#karlnap stream

[cateyeswrites]

I am not a bad person, you saw what they all did to me!

Schlatt and quackity art by @foolocracy_ in Twitter/ Rage poem by Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf/ Quackity art by @staripeYOO in Twitter/ Heart art by @violetta_n_n in TikTok/ Bathroom art by @moonlyst4rz/ Quackity art with the rings found in Pinterest /

[chjroptera]

what's your fav karlnapity moment?

right now probably this, i’m slowlyyyy working my way out of the new lmanburg era

[trashnotfound]

I got this screenshot from twitter but I had to make sure my fellow karlnappers on tumblr saw too!

KARLNAP IS ALIVE

[marrow-and-bone]

[cquacknap]

lore stream so unsatisfying i might actually start using this account for real this time

[conarcoin]

also yeah lol it was really funny seeing people say that quackity calling karl and sapnap his "best friends" in the lessons stream was like. a mistake or downplaying their romantic relationship. he calls them that because it's the exact same thing he calls slime in the same stream

c!quackcicle you will always be famous

[sapnapstummy]

i know ppl were not fans of karl/karlnap but god being someone who was a fan and a sapnap main just kills me. like karl brought sapnap out of his shell so much, i haven't forgotten that after their first meet up they immediately planned their second and after that they met up again but didn't record or stream bc it was for them. sapnap saying "i wish karl was here" dream asking "so you could kiss him?" and sapnap replying "so i could have someone i was in love with". karl calling sapnap his anchor. karl never kissing sapnap but getting so flustered when he caught him staring. them going out in la and being attached at the hip at vidcon 22. and for what, so i can look back at all the time they spent together feel like im chewing on glass? so sapnap can avoid saying karl's name? and karl forgets they ever existed?

i'll go get the drinks

[headcannons-and-random-things]

Oh my goooooooooood that live stream

c!quackity was doomed from the moment slime died, he’s was doomed from the moment karlnapity fell apart, he was doomed from the moment techno killed him, he was doomed since schlatt died, he was doomed since he allied with schlatt, he was doomed the moment he touched that server

c!quackity would have blown himself up with tnt from the moment slime died but he was doomed to die since he touched that server

[oetscop]

the fact we also still have the karl gummies. could make a whole karlnap meal

holy fucking shit someone just got sapnap branded cheezits. that was fucking surreal

[mcytblr-archive]

Early MCYTblr Interviews: tack-tick

today's interviewee is tack-tick, a pioneer of the "phistin" ship and DSMP fan since before the first election! below is a transcript of the interview.

Q: What was your overall time in MCYTblr like?

A: I'd say my overall time in Mcytblr could be described as finding diamonds in the rough. This fandom is defined by finding your group, sticking to them and if you're smart not really looking beyond that. I did look beyond that and saw a lot of discourse and such. I had a good time with my friends but I did get negatively affected by the discourse at times. It was kind of a toxic shithole but by God mcytblr was our shithole lol

Q: Do you remember any specific discourse that affected you, or was it just the overall culture around you?

A: As a Technoblade main, it was the discourse surrounding his character that messed with me. At the time, I was mutuals (none in the phistin palace dw guys) with some people who hated his character. I, as an anxious teenager, was very worried it would cause drama if I unfollowed them and my dash became a lot of those long negative essays about how he was an awful person and yknow the drill. It was mainly my own fault and my dash became signfigantly better once I realized no one would be offended of I unfollowed, blocked a bunch of tags, started up my own discord server and focused more on writing fanfic instead of doomscrolling. A good lesson in curating your dash of anything else. (Btw those former mutuals are fine people, we just had radically different tastes in what we liked and disliked about the Dream SMP)

Q: You mentioned the "phistin palace"-- before we get into that, would you like to explain the "phistin" rarepair itself?

