#I just maybe want to play on a smp or something get to know people

[kkisadorabubble]

I want to play on Minecraft servers and make new friends but I suck at pvp bro 😭

[ghostly-omens]

Anyway Quackity was one of the people on DSMP who was most involved in and invested in lore. Las Nevadas and the Butcher Army and the Red Banquet and everything with L'Manberg. He clearly loved telling the story he wanted to tell and playing on a roleplay server.

But a lot of creators have pointed out that the most fun they had on the server was when they were doing improv, when they were reacting to things that happened and building the story naturally that way. When things got scripted, when creators had to come up with and write and execute their lore basically on their own, when it stopped being playing and started being acting, that's when you got players disengaging and losing interest and motivation. By the end, literally every bit of lore was scripted. Most of it was prerecorded just so it could end up telling a complete story, instead of starting a dozen plot threads that had to be abandoned when the other people involved didn't answer your DMs or the big lore day that was meant to move the whole server's story along didn't happen. The last big, whole-server lore event only happened because Technoblade was dying. Communication was so bad that was the only thing that could get everyone to get organised enough for a single day of lore, a story event that had been set up for months.

And so when Quackity comes up with his own server, he wants it to have a strong roleplay element (if that's what the other creators involved end up wanting). Quackity loved his roleplaying on DSMP. But he wants it to be fun for the creators as well as for the fans, and the way lore was fun on DSMP was for it to be improv, not for it to be creators acting out a script. But things got scripted because once they set up a story, it had to escalate in a specific way in order for it to be narratively satisfying, which made it less fun. A single arc is fine, but things just won't work for more than that without at least a loose script. By the end DSMP wasn't roleplay, it was acting. Some creators managed to tell satisfying stories, but it wasn't the same as when it was a bunch of friends messing around doing Hamilton Breaking Bad improv because it was fun. The DSMP, for a good chunk of its life, was not fun to play on. So people didn't.

But how do you set up satisfying, coherent stories over a long period of time while also maintaining the fun roleplay element? Someone needs to guide them and develop them, but it can't be the creators on a server if you're going to keep the fun roleplay element.

Hence the admins, and their role not just maintaining the server, but in developing and guiding the story. Their role is basically a GM, in tabletop roleplaying terms, and the creators get to be player characters roleplaying in reaction to that. Creators don't know much more than we do; how many times have creators said they don't get told shit, have they been told to log on and been faced with huge big developments they didn't see coming and have to figure out how to roleplay that? QSMP works kind of like Dungeons and Dragons but in Minecraft. Keeps the story consistent and escalating, without the need for creators to sacrifice their own enjoyment of their content.

I don't know how stuff like Karmaland works, maybe Quackity got it from there. But as a former Dream SMP fan, I see Quackity taking the best part of DSMP and finding a way to make it work for something a lot more sustainable and ambitious, keeping it fun and enjoyable for both fans and creators.

[griancraft]

Hi guys, this is sort of my official "please, for the love of god, listen to Skyjacks with me” post because I’m losing my mind and all the content I can find is from the latest stuff right now, and I don’t want to spoil myself. I want to be able to talk about this with people!!!! I will make a watch (listen) party discord if there is enough interest. Just give it a chance; you won’t regret it. Also, some information may be wrong or outdated. I’m on episode 11 out of over 200.

Skyjacks is a ttrpg podcast about sky pirates in a world where there was a catastrophe about 200 years ago that left the sea unsafe to sail and maybe even damaged the entire world to the point where civilization is scattered and in small groups. There is very casual queer rep, and it’s casual to the point where it really just fits into the world perfectly.

A brief summary of the premise of the first episode will hopefully get you hooked. I’m really bad at summaries, but I promise it’s a billion times better than how I talked about it here:

Captain Orimar Vale is dead, and a mutiny will be on Gable, Jonnit, Travis, and Dref’s hands if they are unable to keep up the ruse of him being alive. To do this, necromancy (deeply forbidden magic) is performed by the Dref, the ship's doctor, to turn him into a semi-functional zombie. Captain Orimar is famous for his abilities as a captain; to replicate this will take great skill.

As they run out of supplies, they make a desperate decision: port on the land of one of Orimar’s scorned lovers or deal with the growing uneasiness of the rest of the crew. They haven’t seen their captain healthy in months, and whispers about his health are starting. However, greater danger will await them when they take to the skies again, lurking just beyond the clouds…

And more propaganda as to why I think you guys will like it:

There are unique and interesting gameplay mechanics they use to tell a really cool story, and if you like Hermitcraft or any other sorta storytelling-based SMP, I promise you’ll like it. Like. If you liked Boatem from Hermitcraft 8, you’ll love the characters in Skyjacks. The players are exceptionally good at playing their characters, their humour is unmatched by anything similar I’ve had the pleasure of seeing, and the story is prioritized, which I think is an amazing choice.

Best part? It’s still ongoing after, like, 5 years. Some people have left, but a good chunk of the OG cast has stayed. Not that leaving is bad, because holy crap, 5 years is a long time, and stories have to end at some point! It’s a good way of getting into something and knowing there is still a shit ton of content to be explored.

The music is good. The story is good. The characters and humour are amazing. The lore of the world is sprinkled throughout, and as you learn more about the world, the more excited you get. It’s incredible so far, and if you decide to listen to it, I will actually love you forever and ever. My boyfriend is on episode 190, and he finds it so funny every time I go. Oh my god, this is so cool.

Link to the podcast, but in a playlist (up to 180). So it’s in order and easy to find, since it’s a part of something else from the oneshot network:

[jestiamy]

in a similar vein I think I need. to stop planning stuff out that most likely won't happen

I need better impulse control. like as an individual I think.

