#mcsm is still very very important to me

[absentmoon]

i think episode 8 fen gets eliminated very early on..im not sure exactly when but

[lotus02lavish]

Kinda worried that u didn't get my request cuz I got a notif Abt it and it was soon deleted I think, I'll just send it here again lmao Ivor and how he acts around his crush in case you didn't get it hh

[ Hello, hello! I apologize that your previous ask is suddenly disappearing after an error 😭 ]

➳ Minecraft Story Mode (MCSM) // Ivor Season 1 (Adventure Pass) and 2 (Ninja!) // Headcanons // Romantic! ✍🏻

{A Whole New World With You and Me}

《 Crush! Ivor x Gn! Reader 》

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"Long live my Lava House! Long live lava!"

Weirdly, Ivor acts shy, nervous, becomes the softest bitch, as well more excited than he usually feels when his crush is near him. Although Jesse had given him the tips to stay cool and not be entirely himself, this eccentric man is Impossible to avoid having those manners.

"My friend, Jesse. I have a crush on someone. HOW DO I GET RID OF IT?"

"Do you mean by stop liking this person or make that fellow go away permanently?"

"Yes." 😃

In the event that you are not around him, Ivor speaks of how stunning and magnificent you are to Jesse and over again until he is out of breath to explain.

There are three choices available for Jesse to interrupt Ivor so he stays quiet and would not continue ranting forever and ever:

1.꒱ Teasing him that he has a crush on you =

"Awww, Ivor. Just admit it, you have a crush on [Name]! You really like them."

"Shut up! I don't know what you're talking about. And What do you mean I have a crush on [NAME]?! That's nonsense!"

2.꒱ Encourage him confessed his love to you =

"C'mon, Ivor! I know you can say to [Name] that you love them very much. After all, you've also explained a long paragraph about [Name] for hours."

Ivor sighed, "I don't want [Name] and I feeling uncomfortable with each other."

3.꒱ Make him feel panic when you are around =

Jesse called out your name, "IVOR HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!"

"NO, JESSE, WAIT! OOOOH, NOOOOOOOOOO-"

It is obvious to understand that Ivor is a man who will never admit his feelings to anyone and still be caring. Despite a million butterflies flying inside Ivor while wondering if all of the romance matter seeing you makes sense to him, he is getting closer to obtaining despair by free any day now.

No matter what you need help from Ivor, he sincerely helps you with no complaints. Let me do it for u 🎹 Didn't I do it for u? For instance: Teaching you how to create potions, showing the proper and perfect tutorials to build a lava house and bridge, etc other important lessons. Both of you are literally lab partners in crime. >:3

If anyone mocks or belittles you, Ivor will defend you and use his words to repay those mean bullies sadistically. Their reactions are gasping or crying. This is his natural weapon of pride to use as a poet.

【 "There will come a poet Whose weapon is His word He will slay you with His tongue Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord." 】

When you need to get the stories out of your mind and chest about what happened (gossip, trauma, and normal chit-chat), Ivor does not mind hearing you out and giving sassy or sarcastic yet wise advises.

"Ivor, you're the only one who understands me."

"Yeah, but it doesn't mean I care."

You have the ability to reduce Ivor's grumpiness and keep him calm, preventing him from continuing to yell even louder at everyone he sees.

Ivor does not ever stop his goofy behavior since he knows it makes you laugh and smile to cure your sadness.

If you ever catch Ivor in bridal style to prevent him from falling to the solid ground and you told this crazy man that his weight is light as a feather, he will giggle uncontrollably to himself like a schoolgirl.

From that moment forward, Ivor finds plenty of excuses in a dramatic way that he tells you to hold him in your arms again:

↳ "Oh, I don't race so much anymore. Bad, heh, bad knees. Sweet [Name], could you save me and take me to that faraway place, pretty please!"

↳ "Oh great, a run for my life. Just what I was hoping for! Not that I completely need [Name] to carry me from this life-and-death situation."

