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Thanks to my mom, who volunteered to come help me on Saturday, my new study room is already looking quite nice! Unfortunately the wifi in this room is much much worse - DD has said it wasn't great but I didn't realize how bad, it keeps cutting off. I got so frustrated that on Monday evening I decided to move the modem from one room to the other since it looks like there is also a suitable thingy near the electrical outlet, but it didn't work and then the wifi promptly also stopped working in the first room when I moved it back. ...my nerves did not like that, wow, I had not realized I was so close to freaking out.
Yesterday I came home late so I couldn't look at it, but today I tried turning it off and on again and it works again! What a relief. Now before I move it to the study room (which definitely needs to happen before my online exam next month) I'll do some more research.
I'm also procrastinating on studying by tidying (among other things), which, could be worse but still. Have I mentioned I have an exam in a month.

I'm enjoying cleaning out my post drafts though. Feels good. This time, some notes I made about Dream SMP videos/vods/streams I watched and didn't post for whatever reason, back in 2022-2023. Solely for my own recollection.

( Quackity 1 million followers celebration, ft. being hunted by Techno )

( Blueberry TV Dream SMP season 2 )

( Tommy Exile Arc )

( Revivebur visits Phil, Tommy visits Las Nevadas, Mumza visits the server, George visits his nightmares )

( The Masquerade )

I wrote fic for

hurtcomfortex:

Crow Feathers for

Garecc
Fandom: DSMP
2.4k, Kristin/Phil, post-canon
Summary: This was not how Kristin had imagined spending time with her husband in the End.

Notes: This one was harder to write than expected, among other things because I found it difficult to get the tone right. Not one of my favorite works but I think it turned out okay.

Works reveal for

hurtcomfortex was a week ago. Sadly I didn't find as much time to go through the collection as I might have wanted, but I still found a few stories I want to rec. All different MCYT fandoms, for variety ^^

With The Venom In My Mouth by

antimony_medusa
Fandom: Dream SMP
13.6k, Phil & Techno, time-travel & de-aging
Summary: [...] Or: Philza gets sent back to his childhood and finds it's fucked up. What could make this worse? Oh, oh finding that Techno is in danger, that's just great.
Why I love it: This was written for me (for the prompt "Time Travel - Meeting younger version of loved one and finding them in a bad state") and it's fantastic. I love the worldbuilding with the strict class system and the flying stone islands, I love Phil struggling with being a child again and having strict parents, I love his determination to get himself and Techno out, I love the character voices, and I love how the story develops with its many different kinds of delicious h/c.
Canon knowledge required: I don't think so, but not sure.

move your feet from hot pavement by

Odaigahara
Fandom: SMP Earth
2.8k, Techno & Phil, AU (but in rough SMP Earth setting)
Summary: Three years of nonstop battle. Three years of campaigning, of concocting plans and holding things together as budgets faltered and superiors demanded more, as fellow generals assumed he could conjure miracles and therefore failed to actually show up as reinforcements, and Techno’s own side had pulled the rug out from under him. They’d mismanaged so much of the war that defeat had become the favorable option, and then none of them had wanted to take the consequences onto their shoulders.
There had to be a show of faith, they’d said. The Antarctic Empire had traditions when it came to graciously accepting an enemy surrender, and one of them was the delivery of some important adversary into their hands.
Why I love it: Techno thinks he was handed over to Emperor Philza to be executed, mmm the angst is so good. Great character voices.
Canon knowledge required: I don't think so, but not sure.

the only theory they can't prove by

Odaigahara
Fandom: Hermitcraft
2.8k, Joe Hills & ZombieCleo, time-travel to an apocalyptic future (CN: body horror and other creepiness)
Summary:“You’re going to nuke the server after we’re done here, aren’t you?” Cleo interrupted.
“Well, yes,” Joe said, faltering, “seeing as you’re the only person we can reasonably extract.”
“Then forget about it. It’s not likely to be real anyway, is it? You’re from the present. This is just a possibility you conned into existing.”
His mouth felt very dry, and it was difficult to speak. The eyes on the walls strained to watch him, dewy and frightened, and the eyes on ZombieCleo were steely and determined and more than a little resigned.
“You’re right,” he managed. “I mean, that’s a reductive but accurate way to describe this situation, and we are going to solve it, so there’s no reason to dwell on the horrific particulars. That is a job for therapy, which you and probably also I will require in spades.”
Why I love it: The author did a great job creating a horrifying apocalyptic future, that somehow still made me nod and go "yeah, it's Hermitcraft, this tracks." Ahem. I really like the character voices too.
Canon knowledge required: Probably yes.

