#dreams and fables

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1304

first posted in facebook april 28, 2024

giovanni battista tiepolo -- "the declaration of love" (1757)

"an’ if anybody asks me 'is it easy to forget?' i’ll say, 'it’s easily done you just pick anyone an’ pretend that you never have met!'" … bob dylan

"dreams and fables i fashion; and even while i sketch and elaborate fables and dreams upon paper … i so enter into them that i weep and am offended at ills i invented. but am i wiser when art does not deceive me?" … pietro matastasio

"i'm leaving today with nothing to say and just a suitcase of regret i can be just like you and just do what you do and pretend that we never have met" … al janik

[mcytblraufest]

And the discord is OPEN, and artist creation has begun! What has begun, you ask? MCYTBLR Aufest is a Reverse Big Bang, where artists have a month to make an art piece, and then writers have two months to make a fic (5k minimum) inspired by the art. And then we all post all at once, in a big BANG of content.

Open to all of MCYTBLR, whether your smp is still airing or has been done for a while. Dedicated ctommy artist? Come, join us! Really into vitalasubzam? You are welcome! Witchcraft Cleo and Scott is just very important to you? Come on down and tell us! Art is the only way to express your feelings about the etho+gem combination? You're not washed up, you're welcome at the aufest. Need to spread your Ianite agenda? Have you considered doing so through an art plus fic combo? Wake up and go to sleep dreaming of Bagina? We welcome you to come art at us about it.

And the content rule is just that it has to be an au— what kind of au? Sky's the limit. Fantasy AU, Mecha AU, Miraculous Ladybug AU, High School Theatre Production, Lighthouse Horror, Western, Superhero, Vampire, Daemon, Witcher, Warrior Cats, Minimum Wage, Cyberpunk, Eldritch Abomination, Historical, Hunger Games, Murderbot, Survival Narrative— go absolutely crazy. Celebrate the highlights of the AU, subvert it, nod to canon or go off inventing your own new joys whole-cloth. All we ask is that your piece not be canon compliant. Artist's creation periods start now! We encourage all artists to join the discord during the creation period, and you're also welcome to come hang out if you're a writer or a beta reader! Come and join us! Experience the beauty of aus!

DISCORD HERE

[goldenocie]

“Philza Minecraft could’ve raised Sherbertquake (Icarus, the character) but Fable could not of raised Tommyinnit”

-A phrase born of me and some friends joking about the frequency of deadbeat minecraft roleplay dads

[snow-lavender]

man i hope that tragic little minecraft queer doesn't die horribly

[liceinmyteeth]

Went to play rw and forgot I had a Vi skin on lmao

[shrimpbat]

happy birthday to me :)

[lexitheleamon]

I wish elyra from fable were real because

LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN HAVE WINGS THAT ARE INFUSED TO MY BACK?!?!

I COULD SIMPLY BECOME BIRB WHEN I WANT AND I COULD LEAVE ANY SOCIAL SITUATION

I WANT TO COCOON MYSELF WITH WINGS WHEN I NEED PHYSICAL TOUCH

AND THEY CUSTOMIZE TO MY LIKEING

[mcytblrescape]

MCYTblr Escape Room Signups!

It's finally time!! Signups have opened for the MCYTblr Escape Room are now open, and will remain open until November 31st!

Please keep in mind that you MUST join the Discord in order to participate!

Best of luck, escapees!

[minecraftostevent]

MC OST Event Interest Check!

Do you love the Minecraft OST? This event is your chance to show it some love along with others!

If you're interested, please fill out the form below! It will run until the end of October. Please check out our pinned message for more info on the event.

[remma-demma]

I think some people don’t realize homestuck is a story about storytelling.

I was thinking about people insisting the Epilogues, hs^2, or Beyond Canon aren’t canon. And like. Yeah, that’s the point.

What does it mean to be canon anyway? Stories that get tied up in neat little bows are hard to expand upon. What happens after the happily ever after?

You can take it the direction of mundane day to day fluff (candy) or send them on another world shattering adventure (meat) but neither one is really real because… it’s a story. Homestuck was never really real. They’re both real. None of them are real.

This is all so clearly spelled out in the post canon material that I’m forced to assume they just. Have not engaged in it and / or ignore it on principle.

[edgarallanpoestan]

hey guys!! im currently brainstorming some event ideas, but me and my friends are torn, so this is the most informal of interest checks!! more info about each event idea will be below the cut. theyre all mcyt-specifc, though some may be specific to certain smps, so keep that in mind!

(they may become more multi-fandom in the future, we just wanna keep things somewhat small for now! we have some ideas for zines and zine-adjacent projects, but those will have their own interest checks once we get a handle on other events!)

MAP

-> this is the most straight-forward idea -- a MAP (multi-animator project)!! mods would find songs we enjoy, and let our animators vote! we would not require specifically animatic; animatics and stills would be fine! this would either be a larger tribute to multiple servers, OR it would be specific to one (probably QSMP, sorry non-QSMP enjoyers!)

Curse Event

-> this could go with either individuals or teams, depending on what is most popular! one person/team would have a "curse" (a specific phrase, trope, theme, idea, or other element present in their work), which they would spread to others by "attacking" them, a la Artfight. it would be almost murder mystery-esque!

Saw Trap Event

-> our silliest idea so far. creators are given a handicap of some sort, then have to create using that handicap by a deadline. if their work is not complete, or does not have the handicap, then they get an additional handicap for the next round! completing rounds removes handicaps, and it would be like a multi-round exchange!

Yandere Event

-> each participant is given one individual as their "interest". you are now parasocially attached to this person, and want to create for them while "attacking" everyone around them (similar to the curse event), without getting caught! you dont want anyone to know who your interest is, so try to keep it anonymous!