Ivor feels very embarrassed when you see him not wearing his 'adventuring' clothes.

"Don't look at me with those eyes!" Thereafter, his friends (Bombastic & Criminal offensive) side-eyed him and let him know with a visible sign that his words bothered you. "What I meant to say was," Ivor clears his throat as he twirls his hair, "are you staring at me because my outfit breathes wonderfully?"

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"I’m a ninja now. You’d be surprised just how deadly I can be."

【[《{(꒰< Warning topic: Yandere behavior! >꒱)}》]】

Ivor has a hobby of sending you daily poems, words of admiration, your favorite flower(s), love letters, and stories about how he's been doing lately at your doorstep or mailbox without writing his name. However, the lapis lazuli inside the mail is a hint, giving away his secret identity easily and without a doubt.

Master Shadow has taught Ivor to focus and clear his mind on doing endless housework for the rest of his time as a ninja in training and not get distracted by thinking about you every day and night.

Ivor thought his 'crush' phase had finally faded elsewhere. Except for the moment you hug him tightly and say, out of the blue: "I miss seeing you each day so dearly, beloved dork." Yep, you shoot the Ninja with the bang-bang to the heart once again, causing his head to explode into red color.

In the past, Ivor used to gaze for a long time at you when you were not looking and refused to admit he was smiling at you, which he turned away and blushed. At present, Ivor is caught 4k staring at you with a helpless smile that puts him in a trance. He does not deny it this time. <3

These days, Ivor habitually keeps his distance from you and plays hard to get, the suggestion by Petra that he should give it a try to keep in ninja (mysterious and quiet) character for gaining more attention from you. Afterward, the masked hero does not continue to act like that anymore when he realizes you are confused and guilty.

"I hope you can forgive me if I did and say something that hurt your feelings."

"It's nothing you should worry about, really! This is supposed to be my responsibility to offer an apology to you. I was not at my best self."

The deadly intrusive thoughts in Ivor's head submit to reality, and jealousy strikes the best of him when he spots someone else having a crush, flirting, or even hurting you; he is calling dibs and keeping the inventory first to himself when the corpse is *POOF*!

If you want Ivor to train with you and make him fight like a man, he is reconsidering sparring so as to not hurt you in the process.

Sometimes, Ivor is creepy in the fact he spies/stalks on you to keep you safe and sound. The Ninja often uses the long-lasting potion of invisibility while casually walking or running beside you. At the time you notice him and ask: "Why, when, what, and how are you here?", he informs you: "Like I don't have anything better to do than spying on you. Wait, I actually don't. 😳 SMOKE BOMB!" Then, he fails miserably to disappear from out of your sight, "You didn't hear anything from me. Got it? I'm not here anymore."

One fateful day, Ivor is no longer a ninja, and before it is too late, Ivor will finally have the courage to communicate with you and he reveal his secret: that he thinks of you as more than just a friend in terms romantic feelings, also inviting you to go on random adventures with him and help him in his efforts to mend the divide among his old friends.

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For real that Lukas would write fanfiction about Ivor as a TSUNDERE and YANDERE man, and you are his beloved senpai. This blond boy's work of the story is classified and never will be read aloud to the public.

Lukas wins the bet that Ivor in the end confessing his love to you and you accept his feelings; Petra owes the Ocelot boy four iron.

Petra does not know what is the reason you also love someone like Ivor, of all the single individuals than can be chosen in the world? You definitely have a weird taste in people.

"Because he makes me laugh." You replied.

The warrior rolled her eyes and groaned, "No kidding, and sure, that's what all of them who like Ivor would say." 😒

"Okay, you got me there. 😔🎹 But, that is not a crime."

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despair - leo.

"I've lost my cool, I'm not sure how to act

Not even sure how I can keep my pride intact

Well, I don't know if this is it, but can't you see?

No, I'm not falling for you, so please have mercy on me."

[memeboi2005]

guess i gotta babble on about something or other, huh?

...Got it.