[hermitcraftx]

I agree with your post about hermit fans in regard to things being very popular. I’ve seen more people being angry and annoyed about scarian in the last six months than people celebrating it. Not tagging shipping is shit but it’s better than harassing people. I don’t know what was put in the water but something changed drastically and I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s seen it.

IT'S FUCKING INSANE! This fandom used to be so positive and welcoming and overall way more pleasant than some... other MCYT fandoms, but now??? I can't log on without seeing untagged negative interpretations in the main tags, can't express an opinion without getting anons calling me heterosexual sympathizers and hoping that I die, everyone has turned their back on everything that used to make this fandom really... fun? Like, I don't tag ON MY BLOG, but usually I don't maintag my shipping posts, and if I do, I tag the ship name so people can filter it.... I don't maintag duo names. What the fuck happened to make everyone so- miserable. Anons are probably going to be permanently off for me, too many people comfortable with their opinions and not comfortable with mine and desperately needing to tell me that.

And like- look. I get not liking interpretations. Personally I'm not a fan of the Double Life cheating arc because of how abusive and out of character people made Grian be, and I had to avoid ao3 for a bit because of that and filter the fucking tags. Same thing with found family dynamics. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it "overrated and popular" and just because you don't like something doesn't make it immoral or unethical either!!! People have to make everything a moral standpoint nowadays and it's really exhausting-

But that's a tirade. All over all the confessions blogs there's "scarian is overrated" despite Grian having nearly 10mil subscribers and most of them being on YouTube and considering all the hermits friends or family truthing them. Yes, there is more shipping than before- that's because Hermitcraft season 8 made it very obvious that the people on the SMP and the people IRL are very different, and it's no longer considered RPF. None of the real hermits died via moon explosion, ZombieCleo often says she's doing "lore", they make different skins, even GRIAN acknowledges that he's acting and playing a part with the permit office. Despite all that, there's STILL wars on shipping and people insisting that we're shipping real people, I fought this war on the DSMP side of things and it's SO TIRING.

DND podcast listeners, do you ship the people playing the characters? NO!!!!! Unless you do, in which case, have fun with that. I don't really care about RPF and I filtered the tags for it a long time ago, so maybe they do do that.

Every other day I see "Third life is overrated" "Last life is overrated" (LAST LIFE IS OFTEN THE LEAST FAVORITE SEASON I SEE PEOPLE SAY!), "the life series is overrated" "the cactus ring is fucking stupid" "they left the desert but we didn't" "no, THIS interpretation of scarian is bad and wrong" and like... guys. Guys. Fandom is supposed to be fun. It is not supposed to be a full time job. It is not supposed to be moral or ethical and you shouldn't feel the need to police shit. Jesus Christ, every other month there's a new fad that tumblr users flock to and once it's over everyone goes "EWWW THAT WAS LAME AND OVERRATED AND I NEVER LIKED IT ANYWAY" like.... I promise you cannibalism as an allegory for love is not mainstream you are just on Tumblr.

Like Good God. If it's so bad here go to Twitter. I'm sick of all the complaining and misery and hatred and I miss when things were fun- people are so scared of being cliche that they don't want to write things that they enjoy. Where are the coffee shop aus???? Where are the fun silly things??? Where are the 100k grimdark fics with worldbuilding??? Wheres the 500k fics that aren't even about the same characters anymore but that we love just the same??? Where are the forums and people talking to each other in comments and meeting each other that way??? Where are the roleplay servers?????? What are you all doing??????

People are scared of being judged. They want to do what everyone else is doing. They don't want to be cringe or cliche and every day I see a "cringe culture is dead" post and then someone making fun of another part of fandom, an antithesis to their previous statement. They don't want to be late to things, either. Who cares if Last Life was a couple years ago? Draw the fanart anyway!

I'm scared. Maybe I'm just old, but every post I see I notice that I get maybe a 10th in reblogs of what I do in likes, and I don't even post my art or fics to this site. Every post is like that. More and more people only like posts and they die, unseen, by everyone. More and more people misuse archive of our own's functions, treating it like it has some algorithm, when it doesn't, and it never has and hopefully never will. I see fic reuploads to "gain traction" (not how it works) and people reaching out to find RP partners (breaking TOS) and all sorts of other shit on both sites and it fucking horrifies me. I'm not even that old- I'm eighteen, and I can already tell how fandom has changed for the worst for everyone. Fandom used to be a community. Not consumption.

It's just... sad. Old fandom had PLENTY of fucking problems, and we have problems here too, but at least the positives outweighed the negatives. It's so... mean here, now. Even the happy things are mean-spirited. People treat it as if certain people have invaded this fandom space, spreading horrible opinions and ruining it for everyone, but the truth is is that shipping is always going to be a thing. It's a foundation of fandom- fandom started with housewives in the 1950s writing Star Trek fanfiction. You can never get rid of shipping. You can just interact with what you want to interact with and leave others to mind their own business.

[tedcicle]

Official Palcove Propaganda Post

[ID: Text with a fire effect that says "WATCH PALCOVE NOW" in red capital letters. /.End ID.] Now you may be asking... Who?

Palcove is both the name of the iconic duo of Ted Nivison (of Rainforest Cafe/Margaritaville/400mg edible fame) and Charlie Slimecicle (professional gay sex roleplayer, at least that's what he should be known for) and the area they lived in during their brief time on EpicSMP (a modded SMP created by, uh... *cough* Matt SuperMega *cough*. You can hazard a guess as to why this SMP didn’t really take off.)

Okay, why should I care?