Escape Room

-> probably a team event!! each team would follow "clues" and have to create for each clue. once your clue has been solved and your creation is complete, you move on to the next clue. once you solve all the clues and create all the pieces, you escape! this could either be a different team member creating something each round (with input from team members), or everyone working collaboratively on one piece! an art piece with one person doing sketching, another lining, another coloring, another rendering; a webweave where half the teams finds elements and puts them together, and the other half writes or draws new elements; a fic with multiple authors. the world is your oyster!

[mageswithcats]

Me liking the villain/antagonist:

[conarcoin]

ok im bored so if anyone was curious about smp fandom stats on ao3 as of september 2023

there are currently 36 recognized smp fandoms on ao3!

Dream SMP (81035 works)

Hermitcraft SMP (17404 works)

3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series (7875 works)

Empires SMP (5655 works)

QSMP | Quackity SMP (4081 works)

Origins SMP (1484 works)

Lifesteal SMP (1227 works)

Fable SMP (789 works)

Karmaland SMP (778 works)

Evolution SMP (552 works)

Afterlife SMP (382 works)

Outsiders SMP (321 works)

SMPLive (282 works)

SMPEarth (273 works)

Rats SMP (208 works)

WitchCraft SMP (164 works)

House Builder Gang SMP | HBG SMP (134 works)

New Life SMP (131 works)

Pirates SMP (117 works)

Tortillaland SMP (114 works)

Mer SMP (75 works)

Area Unknown SMP (72 works)

SadSMP (68 works)

Bear SMP (58 works)

Kaboodle SMP (56 works)

100 Hours Hardcore SMP (53 works)

X Life SMP / Shady Oaks SMP (45 works)

Art of Survival SMP / Dominion SMP (32 works)

Epic SMP (30 works)

Cogchamp SMP (29 works)

Legacy SMP (28 works)

30 Day SMP | Free Trial SMP (27 works)

iDots SMP (14 works)

The Cube SMP (8 works)

[jay-justjay]

The Kitsunes are finally done! Well, excluding the mortal forms I’m yet to draw

Dream’s the people person, he’s the caregiver for the sanctuary and handles basically anything that requires socializing. He’s also the one who organizes parties to go out into the mortal towns and earn money.

Nightmare’s the financial guy, he’s smart with money and makes sure everything is running smoothly in the sidelines. He’s also a massive hermit who never goes outside unless Dream drags him by the scruff to get vitamin D.

Dream and Nightmare by Jokublog

Au based on Fabulous Beasts

Fabled Au by me

Dream and Nightmare are Kitsune

MASTERPOST

[m0rninglatte]

"I'm sorry I left without saying goodbye"

"I just want to go home"

[weepingtalecowboy]

Koholint wasn’t real

Fanfic prompt : you know how in link's awakening you wake up on an island that turned out to be the dream of the wind fish

That made me think that every character on Koholint was created and written by the dream god

It chose for Marin to fall in love with link

It chose to let her know that it was a dream

It chose to let the monster be somewhat aware of the dream

It chose for link to traverse the island and have to collect the instruments

It chose for link to see an appearance of it called the wind fish

It chose to make koholint disappear

It had full control

Every thought every single decision made by all characters

The god is the writer of the story

But if Marin appears in the war of eras how can it be

Because the god chose for her to appear and help win the war

It chose the stakes it chose the characters to appear

It already had chosen who lives and who dies in the war

It chose for link to realize that everyone around him was a dream

It chose to torture him with the knowledge that everyone is gone

It chose to keep sending link on adventure since he was created by the god

Every pain every injury

It chose for link to feel it to see the loss to feel the pain

It knew how he felt about it

They watched him suffer from it

He was as real as Marin

A tool for the narrative

The goddess knew his pain and even worse his very realization that he knew the goddess knew

The goddess decided for him

The goddess controls every thought , every decision

Every loss and every pain

Him knowing means she decided to let him know she knows all his feelings

For she can make him forget just as fast

She wanted him to know that the island koholint was gone because of him waking the wind fish

She chose all his adventures all his decisions

Even his questions for her

Even his hatred for her

His hatred for hylia was decided BY hylia

Every foe he fought was decided and scripted by hylia

Because he was as real as a dream

Even as eight other links appeared it was on her decision

And he realized in the moment she allowed him to realize

That she decided he wouldn’t know

She controlled legend just as much as she controlled the sun

She controlled dusk and echo as much as she controlled his life

She controlled her blood's destiny

She controlled everything related to him

Because Koholint wasn’t real

And he wasn’t either

Not since koholint or prior

Or legend realizing that he isn’t fucking real and then realized that the knowledge that he wasn’t real was decided by the goddess

And that hylia knows his pain personally because she creates it for him and the very knowledge was given to him by hylia for drama

And he really doesn’t want to be her favorite but also if he is boring she would lose interest in him and then he would cease to exist

Hylia a writer for real and her OC is Zelda

And her favorite is Legend

Because legend is a concept she gave life

Legend is a doll of her making

And also because torturing your favorite pet since they became a concept

Killing all off its kind then bringing one back to fight in a war then shove it back in a drawer

Making the little doll think that it was responsible for it

And then forcing it to interact with other people who have free will is hilarious

Even funnier if you make it think that all your other OCs have free will and let them be unaware of your influence

(We really should rescue her pet bunny and her other critters from her she is a horrible person… she a writer fr …girl leave the Zelda's alone they want agency or does she just not make them want agency and fix the problem while legend is having a mental breakdown she forced him to have)

The chain must feel so horrified by the reality of all their Zeldas being Hylia's dolls and lacking agency

Like WTF hylia