#dsmp rants

[stardelabourgeoisie]

the dream SMP will always be a part of me but DAYUM I'm glad its over. for many reasons. mainly the creators.

I think I miss it sometimes. The quiet death of that world was the most devastating things to witness, especially as I joined the fandom in 2021, which was about halfway through the peak of it. I was a sucker for benchtrio. I loved revivebur's plotline and dream going insane in prison. Those 2 both had an ending. Karlnapity was the ship that made me sign up to ao3. I stayed up until 3 am to catch the last time travel story Karl made, and it ended on a cliffhanger that never got resolved.

I don't miss my ignorance of who the people who made these stories were, (Fuck most of them are shitty people and we just didn't know) I grieve the quiet death of the server, and with it all of these stories that meant so much to us. I recently started reading Karlnapity fanfic again. I reread crimson rogue. I look back on my subscription list on ao3 and I stop when I see the stories abandoned because of the author's grief over Technoblade's passing. I grieve what could have been, what should have been. And now, years later, I let myself grieve over the thing that got me through the worst years of my life. The thing that let me meet a friend I still talk to to this day.

The fact it's a Minecraft server is irrelevant. It mattered. It mattered to me. I will continue to interact with the fandom, even if it is not to the same level as before, and I will grieve its unfair silent death.

DON’T STOP THE PARTYYYY

[maltmatcha]

c!Tommy phrasing the end of the dream smp as "when everyone went away" and clarifying that the nukes weren't canon is so interesting to me. Everyone, minus perhaps c!Jack and c!Tubbo just.. Went away. They moved on. The Syndicate made their way to the end with c!Kristin, c!Ranboo left with Michael to the nether, Jack.... Got into gambling, I guess. Everyone, for some reason or another, left the place behind.

And they left Tommy with it.

Of course, Tommy left too, but he's the only one who comes back to l'manberg. Comes back to the greater dsmp in general. It's as though he could never truly sever his ties with it. He says he's almost happy. And I think that's because he can never truly move on from it all. And I don't think its a coincidence that Tubbo is the only other one who's mentioned to still be kicking around the place. Tubbo and Tommy are inexorably tied to L'manberg. They're the only ones alive that have that connection to it.

Tubbo was around for the longest in L'manberg. Longer than its creator. He was there for the war, for the schlatt administration, for new l'manberg, and for its final demise. He couldn't leave it behind once and for all because so much of his life was spent there.

Tommy is part of L'manberg. L'manberg was created in his visage, it was an extension of him. He couldn't leave it behind once and for all because it was so much of his life. The idea of L'manberg persisted throughout all of his life. Even in exile, it was the only thing keeping him going.

They're the only ones who can't move on. Not fully. They're trying. They're almost happy. But they can't leave it all behind. I've seen a lot of people calling this a c!Tommy happy ending, but really, it was Almost Happy.

And I think one day he can be Happy. But we won't see it. We got our closure, but he hasn't. Not yet.

[moltengoldveins]

ok but I have Thoughts about the way Minecraft usernames translate to actual names, both irl and in fanfic. They’re definitely ‘obsessed with structure and grumpy at inconsistency flavor autism’ thoughts but still. I find it weird how we cut and paste the media we’re given to fit what we view as functional worldbuilding, and how that gets screwy when translating online names.

like, you’re working with several categories here. The person’s actual real name, their irl nickname, their gamer tag, a name possibly contained by or possibly the entirety of that gamer tag, and any extra pieces or symbols in the gamer tag. And you have the weird situation where those categories might not easily translate to a ‘First Name Last Name’ structure. For an example, we’ve got Phil Watson, who’s gamer tag is ‘Ph1LzA,’ and is called Philza Minecraft or Philza. The ‘Minecraft last name’ is a…. Bit? A joke? A reference to a bit of lore? It’s unclear. The ‘Za’ bit was put there for flair and is now an integral part of his name. Sometimes it’s his last name. Sometimes his real last name is chucked in there. the 1 in his actual username is literally never referenced in nicknames or fic it’s like it’s not even there. But that’s a simple one. What about Tubbo_? because we call him Tubbo Underscore. Like. We say the ‘_’ aloud. Why do we do that. What has possessed us to make that decision? What about FitMC? I’ve usually heard it said ‘Fit Emsee.’ Why say that, and not say ‘Minecraft? That’s not even really a last name, it’s just like…. His full first name. Fit is used more like a shortened nickname. BadBoyHalo. Like. ‘Bad boy’ is a slang term, not a name. It would make the most sense to call him Halo, that’s the distinct noun in the name, the term the ‘bad boy’ bit is referring to. Like ‘GoodTimesWithScar’ but noooo. Bad. Halo is usually a last name, if it’s there at all. Skeppy on the other hand is… just his name. No last name ever. Technoblade is also weird. Technoblade is his full name. We call him that. We ALSO call him ‘Techno,’ and use Blade as a last name. We also use Blade as a title. What the heck. GeminiTay. We call her Gem. We use Tay as a last name sometimes. Her name is a Zodiac constellation. Literally nowhere I’m have I seen that affect her naming conventions. IJevin. We just… remove the I. For everything. This wouldn’t bother me except we don’t do it with everyone and I’m starting to get annoyed by the inconsistency. GoodTimesWithScar. Ok. This one also bugs me. Like, most fics call him Scar Goodtimes when they need a name. I’m not gonna dig into it but that’s…. Why? Why that? Grian never gets a last name. Ranboo sometimes gets chopped into Ran and Boo but usually he’s an Underscore or he’s last nameless. Wilbur Soot functions wonderfully (until the get involved shhhh) but it’s too close to his real name it gets very confusing.

