#MyStreet critical

[aro-laurance-zvahl]

what do you think about MCD being made canon to the "MyStreet" series aphmau did

Alright so I’m gonna preface this with how I’m incredibly biased AND uninformed about MyStreet. I haven’t watched a full episode of it since December of 2015. I immediately didn’t like it and how it characterized the characters I knew and loved. Everything I know about it is from second hand knowledge, so the factuality of it is probably suspect

So with all that out of the way, I don’t like it. It just doesn’t work. They’re too different and I doubt it’s at all something MyStreet even needed cause I know it had a lot going on it already.

It also probably locks MCD into an ending? From what I’ve heard it’s basically Irene/Aphmau got depressed after being locked away(?) so she created a generation for her and her friends to live a life again but together and happy. The issue that presents is of course now MCD has a vague ending. Aphmau steps into the role of Irene and seals herself away, which is...not an ending I’d want to accept for MCD, at least not without it being revived and then that being properly built up to (but then again, I didn’t particularly enjoy MCD Rebirth either because of how hard it leaned into Aphmau being Irene so for me to accept that sorta ending it would have to be told from season three on, not from the start)

But at the end of the day, MyStreet just isn’t my domain, i just do not know about the series to really say much for certain. I can’t say how well or how not well it fit into it. All my feelings towards it kinda just boils down to...I don’t like MyStreet, I don’t like what it did to the MCD characters, I don’t like that it overtook MCD in popularity, I don’t like the influence it’s had over MCD. I’m certainly not gonna like that it tried to dig up MCD’s corpse so MyS Aphmau can have her goddess arc.

[mouchiiarts]

Anon you're right on the money about why a lot of people don't like ZaneChan/Zana. I myself LOVE this ship but even I agree that ZaneChan/Zana was hella rushed. They only have maybe 3 of 4 significant scenes together before their kiss which definitely didn't lend to this impression. Which is such a shame!! They have such a fascinating dynamic which could've been explored!! Zane and Nana are shockingly similar to one another and deal with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy but have polar opposite coping mechanisms. This interesting and really rich dynamic, which anon explained perfectly, was just,, not used at all. It was cut short by ill-timed comedy or other characters or the plot or Aarmau TM or what have you. Honestly that's probably one of my biggest gripes with Mystreet is the constant need to shove Aarmau down everyone's throats. I'm mostly indifferent to Aarmau as a ship. Not my thing, I prefer them as friends, but I'm not against them being together (so long as we're ignoring all of PDH and FCU 😬). But as soon as it was obvious that other - honestly more interesting - ships were being pushed aside in favor of Aarmau, it started to get grating very quickly. I can easily name multiple Aarmau moments from S5 pre-ZaneChan/Zana kiss but Zane and Nana only have 3 or 4????? 2 + 2 ≠ 5 the math is not mathing bro 😮‍💨

I think a lot of reasons why people hate Zana/zane chan is bc Jesson CAN NOT stop pushing there “AARMAU IS THE ULTIMATE SHIP PROPAGANDA”

Hear me out. Now I know a lot people don’t like the ship bc it kinda came out of nowhere and was v rushed which was true. But Also Nana herself having to be this “yes-man” to the relationship really makes her a flat character. Especially bc the only reason she was on Starlight was bc she blackmailed Zane. Now the making of Zana is really interesting bc we show a dynamic of two similar but different people.

Zane is the shadow of his brother and in turn decides to turn his back on the world. While Nana is the shadow of her silbings and decides to change herself to make the world notice her. This is a very interesting dynamic one I wish we didn’t have to rush bc Jess wanted to get back to the plot.

Also I think it’s Nana’s lack of character depth that makes her seem terrible. With Zane his dickness is well developed with his backstory and his nice moments of development are nice. We never get this from Nana, we also never get her backstory or even meet one of her ELEVEN siblings. So everything dickish that Nana does is just dickish bc we really don’t have a basis of why she does these things.

Zana could have worked as a ship if we established Nana’s backstory early on and gave them actual problems to work out instead of doing somethign stupid like Nana kissing garroth not realizing. Bc the funny thing is THEY BOTH HAVE ISSUES THEY COULD WORK THROUGH.

Like how Nana does rush into all of her relationships and how Zane runs to Aphmau’s side everytime she has a minor problem. They could work through these problems and maybe even have arguments and I would have enjoyed

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[vylanka]

rest in peace to laurance's boob window </3

[mac-audcheese]

La la laaaa I’m gonna present u guys my modern fashion ideas for mystreet cus I CAN :)!!

