#I am totally normal about this Minecraft series

[conwayfamilytree]

Happy 10th birthday Mianite !

I’m hoping the ten year old me who watched this series when it first came out is happy that the adult me is still crying over block people.

[battyskorpyionn]

what if

what if instead of xornoth getting trapped into the crystal like how he was supposed to; the spell was wrong and accidentally managed to uncorrupt xornoth instead.

i didnt really think this through, im tired and its 2:30 am at the moment of writing this and i habent rewatched an empires in a cpuple of months so im just going on from what i remember so this will probably be edited once i rewatch scotts or gems

but hear me out

scott couldve read the spell wrong or said something wrong while translating it. The elvish from the old library couldnt have been exactly like the elvish scott knew. Its definitely been years, more than 100 years id say. i havent done (or plan) to research how long languages stay the same. But anyways. The spell that could banish xornoth could have meant many things. One was the crystal; the main timeline. The second could mean to banish evil.

Im talking about the second one. What if the spell meant the second one? when they thought xornoth would be gone for good and trapped in a crystal, instead he gets uncorrupted and not trapped. He wouldn't have remembered much from his time as xornoth- the uncorruption process may have affected his memory. So xornoths just sitting there, on the ground and completely confused. He has no idea whats going on or where he is. The last thing he remembers is a bright light and the only familiar enough face to recognise by name is scott and so he asks whats going on. Everyone would be confused by what exactly happened. The plan was to *trap* xornoth, not make him an elf or uncorrupt him.

In the end though, it remains kinda the same. demon xorn was still there in elf xorn, just tiny and insignificant. This is where i mention the rapture. It would possibly be enough to help demon xorn to take over the body once more. Scott didnt know about that until he came back to the empire. It would be destroyed as it had been in the original empire. Not even xornoth would get a good ending.

[oh-no-its-bird]

Look all I'm saying is that if I were going to make a minecraft movie.

Well, first off I'd put down the first person to even reccomend we do it in cgi. Not just because it looks objectively terrible and half of the magic and nostalgia factor of minecraft is in its texture but holy shit budget much??? You are literally looking at a situation where the cheaper option is also objectively the better option. What the fuck are you doing

But I mean, after that.

Second off, all my writers must watch popular smps and minecraft roleplays/let's plays to understand the "magic" of the game. That's how we're studying for this, not the game books or whatever. Those guys are clearly doing smthn right, and as the executive/writer who knows very little about mineraft that I am in this hypothetical scenario, I need to do my best to make money. And that means learning what people like about the game and community.

Maybe even bring on some popular (non controversial please god) smp writers for consulting. They literally make minecraft movies as their fucking job, they are the expert u need to consult

Story wise, you NEED to choose if you wanna play this straight or silly. I'm so sick of movies trying to be all emotional and "ohh this world is so beautiful,, if u could only understand,, woaa" with their epic sound track and dramatic lighting, but then the dialogue being ripped out of a stupid marvel knockoff trying too hard to be witty

Anyways. Give me a generic "kid has a hard life and uses [thing] to escape it but then their parent trashes [thing] to teach them a "lesson"" movie.

The thing is minecraft and this kid is totally in love with letsplays and smps and has a server with their online friends (get a sponsorship from discord for that good good film sponsorship money, have them play while in call)

The mom or dad or maybe both trash the kids computer for some reason (bad grades maybe or one of those shitty "you need to talk to us more!!! That computer is killing ur brain!!! You don't love us as much as you should and it's that damn games fault!!!" But like it's actually just a kid being a normal fucking kid and having normal fucking kid hobbies things and the parents are dicks)

They delete the minecraft world rip

Them boom, kid somehow gets stuck in the game

Switch to NON CGI FILMING IN MINECRAFT. If you really need to add your stupid shitty fucking cgi then at least make it look like an ACTUAL MINECRAFT ANIMATION holy shit

It'll save us so much money too

So main plot is this kid, being trapped in minecraft, actually falling through different minecraft servers.

We can have different cameos from popular smps and youtubers, get some old youtubers and gameplay in here too. Get fucking dantdm and the diamond minecarts og series with the lab thing, it'll make the old fans lose their fucking MINDS.

The youtubers themselves don't even have to show up, just shove the kid into settings that are clear references to smps and letsplays. Have them wander through Aphmau's OG minecraft diaries sets or Sundee's lucky block series

The best part is that as backdrops, you don't even have to fully commit to "you'll only get this/find this interesting if you know these guys" bc if your writing is good enough you can still make people care by just. Introducing it correctly. Don't present it as "Aphmau's old minecraft diaries series world" go "oh wow look st this cool village,, woah I wonder who built this ,," And have them interact with NPCs organically

Meanwhile the parents go into the game after the kid to bring them back and we do this whole world hopping adventure where the parents learn that,, minecraft can be fun? Actually?

They find the kid and the kid is like "nooo I'm having too much fun the real world SUCKS!!!" but then we do that "it's cool to have fun and indulge but you still need to be present in the real world and do real people things too in order to have that fun responsibly" where somehow the kid realizes that moderation is good for u.

Maybe they almost die in game fr fr? Every world they enter has its difficulty upped a little bit till they enter *gasp* a hardcore world (oh no)

So like the kid learns that you can't just lock yourself in the room and wish the world goes away while you play minecraft for 12 hours straight, and the parents learn that minecraft is cool and fun and can be a good outlet and outlets are important for adults and children alike. And also that they totally pulled a dick move and they need to try to understand their kid instead of just demanding the kid understands them

Somewhere along the way, the kid ends up in their friends server and the friends help to pull them out of the game w the parents

We end the movie with the kid making an effort to be more present with the parents, and the parents also making an effort to interact with the kid in ways that they know the kid will enjoy and respond well to— shown a family dinner scene where the kid very eagerly eats their food while talking about school, then they all go to play minecraft together

The end <3

Oh right and if you seriously want Jack Black there so fucking bad then make him either the dad or like. School computer teacher who helps the kid use Minecraft EU to learn science (shows off that some schools use minecraft for education purposes) who also helps the kids friends pull them and the parents out of the game

Overall, lots of themes not just about how the game is cool and can let you do cool shit, but also about how the community is cool, and how it's provided so many kids and adults outlets to express themselves and have fun together

That's how you do a game movie

Anyways yeah, minecraft movie looks shit. Hire me instead next time

[filmbyjy]

MINESTREAM

SYPNOSIS > Wanting to start a new stream series with his best friends, Jay had a bright idea of playing some simple Minecraft with them. Everything was normal, until he realises there is another person in the call with them. He quickly learns that it was ni-ki’s older sister, (name). Watch how streaming a simple game of Minecraft can dig up some interesting feelings between the main leads.

TWENTY-TWO – his lips looks soft

a/n: the day I see jay ever taking off his shirt in front of thousands of people, is the day I am dead👍🏻

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somehow you find yourself in bed after accidentally falling asleep after lunch. you didn’t even know how you got here but at least you didn’t wake up with a painful neck and back.

you had rolled out of bed, it was dark out. you’ve probably slept for a total of at least 5-6 hours. best sleep in a couple of months you’ve had. your throat felt dry so you had decided to walk over to the kitchen. when you finally stepped off the stairs, you noticed the light was turned on. the aroma of something savoury fills the air.

someone stood shirtless in the kitchen as he stirs up the food. when he turns around, you realised it was jay.

…

WAIT IT WAS JAY???

you tripped on something and fell face first onto the marble floor. jay goes over quickly and helps you up and makes sure you’re okay.

“are you okay? any pain on your ankle? face? arms?” he asks quickly.

“i-i’m fine. just didn’t see the-” you had inspected the item you had tripped on. it was a doggy toy. you and ni-ki did not have a dog and as far as you knew…the 3 boys didn’t either.

jay looks over to where you staring. “ah, jake’s parents dropped his dog over earlier. since, this apartment allows dogs, jake wanted to keep his dog with him as close as possible.”

“oh.”

“I’ll warn jake about the dog toys.” you hummed. you had tried to stand up but a sharp pain stung your ankles. you groaned at the pain.

without a word, jay lifts you up and carries you over to the sofa. he places you gently onto the cushions and goes over to find an ice pack and also any oils/medicine for your ankles. once he’s done, he kneels right in front of your legs and gently lifts up the ankle that was hurt.

“ah.” you winced a little as jay puts some oil and lightly massages the area. he looks up at you once and apologises before taking his massaging much more lighter than before.

