#actively comparing this with schlatt’s

[stoneybun]

Hopefully this doesn’t get me burned at the stake

[lowkeyrobin]

Heyy :) Can you please write headcanons of dating quackity, but in his earlier eras? (like 2019-21 maybe) ❤

ooooo yes of course!!! ; fun fact I've been watching him since 2018 or so (I don't mean this in a "Oh I'm cooler than you way) ; thank you for the request!! this was fun as hell ; I tried to kinda do it in a chronological order but yeah, I did like stuff and then more details of relationship if that makes sense yk???

QUACKITY ; 2019-2021 era

warnings ; language, talk of drugs, jokes about sex

word count ; 858

masterlist

Raiding Club Penguin with him and Axel was a core memory for you. It was the first true time, however cringe it sounds, that you saw Alex as your best friend.

he'd always try to make you laugh, especially on stream

such a little tease

back in the olden days, we had those Discord server 'wtf is that food' videos

you guys rank some of them and how likely you'd eat them

also ranking Discord memes

so many of them were dumb shit or weird shipart from like 2015 deviantart LMFAO

"guys I know me and y/n are dating but that doesn't mean compare us to Shrek couples!"

"I thought Thanos was your true love?"

"He-He is! Oh my God, stop being so desperate, y/n. ugh"

once he got invited to the Dream SMP, you were all ears and proudly taught him how to play Minecraft

you made his alt skin with the tuxedo, which he didn't wear often, but used in lore some time later

youd often help him with lore ideas

he also got you invited into the SMP where he introduced you to some of his new friends

you knew schlatt and some others, but most of these people were new and it was nice meeting all of them

the fiances are established and then you and quackity are already a think and you also like karl, which creates a weird love rectangle with an open end because you and sapnap are sharing the other two 💀

lore goes fuckin crazy with that

while Karl's off making Kinoko Kingdom and Quackity's running Las Nevadas, you're building El Tropicana, off in the far away jungle biome

Alex would usually stream and translate Mexican soap operas, which you joined in for sometimes

you'd give the characters different voices and twist their words up a bit to make it more entertaining for chat

the amount of drug talk that went into that was wild

also the amount of queer kids bullied in those schools?? yikes on bikes

also the one with that girl who got in trouble for kissing a boy on the playground or whatever that was?? Jesus christ man

youd both act put the scenes on occasion and use Tiger as whatever kid was being yelled at if she was in the room with you

taking a break halfway through stream for him to play guitar and for you to karaoke to fuckin Bo Burnham

also making fake joints out of paper he had laying around and "lighting them up" aka setting paper on fire next to a PC and your faces

Jackbox streams with the Feral Boys until 3am>>>

Paranormal Activity in the middle of the night went so fucking crazy

teaching Bad how to play GTA is your favorite memory with those two

playing horror games and watching him play horror games with Karl while he visited him

how dare he leave you all alone (you couldn't go because you had a busy schedule)

your chats shipping the hell out of you and your dsmp characters

hella fanart and fanfictions man

try not to laugh streams where you always ended up laughing before the ten minute mark because of him

he purposefully does shit to make you laugh

reading fanfiction on stream was a regular activity especially for y/s/n

youd rank the book on a scale from one to ten and how accurate to real life they were

"nahhhh that one doesn't have enough Thanos, two out of ten"

"yknow what... were gonna have our own tier lists... okay?"

"damnit... does this mean I'm not getting laid later?"

"what"

promoting the quackityhq merch religiously

also stealing whichever beanie he wasn't wearing, either the LAFD one or the plain black and blue one

him tying you to a chair and forcing you to laugh was a common stream plot

tweets that were either very inconspicuous about drugs, very sexual, or very old married couple vibes

youd both be frequently trending on twitter

hot wings or dare streams with Bad >>>>

playing girls go games and hoping you wouldn't give his PC a virus

sitting in the inflatable pool fully clothed, playing with children's bath toys

he'd for sure be the type to fall for his best friend

whether it be all the way back then or just now, he could go forever without feeling any feelings but one day they'll show up and the nervousness begins

he'd lend you a hoodie if you were cold in his room and he just straight up begs you to keep it

lots of just staring at you while chat ships you, like genuinley just zones out on your pretty face

would probably doubt his feelings at first and talk to his mom about it and she's like "boy you have a crush. Go ask them the hell out, you're a handsome young man, I'm pretty sure they like you too"

"mOooOooOoOoM"

genuinley spoils you with no good reason and after a while you just accept it

he starts sending good morning and good night texts

he'll repost (or reblog) (he has a secret tumblr) fanart of you two, especially if it's shipart

will constantly send you clips of movie characters making out or kissing and say "this should be us"

[nomsfaultau]

I just spontaneously manifested an au for you. So yk how the whole not-Tommy's character arc is hanging onto Phil being kind and protective? Yeah so what if he actually got into a family where that wasn't the case? For the purposes of this au, it's DadSchlatt au. So yeah, Schlatt and Tubbo. And Tubbo gets replaced by the demon kid. And not-Tommy/Tubbo then proceeds to learn that apparently the blood connection doesn't, indeed, force parents to protect their children. What happens next? Also it'd be fun if not-Technoblade and not-Wilbur still get to sbi and how their story goes on there without not-Tommy.

“Tubbo” picked the mark because it was easier to hide if he was already meant to have spiraling horns. “Tommy” had never expected blood protection to go further than not actively attacking children for the most part, so it wasn’t a shock to him. To “Tubbo” indifference was still godly compared to what he went through in hell. His guard was slower to lower, but also he didn’t have those hackle raising moments of confused wariness compared to with Philza. It would still be a process of slowly learning he didn’t have to be bracing for the hit all the time, and there’d be a degree of finding safety in the cover. “Tubbo” didn’t take Tubbo to be loved, though, only to have a disguise to hide in to avoid the consequences of various heinous crimes. So it kinda went exactly according to plan. Schlatt wasn’t a vigilant guardian, and it was far easier to slip out and cause havoc than with the overbearing Philza. Even better, Schlatt seemed unphased with the violence beginning to plague the land, not drawing his kid closer like Philza would’ve. 

He’d expected the family to eventually notice. “Tubbo” wasn’t particularly convincing, and grew lax with the secret. Why didn’t Schlatt notice? Weeks, months, years, how did he not notice his kid was long gone? Did he not care? 

I’m not your real son. 

“Tubbo” was amused when he finally said it, all jagged teeth and cruel entertainment. An impulsive reveal; he wanted watch for the horror to crawl onto the man’s features. 

You think I’d want you enough to adopt you?

And then Schlatt didn’t seem to remember the exchange the next morning, more concerned with his hangover. Or maybe he just really didn’t care. Either way was fine by “Tubbo”. He liked to toy with the idea “Father” might even like him better than Tubbo, given how passive and meek and pliant he’s been so long ago. Far less interesting than “Tubbo”. But either way Schlatt was useful, ensuring “Tubbo” was an expected, unremarkable piece of the village even as it plummeted into ruin at his hands.

Then one day, “Tubbo” grew bored. He simply walked off, never to be seen again. He didn’t kill Schlatt, blaming his sentimentality on the human having served his use. Because even neglected as he was, apathy was still the greatest kindness he ever knew. The demon integrated into the next family, and the next. Only briefly, once, did he wonder if Schlatt had even noticed “Tubbo’s” absence at all.

“Wilbur” and “Technoblade” were far far better imposters than “Tommy” and were scrambling as their delicate balance was bombarded. The ruse could go on for a very long time, not pressured and panicked about “Tommy” rocking the boat and killing enough people to scare Philza into becoming stricter and paranoid. They’d likely start getting along better, helping cover up for one another. “Wilbur” would additionally be intensive about being a good “brother” to the real Tommy, just like he’s desperate for Philza’s affection and attention. Overall they’re far more chill than “Tommy” and would be far less stressed. 