Dear gifter!

I very much look forward to whatever you come up with :)

( General Likes/Dislikes )

( #1: DSMP Emduo )

( #2: DSMP Lady Death and her angel )

( #3: DSMP Lady Death and her angel's son )

( #4: Steerswoman Rowan & Willam )

( #5: Origins SMP evil kingdom )

(Prompts will most likely be slightly expanded on in the next few days.)

I'm currently procrastinating on a bunch of stuff so I finally cleaned up my notes on the various DSMP finales.

Wilbur did a whole goodbye series, I already posted about the last part, and also about Quackity's Las Nevadas finale.

( Egglore finale )

( Sam & Boomer finale )

( Discduo 4-parter finale )

( Syndicate lore finale )

Snowflake challenge #13:
In your own space, rec three fanworks that you did not create.

This challenge came right after I decided to make more recs. Conveniently, "a random mix of whatever you're in the mood for" got a lot of votes in the poll I made, so I'm reccing two DSMP/MCYT fanworks I've been thinking about reccing for ages but never really found the words and a third one I also love, each in a different medium. I think I added enough info that they can all be enjoyed without knowing canon, but let me know if it worked for you if you decide to check out any of them :)

The Plagues, by WolfyTheWitch
Fandom: Dream SMP
Medium: Animatic
Song: The Plagues, from Prince of Egypt
Finally an opportunity to gush about Plagues! (I just watched the original movie for the first time yesterday and this song was one of the two best songs/parts of it, just so well done.)
Amazingly, this song fits Doomsday Bedrock Bros so well here.
Plot background: Tommy was exiled from the nation/city of L'Manberg, and after having a terrible time he eventually comes to live with the feared warrior Technoblade. Technoblade recently survived being executed by L'Manberg (long story) and is out for revenge, and eventually Tommy agrees to help him. But when it comes to an actual confrontation Tommy remembers how much he still loves his friends and L'Manberg, and he turns away from Technoblade to rejoin them. Technoblade comes to destroy L'Manberg the very next day. Tommy is the first one to confront him.
I love how this vid switches the sides of the original. Tommy sings Moses' part and Technoblade Rameses', but the choir is with Technoblade, and of course lines like "never mind how high the cost may grow" are very different in this context. Even the lines that don't fit perfectly somehow just emphasize those that do. I love the flashback to when Techno and Tommy were laughing together and clearly close. I love how the "plagues" are used, the actual Doomsday events are not in order but how they best fit cinematically. I love the ending with Tommy on his knees and Techno's hand on his head. So many feelings.

Mangoball
Fandom: MCYT
Medium: a fic told in Tweets (so I have no idea how long it is), college AU
Pairing: DNF (DreamNotFound), hints of some others
Months ago I saw iirc a Tumblr post talking about three MCYT fic "classics:" Heat Waves (DNF RPF, the most popular fic on AO3 for a while, which has since been deleted), passerine (a great SBI fantasy AU), and Mangoball. I hadn't heard of Mangoball before because it's not on AO3 but on Twitter; fortunately someone collected it to make it easier to read here.
Actually the fic is called "Cheater, Cheater," but it's usually called Mangoball after the name of the twitter account (which is technically mangobaii.)
It's glorious crack. A college AU in which Sapnap cheats on his boyfriend George with Dream, and then Dream starts flirting with George, and then… things happen. Dream is living with Corpse Husband and Wilbur breaks into their flat to steal their appliances. Tommy hates Dream so much he gets sponsored by Taco Bell. The mysterious BadBoyHalo keeps leaving supportive replies to Quackity's tweets and seems to be suspiciously well informed. Every time I forget how completely OTT ridiculous it is but somehow it works. I didn't think anything could top the McShep ketchup/pea fic but in a different way Mangoball is up there. "It's crack on crack but somehow has depth," as DD said after I made her read it, and she kept laughing out loud even though she was suspicious of the medium and didn't get most references to actual fandom events (mostly along the lines of "imagine if someone did [actual thing the actual people did in RL], that would be crazy.")
There is also Christmas special.