I’m going to be giving my opinion of every major character in MCSM, for no reason other than I feel like it.

Strap in, because this is gonna be a long one.

I really like how you have the option to make Jesse into the biggest jerkwad in the universe, and the game doesn’t really punish you at all, haha. I also like the fact that F!Jesse is more confident than M!Jesse. There’s an actual difference in the way Patton Oswalt and Catherine Taber deliver their lines, and I appreciate that. They also do a really good job when Romeo impersonates them, being capable of sayings things in a way he would, while also using their Jesse voices. Other than that, I really have no strong opinions on Jesse. They’re a perfectly servicable protagonist, but there are more interesting characters in the bunch.

Axel and Olivia really got done dirty, tbh. They’re built up as Jesse’s best friends during the Wither Storm storyline. They both have some pretty good character moments, and have actual arcs. Admitedly, they aren’t the best arcs in that particular storyline. Axel’s would’ve been better if he was written with a bit more care to make him less objectively wrong in certain situations (dude literally tried to back Lukas up into the lava lol), and Olivia doesn��t get as much focus unless you go to Redstonia (which is much less cool than Boom Town, imho) but I still liked the attempt. It was nice to see Axel become more selfless, and Olivia more confident. However, after Episode 4, they sort of fade into the background and don’t become nearly as important to the plot, which is a darn shame. I think they should’ve been involved a lot more with the Old Builder storyline. Imagine if Olivia actually got to meet PAMA, or if Axel got to interact with the gladiators at The Games. That would’ve been really fun, but sadly, it was not meant to be. That being said, I do understand their absense during most of Season 2, which ties into the themes of needing to let go of your friends and reconginzing that they have lives too. That, and at least one of them gets to work with the “hero” they idolized, so that’s cool. Overall, these characters had potential, but got shafted later on, which is upsetting, but oh well.

Petra is a bit of a mixed bag for me, personally. Her character arc in Season Two is fine in a vaccum, but when you apply it to her, it doesn’t feel quite right. Season One’s Petra was signifcantly more stoic, so it’s jarring to go from that, to someone who is very open about her need for companionship. I think it would’ve been better from a storytelling perspective, to have Petra not bring up friendship as often, and try to internalize her frustrations, leading to the scene in Episode 4 where she finally lets it all out. It would’ve been a lot more compelling and more consistent with the first season’s charaterization.

Lukas is an absolute sweetheart. In addition, he has the best arc during the Wither Storm storyline. Him coming to terms with his inital cowardice with a little help from a friend is really heartwarming, and paying it all back by bringing his OLD friends along to stop the Wither Storm is really great. He also has some really great character moments in both the Old Builder storyline and Season Two. I like him becoming an author, and his mentorship of Radar, and the return of The Ocelots. It’s really the small things with this character that make him shine, especially since he didn’t get to do much during Season Two due to the fact that Scott Porter was becoming a father during development, which itself is also pretty sweet.

Gabriel is a pretty funny character. He’s also voiced by Dave Fennoy, so, that’s a plus. I like his armor, and the amnesia plotline he gets if you don’t save him in Episode One leads to some pretty amusing moments as well. I like the dialogue he has in Episode Two, and he has his moments during Episode Three (if you save him, that is). Unfortunately, if you do save him, you have to endure a shit joke, and I don’t really like shit jokes most of the time. Sorry Gabe, but you’re outta here.

Magnus could’ve been good, if he was written as some who hates intelligence instead of someone who doesn’t have any. His optional dialgue in Episode Four is... fine, I guess, and I like the idea of him being the one to team up with Axel  to distract the Witherstorm. Also, regarding ships, I understand why he’s shipped with Ellegaard, and I guess if every character needed to be shipped with someone, Magnugaard would be fine. I’m not sure why that’d need to happen, but y’know... whatever...

