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maaan i miss qsmp cause there was always someone live to watch like i miss waking up and boom morning crew fit was on phil was on tubbo was on pac was on and then the afternoon came along and etoiles would log on cellbit would log on foolish would log on roier would log on then later in the day bagi would be on and bad would already be live streaming stupidly late and staying up with the eggs and then occasionally at hellish hours tina would log on and itd be so so late but also early for the french so pierre would be logging on to start his day and i just miss that whole routine

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We don't talk enough about how utterly lonely it is being chronically ill and/or disabled. Most times I'm able to cope with it, but sometimes it's absolutely crushing, all encompassing, to the point where I can feel it in my bones.

Check in on your chronically ill and disabled loved ones. We're very tough and persevering but that doesn't mean what we're going through isn't really hard and isolating.

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there will never be another one like you and I MEAN IT. happy birthday king 👑

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Alex and Mrs. Jones at Ian's funeral.

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happy borth king <3

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Techno in Genloss [Redraw]

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philza just confirmed that he's having 3 animatics being made (first one being produced right now) about the lore of his character that he's been playing in all the servers he's been EXCEPT in OSMP since that's a separate one -so, SMPEarth, DSMP and QSMP for sure.

they are going to be called, fittingly, The Beginning, The Middle and The End

and he confirmed "the immortal thing" would be explained, and also the wings

fellas i might be freaking the fuck out.

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no no no, we don't need to talk about other characters right now, what's this?

im not educated so i don't know what male sapphics are called but they are

patrons already called virgil spicy, attempted to flirt with the others (roman, logan, virgil), mistakingly thought he was getting married to the others (roman, logan, virgil, janus, maybe c!thomas) and mistook depression for fiesty, PLEASE LET HIM accidentally FLIRT WITH MORE PEOPLE IT'S JUST SILLY and for personal preference moceit i guess (im not actually asking, im manifesting)

accidental homoerotic patton is really fucking funny but also im a bit crazy about it :9

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this might just be because i'm a bit older than your average mcyt fan, but it makes me kind of sad to see all these younger fans scramble to wipe their mcyt fanworks off the internet the second a content creator is revealed to have done something awful.

don't get it twisted, I'm a big believer in rescinding financial support to ccs you no longer agree with or admire by unsubscribing, deciding not to buy merch, or refusing to give them ad revenue by watching their content. if you don't feel comfortable giving someone money, don't give them your money. material support isn't what i'm talking about here - I'm talking about fanfic, fansongs, fanart. yknow, content that fans create for themselves and each other, stuff that's not for ccs.

in the past year (and especially the past week, obviously) i've seen tons of mcyt fans saying they're planning to delete their art (or that they already have deleted) because they don't want their work to be associated with content creators who behaved badly, and that they want "a fresh start." I've seen fan writers say the same thing about their fics. and like, this is fine, do what you want with your stuff, but i'll be honest...it does make me sad that so many younger fans seemingly have been made to feel such a high degree of responsibility for ccs that they're unable to enjoy fandom (a thing that is FOR US! FOR YOU!) or take any measure of pride in their past fanworks.

again, at the end of the day you should do what you want with your own shit. but what i will say is, if what you want to do with your work is delete it, at least think first about why you're considering the nuclear option. you aren't responsible for a cc's behavior, and that goes for literally anyone who's ever had a hand in making anything you like: books, movies, games, anything. you shouldn't be made to feel ashamed of having created fan content for a piece of media that a shitty person was involved in making. straight up, this kind of shame isn't something i believe should exist in fandom, because it's parasocial in the same way that positive emotions towards media/creators can be parasocial.

and also, as someone who's been involved in fandom for a long time, i can say with confidence that creators will keep disappointing you like this. there are shitty people out there. if you're searching for a piece of media with zero shitty people ever involved in the project, you will not find it. i'm not saying this to normalize shitty behavior on the part of creators, I'm saying this to emphasize that bearing the shame and guilt of every creator to this degree is not sustainable or healthy (and it's not how fandom used to operate, but that's a conversation for another day, perhaps.)

i understand why so many folks are considering deleting their fanworks, and if that's you...think about it before you do it. that's all i'm asking. you don't want to create a habit of divesting yourself of all evidence of having been passionate about art created by someone who sucks, because if you do get into that habit, then your chances of ever truly enjoying a fandom again are, unfortunately, pretty slim.