A: Now we are cooking! So, Phistin is the ship of Kristin and Philza. It's main focus was on the scraps of lore that we had about their relationship which was Kristin was the immortal goddess of Death and they couldn't really see each other often but loved each other very much. I'd say it's main appeal was being one of the few ships that was just really stable in the Dream SMP compared to the Karlnapity polycule and whatever youd call Quackbur. Fun fact, I can't find the post now but if i remember correctly me and tumblr user Demonadelem helped name the pair Phistin. Although, that was ages ago so I could be misremebering

Q: Was the ship entirely within the SMP, or was it just the general ship name for the real-life couple?

A: It was both. Since Kristin didn't really stream on the dream smp, a lot of her personality had to be based on what Phil said about her and her other streams. Basically, lore about the ship was pulled from the SMP but the dynamics and personality was from both. You could play around with the dynamic if you focused on Kristin being a goddess

Q: With that basic information laid out-- what was the "phistin palace"?

A: The Phistin Palace was a discord server I founded in August of 2022. Phistin was a ship that was basically a side thing I did in fandom because my main focus was Technoblade and emerald duo stuff. I think if you're a Technoblade fan you're legally obligated to be a Philza fan and vice versa. I don't make the rules. So Phistin was something I did when I wanted a break from Technoblade as a way to practice romantic shipping.

Then Technoblade passed away and I didn't want to do anything with his character for a while so I focused completely on Phistin. However, when I tried to find any fics they were either a background ship with only one line or Kristin was already dead from a tragic disease who's main symptoms were lying daintily in bed. While I was writing my own long form Phistin focused fic, Two Birds if anyone read it, I got a comment that complimented me for "giving her an actual charatcer" and maaaan that is a very low bar to be praised for. So, I started the palace as a way to find other Phistin fans who actually cared about them beyond Kristin being angst fodder for SBI.

Q: Do you have any fond memories in specific of the "Phistin Palace" discord server?

A: Oh so many. During the Syndicate finale, three of us all liveblogged and freaked the fuck out when Kristin showed up for the first time in a minecraft skin on the server. I made on of those AI chatbot things that was popular for a bit and the bot was supposed to be the Kristin character. I asked if she had a pet and she said she has a gecko named Tim. The entire server instantly decided they would die for Tim and he's now an emote. The general chat is also named Tim Time Fucker. A mermaid AU that was made that the majority of the server contributed a lot of lore to we named it the Communist Mermaid AU because the server collectively owns it now. Many good moments there

Q: Beyond the Phistin Palace, are there any large community events that you remember/took part in, or did you mostly stick to your friend group?

A: I remember The Penis SMP of course. I never really took part in large community events but I did watch them happen. I read the Passerine chapter where Tommy died becasue my dash flipped out when that dropped. I'd also try to watch Sad-ist animatics live when I could. At most, Id make a meme during a stream that would rack up a couple hundred notes or one thousand if I was lucky A thousand was like once or twice I think

Q: You mentioned that you were also a Technoblade fan before you became more focused on Phistin-- was your experience in that side of the fandom any different?

A: It certainly had more content than Phistin did lol. I was never really in any Technoblade discords or anything but back in the day it was focused on emerald duo and being funny. or angsty. Nowadays, it's way less lively unfortunately. It's not as bad as in 2022 but Technoblade fancontent seems to be less foucsed on the character and more on memorials/remembrance. At some point, you run out of things to say and not a lot of people wanted to stay in a fandom that just felt weighed down by it all. I did leave so things could perk up someday but I don't think that's likely

Q: We've talked about the fandom and how it responds to content-- let's talk about the content itself. What were some of your favorite moments from the Dream SMP as a whole?

A: The Red Festival Technoblade stream was the first one I ever watched live so that's a good one. The stream where L'manberg getting blown up at the end of The Manberg Arc is iconic for an underrated reason. I don't know how many people remember but Phil was highly speculated to be on the Dream SMP someday. On the day of that stream, he started on his hardcore world, then stopped his stream and did his dramatic switch surprise entrance to enter the Dream SMP for the first time. Also Technoblade escaping the anvil and then killing Quackity with a toothpick was great. I've never liked watching Twitch streams on my Ipad so most of my favorite moments come from YouTube

Q: Were you sad that Phistin wasn't a more popular ship, or did you enjoy the tight-knit community?