“it’s definitely twisted and swollen. just need to put an ice pack and let the swelling get better.” he places your ankle onto a pillow and puts the ice pack on it. “there, now sit there and- oh fuck, the food.” jay hastily runs back to the kitchen.

after a few sounds of clatter from the kitchen, jay emerges with the food he was previously working on. he places the bowl down in front of you. “there, we go. you didn’t have dinner yet so I thought of bringing this upstairs but you came down instead.”

the food looked really good. you didn’t think you’d be able to try jay’s food. “thank you.” before you could even lift the chopsticks, jay stops you and feeds you. he doesn’t forget to blow on the hot noodles.

you seemed to have forgotten that he was literally sitting in front of you half-naked. or maybe you didn’t, you just chose to pretend he was wearing a shirt.

“how is it?” jay asks as you chewed on the noodles.

“it’s good.”

“that’s great, it’s my mom’s recipe so this pretty much reminds me of my childhood. the smell especially.”

“then why aren’t you eating it?”

“oh, I ate it just now with the others. I just made it again for you since you were asleep just now.”

“oh…you could have woken me up when you were eating dinner with the rest. now, I feel guilty that you have to make it the second time.” you huffed.

“no, it’s really okay. i don’t mind making it again. after all, I’d like to take it as if it’s practice for cooking. the more you cook, the better you get.” jay explains. with jay’s words, you couldn’t help but pout. “don’t pout.” he taps your lips lightly with the chopsticks.

“okay. can i have another bite now?” you looked at him straight in the eyes. jay laughs.

“sure.” he picks up the noodles and blows it again before letting you eat it.

30 minutes later, neither you or jay realised the footsteps coming towards the both of you. it was clear there was a tension between the both of you as you two interacted. the person was clearly witnessing it. another footstep trails behind the person and comes to a halt.

*smack* “ow!” jake silently yells when sunghoon’s palm comes into contact with jake’s face. “what was that for?” he asks in a whisper.

“look.” sunghoon points out to jake. the shorter male peaks behind the wall and notices you and jay.

“it’s just (name) and jay interacting?”

“just interacting? do you see jay? he’s shirtless.” sunghoon says. jake rolls his eyes.

“we’re boys, obviously we’d be shirtless whenever we can. besides, you know jay likes to walk around the house shirtless.” jake glares at sunghoon.

“yeah but (name) doesn’t mind it. that’s the first girl that has seen jay shirtless.”

“but it’s not like he’s fucking her.” jake whisper yells.

just as sunghoon turns back to watch you and jay, he realises that the distance between the both of you was practically shorten in a minute. he smacks jake once more and gets him to look at what was happening in front of them.

jay leans in and so do you. it was about to happen, you were going to kiss jay. after what? 22 chapters? finally.

that is until…Layla, jake’s dog, comes running in. jake tries to catch her but ultimately falls onto the ground. the loud boom causes both you and jay to pull away from each other. both of your heads spun over in the direction of the sound.

“uh, hello.” sunghoon says. instantly, your face flushed. you’ve never felt this embarrassed being almost caught kissing someone. jay clenches his fist and stands up to go over to the two boys. he pulls them away to speak to them in private.

once they were out of the living room, you had hid your face behind your hands and groaned. you couldn’t even get up and go back to your bedroom since your ankles were injured. you just had to sit there and do nothing until jay came back. however, did you really have to wait for anyone to hide away from your embarrassment?

and so you grabbed the couch and tried to stand up on your feet. hopefully, you didn’t put too much pressure on the ankle that was swollen. you had hopped over to the stairs and attempted to jump up each step. until jay swoops and effortlessly scoops you up.

“where do you think you’re going?” he asks as he climbs the stairs with you in his arms.

“umm, to my room.”

“you could’ve called me or the boys to carry you up.”

“you three seemed to be having a heartfelt conversation so I didn’t want to disturb.”

he brings you over to your room and places you right on your bed, “not without someone to help you up the stairs. I already told you that your ankles are swollen, you can’t put much pressure on.”

“I know but-” “no, buts.” jay cuts in while you were talking. he tucks you into bed.

“now, I think you should try to sleep this off until morning. luckily, it’s still the weekends. it should get better by tomorrow or the day after just before you go to your morning classes.”

you huffed in defeat. jay pats your head and leaves your bedroom. you laid on your bed and closed your eyes. it was definitely an eventful day but you knew you wouldn’t be able to get some sleep. not after nearly kissing jay.

god, his lips looked soft.

you grabbed a pillow and squealed into it. you had to tell Yvette everything that happened the next morning. for now, you should at least try to sleep again.

well…at least.

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[pup-pee]

hoenstly scar & grian r both good bc uhhhhh uhhhhh work 2gether yeah

so like either is a good choice

i love wathcing joels pov hes just JUST

hes not rlly IN the lore tho so if u want lore heavy stuff martian is good((inthelittlewood)) but ohhhh ohhhhh oh ren coUGH

i also love watching jimmy :) just a guy loiving his world & MMMMMMMMMM i try not 2 say 2 muhc bc ill spoil BUT LIKE!!!!

@pup-pee hiji jayyyyyyyy iluuuuu

[definitelynotshouting]

Ask game #25?

mcytblr writer ask game

25.) What works and/or authors in the fandom do you recommend?

OH MAN..... GODS OKAY well this is about to become me gushing about my friends, but i think everyone and their mother should be reading @raichett, @droidofmay, @good-chimes, @sillyfairygarden, @sisyphean-writes, @renardroi's writing. Like holy shit i know some incredible authors. Grim in particular went and fully changed my brain chemistry with his fic Total Apogee of the Heart, which i do believe i described to him as "like reading an oil painting," and "like you've taken an axe to my chest and deftly split it down the middle to show me the inner workings of my heart," which is truly the palest of terms i can use to describe something that ended up feeling so soul-shocking to me /pos. The skillful way he twists words to layer these rich, saturated themes into his stories makes me INSAAAAAAANE, its pretty much the epitome of how i want to write when it comes to thematic elements and imbuing my narratives with symbolism. I genuinely dont know how to describe it, but the way he crafts sentences and weaves in references to other media is like reading a fairytale, and it leaves me feeling like ive just resurfaced from a dream every time.

And, ofc, my very good and dear friend Raichett with their ACP-verse-- oh my gods what an incredible read. Reincarnation fic with modern minecraft worldbuilding FUCKING SIGN ME UP..... i think this might be my favorite fic in the fandom because truly you can just feel the heart-wrench of how long Grian has been waiting, of all those words left unsaid during his and Scar's initial conversation that we the reader happen to be privy to. AND THE SEQUEL!!! THEE SEQUELLLLL THE ONGOING SEQUEL RAAAAAAAHH okay im normal im normal im normal <- lying. It just manages to hit every fucking trope i love all at once so i start frothing at the mouth whenever it gets updated or they send me snippets. I could read Raichett's writing for hours and hours and just feel so warm within it, truly beautiful prose and characterization :]

And ohhhh Sisyphean my beloved..... if you havent been reading their anonymous scarian fic series then please please do so, especially Bread and Butterflies, a fic they gifted me that made me simultaneously want to cry and also curl up into for the rest of my life. Something about the atmosphere in their fics, along with the juxtaposition of their unique form of humor, really just knocks it out of the park for me. And, of course, the gut-wrenching wing scene-- trust me, you need to read this fic. The reveal is so incredibly well done that it feels like a gauze being lifted from your eyes so you can finally see more than the lurking silhouette of what's been hinted at. Beautiful fic and evocative writing, i dont feel like i can do it justice you're just gonna have to go read it for yourself >:]

Sorry i told you this was gonna be me gushing so i am going to gush can we talk about Droid's fucking fics please. Can we talk about those. I've always been captivated by their writing, worldbuilding, and the way they so deftly weave implications into their prose to present a fic that feels so neatly-woven it practically breathes. Every work i've ever read from them, regardless of fandom, is some of the most engaging writing ive ever read before. Not to promo a fic inspired by hunger au, but im especially enamoured with their gift will the curse be reversed if you say it backwards. Reading that was like getting kicked in the chest a billion times until it ached, and the way they portrayed the two Grian's dynamics brought me perilously close to tears multiple times while reading, which is admittedly very hard to do. Also i think reading that fic is the closest ive ever gotten to what yall experience whenever i upload a new hunger au chapter-- i stg the dread i felt as the fic progressed had me HOLLERING in their dms like "IS THIS WHAT THATS LIKE. OH MY GODS" truly just a phenomenal fic all around

Thello, oh Thello, my beloved friend, her fic you are here to risk your heart had ME heartbroken in the best of ways when i first read it, and every reread since has only solidified it as a stunning cross-section into 3L!scarian's dynamic. Thello's writing in general is always so deeply elegant and refined-- reading it feels a lot like shoving the world's richest, gooiest, most delicately-layered cake into my mouth to melt on my tongue. She just gets intimacy in a way i rarely see done, highlighting the fragile way people can come together while straining to stay apart. Her writing is so deeply, utterly human in the details she chooses to focus on, and that level of groundedness paired with her fantastical prose makes me feel like what im reading is both very real and also the whisps of a beautiful, colourful dream.

