#dsmp commentary

[ketchupmonster52]

I don’t care is he’s a villain, he’s a villain with CURLS

[ozymandian-hymn]

HONEY, I'M MAKIN' SURE THE TABLE'S MADE! WE CAN CELEBRATE THE GOOD WE'VE DONE!

for Priority#1's DTIYS in twitter

[doublemyheight]

I'm so fed up seeing videos about "the downfall of mcyt" or "mcyt history" and then the creator only mentions DSMP and maybe a few youtubers they watched. Like... there. are. so. many. creators. who. counted. or. count. as. mcyt. Here are my thoughts.

There are so, so many who counted, and still so many who count. And yeah, DSMP is an important part of MCYT history, but it's so recent in comparison. Like. Minecraft is a cockroach, it will go through so much shit and still be alive and active. Yes, there are the names who bring or brought down the name of MCYT, but in comparison they've always been such a small part of the community. They need to be remembered for their bad actions, or illegal in some cases, but defining the community by them is not good. Nor is just using one fucking smp.

I have watched, or attempted to watch, those types of videos on the history or the downfall etc., and I always complain internally about it. THERE ARE SO MANY PROMINENT MINECRAFT CONTENT CREATORS THAT FUCKING MADE CONTENT. Some don't make Mc (minecraft) content anymore or they rarely do but it doesn't mean they shouldn't be mentioned. (Yes I know, it's an impossible task to talk about all of them, but mentioning three or four as "the og mcyters" or "the old popular mcyters" just angers me)

DSMP I would say helped with the mc resurgence, but I can say similar to SMP live and SMP earth. I count SMP live as pretty important since I think people started watching the streams and videos from that smp and when DSMP happened people treated the content the same and watched it a lot. People started watching again, then with the boom of content in the covid lockdown people watched more. It wasn't just DSMP though.

Listen if you want to do a video about how DSMP affected you or the minecraft community, sure yeah that's a video to make. If you want to do a video on a specific few ytbers who you watched and how they affected the community yeah sure that's a video to make. To say "these are the three main" that's for you. To you they were the main three. To make the video of "all of mcyt history and mc as a whole" and mention 3 people......... and then DSMP.................... I don't understand you.

I've been a MCYT fan for years and years. As a child and as an adult. From E for everyone videos to watching videos that fucked with my innocence and just exposed me to shit I shouldn't have been watching at the time. Year after year watching different types of videos and different creators. Supporting people and finding out I shouldn't, and supporting people and them being good people. To challenge videos, parkour, adventure maps, droppers, role playing, role playing, let's plays, tutorials, modded content, horror content, hide and seek. So many different types of content exist for mc, and I've been a watcher for a lot of it.

DSMP should not define MCYT. There is too many people who have made content for me to just accept that.

Hold people accountable for their actions, do not define a large community by a few people, and if you want to talk about your favorites affect in the community go right ahead but please don't call them the most popular or most important. Some people might never of heard of them. (I am thinking of the do you know this mcyt blog)

[bleue-flora]

a things i really like from cdream's tory it's how one of the messages it send it's that, not matter how Bad a person might be they would never deserve abuse. Like cdream is a Bad person yeah but the abuse he suffered wasn't okay and he shouldn't have gone throught that. That his ending is seeing him a person it's really good bc the mentality of "Bad people are monsters who aren't human" it's dangerous and i like how the dsmp touched this topic, idk if it was the intention from the beggining but the fact this ended up being one of the themes it's so good

I mean I think it goes far further than that. I see it more so as highlighting that we are all just people. People who live in our one little world without thinking about what it’s like to be another person. That we all have our pov but that doesn’t make it the only pov or the “good” or “right” pov by default. That people are complicated and even the sociopaths, narcissists and sadists of the story are complex. They are still people, who have reasons and can be hurt and feel pain. The story isn’t about abuse, despite a lot of people taking that as a major thing, and it isn’t about deserve. I think it goes much deeper than that and is instead about highlighting that other people experience the same pain as you. That other people have thoughts, and opinions and motivations and reasons for why they do things and just because we don’t understand it, just because we can’t see it, just because we can’t see in their head, doesn’t mean it’s not there or that their intentions are always malicious. That just because other people hurt us doesn’t mean they were out to get us. That at the end of the day, we as individuals are not the center of the universe. That there are other people around us, who are just as human. And if we could just realize that and make efforts to understand them, hear them, see them then we could overcome so much conflict and suffering.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” - Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

