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[coffeegnomee]

im sorry that its fucking me up a little, that when Zam says with finality that she doesn't wanna kill Flame, he just bans himself. Listen, Im not the biggest solarflare expert nor fan but wow. thats. wow.

Sure dude, did you know your will and determination to kill me is what kept me here? That I only ever logged on for you. Logged on to anger you, fight you, kill you. Being your enemy was my sole want. Half my e-chest is just YOUR shit. I want my leaving to be what pushes you to win.

im sorry i cant i just. Not even a talk with Mane? Not even final goodbyes to anybody else? It started with Zam, now it ended with Zam.

[coffeegnomee]

zam's jealousy over bacon is so funny to me tbh bc i feel like if bacon wasn't still loved and accepted back by mapicc (and the rest of chungpire), she wouldn't blame him nearly as much for her suffering the consequences of the Actions She Chose To Take. but bc bacon is still allowed to be by mapicc's side and she isn't, she can't help but resent him bc it feels to her like he has ruined her life and taken Her place even if that isn't how things went at all

[coffeegnomee]

they're both in the wrong. they're both in the right. neither is right. neither is wrong.

The entire damn season has lead to this, from that first fateful day when Mapicc failed to kill a naked princezam. The arrow that symbolized their relationship, Passed from one to the other when they finally resolved their differences with mawn and became teamed, just a team of them two, with their own teams on the side.

The arrow that sat in the prime spot of Mapicc's echest from then on, a constant reminder of Zam's presence. The devotion for each other that can go from being each other's throats shouting "BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH" as one runs away, can become a comforting reminder of their devotion to always be there for each other.

Now hidden away where it doesn't have to be seen.

How the only reason Mapicc tried to kill him that day was because he believed Zam would forgive him and because he was planning on giving the heart back after he got to 20 for his video.

But how that moment provoked Zam to tell Planet to make fun of him in chat for not being able to kill a naked Zam.

How that moment stung. And when Spoke was killed, he killed Zam 3 times, once for Spoke, once for the mocking, and once for trying to stop him from leaving.

The pain of not having Zam being resolved through blood and murder. Repercussions for mockery being given out swiftly and succinctly.

Because Mapicc will always give out repercussions to actions he finds fault in.

But then he drops it just as quickly. He deals out death until your debt is paid. But then it's over.

And this time the debt that was ensued was far greater than simple mockery in chat. It was helping the enemy. And so the retaliation must be bigger.

So he kills him with his fist, blows up the field, kills him again. But that was supposed to be it. But how could that be it when he just did something so devastatingly huge. So of course Zam keeps coming back, keeps talking, keeps trying to understand, and keeps fighting back. So Mapicc kills him again if he's going to attack him. But he says after the fight that he felt empty that it was over. that it was over. The debt had been paid. Now onto mane.

The actions of one teammate will fall upon all teammates. Mapicc is the lifestealer that says that line the most. Said it immediately before killing Woogie for siding with Zam. And told it to Derap after.

But when Zam attacks Hannah for the actions of Mapicc, of how Mapicc used him especially for the creaking trap, suddenly that reality of lifesteal shouldn't count. You should only be going after me for my own actions, not my teammate, he says that day. It makes a new debt, one that must be paid in blood again.

I think Mapicc doesn't believe his own actions should have consequences, because they're not really his own actions, they're repercussions for other's actions. He is vengeance.

So he hunts Zam down again.

But through and before it all, the day he chose to let his wrath be known and he blew up the flower field, Mapicc chose to use Zam for his video. He went in knowing that that was what it was. He said it out loud on stream. And again while telling Bacon about the day when setting up the flower field with tnt. He knew that he used Zam for his own selfish gain.

So he was in the wrong. He deserved a repercussion for that.

But it would hardly be the first time Mapicc has pulls shit like it. The prep days for the Pangi crown battle in s4 will forever rotate in my head. The height of the castle arc, and Mapicc needs pvpers on his side so that he can defeat Pangi and his 3 teammates. It's just him and Parrot who are available. They're going to be crushed in defeat. They need Zam and Subz to help.

