Dream SMP Recap (September 3/2022) - C U in UT
It’s time for Wilbur to leave.
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Wilbur Soot
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[Archive of Previous Recaps]
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I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear...
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JULY 29, 2020
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- Wilbur and Tommy are mining yellow concrete for the L’manburg walls by the lake where the Camarvan stands
- Wilbur’s been thinking on the name “L’manburg” for their new little country. He likes it. Eret can make the walls, they can have a cool area for themselves. He wants to make this place a landmark
- Tommy asks why Wilbur only started liking it after Tommy named it. Wilbur thought it was just a joke at first, but now he’s grown attached
- Tommy says that Wilbur must be jealous because it was definitely Tommy who came up with the name
Wilbur: “Dude, I’m proud. I didn’t wanna say this bit, I was hoping you’d hear the quiet bit out loud, but I’m gonna say it ��� it reminds me of you! L’manburg just, this time we’ve spent together, having fun and – you know I – hanging out with you outside of you know, stupid SMPEarth stuff has been really good. And this isn’t a just a silly river delta to me anymore. It’s got a name, it’s got a story – it’s L’manburg! And it’s – to me, it’s you.”
- Next time he sees Dream, he’s going to ask for independence. L’manburg forever!
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A shot of the van and the lake from above fades into the present-day crater, vines hanging down over it and the L’manburg Flag at the bottom.
Phil is looking up at it from the water.
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SEPTEMBER, 2022
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- Wilbur is leading Tommy down the road from Spawn to Las Nevadas, intending to find Quackity. Once they arrive, however, Quackity fails to log on
- Giving up on Quackity, Wilbur and Tommy stroll around Las Nevadas, breaking into Tubburger for the fun of it
- They head over to the Wilburger Ranvan. Inside they find some of the original burger NFTs! Just outside is the crater where they detonated TNT in an attempt to take Boner hostage. Wilbur hasn’t been back here since Ranboo died
- Up to this point, Tommy thought climate change was something made up by Dream
- Wilbur comments that he’s going to miss all of this. He was going to wait for Quackity, but there’s no better time than now. Tommy is confused. Where is he going?
- Tommy continues to press Wilbur about where he’s really going as they continue walking to a little peninsula. Foolish’s summer home is in the distance
Tommy: “Wil...are you gonna come back?”
Wilbur: “I mean...probably not. I’m going very far away.”
Tommy: “Wil...you’re gonna kill yourself, aren’t you?”
Wilbur: “I – I’m going far away. I never said I was gonna kill myself.”
Tommy: “No. I won’t let you, Wil! I won’t let you, alright?”
Wilbur: “What do you mean? What do you mean you won’t let me go away?”
Tommy: “I need you, alright!”
- Tommy draws a diamond sword. Wilbur is taken aback as Tommy steps forward, trying to talk him down. When Tommy hits him with the sword, he frantically shouts to put the sword down, that he’ll explain everything
- Tommy tosses the sword aside
Tommy: “I don’t know why I did that.”
Wilbur: “What, were you gonna kill me? I –”
Tommy: “Oh no, no I was – I was just angry. I didn’t use to be this angry.”
- Tommy asks, if Wilbur is leaving, why didn’t he ever say sorry? Sorry for all the things he did to Tommy, for blowing up L’manburg, for everything in Pogtopia? For abandoning him?
Wilbur: “Tommy, it’s because I was scared you wouldn’t forgive me.”
- Wilbur isn’t going to kill himself. He never planned to. He was being literal when he said he was going far away
Tommy: “What do you mean you’re not gonna kill yourself? Just be straight with me for ONCE in my fucking life! Just tell me where you’re going, tell me what’s going on, PLEASE!”
Wilbur: “TOMMY, I’M GONNA TELL YOU, BUT YOU’RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT.”
Wilbur: “Tommy, I...”
Wilbur: “Was born and raised in Utah.”
- Indeed, Wilbur had been born and raised in the United States, in the state of Utah, and had worked at a gas station there for sixteen years.
He was an avid Utahn sailor bored with life, and so he hopped on a boat one day and sailed all the way to the beach on the coast of the Dream SMP’s ocean. It was here that he made a new life for himself
It was the middle of a storm when he arrived. The Orange Ocelots jacket he’d worn was from the gas station he worked at.
- Wilbur places down a boat, gets in, and begins to row. Tommy stops him. He can’t leave just yet. He’s come all this way, trying to tie up his loose ends by apologizing to everyone, but he hasn’t even apologized to himself
Wilbur: “Tommy, do you remember that day when I told you that the L’manburg name was a great idea, and that we should actually try and go for independence and show it to Dream and those fucking pigs who were stopping us from making our empire?”
Wilbur: “Well Tommy, from that day, I started writing.”
- Wilbur wanted to give Tommy his journal before he left. This book has everything he wanted to say. He gives Tommy some time to read it
- The sun is coming up. Wilbur boards the boat once more
Wilbur: “I’m sure at some point in the future we’ll see each other again. Maybe. I hope. And, you know, we can start another – start more hijinks.”
He begins to row away into the sunrise, pausing for one last look back
Wilbur: “Don’t trust those Americans.”
A hum begins to sound on the water
Wilbur: “Tommy, I’m going home! I’m going home!”
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And with that, Wilbur disappeared.
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My name is Wilbur Soot.
King of Kings.
Look on my works ye mighty and despair
Nothing beside remains round the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
But I never did quite forgive myself.
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Wilbur appears in the desert. Back in Utah.
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And somewhere in a train station, far away, where there is only a crying ghost,
A blue sheep arrives on a train.
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