#but now as technodad

[missycolorful]

Even fucking Technodad is endorsing the tumblr sexyman poll I FUCKING CAN'T!!

[bleue-flora]

So while I’m all for drawing the conversation away from legality, trauma, innocence, bashing c!Tommy in the name of c!Dream lol….etc. I did basically write this essay about c!Tommy first and someone asked me to share, so I shall. @poisedava this is for you. ;) <3

Here’s the thing and this is important - it does not go both ways. If c!Tommy wants to be considered an innocent ‘child’, a teenager, a minor, who is too young and naive to know that what he does is wrong and how that hurts people and has consequences then he doesn’t just get to act like an adult and start wars, serve as a government official, build nations, torture, steal, murder, enslave, commit terrorism, blackmail, assassinate…etc and face no repercussions because ‘he didn’t know better.’ If you want to act like an adult then you’ll be treated as such.

Now I don’t believe that we should view the dsmp in the realm of irl crimes, since there is no legal system or set of rules in place in the dsmp (besides the ones c!Dream set and everyone breaks of course), but if ya’ll are going to say c!Dream deserves prison because of his ‘crimes’ and write off c!Tommy’s actions as less because he is a minor then I will look at it, especially because the term ‘minor’ is connected to the legal system of our world and that is where we are deriving this perceived innocence.

On that note, there are crimes in many countries that even if you’re a minor or a child you can be tried as an adult for reasons like a severe crime (for example first degree murder) and/or if it is a repeated offense despite disciplinary actions. In this case, both apply, as many of the things listed above are repeated abhorrent offenses. Secondly, the definition of ‘minor’ and the age of becoming an adult, while typically set at 18 is not universal. In Scotland for instance, 16 is the legal age of adulthood, which is how old c!Tommy was when he joined the smp.

But looking beyond legally speaking, I for one hardly consider 16 to be a child or an innocent naive minor in the first place. At 16 I could legally drive and drove me and my sister to school. I made sure people had what they needed to keep things from falling apart, whether that’s helping with grocery shopping, making dinner, running errands, helping with homework, making lunches… etc. I hardly think someone who drives is a child unable to face consequences like speedings, drinking and driving… etc. On the topic of age I would also like to highlight that the gap is like 5 years, which all things considered is not a very big gap, not to mention one of the reasons young people are considered irresponsible and given a bit of slack is because until the age of 25 your brain is still developing, and as c!Dream was also under the age of 25 that also applies to him and a huge portion of the server.

But being young doesn’t give you a free pass to do whatever you want and then complain about the consequences. You don’t get to just run a red light and kill kids crossing the road and claim innocence because you are a new driver. Because you are young, because you were distracted, because you were just trying to change the song and didn’t see them, because you didn't mean to. You are still responsible for killing people.

And if you don't want to be responsible, if you want to be treated like a child, then stay a child. But as a child you are not considered mature enough to know what is right from wrong, which is where guidance from guardians comes in. Children (really generally speaking), don’t know better, which is why they get grounded, spanked, their mouths washed out with soap, forced to write lines, get things taken away, time out, scolding… etc - punished. They are not free and independent to do what they like. Now obviously, when it comes to the dsmp there are really no such guardians or parents in charge of the minors, but the point still stands, if you do not understand your actions are wrong then someone should teach you and (whether you or not you agree with that) that is often through punishment.

Under that guise, c!Dream taking away c!Tommy’s discs for starting wars and breaking the rules and murdering him, is a form of parenting. (You can argue with whether you consider it good parenting… but that's not really the point). Even further, Exile then could be considered a more extreme form of time out and/or grounding, which is extreme because the violations are extreme. If you steal a cookie you are forced to go to your room for a bit, if you burn down the king’s house then you get exiled from the land. In Exile, he is forced to lose items which could be considered revoking privileges and getting his belongings taken away (like if your parents ever took your phone for a week). Hell, even hitting him with the axe could be seen as a super extreme spanking for not complying with his punishment. Now am I staying that makes it justified? Am I saying those were ok things to happen? Am I saying c!Tommy deserved being treated like that? No. Not really, I am just simply pointing out that in a world where the crime isn’t spray painting a building but burning said building down in an act of terrorism it almost makes sense in a twisted way that the punishments are more severe to fit the infraction.