And, last but very much not least, my wonderful friend Telk. Telk's writing is so utterly unique, bursting at the seams with both humor and a quiet rawness that punches me right in the ribs every single fucking time. They're also so deeply, insanely skilled at being able to say so so much in a story while dancing around the actual core of it, drawing you into understanding whats really going on below the surface like an event horizon. Their fic A Certain Je Ne Sais What is, in my mind, a particularly good example of the subtle and skillful way they weave implications into their work-- im perpetually in awe of how meticulously they poured Grian's cognitive dissonance between how he really feels about Scar, and how he wants to feel about Scar, into the narrative. That, and their characterization is genuinely flawless, im not sure ive ever read better character voices that capture the inherent humor of their owners than in Telk's writing.

Gods i have so much more to say about so many more of my friends and their fics but i'll stop here otherwise i will never shut up. Local guy loves his friends so fucking much i will shout it to the sky any chance i can take<3

And as a bonus, here's the hermit/trafficshipping collection i run on ao3, affectionately nicknamed The Body Count!! Its chock-full of incredible authors and writing, all of whom are my close friends, and its recently expanded to contain 60+ fics!! 60+!!!! INSANE. MY FRIENDS ARE INSANE AND I LOVE THEM PLEASE GO READ AND COMMENT ON THEIR WORKS BC THEY DESERVE THE ATTENTION :] THANKS FOR THE ASK AAAAAAAAAA OKAY BYE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[xerith-42]

What if I made a whole post about Blaze

Wouldn't it be funny if I did that?

Blaze MyStreet (that's his name now) is the gayest character in the entire aphverse and I am tired of him being slept on. That's not to say that people don't like Blaze, they do. He was a popular character, but not in the way other characters are popular. It's hard to find other people who have him as a favorite character, and if you're a fan of Minecraft Diaries, most people forgot he was in that series because he was in like an episode of Season 3 and even I forgot about Season 3 outside of that. He's liked, but not in the way people can really latch onto characters in this series. More passively liked, because it's really hard to hate him.

And even in MyStreet, his ultimate conclusion is just bad. It's bad. I don't have any other words for it, it just sucks. Blaze being mind controlled and then killed off right before the finale was just unnecessary. It didn't add anything. This season had already implied to kill Melissa, and made it clear it wasn't afraid to kill off characters. There was no reason to do this other than to keep people hooked and make them have an emotional reaction to the episode.

And it worked! Most of the times I look up Blaze fanart, I find art of him as an angel, or in heaven with another character, or just art of him dying. And I don't object to making fanart out of these moments it just... it sucks opening his wiki and seeing "Status: Deceased" every time. It sucks going to find content of this character only to find a majority of it is just angst around a death I've actively tried to forget.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY BLAZE IS THE BEST CHARACTER IN MYSTREET AND WHY YOU SHOULD ALL (yes even you) GIVE HIM MORE LOVE AND ATTENTION

Did you guys know Blaze is canonically not straight and probably polyamorus? That isn't my headcanons, that's in the text. Sure it's all in mini-games, but the mini-games are supplemental material to the canon work, and when Blaze gets so little actual character work, I am unashamed to pull from these sources. And in these sources Blaze has stated that he is very much one of the fruits.

In one mini-game Aaron says "You can't marry two people Blaze, you know that!" And Blaze's response is "I do?"

[vine boom]

In another that I am rationally normal about, Aphmau stumbles in on Blaze with his head on Garroth's lap in a closet, WHILE THEY ARE UNDER MISTLETOE! And Blaze says "Your thighs are soft" while Garroth comments on how soft his hair is?!

[vine boom]

And this is all in tandem with the fact that he at the very least canonically had a thing for Dottie, and it's very easy to say he might have harbored feelings for Daniel, Rylan, OR Aaron

[vine boom]

So, we've established Blaze as one of them queers, this is great. Aphmau series really struggle with having gay characters at all, let alone good ones, but there's a quality queer character just sitting right there! Blaze is charming, funny, doesn't take up more space than he needs, and while it isn't in the test of MyStreet, I'll take what I can get. And he only gets better from here!

Wanna add drugs and stoner stuff to your next rewrite? Blaze is literally RIGHT THERE!! He's been around since Phoenix Drop High, and his birthday is literally April 20th, the writers are not being subtle about it. And in MCD, he's technically been around as a misspelled name since episode 40, and if you're making a rewrite, just add him in sooner.

Oh, you want Aaron to have a bigger support system that isn't just Aphmau in earlier seasons? Blaze and the werewolf pups are right there and would totally all live together in a house on My Street or Lover's Lane! Just saying! You want these characters to have a vector to explore polyamory? Blaze is basically an open book and very much agrees with the "a friend of Aaron/anyone else is a friend of mine" and would be willing to share his experiences. You want someone for characters to confide in that they normally wouldn't under normal circumstances? Blaze loves getting high and having vent sessions neither of them will fully remember in the morning.

And if we take it to MCD, he can provide a lot of this and more. Fleshing out of the werewolf experience, an actual werewolf that's at least closer to a part of the main cast than any other ones, AND you get to have him smoking out the other characters. Why wouldn't you make MCD Blaze the inventor of the first bong in Ru'aun? Literally why wouldn't you do that? What reason do you have not to do that? That's objectively great.

Blaze is a character who easily lends himself well to comedy and emotional scenes by being vulnerable all the time, and having the ability to bring levity when needed. He knows when you need to just scream into a pillow, or when he needs to pass you a joint and put a movie on in the background. There's not a lot given for him, but enough to build a solid character out of. He's stated to have an extended family, and a lot of siblings. He was probably the oldest one and had to help raise them, and would easily be able to empathize with older siblings in this show, especially ones who may have had to take care of a younger sibling while growing up due to absent parents (cough cough Melissa).

He also stood up to bullies for Daniel and was willing to make enemies with his entire pack, even his Alpha, just to make sure Daniel wouldn't get hurt or harassed. He's fiercely loyal and absolutely willing to throw hands at a moments notice for the right reason. It doesn't take a lot to make Blaze a ride or die friend, you just have to not be a dickhead and show that you're actually a decent person. He's very sociable and outgoing, a bit of a loudmouth, but he's got a good heart and generally gets along with anyone you could think to pair him up with.

I'm serious, send me a character and I will tell you how they could have a beautiful friendship/romance/something else with them and how it fleshes out both their characters. Blaze just does that by being around people. I'm serious. Please do this.

I didn't make an Instagram account in 2018 titled "Blaze_Best_Werewolf" (or something like that) with a self-made profile picture of Blaze wearing a flower crown and actively get in fights with people over MyStreet season 6 for my boy to be slept on in this manner.

[ethocomments]

in the comments of lp episode 387 exiled by minecraft there's speculation as to whether etho's sudden and disastrous ability to travel 64 blocks in the overworld per 1 block in the nether (instead of the normal 8:1) is a glitch, or him trolling us, and additionally whether he got trolled by a commenter. i am here to settle the debate for once and for all.

in the intro to the episode, etho spends time messing around because he's totally out of ideas for the day. he still has the 115 levels from the previous episode and decides to go look for an ice spikes biome a viewer had told him about a while ago because his ice tray is (probably) broken due to biome changes. but he gets sent to 22,400 -88,000 instead and has to kill himself to get home.

can't find the comment again but someone alleged he admitted to trolling or maybe taking advantage of a glitch he'd already known about, but i can find no such tweet (just the automated one linking to the episode on upload day).

this is true; MC-56799 was resolved in snapshot 14w32a, a month and a half after etho's episode. some commenters reported similar glitches, although at least one is a separate bug related to eating/sleeping while entering nether portals which causes you to teleport to the overworld's coordinates in the nether.

funnily enough, both MC-56799 and its merged ticket MC-56804 link to etho's ep 387 as proof. the only other video footage uses Etho's seed and the exact same coordinates as in his LP episode, so it wasn't etho's newfound video editing skills that are the cause. (it also means that etho and his viewers are pretty much the sole reason the bug got fixed when it did.)

unfortunately, I've found no footage of a 64x nether travel glitch that isn't using etho's seed and specific coordinates; if this ever happened to you during 1.7 or its snapshots, i'd love to know because it's weird as hell.

lack of other situations causing the glitch makes it hard to tell, but this theory is compelling especially. etho says that a viewer told him there was an ice spikes biome there, so if he did get the coords from a viewer that person was either trolling with the glitch or trying to help.