Aph first ! She’d be cool girl y2k face

(second isn’t crazy y2k but ykwim) def crop tops, statement belts, and some light scene jewelry

Garroth next, he’d def dress jock but when mf wants to dress up, he serves (thanks to laur)

Guys PLEASE let him serve please i think he'd look amazing

Omg Dante Dante I love him he’d dress block/primary colors even as casual fs trust me guys

This is because of his hair I loooove the combos

Nana obv would be so croquette she’s absolutely the one wrapping her food in ribbons (also y2k)

Now this may be a lil controversial but I think katelyn would like doin some blokette like look at my visions

Let me dream guys cmon,, also shed be the Adam Sandler lesbian TM to make it better

travis, honestly, he'd rock streetwear and probs like a skater look

idk i'd let him look cool guys he can be cool

now lucinda's is nonnegotiable a boho look you can't take this from me it IS her y'all

aaaaaaaand the finally for today: Laurance, who's totally alt maybe ?? honestly they could do whatever style he wanted

whatever the trans masc's are into these days

anyways erm these are just my personal thoughts/interpretations, i'll probs do a part two soon cus i love shit like this and i have a lot more thoughts teebeeh

[gendervoid-zane]

Some of what I'm keeping/changing/adding/straight up removing for the first chapter of my Phoenix Drop High rewrite. Chapter 1 would be the first two episodes of season 1.

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Keeping

Aphmau being homeschooled*

How Travis and Aphmau meet

Most of the stuff going on during the Club Fair Thingy that happened in episode 2???

Aphmau being placed in the werewolf** class

Straight up removing

Aaron (he'll make his introduction during the Falcon Claw University rewrite)

Adding and Changing bullet points under the cut.

Adding

Zoey. She'll be a freshman who is kinda like a foreign exchange student from Yggdrasil Forest???

Emmalynn. She'd probably be a sophomore???

Zoey being a not-alone-buddy with Travis and Aphmau

Changing

The uniform: either changing it to something that isn't the sailor uniform or make it where it's rather more of a really strict dress code rather than having a uniform thing.

*Instead of Aphmau being homeschooled for a year, she was homeschooled her entire life up until high school.

In the scene where Aaron bumps into Aphmau in episode, Aaron is replaced by Emmalynn.

In the scene where Aphmau walks into Garroth. Garroth is replaced by Zoey.

When Laurance and Aphmau meet, Garroth is also there for that.

Werewolves do not break windows.

**Werewolf classes (and meif'wa classes) are split up between Freshman Classes and Sophomore-Junior-Senior Classes. Though, Senior Werewolves (with Straight As in all classes) will be sometimes get asked to speak to the werewolf freshmen.

[mouchiiarts]

@zenixromeave these are some excellent tags and HOLY SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT I FORGOT ABOUT THIS. I guess I forgot bc meif'wa were literally forgotten by the narrative and world building at almost every opportunity in favor of werewolves. Which was so disappointing bc I wanted to learn more about meif'wa so badly. Gosh, I meant to bring up the shit Aphmau said to Kai (the shit about meif'wa eating fish and calling toilets litter boxes?????? Hey. Hey Jess. What the heck.) That was so insensitive and weird. Also the fact the fact that meif'wa continue to solely be associated with East Asians up to and including racism is extremely gross. :[ (honestly I think the reason this happens so often in Jess' series could be due to the era of the internet she grew up on where stuff like this was unfortunately very common. Still doesn't make any of this okay tho). Literally the only meif'wa character who wasn't coded as Asian (as far as I could tell) was June and she only showed up for a few mini games and then never again. Yeah and the werewolves being a fill in for black people was,, so bad and has aged like milk in the sun. Thanks, I hate it.

Something that's always bothered me about Mystreet (and especially the later seasons once we start focusing on werewolves and their lore and stuff) was how the racism aspect was handled.

I think on paper the werewolf racism wasn't necessarily a,, bad idea to include this since it's a very real topic and this could have been a good instance of explaining this kind of thing through metaphor/allegory (although whether its inclusion was a good thing is also up for interpretation imo. Personally I think you could include it but you would need to be extremely conscientious and knowledgeable through research about how to tackle this in a realistic and respectful manner). I just feel it's so weird that werewolves are the only ones who seem to get hit with the racism button and no one else does?? Meif'wa don't, witches don't, demons don't (at least in Mystreet) so why is it only the werewolves? (oh hey Jess' not so blatant werewolf fetish what are you doing here?)