That is more so the message for the story, where we attend their streams as if viewing from within their body, within their head. Because this story is about showing us that we all are right from our point of views, but we should strive to take the time to consider what it’s like in someone else’s shoes. To see people as people, humans as fellow vulnerable, broken, and imperfect humans. It’s not about “Good people” and “Bad people,” it’s about highlighting that we are all just people, who deserve the same basic rights and respect. And that goes beyond the fact that no one deserves the abuse and cruelty they experienced, because it’s far more complex than just good and bad. It’s not just about Dream not deserving prison, it’s about realizing that Dream was multi dimensional this whole time.

[clip] Tommy: “That’s why you’re doing this, isn’t it?… You just want it to be simple.” *huffs* “Dream, I thought you were complicated. I thought—god I thought you were the villain, Dream. […] I thought, this whole time, you—you were the villain…”

It’s about realizing that Dream wasn’t the “villain,” “a monster,” “a Bad person,” like Tommy thought. No, he was just a deeply flawed person like the rest. A person with the same basic, simple human desires that everyone else has.

[clip] Tommy: “You just want it to be simple. You just want to be back with your friends. And that makes sense.”

He just didn’t want to be alone - he just wanted to be loved, just like Tommy did, just like we all do.

[clip] Tommy: “You just want friends. Well me too, man. I get that. I get that.”

[cdroloisms]

Idk if this is a hot take but: the time in prison cdream and ctommy spent together was hilarious and i really liked it and i didn't see it as a tragery and more like a sitcom situation were two guys who hate each other are locked in a box. Like that meme of two rat fighting for a churro with liking park music but cdiscduo

strongly agree / agree / ambivalent / disagree / strongly disagree / don’t care whatsoever

oh yeah those streams were hilarious. i mean, a lot of the "darker" stuff about the whole "tommy in prison" era had more to do with their circumstances than the way they treated each other -- even the fight that ended in tommy's death was very much two-sided and frustrations boiling over and not a one-sided beat down, you know? and a lot of the interactions between them were...p damn normal for c!discduo, tbh, bc they have a dynamic that consists of more than Just Exile 😭. it's not that serious analysis can't be made of those streams, obviously, but it sure as hell wasn't purely doom and gloom

[cryptids-reblogs]

wait, this is my reblog account but I don’t really have anywhere else to ask this- eret is apart of festival of voices? also what’s been going on with them, last I heard about them was in august and it was Not good?

[thecooleraveragejamm]

Just watched fundys vod with the “end” of the pet war and tell me why it was so intense

[suenitos]

I think more cinniters need to watch breaking bad

[yourfavouritetragedy]

One good thing about mcyt loosing prominence with the end of the DSMP is that we don't have to suffer through any more inane "commentary videos" (gossip videos) made by people who openly admit they know nothing about the streamers, trying to clickbait an "analysis/explanation" (their worthless ignorant opinion) of the latest drama.

[kitkat-the-muffin]

The Four Horsemen of Minecraft Roleplays:

Stampy (Stampy’s Lovely World; Wonder Quest)

-Focuses on creativity and the mechanics of the game

-Simple stories for child audiences

-Antagonist is a metaphor for cyberbullying

-Occasionally educational

Aphmau (Minecraft Diaries; MyStreet)

-Focuses on cinematic narrative storytelling

-Fully scripted and voice acted roleplays

-Romance drama and angst

-Heavily based on shoujo anime

Evbo (Parkour Civilization; PVP Civilization)

-Social commentaries set in unique world-building

-Full of narration from the age of TikTok, works like a radio show sometimes

-Pre-scripted stories without much room for spontaneity

-Loosely based on shonen anime

Live Roleplays (DSMP; QSMP; Hermitcraft; etc.)