(I would also like to point out that c!Phil has a moment with c!Tommy where he forced him to smelt stone and then destroy it over and over again and isn’t that kinda what c!Dream was doing in Exile?… just saying, not to say the behavior is right, just something I noticed and thought was interesting.) And the reason why the act of losing items is important is because a huge part of his character arc is surrounded by the value of objects and treating people like he treats objects. It was a big moment of deliberation for him to give up the discs for c!Tubbo’s life. Do you even realize how screwed up that is? A person over an object. But the thing is, somehow in c!Tommy’s mind those two things were synonymous, he was never there for c!Tubbo when c!Tubbo needed someone to have his back. When c!Tubbo goes to get revenge for his missing child and dead husband, he teams up with his literal worst enemies the people who took his canonical lives. Where was c!Tommy?… But whenever c!Tommy needed c!Tubbo to go after c!Dream or support him even with the things c!Tubbo disagreed with, he’s there. Honestly, he’s less of a best friend and more of a sword. The dsmp completes c!Tommy’s character arc by him giving up the discs for c!Tubbo’s life and to for once listen to c!Dream. His character arc, put very very simply, was valuing and treating people as people instead of things.

So the - it’s understandable, it’s less bad than what c!Dream did because he’s young and didn’t know better - is just not reasonable to me. Exile being used as justification isn’t really valid either. Ok so for a week, yea he was abused, he lost his things, people didn’t visit him, sure some were tricked into not visiting him, c!Dream took all of his items over and over, c!Dream hurt him when he did not comply, sure c!Tommy was suicidal as a result. But ya know, when no one else could be bothered to show up, c!Dream came by everyday. Plus abuse on the server is like scuffed so I hardly hold Exile as a gold standard for trauma like y’all I don’t know if I need to make a complication of how many times on the dsmp people hit each other with axes and hurt eachother or force eachother to comply or something. Or if I need to make a list of everytime c!Tommy has done worse even before Exile, but yeeeesh. Like don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Exile was deserved, I don’t think anyone deserves abuse. Period. But on the scale of the dsmp and considering how many people he hurt and the circumstances that got him there, I find it hard to feel for him. And that’s coming from someone who (before medication) used to have panic attacks multiple times a week, who has been bullied, who has been isolated, who has been abandoned and betrayed by my best friends, who has been so so lonely, who has been suicidal, and who was a nasty person as a result of being hurt. So I get it, I really do. But to me it doesn’t really matter much, it doesn’t make him the hero, or redeemed, or innocence, or any more likable, especially when so many other characters on the dsmp have similar instances on their arcs.

And if we want to compare, c!Tommy’s ‘crimes’ to c!Dream’s because he’s ‘just as bad,’ the thing is, I’m not so sure that’s true, for many reasons. One of which is that c!Dream has really only ever reacted. Over and over he gets pushed into reacting, but usually he gives people a way out and he tries to do the better thing at first, but eventually after failing he turns towards the latter. While on the other hand, c!Tommy continues to provoke, over and over and over. Look no further than the finale where he shows up to the prison to assassinate c!Dream, after c!Dream literally hasn’t done anything to him since the prison break (unless you count c!Tommy and c!Wilbur breaking in… which again - provoke). And there really is no such transformation for c!Tommy, he doesn’t start off trying to do the right thing at all, which also brings us to motivation… which continues to baffle me, what is c!Tommy’s motivation? Because if it’s truly to have a home and be happy with his friends then why does he constantly do things that would jeopardize that?

So, you want me to feel bad for and root for someone - who often worked against their own stated motivation, who did drugs, tortured people, started wars, killed, enslaved, destroyed, used, stole, was sexist, xenophobic, disrespectful and constantly talked over people, who didn’t even have his friend’s back more importantly his best friend’s, c!Tubbo’s, back who continued to risk his life for c!Tommy’s schemes - because what? He is a minor? Because he was abused and suicidal after facing the consquences of his own actions? Because we get his pov? Because he declared himself the hero? Because c!Dream personally targeted him for no reason - because he’s so innocent and was no threat to c!Dream… after he literally KILLED HIM multiple times with much less armor, then with no armor at all (in one of the first streams)? …..…. Like heh?

