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(from Phil's 15th March stream VOD, at 4:41:16)

[viewer question is at 4:40:48]

phil: "[reads chat, refers back to a prior viewer question] It was Origins? Uhh... [he rereads the question again]."

'"'What led Origin Philza on the path he's on? What happened differently this time that didn't happen to the other Philza variants?'"'

"Uh, so, he was an orphan, and... he liked to believe that his parents were, like, super rich. But they weren't, and... and he just wanted to be, like-- He wanted to have everything, and own everything, and rule everything, so that he could eventually enlist the help of the people to find his parents. Because he truly believes they are still alive."

"[laughs] That's it! Origins Philza wanted to be king, by any means necessary, to find his parents. [laughs] That was the underlying thing that I was gonna reveal eventually, but we'll-- we'll never reveal it now. Like, officially-- on the server, y'know. That was like... the bit that I was gonna like--"

"It was gonna be this whole thing, where I was gonna control the server, take over everything, eventually start handing out jobs to people. And then eventually those jobs would stop being, like, interesting. They wouldn't be like, 'Build a village! Build this, build that, bababababah! Gift something to a friend.' I was gonna give people, like, literal tasks."

"And then, the tasks were gonna slowly start changing to: 'Travel 20,000 blocks in this direction, and tell me what you find.' 'Look for a tall man, with a scar on his left eye.' Like, just really obscure shit."

"And then people would be starting to worry about me, and I would stop being mean, and I'd start being really scared. [laughs] And then people would come to me and be like, "What's wrong?", and then I'd-- I'd break down. I was gonna have a breakdown, essentially... where my character just, like... either cries, or lashes out, because he just wants his parents back." [laughs]""

"[laughs, reads chat] 'WE WERE ROBBED' [responds] It's fine, now you know! Now you know. And all the riches in the world won't be able to bring them back. [laughs]"

#WHAT #INSANE /pos #osmp #GOD I MISS ORIGINS.

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twinkified tango designs make me boil with rage. same as twink Jimmy designs. this is why I have a passionate hatred for ranchers fans. this is a very targeted post btw. I hope every twink ranchers design gets body slammed into oblivion

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I always feel like it’s extremely obvious when a life series fan is an ex-dsmp fan an especially an ex-dream fan because they vehemently hate scott smajor for no damn reason

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Here is what my mother told me when I was young: the world is harsh. It is unforgiving and it has teeth. Take no shit.

Here is what I have learned from the world: it is wounded and the humans scattered throughout it are rarely the rats of Rat Park, they are the tired, trembling experiments in need of more kindness, not less. Do no harm.

Here's what I have learned from the world: humans are good. They are soft, and gentle, and they are wounded, all of them. When humans were young and wild, they looked at the snarling beasts that came to their fires, the ones with sharp teeth in their long muzzles, and they saw soft fur and the welcome-home wag of a tail.

Here is what I have seen: Given an opportunity, humans will choose creation and love. They will create art, and music, and community. They will tell each other stories, sing each other songs, help each other heal. Even without safety, even when it wounds them, they will love. They will love each other - their family, their friends, their mates - and they will love the world.

Here is what I have seen: there is hope. Sometimes it is ugly and twisted and burns, but humans will hold onto it with both hands and their entire heart. They will share it with one another. They will use it to tame beasts with fur and teeth as well as the ones that live inside of themselves. They will create because of it; they will say I hope this makes someone smile, I hope this makes someone cry. I hope this saves someone. And it will.

Here is what I know to be true: evidence of a healed broken bone from thousands of years ago reminds us that what makes us human isn't our wounds, but how we care for one another through them.

Here is what my mother told me: the world will gnash its sharp teeth at me. It will try to wound me.

Here is what I know to be true: I am human, and humans heal one another and can turn sharp teeth into wagging tails.

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so my sister's dog is named communist gun, but we call him red. right? and every once in a while when she wants him to jump on someone she goes "red scare!" and recently ive been trying to get him to jump on people when i go "mccarthyism!" but it's not working yet

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girl who failed to protect her fort and girl who had nobody come to her birthday party </3

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brown sugar and cinnamon are lesbian married

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is flower husbands actually toxic, or do people just hate scott smajor.

cause people will be like "omg flower husbands is so toxic!!!" and the go on to ship desert duo--

#AND THIS IS WHY I CANT STAND JIMMYS POV

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is flower husbands actually toxic, or do people just hate scott smajor.

cause people will be like "omg flower husbands is so toxic!!!" and the go on to ship desert duo--