What eventually unravels the Not-Craft household in the OG is Philza’s unequal treatment of his children. Because part of the reason “Tommy” gets utterly showered in affection in the first chapter is because Philza is scared about the people going missing and is trying to protect his youngest kid. But the building resentment was based heavily on “Tommy” not being real, either, and getting that treatment. With “Wilbur’s” assumption that Philza knew and was still treating him the worst of the imposters, it became something that blew up. But if Tommy were real, and “Wilbur” again unraveled that Philza figured it out…it would just seem natural to him. Of course he loved his real kid more, but that’s didn’t mean he wasn’t treating the other imposters okay. “Wilbur” would be completely content to continue the illusion, although kinda rotting on the inside. Since “Technoblade” would never learn Philza knew, perpetually acting on the assumption he’d have sold them out if so, they’d never get their character development because they’d always dismiss any of Philza’s advice because they wouldn’t trust or respect him. Philza grieved his children, but had far more freedom than in OG timeline. Combined with a lack of transparency, he never developed empathy for the imposters. 

“Wilbur” wouldn’t see his death coming. Neither would “Technoblade,” but they wouldn’t be surprised, either. Just bitterly resentful. 

[canines-alter-creation]

hiya! we saw that you did the inverted dsmp au as a source, and we would like to request that! specially for jschlatt ＼(^_^)／ and we would like for jschlatt to be level 2 please (　＾ω＾)

It took me+ a while to figure out what I+ wanted to do with this one, because there's a lot of different ways that inverted Jschlatt can be interpreted, I+ hope you like what I+ went with!!

> Name(s): Jschlatt, Jay, J, Jared, Jensen, Julian, Jori, Jackson, Jaxson, Jacob

> Pronoun(s): he/ram/dad/care/sweater

> Age: 30s-40s

> Gender: masc, ramgender, goatplushic, goatgender, 

> Sexuality: gay, masc attracted, 

> Role: Caregiver/Caretaker

> Source: Inverted!dsmp

> Faceclaims: 

> Sign-offs: 🐏, 🐐, 🫀, 🥃

> Song theme:

> Front triggers(pos/neg/neu):

+ Alters in need, pancakes, Tubbos (especially source attached Tubbos that need a father figure), 80s rock, “dad” music, driving (if you’re old enough)

/ nature, being outside (especially dad activities like camping, hiking, fishing), other sourcemates, watching source (even though he doesn’t identify with that guy)

- the body being stressed or in danger, the body being upset, alters in front being upset or feeling in danger, unwanted advances. 

> Likes/dislikes:

+ goats, taking care of children, pancakes, traditional dad activities

- being compared to source, being treated like source, alcohol/substance use, source-attached Schlatts

[conarcoin]

I love how C!Schlatt's relationships with Connor and Quackity contrast each other. Schlatt and Connor are terrible business partners. Schlatt's intimidation or charm are both undercut by Connor's awkwardness in conversation while Connor's ability to be stealthy and look for details in things is undercut by Schlatt's dramatics. They disagree on everything, from literally selling their company to the most minor aesthetic choices. And I feel like that is kind of the reason they work. They ground each other. They became a team after Connor burned the money from Schlatt's most successful business venture when it went too far into pointless cruelty (restructuring the whole thing to be about scamming Connor, refusing to give people the worthless currency he made up.) Connor keeps Schlatt from falling too far into his addictions or paranoia, Schlatt keeps Connor actually from drifting into isolation. This is better demonstrated when they're split up than when they're together. When they split in Tekkit, Schlatt has all the other members killed to protect his company and begins manufacturing alcohol, while Connor goes off to work on Weed X without speaking to anyone. We all know what happens with Manberg, and while Connor is on the Dream SMP he actively avoids speaking to people (robbing them instead of asking for things) and most of his conversations are caused by a situation he cannot get out of (the home disputes, torture, the prison, and the entire server's imminent destruction.) They actively grind each other's normal lives to a halt, resulting in complete material failure and the most healthy mental states either of them will ever have.

This compared to Schlatt and Quackity's relationship. Both are politcally intelligent, outwardly charismatic people with high ambition. They can work together like clockwork, and they were doomed from the start. Quackity has always wanted respect, whether in the form of appreciation and being listened to or later in the form of fear and awe. Schlatt understood Quackity (he offered unconditional vote pooling compared to Wilbur, he literally spoke to him in his language, and he seems aware of Q's public persona and charisma in the way he refers to him as Quackity in public discussions and Alex in their private talk) but it's unlikely he ever really respected him. He never assigned Quackity a job in Manberg other than "have a fat ass" and he became increasingly hostile about Q's appearance and behavior as they went on. On Quackity's end, (not framing this as a fault but rather why the relationship went up in shambles) he spent the majority of their time together trying to placate Schlatt, starting almost immediately after the election. He thinks in the same way as Schlatt, and when he disagreed he usually handled it indirectly, (breaking Niki out of prison when he wasn't looking, trying to soothe or distract him when he was angry, etc) causing Schlatt to descend a self destructive path with nothing to slow him down. In both of his healthy close relationships before, with Connor as his partner and Ty as a son kind of, there was a point where Schlatt went too far and they forcefully intervened (the diamond burning and the stabbing respectively.) Schlatt didn't have that with Quackity, or anyone on the Dream SMP for that matter.

Anyways all stop now sry for the long ask

YES!!!!!! LITERALLY oh my god dont apologize im so glad to see someone else talk about it

[bonesandthebees]

Let the intense grilling begin [“Really? You wanted a third option so you went with the thirteen year old who has zero clue what the fuck he’s getting into?” Schlatt jumped in,] perfectly establishes how stupid this decision is and Schlatt’s exact personality. This scene establishes all the characters really well btw.

Sam is short-sighted and living in his own head, he doesn’t think things through and based on this line [“And between those two, who would you say I should choose as my heir?”] has no idea who to pick.

Schlatt is brash and overconfident, yet he perfectly knows his own value and what power he holds. He’s rude, because he knows that Sam can’t do anything about it when push comes to shove. He needs Schlatt’s family’s money. He’s probably also the only person actively backing Quackity (as a first choice that is), and I am looking at that and the cannon dsmp interactions (especially the nickname).

Hannah is more reserved, but definitely backing Niki. She’s also clever enough to figure out the implications and speak up about them (also I forgot what he title was already. Was it economics?). Anyway, Hannah supporting Niki says more about Niki than her.

Phil nor Techno show there cards, I think they are backing Niki, but I can never be sure even if they were to outright tell Wilbur. [Don’t speak without thought. Stay quiet. Observe.] This line sums both of them up pretty well. They hold their cards. Phil and Techno do prod Sam, but they also know perfectly when not to do so, either because it will piss him of or if they know that someone else will ask.

Wilbur pretty much does as he’s told, he’s there to observe and learn. He holds his tongue and does not share his opinion like he has been taught. Also, Phil knows exact when Wilbur needs to be held back and can do so with one look. Very interesting compared to the start where Wilbur was trying to catch his eye, but al Phil’s attention was on Sam.

Then there’s Bad. He knows Sam the best and has the Lea way to call him out on his bullshit (and does so without being harsh like Schlatt) [“Okay, forgive me if this seems… upfront, but I have to ask. Are you actually considering Tomys as an heir, or are you just trying to make a point?”] he nails it right on the head (minus possible buying himself time) yet Sam doubles down.

I wonder if Phil figured this out but couldn’t say anything because Sam’s rebelling against him (like a teenager or a little child). Phil calling him out would not help the situation at all, but Sam does need to be called out on his bullshit, so it!s good that Bad and Schlatt are there. It’s also good that Phil knows when to rein everything in and get to business.