-Unscripted live performance content

-Based entirely on improvised storytelling and character building

-Multi-person project with different sources

-Half the content is normal Minecraft gameplay with plot occasionally thrown in whenever fitting

[megabuild]

wait I'm so curious what are the four 'sects' of mcyt ?

full disclaimer: this is something i've been thinking up myself largely based on my own personal experience with each aspect of the fandom, so if people want to correct things or add on, i'd be happy to see it! having said that,

this ⤴️ is a condensed look at my fandom crit autism. largely fuelled by the people's want to label mcyt fandom as one single united fandom when that is far from the case- never mind that plenty of smps has vastly different audience, eg. a preteen who's just getting into 3rd life after watching hermitcraft as a kid is not going to be rubbing shoulders with hardcore fans of epic smp, even within fandoms of singular smps there are still vast differences between the areas of discussion- leading to this labelling of four "sects"! there are other areas ofc, such as insta and tiktok, but i would consider these the main areas where mcyt is discussed (at least for hermitcraft/3l, which is my personal focus- i know dsmp was big on tiktok with cosplayers(?) but can't speak to it much) in depth, as well as the main areas ccs may look to in order to understand their fandom.

it's a massive simplification but the categories are as follows; ability to interact directly with ccs (and if the cc is likely to respond), ability to engage with criticism (both valid crit and more negative commentary, veering into hate), ability to engage with characterisation (as in, accepting that cubito is separate from cc, and what level they will accept that it- this also goes for shipping/nsfw content) and the primary age group (because that is in part relevant when dealing with youtube comments.)

to me this especially matters not just for ccs but for people within fandom to understand where certain sentiments (especially irt negative commentary) is coming from and how they can solve that- too often i see people on here picking fights over perceived negativity when it actuality that largely comes from reddit and yt. that's not to say it isn't possible here, but it is certainly less of an issue imo.

[anarchy-and-piglins]

Outside of the in-character weight of that conversation, it makes me sad that it definitely feels like this is a meta commentary from the CCs too. Tommy noting that 'that time' from the dsmp was a mess, and made him a mess, but that it was also kind of fun and he still misses it sometimes, and Jack agreeing with it, seems as much reflective of how the cc and even the fandom community as a whole looks at dsmp now.

Jack's assurance that it's okay and normal to miss it, despite how conflicted and messy it was is weirdly affirming.

Tommy's comment specifically 'missing the people, or how they were' also drives this home, with how many friends he looked up to he's had to face are not great people lately. Isn't it normal to ache for the time when you could obliviously hang out and have fun? Is it bad to miss that?

(It's not. It's okay to miss things that you used to love even when parts of it or people involved with it turned out to not be very good)

And the whole conversation happening in front of Techno's cabin, a person Tommy lost that is so intrinsically linked to dsmp for him too...

Idk man, just feels like this is more than dsmp lore

[purplealmonds]

🩸 Portrait of the Blood God's most devoted acolyte.

Close-ups, process pics, and artist commentary below the cut!

Close-Ups:

Process:

Commentary:

This was actually my first Technoblade piece, but when I found out the anniversary of his passing near so it was postponed for a more tonally appropriate project.

Yes, that’s a hoglin head he’s wearing. My headcanon is that this was his first kill. The skull’s rather small, and the tusks haven’t quite grown in yet so it’s likely a juvenile. It’s the right kind of fucked up for someone who owns a sword called the “Orphan Obliterator”.  It becomes desiccated and gross over time, but he keeps it on as a trophy and the added intimidation factor. It contrasts strongly against the ornamental vibes of the rest of his outfit as a nod to his violent origins. From a design standpoint, I wanted to feature both his actual face and his pig persona. This seemed like a decent -and aptly gory-  compromise. 

The halo is his crown. Obvious godhood and death symbolism aside, it was also a creative solution to the challenge of making a crown sit in an aesthetically pleasing way on a bloody, decapitated boar head. 

The text encircling the halo reads “Blood for the Blood God,” “Technoblade Never Dies”, and “One of Us”. We can only hope that our voices still reach him, wherever he is now. 

The draped folds of his white shirt were stupidly difficult for me to capture. It was backlit, and a lot less skin-tight than what I was used to rendering. At one point the fabric was also slightly transparent and showcased a little more of the skin tone beneath, but it diverged too much from the color study so I dialed it back considerably.

The enchantment text engraved on the axe and sword read “Axe of Peace” and “Orphan Obliterator” respectively. (I know it doesn’t make sense that the sword’s unsheathed in its holster, but you wouldn’t see the fancy text otherwise!) The actual enchantments on these weapons manifest as a shimmering ripple effect inspired by Damascus steel. 

A lot of interpretations of Technoblade streamlines his coat to a cape. I wanted to stay true to the source material, but instead of him wearing the oversized coat I draped it over his shoulders Howl’s Moving Castle style. Not pictured at his angle is the gold chain keeping the garment from drifting off. I also altered the fur lining to resemble an ermine pelt - a traditional feature of royal mantles in combination with the red velvet fabric. 