#i need to explode #toxic fh makes me so mad because how are yall gonna go retroactively decide that the very openly gay man was an abusive monster #there is somehting so fundamentally fucked up to me about that idea #flower husbands walked so trafficshipping could run and now all of a sudden its bad and was Always 'toxic and horrible'???? #HOW ARE YOU GOING TO INSIST A GAY MAN IS TOXIC AND THEN NOT SEE THE ISSUE WITH THAT. #it rubs me SO wrong. SO wrong. #also the amount of hate scott smajor gets is fucking insane. #Wowww you think he's the worst person on earth ever and deserves death threats for being annoying or being good at the game ??? #should we throw a party should we invite dream?? #discourse

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Knight Gem season 10??? Tw: blood a bit

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I hate Abusive!Scott. I hate Abusive!Joel. I hate Abusive!ANY CHARACTER when it's OVERDONE and COMPLETELY LOSES THE CHARACTER IN IT. I am a rancher enjoyer, I love the ranchers, they've permanently changed my brain chemistry-- but goddammit.. I'm so tired of the fics that cast Scott as the abusive ex or fics that make Joel absolutely horrific. It's not even about darkfic. I love me some good, well written darkfic. No, I'm talking about regular ol' fics that completely erase all good in complex characters or completely override them with completely out of character worse traits instead of just working with the traits already there. I understand if you don't like their pairings, don't like their characters, or even don't like some ccs (hell, I plan on sending another confession regarding cc!Scott and my complicated feelings towards him) but jesus CHRIST I'd rather you didn't include them at all if you can't properly characterize them!

(Again, if someone writes darkfic, this is NOT about darkfic. This is about complete demonization of characters in generalized fandom spaces and media)

(Also I just need it out of my system but Joel is so misunderstood I saw someone call him loyaltyless and uncaring and oh my god I swear people don't get it it's so evident they don't watch him or they don't pay attention to him beyond "oh hee hoo mean mean man" OGRES HAVE LAYERS GODDAMMIT)

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I don't understand why people hate scott so much. Of course I understand not liking some ccs- hell I don't like watching Gem that much. But I feel like some people who hate scott make it their whole personality, and its just like SHUT UP. I like watching scott's content and I know it's a hit or miss but its just ridiculous how far people will go out of their way to let you know that they HATE scott as a person. Please just be quiet.

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I am *so* tired of hating on players because they're good. Scott gets hate for always ranking high, and all I feel about him ranking high is joy. I was so incredibly proud of Gem for getting 3rd in her first game. There's probably others but just leave them be. They're good, don't be mad that you'll never have their skill lol

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this fandom loves gay men so much. and there's still so much scott hate.

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This was a test for a couple different things and i dont really like it but here

#OOOH PRETTY

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oh yeah it’s the 3L anniversary i might as well start scott posting again. hey man you ever think about how the only time we’ve seen scott fully unravel was the first season where there was no pretense that any of them were going to come back? you ever think about how the only time he’s allowed himself to experience emotions fully without stomping down any ugly, volatile thing he feels is when he thought no one would be around to remember it? yeah…….

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smth smth builder’s signature styles whatever - I love how instantly recognisable it is to be in a Bdubs build whilst not be jarring. This shot of both sides of the river is a wonderful example

The custom trees. Are so freaking tall in compare to the default, yet their presence doesn’t feel obstructive. You don’t feel ‘blocked out’ from the environment as the deliberate thinness of the trunks, what height the leaves on the pine start at give just enough breathe room to: look through, catch glimpses of the other side, and be invited to Go Through It.

He says it in his commentary, a lot of what he builds is heavily grounded in realism. This area is not meant to be the centre of attention, the purpose of these trees is to Immerse and act as transition as one leaves the rest of the minecraft world and into Bdubs’ ‘more natural’ one — where the trees are grey, and the water is clear.

I’m so fucking serious this random cut of the river is my favourite part in the entirety of this forest, I like how still it looks, I like how clear it is yet how dark it is not only to imply depth but that illusion that the river is reflecting its surroundings how you can even say the river is a dark green! Being able to come to these interpretations for something so simple to me perfectly captures what he wants in builds like these.

And it STILL doesnt feel out of place because he does something like THIS. The way the stream gets progressively more and more opaque until it meets the actual main river is genius work. It gives the impression the water in Bdubs’ place is fresh in compare to the saltier, deeper water of the larger river it transitions.

😭And a final thing, I know the white glass he used was done to suggest rushing water but I swearrr he has like a sixth sense in how to place them perfectly. (Forgive my shitty camera) From this distance if you squint you can see these dark and lighter shadows made by the trees, and by putting where the white spots are placed now highlights these small rays of sunshine poking through the leaves and shining on the river and I think that’s unintentionally the coolest thing.

whhwwh idk how to end this, I just really liked this new video for reasons above and wanted to tell the world why.

BdoubleO100 you never miss. Forever and ever.

Here’s a shaky picture of Etho on his horse if you’ve made it this far :]