(3/3)

-🎄

aaa thank you, I definitely wanted to use this scene to establish everyone like you said. especially schlatt. he's such a fun character in this and I was so excited to really show how crass he can be even in very formal settings like this. he just doesn't give a shit because he doesn't have to. he's a nepo baby who inherited his role from his father, and sam can't do shit about it because he's rich. schlatt has always known just how far money can get you, and he's not afraid to push that to its limits.

hannah's role is lady of justice, meaning she's the person who oversees laws in the kingdom and the management of criminal trials and things like that. her entire thing is focusing on what's best for the public as a whole, so yes, to have someone like that backing niki shows just how competent niki is perceived to be.

techno for the most part tries to stay out of the heir debates. he's not really a politics kind of guy (in fact he definitely has a few choice opinions on the entire concept of a monarchy but that's neither here nor there), he's just there to take care of the library and talk about history if sam needs counsel in that sense. while he definitely has his opinions, he'd rather not get involved. that's phil's job. and even if in theory techno's role is to serve sam like the rest of the council, he's really just here for phil and pretty much everyone knows it

and of course phil keeps his cards close to his chest. even if he were to support one heir over the other you'd never know if he was actually telling the truth, or if this was just another attempt to move more pieces around the board.

yes, wilbur struggling to catch phil's attention in the beginning contrasting with phil knowing exactly when to shoot wilbur a look reminding him to shut up was intentional but I'll let you guys draw your own conclusions about that :)

bad knows sam extremely well and he also knows how delicately he needs to go about calling him out on this. of course it still doesn't work, but at least he tried. bad is kind of like techno in that he usually chooses not to get involved in the court drama. he's the head of sam's royal guard. he's more focused on keeping sam alive than anything else.

[wilburzgutz-inactive]

literally open twt ONE time and it’s:

- people shitting on schlatt fans

- people shitting on minx

[thesmpisonfire]

SCU Theory

Okay, so

This last scu video, am I right?? I immediately started to theorize about Why. Why this theme, how it fits in the whole narrative, what’s Schlatt doing? Too many questions. And then it hits me.

Schlatt wants a new game.

Let’s get back to the start. Natural disasters video. Schlatt IS god. He controls everything. He has his players trapped exactly where he wants them. They are new, they are naïve, they have hope. And so Schlatt chooses one of them, Charlie, and gives him the golden apple. Later on, he also gives Grizzly and Condi their respective apples. But that’s the thing. Normal apples. Not golden ones.

All of them get corrupted after that. Their whole world gets corrupted by that. But Charlie was the one to be chosen, Schlatt picked him. And Charlie kills him later on in the same video, both now wielding respective god-like powers.

Then, we get both ‘Blocks Fight Back’ and ‘Roll’. Schlatt has stepped down as god (as he states himself in BFB, he says he wants to sit down). For a while, they are all in the same, powerless level, but the world is reacting to them. Changing. Getting more chaotic and messier and aggressive. The world wants to do damage and hurt whoever dares try to live in it.

And then, we have ‘Hardest Minecraft Difficult’, and Schlatt’s gone.

And Charlie, Grizzly and Condi are gods. They’ve ascended and created their own pantheon, with now the addition of a new face: Bizly. And the three clearly hold something over Bizly: Bizly never got an apple. How could he, if Schlatt is apparently gone from the situation? He has to prove himself worth of the job now, since they can’t have the overpowered Goatman choose for them. And they have the chance to fix their world. They have the same power as Schlatt. But they don’t. They choose to actively make it worse. They are natural disasters of their own. They kept the cycle going.

Schlatt isn’t there in physical appearance, but his presence is still pretty much there. They can’t let the Natural Disasters event go by on their own, so, when they re-create apples, they make an effort to make it specially cursed. A sinkhole. It’s their homage to the god that cursed them and gave them the powers they are honoring now.

But then they can’t stay to only destroying and corrupting the world, they turn to each other, they try to corrupt Bizly and break him so he can become as fucked as they are, but he isn’t affected. So, Grizzly ends up being the one to be tormented, they break him. Fallen Grizzly is the closest to the Goatman that they could have gotten. He lost his humanity, he wants his friends dead, he wants the world gone, he wants to be the catalyze to the end of everything.

They defeat Fallen Grizzly, and when they finally kill one of their own, they see how corrupted they are, and they say “He met his end, we have to find ours now”. They go to the end, and they freed it, together with Fallen Grizzly’s tormented spirit. And then, they jump in the portal. And they immediately die.

They ended their round. They decided to leave the game. And got punished with death by this choice.

Schlatt, still behind the curtains and watching his marionette show, punishes them. Because of course he planned it. Give one of them the idea to be killed if you try to leave the game. An indirect action of his.

Now, we have “100 days in hardcore”

We get introduced to the concept of world hopping, and how a scientist, and if there’s one there’s can be more, succeeded in send a person across worlds and bring them back. Here, Charlie starts in a tube. Contained.

It’s a new world, one that Schlatt hadn’t touched yet and is getting used to. A world with different future than his last plaything.

When Charlie meets the scientist, its not any scientist, it’s a version of Condi. Who has in hands a power source compared to god power, who has a project named “Deus” (AKA God), and who got visited by the Goatman and given power by that same god. Schlatt basically nudged Condi in the right direction, his own metaphorical apple.

Then, there’s Wizzly, an alternative version of Grizzly. Someone with magic powers, someone who clearly isn’t truly from this world. He was snatched there. Both Slime and Grizzly weren’t from that world, but Schlatt made them be by manipulating Condi. He brought his marionettes back together.

And not only that, he also made sure to corrupt this world even thought he doesn’t have the full grasp of it yet (Like how he said he “didn’t had much time”). He gave Condi the knowledge, and then Condi sends a new puppet, ready to break, right across the portal.

BAM. ‘NATURAL DISASTERS vs 100 PLAYERS’ BABE.

A copy of the Goatman’s best success. He gives Tommy an enchanted gold apple. Different from Charlie. Something that fucks Tommy so badly that when he goes back home, he creates an entire apocalypse of his own. But he is not only broken mentally, he’s a broken vessel, he spills around and can’t get things right. He slips between Pre-Portal Tommy and Corrupted Tommy. The others never had those problems, because the last three fully embraced their corruption easily than Tommy did.

Charlie meets this version of Bizly as well, as first thing. And, coincidentally, the first time they can feel themselves world hopping is when they’re together. When Condi still had the power to use his machine.

Meanwhile, Schlatt has been slowly making his way to gain Charlie’s trust, taking a new front. Last time was too easy, too fast. Schlatt’s playing the slow game this time. He appears in his shop and gives items that Charlie can use to protect himself. And Charlie is taking them. He’s slowly embracing.

When Condi and Charlie meet, a shift, and Condi trusts in Charlie to help him fix the mess he caused. And then the machine stops working, Condi dies merely minutes later. His punishment was almost immediate. No one messes with Schlatt’s plan.

Same as Tommy. He was given the power to be a god and kill Charlie and his pals. He fails. Schlatt’s punishment? The machine works again, and both Tommy and Charlie are transported to a world where Tommy can be hurt, where he can die. And so, he does.

It’s also a place where Charlie is trapped, surrounded by lava. Schlatt looming over him.

Now, I take a brief detour to talk about Winfred. He is mentally devastated after spending years trapped in the Reality Shows compound, he has no access to the outside world. He’s afraid to step out of his apartment, fearing that means he will break the rules and lose the game he has been working so hard to win. And, even after he leaves, he’s sure its still a show, that there’s a script somewhere and that means everything will be alright. His views of the world are based on that reality show mentality. He faces what’s actually an enemy, but he still sees Wilfred with the rose-tainted glasses, thinking it’s a friend. They fight, and then Wilfred pulls the last card, trying to explode the two. Neither of them dies, but Winfred discovers reality due to that, Wilfred dying moments later in a quick, unsatisfactory death. Winfred faces the world where he has no purpose, where he has WON, because he is the last Bachelor, and its also a world where nothing will get better from that…

…And explodes himself.

