#itll always be a bit tainted for me bc of the terrible mistreatment of the admins

[mcytegg]

how similar are realms and qsmp in lore and everything? snails/eggs, moon-eye, admins playing roles and everything

they feel Very similar and it is making me 😧😧😧 like idek how into qsmp u were when it was like going on BUT during qsmp purgatory the main antagonist was the Observer, who was symbolized by an eye similar to the. thing thats going on in realms

the Observer from the qsmp & the weird moon in the realm side by side for reference ^-^

in fact, all of the crying obby and amethyst infections thing currently going on heavily reminds me of another arc that was set around roughly the same time as purgatory— the shadow virus arc. where black concrete tendrils started appearing around quesadilla island in important places on the server. they started appearing after the eggs disappeared, and it was obviously connected to that but it kinda became personal lore of a cc named Forever (who ended up being removed from the server shortly after his shadow virus arc bc it was found out that he is a predator). so, as a result, the arc was basically dropped and not mentioned again which yk very understandable but it was an arc that happened and i can def recognize some similarities between the whole shadow virus arc & the amethyst thing going on in the realm

the snails and the admins in general also reminds me of the qsmp, and i think he def got some inspiration from there bc the concept of having admins who play npcs u can interact w is a good idea that can work well if done properly— like if theyre Actually paid for the work they do. i do think the snails were Intended to be different from the eggs. they were literally made for the sole purpose of nerfing clown after all and it was literally never hidden that theyre evil. like idk why people think not trusting them is big brain and some sorta insane revelation bc they have Been evil. people just didnt care from the start, the snails are cute so the streamers and their chats got attached nd accepted that they like to eat levels LMFAO

overall tho i can def see where tubbo drew inspiration from the qsmp for some of the ideas he has for the realm from the qsmp bc the concepts are too similar to not have been at least a bit inspired, even if it wasnt intentional from tubbo's side :D