So Mapicc strongarms Zam into dropping his beef. The castle arc beef. THAT beef. Says if you just want to kill me, here come to spawn and I'll take my armor off and you can get your kill and then we can team up and your lore will be satisfied. Zam hesitates, but ultimately does it. And I've always loved that scene because it is one of the key moments where we see Zam choosing the functionality of the server over his own personal lore. The same thing he's just gotten into again.

He chose to even out the teams, help Mapicc, so that the fight would be a fair battle. For the good of the server, he killed a naked Mapicc and joined his side. Even though Mapicc was using him for his own content and not caring about Zam's.

And after? Mapicc asked for the lent hearts back. And tried to murder him with Parrot and Ro not minutes later. A perfect case of using Zam for the video, and then throwing him to the side after. And their castle arc beef continues until the final 1v1 where Zam wins.

But Mapicc uses Zam's willingness to help out to get what he needs. So similar to using dupes to get an upper hand in fights he otherwise would loose. So similar to calling in teammates to finish off a 1v1 so he doesn't loose.

When Mapicc faces failure down the barrel of a gun he saves himself.

Call it a massive insecurity for not being good enough. If he fails, he is bad. He cannot fail.

He's in the wrong for that one. But in the right for dolling out repercussions, for fighting against those who would go behind teammate's backs to help enemies. For those who would kill his teammates, protecting those whom he promised himself he would protect. Getting hearts for his teammates so they can stand in this world that will cut you down if you don't cut it down first.

And then there's his jealousy. What was love has turned to possession. Jealousy has rotted the relationship to the core. And especially from Zam's pov, Mapicc being mad that he went to Derap IS unfair. Mapicc is controlling his actions, who he can hang out with.

But Mapicc's devotion has no outlet. His love is so strong and complete, his mind always going back to Zam and where is Zam and why won't he come back to Mawn and Zam is strong and capable and all these huge and confusing emotions that don't make sense. He's a strong and independent Mape who doesn't need anyone. He's fine. He's fine alone. He doesn't need anyone.

He can't articulate it. Doesn't even know or see what is so clearly there by his actions.

And through the seasons Zam has always been there.

Except for that one time he wasn't. The one time Zam left.

And that time? Zam left Team Awesome because he didn't like the dupes. And Mapicc took it to heart. It was his own fault that Zam left. He pushed him too far to do what he wanted the team to do, all those fights, and Zam wasn't happy and Mapicc didn't see it, couldn't fix it until it was too late. and Zam left.

He mentioned it once to Bacon in s5. How he wanted to make sure Zam was okay with all their team plans bc last time he betrayed bc he didn't like the plans. And all s5 was a soliloquy of Mapicc never pushing his own ideas too hard, being gentle with Zam's thoughts and opinions, doing his utmost to not push Zam into betraying the team.

And Zam still betrayed him. Blessing Minute. Zam still didn't prioritize the team even though Mapicc always prioritizes his teammates.

A core ideal of Mapicc's: the teammates over everyone else.

So once again he tries not to push. Right before the end of the stalking arc he realizes he likes having Zam as a friend rather than an enemy. And chooses, willfully, to be friends. The situationship is born because he knows, oh he knows, that Zam would not be happy on the Empire bc the Empire is going to be evil and Zam has proven to Mapicc that he doesn't want to be evil.

So he doesn't push the Empire on to Zam. But, like he said in his stalking video, he realized "Zam is my only real friend on this server". His closest friend. And he doesn't want to loose Zam.

So he forms the allyship. Because his devotion runs too deep to just end neutral. And his real team isn't logging on almost ever. It's not about using Zam, it's not about taking advantage of him. It's about getting to team with his best friend. It's about devotion.

And for the next months, time and time again, Mapicc puts aside his bloodlust for Zam. He puts aside dealing out the repercussions he fundamentally is driven to dole out, his core ideal on this server, for Zam.