I shan't lie and say EpicSMP is like, crazy good, or a hidden gem, or YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS — really, it's basically TekkitLive but there's way more people on it. It's a largely forgotten SMP, overshadowed by more popular and successful SMPs that happened before or around it. (OriginsSMP, for example.) There's a bunch of interesting duos trying to start their own businesses, and while nothing happened happened, at the end everybody died, which is interesting to think about. (Actually, wait... yeah, it’s just like TekkitLive.) But it was fun. There were some good bits, some light roleplay, and enough seedlings of a plotline to get an average viewer Andy like me invested in. There was some kind of season 2, but it never took off. I'm sure MCYT fans are accustomed to the disappointment of non-existent fandoms, unfinished stories, or lacking narratives by now (Shadow of Israphel was my first heartbreak, but maybe yours was something else). Another one wouldn’t hurt, right? Why Palcove specifically? Well, as a former SMPLiver— (I am escorted off the stage to a chorus of boos) I just really like Ted and Charlie's dynamic. They’re the perfect comedy duo. Charlie works best when he has someone to bounce bits off of, and Ted knows exactly how to pick up what Charlie is putting down and elevate it to the next level. (The adverb and adjective bit in the first VOD had me DYING.) Story-wise, Charlie had a satisfying character arc. He’s a pivotal character and I liked how he plays off of Schlatt and Swagger, too. Not to mention, this is the last time Ted has uploaded or streamed any Minecraft content... I miss him, chat. Also, it makes me happy. Isn't that enough?

Well, okay, you got me interested. How do I watch?

I'm glad you asked (even if you wouldn't fucking say that, I don't care). Firstly, a primer. Sometimes we start a new thing, but it ends up not being to our liking, and that's fine. Maybe you want to walk around and see how it fits before you commit. That's fine! All I ask for is 14 minutes of your time. That's like, 4 songs.

This video is the first day edited down into a nice, palatable, taste-tester, courtesy of unknown energy on YouTube. It's so nice and cozy and comfy, it's the equivalent of a mug of hot chocolate curled up in an armchair with a warm blanket wrapped around you. As for continuing, I highly recommend starting with Charlie's POV. It's probably who you're most familiar with, and he bothered to edit down his streams (even if the videos are like, an hour long). If you like listening to men argue and make the unfunniest jokes imaginable, then definitely try the full VODs. All of these have been archived by the channel EpicSMPVods.

Charlie's POV Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 VODS Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | End of S1* Ted's POV Episode 1 (Yes, he really only did one episode) VODS Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

*This VOD is Swagger's POV, as Charlie didn't upload the finale at all, and the VOD of it either doesn’t exist or wasn’t archived. The relevant Charlie section starts around 15 minutes in.

And if you want more of the story, well, Swagger has one of the most comprehensive EpicSMP POVs.

Final Thoughts

Like many other “stream only” SMPs, a lot of content regarding them simply gets lost and forgotten. There's plenty of reasons why EpicSMP wasn't very successful (in-depth analysis post pending). I’m just glad that not only did Palcove exist, but it's archived. It just so happened to survive against surmountable odds and even have what I consider a satisfying narrative ending (in-depth analysis post pending). And I’m insane about it. And everyone else should be, too.

[ID: Text with a fire effect "WATCH PALCOVE NOW" in red capital letters. /.End ID.]

[tricerotopicpt2]

Alright guys the fable smp pokemon au brainrot is back and full swing because ocie was posting about it so here's a couple of thoughts based on that (warning this post is a bit long 😅)

Ok ok, so it terms of what pokemon people would have and how they got them, here's the thoughts

I think icarus' partner pokemon would be an archeops they got from their dad. Something about the overworld foundation doing some kind of research with ancient pokemon and fable giving his kid one seems right. They'd also probably have a pom-pom style oricorio and a decidueye (something about a ghost type archer pokemon that bird shaped feels right). They'd absolutely have almost exclusively flying types. Charles is just a really high level torchic they got from and trade and cant use.

Rae would probably have an Espeon. It's just feels right for him between it being a psychic type and evolving through high friendship. Going with the idea of him studying psychic and dark types, an inkay could be good for that, but idk if it fits his vibe. I also think that a pa'u style oricorio could be fun because he could totally study its dancing and how that connect with its "psychic energy". Also it could be matching with icarus which is fun. While it's not dark or psychic, a lucario or riolu could also be fun because they literally sense auras. Like. It's their whole thing. A lucario evolves with high friendship, but it also might be a bit to strong for rae to own. Maybe a riolu that evoles later on.

Athena just gets all the fire types. And maybe some fairy and dark types. Their partner pokemon is absolutely a torracat. They deserve all the fire types. Athena could also have a baile style oricorio so all of prince trio can have matching bird guys (maybe I just like oricorio alot. But it's a fire type and it fits and its fun). Just give this guy fire pokemon. And also maybe an alcremie because baking.

On that same note, give Jamie a dachsbun. And some bear shaped pokemon.

Arisanna gets fairy pokemon, specifically I think her partner pokemon is a togekiss because I think the allays being togepi is really fun. Im not entirely sure about what other pokemon she would have tho. Maybe an azumaril because blue. I dont know how vexing would translate over to pokemon au, but vexed ari would absolutely have a tinkaton.

I think magearna comes into play somehow here, maybe Caspian would have it and fix it up. Idk I think magearna is a fun pokemon and could be a fun stand in for Raza. Similar thing with type null.

I think the first pokemon that ven would end of catching is an alolan vulpix. You cant tell me I'm wrong. Its literally a little white fox guy. It's probably the only pokemon he'll have for a while and probably won't evolve. Maybe he gets a ghost type pokemon later.

I'm starting to realize how much alolan pokemon I've given these guys. But to be fair, alola has fun pokemon and I watched the anime for it a lot after they took xy and xyz off Netflix.

I think the world sisters would probably just be besties with some legendaries/mythical. They probably wouldn't catch them, but momboo just hangs out with shaymin sometimes and ocie is homies with phione and manaphy. Or if we wanna stick with the alolan theme, tapu bulu and tapu fini.