Revived, by Derivakat
Fandom: DSMP
Medium: song (with art by Qaramello)
I don't think I've ever been in a fandom where songs were such a popular fanwork as in Dream SMP and it's pretty cool, so I'm including a song here. (I'd love to know how that happened, and how much of it was maybe even because of Derivakat herself.)
Wilbur Soot: passionate, silver-tongued, volatile. He founded the nation of L'Manberg and fought a war for its independence, he lost the election he'd planned to rig to give himself more power and was exiled instead, he led the revolution to win back L'Manberg, and when they succeeded he abdicated, blew up the nation, and goaded his own father into killing him. His ghost remained. Then, after several months, Wilbur was revived and revealed that he'd been stuck in a train-station-shaped limbo for thirteen years. Nobody knew what to expect: he didn't seem angry or vengeful, but it was Wilbur Soot, you never knew.
I'm pretty sure this song was written soon afterwards. Later it became more obvious that Wilbur's behavior wasn't a front, but for a while it was a real possibility, so in a way this song is a fascinating look at what could have been. The lyrics are great, I love how, hm, unhinged Wilbur seems (and tbh understandably so), the train in the background fits perfectly, and while the song absolutely works on its own, the accompanying art in the video make it even better.

Yesterday was MCC 27, aka MCC Underdogs, and the third anniversary of MCC. ( MCC spoilers )

Today is also Tommy and Tubbo's last DSMP lore stream (for this season), I'm excited. The first three parts were very dramatic and I bet the ending will be even more so. Part three ended only about twenty minutes before MCC began, that was a mood whiplash ^^

I finally finished my DSMP fix-it AU!

Speaking the Other Language
15.9k, gen
Summary: "Hey, Techno, I've been thinking," Tommy said. "What would it take for you to not destroy L'Manberg?"
Pre-Doomsday AU: Tommy finds out that Technoblade wants to destroy L'Manberg. He tries to find a different solution, but breaking the cycle of revenge and violence is hard.
Additional tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Pre-Doomsday War, solving problems with communication, which requires a lot of talking, Reluctant Allies to Less Reluctant Allies, Enemies to Enemies-But-Ceasefire, accidental diplomat Tommy, nuclear standoff except Techno has withers and Tubbo does not have nukes yet

The longest fic I've written so far :) It's not perfect but I'm satisfied with it, I still like the AU idea a lot and I think I did a decent job with the character voices. The ending was hard, but better an imperfect ending than to leave it unfinished (and also I really wanted it done now because I need my head free for Yuletide.)

Second day of Vienna Comic-Con, I had a great time again. I was proud of myself that I resisted the urge to buy all the things, but I did buy one book (half because it sounded interesting and half because the author was very nice) and a Minecraft heat change mug and a coaster and a pretty bookmark with spooky eyeball art to hang on our kitchen wall and a ring. I don't usually wear rings but this one looks like a tiny sleeping blue and gold glittery dragon and I couldn't resist.

So much great cosplay again. Like yesterday there were many people in fairly simple store-bought costumes, especially in Akatsuki cloaks, and several Trafalgar Laws. I also saw a great Molly and Yasha (and I got a few compliments for my Gilmore's Glorious Goods shirt.) And three people in NHL merch for some reason? And while yesterday I didn't see anything for my shiny new fandom, this time I saw three people in Techno merch and also a Ranboo, an Alivebur, a great Quackity with yellow wings, and a whole group consisting of Tommy, Techno, Quackity, Ranboo, Dream, and Ghostbur. (And maybe Hannah? She was sitting with the others but I didn't recognize her outfit, not sure if she was even in costume, but she was wearing a flower dress and a tiara.)

I already look forward to the next one! And then Worldcon in Glasgow 2024 :)
~~And now I will stop procrastinating on studying, self.~~

I wanted to make another post but most things on my brain currently - well, the ones I want to talk about - are in some way Minecraft-related, either playing myself or watching other people play it. Well, Minecraft and pending-exam-anxiety, but I took the next week off for studying so I should be fine, fingers crossed. Minecraft is helpful for anxiety, but I'll need to be very disciplined so it doesn't distract me too much. Fortunately I can usually never play longer than an hour at a time before I need a break, idk why.