Core ideal vs core ideal. Dealing repercussions vs keeping the server functioning.

And Mapicc is shit at expressing what he's feeling. He tried. Oh he tried over and over. Multiple confrontations with Zam about how Zam stopped him from being himself, from getting the kill he hand picked out. And they always ended with Zam apologizing, and it seemed resolved. It seemed like Zam would change.

But it's just like in s4, but the roles have been reversed. Faced with a teammate who is doing something that fundamentally goes against everything he believes should be done on the server, they talk and talk and talk, but when it becomes proven that they did something even worse behind your back, you snap, twist the knife, and murder them.

I've said before Mapicc is having a Zam s4 of a season. And this was the eclipse federation. He thought Zam was good, he thought he wasn't doing the one thing he would never do, the one thing he has betrayed over in the past; working with the enemy, but then it was proven that Zam was doing just that.

For Zam it was about vitalasy hiding the extent of the exploits, for Mapicc it was about working with the enemy. Just like killing Spoke in the dupe war.

And one of the things Mapicc has brought up time and again recently, before he killed Zam, was wanting to finally feel free from doing what Zam wanted. How he has felt like Zam just uses him for pvp, but only in the ways that benefit Zam, and never let him get the kills he wants he wants to do.

But did he not walk into this situation, with eyes open? He knew Zam wouldn't kill, that he wanted to protect the server, but he still teamed with him.

So he feels trapped.

And then there's the side team. There's Derap. A player who had outstanding debts of repercussions to receive. Whom Zam was protecting from those repercussions. Stopping him from doing his core ideal on the server.

And Mapicc tried to say, over and over and over and over, how he would not team with Derap, how he would never team with Derap.

Is it not so similar to what he just said to Minute and Hannah, what he complained about to Bacon - he is clear with his boundary on who he will team with and they still keep telling him to team with Zam. He's trying, desperately trying, to express his opinions, to stand up for himself. And it's failing.

Trapped between wanting to make a team happy and wanting to do what he knows is right.

And not only that, but he lamented to Bacon about how he wished destroying Zam could be a passion project for them all. He's forever trapped with the worry that his team won't like his idea.

Zam would leave the team to do a solo arc, but Mapicc needs a duo. He needs a team.

So when Zam joins Derap, it cuts him to the heart. His devotion of Zam is being ripped out. His need for company is ripped away. His safety and security is gone.

Oh the two sides of a story. Love that doesn't allow for free will is not love at all. But he's so blinded by love and need that he can't see what he is doing to Zam. That what once was wholesome love has turned to something toxic.

And so the emotions simmer. Bubble away on the back burner. Until all this pain and trappedness and unmet need slams into the stove and everything falls apart. Love turns to wrath.

And it's crazy how Zam is not at fault, he's doing his own plan for the season. He, like everyone, deserves the freedom of choice.

And yet he is endlessly devoted to Mapicc too. And knows everything that makes Mapicc move and breathe. He knows Mapicc's bloodlust, his unending need for revenge when he sees slights.

But he failed to see just how much of a core this is for Mapicc.

He idealized him, put him on a pedestal of perfection, projected his own moralities on Mapicc, believing that he could convince Mapicc to be different, to not be so bloodlusty. That maybe Mapicc could go down a similar path he just did, that everything could be okay and their ideals could align.

Love blinded him to the reality of what Mapicc is.

Just as love blinded Mapicc to the reality of who Zam is.

Zam didn't see Mapicc will only love spawn because Zam loves spawn. Otherwise he just sees it as a tool for power.

Zam didn't see how his devotion became one sided as he threw himself at Mapicc over and over to make him happy, without realizing how upset Mapicc was already and how deep it really went. How unresolved.

Zam knows Mapicc values loyalty, but never once did he suspect that Mapicc would think giving hearts to the enemy was betrayal. Even though blessing Minute was a betrayal and he didn't see it then either.