When looking at Technoblade’s character skin, I was at a loss on how to interpret the checkered pattern of his pants. I ended up making them into wooly cowboy chaps worn atop faded maroon trousers. His DSMP cabin was located in the chilly tundra, and he worked with quite a lot of wildlife and livestock so I think this is in character for him! Bit of trivia - without the wrinkles, the trouser fabric color looked very, very similar to his skin tone. And with the sword conveniently covering his crotch, I had some very unintentional symbolism happening down there until I added the stitches. Whoops. 

[dowhatteverer]

I like forcing people to watch Generation Loss with me, but one problem they tend to have is that they don't have any background knowledge on the content creators involved (when I watched it I only knew about some of the content creators from the DSMP and in Sneeg's case, Origins SMP, and I still don't know much about a few of them. But I started talking about GL Nikki and how her being meant to represent Nikki's lived experience as a content creator online also probably unintentionally doubled as a commentary on how female characters are treated in media and by fandom spaces and it got me thinking:

Can the death of the author be applied to GenLoss? Not in a "I'm going to pretend Hatsune Miku wrote har/ry pot/ter" way to alleviate guilt (from what I've seen, Ranboo is a pretty based person) but in a, "can this piece of media be analyzed outside of the author's direct intent?" Way? Could someone who's never watched Ranboo enjoy Generation Loss as a story about someone named Ranboo and still get something out of it? What does the mask mean to someone who's never learned why the mask is significant to the content creator the character is based on? Can someone who's never heard of the bullshit Nikki was put through still get something interesting out of her character like with the aforementioned parallels I noticed with how female characters are perceived in general?

I feel like maybe you'd have to know a little bit about Ranboo's LGBTQ + identity to see them leaving out that Ranboo is Enby and Gay completely because he's the Main Character and that can't be outside of the cis/straight default! But that only really effects the character analysis of how GL Ranboo is treated and they would still probably be able to see the implicit homophobia in how Showfall treats gay men as jokes like with Sneeg relationship with Frank and Austin's whole, gay guy trying to pretend he's straight thing. But once it's revealed that the whole thing was a show and how Austin's "joke" status continues even when he's the only person who gives a damn about being murdered they might be able see that commentary.

I kind of want to make an assignment that's just, "watch Generation Loss and try to analyze it as deeply as you can without researching the people behind the project, and then tell me what you think it means." Because I'm so interested in what the answers would be.

[cupcraft]

I've thought a lot btw about this. But I am not going to be finishing any of my dsmp fics or osmp fics. They all are Tommy centric but also crimeboys at large. I just do not feel comfortable at this pt engaging with the story and or anything to do with Wilbur. At this at this time. I will be in the coming days changing my fics to discontinued.

I will not be deleting them. I am proud of them and it's my art about a fictional story that i loved. I don't want that to be taken away. And if at any pt i do want to orphan/delete, I will be giving fair warning.

Going forward my arts going to be centered around my original writing oc blog at @steampunkcdplayer as well as writing fanfic for other fandoms, right now there's plans for psych fics and housemd fics and a lucky star post canon au.

This post is about me do not derail or see it as commentary on you or what you should do. Just make sure to support all victims.

[dreamhot]

Commentary channels are going to be the most factual they've EVER been because dream did everything for them. Dream continues to do everyone's job for them 🫠 but it's really nice to see some apologizing and hopefully will take this lesson to heart. We shall seeeee if it sticks but it's really nice to see my YouTube feed full of positive dream titles and like all comments either apologizing or expressing empathy.

There was one that even acknowledged that dream stans were taking the blame for everything when that just wasn't true and the drantis were more parasocial (like FINALLY) the comments were agreeing with this too. World is healing 😌 maybe if we're really REALLY lucky people will realize it wasn't just dreams stans that were crazy during the dsmp phase but I won't push our luck

oh yeah like the haters are still out there saying the same old shit as always, but ... for once, there are more people arguing back against them - and not just dream stans! honestly i still grin a bit whenever i see a tweet that's like 'i hate the guy but you guys are so full of shit' cos THAT'S ALL I WANT !! dislike him, that's fine!! but stop spreading lies just to make that dislike known!

and if the commentary channels are self reflecting, maybe it'll also encourage people to do better research rather than hopping on the hate trains without thought. prayge