Charlie has been trapped in his own reality show mentality. He thinks to himself: “I’ll survive these 100 days, then things might get better”, he makes friends, he reconnects to old ones, and he fights what he thinks its his nemesis, but its nothing more than another puppet. Then, he knows he survived his 100 days. He WON. And he stares at Schlatt and let the zombies tear through his flesh.

But has he? Because, even though he and Condi are out from this game, Grizzly isn’t, and he keeps the corruption going, bringing back zombies.

But has he? Schlatt is so powerful, he snatched Charlie across worlds. He did that once and he WILL do that again, because he cans. Because he has the power too.

Charlie doesn’t eat the apple just means he isn’t fully engaged in this game. There can be others, Schlatt can try thousands of times over. Charlie is his chosen one. Condi and Grizzly are his puppets.

EDIT: HOW COULD I FORGET TO PUT THIS

Charlie clearly knows this is a punishment for something. He repeatably said it

"Gods real and im being punished!"

"I'm in heaven and hell!"

"I both see god and worship him! I am god and he's dead!"

Bits of his memory from other worlds are crossing, or maybe he was pulled from his original world and words are automatically leaving his mouth without even think.

[minecraftsz]

THE LONG-AWAITED DSMP SIMP SURVEY RESULT BREAKDOWN!

what the hell is that: this survey asked people, mainly from our following, which members of the dream SMP (current and past members, not limited to streamers) they had a crush on. multiple responses were encouraged within reason, and the form garnered 878 responses before being closed after about three hours.

this results breakdown will focus on two main categories: total simpage and simps per capita, broken down in a few different ways. while all members have a twitch/youtube, several only have one or the other, so categories will be further subdivided by platform.

greatest overall simpage

this is simple. who got the biggest number: this is just raw response reading! percentages were rounded to the nearest tenth.

highest simpage

Wilbur Soot, 175 votes / 20.6% of the vote

Nihachu, 76 votes / 8.9% of the vote

Quackity, 57 votes / 6.7% of the vote

and here's some fun % of votes stats!

simpage (ever dyed hair): 190 votes / 22% of the vote; 20% of the DSMP (6 people)

been on BBH's hot wings streams: 200 votes / 23.5% of the vote; 20% of the server (6 people)

never changed skin (actually): 56 votes / 6.6% of the vote; 10% of the DSMP (3 people)

never changed username: 267 votes / 31.5% of the vote; 30% of the server (10 people)

hair dye + hot wingers are overrepresented in simps, whereas unchanged minecrafters are underrepresented.

simps per capita

this was calculated by dividing simps by following on twitch and subscribers on youtube, then multiplying by 100,000 and rounded down to get an x simps per 100,000 people for easier conceptualization.

highest twitch SPC

Technoblade, 91 simps per 100,000

Wilbur Soot, 51 simps per 100,000

FoolishGamers__, 43 simps per 100,000

slimecicle followed closely with 40 simps per 100,000!

highest youtube SPC

ItsAlyssa, 421 simps per 100,000

CaptainPuffy, 247 simps per 100,000

Eret, 137 simps per 100,000

highest SPC in either category

ItsAlyssa, 421 simps per 100,000 (YouTube)

CaptainPuffy, 247 simps per 100,000 (YouTube)

Eret, 131 simps per 100,000 (YouTube)

highest average SPC

CaptainPuffy, 141 simps per 100,000

Eret, 89 simps per 100,000

FoolishGamers__, 87 simps per 100,000

other exciting stats, charts, and observations

simpage of note:

vikkstar and lazarbeam are sitting pretty at the very bottom, tied with 0 voters!

dream has the worst simps:subs ratio at an average 1.68 simps per 100,000!

alyssa has by far the lowest following (7,120 YT subs) but the highest SPC (421)!

here's a pair of fun charts that show the positive correlation between following and simps! the twitch chart has a correlation of .41 and the youtube chart has a correlation of .2, both weak but still strong enough to count. (quick refresher: this doesn't refer to the slope of the line of best fit, but how close each point is to the line of best fit.)

here's another fun chart showing a downward trend in simps by age. correlation coefficient is -.18, which is low correlation.

this pair of charts are 2 connections between following and simpage. the first is average following (avg of twitch + youtube) and simps to remind that more followers=more raw simps. the second is following vs SPC, showing moderate correlation (-.36) between low following and high SPC, implying that people prefer unpopular creators. however...

smaller followings are favored because the simp results were much closer to each other than the competitors' respective followings (ex. schlatt and karl jacobs, who are tied for simpage but are over 1.5mil apart in twitch following). one person in a group of 10 is a much larger proportion of the group than the same person in a group of 10 million. additionally, youtube numbers are very skewed due to the fact that very few dsmp members have an active presence there, at least when not compared to their twitch channel. not every fan follows their fav's youtube channel. i believe highest average SPC is the most accurate, because it weeds out those who just had good ratios. however basically no SPC counts are good at all! not enough people were surveyed for accurate conclusions at this degree of specificity.

conclusion:

more followers=more simps, obviously. less followers=higher SPC. people don't tend to favor older people or those who haven't changed their mc branding. however, people really like dyed hair and people that have been in bad's hot wing streams. huh. doing that must make you really sexy or something! basically...

people like style, people like adventurousness, but above all else, people really fucking like wilbur soot!

(link to the spreadsheet if you want to explore results!)

[lazyliars]

/rp

Before I get into it, I want to state that is EXPLICITLY an analysis of the Characters, and is not intended to touch on how the cc’s played them in a meta sense unless specifically stated otherwise.

Also, this is technically a part two to my other post, which took a more in depth look at Techno and Phil’s reactions to Tommy’s death. It’s not necessary when reading this post, but I don’t address their reactions here.

So. The question must be asked.

Are we [the Syndicate] the baddies?

Yes.

The End.

 Why are the Syndicate the baddies?

They got damn logo is a wither skull.

The End.

That's not how this works.

Yeah, yeah. You’re right.

The Syndicate's goals as an organization are not inherently bad. They seem to have good intentions behind them, and the focus on the freedom of it's individual group members is important to remember when talking about it; It is not a government. There is no hierarchical power system. No one is forced to do anything against their will, or surrender any of their rights or power to remain a member. It is not a government.

I also want to address Techno and Phil backing Ranboo into a corner – I see them getting a lot of flack for this, but I personally do not think it is relevant to the greater discussion, or necessarily representative of any contradictions within the organization. It was clearly played for laughs, and after they back off they clarify to Ranboo that they won't force him. Then later when Phil and Ranboo are alone, Ranboo feels safe enough to express that he felt like he was pressured into it, and Phil assures him he is allowed to leave whenever he wants; He is not being forced to do anything, and he is not being coerced or blackmailed.

None of the Syndicate members have done any wrongs against each other in the context of the Syndicate, OR gone against any of the Syndicate's core principles.

That, said, holy shit are they the baddies.

Listen, there's trying to telegraph a meaning or message to the audience and then there's having your logo be wither skulls on blackstone. That is straight out of the skit I keep referencing, seriously.

Okay, but, they laughed at it! It was played as a joke, just like the Ranboo thing!

The Ranboo thing was improv, the Syndicate's headquarters were planned – the artistic choices that they made reflect on what role they want the build and the organization inhabiting it to play in the future storylines.

Wither Skulls kind of have some CONNOTATIONS. Techno is an English major, I don't think he chose the most threatening imagery possible on accident, and then joked about the way people would interpret it just to stir the pot. This reads as hugely intentional.

