#markiplier tv unsolved au

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I'm back on my unsolved au bullshit

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Getting to know me

Done got tagged by the amazing @somanyjacks-writes! 

Three ships: Starting off with a hard one are we? Um...Geraskier, Adorculbull is a favorite ot3 of mine (though any combo is *excellent*), and we’ll wrap it up with Zukka.

Last song: Spotify says Weird Friends (We Don’t Even Live Here) by P.O.S. but I think technically it’s music from Stardew Valley from last night.

Last movie: Honestly it might actually be As Above So Below when I watched that several months ago now. I’ve only watched TV shows and youtube videos since then I think.

Currently reading (book): Oh I don’t have a book in progress right yet, but I did receive the next books in the PJO series so I’ll have to start that sometime soon cause I did enjoy Lightning Thief a lot.

Currently reading (fanfic): The Wind that Cuts the Night by thespectaclesofthor (If you click the link PLEASE mind the tags and warnings, it’s not light reading) and yes before you ask that is exactly the inspiration behind me finally going ahead and getting Stardew Valley (though I still only think of somanyjacks-writes’ Dragon Age Stardew Valley AU Sow the Fallow Field when I’m playing so like...there’s that).

Writing: I’m *trying* to work on Lia & Em’s Adventure in Thedas II: The Threat Remains because there are several chapters left of that to do and it might grow because I know how I am. But instead I got bitten by a nice little plot bunny for the Ashael-Heraldquisitor Universe and now the Ashael x Solas Rivals-To-Lovers+Fake Relationship oneshot (I *hope*) “Better Than The Get-Along Shirt” (working title) has bee started. So...fuck me I guess.

Currently watching: Nothing really - I cycle through game grumps compilations and markiplier stuff from time to time (I like watching the prophunt playlist sometimes). Unus Annus is something I’ve been tuning into on occasion when I remember to do the thing. Buzzfeed Unsolved marathons are good for when I want to take a nap. but really that’s pretty much it. It’s been a majority of just random shit on youtube here recently.

Currently consuming: Water with zipfizz in it. it’s berry flavor.

Currently craving: Idk...not really sure I’m craving anything in specific at this moment in time. There’s things I always kind of want in the background but those are low-level and fairly easily ignored. I mean, I haven’t had sushi in months so that’d be super sprøde if i got some of that. Maybe a big ol steak would be good (but if I start *really* craving red meat I know I need to up my iron intake. right now it’s just like....I’d like one). 

If you’d like to do it, please do! Don’t let me stop you from telling the internet about yourself (that’s what I do!)

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Okay so hear me out-

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Look me in the eyes and tell me Ed Edgar would not grab a feral bat out of the air with his bare hands if he thought it would win an argument with Bim. You can't. He still thinks he came out on top here.

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Dr iplier encourages them to go ghost hunting so he can bill them every time they injure themselves

Okay this is a hilarious idea but here's how i imagine it

He convinces them to do the show and pitches it to Wil and agrees to produce it because he genuinely thinks it'll be fun. He's so happy to be out of the office, in charge of a show, on sight to film shit, and then he starts realizing just how easy it is for these two to fucking injure themselves in abandoned buildings, and reality starts to set in as he realizes he is once again stuck doing doctor shit when he just wanted to make a TV show. He can not escape.

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This new show is just enrichment in iplier's enclosure

Yeah exactly lmao

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This is going to be an incredibly personally specific rant about conflicting headcanon ideas with a poll at the end so if you like clicking buttons there's a reward at the end for reading lol

Anyways so like essentially this is a little dilemma I'm having regarding like my personal headcanons regarding certain connections between Markiplier TV and Who Killed Markiplier, specifically. Uh. Bim and Dr. Iplier's connects to the latter.

Okay so hear me out. Dr. Iplier is a little bit more straight forward. His last name is straight up Iplier. I generally consider actor Mark to be Mark Iplier. So. Simple question. Are they related in some way? Simple dilemma, would not be surprised if other people have drawn this connection before. Bim is a bit sillier, a bit more tied basically just specifically to the way I draw him actually and has nothing to do with canon lol. Um. The first time I drew him I gave him the same mole I give Damien and Celine (and Dark) without really thinking about it and then I never took it out of his design bc it grew on me too much. And now i can't stop thinking about it. So uh. Same question. Is he in some way related to Damien and Celine?

So. Okay. Option A) They are related. Iplier is like a cousin of Mark's a few generations removed or some shit. Same vibe on Bim's side. Maybe the reason they're both a little strange and unusual is related to their familial connections to the manor. Maybe they know a bit about the whole ordeal with the manor, maybe they don't. Maybe their relation played a bit of a role in them getting hired by Wilford and Dark. I don’t think Wilford would seek them out intentionally, maybe (again assuming familial relations to the manor has had some effects of them) he was drawn to them bc of their connections to the manor. And I don't think Dark would be quick to turn them away either, I think he's the kind of guy to not exactly be good at setting boundaries between his professional and personal life all things considered, and so yeah being able to keep and eye on he and Mark's strange relatives by keeping them on the payroll probably isn't something he's opposed to. Absolutely not a headcanon that's supported well by anything in canon, definitely verging on au territory, but certainly raises the opportunity for some interesting character interactions. Also if you're into the whole headcanon that Yancy is one of Mark and Celine's kids and that he ends up at the studio when he gets out of prison well then this meshes well with that too. Half the studio is made up of Dark and Mark's strange relatives at that point lmao

Option B is, obviously, that they're not actually related, they're just like that lol. Bim just happens to have that same mole, look fairly similar to Damien. Still raises some interesting opportunities in terms of character interactions, and makes things align a little more with canon. Then with Dr. Iplier. Obviously you could just say that Iplier's name being that is like. A coincidence. Personally I think that's a boring take. So here's my twist on it. Dr. Iplier is a stage name. He's one of those celebrities who has like a real actual name but literally no one knows it even his close friends call him Iplier it's that much a part of his identity at this point. How'd he pick it up? Oh, idk, maybe he picked it up from an actor who did an obscure and short lived theatrical performance portraying a doctor character back in the 1920s. Who's to say 😊. Anyways I think both Mark and Dark would hate this for very different reason. So it's got a lot of comedy potential.

Okay so obviously all of that is like simplifying all of that a lot. My opinion is generally a little more loose and complex too. Like, either of these sets of headcanons can work in different situations. Like. In Inheritance I'm not planning on writing either of them as being related to the wkm cast, because it just doesn't quite work with what I'm going for there. But in the Unsolved AU I've thought that (if I ever wanted to connect it more seriously to canon) it would make some interesting drama if they were related to the wkm cast in some way, and it came out when they ended up at the manor for one of their episodes. I can also see a version of that au where that isn't the case so, y’know. Honestly most of the time when I'm coming up with stuff or writing scenarios I keep it intentionally vague. Not leaning one particular way or the other. Like there's a scene in the one-shot I've been writing where Mark breaks character for a moment because he briefly has a moment where he looks at Bim and all he can see is Damien. And I just am leaving it up to the reader to take a stance on that. Not taking a hard line on whether that's because Bim is in someway related or if he just looks like that. Mostly because I'm not particularly biased to one interpretation over the other in that scenario. It works either way, even if it has slightly different implications. I can also see a combination of the two working in different scenarios, Iplier being related but not Bim and vice-versa.

So. Y’know for all intents and purposes I'm not literally interested in taking a particularly hard line on this actually. This post is silly. I just wanted to put these ideas out there really, and also find out how these thoughts fared with the public so 👀