Elegaard is better than Magnus, but she’s not really special, and as a result is far less memorable. Her armor is the go-to choice for me in Episode Three, bc it looks sturdier, and I like the idea of Jesse using the Redstone Riot, so that they can honor her, not damage her armor and have cooler armor all at the same time. I also like the fact that Redstonia has a ball in her honor instead of anything Restone-related, and if she and Xara were to actually interact, it’d probably be really compelling. I can see why they’re shipped even though they’ve never met in canon.

I really like Soren. Not as much for anything he does while he’s on screen (though, he is a rather fun character while he gets to be there), but for all of the stuff that came after. In every subseqent episode, and the fourth one of Season Two, you find books written by Soren in areas that don’t make any sense for him to have traveled to at any point. In addition, Radar repeadetly mentions a group called The Followers of Soren during Season Two, which leads me to believe that they were actually slowly building up to his grand return in a potential Season Three before Telltale kicked the bucket, and didn’t get the rights back when it turned out that their death was greatly exagerated. I love thinking about what a Season Three would look like, and how Soren could be involved. I personally picture him as a Dr. Sheridan-esque suprise villian, who had been secretly manipulating everyone all along. Soren could be really fun as a villian, and it would tie in to all the mysterious mentions of him throughout the series. I’ll probably talk more about Soren as he was at some other point, but the main reason why I like Soren is because of his mysterious nature, and his actual characterization doesn’t interest me as much.

Ivor. Holy crap. IVOR! I love this man, you don’t understand. I’m gonna get my problems with him outta the way so I can start gushing about him for the marioplexed time of my life. It’s a bit jarring for him to go from an unrepentant asshole, to the comic relief character immediately. That’s it. That’s the only problem I have. As a villian, he’s intimidating, Paul Rueben’s vocal performance is excellent, and his inital redemption in Episode Four is good, even if the rest isn’t. As a part of the New Order, he’s consistently funny, Paul Rueben’s vocal performance is still excellent, and most impoirtantly of all: HE BECOMES A NINJA... also he gets a cool scientist gf, so that’s pretty neat, but most importantly HE’S A NINJA. A ninja who throws smoke bombs, wields a sword backwards, and is inexplicably aware of plot details that he shouldn’t be aware of, and when he’s called out on that, he simply exclaims “I’M A NINJA!” and it makes perfect sense. All of this is in addition to the fact that he’s a master alchemist, capbable of brewing and using potions to his and others’ advantage. Ivor is the chaddiest of the chad. He is whatever he needs to be, at any moment in time, and he is not only my favorite character in Minecraft Story Mode, but one of my favorite characters in fiction itself. You may think i’m joking, and you’d be wrong. I could honestly talk about him even more than I already have, but I’d be here for even longer, so maybe later.

Hoo boy. Aiden. I have a lot to say about this character, and a lot of them will be hot takes, so pepare yourself. I think that Aiden is easily the dumbest character in Minecraft Story Mode. He goes from a typical school bully, to an elventh hour cavalry member, to an actual psychopath, and then to a a completely subserviant prisoner who aspires to redeem himself and become a writer. None of this is portrayed naturally either, and the fact that he’s one of the most popular characters for shipping in the fandom (from my personal experience, at leastt) is honestly kinda insane to me. I’m not one to judge ships, especially considering one of my “OTPS” is between a disemobdied voice and a broken down fortune teller animatronic in a world inhabited by people with inanimate objects for heads, but I still find it kinda bonkers that people would think that this man would make for a good romantic partner, given how mentallty unstable he has proven to be. That being said, Mathew Mercer’s performance as him is absolutely legendary, and if he DID return for Season Three, I would’ve been very happy.

Cassie Rose AKA The White Pumpkin really deserved more screen-time. It’s a shame most of her episode was focused on the mystery and the cameos instead of the murderer herself. Roger Jackson and Ashley Burch do an amazing job as the woman with and without the mask, and her background as an Old Builder is something I wish was expanded upon. That note at the end of the Beacontown ending was clearly setting her up to be a major player during Season Three, and it’s a shame we’ll never get to see that.

