"Know when to run," The father told the girl clad in gold. "Because there will come a day when you no longer can, and you only made it that far because you ran in the first place."
Tubbo explaining to everyone and their mother (cucurucho included) why he thinks its fine to wear his ex's boxers even after he broke up with him (chat does not know he's gay)
These two characters from the very beginning have had pretty similar situations. Causing problems with the Fed, getting attacked, going on mystery solver on their asses, whatever. The interesting thing to me is how they're different, and how much they've diverged from each other.
When Cellbit was fucking with things initially, Cucurucho terrified him by chasing him with a chainsaw. From then on Cellbit absolutely hated the Federation. He tried to infiltrate them, figure out a way to take them down from the inside. He got kidnapped, and he half went along with the assignments given to him.
Tubbo on the other hand just doesn't give any shits at all, and makes it very clear from the beginning. He does illegal big things, goes against Cucurucho, and when threatened with a gun he's not scared. That mother fucker taunts him and runs away because he's not scared of death. Death in this world is not permanent, so he doesn't give a shit. He couldn't be threatened in any way that truly mattered. Tubbo briefly considered joining the Fed but decided fuck that, he doesn't give a shit about the Fed, and let's that be known.
Then Tubbo went and befriended Fred, talked to him and learned about the Federation slowly through a growing friendship and love. Cellbit was finding things out secretively, trying to be covert while also doing his job.
This is the major difference of where their characters diverge. Cellbit was isolated from the other workers, just doing his job and only interacting with Cucurucho- who he's hated sense he chased him with a fucking chainsaw. Tubbo was on the complete opposite of this. Not interacting with the Federation at all (other than Cucurucho trying to get him to stop doing illegal shit) while interacting and getting close to a worker.
Now we've gotten to the point where Cellbit has snapped, he doesn't give a shit anymore and he will kill anyone who says on the side of the Federation. He won't listen to reason, he doesn't care anymore, he just wants the Federation dead, and he'll kill every single worker to make that happen.
Tubbo is closer to the Fed workers than ever. His love is dead, he held a funeral for Fred where only other Fed workers showed up. He's vowed to help them if they ever need it, and they've promised the same. He still doesn't give a shit about the Federation, but to the workers, he's the Hero of the Village.
For folks who missed today's QSMP Movie Night or want to rewatch it with the original audio intact, I've uploaded the Movie Night portion of several members' VODs to a public Google Drive. I will keep these files up until Monday, December 4th, so be sure to watch and/or download whatever you need before then!
UPDATE: The lovely folks at @mcyt-archives have added all Movie Night 2 VODs to the QSMP Archivist VOD Masterlist. If you're still having trouble finding an unmuted version of the VOD you want to watch, check out their archive!
[ As a side note: thank you to everyone who left such kind comments & messages on the previous VOD Archival post. You're all so sweet, it made me feel really happy and appreciated :') ]