it turns out there was an ice spike biome in etho's seed in 1.7 at the correct overworld coordinates for the portal he builds, as pointed out by someone in the comments.

anyway, it turns out that etho really didn't secretly develop immaculate acting skills but it was one big coincidence. i'd love to see who told him about the ice biome but god only knows how many episodes prior that might've been or even if it was on the LP and not another series.

if etho prunes his world download chunks, this one survived perhaps because he revisited and lingered trying to figure out what the hell happened, so you can (allegedly) teleport to 22,400 -80,000 and see the remains for yourself.

thanks for reading this extra-long, extra-niche episode of ethomythbusting.

this is the most interesting thing to me about the glitch, that it may be related to issues with glass panes rather than coordinates - but i simply don't have the time to load up pre-1.8 snapshots just to test a bunch of random nether portals at different coordinates etc. when the bug is fixed. i just love discontinued features.

lack of tweets:

seed map:

[single-malt-scotch]

ok so i am home from my vacation and i have only had time to watch bdubs' SL pov and hlf of cleo's rn. regardless wanted to ramble my thoughts on this session and fair warning it isnt gonna be super positive (the short: didnt really like it) so yeah.

reminder though i absolutely Love these people. i love how they play and theyre great and im watching first and foremost bc i like seeing them have fun. my issues lie in the series' mechanics, how it plays, the technical function, management etc.

the thing about watching one pov is i feel like it can also spell out other issues but i will get to that later

obviously the big thing. the "infection" task. listen.... the concept of a boogeyman infection by itself is cool! i like that! but.... not here?????? out of all series.

there is no regen, and this fact is conflicting to me because i feel like the boogey should be struggling against those theyre trying to infect, and minecraft's regen would be that struggle, like it has been for every past boogey chasing their targets.

you have to kill everyone not red? not red???? so like 90% of the server? insane.

this was an EASY TASK........... this pisses me more on what this season's rules have been implied to be. suddenly, they arent really making sense. i will go into this deeper.

this just doesnt seem like the right place to plant this task. it is hugely impactful and feels like it is happening for no reason. if they were going on like 10+ episodes and grian was formally like "well, secret keeper wants this wrapped up so lets see what task hes gonna give all of us!" and then boom, this is it. then cool. make up a proper excuse like wrapping up the season.

it was too much of a shocker, unprepared for, and with how intense it is by needing to kill everyone left it feeling very unfair to the people i was watching. Bdubs had just died previously and now lost all his hearts in one session because of the force of another task. as did many others. if there was to even be any slight alteration to more "fairness" it could have been "the one you killed is now boogey. hand them the book and make them kill someone by themself. you are no longer infected. you cannot kill the person who killed you." or something idk. every part of the server going after one person is way too much.

regarding rules and whatnot, i was already kind of annoyed by this previous session too. there are two tasks now that have me going "how tf is this "easy"?" Bdubs' task of chicken causing damage-- an amount that had to go as high as anyone could stand it-- seems way too harsh as an easy task. there were a few tasks where health could be lost, but none of it was deliberate "lose as much as possible". losing the same amount of health as another player (like grian and joel) is not the same as telling the player they basically need to lose as much as possible compared to someone else in order to win the challenge. grian and etho's hard tasks took a lot of damage (to others mostly lol) but it was a destructive hard task. bdubs' with the dragon was as well.

but gem's task especially... i mean, holy crap. that is a red life's task, or a hard task at most! even if i liked the whole thing i think id still be on the page of saying that is not an "easy" task. a red life getting this task would have been interesting too because it would put a ton of risk on them to survive and get it done. and sure, theyd get some allies in the infected but theyd still be a target in the fights. that would have been tense for them!

cancelling out all of the others' tasks when they were infected made sense but it totally changed the direction of people's videos. it forced them to be different to everyone. suddenly the first quarter or half of the video is just void and pointless. when the tasks basically direct their entire motive and how they act towards everyone, forcing them into big choices they cannot change, i think its bad. social tasks that pass off as kind normal are funny (etho's weeping angel, get scar to talk abt star wars, compliment ppl when they take damage etc), or outward and confusing but not character controlling ones (kill the dragon, connect your base to others, etc). ones that direct a player so strongly shouldnt ruin their interactions with everyone else either (playing tag-- took up a lot of time but players were "neutral" to everyone and carried on as normal).

some people were saying this task could be to speed up the series. im not really sure abt that. regardless i am sure they thought this would just be an interesting thing to do and thats why they did it. (i have seen martyn on here sometimes talking vaguely abt tasks being random and whatnot and no offense to him but it doesnt sound like at all he does have all the information to knowing this. i mean, why would he? hes a player. the admins are doing things he has no clue about. hes not even firmly stating anything. hes just saying what he knows, which i dont think is at all everything the admins are doing in front of them). i have seen this series play with many balance issues through its lifetime and i think this season esp shows a lot of that again. grian stated around one season how theres no play testing really. the admins might run some stuff i guess but theyre not testing much. and thats very obvious when limlife had that issue of deaths not showing in chat (and hey look, it happened again!) or boogey kills in LL and LimLife (along with normal kills in Lim) not being detected by means that were not direct (mechanically this just happens, you cant fix it. but they did not prepare to deal with this at all and it was chaotic to watch in Limlife and caused a lot of confusion on who got time).

i have repeating some of these things about SL already so i dont want to drone on again. i have been kinda neutral to SL because many eps were fine, i didnt love every task (personally didnt like etho getting so many "out of character" ones, like please give this man a break he is so socially awkward its hard to watch). but this session and last session have me not enjoying the task concept.

from the start i just wished this season was about not being able to regen hearts and thats it. i need something simple, dude. its getting convoluted. and its obvious with the amount of hall monitoring and the amount of talk the cc have in these videos telling hall monitors to stop, to explain successes or failures, etc etc. they should have to do that. limlife already had some ppl getting picky about who got time or not but this is even more subjective and confusing!! im sure theyre still having fun and i like seeing them having fun here but as a viewer im just seeing a concept that has too much going on, stuff that doesnt have a simple yes or no answer sometimes and i dont think thats good for a series like this, one that started out so incredibly simple and straight forward.

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

👀👀👀!!!!!!

cheating bc you sent me 3 eyeballs so im gonna give u 3 different answers 😌 :::

the DSMP Lost Boys AU. GOD i was on some shit when i was thinking abt that. it was literally so perfect. i still have the other half of the references buried somewhere deep in my wip folder but i just. never finished it. i was probably never gonna write an actual fic for it but god did i want to do more screenshot redraws . it was so perfect. i still think abt it sometimes when i watch lost boys like. damn .... sam is so tommy coded . i love you annoying little brothers

ANOTHER dsmp one: vengeful spirit. god. fuck . where do i even start. vengeful spirit was my baby i cared about it so much. it was my ghostbur-centric character study fic series where after cwilbur was revived, ghostbur fought his way out of limbo kicking and screaming and then they had to deal with the consequences of both existing in the living world at the same time. very heart player core. something something you hate yourself so much but now there are two of you and youre different people but also youre the same guy and you hate that your brother trusts the dead fish eyes version of you more than the living breathing one. aka ghostbur gets to be angry because i really just wanted to see him snap and punch something. unfortunately the first fic totally flopped and i had nobody to bounce ideas off of so i was the only person in the world to care about vengeful spirit. i had like 12 oneshots planned out and they were each titled with song lyrics from a song in the playlist (which still exists btw) and i made a layout and everything. A LAYOUT. i never outline things dude thats how u KNOW i went hard for this one. another factor in its death tho is i started writing it like.. right after the cwilbur revival when there was a huge lull in lore streams and i was trying to fill in the blanks. but because i am a slow writer eventually canon surpassed me and i was like "hm this is too divergent now and since i am the only one who is going to read this it will simply live in my brain forever" . also i think my time for writing dsmp is way past me now. sad! oh well theres other fandoms.

third one is NOT dsmp related but it IS general minecraft related. fuck dude i have so many ideas about minecraft worldbuilding. its such a perfect game to write about. i have so many minecraft ocs that have super complex lore that will probably never see the light of day bc im like. how the hell do i convey this information without actually showing people my minecraft world. the intricacies. there are so many. i cannot play this game normally i have to make a story every single time. EVEN WHEN im not actually setting out to make a story. even when im just like "hm yeah this is gonna be a casual world im not gonna take it too seriously" and then suddenly ive rebuilt an entire village to protect it from raids and all the villagers have names and im attached. sigh. i think about minecraft religion and also the magic system and how the world works and how mobs interact with each other and . man . theres so much. does anyone want to play miencraft with me i prommy i wont go insane on you

[steellotus54]

This is how you do a pinned post right?