And what constitutes actual racism in this universe? Are there slurs? It seems to be implied a few times when werewolves get upset being called 'dogs' or anything similar. And I think 'furry' could be read as one too? And it seems like 'cat' could also be one for meif'wa (although that was mostly a thing from a Halloween special mini series that was a zombie movie parody with magic cats so idk how canon it is). But meif'wa aren't considered as much of an issue as werewolves in-universe which,, okay??? Why?? Surely there's a stereotype about them scratching stuff up all the time?? If there are stereotypes about werewolves shouldn't there be some for meif'wa? And Zianna, when meeting KC, says that she's heard meif'wa are "so easy going". Couldn't that be considered a micro-aggression in some contexts? But no one says anything about it? It was so weird. Also I'm pretty sure Zane called KC "kitty" once or twice which again,, wouldn't that also be considered a micro-aggression??? I feel like I'm going insane

Like there's so many instances of Aphmau using terms or doing things which other werewolves find offensive (like calling Aaron alpha which,, I'm not touching that with a 39 1/2 ft pole) but meif'wa being called kitty or other variants are fine?? This also isn't helped by the fact that the meif'wa literally have no culture or lore development whatsoever.

Also the fact that race fetishes exist in Mystreet is,, a very fucked up choice. Why was this decidedly a thing for Sylvanna?? It's so weird and uncomfortable and she does this IN FRONT OF HER HUMAN BOYFRIEND ERIC. It felt so distasteful and just should've been excluded entirely.

Also none of this is helped by the ACTUAL racism present in Jess writing (especially with KC bc holy shit she was a hot mess) and other stuff which I honestly can't name off the top of my head but it sure exists :/

TLDR: why was racism included in this Minecraft roleplay YouTube series to begin with it's weird as fuck

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[packcoventhing]

Pushing the genderfluid!Blaze agenda and forcing her into your retinas rn

[tiredmaster]

In PDH I was sort of focused on how freaky Aaron is (he still is) and sort of ignored some major issues Gene had.

He groomed Zenix and Sasha.

Like no matter their ages he's groomed them to be dependant on him, as adamantly shown by the fact they fall apart the moment he graduates

As in I don't think Sasha even shows an interest in bullying, and while Zenix is mean spirited his bullying attempts are.... well he got bullied by Zane.

He literally gets them to photograph Aphmau and give him the photos (they failed but its the thought that counts?)

Look I said its grooming regardless of age but like. Zenix is definitely, like, 14 too right? These are behaviours he's going to carry into adulthood.

For Aaron its way worse since he's the protag and hero of the story but these are still treated as insignificant by the narrative.

[dantes-gf]

watching jess’ ENTIRE vidcon panel

[mouchiiarts]

No, it's not "bad" to change her name. Nana/KC is a fictional character that people include in rewrites for a Minecraft roleplay series lol. I feel there isn't much need to overthink this. "Yoko" also sounds cool as shit dude I love that. Go ahead and change it! Rewrites are all about changing a series to how you would've written it, go for it!

Although I love her name and decided to keep it for my own mystreet rewrite, her name was absolutely so half assed. It's definitely taken from both MHA and Final Fantasy. (Nana comes from Final Fantasy with a pink haired cat girl who has a very similar name and Ashida likely comes from "Ashido" from Mina in MHA. Hell, I wouldn't be shocked if Nana's name was a weird variation on Mina's name.)

But I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to change the name bc you don't vibe with it. I've done that for other characters. As long as you're being respectful about the name change, it's all good!

TLDR: Change Nana's and other characters names all you want op, we're all here to have fun at the end of the day!

I recently saw some discourse surrounding the name Nana, but genuine question: is it actually that terrible to change it?

Like I understand being icked out by people changing it bc they thing it's a "bad name" n whatnot, and that it ties in to her backstory or something, but personally I feel like it just doesn't suit her character super well?? Like the vibes are off to me idk. I've been toying around with different names for her and the one I've been calling her recently is Yoko and I kinda fuck with that?? Is that bad???

Honestly though I do also feel like her name was a little half asked on Jessons part, not that there's anything wrong with the name itself but to me it kind of feels like something they put together last minute.. idk maybe I'm wrong about this but like I actually do want some constructive criticism and maybe a little guidance here please

[bread-squid-uwu]

general reminder to DNI if you support endogenic systems.

[starhvney]

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: mystreet garroth x fem!reader

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘: your boyfriend finally pursues a career that he chose for himself, so to show him your support you surprise him at his training.

𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒: fluff, firefighter garroth guys firefighter garroth this is in fact not a drill, established relationship

𝐂𝐖: none!