Their core ideals on the server will never align. Not in the long run. Zam will be who he is: someone who will balance the server to allow every player to thrive. And Mapicc will be who he is: someone who will deal out vengeance on behalf of the server and the repercussions the other players incur.

So close to being similar. Both dedicated to the server's function. But diametrically opposed. Zam will aid. Mapicc will destroy.

Can they learn to let each other go? Can they learn to not be codependent? Can they have the confidence in themselves to not loose it the second the other does what they believe is right? Can they learn to accept the fullness of who the other is?

Because there's something about the other that relentlessly makes them devoted to the other. Something that has nothing to do with the other's actions or what they bring to the relationship. It's just who the other person is. They simply love each other.

It needed to boil over. It needed to go to fists and destruction. It's all too packed down to resolve without explosion. They can't take the other seriously for the grievance until their blood is on their sword. Until all the words have been spoken. Until they feel the repercussions have been dealt out, and there are a lot of repercussions to be had.

[coffeegnomee]

When Mapicc did things that hurt Zam she was okay with laying her head low, apologising, changing her morals, working around her oath, and sticking by Mapicc.

Zam did things that hurt Mapicc. They were never directed at him, Often they were done out of refusal to fight him directly. Yet Mapicc still saw the lack of support during Mawn, and how Zam threw hearts at Bacon (when he was their enemy) as betrayal. And was hurt.

Due to Mapicc’s reactions to being hurt being usually violent, and directed towards Zam, it’s easier for his feelings and needs to be overshadowed compared to Zam’s in discussions. Because he sees himself as the victim even after being the perpetrator of some real damaging stuff - stuff that is often way worse than the what is done against him. Because yeah, Despite everything that happened to both of them, Mapicc is sitting on a comfortable 20 hearts, while Zam is on 4 BECAUSE of Mapicc and how many times she has been killed by him. Mapicc’s response to things is usually fighting and violence. He has self preservation and self interest very high on his priority list. While Zam’s n1 response to situations is usually self sabotage. That’s why their conflicts work so well. Zam throws herself at Mapicc many times, and just accepts whatever the outcome is (most of the time she knows she’s gonna lose).

But still Mapicc’s original worries and feelings are still valid. And they come out of a place of care for Zam and insecurity in himself. He just doesn't know how to deal with them. When he’s in a heated discussion with Zam he starts saying how "if killing you is gonna end this conversation, then i will do it” just another way of saying “i would rather hurt you than deal with my own feelings”.

It’s crazy to me that they both seem to not see the care and effort they each put into their relationship. it seems to be all about "who used who more" when, it genuinely is not about that. (Recently yes. Mapicc admitted to using Zam for the flame fight when wanting to cut her off. and yesterday he wanted to use her to get Mane with the arrow cannon). But all this talk about using one another is.. Quite frankly useless.

When Mapicc first mentioned the feeling of being used by Zam, it was all about his jealousy towards Derapchu, Zam’s new 20 heart teammate, and not being included in plans anymore. He felt like Zam was just calling him whenever she was in danger and needed help. Yet during *that talk* After the flame void trap, Zam asked Mapicc to stay by her side, and Mapicc refused. And says “if you ever need help with a fight or are in a dire situation. call me”, when he was accusing Zam of only using him for fights prior to this. Almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. He only sees Himself useful in pvp. So mainly renders himself available for pvp fights. Or it could be projection? He accuses others of seeing him only for PVP skill. When He's the first one to do that. During the same talk he says “I provide what? pvp skill, that’s what i'm saying bro, that’s all i'm good for” And assumes everyone else does too… And I genuinely think this is what this misunderstanding all boils down to: Mapicc’s insecurities about himself, and his place next to people. After a teamless season, Zam pulling away might’ve gone better if it didn’t, in his eyes, prove exactly Mapicc’s worries. (but he's also an hypocrite as he's the first one to throw Zam away when the empire logged back on).