Harper is pretty cool. Yvette Nicole Brown does a pretty darn good job voicing her, and the mere idea of Ivor having a love interest is so funny to me. I wish we could’ve gotten to see her offscreen adventures with Ivor because they probably also would’ve been funny. I guess that’s the main takeaway. She’s a fun character that I wish could’ve done more fun stuff.

PAMA is also pretty cool. It has things to set itself apart from the rest, and character interactions it forces upon the heroes are really great. Honestly, Episode Seven is my personal favorite from the Old Builder storyline, and I’m fairly certain the same is true for many other people.

Hadrian is by far the least interesting villian of Minecraft Story Mode. He isn’t as threatening or creative, and is honestly dissapointing for someone who was offhandedly hyped up throughout the Old Builder Storyline. I do like how he’s the weakest out of the villians, yet is still powerful enough to pose a threat through his manipulation and innate Old Builder abilities. That’s an aspect of his character that I wish was explored more. As he is, he’s okay, but he could’ve been better.

Jack is a cool dude. He can get a bit annoying at times, but I really do like his relationship with Nurm,  and some of the stuff he goes through is somewhat compelling.

Radar. He had a lot of potential, as all characters in this series do, but his voice gets so annoying sometimes, and the writing only encouirges it. I like how he is a character that Jesse and Lukas get to mentor, and his journey from a heroic wannabe to his own hero is one that could have been AMAZING if only he could be a little less grating, and could get a little more focus. I honestly sorta hated him until Kwite’s playthrough gave me more perspective on the character. Stella is an interesting one. What they did with her, they did very well. But, I wish they took the character in a different direction. She has a character arc, and it’s decent enough. I just wish that maybe the writers sort of took that arc a little bit more seriously? It just doesn’t really feel genuine, it feels like Stella was forced into becoming a better person instead of actually becoming one until the very end, when you’re just about to say goodbye, and even then it just feels.. weird? Like it feels like the issues that were present with her character were kinda generalized. It’s not a complex situation, it’s “I was bad, now I’m good.” There’s no nuance. What’s funny is that If your choices make Stella an enemy, then the confrontation with her in Episode Five feels more natrual and makes more sense. If you’re nice to her, she, um, is unfunny and that’s about it.  She’s unfunny and annoying througout, mind you, but I really think that this character is a victim of a lot of things. Minecraft Story Mode is a game that was aimed at younger folk, I think, and we already had a fairly complex villiaan with an arc that mirrors the main characters, who blows up eentiire cities with a single “boop”, and is genuinely repentant of his actions if he is saved, so I guess Stella had to be a bit more more comedic and less complex character to compensate. It’s dissapointing, but for the sake of what they’re trying to do, I get it.

Romeo is easily the best villian in the series, mostly because of the amount of focus the character gets in Season Two. JB Blanc does an amazing job voicing an immature individual given far too much power. He can go from genuinely menacing to laughably pathetic in a moments notice, and even when the voice filter is gone, he’s still able to potray just how guilty Romeo is over his choices in a way that feels (mostly) natural. This might be a bit of a hot take, but I think Xara is genuinely the best character in Minecraft Story Mode. She’s not my personal favorite, but she is the most competently written one, and April Stewart manages to potray her very well. The strained “Thank you” after she’s given her bed: a symbol of the hope left in the world fills me with joy. Ironically enough, I also really like the fact that she can die depending your choices. That scene where Romeo strangles her to death is honestly a lot more terrifying than the one where he boops Champion CIty into oblivion. Alright, I think that’s enough for now. Actually, it’s more than enough, but I’d rather talk more another time. See ya heckers later.

[mcsm1-1-mistakes]

Yeah... no...

We’re never getting the full release.

Ever.

Vunder was mad at me because he felt my tumblr posts about his gofundme campaign was damaging his ability to make enough money for future releases. So a few months ago Vunder and I agreed to stay in our lanes. I wouldn’t post about his project, and he wouldn’t sic his discord group on me.

But now It’s been MONTHS...

And there’s STILL been no sign of a new release even coming REMOTELY close yet...