I absolutely have way more thoughts, but this is what I'll say for now since I dont want this to be too long 😅. I want to hear more people thoughts on fable smp pokemon au's tho

[isa-ghost]

I'm a relatively new crow (only started watching Phil (or any streamers lol) during Purgatory), and I wanted to get your opinion on something, as someone who's been here for longer:

Since it looks like Phil probably won't really be part of qsmp anymore, what's the likelihood of/how long will it probably take for Phil to join another multiplayer server? Like, don't get me wrong, I wasn't just here for qsmp, I love hardcore and other stuff too, I'm here for the long haul, but... I really liked Phil's roleplay, and just watching him play Minecraft with other people was a lot of fun, and I'm not sure if I should be anticipating more of that in the future, or just accept that that's probably over. Because the impression that I get is that osmp was already around when dsmp ended, and Phil was already a part of qsmp when osmp finally bit the dust, but there isn't really anything like that right now so I'm not sure what to expect and was wondering if you had any thoughts on the matter

Feel free to ignore this if you don't want to answer, though

No, this is a totally valid question dw!!

I don't have the most solid answer though, it basically depends on if a) he's invited to an smp or b) if someone close enough to him makes one he's interested in.

But good news! Fit said not too long ago he had an smp idea cooking, and I bet Phil (and loads of other qsmp/ex qsmp members) would be invited in a heartbeat. Keep in mind, none of this is confirmed, it's all Maybes at the moment. But if Fit finishes with qsmp and says fuck it we ball? Then we ball. 😎

I WILL say, in general, we don't have to worry about the end of Phil roleplaying, that's for sure!! He'd gotten a start in dsmp, gotten a small taste and a lil more comfortable in osmp, and got HOOKED in qsmp. He's invested, he's obsessed. He loves killing us too much and loves writing stories too much.

Even if it's months from now, something will come up and he'll give us another old ass emotionally devastating bird man to love and cherish. <3

And I know so many people who have a high chance of being there with him and so many of them are just as likely to lock the fuck in and pop off in rp. *prays for another smp with Phil and Sneeg together*

I can say for sure, I don't miss a single Phil stream. If he says anything about joining something new, I'll be one of the first screaming about it. :)

[magnet-lattice]

(Lifesteal s5 spoilers for my understanding of The Players' plans, from catching incomplete sections of streams and osmosis. I do not think this is spoilers for any of them but I am not keeping up very well, so please correct me if I am wrong and I'll edit this. It's a little bit rambly, sorry.)

So, aside from the unrequited pitchflirting, my understanding of the Players' main finale plans are that they want to remove all of the buildings and restore the server or at least the main areas to looking the way they did at the start of the server, before anyone built anything. And this has some justification about like being a fresh start to the world, aside from the fact that it's a cool dramatic thing to do, but also!

It's really neat how the thing it does is specifically making the server look as though nobody ever played on it. Because the Players' whole thing, their primary conflict with primarily Jumper and Minute (I don't think they have a team name?) is that they're the only people willing to play heel, to do cool evil dramatic shit that other people can make content by fighting against, and almost everyone else (no offense intended to Squiddo or Wemmbu but they haven't been on much lately?) is either neutral, inactive, or insistently playing face?

And in the arguments between the players and Jumper and Minute, it has come up that the opposing side wants to end the server without conflict, and the Players' argument in favor of what they're doing is that it's interesting content which creates a reason for the other players to log on and participate. (This has consistently been their motivation since early in the Abyss arc)

And I think that in addition to the other justification, restoring the world to look untouched is a pretty powerful statement of "This is what you're advocating for the world to be: one where nobody ever logs on and does anything or fights or builds things that matter."

(In the interest of fairness, I know Minute was talking about like, getting people onto the server by having temporary mods during the sessions, and Branzy does have his carnival, and I do enjoy this content, but... at least to me, the fundamental strength of Lifesteal content qua Lifesteal (Minecraft's deadliest SMP), as a reason to be watching this rather than something else-- like a modded or survival series that happens to be made by the same people-- is the social effects of a bunch of people who are mostly tryhards in a competitive environment that encourages conflict and teaming and subterfuge and paranoia and big dramatic clickbaitable gestures?)

(I do in fact think it's fun and interesting when there are some people on Lifesteal who care about morality and want to do the nice thing! This is a fun source of conflict! I just... think it's more fun when that's not the majority of people who are logging on and doing anything, because then there's the risk of them uncomplicatedly winning, or successfully preventing or mitigating or discouraging the majority of the dramatic evil/annoying stuff, and then nothing happening? Lifesteal content is primarily about conflict. It's maybe a little more fun when the people involved have in-universe justifications that are not just "it's for content", painting the fourth wall with a thin veneer of "it's because it's cool and asserts our power" or some galaxybrained self-serving philosophical/metaphorical justification explaining why this supervillain stuff is the real moral thing to do, or whatever? But it's still fun as long as people are like, logging in and doing stuff and fighting or arguing with each other, and maybe having some big feelings? and at least one person is live or making videos so we can see what's happening)

[not-actually-a-goddess]

Fable SMP Finale - Analysis & Thoughts

Holy shit, I cannot even begin to describe how much of an emotional rollercoaster watching the finale of Fable SMP was. I was sobbing one second, screaming in joy the next, laughing and smiling not soon after, and feeling anger or sickness. The pure emotion that the cast of Fable SMP put into this masterpiece is undeniable. And yes, I know it's silly little block people playing silly little stories, but their our silly little block people and their stories are huge! There were cutscenes with commissioned art!

The joy and comfort that Fable SMP has brought me over the past many months is massive. Their streams were around for me to watch when I was having bad days or needed something in the background while studying. Fable SMP was a multimodal storytelling wonder. And whilst I'm sad it's over, I'm happy it was there to start with. I came into this fandom at the mid-point of S2, and from then on, have been hooked. I love the art and the cosplay and the nice fandom with friendly, cosy chat communities. But anyways, let's get into this analysis. (also RIP Rakai, thankyou for romantically distracting Ick and making them forget about hunting the child, a.k.a Athena) Spoilers!!!!!!!!!! For anyone who hasn't watched the finale!