Hiya! I'm Marisa, but you can call me Mari. I've been lurking about for a while now, and I figure it's time I changed that!

Literally everything is below the cut, on account of there being so much text.

My Tags

Whoops, I left this empty on purpose! I’ll add tags here as they become necessary, so check back every once in a while.

What I do (and want to do)

Worldbuilding (Been doing it in some form in my spare time for as long as I can remember. No idea how good any of it is, but I’ll occasionally post about it nonetheless - I love talking about the stuff I make.)

Pixel art (I've lost track of how long I've been doing it for, but nevertheless I'd like to think I'm at least decent at it.)

Game Development (I have too many ideas and must make them. With Godot, of course.)

Make music (Of the chiptune variety specifically. I got famistudio a while ago and I have no clue what I’m doing. I’ll figure something out though.)

Stuff I Like (in no particular order)

Splatoon Franchise (I'm a series vet, played since the first game's testfire!)

Celeste (One of, if not the best example(s) of video games as an art form. I can and will die on this hill.)

Terraria and Minecraft (I'm a sucker for sandboxes where you can build shit. Granted, I'm mediocre at actually doing so, but what can I say.)

Mindustry (The best game you can play on a phone. And it's on steam + itch. And it has official mod support on all platforms. And it's still receiving content updates. And- Dies)

Ultrakill (Sensory overload: the shooter, but it’s fun so I don’t care.)

Octopath Traveler 2 (I'm Very Normal about Castti. I'm totally not obsessed with her what could you possibly be talking about.)

No Man’s Sky

Noita

Slime Rancher

Cult of the Lamb

Electronic and Chiptune music (I fucking love this stuff and I cannot explain why for the life of me.)

Where to find me (and not find me)

You can find me on bluesky (where I post my art) and youtube (where I rarely post video devlogs and whatever else comes to mind). Relevantly, you will not find me on tiktok or instagram - I choose not to use either of these platforms for a variety of reasons, and I will not expound upon them.

Boundaries

This list is not a DNI. It describes how I will act or respond regarding certain situations or kinds of people, because that’s how boundaries actually work. Also note that this list is here for transparencies sake and is non-exhaustive. I can and will make liberal use of the block button for reasons not listed.

I block TERFs, radfems, and bigots of any other variety on sight. This blog is a trans-friendly space, and I will NOT tolerate bigotry when I see it. This is your first and only warning.

Additionally, fuck JK Rowling. If you interact with JK Rowling's works, you’ll get blocked.

While we’re on the subject, don’t refer to me with traditionally masculine terms (dude, bro, and the like) or he/him pronouns - I don’t care what your reasoning is. If you do it once unintentionally as a force of habit I won’t be particularly aggravated, but repeat occurrences will result in a block.

I don't mess with gacha games (or any others that are microtransaction-heavy for that matter) as I believe them to be predatory and unethical. If you recommend that I (or anyone else) play any gacha game(s) on my posts, you get blocked.

I'm here to have a nice fun time, NOT to have arguments with randos. Try and pick a fight with me, and you’ll get blocked. What constitutes 'picking a fight' will be determined at my discretion. Quote: "I am not interested in discourse. I am right."

If I didn't put something here and/or you want clarification about something, I encourage you to ask, but I request that you respect my decision to not disclose information about myself. To state this more clearly: Do not pressure me to post (or otherwise make public) information about myself. If you do, I WILL block you immediately. This extends to non-personal information of any variety. Who I am offline is none of your business, end of story.

Don’t ask me for donations or to boost a donation post. I understand that finances are tough for a lot of you, but I don’t have the money to spare, nor is this the correct blog to be asking for this kind of assistance from. These requests will be deleted when they are received. I will block you if this occurs more than once.

Last, but certainly not least: If your blog is untitled and/or lacks a profile picture, I will block you if you follow me. You look like a bot in that instance. I shouldn’t have to explain this.

That just about covers everything! I hope you find my little corner on this hellsite at least somewhat enjoyable to pass through. May good fortune find y'all!

[starsinyourpalm]

PINNED POST

hi hi hi I hope I am approachable. i am august, he/him, and I talk about things (in the tags, though there may be an original post here or there). insane about good omens, likes gravity falls a totally normal amount, definitely likes minecraft storymode normally, and if you made something and I liked it is 99.9% likely I’ve shoved it in my very cluttered queue or saved for my reblogging blog. apparently an editor, artist, and poet on top of being a fic writer now?? but the fic writer is the day job. inbox is forever open, though DMs aren't (for the public—mutuals can 100% dm! i reserve the right to be awkward however) I really like writing, reading, reccing, and talking! <3

my ao3

fic masterlist

my one edit series

current wip count: 10 (6 public multi-chapters, 3 unpublished multi-chapters, and 1 one-shot)

tagging system is under the cut!

tagging system

i tag the fandom and maybe the characters for my original posts, though I do go all out for the writing updates. but i also have some unique tags, for the interested...

be heard - personal posts

hath are perceived - answered asks

maniac writing - fic updates/posts + the occasional poem

maniac edits - one of my edits

maniac chicken scratch - my rare art 🔥

maniac art journey - attempt number 669 of learning how to draw, Properly This Time

the guys (with a z!) - talking with the mutuals and happy interactions i have with other people <3

tag game - speaks for itself

ask game - also speaks for itself

dumped on my porch - posts where I’m tagged in (not a tag game)

add it to the bible - resources im saving ✨️

you said queue me (and you did) - queue tag! (for the gravity falls people: s2ep04 of Good Omens, The Hitchhiker)

and if you want to track progress for long-term fics or just know if the post is about them, here they are:

good omens

stars in a jar au - a ‘crowley moves into the bookshop post-s1’ au, but with canon compliant misunderstandings and pain first. a dear of mine ♥️

iceburg adventures - my titanic longfic turned bang fic, where they’re on the titanic and it happens to combine with the 1997 movie. there are, indeed, lesbians.

game over: insert coin? - a bang fic about reincarnation and the concept ‘what if armageddon happened but aziraphale and crowley think they are human’. VERY dear to me!

gravity falls

dimension 18'\ - an au where ford is grievously injured during the fight with bill before ATOTS, and all the snowballing thereafter. currently on part two!

minecraft: story mode

obstacles au - a (future) fic about an au where the blaze rods join the jesse gang post order up!

[stayinglow-exploringworlds]

CreateCraft - A Made Up Server inspired by Hermitcraft and Grian Watcher Au's

I have been working on this idea for a few years now. I have never written anything like this before. I am just winging this and hoping someone likes it, to be honest

This world uses different aspects of Minecraft and ideas based on Grian's and Evo Smp Watchers.

I do not have set plot for this series, but this piece is kind of introducing some of lore to my made up Server. I might make a post explaining the different aspects of lore, but keep in mind that it may not happen or this will not stay cannon. I tend to change things a lot.

I would love some friendly, but informational criticism as well; I want to improve my writing and storytelling capabilities. This story won't be a stellar story, but I want to try to put something out there to get some pointers.

Total Words: 4,118

“Well, young children, what story would you like to hear next?” The soft voice of a dark-haired woman asked, a small group of children sitting around her feet as she sat on a stool that resembled a dark oak log. The children around her giggled excitedly, but none seemed to hear her as they talked among themselves. One child, rather quiet, tried to say something, but the other children drowned her out. 

“Children,” The woman stated, her deep, forest-green eyes gently scanning the room, “ Children, please quiet down.” The children, one by one, slowly went quiet, and the young girl spoke again. 

“Storyteller Lei, could you tell us about the Server War?” She shyly asked. Lei smiled slightly, before getting up. The children around her feet scrambled to move, and Lei walked over to a small, worn bookcase. Lei hummed quietly, thinking about how to approach the topic as she reached up and grabbed a worn book, pulling it from the shelf. A small cloud of dust wisped up from the shelf, and Lei knew she needed to dust the shelves soon,

“The Server War, hmm?” She murmured to herself, flipping through the yellowed, cracked pages in search of the chapter she needed; The faded, black text blurring with the movements. “Well, to understand why it was fought, you need to understand how it began, and the beings behind those very wars,” Lei spoke softly, stopping on the page and running her fingers down the old paper. Her aged hand felt the old, worn texture of the page as she read it, soaking in the information. The children waited quietly, looking up at Lei in awe as they sat on the floor. Lei closed the book, and replaced the book on the shelf, turning to address the silent children in the room.

“Once, a long time ago, the worlds far and wide were inhabited by five distinct races, each living in harmony with each other.” Lei began, crossing the room and sitting back on the log stool. The children crowded around her, a few of the children touching the hem of her dark green dress. Lei smiled softly down at the children; Young, curious eyes looking up at her with rapt attention as she spoke. 

