You Can’t Pick Lilia For This. But Who Is Your Other Favorite Short Character In Twst?

Here. Have a over dramatic attention seeking bish.

Morning Glory 💐

One's eyes are blinded by apparent acts of love, foolishly ignoring the hidden gestures beneath a flower's hue and form… 🥀

Morning Glory | /ˈmɔːr.nɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɔːr.i/

A flower that could represent love, affection and gratitude. Yet, retains a sense of duality, as it could represent mortality, love in vain, or unreciprocated love. Different colors can represent various meanings. A Pink and White Morning Glory flower denotes innocence and purity. A Purple Morning Glory can represent royalty and mystery. A Blue Morning Glory blossom presents serenity and trust. Yet, can subtly show affection for another.

things to look forward to when you move out

so i caught up on seáns maneater videos and all i could think of when watching them was mER-SHARK SEÁN 🦈

so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

while I'm on about architecture and the builds of the smp, it's so fucking cool to me how you can tell the era a building was built based on it's materials and contents.

for example, some of the earliest structures (or their ruins, to be exact), were made of wood. once the perpetual conflict started, however, wood structures fell out of favor because they burnt down easily. most of these structures were easily accessed as well, making it easier for people to steal from them and/or burn them down.

then comes the war era. because having the high ground gives many tactical advantages in fights, a lot of the structures from this short period on the server are tower based or are otherwise very tall, like the tower by tommy's house or l'manburg's walls.

as a reaction to the conflict, next came the era of fortresses and more less accessible bases, like dream's house, punz's estate, eret's castle, and purpled's sewer base. as a result of the war, a lot of the bases from this time period also had alternative exits, mostly to the sewers. if a house has an entrance to the sewer, it's probably from the august-october era.

manburg era buildings, though there aren't much surviving from that time (for obvious reasons), had a distinctly corporate and almost inhospitable aesthetic to them. these buildings trended away from houses, and more towards office buildings. most were made of concrete, marble, obsidian, stone bricks, or blackstone. they were the brutalist structures of the dream smp, reflecting the harsh and authoritarian rule that began the era.

then, after the destruction of l'manburg, during the era of peace, many of the homes went back to being built with wood, due to the fact that many people thought the conflict was over for good this time. this also was the era of less serious builds, such as karl's amusement park, the "not kissing booth", the "nightclub", and the el rapids pyramid. but unfortunately, after the first destruction of l'manburg, a lot of people had had enough and opted to move elsewhere, hence the lack of new builds in the greater smp from this era. this era also happened around the holidays, meaning many of the homes trended on the "festive" and cabin aesthetic.

and finally, the current era. after the final destruction of new l'manburg, the greater smp is almost completely abandoned at this point. save for the creation of temples, monuments, and historical sites, not much is being built in the "main part" of the smp. however, a lot of ruins are being restored and preserved, such as tubbo's first house, the l'manhole, and of course, tommy's house. the most interesting development, however, is the uptick in memorials, the most prominent being statues of tommy. however, there is also ponk's graveyard, and the lmanburg flag at the bottom of the crater. it's interesting to me, because it indicates that the conflict has finally stopped enough for people to grieve the losses gained over the course of the past 6 months. if the trend continues, I expect more monuments to the past in the greater smp and more permanent builds away from the main part of the smp.

my point is, it just really goes to show how history can be shown not just through watching it happen and through stories being told but also through the buildings built in the times we study. this is true for real life, too. before the fire of london, almost every building in london was made of timber. now, in the modern day, you'd be hard pressed to find a single building made of wood in the london area. and the structures that have survived from medieval london are all stone structures, making it clear that, yeah, if you want your metropolis to survive, it cannot be fucking flammable.

it goes to show how people learn from the major events of their generation and use that wisdom to make buildings better and more built to last. whether it be a real life fire that decimates a city, or a fictional war waged in minecraft, these events make people think about their comfort and safety and work harder to keep it. and to see this replicated in a minecraft server of all things... well that's just another reason why the story of the smp is so impactful. just because it's pixels on a screen, doesn't mean it's any less sentimental. and I, for one, am completely fine crying every time I see an allium in minecraft if it means I can watch more of these wonderfully dramatic weirdos. <3

ok but unironically, ranboo and tubbo making their marriage canon in the smp and playing it as more than just a bit is one of the best character decisions ranboo specifically has ever made. and it's because it makes ranboo's syndicate arc... actually compelling. now, I don't know if you noticed yesterday, but techno, phil, and niki's streams, while being lore, were almost chill streams in terms of how casually they treated the roleplay. their visit to snowchester was relatively pleasant, and tubbo and techno even managed some friendly teasing during the visit to the crater. the person being put under pressure wasn't even streaming! but you know who was streaming? ranboo. and if you watched ranboo's perspective, you'd probably have noticed that the atmosphere was less... fun than all the jokes made it out to be. because all the tension of the visit was laid on ranboo. ranboo, who could only stand and watch, unable to speak on tubbo's behalf as his friend and husband fumbled through his defense of snowchester. who kept inching towards him every time techno looked away, only able to communicate through eye contact. who sat and waited as techno rang the channel member bell in the basement of tubbo's home while the evidence of their close relationship was quite literally running about upstairs. who held the book threatening tubbos life in his inventory, unable to confront them about it without calling suspicion on himself. the atmosphere of stress laid thick on ranboo's stream and ranboo's stream only. because not only is he connected to tubbo through l'manburg, not only is he connected to tubbo through friendship, but ranboo is connected to tubbo through marriage and a son he's pledged himself to protect at all costs. anything less would barely have impact on the mood of the stream! ranboo would have no reason to give the syndicate the time of day. the emotional impact would be almost nonexistent, even. but because tubbo, and by extension, michael, are threatened the syndicate's nosiness, he has to get involved. he has to, temporarily, "pick a side" in order to protect the people that he chose. meaning not only is he in moral hell at the moment, but he also finally has a reason to seriously evaluate what a "side" means to him. this arc might finally even make him challenge techno's ideals! (it's wishful thinking but it's possible I swear) and none of this could have happened had he not married tubbo and adopted michael as their son. it's what happened with Sally the Salmon all over again. the idea, while ridiculous, actually gives ranboo a reason to involve himself with techno and phil. (beyond the whole "sensei" bit) proving again, that in the dream smp, every joke eventually becomes emotionally impactful. every. single. one.

to whatever teenager needs to hear this:

statistically your generation is having less underage sex & drinking less & doing fewer drugs & generally making better choices than your parents’ generation

the shit you see on tv is just a bunch of middle-aged tv producers (who should know better) sexualizing you & projecting onto your age group. 

do your best not to internalize it as normal, and absolutely call them on their bullshit.