To start with, watching the complicated emotion portrayed by Sherbertquake through Icarus was incredible acting. The whole cast, including Fable himself (aka Mr. HeyHay's husband), displayed awesome acting that I'm jealous of and one day hope to be able to express. I loved watching Sherb change their expression, even minutely, as everyone just unloaded their trauma and screamed at Fable. I loved watching as they realised that maybe their dad wasn't the best guy, even though they knew it in the back of their mind the whole time. Hearing the raw emotion that each member of the cast poured into their act was impressive, and reminded me that you don't just have to be an actor to be good at acting. As of now, I'm still yet to watch HeyHays POV, but trust me I will, I just need to emotionally heal over the next couple of days.

Now onto the storyline of the finale. Now of course, I've only watched from Sherberts' POV, but here's what I think as of now. I started watching the episode effectively knowing what would go down, but I still came out surprised. At the start, I could definitely see the hesitance for action in Icarus but also their want for relief and the freeing of burden, still mostly trusting in their father. Of course, Icarus would always trust Fable at the start, he is their dad. Their dad who they've been missing all their life, whenever they actually needed him, he couldn't be there. Fable was also the one that promised Icarus what they wanted; peace, freedom from Quixis, their mother back, a happy united family, no more resets. Why wouldn't Icarus believe everything their father said? It's like a preacher in a pulpit. But as we moved further through the episode, we started to see everything fall apart. We could see pain, pain as people had to fight others they didn't want to. And then things started to unravel more as everyone entered Purgatory for the final show down. Our beloved Violet of course swooped in to save the day in the final second, saving Athena from Reaver by Fable's hand. Fable was then chained, which is ironic, as this whole scene reminded us of Fable's new mortality. That without the Reaver, he was nothing. And then, we finally got to see Icarus redeem themselves. I thought the glitching trident through the chest was very poetic and very Icarus. The creation destroying their creator in more ways than one. Fable was both Icarus's dad but also the creator of who Icarus had become over the last couple of months. He poisoned Icarus and turned them against their friends, so it was nice to see Icarus make things right and put Fable out of his misery. And then everyone was together again. The brothers were reunited, and I cried when we finally got to see Icarus and Rae get that much needed hug. Athena didn't immediately forgive Icarus, but that's fair, and Icarus understood that and was willing to move towards restoring their relationship. I suppose that's what happens when you push Athenas boyfriend off a tree and hurt Momboo. I think Arisanna staying back in Purgatory and working to restore it was a good move, and I'm excited to watch everyone else's epilogues. When it was time to Icarus to pass on, I was also really sad, because this meant the actual end for the series, especially for Icarus. It was nice to see Violet/Centross and Ick get closure and emotionally heal? And for Ick and Rae get a final goodbye.

Okay, so the art cutscenes? Awesome! They added finesse to the final scenes and made the project really elaborate and put together. I love @fruitsalad864 art, and I could definitely see bits of Silco in Fable. *chefs kiss* I think putting the art in grey background and black ink with touches of colour for emphasis and embellishment was a good creative choice and didn't make anything too busy. I loved the flashes of peoples eyes as they casted the spell to trap Fable, it was a nice way to include everyone into the art. But what do I know? I had to quit high school art classes in Grade 10, which is sad.

Anyways, Sherberts filmed end scene. Let's look at that. Well, we finally got to see Quixis' face, in fact we got to see all of Quixis and the world port. Does anybody know if the creators made the world port prop or they went some where to film. Because if so, kudos for being brave enough to film in a large public setting. The emotion and ambience in the moment was great, and finding out why all the wack has been happening to Icky was a big relief to know. Thankyou Quixis for protecting the wet bird from carrying the burden when they were too young and giving them time to grow up. You're our favourite god/not god kinda' person! Finding out that when Icarus were to take the position, everyone would forget about them past the point of when they died in the first reset, saddened me. But also, seeing Icarus accept this and take up the mantle with no hesitation was a good character development, showing that they're now a selfless person who will do anything for their family. But it's sad that Ick won't see them for a while and they won't remember what happened. But I was also happy, happy to see Icarus move on and happy to see the relief on all their alternate selves faces as Icarus took the spot as Quixis. The filming as we spun through the reel of Icarus's AU's was beautiful and had a good use of angles. The cosplays were awesome, and I've just got to say, the use of that piece of music was perfect, it gave a sense of hope, peace, and new beginnings. It was fresh and I almost felt the wind on my face. Thankyou @sherbertquake56 and your film crew for doing these scenes for us, they added the closure we all needed.

For now, I think I'm calling this a finish for my analysis. But I'll be back! Don't worry! I'll be doing some short analysis's of everyone else's epilogues and also ticking off the predictions I made earlier this year.

Signing out,

The Lady

[glorious-poetato]

Headcanons for the dsmp creartors having a crush in the reader? :)

-🦌

[Crush]

Ships: tommyinnit x reader, wilbur x reader, dream x reader, jack manifold x reader,and Karl x reader

Warnings: none

Summary: thing that dream smp members would do and act if they had a crush on you.