Fans of the project are frustrated and begging him to lower the price because they actually WANT to fund it. But what Vunder is asking for is far too steep. And Vunder is such a greedy lil’ diva that he REFUSES to budge on his asking price because he feels he’s OWED this money....

For a re-creation of a franchise that he didn’t make, that’s copyrighted to Mojang, which is out of print and unavailable through any sort of legal distribution, and is 10x the asking price of the game itself when it was initially released. Huh...

Vunder my dude, the problem isn’t me. The problem is you’re asking for TOO MUCH MONEY. And fans, while they WANT to be supportive, can’t afford your asking price!

So this map just sits there.

Dead to the world.

Hoarded by a greedy kid.

I’ve done what I can for the MCSM community. I ripped both games, translated textures into locked maps that you can import and decorate your maps with, and even added my own texture pack that emulates the variations of MCSM textures. For free, I might add...

If I could rip the 3D models themselves and re-create my OWN block-accurate versions the way Vunder has, I would do it. And I wouldn’t charge a cent for it.

But unfortunately the tech that Vunder used was proprietary (or at the very least is no longer available on sites HE posted about). So once again, Vunder is hoarding and gatekeeping the ONE THING that any of us could to do attempt the same thing he did.

Greedy, selfish, asshole.

[perriedoestheirbest]

Pin post cause I wanna set ground rules before I do anything on here

Updated: 8/18/2024 :3

Make sure to read the DNI part, that part’s important

I will give you a gold star if you manage to get through this

You ready? Mkay.

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- Main info

Hi! I’m perry, it’s short for Peregrine :3

I’m a minor

I change a buncha stuff nothing is final

I follow and like interact with likes from my main but I ALWAYS reblog before any of that.

I don’t rlly like the idea of ppl finding my main but those who dig enough, it’s not hard to find.

I support Palestine so already off the bat if you don’t like it, you can leave. I try to keep this a positive space but stuff like supporting Palestine are important no matter the situation. I previously said I’d make a mini post for links on how to support the cause but this is an agere account, and I felt like that’d be too uptight. Still, Free Palestine. No matter the blog. :>

I study psychology and some history for fun.

I really enjoy theories, analyzing things, and headcanons

I usually enjoy horror but in this blog, this is my safe spot where I can take a breather from that stuff cause it’s nice to take a break every once in a while :]

Please be patient with me :>

I find a lot of comfort in nostalgia so I’ll either reblog stim boards or stuff from early 2010’s. Rarely anything else but I’ll indulge in art and fanfiction too if it’s safe for work.

I’m still pretty clueless about the tagging system and will mess up so telling me about it helps loads

I’m trans, transmasc, and genderfluid, I go by he/him or they/them, and I’m also on the a-spec!^^

This blog was originally made for Agere, but because I’m unfamiliar with Agere accounts on tumblr especially it’s gonna take me a hot minute to really post anything, and I most likely won’t.

I do dream regression (idk if that’s the correct term, I’m still new to this). I try to actually regress but it’s hard, so I don’t have much of a small age. I’m still a minor, but my big age IS 10+

I’m interested in the indie film industry, and I enjoy art :3

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- Extra info

My favorite color is pink! :]

I believe cringe culture is dead

I enjoy lemon demon and jack stauber and I make references of them a LOT.

I enjoy over analyzing everything so I’ll mostly reblog headcanons

This blog is completely sfw.

I like to ramble a lot, and tend to do so in tags

I enjoy mixed media of all kinds :>

I’m multifandom

I’m a multishipper, but I don’t usually ship in the fandoms I’m in due to creepy ships I come across so the ships I do enjoy are either very popular or never once heard of

I’m pretty inactive, and this is because I struggle with pretty bad social anxiety that tends to stop me from interacting with any sign of human life, but because I’m trying to cope, I’ll do my best

I’m a radical inclusionist so this is pretty much a safe space if you want it to be one

I’m an older brother

I’m also really weird

I might attempt to draw but I won’t draw often.