And beyond that, the jokes they make during this part aren't “haha yeah, we look bad but we're actually good!” they're “you can tell by looking at these that we're the good guys wink wink, this is good guy stuff right here :)” It is a joke about how they are definitely not the good guys. This isn't even a case of unreliable narrators, this is one step down from flat out saying the meta intent.

But okay, I hear you, I'm talking about things that haven't happened yet. The Syndicate hasn't used any Withers, they could be an aesthetic choice.  Lets look at what they do in practice.

So, they barge into private property, assess Snowchester's right to continue existing based entirely on their own ideals of what Freedom is, and then only once Tubbo assures them that they have no standing leader do they grant the place their approval to, and I gotta stress this part, continue existing.

 In my Quackity meta, I already talked about how Government in the context of a M1necraft RP cannot be compared to IRL Governments on a one-to-one scale. They don't serve the same purposes or have the same type of power. What I didn't talk about was Agency in the context of m1necraft governments.

In an irl government, if you are born into one, you can't really leave without committing a massive overhaul on your life, which can be expensive and difficult, if not impossible for many people. Even in a “benevolent” government, the simple physicality of where you were born can prevent you from leaving it easily.

The same hurdles do not exist in the Dream SMP. People who join M1necraft governments choose to. They want to, either at the beginning when they form one, or later on when they join up. So far, no Government has just Sprung Up and forced the current residents of an area to become dependent on them, except maybe the Eggpire, who's status as a government is... shakey.

And even when people want to leave or separate from the government, they have been historically able to do so without any trouble or any effort from said governments to stop them. Jack Manifold emancipated from Manberg. Fundy and Quackity both left to start new nations. In all cases they were allowed to do so without any attempts on the part of the governments to stop them, either through force, or institutions preventing them from doing so.

The most anyone has lost when leaving a government is their house, which is still usually their property anyway, and is something that is easily rebuilt elsewhere and is inconvenient to move anyway.

The only exceptions to this might be Schlatt exiling Wilbur and Tommy - but even then, they weren’t trying to leave, they were trying to get back in, and of course the original L’manberg revolution, where Dream attempted to force L’manberg back into the Dream SMP, which wasn’t even a government at that point in time.

I don’t consider Phil’s house arrest an example of a government forcing someone to stay a citizen - that was treated less as a matter of a citizen wanting to leave the country and more as a threat to national security. Still pretty fucked up, but it’s a different issue.

What I'm saying is, If Tubbo wants to create a government out in the middle of nowhere, threatening no one, forcing no one to join either through force or desperation, and allowing people to join willingly because they want to, then he should be allowed to do that.

The Irony of the Syndicate, a group of people consisting of some of the richest, strongest people on the server, going around and enforcing 'Freedom' that entails no one person having more power than any other, is absurd. 

It shows an extreme lack of self-awareness and/or self-righteousness, as they seem to think that they deserve to be the ones who decide what constitutes a government.

Snowchester is a small independent nation - they shouldn’t have to live in fear of being obliterated if they don’t walk on eggshells to meet an arbitrary standard decided by people who’s only authority on the matter COMES FROM THEIR PERSONAL POWER. No one elected them! No one chose them! They were not “approved” by the server at large to enact this kind of law.

The Syndicate are not a government, but they are an unsupervised power structure exerting their ideals on a land that did not ask for them. Like, These people have invented an actual Authoritarian-Anarchist faction. How the hell did they manage this?????

Back on topic.

Tubbo shows them the crater left by his nukes. The reaction is oddly positive – the nukes are fine by the morals of the Syndicate, apparently. I'd argue that they come across as more impressed than anything else; they seem to respect Tubbo for having gotten ahold of “real” power.

(There's a few good memes out there about “We can excuse nuclear weaponry, but we draw the line at Government!”)

So. By the Syndicate's standards: A single person or group of acceptably equal persons with weapons of mass-destruction are only worth “keeping an eye on” because they might provoke other people.

Like, I consider Project Dreamcatcher to be one of, if not the most morally ambiguous thing Tubbo has ever done, largely because it was all on his own initiative. He holds some culpability for The Butcher Army and Phil's house arrest, but they weren't his ideas and he was mostly following Quackity at that point.

And Phil tells Tubbo, IMMEDIATELY AFTER SEEING THE NUCLEAR CRATER:

“Looks like you've reformed a little bit Tubbo, I'm proud.”

And it's fine. Crimes against nature? Fine. A sign of healing in fact!! Tubbo is having a sweeeelll time and he definitely didn't make these nukes specifically in fear of being attacked by these exact people! Tubbo is doing great. Tubbo is doing fine. Tubbo. is. FINE.

Anyway.

I don't think this presentation of the Syndicate was an accident. Looking at the greater lore of SMP right now, after the Egg is done, their list of enemies is slim, and considering that they seem solely invested in taking down governments, that leaves maybe Snowchester, Kinoko Kingdom, and Eret and the greater Dream SMP.

Snowchester has not been shown to be corrupt, evil, or have any intent to go down that route. The most ambiguous thing they've done is, again, is the nukes. Other than that, it's pretty much your average cottagecore snow village.

Kinoko is presented in an even more morally 'good' light, Karl having founded it specifically for his Time-travel library purposes, which are currently being treated by the narrative as a selfless act, if not downright heroic.

Eret is also a fairly 'good' aligned character atm. He's been on that redemption grind since the og betrayal, and doesn't seem keen on backtracking. He's actively tried to leverage his position as king to make things better, and hasn't been quiet about that. He was also 'validated' by Tommy*, a character who has been described both by his allies and enemies as “the hero,” so take that as you will.

What I'm getting at is, all of the current potential enemies for the Syndicate aside from the Egg, are currently being cast as 'good,' and if they were to be attacked, they would undoubtedly have the moral high-ground, unless something drastically changed.

The only potential shakeups I can think of is are a Dream escape and/or a Wilbur revival, both of which could draw the Syndicate's attention and ire, depending on how things go. That said, it's just as likely that either or both of them would join the Syndicate – Dream still has that favor, and Phil and Techno both seemed to think Wilbur would've agreed with their blowing up L'manberg.

Both of those characters are currently **villains – the fact that they're both prime candidates for the Syndicate is a huge indication of the direction it's going to go as the plot moves forward.

((*I know some people are gonna come at me for painting Tommy as the “deciding factor” of what is morally good, so lemme just stop you there. I'm not talking about Tommy somehow having the 'right' to decide who is and isn't good, and definitely not the right to decide who should and shouldn't be king. I'm saying that Tommy, a character who the narrative treats as, if not a good person, then a person who is trying to be good, was in support of Eret, a character who has also been trying to be good.

Eret doesn't gain the moral highground because Tommy said so, he gets it because a character who the narrative treats as trying to do better, acknowledged Eret's earnest attempts at doing the same.

**I'm referring to Wilbur here as a villain because Tommy seemed convinced he would be if he were to be brought back. There is always the possibility that he's wrong.))

So, to summarize this: I read the Syndicate as being intentionally positioned as future antagonists, if not outright villains of a future arc. They are NOT a Government but their goals are contradictory with their means, and it is important to keep in mind that they plan to enforce their own brand of freedom on people who did not grant them either the authority or permission to do so.

So, uh. Can you tell I loved these streams? They were seriously so good. I kept switching between Ranboo and Techno's POV's trying to keep up with everything. I still have to watch Niki's!

All in all, I'm super, super excited for whats coming next, egg stuff, Syndicate stuff, Tommy stuff, all of it.

[melissa-s23]

““Actually, that intent vs execution view makes a lot of my points better so let’s take the actual example from the discourse: The red festival. 

From techno’s discord messages, as well as a few quotes here and there, we can gather that the intent of techno’s character during the red festival was as follows: -unwarned about Wilbur’s ‘B-plot’, Techno goes to the festival under schlatt’s invitation and uses it as a reconaissance mission, to know the enemy better.