A: I was sad Kristin kept friggin dying, the poor woman lol. Sometimes I wish it was a bit more popular but the community was nice. The main issue is Phistin stuff started tanking hard on Ao3 in terms of numbers and tended to get misstagged quite a bit

Q: You've brought up a few times that Kristin was often fridged, disregarded, or replaced (on several notable occasions, by an actual Samsung fridge). How did you feel about it? Do you think there was any particular reason for it?

A: I mean, I really don't like it but I understand it. A lot of people loved that SBI angst but also wanted to write all the SBI. So the obvious solution is to kill off Kristin for free angst and keep all the SBI in the story. Passerine is a fic i respect a lot but it also kickstarted this trend to be honest. Kristin herself also didn't physically show up in the lore a lot so it was really tricky to write her. When I first wrote her, it was intimidating because I didn't have many fics to look at as good examples.

Was it shitty and a bit sexist? Yes but I don't think sexism was the only reason. Kristin's character was in a unique situation compared to the others. I have no problem with Kristin dying in a fic. The main issue is that often came with her personality being reduced to good mom and that's it. I'm not gonna call a bunch of probably first time writers evil sexists when I know what it's like to not know how to write her and being scared you'll get her completely wrong.

Q: Since it's come up, would you mind giving a quick rundown of what exactly the fanfic "Passerine" is? (As well as any memories you have relating to it!)

A: If i'm being honest, I only read the chapter where Tommy got murked. What I know from osmosis is it's an SBI royalty AU that had some kind of meta twist at the end and it was very sad. It also got a sad-ist animatic made out of it which jesus christ I'd give for that. I tried it but the writing style was too wordy for my liking. It's mainly important for Phistin history even though Kristin wasn't in it. No, The Fridge died in it but everyone just kinda assumed it was Kristin for long enough it got the ball rolling. Also I think Niki read it on a stream

Q: Before we wrap up, is there anything else you remember about MCYTblr/the DSMP that you'd like to talk about?

A: The DSMP sure was the minecraft server of all time that is defined as a server that was doomed from the start. Whoever makes a video essay on it is gonna have a hell of a job. 10/10 experience would not recommenced. Hello to the Phistin Palace if any of you read this :D

Mcytblr is getting more chill with shipping from what I've seen. Thank God, keeping making Philza Minecraft kiss those men and his wife.

Also SUBSCRIBE TO TECHNOBLADE

[chjroptera]

was rewatching karlnapity streams w my friends and realized that karl staked their marriage on the completion of new lmanburg. they propose to do it at a big event because it would gain a lot of attention/viewers if the two coincided. but they unknowingly doom their marriage here because lmanburg is forever incomplete, and anything related to it was always destroyed or completely warped. despite having el rapids, they still choose to wait till new lmanburg was completed, and cQ trying to propose to them in las nevadas was def his grand gesture for their promise. after all, las nevadas is just a more profit-based new lmanburg

yes obviously the reason ckarlnapity fell apart was because of the difference in storylines/cc interest, they are still somehow victims of the lmanburg curse lol

[trashnotfound]

Where the fuck is Karl jacobs :(

I miss the silly little karlnetwork streams….

[annimator]

Before QSMP, I had DSMP

Before Spiderbit, I had Karlnapity

…

I remember when I first learned about Karlnapity really fondly, and it was genuinely the first time I’ve learnt about polyamorous relationships. I saw throughout stream clips that they all loved each other and had adorable interactions. They were fiancés and had plans on having a wedding

But it never happened

They lacked communication skills. Karl didn’t tell Sapnap or Quackity about the fact that he’s a time traveller and that he loses his memory every time he travels to the past. Karl and Quackity got into an argument because Karl forgot about him while Sapnap had to watch both of the people he loved dearly argue with each other. And yet, I still thought they’d pull through…