𝐀/𝐍: this fic is based off of @artists-who-rarely-draws hc that garroth would be a firefighter in the mys universe! aren’t firefighters just sooo >>>

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

you were so happy for garroth, nothing but overwhelming support for him was in your heart as he finally was able to pursue something he truly wanted to do for a career. after zane had officially taken the reins of the ro’meave corporation, your boyfriend had immediately enrolled in a firefighting training academy.

he had mentioned his interest in the career path before, but you didn’t realize just how passionate about it he was until he excitedly came home from the first day of the academy, rambling about how well he did.

it warmed your heart, the childlike excitement in his eyes when he detailed the training he went through every day. it was so different from his time in college, when he told you he was majoring in business with a disinterested shrug and a dull look in his eyes.

last week, as you and garroth sat on your couch for your movie night date, you saw that the pd fire academy was asking for volunteers for their upcoming rescue drill. from the corner of your eye you glanced at him, debating whether you should bring it up or not. he had been particularly focused on the rom-com that played, the reflection of the brightly colored screen lighting up his eyes. on a whim, you applied to volunteer without saying a peep, turning your phone off and snuggling up to him with a smirk on your face.

this morning as he asked you what your plans were for the day as usual, you briefly shrugged off the question with an excuse of running a few errands. he gave you a small confused look but shrugged it off, leaning down to kiss you and leaving in his cargos, boots, and the pd fire department shirt that hugged onto his muscles that seemingly continued to grow by the day.

yes, you were very supportive of his career choice.

now, a few hours later, you find yourself in a dim building, the room illuminated by the orange lights shining into the “smoke” that the fog machines dispersed. not only did it look like the building was on fire, but the lack of ac in the summer heat added to the ambiance, and had you slightly regretting your decision. you looked down at the tag that they had given you before escorting you to your spot, telling you to lay limp until you were successfully “rescued”.

legs disabled from fallen debris, half-conscious. critical condition.

you lay there for quite a while, wondering if garroth would even be the one to get you. your doubts are thankfully squandered when you hear him, calling out a code call to presumably another fireman. his familiar footsteps turn into the room you’re in, and you hear his breath satisfyingly hitch in his throat before a disbelieving huff follows. 

quickly, you clamp your eyes all the way shut, ignoring the tempting urge to smile as your plan sets in place.

“victim, victim, victim!” his deep voice calls, the noise of the thick material of his uniform meets your ears as he slides on his knees next to you. 

“she’s light,” he calls to the other pair of heavy footfalls that enter the room. “find an exit, i got her.”

you crack open your eyes, turning your head and looking up at him as a cheeky smile threatens to break on your lips. for just a split moment he narrows his eyes as they meet yours, tongue rolling against the inside of his cheek as he fights off his own urge to smile.

“…errands, huh,” he mutters under his breath, shaking his head as he leans forward to read the tag on your shirt. he snaps right back into his profession, one of his hands reaching to grab your shoulder in a reassuring gloved grip. “you’re going to be okay. i’m gonna get you out here safe.”

a part of you wants to laugh at how serious he suddenly became, but through your want to tease him you instead found yourself repressing a giddy giggle. the summer heat was most definitely affecting him through the heavy layers of his gear, as a sheen of sweat covered his face and stuck the small bit of his golden hair coming out of his helmet to his forehead. 

you only get to admire him for a moment, before he quickly shifts his knee to part your legs, one of his hands grabbing onto your thigh and hitching it up. at the same time, he easily gathers both of your wrists into his other hand, using it to lift your torso off of the ground. he smoothly ducks his head under your shoulder, lifting you up and using his own shoulder to hold you on his back.

there's not even a grunt heard from his lips, but his heavy breaths brush against your arm as he uses one hand to pin your hand across his chest and to your leg, freeing his other hand. he has always been strong, but the extra training he has put in lately gave him an insane boost. through the material that covered him, you could still feel the bulk of his muscles from underneath you as he toted you through the building.

it was amazing, how easy he made it look. you found yourself back outside in seconds, having to close your eyes again from the sudden bright sun reflecting into your eyes. he held you so firmly on top of him that you barely moved as he jogged you out to one of the stretchers set up outside, sliding you down onto the material. 

he pauses for a second, his lips twitching as he pats your legs twice. “i’ll talk to you about this when i’m done,” is what he says without words, begrudgingly turning to run back into the building with another huff.

one of the supervisors lets you get up, thanking you for volunteering and giving you a water to rehydrate from the stuffy room you were stuck in. it’s only about fifteen more minutes of waiting before the rest of the volunteers are retrieved and the drill is over. garroth quickly walks your way as soon as he spots you again, pulling off his helmet and shaking out his pressed-down hair. his jacket has been shrugged off now, red suspenders hanging down on his cargos and his black shirt damp from sweat.