anyway, all of this sucks, I hate it all, we’re a terrible fandom /hj

all that nonsense aside, yknow who has a functional Firstname Lastname username? It’s even got a space, and proper capitals: Mumbo Jumbo. That’s who. Look at that. It’s perfect. Everyone should be more like Mumbo Jumbo. Thank you and good night.

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Edit: I know about Ranboo Beloved and Grian Dreamslayer and the various other characters whose names I didn’t mention perfectly in this post. This was no piece of journalism, this was an old man shouts at cloud meme personified. I was very overstimulated and this was what happened to catch my autistic ire. I’m not upset, just figured I’d clarify, a lot of people seem distressed at my not mentioning Beloved. Hope y’all are having a lovely day 💜

[omegamoo]

one of my favorite parts of c!niki’s arc is manburg era because she was the person living in manburg who was most outwardly rebellious. she never stopped fighting - she made it clear that she hated the schlatt administration and everything they stood for, and so she fought back. she didn’t screw around with a “will-i-won’t-i” she just did. and i think people undersell that a lot, especially in favor of the pogtopian rebellion. but c!niki refuses to pay taxes, she sets fire to the manburg flag, she refuses to cater for schlatt and co. she doesn’t stop! when cschlatt exiles ctommy and cwilbur, she’s the one shouting about it. during the festival, she’s the one who shouts while ctubbo’s getting blown up and says from the beginning how much she hates the new country.

also the festival - if you watch the vod from your pov (which you totally should!!!!!) she just sits there and looks So Pissed Off the entire time. like she doesn’t hide how pissed of she is. she’s downright furious during that entire discussion!

and i think the most crucial part of all of this is what happens to her because of this. she is consistently belittled by c!schlatt - frequently in a “omg shut up”/“would somebody shut her up” in a way that feels like how somebody talks about a bug in the house. it’s misogynistic in many ways, i think - she’s consistently invalidated and overlooked, like her rebellion doesn’t even hold weight.

and then when she finally does more - i.e. the taxes - she’s literally hunted. and she runs, and calls c!wilbur, and she is terrified. and he says “can you just hold out a bit longer? pogtopia’s kinda full right now and we can’t take more people” and she’s like, actively unsafe in manburg and has nowhere to go and can’t go home. and she is told “just hold out a bit longer”

and then. the festival. again, she’s in the audience and watches tubbo get blown up and she’s shouting about it! like screaming at him! and finally c!schlatt is like “you’ve been a thorn in my side for too long” and he has ponk kill her! and she runs and he chases her and nobody follows to help, they just tell her to run. and she’s in the call w all of them and the conversation just moves on while she silently runs and silently gets killed. and that’s when she leaves for pogtopia.

anyways. point being: c!niki and overlooked rebellion.

[cupcraft]

also alsooo forgiveness and love was always going to be a part of cbitterduo btwwww. Like the whole point of it was cjack was validly mad at ctommy and ctommy dropped the ball on their friendship but also validly was distracted by the Everything (grief, abuse, the prison, being forced to be a hero wh en hes just some kid you know, everything). Like the point was being Worse wasn't ever a sustainable long tgerm strategy because in the end cjack doesnt want to be alone or evil he wanted to be NOTICED he wanted to be appreciated.a nd ctommy wanted to be safe, he was in active crisis. and really this ending makes sense because cjack always really cared about ctommy. Despite it all he was There for final disc to wish him off, he said during final disc he hopes they win because despite his beef with ctommy DREAM WAS THE ENEMY!!! and then when he died he grieved because he gaf about him really eh actually really cared about him despite the falling out you know, and like even when he was revived and he was pissed he really watched ctommy build those fucking lmanberg walls and said "i hope dream doesnt kill him" "i hope he lives" because he always and i mean always after seeing just a fraction of exile he wanted him to be safe happy and okay even though he felt abandoned and betrayed and unappreciated, which is why jack was like iw ont help him out here i cant...but he needs to live. He still knew that ctommy didnt deserve that and the real enemy was cdream yeah and anyway im ranting and this all is signfiicant to now like "i hope youre happy" "gettinbg there" and that being all what really matters to jack because its really all that mattered to jack and the healing is what was needed in the end it was that place that tore them apart anywayyyy

[noxious-fennec]

Watch it man you got a kid on board

[urfavcrime]

dsmp is still SO insane to me. still not completely convinced it wasn't a social experiment. it is something that can never be replicated again due to the really specific circumstances that attributed to it's creation and popularity