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Tommy

- blushing none stop but tries to hide it

- can't help but smile every time you do

-makes fun of you for everything

- always invites you to his vlogs

- will talk nonstop about you to wilbur

- buys you candy or gives you his merch you said you liked

- if you jokingly flirt with I'm he is so flustered and tries to play it off

Wilbur

- flustered easily like that one time chat mentioned his crush on shubble

- talks about you to chat all the time

- super smiley around you

- always pays for everything no matter what

- will sing songs to you maybe even write you a song

- just loves to be around you

- Tommy makes fun of him constantly for it

- he's a totally simp for you

Dream

- if you said you wanted something he is already searching It up on Amazon

-tries not to talk about you online much because he doesn't want you to get hate

- is super flustered if you flirt with him but will flirt back

- annoys George and snapnap with how much he talks about you

- once you fell asleep at his house snuggled up with patches and now that is his favorite picture in the while wrold

Jack manifold

- flirts alot as a joke but gets super flustered

- trys to keep you away from Tommy saying he'll infect you

- he's a totally simp for you

- whenever he catches you watching a video with him in it he gets so embarrassed

Karl

- okay I know I said everyone else gets flustered but his is to the extreme

- so many hugs

- will share his monsters with you

- more hugs

- talks about you constantly

- gets shy around you

- more physical affection

- like he is completely head over heals for you and everyone but you knows it

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Idk if these are headcannons, also sorry if I didn't do a good job writing for some of the people Anyway I hope you liked them

-poe <3

[erstwhilesparrow]

🍓 🏜️ ❄️? for the ask game? if you want also 🍬?

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

hm... taizi, i think! i started reading their writing right around the same time i started high school and i went, "wait. you can just do this?" i'd read fanfic before this but taizi's work was what made it click for me that fanfic is, like, A Type Of Writing, and you can do it really well, and put it in places where people will see it and enjoy it. so i did the thing. wrote lego ninjago fanfic in microsoft word on the days school started late and i had nothing to do in the hour before the bus arrived.

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

oh gosh, that's difficult. i think, and maybe this is too vague, maybe the ones that get into the crunch of the thing. i am always on my all fic is meta train, so i think comments that seem to Get That, and expand on or pull into the open my thinking are my favourites? also a big fan of when someone says something i didn't think about while writing, but is nevertheless There In The Fic! new insights! that's very cool to me.

❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

oh god oh fuck. i'm gonna take 'dream' here as meaning i cannot personally Make It Happen because a lot of the things i could say i dream about seeing in a fic are also things i could just put in a fic and tada, there, not a dream anymore. so it's gotta be some kind of stupid plot-heavy ensemble cast AU because that's just not the kind of thing i know how to write well enough to be satisfied with if i did it. i know if you asked me this again, like, tomorrow i would probably have a different answer, but right now i am sighing longingly about some kind of empires smp modern au. catrina belovedgamers and i were talking in dms the other day about a circus au in which some of the strays, stowaways, and outcasts of the world discover, with great joy, that they never have to go home again if they don't want to, and the idea of scott and shrub and joey (these three specifically, yes) getting happy endings amid the shenanigans of Circus makes me really tender. but it also has to be sad and difficult. it has to Deal with the corruption and xornoth and the fact that none of this is easy, and scott still has to try to kill himself and joey still has to get tangled up in xornoth and be just as prickly as he always is and shrub still has to lose everyone. and that's Just the three newest runaways this circus has picked up, all of wra is still here too, and so are pix and lizzie and joel and jimmy, so. do you see why this would be really fucking hard to write,

who would write it best? for it to be warming and gentle all the way through like a cup of tea at just the right temperature, probably taizi. but for it to pluck out the sad and difficult bits exactly right, probably alouette_des_champs, who consistently does The Best modern aus for pretty much every fandom they've written for. they are not in mcyt fandom at all, but they did this with drawga (comedy art actual-play web series), and atla, and naddpod (actual-play d&d podcast, also mostly comedy), and if there's anyone who could do this right i bet it's them.

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

[guy who deliberately surrounds itself with people who have good fandom opinions that it generally agrees with voice] do i have. unpopular opinions. about popular fandom characters.

i think canary jimmy is deeply boring and gets focused in on to the exclusion of almost all the Interesting Things Literally Happening On The Screen? i have total faith that it can be a fun/useful/interesting framework with which to consider [jimmy in the life series] but mostly i think.... jimmy's got a personality in there. it feels weird that he seems so popular but so few people have Things To Say About Him outside of what he represents to other life series members.

i dunno, that feels like a really easy take to have, just disagreeing with The Most Popular fanon. and maybe i haven't Reviewed The Literature enough. but that seems like it meets the requirements. so!

[humanaaa]

HI ARETHA any q!scott (p!scott ?) thoughts youd like to share? 👀 it occurred to me people dont really know him outside of the brazilian qsmptwt sphere but maybe we could change that….. (also feel free to answer this in portuguese if you want lol i always forget we can speak it

(eu também esqueço as vezes kkkkk)

BUT YEAH I HAVE THINGS TO SAY

*pats him* this lil guy can fit so much angst

First of all. cc!Scottonauta also plays in another smp called FroggSMP, and cc!Scott talked about how his Frogg character and the Purgatory 2 one are same. So, in FroggSMP he said some very interesting things, like the fact that he is a demon who was expelled from heaven.

And he was also expelled from hell. By his father. There's a chance Lucifer is his father and expelled him from hell.

(He's a fallen angel an not even his father wanted to stay with him in hell 🙄)

Do you think when he looks at Febatista he feels like he should remember something from his past do you think- *gets shot*

I miss him I wish he and Febatista could have interacted more I wish I could have seen him and Tiba talking in purgatory more HE JUST WANTED A FRIDGE MAN 😭

Also cc!Scott said that he was going to travel between universes soon! And that obviously means he is going to join qsmp-

Anyways I miss him.whereshim

[fitpacs]

I'm sorry if this is too negative, if you don't want to answer you don't have too. This is 🐝 anon who started watching Fit's qsmp streams from the beginning with Ramón, because I didn't get into the qsmp until the fall. I got up until Fit and Ramón showed Tazercraft and Richas the elevator Ramón was building. I'm not able to continue to watch because after every admin leaving and coming out with their stories it all felt very pointless.