“The first race was the race of the Players and is often considered the largest race. Normal humans and human-like beings could manipulate the world around them, to create tools, and items, and gather needed materials to make structures beyond our imagination. They could mine and build, tame and conquer.” Lei leaned forward slightly, her hands making the motions to match the words she said, “These Players discovered Redstone, used Netherite as armor, and fought beings we, to this day,  don’t fully understand. Every human or human-like being to exist is descended from this race, their legacy thriving as we use their skills to further our survival.” Lei rested her hands on her aged knees, watching as the children looked at her in wonder, some smiling, some confused, but all were invested in the story. 

“Soon, a group of these players discovered the very thing that creates the world.” Lei continued, “And a new race, most often called the Admins, occurred. The Admins are a race that can use the Code, the stuff that makes you and I, to help maintain the worlds that we live in. This allowed Players to travel to different worlds, Admins to create entirely new worlds, and further that communication of various people across thousands of these realms.” 

Lei paused, taking a breath as she watched the children surrounding her. A few children were nodding off, their tired expressions causing a faint chuckle to leave her lips. 

“Some of these Admins, however, had a change in their code from this marvelous discovery.” Lei continued, “They were gifted with unique abilities, each one unique to them alone. These beings created a new, powerful race of the Gods. These Gods very rarely have a new one join their ranks, for one has to be either born or made into a God. It is said that they guard secrets to the elements of the realms. Lady Death, the Blood God, Madam Storyteller, all normal players and admins that were turned into gods to play a role in our world. They help keep the elements in order, allowing us to live.” Lei smiled as some of the children lit up at the few gods she mentioned. Foren, a young boy of 5, particularly lit up at the mention of the Blood God. 

“The emergence of the last two races has stumped many historians for years. No one knows where these two distinct races came from, how old they are, or where they originated from. Some believe they came from ancient times and created the worlds that we live in today. Others believe that these races were Admins that attempted to become gods, but instead were turned into these beings.” Lei paused, taking a breath. She stayed quiet for a moment, thinking about how to describe these beings to the young children. 

“The fourth race to emerge is a race simply known as the Watchers. They were mysterious beings, masks or small, purple wings hid the entirety of their faces, markings that covered their skin, and big, purple wings the rest on their back, some only had one pair, and others had more. They wore robes of white or purple and tended to keep to themselves. They watched with invisible eyes; one watcher could view thousands of worlds and know exactly what was happening. They observed, and at one time, protected those different worlds.” Lei's voice faltered for a moment, her small feeling of dread catching her off guard. 

“However, these Watchers were not always the kindest. Even though the Gods are well known to be mischievous, cruel, and vengeful, the Watchers could be worse when angered. Their magic was powerful, and they could wipe out entire servers with a flick of their hand. Everyone feared them.” Lei's voice cut out, a painful memory briefly passing through her head. The children looked up at her, concern on some of their faces. Lei swallowed, fighting down the feeling of dread and fear as it grew heavier in her chest. 

“ The fifth race,” She continued, moving past the topic of the Watchers, “Was known as the Listeners. This race was elusive, hiding in the shadows or among the players to listen for anything they deemed important. Their ears were long, and it said they could hear the thoughts of anyone close to them. The bodies were thin, but not lanky, and had tails that allowed them to balance on the smallest things. They were the spies, keeping an eye on the well-being of the worlds and relaying the information to the other races.” 

Lei noticed, out of the corner of her eye, a small movement from the corner of the room. She frowned slightly, realizing that there was someone, or something, listening in on the story from the shadows. 

“Miss Lei?” Foren piped, raising his hand slightly. 

“Yes, Foren?” 

“Why did the war start? I don’t mind learning about - about the different races but Sonya asked a-a-about the war.” Foren spoke, a faint stutter coming up in his speech. The other children nodded as well, looking up at Lei with faint confusion in their eyes. Lei smiled gently at the children. 

“I was getting to that, Foren.” Lei replied, “Some events that happened cannot be explained without explaining those that were involved. You may get confused if you do not know what they are.” 

Foren nodded, and Sonya, the girl who had asked the war, wove her way through the crowd of children and sat down next the Lei on the floor, grabbing a small part of her dress as she looked up at Lei. 

“The start of the war was unprecedented, but it wasn’t necessarily unexpected. The Watchers, a rather strict race, had experienced a rebellion with a small number of watchers who craved power over all races. This rebellion was promptly named the Hunters, a cruel part of this race that swore to completely control every race and rule the realms. The Listeners, ever silent about their affairs, were often falling victim to the Hunters, as well as any Watcher that opposed them.” Lei's voice faltered again, another memory flashing in her mind. She swallowed again, shaking her head slightly to remove the gruesome images from her head. “ The Admins and the Players stopped their conflicts to bring a neutral balance within the strife of the Watchers. However, this resulted in the discovery of the conversion of a Player to a Watcher, which only further the destruction the Hunters were causing.” 

“ The Gods, however, could not stop this from happening. A strong, young, but cruel god had slowly started to build a following to overthrow Lady Death, who at one time ruled the gods. And unfortunately, he did. ” Lei suddenly paused, her eyebrows furrowing as the rest of the story faded from her mind suddenly. Lei got up, confusion mixing with the growing feeling of dread. She stood up, the children moving out of Lei’s way as she returned to the shelf, grabbing the worn book and flipping back to the page, her eyebrows furrowing as she read the page quickly.

“Why you stop?” A young girl asked, watching Lei read the old, worn pages again. 

Lei smiled as she turned the page and found what she was looking for, “My memory of this event is hazy. I have always struggled with this story, too many events in a few years of war. Keeping track is…difficult.” She replied, her voice growing quiet as she closed the book, turning gently to address the children. 

“B-but Storyteller Lei, you never forget stories!” Another child cried out, causing Lei to chuckle. 

“Memory is a fickle thing, and not perfect. Even I struggle to remember things from time to time,” She simply replied, slowly returning to the log, the children moving as she passed. She sat down gently, the old book sitting in her lap.

“The new ruler of the gods began to abuse his power and turned many players into gods as a way to control them. One example of this is the story of the Storyteller.” Lei went quiet as the children started to whisper among themselves, some asking questions about who the Storyteller was, others wanting to know the tale. Lei hushed the children, bringing their attention back to her.

“The start of the war,” Lei started again, “began during a meeting with the leaders of each race. The meeting was designed to try a fix the growing issues in their race and between each other. Two leaders of each race showed up to the meeting. Naril and Madril, twins of the first Admins, represented the Admin race. Lord Matthew and Lady Athren represented the Player race. Watchers Azalia and Mondial represented their kind and Listeners Morrowin and Leia’nan arrived with whispers from the Void. The ones that represent God were Vamine and Lady Death herself.”

  “The meeting was going well until the Watcher that led the Hunters, Xian, killed the Azalia and Mondial, sending the rest into panic as they slaughtered as many of the leaders as they could. The Admin leaders, Narail and Madril, were killed in their attempt to stop the rouge watcher, and  Athren lost their life when trying to escape. The leader of the Gods, Lady Death, tried to stop the rouge watcher but had failed, Vamine protected Lady Death as they escaped with Lord Matthew. The Listener Morrowin managed to tear one of Xian’s wings before being 

extremely injured, Leia’nan grabbing Morrowin in time to get two of them out”. Lei grew silent, the atmosphere around her growing heavy with the children’s horrified silence. 

Lei swallowed, a long-buried memory surging in her mind, catching her off guard. Her aged hands curled around the spine of the book, the memory playing out in clear detail.

“The actions of this watcher,” A new voice began, turning the attention to the newcomer, “Caused a long, bloody war that resulted in the Hunters taking complete control of the Watchers. The Listeners were forced to go into hiding in the shadows, moving closer the the Void to avoid detection. The gods experienced the rise of a tyrant, and the Admins and Players allied themselves to find a way to defeat the Hunters.”

The children got up, rushing to the newcomer and tugging her dark purple robes, all shouting in excitement. One child jumped up and accidentally tugged at the newcomer's long, auburn hair, resulting in a pained hiss coming out of her mouth as she gently pried her hair out of the children's hand. 

“Headmistress Ranwin.” Lei greeted with a smile, a relieved feeling spreading through her body, before getting up and ushering some of the children off of Ranwin. 

“Headmistress, you know about the Server War too?” Foren asked, staring up at Ranwin with wide, curious eyes. 

Ranwin nodded, a faint smile graced her lips. “Of course. The Server War is something we all learn about at some point in our lives. Though I am curious,” Ranwin looked up at Lei, who had moved back to the bookshelf, gently replacing the old, worn book on the shelf.  ”Why were you talking about this topic to the children?”