Cringe culture is pretty much dead and whoever is keeping cringe culture alive are clearly people who don’t belong on this blog or my main blog either

DMs are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS closed, again, I’m a minor and I’m uncomfortable interacting with strangers especially on the internet, if I DM you it’s either on accident or because I know you irl

I don’t talk much while I’m in this partial headspace so I don’t talk much. There won’t be much tags, and a very bad tagging system, or lack there of, I should say.

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- Hyperfixations

CoD (MW2 and Cold War Black ops) (somehow, 18+ content CoD fans DNI!!!!)

Spiderverse Itsv & atsv

Death Note (the anime)

Attack on Titan (also the anime)

Sally face

Minecraft

Undertale

Underverse

Sans AUs

FNaF (the games and the movie)

DHMIS

Mr. Plant (by Ashur Gharavi)

Bugsnax

Fran bow

TF2/Team Fortress 2

Little misfortune

MCSM

Psychology

The paranormal

Analysis of any sort

Video essays

ARGs

Art

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⚠️‼️DNI‼️⚠️

Zi0n1sts

Z00philes

P3dophiles

R@cists

N@zis/neo N@zis (lmk if I need to update this part cause it’s been awhile since I last did research on this)

NSFW

LGBTphobes

MAP (not the art collab but the other thing)

Anti-antis

Proshippers/comshippers

Shotacons (of any variant, I’m just using this one as an example cause this is the one I remember)

Furry haters/Anti-furrys

Anti-therians/therian haters

AB/DL

DD/LG (of any variant.)

K1nk blogs

Transmed

Radical exclusionists

Anti-age/pet regression

Able1sts

Anti-xenogenders/neopronouns/xenopronouns(<- do we still use this term or was this never a thing?)

Man, that was a long list. Hope that didn’t overwhelm you.

I know there’s a lot but I can’t fully relax without knowing there’s some wall rigidly keeping me from being face to face with actual creeps and strangers I don’t know, so this is my version of a safe space and stability.

💥💥💥💥💥

The end.

I’ll update the main info or extra info if I need too, but this is mostly it for now.

Did you read it? Did you read all of it?

If so, here is a gold star.

⭐️

like I promised :3

[official-jesse]

Gonna be honest i forgot i had this blog

[stirpicus]

Sorry in advance for the wall of text that lies ahead! I came to your blog to look through the mcsm posts, but as I was lurking, I saw all of your writing advice too and I gotta say- thank you for posting tips and advice like this! I'm also a writer, I really, really enjoy it, but I struggle with it, running into blocks all the time, imposter syndrome, or just not knowing what to do next. It sure is tough to push through. So your advice has been helpful for me. Thank you!

Second- I know you've heard similar things to this before, but I'm still gonna say it anway. Thank you for the parts of mcsm that you worked on!!! I got into it really late, but this game is important to me and my friends (some old fans, some new, like me) and it's something we love to play, talk about, and share together. We've been streaming it over discord and it's been a lot of fun (and sad. we did cry. multiple times), and now I'm going through the entire game again and posting recordings on youtube with commentary timestamped in the comments (it got too long for the description haha. also I just finished recording for episode 7 right now! which is the episode thats my favorite of season 1!)

(also this is unrelated but i wanted to add one last thing. I have a pet bird named Archie, and when I found out that was the name of the parrot in Jack's shop, I was really excited about that)

That’s all very kind of you to say; I’m so happy that the writing advice has been useful and that MCSM has been a source of happiness and connection for you. :)

And Archie’s a great name for a parrot! That’s what I’d name one if I had one haha.

Also, speaking of names I appreciate seeing the Bob Zanotto love! His level in Psychonauts 2 was one of my favorite things I’ve played in any game in a long time.

