#The Syndicate

[simplepotatofarmer]

thinking about the unused syndicate skins techno had made by carrot_gardens again....

[cirrusea]

The syndicate aka disaster book club

[ks1971]

what is their duo name help me

update: i'm calling them lilacduo from now on

[dsmpanalysis]

Happy Birthday to the Syndicate! 🎉

The Syndicate was made on December 16, 2020.

[dsmp-lainey]

c!niki art i commissioned from the incredible @arginnit

literally love these so much i’m never gonna get over it

[ghostenluvs]

i want ctommy to go bowling and be awful at it. i want ctubbo to destroy him at the bowling alley arcade shooter games.

cranboo is eating bowling alley fries in teh background and has rolled three consecutive strikes on pure looney toons luck alone.

jack is a worker there and has never needed a smoke break so bad in his life. hes so tired.

the syndicate are also there bowling on the other end of the lanes and cranboo keeps sneakily walking over between both groups and playing with them at once.

techno is overcomplicating every single shot and quoting ancient chinese history as usual.

phil is in the arcade whenever he has a moment playing space invaders or tetris or smth and hes on level 200.

niki is trying desperately to win the rigged plushy drop game by the entrance. she succeeds. she has a very large jigglypuff now.

the bowling alley speakers are playing take on me.

everything is right in the world.

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ADDITIONS FROM LATER UNDER READMORE [ART]

here's the incident:tm: of the outing.

everyone thank @xerith-42

JUST DANCE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE WHOLE SQUAD.

i just wanna see that.

[get-along-little-khornedoggie]

So the thing about c!Technoblade (I say, as if there is only one thing) but one thing about him that always sticks with me is the choice of his codename in the Syndicate.

Because at first glance, Protesilaus was the first bloodthirsty stab-happy warrior off the boat in the Trojan War, eager for battle, unheeding of death, which is one way to view c!Techno's character (how many times did characters view him as a resource or a weapon before or even after Doomsday, where he was literally screaming, "I'M A PERSON!").

And at second glance, he’s a willing martyr, who knew about the prophecy that the first man to land at Troy would be the first to die, and would rather it was him than his friends, which is another way to view him, one that seems closer to who he actually is ("leave Phil alone, just take me!", anyone?).

But c!Technoblade chose his name without ever abandoning his catchphrase of "Technoblade never dies", which is what sticks with me -- because he didn't just state that he'd die for his friends and leave it at that. He promised to protect them and to live for them.

Protesilaus is destined to be the first of his comrades to die by immovable fate, but also Technoblade never dies, which means that none of his comrades will, either.

He made it a promise. "I won’t die, therefore the gods will have no choice but to let all my friends live."

By something as simple as choosing a name, c!Technoblade (who for months was wary of identifying who his friends even were, especially after what the Butcher Army did to Philza, whose only crime was being his friend) told everyone in the Syndicate that if harm came to them, it would be because he was already dead, and that he never intended to let either of those things happen.

[avi-draws]

Apparently discord's no longer viable as a hosting site, so re-hosting this here. Drawn for the Extreme Timed Challenge MCYT Gift Exchange (2023)

[hadesmediocreart]

The syndicate in the skins techno had commissioned + the shadow of the mysterious 5th member

[icara-mack]

My final (planned) entry for the @sixteenth-day-event </3 and it’s time for: snow and snow and snow

!! the syndicate my beloved + bonus ghostbur and the gremlin child <3 ranboo’s dying it’s fine (he did not know what he was up against)

if you spot a crow with little cat ears? No you don’t I’m invisible.

if this event runs again, you can count on my participation as usual ♥️ thank you for what you do for the community! You’re a wonderful mod

REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED <3

[simplepotatofarmer]

the fact that techno was the one to place the ender pearl for the stasis chamber for harpocrates honestly makes sense from a lore perspective if you consider that harpocrates wasn't an actual member but a symbol. a symbol c!techno could point to and say, 'look, you don't have to do anything you don't wanna do. no one will pressure you into anything, you can be here in spirit only and that's fine. that's all we ask of you.'

i don't know. i really like that thought.

[cirrusea]

Syndicate meetings are very productive

[gnidatwarb]

[yuttikkele]

kind of upset we didn’t get to see the dsmp syndicate fully shine. They were set up for so much more…

[dsmp-lainey]

c!niki and c!techno training together….. c!niki and c!techno baking together….. c!niki and c!techno taking care of animals together…. c!niki and c!techno just relaxing in silence around each other….

oh sunrise duo truly THE friends of all time. i love them.