Sonya raised her hand shyly, her eyes downcasted towards the soft green carpet. 

“Yes, Sonya?” Ranwin asked gently, crouching down to be level with the children, her deep purple robes fanning out with the motion. 

“I asked if she could… tell us about the Server War…” Sonya quietly stated. 

Ranwin sighed, letting out a soft chuckle. Lei smiled gently at the scene, quietly moving over to the group gathered around Ranwin. 

 Ranwin smiled slightly, her hands resting on her knees.  “I came to let you know that there a cookies waiting for you in the cafeteria.” 

The children rushed out of the room immediately, giggling and shouting as they went down the hall. The sound of pattering feet filled the hall but receded as the children went down the hallway. Ranwin stood back up, a soft smile on her face as she watched the children leave. 

Lei went to follow the children but was stopped by Ranwin when her hand gently grabbed Lei’s forearm, her touch gentle but tentative.

“I need to speak with you,” Ranwin stated, before moving past Lei and walking into the

room. Lei sighed, moving to close the door. Lei’s hand gently gripped the old wood, closing the door with a soft thud. Thoughts swirled in her head, her thoughts drifting to what Ranwin would say as made her way to a dark-oak desk by a window, her footfalls making soft thuds. 

“Something bothering you, my Friend?’ Lei asked gently, watching as  Ranwin sat down across from her. Lei noticed the worry swirling in Ranwin's emerald green eyes. And Lei couldn’t help but think that something was wrong. 

“I have heard from the Committee, Lei,” Ranwin stated softly, and Lei watched as Ranwin’s eyes moved down, staring at the top of the desk. 

Lei frowned, worry present on her face as her lips pulled into a slight frown. “The Committee has spoken? What did they say?” Lei asked softly. 

Ranwin looked up at Lei, “They are proceeding to remove me as Headmistress due to the evidence from Mrs. Sanith and Ms. Litli.” Ranwin replied. 

Lei hissed, anger presenting itself on her face. “You can’t be serious.” Lei spoke, anger lacing her tone, “That evidence was declared falsified and tampered with in the last trial.” 

“They looked back at the evidence after Judge Lolen was replaced by Judge Forenli. Judge Forenli is siding with Mrs. Sanith and Ms. Litli.” Ranwin responded, her voice taking a professional edge. 

“Judge Forenli? That is who they replaced Judge Lolen with despite knowing that he would side with Mrs. Sanith and Ms. Litli?” Lei questioned, her lips turning into a thin line with each word that left her mouth. 

“Unfortunately so,” Ranwin replied. 

The room fell into a tense quiet. Lei's thoughts ran through her head, panic and worry mixing as she thought through the possibilities of what could happen to Ranwin now that the motion was set into place. 

“Who is replacing you?” Lei asked quietly, a twinge of fear seeping into her voice.  

“Lady Histome,” Ranwin replies dryly. 

Lei's eyes narrowed as disbelief flashed across her face. “Lady Tiana Histome?” Lei exclaimed, “The same person that nearly got half of the school killed?” 

Ranwin nodded in response, her face grim. Lei stood up, slamming her hands on her desk in sheer anger. Her breathing was coming out in short heaves, as her hands curled on top of the desk. Ranwin had leaned away the best she could in the chair, her eyes blown wide. 

“Tell me your lying. Please.” Lei quietly stated. 

Ranwin shook her head, unable to form any words. Lei let out a strained breath at her response, her anger settling in her chest as stood there, her hand balled into fists on top of her desk. 

“Lei, there is nothing I can do,” Ranwin said gently, tentatively. “I will leave as soon as Hitome is in charge.” 

“And where will you go? You know damn well that the Watchers and the Gods are after you.” Lei snapped, standing tall and crossing her arms as she spoke. Ranwin went to speak, only to hesitate, her eyes drifting down onto the top of the dark oak desk. 

“Ranwin, where are you going?” Lei asked, dread building in her chest

“I was invited, a few months ago, to a server called ‘CreateCraft’ by its admin,” Ranwin answered. “Mele had stated that I was welcome to join anytime.” 

“Create Craft? Lead by the Ex-Watcher Mele?” Lei exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock. “Ranwin, you can’t be serious.” 

“I am,” Ranwin responded, “Mele has created this server as a safe haven for those affected by that… twisted group of Watchers. If she can hid, surely -” 

Lei cut her off, her voice filled with concern and contempt. “No. You can’t, Ranwin. You are being hunted down by several of the gods and the damn watchers. Even if Mele is not under the control of the Watchers currently, it is only a matter of time before she succumbs to their influence.” Lei stated, “ That puts you, and everyone else on that server, in absolute danger.” 

  Ranwin frowned, a flicker of hesitance appearing in her eyes. “Lei, I understand your concerns,” Ranwin started softly, “However, I cannot remain here if I am evicted. Yes, if Mele returns the way of the Watchers, then everyone on the server is screwed. However, CreateCraft may be the only place that can hide me from the others.” 

Lei eyes bore into Ranwin, her eyes filled with simmering anger at Ranwin words. “You can’t be serious, Ran.” She comments, her arms crossing in front of her. “I am sure that we can find you a place here, it is to risky for you to travel that far. I bet I could -” 

“No, Lei’nan.” Ranwin replied, her voice firm as her green eyes looked at Lei’s dark green eyes. “I need to leave this place. As much as it has protected me, the wards are weakening. It will not be safe here for much longer.” 

“Ran…” Lei sighed in exasperation, her voice laced with concern. 

“Lei. I know you are concerned.” Ran stated gently, “However, you and I know that I can evade the Hunters and the Watchers.” 

“It is not just that, Ran. It is your magic that has me concerned.” Lei stated, the weight that was building in chest releasing as she finally stated what was bugging he.. “Your magic is strong enough that you even touch a Thread, it will alert them of your presence.” Worry seeped into Lei’s tone, her body stiffening as she catches another moment in the corner of her eye. 

“On top of that, you know the Listeners are everywhere.” Lei continued, watching as Ran stiffened as well, though she knew that it was not because Ran saw the movement. 

“In truth, I would rather deal with the Listeners then the Gods or Watchers.” Ran stated, her tone boarding harsh in her reply. 

“Still, The Listeners could be on their side, Ran. Going beyond the wards is a huge risk. I am sure we can find a to stren-” Lei was caught off with Ran suddenly standing from her seat, her tall frame towering over Lei, her bright green eyes glaring down at her. 

The room settled into a tense quiet, the only sound was the soft tick of the clock above the door. Lei stared at Ran, her lips in a thin line. Concern and worry bubbled in her stomach, many unreadable thoughts filling Lei’s head as she watched Ran turn from her and quickly left the room. 

The door remained open, the old blue walls of the hallway present as the door swayed with a invisible wind. Lei slumped back into her chair, a sigh of frustration leaving her throat as she hand rubbed her forehead. Lei was struggling to comprehend what had just happened, the idea of Ran leaving the server concerning her. 

Lei stood to go close the door when a thin, black tail shut it for her, a figure coming out of the shadow. The figure towered over her, his black hair poofy, his bangs just barely above his blue eyes. His elongated ears twitch, picking up sounds that Lei’s own ears can’t pick up. His pale skin stood out from the dark blue, leather jacket he wore, a black shirt peeking out of the bottom. 

Her black jeans seemed to blend in with the shadows as his thin tail swished behind him, her bare feet standing on the plush carpet. 

“Lei’nan.” The listener greeted softly, his eyes reflecting worry.

“Morrowin.” Lei replied stiffly, her eyes narrowing. “Why are you here?”

“I bring warning from the Leader.” Morrowin stated, his ears twitching with worry. Lei let out an exasperated sigh, rubbing the bridge of her nose. 

“Morrowin, tell your leader that Ranwin has made up her mind.” Lei stated coldly, turning her back and returning to her dark oak desk, her hands placed on the top on it as she muttered under her breath. 

Lei’s anger was still present, the feeling settling in her veins. Her arms and hands were trembling, the cool feeling of the desk not helping in the slightest to calm her down. Lei did not want to deal with Morrowin, not after the conversation she had with Ranwin. 

“It is not that, Lei’nan. We both know that she would leave. It is more about her choice in leaving.” Morrowin spoke softly, his voice drifting on a invisible breeze. “The Void spoke to the leader, warning that Ranwin’s decision will cause a series of events that cannot be changed.” 

Lei’nan’s blood went cold, her fingers gripping the edge of her desk. “What do you mean.” She stated harshly, her head turning to the side.