DD tried out a Minecraft demo and loved it :D (Quote DD: "I feel like "loved it" doesn't fully encompass my emotional reaction.") I'm very happy and proud of my success rate at getting her into things, it's fantastic. (DD: "You're an evil enabler and I hate you." Me: "I'm so good at this." DD: "You know what's the worst thing, you're getting better at it." This might be a good place to mention that we are also currently watching SMP Earth together, and while she's not watching herself, she admitted to enjoying the exposure to MCC and DSMP through me.)
She's on her second world (she got frustrated because there was so much ocean in the first one), and she's already built herself a house with a farm and she has a ton of resources because she's exploring so many caves. DD has been playing different versions of Civ and the Sims for over two decades, and in the past year I got her into playing Hades and Phoenotopia, and yet yesterday she told me that playing Minecraft is the first thing that makes her feel like a "gamer," which tbh I find hilarious.
Maybe we'll play together on a multiplayer world eventually :)

Teams were announced for the next MCC and I'm very excited about it already. I'm still watching older MCCs, I'm up to MCC 9, but my pace has slowed down a lot because the more players I'm familiar with the more different perspectives I want to watch.

I've also been watching more DSMP, some old ones and some more recent ones. Yesterday was the big end of Las Nevadas and it was fun. ( Spoilers )

I watched Wilbur's DSMP finale! Not live because I was at a birthday party (where I learned about Diggy Diggy Hole and happened to meet a Hermitcraft fan), but I looked up spoilers on the way home, and then DD and I watched it for breakfast. It was somehow perfectly fitting. Cc!Wilbur is a combination of dramatic emo kid and an agent of chaos, and the finale for c!Wilbur was both emotional and ridiculous. Also there are so many cracky lore implications xD

( Spoilers )

What is this, me finally making a rec list again? Huh. This time: Dream SMP fusion AUs! I am resisting the urge to write a few hundred words about this fandom's classification boundaries (the line between DSMP and SBI AUs is often very fuzzy) and specific ship names for gen relationships (I disliked them at first but have grown fond of them.)
I think all of these can be read and enjoyed without knowledge of DSMP, though some might not work as well.

( 6 fusions: Among Us, Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, Hollow Knight, Star Wars )

My parents are currently on vacation, so like last year DD and I are at their place enjoying the garden and the nearby river. We collected three bowls of plums so far and the tree still looks full.

In a display of spectacular timing I got sick. At least according to the symptoms and the quick test it seems to be not covid but it still sucks. To cheer myself up I'm posting the first chapter of the fic I've been working on: originally I wanted to wait until the first draft is done but it's about 90% done, good enough.

Speaking the Other Language
Fandom: Dream SMP
WIP, chapter ¼, 5.7k
Summary: Breaking the cycle of revenge and violence is hard.
Pre-Doomsday AU: Tommy finds out that Technoblade wants to destroy L'Manberg. He tries to find a different solution.
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Pre-Doomsday War, solving problems with communication, which requires a lot of talking, Reluctant Allies to Less Reluctant Allies, Enemies to Enemies-But-Ceasefire, accidental diplomat Tommy, nuclear standoff except Techno has withers and Tubbo does not have nukes yet

I really should get an icon for this fandom…

More notes about DSMP episodes. ….7k of them. Look I just had a lot of thoughts and feelings.
I have now watched all of Techno's DSMP videos and I have Emotions.

( The majority of these are Techno's VODs, some from Tommy, some additional clips )

Sidenote, I've had to adjust my reactions a bit because usually I type "heh" as a short sound of amusement, but here I cannot see "heh" as anything else than this.

More DSMP thoughts! Ft. Doomsday and up to the end of season 2.

( Mostly Techno VODs, some others )

I'm also rewatching episodes quite a bit for fic research purposes. (The story just keeps growing…)
Maybe I should get an icon, idk what of though.

I managed to get DD into watching Technoblade's videos and DSMP with me, only took me like two days, ngl I'm proud of myself xD She told me that the Potato Wars weren't a good entry point because they were so stressful to watch. Iirc next I showed her That Time I Conquered SMP Earth, and I don't remember what next but whatever, it worked.

About 3k of notes on the next couple of s2 DSMP streams by Techno (and two by Philza) under the cut. All names refer to the characters unless specifically designated cc!.

( Detailed notes on more s2 DSMP streams )

A few days ago I heard that Technoblade died. I had no idea who he was but when I learned that he was a very popular Minecraft streamer I decided to check out a few of his videos. I started with the Potato Wars: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. I enjoyed them, so I watched a few others and enjoyed those too, and then I started watching his Dream SMP videos.

( ...and accidentally fell into a hole. )

I have no idea how long I'll stay interested, maybe I will have forgotten all about it next week, but for now I really look forward to watching more of Technoblade's videos. His death (at only 23) is a tragedy, fuck cancer. He would have made so many jokes about how many views and subscribers he got after his death.