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[cupidtxt]

streamer forced to listen to the most abhorrent mashups of all time more at 7

(acai studies)

[tsukana]

i think im really sad that im feeling bitter abt this bc like. despite the fact that ppl are saying oh yeah its purgatory its never fair. i have a bad taste in my mouth that for once it feels like its not bc of player action its partially to do with weird ruling by the admins on the event (re: the essentially. disregarding of the event points on elimination which i still kinda dont get why they couldnt just retally the points since they had the numbers?)

[sapybara]

It's very the Truth "and btw about this significantly less important thing"

I completely forgot about that tbh he probs did it so it doesn't get brought up as a gotcha moment

[bugflies00]

thinking about this morning's vod again and i feel so bad for quackity man he sounds so upset :(

[hermithomebase]

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[svtskneecaps]

the only thing stopping me from writing a fucking charlie slimecicle + elmariana + juanaflippa family centric time loop fic is the fact that i missed every single flippa stream live (finally plunged into qsmp a few days after tallulah appeared) and i don't have the time to watch back through the vods because HOLY SHIT CAN WE GET 30 FUCKING SECONDS WITHOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING ON THIS SERVER WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

[miceeonvenus]

Wilbur believing that the last thing Dream could hold over Tommy was the discs kept bothering me during the stream. I think it makes sense that Wilbur thinks this yet he's objectively wrong. While the discs are something Dream could use to keep power over Tommy, he can also use Tommy's other attachments and his plain obsession with Tommy.

Tommy is attached to his discs, though he is attached to the people he cares for, such as Wilbur and Tubbo, moreso. Wilbur having Dream burn the decoy discs takes away one attachment, but Tommy has always chose people above those discs. These people are still alive and Dream can always get to them.

Dream is also just plain obsessed with Tommy. I don't have the exact quote, but I know he's said Tommy is too fun to not mess with. To Dream, Tommy is just a plaything, and he's the best plaything on the server to be exact. As long as Dream is alive he can find away to hurt Tommy because of this, even when Tommy is dead.

I think the only time we've properly seen Dream without most of this power is at the end of the Disc Confrontation when Tommy was killing him with the Axe of Peace. Tommy and Tubbo have secured the discs in an enderchest, there was a multitude of people there to witness what was happening and protect them, and Dream has been stripped of all weapons, armour, and other items. Tommy has put himself above a plaything for Dream because he can protect all of his attachments and he can now fight and *win* against Dream. Though we see that Dream still holds some power because he has the revive book. He still holds one attachment above Tommy, and that attachment is Wilbur. Dream continues to secure some sort of power because in the prison, he still has the revive book, Wilbur is still dead, and Tommy has nothing to fight against Dream but his bare fists while he's in there.

Wilbur is so caught up in this inherently selfish mission of rescuing Tommy from Dream that he can't see that he really hasn't. Tommy can't truely be safe from Dream unless Dream is dead. But Wilbur doesn't see that and he only holds himself and the discs above Dream. He threatens to kill himself to keep some power above Dream and has Dream burn the decoy discs to trick him into believing he's lost that power. This works in the moment because no matter how strategic Dream is, he's still human and he's blinded by emotion here. Dream decides it is better to lose a bit of ego and say L'manberg was a sovereign nation than it is to lose the power he holds above and through Wilbur, but then he must choose between holding power through Wilbur or the discs and he ultimately chooses to keep Wilbur alive. Wilbur thinks that Dream can only use the discs against Tommy and Wilbur against, well, Wilbur, but he fails to see that he can still be used against Tommy. In the moment Dream can't because Wilbur is threatening to kill himself, but I don't doubt that Dream will manage to find away around that later in time, with a clear part of the solution being the revive book.

To put this all simply, Wilbur has created a temporary solution. In the moment he has taken Dream down a peg by having him destroy "the discs", but he has failed to completely eliminate the problem because Dream still has supplies, armour, and weapons to fight. He can still reach the people Tommy cares about, and he he still has the revive book. Dream is still alive and therefore can still get to Tommy. Wilbur did this to "save" Tommy, but he really hasn't solved anything and hasn't properly made Tommy feel better.

I apologize if this makes no sense because as I wrote this I kept having to pause to write down other thoughts before I forgot. And I think this is the first proper analysis I’m posting so 👍

[transfemzedaph]

how you feeling about xbeans (xb/joel)? only because I know a lot of the xb blogs have been going insane about it, and I know you like joel a lot, and it seems like the kinda thing you'd like

(albeit if you haven't watched xb's latest video or birthday stream it might not make sense. in which case, without spoilers, I will say there is some very very fun things to look forward to in joel's next video)

honestly ive seen quite a few posts abt it, interesting (and cute) that xb just calls him beans, and i mean i havent even watched joels latest video so jdbdjdh

[foxtriestobiteandmaimandkilland]