Lei could hear Morrowin swallow. “Ranwin’s decision will reawaken her powers, Lei’nan. The hunters and Watchers will tear apart server after server to find her and bring her back to Him.” Morrowin said softly, worry growing in his tone. 

Lei let out a growl, whirling around to stare up at Morrowin. Anger flooded her body, her teeth barred at the Listener before her. “You speak of the Void that wants to watch the world burn, Morrowin. Your leader can be informed that whatever the Void says should not always be believed.” 

“The Void does not lie, Lei’nan. You know that better then anyone.” Morrowin replied coldly. His eyes narrowed at Lei as he spoke, his tail stilling in its movements. 

Lei stared at Morrowin coldly. “It does lie, Morrowin. I know it does.” Lei replied coldly, a faint growl lacing her voice. 

Morrowin simply stared down at her, before slinking into the shadows, vanishing from sight. 

Lei simply stood in the in middle of the room, glaring at the spot the listener was standing. Thousands of thoughts filled her head, a feeling of dread settling in her chest as she took a deep breath. 

Lei though about what Morrowin had stated, her hand pressing against her chest as his words tumbled through her mind. If Ranwin powers do awaken with her departure, and if the Void is speaking the truth, then the Servers across the entirety of the universe is at risk. 

The worst was is the Lei could not, can not, stop it from happening. 

[greatandholypangolin]

can I politely and respectfully disagree? I’m not really excited to have a long winding argument, but I want to add my own points here (important note- I’m not American but I am very aggrieved about the election and scared for the future. We’re on the same side here)

His original post. Personally, I don’t really read it as insensitive. The whole message screams shock and nervous laughter as a coping mechanism. He sounds actually upset about the election, but he’s trying to keep it lighthearted and surface level because - and this is something that took me a second to come to terms with - he has no obligation to make a political post. He’s a pg minecraft content creator. Hell, even the post he made is something that other hermits haven’t done. Because they aren’t political creators. And honestly, the “lol” kinda feels like it wanted to be a “wtf”, but that may just be my interpretation.

His next series is tweets was him taking a second to be political, and in them he aired his grievances with the election, which was genuinely him being upset with how easily the world can be swayed by an evil person, and reminding people to stay educated. I see no issue with that. Some important context is that he’s German, so his way of speaking is likely more blunt and rude-sounding when he’s neutral. That’s a language barrier and cultural differences thing, and it’s quite important to remember as you read through the conversation. Then in his top comment, he shuts down the political conversation, making it clear that he doesn’t want a political discussion and he just wants to do minecraft things, because he’s a minecraft YouTubers (WHICH HE IS WELL WITHIN HIS RIGHT TO DO). He says this in a lighthearted slapping-the-knees-and-standing-up way, because he wants to return the tone of the conversation back to his normal content about being fluffy or whatever he does on Twitter. It’s a cleansing, resetting statement, in a way. I also don’t find this insensitive. Yes, the election is very upsetting and dangerous, but he doesn’t want those emotions and heavy conversations on his Minecraft content channel, which is valid. It’s his content. He doesn’t need to talk about the scary things. In fact, for many people, this kind of content is good to get away from the scary stuff.

For his last tweet, to be totally honest, I’d also be shocked and confused if I sent what I believed to be a totally harmless tweet and a lot of people (who are already emotionally charged because of the election) said I was an awful, insensitive human and wished bad things on my child (real tweet). Again, remember the language and cultural barrier. Maybe he could have spent ages crafting the perfect apology, but he doesn’t think he needs to apologise for a harmless word, and frankly I don’t either (also lol can mean slightly different things in different countries, I use it to convey shock all the time, or in place of things like “what”).

I’m going to be honest, I might sound like a bitch for saying this, but I think a lot of people entered the conversation with doc already angry and upset about the election, and they almost wanted an argument with something tangible. Hate breeds hate or whatever the Star Wars guy said. And you’re valid for being upset, but if you look at his messages pragmatically, they’re not all that bad. Love you all, and I’m sending the atheist equivalent of prayers to everyone in America right now

Why the Doc hate? I don't watch him I'm just curious

I’ve been on twt ranting about this for like three hours and I’m tired but here’s the rundown

Doc made this tasteless post earlier today in regards to the U.S. election results

And then be followed it up with this series of tweets. Which I generally find distasteful. (Read bottom to top)

He said that he “Can’t be bothered by politics” when this is about more than that. This is about the literal rights and health of women, children, and all minorities being removed because of conservative America.

Than he basically did what he always does and cried to his community saying people are screaming at him because he wrote “lol” in the first image. When clearly that’s not the big issue people are having.

I haven’t seen anything past this tweet tbh so I don’t know if he’s said anything else and I’ve had lots of thoughts about this so sorry if it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

And, honestly, I may be taking this out of hand but I’m so tired of him trying to put his foot into conversations that don’t need his input. He did it with Palestine and blocked so many people over it and I won’t be surprised if he does it over this too. His privilege is showing and it’s disgusting :/

[grannycharles]

Hi, so ive seen you post about this minceraft roleplay thingy (?) (I actually have no idea if it is soley that there was some talk about acting being good in the last video and it confused me even more) and was wondering what the hell is the plot? Like what is it about? Ive skimmed some posts and they are always very wild and now the curiosity got the better of me. Also I think it ended? At least some posts sounded like it did ^^;

So take this as your free pass to rant about it and tell someone who has no idea what the whole thing is about :3

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

oooooooooh hehehehehehe you are enabling the demons >:)

i assume you mean generation loss, because that's basically been all i've been reblogging the last few days.

it is not minecraft roleplay (but i can see where the confusion is coming from bc the creator, ranboo was first known for his mcrp on the dream smp)

generation loss is a livestreamed horror series created by twitch streamer ranboo "ranboolive" the beloved. they're really cool, funny as fuck and stream a lot of different indie horror and story games! (and minecraft, when it's time for him to lose another mincraft championship lmao. L)

anyway, the first part of genloss aired in three shows last week: on wednesday, friday and sunday. really messed up my sleep schedule due to time zones, but oh god it was worth it. of course the vods would've waited for me, but there was ✨audience participation✨ during the streams and i was not going to miss that. and also ranboo had been talking about this project and hyping it up for almost 2 years. so yeah.

and holy shit they delivered. tbf i was really perplexed when it started out all sillygoofy, but the slow descent into horror, the realization of what was truly going on, hit like a ton of bricks. that tone shift was pulled off So well omg.

the plot / premise / whatever is as follows: (fictional) media corporation showfall media is premiering a new type of liveshow with audience participation! there is a Hero, who the audience has to guide through different rooms and puzzles that pay hommage to old point-and-click escape room games and the saw movies among other things. and it is hilarious! however, something seems to be wrong with the transmission, it glitches out at times and the characters act strange. the fourth wall seems more fragile with each passing minute of the show.

ranboo and their crew made a really cool meta commentary on what it is like to be a "content creator" (god i hate that word sm). if you share your life online, where exatly is the line between "show" and "reality"? are your decisions really your own? what happens to you when the show ends?

he got quite a few of his fellow streamers and friends to star on the show, and even though i'm only tangentially familiar w most of them, the points genloss was making came across. everything that "ruined the immersion" was very much intentional. like, ranboo was 16/17ish when they started on yt and twitch, and they're 19 now. that is BONKERS to me. i'm so fucking proud of this guy, he made a really cool, impactful thing and i hope there'll be more of this series.

okay i rambled a Lot. hopefully that clears up some stuff! if you want to watch the show, the vods of all three shows are available on twitch.tv/ranboolive and also on yt on the ranboovods channel. it's about 6 hours total :D triggerwarnings include gore, unreality, probably some more i cant remember right now, just a lot of psychological horror fuckery.

and if you want me to ramble more, feel free to poke me again! because god do i have Thoughts tm about genloss. and yeah the entirety of episode 3 left me shook and rewatching the beginning with the knowledge you gain makes it so much worse :) in conclusion i am Very Normal about this thanks for enabling me

[lillesfavouritecubes]

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Hi I’m Lille, welcome to this mess of a minecraft/mcyt sideblog!

Pronouns are they/any, I am a whole ass adult, and my brain has not shut up about these silly blockpeople in about 6 months so I finally gave in and made a sideblog to interact with the fandom.

I mostly watch Hermitcraft, Empires and the Traffic Life series/creators from those smps in other things, so if you want to be totally normal about those blockpeople with me, feel free to say hi! I do not bite, but I am bad at responding to things.

What else do people put into these posts?

Main: @lilleputtu, where there is sims stuff mostly, but other stuff also. And where I follow/like/reply/ask from, so ya know, that be me.

Oh I also stream, not minecraft more variety type stuff, but idk, if you wanna check it out thats over here.

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