But it never happened

DSMP ended and they never got a happy ending, they never got to reconcile and actually communicate

They never got their wedding

So I did whatever anyone else would do when canon fails them, and read fanfics. Fanfics where they lived together in domestic bliss, fanfics where they met in a different universe but still fell in love, fanfics where they got their wedding

…

But then, something new came up

In all honesty, I knew about QSMP ever since Quackity announced it and it seemed really interesting too, but since I was (and still am) in High School, I couldn’t really catch up. So I mainly relied on liveblogs to help guide my way throughout its story. It wasn’t much but at least it was something. And I was semi-interested in what was happening on the first multilingual server in Minecraft

And then, June 1st happened

Cellbit proposed to Roier and they had plans on getting married. Part of me was excited that those two were gonna tie the knot and become husbands, but on the other hand, I had a feeling this might be karlnapity all over again. And low and behold, the wedding got called off

But, things went differently this time

They managed to reconcile after the wedding got called off (ngl I’d forgive my fiancé too if found out that my relative [which said fiancé murdered] was still alive /j) and they even went on a date. And then Cellbit proposed to Roier again, and Roier accepts

I finally managed to watch a QSMP stream live on the 16th of June, and it was one of the best things I have ever seen. People dressed their cubitos up for the big day, Cellbit walked down the isle to the alter where his husband waited for him, and they were pronounced married, they kissed each other and walked hand in loveable hand to where they had a wedding cake, they tossed their bouquets, and they sang a duet that forever changed how I listen to ‘The Reason’ by Hoobastank

They finally got their wedding

And I couldn’t have been any happier.

[fayewoodss]

Saw your post about George and the studio - I've actually had a fic simmering in my brain for the past month, about George writing music (not sure what direction you were going in but mine was super sweet and fluffy - big surprise there lol)

omg I love that!!!

honestly, I don't see george pursuing anything lyrical on his own. he wrote and performed a song with Dream, but it was clearly a comedic song and nothing serious the way dream gets into music. there was also the stream with karlnap and glaive where they tried to make a song, but again it wasn't anywhere near being serious or thought out. I think if he were to make music seriously, he would initially try rap, hip hop, or hyper pop, but I think he would lose interest in songwriting quickly.

with the way george often plays with objects, listening to their sounds and then mimicking them with endearing fascination, I feel he would be drawn more to the actual noise making and manipulation of sound rather than making "music." he's quick to pick up instruments and will show off, but he doesn't sit at an instrument with the intention of composing. I'm curious what the "drudio" rules are in order to have a notebook dedicated to it, but I hope that they all get a chance to play with sound in a way that isn't formulaic music production. music, just as any art form, is about experimentation and play. it's no secret I love all of george's little noises, but I would love to see how he could turn those sounds, and sounds he likes, into some zany and offbeat melodies.

now his own music taste as first seemed restricted with what I previously mentioned, but he has now shown an appreciation for classical and instrumental pieces as well as trying out new music and music genres. even if it's for the meme, he is willing to genuinely listen to music that Americans/Brits don't usually enjoy or take seriously (ex: him wanting to play Germany music for the recent snack stream). so, with that, here are some songs I would love to show him that I think would be in his goofy, noisemaking nature:

OoOo1 by galen tipton

Splosh by Cosmo Sheldrake

Plantasia by Mort Garson

Dance No. 1 by Philip Glass

Zopf: From the Colonies by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

[ralexsol]

Newer dsmp fans don't know that El Rapids (the karlnapity nation pre-Las Nevadas) was named that because of Quackity's Slenderman stream during which he constantly quoted the Hillary Clinton Cedar Rapids vine and Trump vaguetweeted about him

[dtkqer]

I dont even use twitter anymore, i just have it for dteam tweets/streams so using it to look up k*rls name was quite ... interesting. I saw so many thirs tweets, karlnap tweets FROM THIS YEAR ??? and the only ones with a lot of likes were like from 2022

honestly. you kinda have to respect the comittment