Knowing all of the lore didn't matter. That there wasn't a set plan for the eggs at all. I don't understand why the eggs just couldn't hatch instead of what we got in the end. It all feels incredibly empty, I cried a lot yesterday and I felt stupid for doing so, I'm 33 years old but seeing the emotions of all the fans here and the players got me as well.

It's very similar to a very good show suddenly being cancelled midseason, no resolutions to any of the storylines, no happy endings. I know the players and admins have very good reason to quit the qsmp, but a selfish part of me had hoped for at least a more sweet than bitter ending.

I know Fit and Pac will play other games together again soon, that's somewhat of a comfort. Maybe Tio Pablo and Tio Fabio can get married and give us a happy ending.

Thanks for being a sunshine,

-🐝

of course i’ll answer you, bee anon, i value you and our seldom conversations!

i really really feel for you with this, i know how excited you were to catch up with all the lore, and quite honestly my heart aches for you with it.

i think we’re all - more than likely the admins too - kind of selfish for wanting a ‘better’ ending; the admins were busy working on their own intricate lore and it all got scrapped through no fault of their own and it’s so fucking sad

it’s EXACTLY like a show getting cancelled mid-season, that’s such a good way of putting it! sadly that’s pretty much all our cubitos are now… characters that we had to say goodbye to before we or they were ready

it feels so fucking empty now - and regardless of age, i think everyone is feeling it, whether it be the fans that distanced themselves a while ago when things started coming out about behind the scenes, or those of us that are feeling it now, incredibly raw - we all adored this server and regardless of age we’re allowed to feel it!

it feels so raw for me personally, i was still holding out even the littlest wisp of hope and now it’s fully extinguished it hurts dude, it hurts so much

the one light in all of this is knowing that the admins will move onto bigger and better things (i’m trying to get into shelter smp) and i’ve discovered many more streamers i wouldn’t have found otherwise, but it doesn’t take away my right to feel sad about the ending of something that could have thrived and prospered for so much longer if only the people pulling the strings cared as much as we and the admins/players did

sorry, bee anon, i rambled for ages to you but im sad and have lots of thoughts, emotions and opinions and they’re starting to trickle out :(

even though the server is ending - yeah i said it - my askbox will always be open and i hope our community can stay as close knit as it has been these last few months x

[burntheskyandtime]

Run boy run (they're trying to catch you)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Joel | Smallishbeans & Martyn | InTheLittleWood, Joel | SmallishBeans/Lizzie | LDShadowLady (Video Blogging RPF), Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Characters: Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Joel | SmallishBeans, Lizzie | LDShadowLady (Video Blogging RPF) Additional Tags: Statement Fic (The Magnus Archives), Original Statement (The Magnus Archives), Canon-Typical Violence, The Hunt Fear Entity (The Magnus Archives), Alternate Universe - The Magnus Archives Fusion, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Mild Gore, Hunt Avatar Martyn, Hurt Joel | SmallishBeans Series: Part 1 of Statements of the Player and Above Summary:

Statement of Martyn Littlewood, regarding a party at a friend's house. Original statement transcribed 24th April, 20XX, audio recording by Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London

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or Martyn likes to Hunt and Joel might just be his next victim

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or Magnus Archive and Mcyt crossover

Words: 1,346

Ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51830293

-click-

Statement of Martyn Littlewood, regarding a party at a friend's house. Original statement transcribed 24th April, 20XX, audio recording by Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London. Statement begins.

I know that sounds terrible, but I hope Joel never remembers what happened that night. Afterall it wasn't just someone that chased him through the woods.

It... I am not really sure how to start this. Honestly I don't even believe you guys can do anything about this but I guess I start by telling you about the whole day. 

My friends and I were meeting at Scott's house like three weeks ago. It's a small cottage in the middle of the woods. At least one hour away from the next city or village and the forest always appears so much bigger than it actually is. But it's nice! 

I was there in the morning already. I didn't have anything else to do that day and wanted to help Scott prepare. There were going to be a lot of people, so there was a lot of food, drinks and other stuff to do.

That weird feeling already started when I entered the front garten. I got goosebumps because, and this might just sound crazy I know, there was something, no, someone watching me. I couldn't get it out of my head. It was like it was waiting for a grand show. 

I must have been frozen standing there for a while as Scott was calling for me when I focused again. Apparently I was unfocused the whole day. That feeling never went away. 

Nothing special occurred for the next few hours. Just everybody arriving. Everything was normal, well until Lizzie and Joel came.

Joel and Lizzie had gotten married some years ago and have been dating a long while before, so coming together shouldn't be so... frustrating. I couldn't tell why I was feeling that way at the time, so I tried to ignore it. 

The party went fine. They all had fun, drank and played some games. We were all familiar with each other since we all met in college or through other friends.

At the end everyone was drunk and because Scott lived so far into the woods no one really wanted or was sober enough to drive home, so everyone decided for a sleepover. Scott, Timmy, Tango and Impulse slept in Scotts bedroom. Grian, Pearl, Scar and BigB slept in a guestroom while Etho, Cleo, Bdubs, Skizz and Gem had chosen to rest outside in a big Tent that Scar brought. Joel and Lizzie took the sofa and I was on the floor in a sleeping bag that I took with me.

It was well into the night when I woke up. Maybe 2 or 3 am. Somehow I knew that it was Joel who woke me up and that he was outside. I didn't even bother to change out of my pajamas before my feeling was confirmed. There was a yellow post-it note on the door that led to the garden. 'Couldn't sleep. Gonna go for a short walk -Joel' or something along those lines was written on the note. 

I barely remember leaving. Next thing I know I am deep in the woods. This might sound weird... I could smell where Joel was... Hear his footsteps, his breathing, his heartbeat. It was loud and obvious. I just watched him for a while. He kept turning his head around to see if there was something and he was right. 

I was watching him. 

A deep growling made him freeze. He spotted me. His pupils were wide, his breathing irregular. He was scared. Then he ran...

