DTBLR Survival Guide
Hello and welcome Twitter refugees to mcytblr! If you're looking for the Dream Team (Dream, GeorgeNotFound, and Sapnap) Tumblr sub-fandom, you've probably found it through these tags. Our little corner of the broader mcytblr space is called dteamblr or dtblr. To improve your experience here AND keep this a nice space for all, here are some things you should know, under the cut:
TAGS - SUBBLR
#dreamwastaken - General tag for anything about CC!Dream or C!Dream.
#georgenotfound - General tag for anything about CC!GeorgeNotFound or C!GeorgeNotFound.
#sapnap - General tag for anything about CC!Sapnap or C!Sapnap.
#dream team - General tag for anything about CC!Dream Team or C!Dream Team.
#c!dream - General tag for anything about C!Dream.
#c!georgenotfound & #c!george - General tag for anything about C!GeorgeNotFound.
#c!sapnap - General tag for anything about C!Sapnap.
#c!dream team - General tag for anything about C!Dream Team.
#dreamblr - For positive content about CC!Dream only.
#dreblr - For positive content about C!Dream only.
#404blr - For positive content about CC!GeorgeNotFound or C!GeorgeNotFound only.
#pandasblr - For positive content about CC!Sapnap or C!Sapnap only.
#dteamblr & dtblr - Both our general subblr tags, AND for positive content about CC!Dream Team or C!Dream Team.
#dream smp & #dsmp - For any content about the Dream SMP or its members.
#mcc - For any content about M/inecraft Championship or its participants.
TAGS - GENERAL
#negativity - For any negativity related to the fandom, CCs, or characters.
#[x] critical - Replace [x] with one of the tag names above. For any negativity related to who/what is in the tag.
#[x] fanart - Replace [x] with one of the tag names above. For any fanart related to who/what is in the tag.
#nsfw - For any NSFW content. Tumblr also now has Community Labels, which you can use to label your posts if they contain sexual content.
#suggestive - For any suggestive but not explicit content. Tumblr also now has Community Labels, which you can use to label your posts if they contain sexual content.
#x reader - For any fanfiction that involves the reader in a relationship with an established person, persona, or character.
INTO THE WEEDS - DUO NAMES AND SHIP TAGS
There has been much discourse around what and when duo names are useful. For the purposes of this guide, I am including a list of known duo names and ship names. Use the tag guide above to determine when and how you should modify duo and ship tags.
#123 duo & #dreamnap - For content involving Dream and Sapnap. 123 duo is for non-romantic/non-sexual content. Dreamnap can be used for any type of content.
#comfy duo & #sapnotfound & #snf - For content involving GeorgeNotFound and Sapnap. Comfy duo is for non-romantic/non-sexual content. SapNotFound & SNF can be used for any type of content.
#dng & #d&g & #dreamnotfound & #dnf - For content involving Dream and GeorgeNotFound. DNG & D&G are for non-romantic/non-sexual content. DreamNotFound and DNF can be used for any type of content.
#dreamnotnap - General tag for any romantic or sexual content involving all three members of the Dream Team.
ETIQUETTE
We don't do callouts here. If a user or tag bothers you, you should navigate to your Settings and use your block and filter. You can even block anons! By responding, you're only giving them unnecessary attention. (Also, don't give companies the time of day--block away!)
Don't use M/inecraft in your posts or tags unless the post is about the game itself, not any CCs, tournaments, or series related to it. Just shorten it to "MC"!
Don't use unrelated tags on your posts. Use correct and precise tagging. Using lots of unrelated tags is spam and both frowned upon and reportable.
Don't bring things up to the CCs, unless they find it themselves. They are perfectly capable of finding fan content here, without us breaking the boundary between fan space and creator.
Reblog, reblog, reblog! Likes are your bookmarks. Reblogs are what actually spreads posts around and gets more eyes on them.
For more etiquette and usage tips, check out this post: https://www.tumblr.com/the-final-sif/699387469837320192/welcome-twitter-users-fleeing-the-absolute?source=share
DISCLAIMER
Due to recent drama, a lot of the "old guard" of dtblr has left, and community cohesion was greatly reduced. When you find someone you like, give 'em a follow, and follow the people they reblog from too. Feel free to ask for follow recommendations and even reblog old posts! We're slowly picking up the pieces, and if y'all could help restore our community's safety and vibrancy, we'd really appreciate it!
Have a good one, and stay safe y'all!
Edit: Positive in this case also encompasses “sympathetic” and “nuanced.”
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i loved reading your rpf data! it's an interesting topic for sure and i myself have neutral-complicated feelings towards it, mostly because i both struggle to understand the reasoning behind shipping rpf and what actually defines rpf.
i think the only time i have ever shipped rpf was with H20Vanoss and DreamNotFound but it was still in a like. "au" way where i knew the two of their real life relationships were none of my business and it didnt matter to me what their relationships actually were. like every fic i read of "rpf" was still not the real person to me. it was still just a character, even if it was based on the real person and set in a "real life" setting.
is that how most people view rpf? i feel like, to me, every fictional writing turns any "real person" in "real person fiction" automatically into a character (because it's fiction and not nonfiction).
but at the same time, i dont understand shipping the real actual people outside of a fanfic setting. like genuinely shipping real people with real human faces and real lives. is it like how people ship celebrities or their friends? i dont do either of that, partially because, again, none of my business, but also i feel like the fact that i'm aroace completely blinds me to understanding the appeal
Thank you for reading it! There's definitely things I could've expanded on, but I honestly just wanted to get it out there.
Regarding the question of "the definition of RPF", some people responded something like "fan content about the real people", without the nuance of some other answers, like "fiction about the real people", where they'd expand upon what "fiction" means to them. (note: these are approximations of the responses)
One response caught my eye while I was scrolling through the spreadsheet again:
A fanwork that is made about real people, drawing on knowledge audiences have of those real life people.
I think this is very concise, to the point, and encapsulates most of the answers people wrote. If I were to use this as an example for another survey, the only thing I'd change would be that we... don't really know these people, so how can we make fanwork about real people? I might write something like this instead:
A fanwork that's inspired by the "personas" of real people, drawing on knowledge audiences have of their lives.
(I do genuinely love the original, it just wouldn't quite work in context of defining the concept for another survey! I wanted to add a little bit of other responses to it, especially those who mention "personas". If anyone has any notes on this definition, please do share)
But to answer your question of "is that how most people view rpf?":
Just eyeballing it, no more graphs right now (it's a lot of data to sort through), most people who are neutral or positive towards rpf tend to think this way, yes. However, those who dislike it tend to think it's not that, and is about the real people.
And to answer your question of "is it like how people ship celebrities or their friends?":
I'd say yes, but there's a big difference between shipping celebrities and shipping your friends. Celebrities are most likely not going to see what you've made. Your friends are more likely to! CCs exist in between celebrities and friends, as a "yeah that twitch streamer I'm able to chat with" or "Mumbo replied to one of my comments!" or even "Cherrifire liked my post!". They're generally more connected with their community in a way that big celebrities aren't? (I could be wrong, I hadn't ventured too far into celebrity rpf for the essay)
Sorry for rambling so much! I really appreciated the thought you put into this ask, and I wanted to return it :)
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