Ah nah you’re so right… c!Dream definitely deserved prison - He killed c!Tommy after all!… in a war, where he was given a chance to surrender or face no mercy… in a fair dual, where he set the terms… in prison, where he provoked c!Dream, killed the cat c!Dream admitted to caring about all after c!Dream had been no doubt going insane from being isolated in prison for months already… I mean… come on, in no way do I see any of those as specifically targeting c!Tommy (don’t even get me started on the finale where he mentions Spirit just to piss c!Dream off).

And ya know, after saying all of that, I would even go as far as to say that c!Tommy is not a hero, nor even an anti-hero, since he is neither selfless, noble or full of goodness, which are some of the more fundamental qualities. In fact, Theseus, who c!Techno calls c!Tommy, is a Greek hero who in the beginning becomes infamous because he slays many savage murderers and monsters on his way to Athens. But I ask you, what savagery has c!Tommy stopped? What noble feats has he done for the sake of the safety of people?… He may be a protagonist, but honestly I don’t think he qualifies as a hero. Sure, both c!Dream and c!Techno’s reference Theseus, but they are really more highlighting the end of his life. Overall, I don’t think hero (even a flawed Greek one) is an adequate description for him. Perhaps anti-villain would be more fitting, a villain with some heroic traits?… I mean his most heroic moments are probably the duel, willing to fight in doomsday with or without help, and willing to be nuked, but like eh… the first two were over a piece of land, a country. It wasn’t about protecting people. I mean in both of those he was part of provoking the conflict in the first place, so is it heroic to help in a conflict that you helped cause? And in the last one, I mean it is the end of his arc so anti-villain technically still works for having a good selfless heroic moment at the end ;) ……

[spacenyxx]

cooking with the technofam !

[hanhahar]

Today is June 1st, and as we know Mr techno dad has requested we do a post in remembrance of what would be technobldes 25th.

I don't know how to draw nor do I have any merch. But I do have a Minecraft pig plush next to a polar bear plush on top of my wardrobe which is obviously now techno and steve. (The beauty is in the simplicity)

Now I have a story:

Back when I first found out technoblade had passed away I had also just started the long summer you get after finishing your GCSEs.

So what did I spend most of that summer doing? Grinding hypixel skyblock in his memory - now don't get me wrong I didn't accomplish anything big I hadn't even played skyblock before, but it felt like the best way to cope at the time.

I had never put so much sweat and tears into playing Minecraft before that summer (for reference I played so much my arms felt the pain of gaming after probably 8+ hrs a day of playing hypixel skyblock)

It may not have been the healthiest way to deal with the death of a man I had never met but it is what it is. Grief comes in it's own ways I guess.

Looking back it defined that summer as one of the most memorable summers to date in my life so far.

It's funny but it doesn't make me sad to think about that summer. It helps me remember.

Memories can last a lifetime and it is rare to have impacted so many millions of people's memories the way techno did. So thank you mr technodad for carrying on his memory the way you have for the last few years

Technoblade never truly dies

Now for as me I have another long summer after I battle the rest of my a-levels . I may not ever have the same summer as I did back then but I will remember what it meant to me and the rest of the Minecraft community

Happy birthday technoblade

[yianny4green2]

UIEUD: Now pigs are flying, Fly High King!! 🐷🦋

[midnight-stormm]

Technodad deserves the biggest hug in the world. The hate towards george, unnecessary hate at that is ridiculous. Ppl rather believe the misinformation that was being spread around than watch the 2 hour long vod bc that's how long the event was or even clips that SHOWED the truth that george wasn't being malicious. That george said several times to donate to the charity linked that was PINNED in his twitch chat and if you donate to him, the money would go to charity.

Everybody was making jokes throughout the event! Everybody was having a good time even technodad stated how much fun he was having. Why ruined it just bc you hate george?!

Its just sad overall that technodad had to see all this unnecessary hate towards one of his sons friends on an event that honoring his late son and his legacy.

They both deserves an apology.

[watchthekittycatcher]

ngl i think "until I end up dead" was Lowkey distasteful and weird

[nightmaremybeloved]

happy birthday technoblade.

i wasn’t going to write anything originally, but i kind of just want to say..every person that touches your life changes you in some way and while i never got the chance to meet him, techno has made my life better and im better for having known him. and he’s going to continue to live through this community that he nourished and created with love and kindness and humor. and im so, so very grateful that i’ve gotten to be apart of it and met so many wonderful people through him.

sometimes i feel like i dont have a right to grieve him. sometimes im too afraid to think about him because of my grief. but i dont want to ever forget that love. that happiness. because it will outlive the pain.

i miss you. i love you. happy birthday 🎉🎉 !!