-Tubbo actively tells wilbur to activates the B-plot.

-during the speech, tubbo gets cornered and he is asked to go on stage. He gets nervous as things don’t go to plan.

-He tries to delay it, thinking Wilbur has a plan to get them out of here. He doesn’t. 

-Techno possibly feels betrayed or used (which is a feeling that could lead on to nov 16th), and has to go along with schlatt as the crowd and the president pressure him, some of them having netherite armor, possibly ready to attack if he doesn’t listen which would out him as a spy too. 

-He executes Tubbo, feeling regret and anger towards wilbur and tommy for not helping him, and now has to confront one or both of the two over the incident. 

Alright! That’s a base line for what techno probably has in head. Some good stuff in here, some nice intent. 

HOWEVER, let’s compare it to the execution. And I’m gonna be using Techno’s video:

-Asides from fundy, he is the only one wearing armor. (and fundy takes it off once he gets to the party) and later on punz.

-Tubbo did not say the code until Schlatt pressed on it. “Got anything else you wanna add? Is there anything else on the speech?” (meaning schlatt read the thing beforehand)

-Techno realizes they’ve been compromised way earlier he is asked to get on the stage. 

-Niki was crying as she realized. Niki was clearly against the idea.

-Actively calls schlatt ‘mister president.” 

(-seems to have been redconned, but apparently schlatt knew techno so that’s that.)

-”WAIT!” “WHAT??” “Schlatt, it’s a festival man.” “YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO TUBBO”. The whole crowd was against the execution. 

-”Schlatt, he’s trapped, I think it’s good enough.” Quackity WAS AGAINST IT AS WELL. 

(-also his little “wait, techno you’re gonna...?”) 

-”I’m being subjected to mild ammount of peer pressure, tubbo.” 

-man BURSTS OUT LAUGHING right after. 

-Man fucking penta killed the whole crowd. 

-then LEFT right after starting the mayhem, leaving everyone to go after TOMMY

-”Tommy’s on his own!” 

-(Wilbur calls him “the blade” and he calls back in a friendly manner.) 

-”You think you can destroy manberg without me?” 

-laughs in tommy’s face as he’s angry. 

-”Onto a new day, a new plot, to destroy manberg.” 

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So a few things here: 

-Techno, from this video, indeed didn’t seem to know about Wilbur’s plot. And he does try to ask him about it once at pogtopia. However, he then says that final quote, which implies he was in on the plan to destroy manberg on the festival. Contradictory statements, and we don’t know which one is true. 

-Tubbo not saying the code until pressured makes the execution contradict the intent. However, it’s the execution that matters, and therefore tubbo didn’t try to kill techno. 

-Techno listens to every of schlatt’s commands, which could be to not be outted as spy if... he was part of the country. And also didn’t already broke the rule of ‘no armor’ beforehand. The main pressure seems to come from schlatt. No other member encourages the president’s actions. 

-the regret and conflicted feelings are.... innexistant. And so is his loyalty. c!Techno’s a great fan of “I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT THEM ALL FOR YOU!” yet when Tommy, his ally, pops in to takes the remains of tubbo. He just.... leaves. He willingly abandons them.

-Never apologizes to tubbo afterward or check if he’s doing alright/ready to continue the revolution. Instead, he focusses on beating tommy in the pit. (though cheered on and a bit pressed by Wilbur.) 

Final thoughts:

Uhhhh Yeah. It’s messy. There is not ONE person to blame for the execusion. But to say Techno is this perfect little angel who always gets backstabbed and always tries to help only for this help to be one sided is..... wrong. Just flat out wrong. 

[spectral-honey]

/rp

Guys it just really kills me how badly tubbo needs support and how little he gets it.

He didn't ever ask to be the president, and when he gave his acceptance speech he asked tommy to be his VP, to support him, to stand by his side because it was them against the world.

He needed the support of his best friend, he needed the support quackity and Fundy as his cabinet. He was always asking for their opinions and what they thought should happen and he kept saying he was trusting them to have his back, to help him make decisions too hard for him on his own.

And then when they were negotiating with dream everyone just kept comparing him to schlatt. The dictator. The guy who made Tubbo decorate his own execution. The guy who forced him to turn on his friends.

When he made a decision (that was, arguably I suppose, the only option that wouldn't put them in an equally bad if not worse situation) no one supported him in it, quackity and Fundy both actively told him he was wrong and were pissed at him for it.

Quackity is caught up in his own things with el rapids. After today's stream Fundy seems to be leaving for a 'long long time' as well. Besides Ranboo, who is doing his damnedest to be literally everyone's emotional support boi and therefore can't always be around, tubbo doesn't really have anyone backing him up.

In the end, it really is almost like Dream's been the most present support for Tubbo. And he's actively manipulating him for his own gain.

Tubbo's situation is as bad as Tommy's is, and no one seems to see it.

[scarlet-starss]

My analysis of the hall of presidents moment because it’s a cool detail

Wilba

Wilbur portrait straight up isn’t shown, and the only way we see Wilbur in this animation is as ghostbur. Both in the story and animation president wilbur is no longer present, no longer important, all that remains of him is his ghost, thus the blocked out portrait. But it’s also how Wilbur is kept from us, we can’t see Wilbur cause of the light glare, his portrait (and the character himself) is quite literally blinded by the light. This also fits into how Wilbur was treated after he died, he was never glorified or even grieve, like Schlatt was (goat man got a funeral). President Wilbur was forgotten in place of his ghost counterpart.

Shat

The biggest thing about schlatts portrait is that the man isn’t even facing forward, and well it fits his character. Schlatt was a two faced president, a liar and held many secrets from just about everyone. He’s goal was never to move the nation forward but personal benefit. But also the direction he’s facing that is signifiant. Schlatt is looking directly at tubbo, this can be interpreted in so many ways, wether it be tubbo continuing schlatts legacy, tubbo being the next Schlatt, or Schlatt haunting tubbo. Either way it keeps with the trend that sadist and the story’s itself keep with the whole Schlatt and tubbo character parallels/connection thing.

Tub

Tubbo in his portrait is facing forward, in comparison to Schlatt, tubbo is actively trying to move the nation forward and improve it. Tubbo’s has the clearest portrait and yet we can not see his eyes. But what this does is call attention to the most noticeable thing about him, his smile. it’s the biggest and most genuine smile he wears in the animation. It’s simple but it’s childlike. His portrait looks more like a photo he’d send to his grandma than a president portrait, he looks completely out-of-place. He looks even younger compared to Schlatts portrait. Overall he really just looks like a kid they threw into a fancy suit.

Also in this scene tubbos shadow moves across all three of the portraits. Tubbo was passed between the first two president, Wilbur passing him to Schlatt. So he’s spent a lot of time with those two, in the order in which his shadow passes. Tubbo was mentored by both but was also betrayed by both. Now he has to fill in both of their shoes.

[conarcoin]

i think the reason smplive is always my go to example when talking about the edge cases of what counts as "mcrp" in the eyes of mcyt fandom is because it's a perfect case study to me.

constant happenings beyond normal minecraft gameplay (court cases, business transactions and rivalries, players serving as "server cops", multiple actual cults)

a focus on comedy instead of plot (which means people are less likely to consider it "roleplay")

being the predecessor to dream smp meaning it had a comparable fanbase with a lot of overlap and influence on dsmp fandom culture

several instances of creators being self aware that minecraft isn't real (schlatt's "in an irl context" about shipping, "it's mindboggling that nothing on this server has ever been scripted", antvenom saying the server has elements of comedy/adventure/roleplay, etc)

inactive so there isn't active fandom wars and cc conflict to worry about when analyzing it

retroactively made canonical to an explicitly fictional series (schlatt and connor's characters in dsmp)

i wish more people would analyze it in this context because it's really interesting to me

[bonesandthebees]

So chapter 8 of Glass Divine. I love the way you do foreshadowing. I feel like at this point I’m trained to pay attention to every little detail you write. Q puts the glass to the side and you mention him not turning the water on after he raised out Tommy’s glass. This was always the plan. Wilbur being sent away for the ‘tab’ too. That’s a clear code word and Charlie is being used as a distraction whether he knows it or not. As soon as the ‘credit reader’ came out I knew it was probably a scanner having something to do with DNA because why else would you point it out.

