#i've only had pancakeduo for 1 week and if anything happens to them i will kill everyone in this room and then myself

[eepy-deebser]

absolutely OBSESSED with Lukey & Pangi's dynamic. WHAT IS GOING ON??????

At first, it seems obvious. Lukey is a pathetic cursed squishy boyfailure who's new to the server and hilariously underleveled. He dies in two hits with a fist. He forgets what he's doing every five seconds. He literally signed his soul away for a TOUR at the expense of his happiness, because he considered it an 'early summer sale'. Now he hears voices and sees ghosts and his just generally haunted. Not to mention he's absolutely terrified of every other member, constantly worried about going too far and apologizing over any joke. He's on one life.

Pangi's one of the strongest members on the server. Other than the main pvpers (who don't log on), he's easily the most skilled in traps, exploits, and general warfare. Even as the weakest lifestealer, he's still a lifestealer. He's finding a way to make an absurd nuke. He constantly threatens others and is close allies with all of the leaders of the factions. He's only lost one life, to a glitch with barrier blocks.

The power dynamic should be obvious here- and at first it is! Pangi jokingly threatens Lukey, who easily goes along with the flaunting of power, agreeing to everything he says.

Except. Except they're weird as FUCK and thus amazingly compelling.

Lukey knows people- he's interested in psychology, and regards the player aspect as his greatest minecraft strength. Pangi, for all his showboating, gets attached easily for the smallest reasons (sorry, pili clocked him on that one). Pangi is desperate for a close friend– selfish, in a way, he never does well in groups of 3, always wants them for himself– and Lukey lends himself to that. He's weak (not a threat) and funny (kind) and he won't just leave Pangi! Because he can't. And Lukey has clocked him on this. Despite the literal power imbalance, Pangi is at his beck and call just as much as Lukey is to his- perhaps even more! Lukey literally compared him to Pavlov's dog????

This clip is a perfect example: Pangi does what he always does and tries to feel powerful (out of a terror of being left). But Lukey, knowing that he doesn't have much to lose except time, doesn't do as he says immediately. He calls Pangi's bluff and the man immediately folds.

And then we see the basic version of them again- Pangi's loud brazenness and Lukey's backtracking. But it's not the front they have for other people, it's a joke. They're laughing, neither really cares.

Why are they so freaky 😭😭😭