It was like a gunshot at a race. The start of a competition. Joel ran as fast as he could but it wasn't enough. I leaped and pinned him to the rough ground. And there I noticed. I didn't have hands anymore. Instead there were hairy claws. They cut and bruised Joel's arm as he whimpered. The growling began again as I let go of him and let him run. There was chanting, a crowd of voices in my head praising and cheering for me. I could just disappoint them. And so the hunt continued. 

We ran deeper and deeper until there was almost no Moonshine to be seen. Sometimes I let Joel catch his breath or let him think he was safe before starting all over again. Running, hiding, catching, releasing until till we reached that cliff. I saw the panic in his eyes as I cut of any escape routes. I sprinted to push my whole body against him and throw him of the edge. I thought this was the end. I successfully hunted my prey. 

Then I heard the water splash. There waa water at the bottom of the cliff and Joel had fallen right into it. 

He survived. 

I could've continued but I knew that if I did Joel would die. The voices as well as my mind already felt satisfied so there was no reason for me to finish. And so I left.

I went back to the cottage. I was calm, like I knew I wouldn't be caught for coming inside with blood on my clothes. A quick look at the clock told me that we were only thirty minutes outside. But it was more like ten hours. Yet I didn't question it. 

Changing my clothes, burning the bloody ones far away and getting the smell of me was surprisingly easy. I'm not sure how I didn't wake anyone up. It didn't take long until I was in my sleeping bag again, like nothing had ever happened.

The next day Joel ran into the house in a panic. He woke up everyone. He told us about what had occurred and I felt a strange wave of pride at his fear. But I couldn't just confess to being the cause of Joel Trauma, however I thought I could tell jokes and try to lighten the moon, which worked somewhat. Lizzie, Grian and Etho drove him to the hospital to take care of the wounds. They told us to stay at the house together just in case. We all left at about lunchtime.

Joel has been paranoid ever since which is, as bad as this sounds, kinda good for me. His fear keeps my urge to hunt at bay. Of course it can't fully get rid of it but some chases here and there fulfill that enough. 

Honestly I don't feel bad for this, which I should, I know, but it keeps the voices quiet.

I wouldn't worry about that, afterall the Hound of Hell is coming. There will be no bark, only Bite.

Statement end."

-click-

The tape recorder stared at Jon after he finished the statement. The silence is broken by gentle knocking on the office door. 

"Come in."

The door is softly opened and reveals Martin with a cup in his hands.

"I hope I'm not disrupting you in the middle of a statement."

"I just finished the statement. You did not interrupt." 

While Martin puts down the tea on Jons desk, Jon flashes him a quick thank you before staring at the tape recorder again.

"Martin, try to find out everything you can find on a Martyn Littlewood and bring it to me."

"Littlewood? Yeah, I can do that." 

Martyn is about to leave the room yet he abruptly stops.

"Say... is that one of the tapes that was hidden away?"

Jon doesn't answer. Of course Martin had to realize that. For some reason there were many tapes that were hidden in a loose floorboard on the way to Elias's office. Gertrude couldn't have left them as the recent one was only a week old and the others were taken a hundred years ago. Elias on the other hand seemed smug when Jon had found them.

Who put them there didn't matter, at least not yet. What matters is why they were hidden. 

Jon exhaled loudly. He shouldn't focus on his questions.

He had statements to record.

[bookwormcosplays]

Seeking Possible Friendships

I am here to seek out possible friendships. I had many friends before, but now I am looking for something specific that I don't currently have and wish I did. This friendship would need communication, respect, and an education on racism/bias because I can't deal with ignorance on the subject. My dream job is to be an actor not a teacher. I am asking for possible friendships, but understand we just might not click.

This was originally a joke and then it became serious

For this friendship, I will let you know I am more sociable on some days than others. I will not always be in the mood for conversation and I hope you will accept that. And sometimes, I'm just not on my phone (especially nowadays). I also do not want to be anyone's partner so if I feel like you are becoming clingy to a point where you feel like you should be the only thing I pay attention to then I will swiftly remove myself from the situation.

A little about my love language. I love playing games with friends. Video games, board games, etc. If you are into something, I will immediately try to hop onto it. I might not like it, but I will give it a chance if you like it. I'm not the most talkative so doing activities is the best for me to get to know other people, but I'm fine to just talk.

Friendship listing requirements

Aroace-- I just want to have conversations that don't deal with relationships all the time

Activist--not performative, I want someone who would show up to protests with me (if I had a car) and someone who actually boycotts when it's called for

20 years old or older-- this is self explanatory

Bonuses (aren't required but I would enjoy)

Black-- Just would love to have another black friend who can relate to me more

Cosplayer-- I love cosplay and I would love to cosplay with other people one day at conventions

D&D-- I like being a dm and I would love to have more friends join my campaigns

Dry Humor-- I tend to have a dry humor that people get or don't get so I just want to equal out the playing field and have another dry humored friend

Fellow mask wearer-- you wear a mask like a decent human (but literally even the most progressive people won't wear masks so I've frankly given up) it would be nice to be with others who wear their masks

Filmmaker-- I say filmmaker but anything to do with the filmmaking process like writing, editing, animating, lighting, etc. I would love to have someone I can talk film creation with and maybe make short films together.

Not into H*zb*n H*tel/H*lluva B*ss/Dr**m SMP-- if you are though just don't engage with me about it because I'm uninterested

Not a pr* sh*pper-- I had a really bad experience with one "friend" where they really derailed if you get what I'm saying and I just don't feel super comfortable because I don't want to ever go through that again where they claim it's just fiction and then they start doing said things in fiction in real life (but as long as you don't talk about it or argue with me about it and don't start acting out what you're reading I can maybe get past it we'll see that's why it's a bonus instead of a requirement)

If this job interests you, message me or comment on this post.