And then Q shows Tommy and I was sold on the idea. I love how Tommy’s eyes narrow and it was probably because there was so little info and that’s very suspicious combined with everything else Tommy knows about Wilbur. Q seems puzzled by it too. Maybe he’ll try and dig more himself. (also Tommy looking up after presumably reading the name or maybe comparing the picture is an extra hint)

Then there’s Tommy acting a little off on the way down. I think he already knows he’s going to use the name and is either hyping himself up mentally or going through the conversation. He’s probably also sad he had to figure it out this way instead of getting the name from Wilbur. Also, Wilbur did add another extra pile of “I am very brainwashed and not okay” while talking to Q and Tommy possibly overheard that Schlatt doesn’t even listen to him (and if he didn’t he has even info to figure it out by now). So Tommy probably pitties Wilbur a lot and wants to help him, but I do not agree with the way he’s doing it at least.

And it’s not about whether or not he has a right to. Wilbur tried to kill him, Tommy went behind his back and used his DNA to find his name and use it without permission. Both these things are fucked up. Tommy is trying to be respectful about it by telling Wilbur that if he wants to be called by a different name, Tommy will do it. But he doesn’t seem to see the problem or possible backfire he’s causing. It’s making Wilbur so uncomfortable which is in turn making me uncomfortable, so good you on that.

Also, I wonder if Tommy felt bad at all, both for using the name and because Wilbur asked if he was alright before he did it. Like he showed care and that progress is definitely gone now. Though Tommy had to use it in the way me did to know it was the right name. Wilbur’s reaction shows that it was his actual name and he has not heard it in a while. He’s reaction is incredibly extreme too, I’m surprised Tommy didn’t immediately backtrack. But he is a stubborn kid and he seems to have decided that this is the way he’s going to convince Wilbur that he’s a person without realising that he’s still dehumanising him by going behind his back, invading his privacy and that actively ignoring the fact that calling him by his name seems to actilvy hurt him.

Good chapter, Bee. I have very mixed feelings towards this series of events.

-🌲

aaa thank you spruce!! I love using foreshadowing for sure. I definitely wanted people to get suspicious of the whole credit scanner bit, but not make it obvious what was going on. just a "well this COULD be happening but I don't know" until we get to the end of the chapter and tommy uses wilbur's name

tommy was narrowing his eyes both because he was curious why there was so little info on the file, and also because he was trying to get a good look at the picture to see if it was in fact his guy or a different file. but also it's tommy learning the pythia's name for the first time. he's been wondering what his name is for ages and it's finally written right in front of him. it's just a moment of, "huh, it fits him"

oh yeah that's why tommy was quiet the whole way down. he was trying to figure out how tf he was going to use it, and also debating if he wanted to do that or not. because tommy DOES feel guilty about going behind his back to get that info, but it's coming from a place of genuine care.

yeah it doesn't matter whether tommy had a right to do this or not. wilbur literally tried to murder him a week ago. they've both done fucked up things to the other, and honestly? tommy's crime is far less severe than wilbur's. invading someone's privacy with good intent vs literally trying to kill them are two very different things. and like I've said in other asks, tommy gives him the option to say a different name. he just doesn't want to participate in the dehumanization of him anymore. he wants a name for him instead of a title. and that's what's upsetting wilbur. yes, part of it is that he hasn't heard his own name in so long it's very uncomfortable for him, but it's more about the fact that he's being called by a name at all. he would still be uncomfortable if tommy just made up a random name to call him like steve or something. maybe he'd be a bit less panicked, but it wouldn't be something he was okay with.

so tommy tried to make it as easy as possible, but this isn't something he's going to back down from. he doesn't want the pythia to think of himself as less of a person anymore. and the thing is, they were getting nowhere with the pythia as things were progressing. sure, he was less hostile, but he's still extremely defensive over the pythian traditions like him not being considered a person. any attempt at debate just upsets him. so maybe if he had a bit more patience he would've been rewarded, but maybe it wouldn't have. and tommy isn't a patient person. he's convinced this is going to help wilbur in the long run, so it's worth it to him.

sorry for the mixed feelings lol but I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[findingjoynweirdstuff]

Dream SMP Recap (July 6/2021) - Prime Path Renovations

Ponk experiences a setback. He and Foolish discuss Plan 69 together. It’s only a matter of time.

Tommy decides to clear some of the crowded area along the Prime Path by working with Foolish, Antfrost, Ponk, Sam and Bad to tear some unused buildings (and Pride decorations) down. 

After Puffy discovers that her L’Targay was one of the builds destroyed, she decides to retaliate.

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Ponk

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Tommyinnit

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- Ponk tests out his TNT launcher and attempts to fly

- After one of the test runs goes wrong, Ponk dies in an explosion and loses all his items, including the trident. Sammy Wammy is lost forever

- It may be time to activate Plan 69. As Ponk says, it’s all about leverage...

- Ponk retrieves some items, puts on the creeper head and grabs Warden’s Will, Sam’s sword, from his underground base 

- Later, Foolish comes online and Ponk meets him at the bank, doing his best Sam impression in the creeper head. She informs him that the plan is coming together, but there is a setback (Ponk claims she was testing the security system on the bank with Sam’s voice)

- The time is soon for Ponk’s arm plan. They show Foolish a chest. Foolish opens it and looks at the contents -- the leverage -- with his screen hidden. He’s shocked

Ponk: “Foolish! It was never in vain! I am twenty steps ahead, Foolish! I am a master of chess! I am the master!”

Foolish: “Do you realize that thing -- that is nuts! Does anyone else know about that?”

Ponk: “No! No one knows, Foolish! No one knows!” (laughs)

Foolish: “And that was like -- I guess I may have to ask you later to explain where you got it, but...”

- Foolish gives Ponk some resources

Ponk: “Our time will come. We will meet again. Very soon, hopefully.”

Foolish: “But you realize -- like, what you have, though -- there’s more than just the thing that we could do, like there’s a lot more--”

Ponk: “Foolish! I am a self-centered person, Foolish. It is only for my gain! And maybe yours!”

Foolish: “Yes, but we could also do it for other gains!”

Ponk: “No! No, Foolish. No, Foolish...Some people are meant to be, in the places they are meant to be. Okay? Alright. I will see you -- I’ll see you later, Foolish.”

