Sometimes Responding To Media You Like Is Articulate And Sometimes It Is Microwave Noises And Static

oh my god all i can think about is the spiderverse. it is consuming my waking thoughts.

The President’s dilemma

Sentimentality

As much as Tommy giving up the discs would make things so much easier for everyone, to have him stop caring about the discs, unless it was for the right reasons, would be a really narratively depressing decision in my opinion. 

Dream and Tommy are similar in a lot of ways. They’ve both been involved in most of the server’s conflict, arguably even the ones who cause the conflict, they’re both pretty much alone right now, they’ve both pushed everyone near them away in pursuit of the same thing: the discs. And we can argue for ages if Tommy’s quest for the discs is selfish, or if he deserves to have something for himself, or that they don’t really mean anything. But at the end of the day, what makes Dream and Tommy’s desire for the discs different is this: Tommy cares about them, because he gets sentimentally attached to things, and people, and places. He’s emotional, and he’s put his heart into so many parts of the server. His issue is that he got lost in caring about the discs themselves, and forgot that what he really cares about is what they represent: early days of peace, the ideals of L’Manberg, and most importantly, his relationship with Tubbo. So when Tubbo tells him the discs aren’t important, to Tommy, this is Tubbo telling him that the way he cares about things doesn’t matter. 

On the other side is Dream. Again, we can argue for ages if Dream actually cares about anything or anyone at all. But he told us himself that he only cares about the discs because they give him power over Tommy, and by extension, all the people around him. The thing that makes Dream so terrifying to fight is that he really seems to not care about anything at all. He’s not attached to anything that Tommy can hold against him. If Tommy were to follow that path, and give up the discs because he doesn’t care anymore, that would only bring him closer to being like Dream. The message would that caring makes you weaker, that it’s something you must rid yourself of and avoid at all costs. And that wouldn’t be a very good message at all. 

In the end, the difference in their desires are what makes Tommy more of a hero, and Dream more of a villain. Dream doesn’t care, he’s willing to manipulate and use people just to gain power and control. Tommy cares about the discs because he’s passionate and cares about his friends and the original ideals of L’Manberg. He’s just gotten so focused on the discs that he’s forgotten what they represent. And I think he could give up the discs if he remembers, but not because he doesn’t care. 

Sentimentality, loving things and people and caring and having passion, those are the things that give life meaning. That’s what Tommy has that Dream doesn’t.

one of my favorite experiences in this fandom is being on my dash and coming across a long meta essay passionately analyzing characters and making points abc based on evidence xyz, reading it, and then scrolling down to find another meta essay directly below it that extensively and fervently argues the exact opposite

okay but Techno saying his bit about reciprocity just sparks so much joy. we KNOW that Tommy has been repeatedly traumatized by Dream, he has adverse reactions every time he sees something that reminds him of exile, he gets confused every time he even thinks about Dream and his “friendship” with him, he repeatedly asks Techno for comfort whenever he thinks about Dream.

so Dream shows up, Dream who helped Techno escape death and rescue his horse, Dream who’s obviously trying to be on Techno’s side. Dream who brings up these things he’s done to help Techno in an effort to, what, guilt trip? manipulate? force Techno into telling him where Tommy is. direct quote from Dream in today’s stream: “I will say, y’know, you owe me, a little bit. But—“

and here goes Techno. “Ah, that’s true, that’s true. See Dream, you don’t, you don’t gotta worry Dream. I am a person that believes in absolute reciprocity.”

like.... what? at face value that’s such an interesting way for him to phrase that. just say, “yeah i owe you one.” instead, Techno uses his big language, his fancy speak, talkin about reciprocity.

cause Techno’s been around Tommy. he knows how messed up Tommy is over Dream. he doesn’t know exactly what Dream has done to Tommy, not at all, but he knows a bit about it. and he completely covers for Tommy to Dream because Dream has no fuckin right to be asking after Tommy and Techno knows it.

Techno might owe Dream for the save, but it’s not a reciprocal action for Techno to rat out a traumatized teenager to someone who’s been manipulating them. Techno’s really growing on me y’all.

/rp /dsmp

i’m not actually reading any of the posts but there’s no way anyone actually thinks king kong is cooler than godzilla lmfao absolutely all just pretending 

the mcyt fandom confused about plotholes months ago: who destroyed the tnt rooms button!!! why wasnt it streamed!!! why is c!karl so indecisive and switching sides!!!!!

karl, preparing for his time travel arc:

friendly reminder that just cuz people do in-depth analyses of characters you like you can enjoy them however you want

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got a headcanon for c!dream that redeems him? go wild, the world’s your oyster

think c!schlatt is pure evil and has no backstory or isn’t misunderstood? that’s how it be, he’s an evil ram man

think c!schlatt is a misunderstood good guy? good for you, he’s a very nice man with an evil laugh i guess and we stan

think c!philza is a shit dad and person? he fuckin is i guess, you are literally so smart i love you /gen, /p

think c!philza is a broken man who tried to protect his family in his own way? you’re so right and that’s so sexy of you

you’re a c![insert name here] apologist? you are very valid and i’m happy to hear all your thoughts /gen

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whatever way you find these characters enjoyable just… enjoy them that way. i’m mainly saying this cuz i see a lot of people being like “if you think c!phil is a bad person you’re so stupid” or “if you think c!dream can be redeemed you are the worst” like… if something isn’t stated outright in canon, let people have their headcanons and interpretations

same goes with victimizing people just cuz they enjoy a problematic character, i’ve seen a lot of people go after c!dream fans just because c!dream is a bad person and hurt tommy as much as he did… y’all it’s fiction. people can enjoy bad people in fiction. why do you think villains are always so loved.

this is a minecraft roleplay y’all. we don’t have to get so in-depth.

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on the other hand if you love making in-depth analyses of the characters and having very serious detailed opinions? GO BUCK WILD! DO THAT SHIT! everything is valid bro!!! just enjoy yourself! as long as you’re not invalidating other people’s headcanons and ways of enjoying themselves, do your thing bro!!!

and of course as long as you don’t harass the actual CCs behind the characters and don’t do anything that makes them uncomfortable or something they said they’re not okay with

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there that’s my psa thank you

The first place Wilbur visits after his resurrection is L’Manburg. He thinks the crater, which dips to scrape the center of the earth, might be a bit overkill. But he can’t be one to judge. There are a few places where smoke still rises in catastrophic curls. There’s a lot of debris left unsalvaged. 

They’ve given up on this place, all of them, and Wilbur has no right to feel bitter about that. 

The second place Wilbur goes is the ravine, all shadowed and haunted, like a closed-down museum. When he sees the buttons still fastened in hundreds to the walls, he laughs. When he first saw those buttons, he honestly thought they were hallucinations. A manifestation of his guilty conscience forcing him to reckon with his pre-made decision. Tommy had asked about them too, he supposed, but Tommy was lying to him back then. Or – he wasn’t. 

Death has given Wilbur some perspective, but it’s still hard to get a grasp on the last few months of his first life. 

“Is it just like you remember?” 

Wilbur turns and sees Tommy climbing carefully down the crumbling stairway. “Don’t fall,” he says on instinct. 

Tommy flashes him a look. Soon, they’re standing across from each other. Tommy’s grown taller since Wilbur’s last seen him. They’re almost the same height. But if Wilbur looks hard enough, he can still see the frightened boy from a few months ago, still hear his own hollow-point words. 

You’re scared, Tommy. 

What is Wilbur supposed to say to him now?

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