[fuckctommy]

c!tommy hatepage

we do not like c!tommy here

i will probably never use this blog except for ranting about a series that ended over a year ago but i have a boiling rage for this one silly little minecraft character that gets babied and pampered way too goddamn much that's right i'm talking about c!tommy fuck c!tommy he's not a precious silly little baby he's a shithead just like every other c!dsmp person

he came into c!dream's peaceful server and broke all of the simple rules- no griefing, no fighting, no stealing, and encouraged others to do the same and yet c!dream is not allowed to get mad? bullshit, i say

no i am not excusing every fucked up thing c!dream has done, i agree there were a lot of times he went unnecessarily far and the extent of his actions weren't justified but i will say that him fucking despising c!tommy, the person who eventually led to his two closest friends distancing themselves, one fucking hating him and plotting to kill him, is 100% reasonable. not to mention c!dream was subject to god knows what kinds of inhumane torture because this little prick.

anyway fuck c!tommy he does not deserve the babying he gets

[tubzthelilbeeboy]

i cant put my feelings abt the new dsmp ending into words. dsmp means so much to me in ways that arent possible for me to write or say. It was so special to get a better ending for these characters that I and so many other people love unconditionally. I feel like I'm living thru it again, from the original ending and whatnot, its the same feeling. I'm so thankful for bitter duo for doing that stream yesterday, it legit healed me in so many ways ofhdjdbsj

[cloffmoff]

i love c!tommy cosplayers because a good chunk of them hardly match the canon OR fanon designs at all and you know what thats fucking amazing because every loud scared fidgety kid with a wild glint in their eyes looks EXACTLY like c!tommy no matter their features or body type or anything grrr i love c!tommy cosplayers

[rottenr0ckets]

Sobbing rn I love this fandom

[maltmatcha]

Can we talk about c!Fundy

Yes I love c!Bitterduo too but god can we talk about c!Fundy. A boy born in the wrong body, at the wrong time, around the wrong people. His mother's gone. His father seems to care about a blond haired boy far more than he cares about his own son. His friends, the other war torn children, create and break alliances at any opportunity. He's told to fight for his nation and he doesn't know who to trust.

He can't even trust his own dad by the end of it all. Every authority figure he turns to disappoints him, and why wouldn't they? Fundy was a child of many failures. His sister L'manberg outshone him before it's demise, and was created with someone else in mind. Tommy overshadowed him when it came to his father. His grandfather too, chose someone else, a war criminal at that, to be loyal to above him.

Fundy seemed to follow behind everyone, and yet no one stuck with *him*. It's hard to name a single alliance he's had that hasn't fallen apart. It was as though he'd wasted his entire life clinging to the coat tails of people who didn't care about him the way he cared about them. When Revivebur came to him, half-assedly hobbling together an apology for his own self righteous brigade, can you really blame him for not accepting it? Might as well be a failure in someone else's eyes for a reason he could control.

He was overshadowed and outperformed by nearly everyone, and it wasn't even his fault. He was a spy for Pogtopia, but Tubbo gets the recognition for that. He was the son of a President. A leader. A man who will forever be remembered as the Creator of L'manberg, not the father of Fundy.

A lot of people complain about how Fundy never got a chance to shine, but I think that is exactly what's so interesting about him. In a narrative full of main characters, he never got the chance to be one.

[alliumsduo]

sometimes i look at my blog and think. am i posting. c!allium duo content in the year of twenty twenty four. (2024). is this a thing thats happening.

[m0par-sweetheart]

this little guy would beat the stuffings out of the guy who created him and I stand by that. I'd help him in his quest.

[kaz-oooo]

After finding out Bad was paying for the server I can’t help but wonder… what did Dream really do???

Because well… he wasn’t paying for the damn thing, ergo he didn’t really own it. He was just the guy who wanted to play vanilla minecraft with his friends on stream. But beyond that… what did he do?

Tommy and Tubbo for kept the server alive. The second they got whitelisted they were streaming every day, finding new shit to do (like walking up and down the prime path, searching for music discs, adding Wilbur and Schlatt for shits and giggs). Meanwhile everyone else was loosing interest, letting the server die.

And of course there was Wilbur. Tommy and Tubbo brought life, Wilbur brought soul. He saw a cool server that had potential and by God he was going to get himself whitelisted and construct one hell of a Hamilton fanfic story, one that would inspire countless people to create their own silly stories for years to come.

And even after c!Wilbur’s death and the end of the L’manberg era, we still had creators putting their all into this goddamn server. We had more amazing stories like Tommy’s exile, Ranboo’s enderwalk, Doomsday, the prison, Tales of the SMP, the egg AND of course Las Nevadas!! Special shout out to Quackity here, motherfucker was making cinematic experiences with those last few streams!

And that’s what I love about the DSMP. That’s why I hold it so close to my heart. That’s why I’m still writing fanfiction about it 3 years later. Because all these streamers sat down and turned this silly little Minecraft server into something magical.

And Dream’s name is slapped on the front despite the fact he barely lifted a finger.

[noxious-fennec]

Hands are too shaky these days