- They part ways

- Tommy establishes Spud Lore

- He meets Foolish on the Prime Path and asks about BadBoyHalo’s promo codes. Tommy takes down the charity sign

- He gets Foolish to take off his armor as they continue. He has figured out that no one likes rich people

- They make it back to Tommy’s house. Tommy takes his riches out of his Ender Chest and puts them in a chest

- To clear out some room, they start taking down the gingerbread house and Antfrost logs on, telling them to get away. Ant meets them at the house and they talk

- Tommy informs Antfrost that it is no longer Christmas. Ant is willing to help them take down other things, and Tommy claims partial ownership of the gingerbread house

- Next, Tommy sneaks into the Targay. They decide it’s suitable to bulldoze

- Mario interrupts. Tommy informs him that Targay has been “opening soon” for half a year. Yoshi arrives as well, but they quickly start taking it down

- Technoblade logs on just to suggest they tear down the prison

- Tommy asks Ant about his love life and how it’s going

- Tubbo joins the call and informs him of the copious amounts of TNT in his possession

- Tommy cleans up the Definitely Not Blood while Tubbo pokes Ranboo

- He also wants to make a trapped Freebies Chest

- Sam logs on while Tommy burns down the rainbow wall. Since Antfrost is there, it’s allowed

- The biggest challenge is the flag above the Community House, which is immensely prideful and an unfortunate image to destroy. Tommy takes down the Pride Flag. Antfrost simply watches

- They put the blocks in the Freebies Chest

- Next, they go to inspect the prison. Tommy hates the prison. Antfrost states that it would be a conflict of interest for him, since he works there

- Sam appears at the prison entrance and tells them to stop. Foolish tries to bargain with scaffolding

- Foolish puts on Sam’s head and they face off with Warden Sam. Tommy puts on his own creeper head and proclaims that they should get rid of this prison, as the prison system is flawed! 

- Foolish brought pot. Antfrost brought weednip

- Tommy and Foolish go through the prison entrance portal and it gets deactivated by an explosion

- Tommy has a flint and steel and Sam begs them to try and re-light it. Tommy has leverage. Sam says he has something on him that Tommy would like. Tommy takes the deal and they go back through the portal

- Sam gives Tommy stacks of TNT and the group heads off again to the obsidian Nether Portal cube

- They start deactivating it and Ponk logs on

- Tommy takes down Dream’s honeymoon resort (the iron door structure)

- Sam suggests they take down Ninja’s house, but Tommy protests. This is iconic. He tries to call Ninja

- Foolish starts taking it down to test how it feels. They explode the rest and Tommy keeps the bed for good luck

Tommy: “i’m not gonna Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss Ninja Fortnite Blevins, Sam! It just wouldn’t work! I’m no girlboss. I’m merely a manloser.”

- Tommy goes to mine dirt in sorrow. Ponk speaks to them, arriving in his Robin outfit. They explore the invisible staircase

- Next, they go to take down Ponk’s pumpkin trap

- Foolish wonders what would happen if they tried to kill the dragon. He says if you kill the dragon, you get “XD” in your name and get Creative mode. Tommy doesn’t want to risk it

- Foolish kisses himself on his elbow. Self-love

- Antfrost’s eyes turn red from the weednip and he hands some to everyone. Foolish gets high and turns into Batman

- Tommy towers up and gets rid of the last of the Y:7 sign. They start talking about Tinder

- Tommy gets Phil to join VC, asking him to tell them about Big Russ

- He calls Bad to ask about the YouTooz codes. Bad says to ask Sam. Sam does not know

- They go to the Hall of Fame and debate killing Drista’s dog. Drista’s dog dies

- Everyone goes to the graveyard by Punz’s backyard and stand on the grave. Foolish says it would be very spiritual for Tommy to blow up his own grave

- Tommy suggests they bring back the Socializing Club. Ponk says it’s the essential oils shop

- Sam runs over to blow up Wilbur’s ball (owned by Tommy) but Tommy refuses, saying he would kill Sam if he did

- Tommy leaves the group to go get some more dirt

- Ponk tells Sam that he lost the trident today as well as all his things

- They chat some more and Sam tells Foolish that Bad is "on grinder.” Foolish asks him if he’s verified on it. Sam asks if he’s spoken with Skeppy about it

- Tommy joins the VC again with a “’sup, bitches.” Sam tells Tommy that Bad is “on grinder for the experience”

- Tommy says he wants more people to be on the server more often and Foolish and Sam start comparing their server statistics. Tommy has 13 days on the server. Sam has 95 days

- Tommy concludes that he must be Foolish’s father figure and calls Foolish “son”

- Once Tommy leaves, the three go to destroy the ball but Phil joins VC to tell them that if they did that, Wilbur would cry, so they don’t 

- Bad tells Ant they should go to Foolish’s summer home to destroy the things that aren’t being used there. They discuss what to destroy and destroy a red tulip

- Then they destroy Ponk’s essential oils shop 

- Bad and Ant argue over who gets claim to Alyssa’s house. They go around various areas debating what to destroy

- They go to L’manburg and take down Fundy’s election whitehouse

- Afterwards, they go down into L’manhole and clear the Blood Vines off of the flag

- Foolish and Antfrost go back to Las Nevadas

- Puffy has heard that some damage has been done. She’s been told that there were several people there, including a certain muffinhead, a furry, and most importantly, a child (and also Foolish and Sam)

- Puffy turns on the slow Able Sisters Theme and logs on, immediately seeing the cleared-out L’Targay plot

Puffy: “What in the corporation is this shit?!”

- She walks down the Prime Path, surveying the damage, until she sees that they got rid of the flag as well

- There is now room for retribution. This seems to have been targeted at her

- Puffy goes to Tommy’s house. She could either destroy Tommy’s base, or cover it in rainbows...or...

- She spies the Big Innit Hotel in the background. They could take it a step further...

- She pulls up the stream footage for receipts. She sees Tommy start to destroy the gingerbread house and learns that Antfrost stopped it. Puffy is enraged

- She wonders what Tommy’s favorite tower is and makes her way to the Disruption Tower

- Puffy gets disrupted by the Disruption Tower and then takes part of it down. She gets Disrupted for a few minutes mining before finding out that it was the wrong tower, and it was the Power Tower that was Tommy’s favorite

Puffy: “Blackstone? I thought Tommy hated blackstone.”

- After walking past it several times, Puffy finally identifies the right tower as the Power Tower

- She gets some TNT and explodes Tommy’s house. While storing the dropped items in chests, she notices that Tommy has Schlatt’s bones

- She still remembers when she was living out of a turkey and the turkey was destroyed. While others helped, Tommy was the one who incited it. The others will get repercussions as well though

- Puffy builds Tommy’s house into a mini L’Targay so that when Tommy uses his house, he will finally be using L’Targay as well

- Next, Puffy takes down Antfrost’s gingerbread house and comes across the bathwater chamber 

- She goes to Foolish’s summer home to put mustaches on all the statues, but is disappointed to find that they already have mustaches. She starts putting a brown hat on the sphinx when Quackity joins VC

- Quackity asks why Puffy is putting hats on all of Foolish’s builds, and Quackity tells her to leave him alone. Puffy informs him that Foolish is her son. They go back and forth about Puffy’s full name (Puff Big Daddy)

- Quackity is not BadBoyHalo’s mistress

- Puffy tells him about Tommy blowing up all the rainbows, so she blew up Tommy’s house. They chat a bit

- Foolish logs on, Puffy asks him why he helped in the destruction of Targay and Foolish says it was character development

- Then Quackity tells Puffy about how Tommy got exiled. Namely, that Tubbo betrayed him (he does an impression of Tubbo). Foolish sneaks around behind them

Puffy: “Do you think it would be wrong to kill my son on the server?”

Puffy: “Like do I pull a Philza?”

- Quackity says not to even think about touching Foolish. Puffy invites Foolish to the call and Quackity tells Foolish that he is Quackity’s beloved and then starts talking about metabolism articles

- They continue chatting. Puffy shows Foolish the top hats and Foolish says they actually used to have hats not too long ago

- Foolish shows off his Batman skin and Quackity becomes the Joker. They roleplay until the Joker suggests they have a threesome and abruptly cease the bit

- Foolish and Puffy head over to Las Nevadas. Foolish shows Quackity the progress he’s made on the sand and the hotel. They keep doing the Batman impressions, now with an added Bane impression

Quackity: Imagine Bane and the Joker kissing

Foolish: Can we do that?

- They talk quite a bit about Wattpad

- Foolish changes into his Superman skin

- Quackity leaves and Foolish and Puffy continue to talk in Las Nevadas

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