Mapicc pushes his feelings, and Zam, away. Says he didn’t mean the apology that day, because being angry has always been easier than being vulnerable for Mapicc. And this time Zam just doesn’t take it. All this time of having Mapicc’s insecurities being projected onto her, Mapicc actually uses her for the creeking thing, blows up her flower field and he couldn't be more blunt about his hatred for her, when all she's done is be there for him. And she snaps. “Mapicc should’ve known him this way. He just used me”, and looks back and picks apart every single thing Mapicc has done wrong to her, which to be fair. There is a lot. But also conveniently leaves out all of the hearts he gave her, she leaves out how many times Mapicc jumped back into a fight just to try and save Zam, Even though it didn’t benefit him directly. She leaves out how the other day Mapicc left her a heart in a chest. When you have the full picture you KNOW these two care about each other.

They’re so used to being by each other's side, and so bad at communicating the care they have for one another, that the second something goes wrong all they’re left with is their unresolved feelings, that they never got over, and use it as a weapon to hurt the other.

When Zam accuses Mapicc of using her, he replies “how did I use you, what did I get out of you exactly”. Even telling Minute “how did I use him, he’s the dropper” again giving this image of how he sees other’s (and by extension his) value through their fighting skills. As if "It wouldn't make sense that he would use Zam, because she is not as skilled as pvp as him". This of course isn’t what he actually believes. It was almost what he wanted Zam to believe, (and what he wants to believe himself, but he cannot even stick to this version in his head, as he replies that "I never said you did nothing" to Zam. when that's exactly what he was implying) because that is easier to explain, it makes more sense for “Mapicc” to believe that than for him to admit a “i care about you”.

And when Mapicc was alone with his thoughts, he thought about what Zam was saying to him... Did he actually use her? He says that, if he did, it wasn't on purpose.... Well except that one time. Which he sees as justified since Zam gave hearts to his enemy! Bacon... who... is now his teammate...... huh.... and the team really wants them to reconcile and he realizes that it just not might be his call as he was the one that farmed her until she was at 4 hearts... hmmm........ I'm so excited to see where this will go.

[coffeegnomee]

Actually on the topic of players willingness to investigate, Squiddo deserves like. So much credit in that regard. There is a reason that Squiddo has all the exploits that she does and that’s because she was the only one to take Spoke’s hinting about dupes and run with it entirely. These things didn’t just fall into her lap, she went into a singleplayer world and grinded them out, testing different things and playing with the plugins and taking Spoke’s threats seriously even when they turned out to be empty in some cases (at least from what he told her, I don’t believe he was entirely truthful). Squiddo puts in the work. I would honestly consider her among the server’s grinders in the ranks of people like Subz, even if what she’s grinding isn’t materials or physically big projects (not to say she doesn’t also do that though! She did the S5 nuke!). Squiddo learned the code and makes her own clients and while she knows the plugin developer, she’s doing all the coding herself. Squiddo is incredibly clever and incredibly driven and she knows her strengths and weaknesses and actively looks for places she can apply them. I respect the way Squiddo exploits the same way I respect the way Spoke, Ash, Vi, and Subz did in Season Four because the work they put in to get to where they ended up is impressive and fascinating enough for it to feel like they earned their advantages. Squiddo is so fucking cool and I want to just like. Emphasize how much I appreciate her hard work and her willingness to be curious and take things seriously as threats or options when no one else will.

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horrible horrible. someone pointed out to me that currently, Minute seems to have lost his hope of getting the ending that he wanted and follows Mapicc as he has no one else to truly cling to, and following Mapicc is as close to hope that he can get during these times. even if that hope means allowing Mapicc to lead him into further violence

this stood out to me because it's basically what happened with Minute and Ash last season as well. when Minute had lost all hope, it was Ash who allowed him to see the light again. even though Ash only pushed Minute into becoming more violent, which eventually led him to his death

[coffeegnomee]

Monotoring you.

[coffeegnomee]

im watching the confrontation vod and yknow what never mind zam deserves everything bad and unfair that happened in game to her this season while being a pacifist because she did that exact same thing to subz

[coffeegnomee]

mapicc hovering over the arrow…..