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So this whole time I thought the Antarctic Empire flag was meant to be a sun, but upon research (fanfic) I have been told it’s actually a chrysanthemum. A white one. Which in Japan evidently represents death, and in most other cultures represents loyalty. I am Clawing at the walls of my enclosure rn they found a flower that represents DEATH AND LOYALTY-

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funny thing I found on yt

Fred: Boss we learned who the mole was, is polyamorous tony.(philza)

Cucurucho: That rat fuck I want him DEAD, I want his wife(mumza) DEAD, I want his wife(Missa) DEAD, I want his wife(fit) DEAD

I thought this was funny ngl credit is below to original

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Had a dream last night bedrock bros were on the secret life smp. Techno’s task was to spread something ‘like a virus’. So he gets out this yellow concrete block and is like “….hey Tommy. Want some cheese?” Tommy immediately sprints over and then crouches. Looks at the cheese. Slowly looks up to Techno. Back to cheese. Techno. Cheese. Techno. At this point Techno joins in, the pair switching between each other and the yellow concrete, getting faster and faster until Tommy pauses the able sister’s theme and gets dead serious. “Cheese? cheese cheese Cheese CHEESE!” He starts chanting and after a beat Techno joins in, hyping each other up. Tommy demands the yellow concrete and then starts up a bit where he’s 'a little mouse boy' and Techno is his 'cheese dealer.' He pretends to become a cheese addict, following Techno around everywhere, begging for more yellow concrete, going through ‘with drawl’. The pair are just goofing around. Until Grian shows up and stares then down “……….I heard you have. the Cheese.” “Uhhhhh that’s a lie officer. I’ve never had cheese a day of my life. I’m lactose intolerant.” But Techno does end up giving it to Grian bc it’s still his task. Grian pretends to eat it and asks for another. Techno refuses. Grian pulls out an iron sword and demands it. Since there isn’t heart regen bedrock bros book it, leaving Grian in the dust. They race through corridors together, until rounding a corner to find Grian somehow in front of them. He’s changed to a disheveled looking skin and is twitching. Cue Tommy’s little startled ‘BAH!’ noise. “Bruuuuh how!? This guy’s craazy.” The pair turn tail and sprint away, Grian chasing after them screaming about cheese. Tommy and Techno are laughing the whole time, and maybe it’d be safer to separate to lose Grian but they never do. Techno’s hand ruffles fondly through Tommy’s hair. He doesn’t even look back. “Not even close, loser!”

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Everybody who is still supporting wilbur, Reddit is with you! Tons of love and support is still there from all of us on the wilbur subreddit!

It’s truly devastating that such an amazing man’s legacy had to end up the way he did… typhoid fever is brutal. The inventor of the plane will not be forgotten fellow wilbur wrightians!!

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IX of PENTACLES

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This has been a long time coming, but finally, here is the card I drew for @dsmp-tarot. I couldn't have been more proud to get my hands on Technoblade and despite all the hurdles, I couldn't be prouder of my finished piece. Technoblade never dies.

(+two sillies under the cut 🧡)

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okay but epic the musical understands themes in stories better than anything else in recent memory.

theme is really important for storytelling, but most writers try to bite off more than they can chew by having broad, generic themes like 'love' or 'resisting oppression' which don't actually say anything about what the story is about. but if you narrow it down to something like 'love enduring hardship' or 'sisterly love', now we've got something to work with. I read somewhere that if you make your theme into a question it helps focus it further, so 'can love survive against absolute devastation?' is a way stronger theme than 'love'.

the theme is the question, and the plot is the answer. the story is the conversation between the two.

epic the musical has one of the strongest theme questions I've seen in a while: "is mercy justifiable?"

everything is built around that question, and every character has a competing perspective on the best answer.

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So the "food" that the US dropped to Gaza is MREs. Expired. Saw a stitch of this video from a woman saying this is the same thing they did with Hurricane Katrina survivors.

MREs are shelf stable for 7 years. Total. These ones were over 15 years old.

And ofc there were people in the comments being like "ummm well our military eats them just fine, they were expired when I was in the army too" THATS NOT OKAY THO?? NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO EAT EXPIRED FOOD!

Fuck the US, fuck the Israeli government, and fuck you if you think that this is any kind of help to the people of Gaza. They're starving to death and the US is sending expired applesauce while also giving bombs to their murderers.