“and… why did you not think to mention this to me?” he asks, raising an accusatory brow and pulling you into his embrace.

“i wanted to see you in action. besides, if i told you, you might’ve chosen favorites.”

“hmm,” he hums lowly, rolling his eyes as he leans down to press a kiss against your forehead. “i would argue against that, but even for a drill i’d save you first.”

“ro’meave! quit flirting with your girl over there and get your ass over here! we still have to debrief.”

“yes, sir!” he calls back, turning to you with a sheepish smile as he tucks his chin down, looking at you through his lashes.

“i’ll see you in a sec, sweetheart. and don’t leave, you still have some explaining to do.”

©starhvney, 2024. please do not steal or repost my works as your own.

[nyxtsu]

Yap session about Zane~Chan

Zana/Zane~Chan gets a lot of hate as a ship, but I think it's the healthiest romance in the series.

I personally don't think it's THAT rushed, maybe towards the end, but they didn't just come out of nowhere, it was set up in s2 and they had moments here and there in seasons after that. It was clear even before Starlight that it was set up to be something in the future. But that's besides the point. Their relationship shows healthy communication and growth between two people, and an overall good representation of how a relationship should be. It shows mistakes and flaws within the relationship, and how it's important to communicate and try to fix these things.

Despite how Nana is in relationships, and despite how Zane had never been in a relationship before, it's surprisingly the most mature romance we see.

In the beginning, we see Nana sort of trying to rush things, like she's known to do. Zane tells her that it's okay to go slow and that it's best for them. She takes this criticism and tries to better herself. Zane comes out of his shell a bit more thanks to Nana. In the 'Nana accidentally kissing Garroth' thing, Zane showed true maturity in the way he handled that. He was sad at first, but once Nana explained, he said he believed her. He believed her because he trusted her. That kind of trust is so important in relationships. I think they both truly try to understand each other, because they genuinely care. I think that's a great representation of problems within relationships and working past them. For a Minecraft roleplay.

A lot of Zane's growth as a character was on his own or with the help of Aphmau at the beginning of Mystreet, but we definitely see even more of it in his relationship with Nana. This is how it should be! A character going through self improvement on their own, throughout a series. We see him grow as a character, we got more lore as we went on, saw him warm up to the people around him, etc.

But Nana... my babygirl... what did they do to you...

In Starlight, Nana felt like a character thrown in there as a love interest for Zane. Her character didn't have much growth or depth before that, and all of a sudden in Starlight she's telling her deepest darkest secrets to Zane. While I think that they really did grow closer in "Aphmau's Year", and I do not think she was wrong for suddenly telling him about her past, it felt like bad writing on Jessons part. It just gives the feeling of "oh lets finally give this female character some depth so she can be with this male character." If that makes sense. I wish she had that growth or that lore was revealed earlier on, not just for her relationship with Zane.

So, of course Zana has its faults here and there, but I don't think it's because of their relationship dynamic or anything, I think it's the fault of bad writing (especially on Nana's part). If their story had more thought put into it, and the writers weren't so focused on one ship(Aarmau), it would have been much better. I still think it's great, and I love them, but it could have been better.

Nonetheless, they have a healthy relationship, and they send a good message to the young audience about how things work in relationships. They don't have a very suspicious age gap! And they don't punch each other or sexualize each other to a concerning degree!! Stares at Aarmau and Travelyn.

[aphverse-confessions]

mystreet season 5 was poorly-disguised fetish fuel. jesson groomed us all

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[that-one-i-think]

Another episode of me being incredibly honest.

Some of y'all really need to suck it up and be greatful that Aphmau is making a final season of mystreet. Like, criticism is absolutely allowed but it shouldn't override your excitement. Act like an orphan getting bland oatmeal, it's not great but food is food.

Honestly, it seems like some of y'all lack understanding that this will most likely be it, BUT if we want to encourage Aphmau to make more, we have to actually be encouraging. I wasn't a mystreet fan, but I still watched it, and I am going to watch the newest season. I am at the very least going to give it a good send off, because that's what the series deserves.

Sure, it's being sent to a different channel, so what? Her newest fans have no real understanding of what is happening, and do you really want comments of "What is this?" And other stuff? There's other things too, but if we apply logic and understanding, none of the bigger complaints are even major.

It is what it is, enjoy what you can.

[the-wonderer-of-the-web]

LOOKING FOR BETA READERS!!!!!

I’m finally starting my phd/mystreet rewrite and I need beta readers

Requirements:

•in the aphblur community

•willing to give constructive criticism and not just praise it