Bro the speed at which shits happening on the qsmp is so fucking nostalgic. Like hell yeah the dash is saying so much shit while I'm tryna catch up with yesterday this is fucking awesome man i have no clue what's goin on and probably never will thats exactly how it should be

[chipjrwibignaturals]

okay on a serious note today has. lowkey made me glad im not super deep in the smp hole again bc like. fuckin accidentally ruining things sucks. especially if it permanently kills a character.

like. yeah the eggs aren’t gonna be permanent additions, they’re gonna go away at some point when the event ends but STILL it SUCKS to send them off w like. “yeah they accidentally died lol but rules are rules” THATS NOT SATISFYING!!! ITS JUST UPSETTING!!! esp when it’s a character we’re meant to be attached to and it’s a kid and ESP when it’s a character who JUST got sent back to life like. it just feels cheap and hollow for that all to be thrown away? immediately? and not even for a good reason (story-wise), but bc of an accident (gameplay-wise)??

like. im sure the streamers and for SURE fandom will roll w the punches and adapt and make do but like. idk man!! that’s not FUN for me!!! so I’m. a bit glad I’m not so in deep that it REALLY really badly affects me

[autistme]

GREAT QUESTION. YOU WILL NOW RECEIVE A LATE NIGHT INFODUMP.

TLDR; Yes hiatus is up to James, but no it's not based on the accident

SO. the 2020-2023 timeline is

>Against me! is working on 8th album >starts tour two (2) days before shutdown >tour is cancelled >Zoom/virtual shit is just out of the question >???? shit happens >guess we will just wait until the world is back >James starts making pedals in his basement and selling them >Laura works on and releases Stay Alive on her own in 2020 because even if she cant coordinate shit online, at least she can work on the remnants of the album on her own (most if not all of Stay Alive was already written [including Shelter in Place despite the name!]) >Laura does a few shows in 2021, releases an EP >Atom joins a new band and releases an album, also does touring drums for a few bands throughout 2022 >Andrew joins a duo and the two of them release an album >Laura starts doing actual tours again in May 2022, live demoing songs left and right >James, surprising even himself, becomes Frank's guitar tech for MCR+Dunes >Against Me! is finally confirmed to be on indefinite hiatus in August 2022 >well shit >Frank was considering starting ANOTHER new band with James and Tucker, no clue how that's going nowadays or if it was dropped >Atom gets in a motorcycle accident and breaks several bones >well shit >passage of time >as of 2023 Atom is now fully recovered and in a wild turn of events joined Alkaline Trio >well shit >Laura remains touring and is releasing another solo album soon

SO. what does this all mean.

>Atom is probably not coming back (although who knows!) >Andrew is a complete wildcard, I did not see his return coming at all in 2018 so like anything could happen if the band gets together again!

BUT

These two, while like obviously important to the band with Andrew being the longest running bassist and Atom being a year shy of being tied with Warren for longest running drummer, Laura can make the situation work as it has happened several times where either a drummer will leave OR both the drummer and bassist will leave the band within short time frames. It sucks but the band has managed to keep going twice with the rhythm section having to be fully replaced.

BUT

What matters most is James. James isn't TECHNICALLY a founding member but he is what made the band a 4 piece and his arrival (right around the release of Crime) is when the band really started Being Pretty Serious and like The Truest Lineup of the band to Laura. And so like he has stayed with the band for over 20 years through 8 entire members coming and going over the years. So like, Laura does not see the point in keeping the band name if the last remaining core member dips, at that point the band is just Not The Band Anymore in her eyes. So we just kinda wait for if/when James comes back. Like his pedal business is going super great for him, he's probably going to be Frank's tech for the Dunes summer tour since he posted from the rehearsal yesterday, and most of all there's always behind the scenes stuff exists that We Don't Know, so who knows what the future holds! Laura is keeping the faith that thing will be back eventually.

[bandsanitizer]

actually that setlist order is an Attack on me and my pocket besties like luke hemmings said “I’ll do one solo concert and blow all your minds”

[lunimy]

i’ve been thinking a lot about one of my stories and i genuinely love it loads!!!

[wdwb]

twitch recap cool. fuck you scorpy for getting dbh in my top categories

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

i'm already starting to not care about jeremy again LMAO but i'm still gonna be a hater abt his gf bc i already acted a fool publicly and this is the hill i'm dying on 🤷‍♀️

[viniferas]

okay completely unrelated but 2 yrs ago temma and aruran were talkin abt a potential holo☆s otome game and arn said that astel's route is gonna be troublesome but tmm said astl's route would actually go rlly smoothly UNTIL the end where he completely turns down the mc and says that he already has a girlfriend (five of them in fact!) and that the player can decide to be either the sixth one, reject him, or stab him

and then fast forward to the free chat after his karaoke yesterday astel said that he would never rlly do like a closed, 1:1 monogamous relationship and would probably get stabbed for it someday fhwkebhr1jhdi2nfkn