[coffeegnomee]

im watching the confrontation vod and yknow what never mind zam deserves everything bad and unfair that happened in game to her this season while being a pacifist because she did that exact same thing to subz

[coffeegnomee]

also its interesting that both spoke and squiddo specifically called zam a hero, even though to herself and probably most other server members, she has done some questionable things in pursuit of her own goals and interests. but the current antagonist and one of a season past both have named her this, like they’ve already perceived her as the leading figure, and it makes me feel a certain way i can’t explain….

[coffeegnomee]

i made these a while ago but here. my collection

[coffeegnomee]

wait someone in mapicc chat got me wondering. random chatter who liked s5 best is probably not even on tumblr but whatever.

im ever curious for the affect of vod watching once a season is over vs watching it unfold live day-to-day. idk if this really will answer anything but you tell me. also forever curious the affect of time on nostalgia for a season bc i get mad nostalgic for a season a couple months into the new one. but that's a different question.

if you joined halfway through a season, you get to chose if that was more of a live or vod situation.

idk if i got all the options but im starting to get confused.

[coffeegnomee]

wait someone in mapicc chat got me wondering. random chatter who liked s5 best is probably not even on tumblr but whatever.

im ever curious for the affect of vod watching once a season is over vs watching it unfold live day-to-day. idk if this really will answer anything but you tell me. also forever curious the affect of time on nostalgia for a season bc i get mad nostalgic for a season a couple months into the new one. but that's a different question.

if you joined halfway through a season, you get to chose if that was more of a live or vod situation.

idk if i got all the options but im starting to get confused.

[coffeegnomee]

I need to talk about Bacon and being a good teammate on lifesteal, where being a good teammate oftentimes just ends up boiling down to being good at pvp. I need to talk about how often Bacons belittled for being bad at pvp when no one else is. Even though he's half decent. I need to talk about Mapicc telling bacon, "You're a bad teammate" just to go back and team with him again.

Just in terms of PVP, there's the whole team synergy thing. When Flame and Zam were teamed during the practice duels for SMP civ they ended up barely ever working together, their comms were off, their playstyles weren't synergised, someone ended up saying smth along the lines of "this is why we're not teamed on lifesteal". So, there's team synergy. Zam has amazing synergy with Mapicc. That's what makes them good teammates, right? Well, Bacon also has pretty good synergy with Mapicc; they've teamed long enough and played together in fights often enough for that to be the case. But he just drops too fast, so pvp skill again.

Then there's the whole hearts thing. Can you only be a good teammate when you're high on hearts? Because Hannah would complain often about Bacon being low on hearts, on losing them so fast, bacon was so bad at keeping hearts in s5 that Mapicc, one of the better, more active pvper on the server was often not on 20 hearts that season. Bacon can't keep or gain hearts. He just ends up losing them. Pvp again.

Something bacon has in terms of being a valuable teammate is his ability to, at the very least, grind for his team. Create a couple of gear sets so they don't die. But what use is gear sets if you're always dying?

Is it fair to say Bacon's a bad teammate to have just because he's bad at pvp? You can nitpick all this about him that yeah he's bad at pvp, it makes it difficult to team with him, so does that mean that when picking teammates, only stronger players should be chosen? But that obviously just shouldn't be the case because that excludes such a large portion of the server so weaker teammates have to be chosen because the server’s already inactive as is.

But do they have to be chosen? Is it something stronger pvper's do begrugingly? Well no because when Ro logs on, Mapicc is willing to provide him hearts, take care of him, would revive him even when they're not teamed. Even whenever Planet logs on, everyone makes sure to keep him alive at the expense of their own hearts. Why is it that no one else who's weaker when it comes to pvp is criticised and as unsympathised with as much as bacon? And why is it that even after all that no one actually leaves his side, no one ever wants to leave his side?

