#its purgatory

[notimeforlaugh]

so....

I did it

[fullyfazed]

hes calling their dad

[chamoemileclown]

team red egg is now real

[sea-buns]

Red Team is like half empty, dying at every turn, miserable. And then I switch tabs and Fit is fucking fishing on a beach watching the sunset. The DICHOTOMY.

[zeearts]

sat on this one for a while, inspired by @frappeflamingo's short lil thing and a convo with @scoundrels-in-love. Our boy has communication problems and he's trying the only way he knows how okay 🥺

[bloodpen-to-paper]

Love when Philza "killing my friends makes me sad" switches to "fuck off Tubbo, you spawn-killed Charlie on Day 1 I'm not lending you an enchanter" within the hour

[delicourse]

fall but blue

[shumistar]

Blue brainrot hits hard fellas

text on the first

Tubbo: hey tina It's boili-

Tina: coming!!!!!!

[kingofthecapybaras]

inspired by various people in foolish's chat saying the bolas rojas egg should have a gas mask

[tubchunk]

wdym that everyone who stayed back on the island stayed back for love. wdym everyone that ran to save themselves also did it for their love for each other. wdym people tried their best to save the people they'd spent two weeks fighting cuz at the end there was love THERE WAS LOVE.

thats what the qsmp has always been about. it's love. all kinds of love. and what you're willing to do for that love. its love its love its love

[pusangkambing]

Let her run on all fours

[notimeforlaugh]

once I promised phil as a tourist dad

here he is

[ripromulus]

i still can’t get over the dread tina was feeling when rivers came and told her that she thinks the reds are coming to the base, and so her mind literally melts and her body is frozen.

the only thing she was able to do was gather her tea crops because that was the only saving grace their team has and it fed their hard hitters so well and allowed them to have enough power to keep being in the offense.

If Carre had come to kill her and looted her corpse and took the tea leaves, then it would’ve been so demoralizing for the whole team.

For the survival of her team, it was essential that she gathered them, especially since the red knows where they spawn and where their operations are.

And that was just *chefs kiss* narrative wise

[mmyashas]

the actual purgatory event is fandom hate

[rakkuntoast]

honestly i hope after this all of team bolas members cannot get out of the trauma bond pack bond deep rooted co-dependency they just built in this event

they themselves admitted the only way they can function is if they're together, you can totally spin this into something more

[bloodpen-to-paper]

Seeing how Bolas team is playing out by Day 4 is fascinating because even though it seems obvious, Day 1 really solidified much of how the format of the event is going

Bolas Rojas went through the absolute worst of this event on the first day, making them resilient to the difficulties that came after (its the "no where to go but up" mentality), as well as bonding them in a way that made them very well-coordinated (which allowed for them popping off on Day 2). Them being kicked down so much means they can roll with the punches of being kicked down again, and them being so team-oriented makes them capable of actually holding their own in this competition, mainly by lifting each other up when one is sinking.

Meanwhile the other teams had adjustment periods that more eased them into the event, but as a result they haven't faced the worst, so they feel especially demoralized when they face difficulties. They also didn't have the experience of team-bonding to Red's level, so they're less coordinated and need more time to really settle. When they sink, its more of a personal problem.

You've also got the fact that Bolas is very distrustful towards non-Bolas members. They were kicked down severely by Bad and Tubbo Day 1 and as a result they stick to each other like glue and don't give an ounce of benefit of doubt to others, especially Bad. Of course some members are more social/trusting with the other teams, but Philza's cold shoulder towards Tubbo's negotiations, and the entire Bolas vs Etoiles accidental conflict shows how jumpy Day 1 made them. To this day Cellbit talks of Bad, one of the closest people to him pre-Purgatory, like an enemy because of him killing Charlie on that first day.

Jaiden will happily manipulate Pierre into thinking she's teaming with Blue, Charlie and Cellbit will take any chance to kill Bad, Philza will trust no one, Baghera is always a moment away from deteriorating into her "Day 1 mode", Foolish spends more time in team-only calls than proximity chat, Carre hasn't forgotten about Roier being the first to kill him

Its Bolas Rojas against the world.