[mrtechnodads-updates-deactived]

very sorry for the late update,

Technodad said Happy Trans visibility day 💛

x

[summerlycoris]

Why am I seeing this post now?

[l0reenthusiast]

it's currrently missing technovlade hours

[thebrokenwriter911]

1. Girl said she lied I do believe (and a lot of what she said was muddy tbh)

2. Hey man idk what relationship you think I have with Dream to tell him what to do but is None, he's a grown ass man trying his best to do his job as a content creator?

3. He said it was a Big Deal???? I'm pretty sure

4. This is why I only liked Technoblade. Everyone in this fandom makes me sick with all the fighting. Why can't everyone think on both sides and idk???? Chill out personally I see it as kinda rude on Q's part

And Fuck dude it sure can be you don't know anything about why Q is ignoring him, maybe it's just me but one time my old friend who used to try to manipulate me and shit tried that as a tactic, ignoring me and I dumped her ass bc I realized how shitty she was like you do not know what is going on behind the scenes there At All

5. Also not the point but Dream’s idea is very different from Q's as Dream wants to do more languages not just spanish so idk where all this he stole my idea stuff is even coming from idk idk

What book wha happened

FRIENDS AND FOES

TL'DR This guy decided to do his multilingual server after seeing how many views his subordinate got in Squid Games and Quackity ghosted his ass after he tried to use the launch of Quackity's server to promote the thing he'd literally only been brainstorming a few weeks.

[icebear4president]

Technoblade’s legacy being carried on by Technodad and Tommy is absolutely amazing and our gratitude towards them should be immeasurable.

Speaking of Tommy, well, he’s really shaping up to be the kid who now follows in the footsteps of his hero. He really is just like a little brother who loved Techno, and that’s really something special. He won’t ever be on the same level as the unbeatable Technoblade, no one will of course, but he’s a pretty good choice for keeping the flame going.

[sircantus]

I'm a sucker for Technodad but also consider: I saw a video of a girlfriend getting her boyfriend his dream dog, only for him to tell her to go look in his truck where she finds HER dream dog. Now they have two dogs. Imagine Techno finds feral child Tommy out in the wilderness and goes to visit Phil for the first time in years. Only to find ANOTHER child (slightly less feral) living in Phil's house. Now they have two kids.

i ADORE this concept that is so fucking funny

Techno, hiding a tiny terror behind his back: ok i have a surprise please dont freak out

Phil, also hiding a menace of a child behind him: oh same

Tommy and Wilbur either get along swimmingly or immediately go at each others throats upon meeting until eventually becoming Brothers and the moment theyre calm and Phil and Techno are to the side watching theyre slammed with the realization of “oh god we’re parents”

[midnight-stormm]

It's truly disrespectful to not only dream but to technodad (which first of all, he deserves the biggest hug in the entire world) to sit here and claim that there was clout and manipulation being used on how they choose to honor technoblade legacy.

There's no clout being used. All the proceeds goes towards the charity which is link in the description of the video.

Seeing comments saying that "technodad is riding off his son's clout" and "dream using technoblade to put money in his pocket / not donating to the charity "

Where's the empathy in this world? There's so much malice going on because why does these comments even exist!?

[mcytblrsexymen]

[ID: reddit post from Mr Technodad, reading: I was hilariously later for this. That's what I get for sleeping in.

Message at the bottom still relevant.

By the way, did anyone else post about this? Just wondering. [The following messages have been struck through]

Everyone!

I just now found out that there is an internet poll where Technoblade is in second place!

I have no idea what this is, or what's at stake. It's an internet poll so I'm pretty sureliterally nothing is at stake. Therefore I implore all of you to Vote for Technoblade! Remember: second place is just another word for loser. [Link to the sexyman bracket, and strike-through ends]

Afterwards, please visit this thread about something that actually does matter, and respond as you are able: [Link to a post about raising money for victims of the Turkey/Syria earthquake]

I donated $550.]