#. . . except he attained immortality and never learned the lesson of the epic of Gilgamesh

[lilyminer]

Thinkin about emerald duo again.

Thinking about how they aren’t quite parent/guardian and child but also aren’t quite peers. If y’all have been here long enough you know how feral I get for stories of immortal characters. And in my headcanons both Techno and Phil are immortal Phil is just an older immortal (both in total years and the age at which he stopped aging)

So it’s just interesting to imagine how it feels to hang out with this guy who is an adult just like you but you watched him grow up and also watched him age a couple more hundred years into immortality. And so by mortal standards Techno is crazy old and knowledgeable but by Phil’s “the only human person currently alive born 3 thousand years ago” standards he’s still young. Of course Phil isn’t morally flawless but I can just imagine him seeing Techno make these mistakes and think to himself “you’ll know how wrong you are right now once you get a few more cycles of history repeating itself under your belt, for now I still have to watch you make such human mistakes.” Namely among them being getting attached and personally invested in mortals choices and their consequences. To me Phil’s actions on the dsmp are far more connected to his grief than causes he’s invested in like Techno’s dedication to anarchy.

Also my annual apology to canon purists for basing basically my whole reading of these characters on shit I made up about them.