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TW: Abuse, Trauma, and Mentions of Suicide.
With all that has happened, I did want to come out here and make my stance clear. I will always stand with Shelby (Shubble) and all of the victims who are speaking out against Will Gold (Wilbur Soot). If you still support that bastard, unfollow me and leave my blog and whatever small community I made.
I've already stated this is my Discord channel, but I want to put it here too.
For me, c!Wilbur is so far removed from cc!Wilbur that I don't connect the two. The characters are vessels for my own characterizations and stories. It's a bit like writing Harry Potter, Twilight, or Hazbin Hotel fanfics. I don't support the guy, monetarily or otherwise, he does not interact with fanfics, I have plans to be very vocal that I'm on Shelby's side no matter what/make it clear that what Will did is wrong, and I don't use his real life events as plots in my stories. At least, I certainly don't try to. It's why I typically change traits about the characters. (I.e. Tommy is shorter, Phil is taller, Techno is bulky, and Wilbur always has golden/hazel eyes.)
I'm aware that it's a tad different because it's rp and not something like a full on book or an actor in a movie, but DSMP has also been over for over two years and the characterizations I make for SBI are not at all based on the CCs. Real life Techno isn't a literal terrorist, Phil ain't a father married to a goddess, Tommy is not a traumatized child soldier, and Wilbur isn't suicidal and blowing up countries.
I think I'll likely focus more on Techno, Tommy, and Phil for a while, but I'm not gonna let one dude ruin a fandom and things I've made for myself. Nothing I write is ever made for Wilbur, as I've seen people saying. Additionally, Wilbur was not the only writer. Technoblade, Philza, TommyInnit, and so many others made that story what it was. Not him.
However, if any CCs come forward saying they don't want their old characters interacting with his, I will respect that.
I think there is a tendency to take real life events (i.e. Techno's cancer, LJ's music, Tommy's real life parents, etc.) and put them into fiction about DSMP. I, however, don't try to do that and have stated before that I don't feel comfortable doing so. The truth is that we have not gotten any genuine SBI content outside of DSMP for years. The dynamic in real life is very different from what was presented in the DSMP. Did personalities still bleed over? Yes, I'm not going to deny that, but I'm not going to act like they're exactly the same between character and person either. We've had that conversation like in 2021, it's why we have C! and CC!.
The rather sad truth is, SBI is what got me really into writing and it's a comfort for me that nothing can compare to. Obviously, I don't think it's appropriate to be writing certain types of stories right now and never involving characters outside of the DSMP. I think it's up to everyone else to decide on what they want to do, however, rushing it also isn't the way to go either. Give yourself time to heal and think it over first instead of throwing away something that gives you comfort and has not been associated with by the creators for over two years.
Anyways, fuck Will Gold. Fuck the fact that he hurt so many people, and fuck that he lied and manipulated his way around the damn internet. ESPECIALLY fuck the fact that he tried to diminish what he did and not take proper accountability.
Go and support Shelby so so much, she and everyone who spoke out really deserve it. I'm glad silence on these types of issues is not being normalized.
Here is a list of (American) resources for DV help:
TNLR
RAINN
WOAR
Love is respect
The Trevor project
Futures without violence
National domestic violence hotline
Resource on what DV and abuse looks like
anytime I see fans of former dsmp creators or their projects mock people who still enjoy the server, I secretly hope that whatever project they're invested in ends just as poorly.
u will see the most beautiful breathtaking painting of a soldier and its tagged #lmanberg #mcyt #tommyinnit
Doodlee!!
Heyyy I love your art and i was wondering if you could draw a dust x swap yk? I liked this ship since 2016 and im like..... wondering from the bottom of my heart if you could
God demotivation has been murdering me lately..... anyways HAHEHYAHABHSHS Dustberry ;3
Bro you ave no idea how much I liked dusttale!sans back in the day…. It was crazy. Now that I’ve matured I see all his glaring flaws but he still has a special place in my heart despite my general dislike for aus.
I just can’t get over his design. He’s just so angsty and I like that a lot lol. Plus he’s also purple and a villain which is also a mega plus. Still, I wish he had an actual story line. The thing with sans centered aus is that they exclusively hang out with other Sanses and do power fantasy schticks. That’s fine and dandy (u do u) but I want a stand Alone dusttale that explores other characters!( main gripe: THEY ALWAYS UNDERUTILIZE PAPYRUS and UNDYNE). It also always bothered me that his whole story is way out of character for canon sans but eh ….it’s an au and he’s purple so I’ll let it slide
Anywho… dusttale sans my beloved
Bonus:
I fucking adore L'Manberg cabinet era
All these relationships between this unorganized group of people, pulling the blanket of power over themselves (Q), the psychological consequences of war and becoming president in the blink of an eye
MINUTES MAN RANBOO
I just wish more was done with that
Like
There so much potential aaaahhh
paces back and forth muttering they couldn’t even handle ctommy