Well, I think the reason he's criticised so much is because he's active. Other players don't get on much and the remaining players that do tend to be pretty decent at pvp so when the only other player engaging with lore is bacon, the only other active player left to team with is bacon, it makes sense that players would be critical of him more so than others. But that's the thing- he's active when no one else is. So active this season that at times Mapicc would spend more time with bacon than his own team this season. How bad is he as a teammate if he can be relied on whenever you need him?

Also, relying on him. Bacon is someone his team can trust. Bacon is loyal, so willing to help his team and be there for them when they need him. People talk about how loyal Mapicc is, how loyal Hannah is, but why has no one acknowledged how loyal bacon is? He was loyal to the 3ht throughout s4, loyal to gucci throughout s5, even this season loyal to hannah and kab as soon as they became teammates, so how bad of a teammate is he if you have so much faith in him that even after he leaves you you still want him back on the team?

And they still want him back on the team... They trust him enough to have him back on the team, and despite bacon weakening them in terms of pvp, they still wanted him back?? And if he really is a bad teammate, why not just take the opportunity to abandon him while you have the chance. Unless he's just not. He's not a bad teammate at all and you do want him by your side no matter what you say.

Because PVP is important on lifesteal, hearts matter, they make up half the plotlines, its the whole gimmick of the server and the reason it was created. But hearts aren't the most valuable thing on lifesteal- content is. And bacon, not in spite of but rather because of how bad he is at pvp, is a pretty decent teammate to have in that regard.

Bacon's not a bad teammate. He's just bad at pvp. And it's easy to take your teamates for granted when you know they need you about as much as you want them.

[coffeegnomee]

old clip but i remembered about it today and ughhhh just. everything about it.

BACON: Alright Mape, are we a team? Just like Season 5?

im pretty sure theyre talking about this specific duel theyre about to have and not chingpire as a whole but it applies still. the fact that early chungpire happens after Mapicc tries so hard to get Bacon to join Mawn and this is him finally getting what he's been wanting & pining for for sooo long. but also unlike all those times Mapicc tried to convince Bacon to join Mawn and Bacon gave him the cold shoulder, it's Bacon who's the first to start reminiscing how theyre a team again 'just like season 5'. And damn it sounds like he's missed this as much as Mapicc did.

MAPICC: Just like the old days, buddy!

and mapicc picks up like yeah!!! it is just like season 5!!! even though its nothing like it really, but Bacon just existing by his side makes it 'just like season 5'. It's not been a long time since S5 but this 'old days' makes it sound very nostalgic and like something worth missing.

BACON: Dude, we could do all of our old pvp tactics.

Minecraft PVP equivalent of going around a park with your ex and pointing out all the spots you've once had dates at and going do you remember when we did this and that? Remember our shared history and do you think we could do it again? Havent you missed ittt havent you missed me? Surely Mapicc still remembers it all too, he still knows what to do and how they work together and how he can reproduce those old habits.

MAPICC: You run and I carry?

Now for this you need to know that in S6 Mapicc brings up multiple times how dissatisfied he was with Bacon as a teammate. Not directly but he'll say stuff like 'Flame is a teammate I don't have to carry' and then when Bacon doesn't respond in any meaningful way he will add 'Very tired of carrying teammates' just to you know. Reiterate that idea. (clip) There are other instances of him doing this but HERE he is not being malicious. Here it's just teasing. It's obvious he wants to fight together with Bacon, why would he complain about having to do it after he actively sought it out? He's not mad. And usually Bacon doesn't respond well to comments about his skill level because. You know. That's like the one thing he is insecure about in himself. But he just laughs! He giggles at Mapicc's playfully mean comment and it's not hurting him. Yeah, the implication is that Mapicc had to carry Bacon around like dead weight the entire Season 5 and thats pretty hurtful but it doesnt even matter anymore because theyre back together and the atmosphere between them is so friendly and in a weird way mawkishly nostalgic (which does NOT happen with losers often they are never sentimental about each other) that Mapicc's comment just cannot be taken in any negative light. They're gonna have fun together and they know it. And its just. aghhhhh. 13 second clip but so much can be said about their dynamic at that point in time i love it!!!