[tumblingclockwork]

HI LEAF IVE BEEN HYPERFIXATING ON MC STORY MODE AND ON STAMPYCAT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT STAMPYCAT BEING THE WHITE PUMPKIN IT SOUNDS SO COOL

HELLO HI YES I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO EXPLAIN

Before I start I wanna give a huge shout out to @mephones-declining-mental-health who was actually the first to point a lot of this out. We spent a lot of time putting this all together and she deserves a ton of credit for it. So go check them out.

ok so mcsm is an old game so quick refresher on episode 6: Jesse and his gang end up in another world and are put into a murder-mystery type situation. They’re trapped in the mansion due to zombies and have to survive until the day while the person who invited them all to the mansion (who goes by “The White Pumpkin”) kills them off one-by-one in order to obtain the Enchanted Flint And Steel. Which Jesse is also trying to get. Minus the main cast, everyone in this murder mystery is based off and voiced by famous minecraft YouTubers from the time. This was a pretty genius move on TellTale’s part because it meant the players were already going in with a certain level of attachment to these characters, allowing the game to kill them off in a way that would be emotionally impactful without effecting the plot of the overall story that much.

The people you meet in the mansion are the following youtubers: CaptainSparklez, TorqueDawg, StampyCat, TheDiamondMinecart, LDShadowLady, StacyPlays, and CassieRose

Multiple of these YouTubers are killed off (though some can be either saved or killed depending on your choices) and [spoiler warning] Cassie Rose is revealed to be the white pumpkin at the end. Her motivation being that she’s stuck away from her home world for and desperate to get back.

Now here’s the thing: that doesn’t make Any sense.

Cassie doesn’t have a single line or any piece of evidence that would necessarily point to her being the white pumpkin. The only real evidence that points to her feels so last minute and forced. And just completely disregards any other scene in which you were collecting evidence.

This would be less frustrating if there weren’t multiple other people that had far more evidence against them. But the one who has the most undeniable evidence against them? StampyCat.

Now I don’t know if they changed the story halfway through development or if the writers at TellTale are just bad at their jobs (equally likely but there is some evidence to suggest Cassie was not always the intended White Pumpkin) but Stampy has the most evidence, best motive, and would have just been a very interesting villain entirely.

Let’s go over everything.

So for starters. The first murder.

Spoiler alert! But the first murder is TorqueDawg. He stands under a dispenser that shoots him with a poison tipped arrow and he dies.

Now, tipped arrows were a relatively new thing at the time, and the game makes a point out of this. A lot of the characters in the mansion Don’t Know what a tipped arrow is. But a few do.

After the second murder (which we’ll address in a moment) you have the ability to interrogate three of the characters. LDShadowLady, TheDiamondMinecart, and StampyCat

Lizzie (LDShadowLady) is fully aware of the tipped arrows. Both Dan (TheDiamondMinecart) and Stampy point this out. When you ask her about it, she says she does know how to make them and taught others about it.

One of the people she talked about the tip arrows to is Cassie, aka the white pumpkin. So story-wise it does make sense. But Lizzie also states that Stampy had asked her about the tipped arrows, and specifically how to make them. So we know he has full knowledge of them.

But what does Stampy say when you ask him about the tipped arrows?

“I’ve never seen anything like it before”

This is Never addressed. Not once. Stampy blatantly lies about knowledge of a murder weapon when he seemingly has no reason to do so and he gets away with it.

So Stampy 1. Has the ability to create the weapon used for the murder and 2. Felt the need to hide this ability.

So that’s pretty suspicious right off the bat.

Now these interviews are caused by the second murder. So let’s talk about that.

Second murder: CaptainSparklez is pushed into a sand pit and suffocated by a very elaborate redstone trap. The trap is activated by one of the buttons on the table that they’re all sitting at.

Each of the buttons activates the trap, but only one of them was actually pressed. The connection we’re supposed to make here is that the White Pumpkin set up multiple buttons to keep suspicion off of themself.

The people sitting at the buttons were StampyCat, TheDiamondMinecart, LDShadowLady and Jesse’s friend Lucas.

Now you’ll notice that CassieRose, the actual White Pumpkin, is not on this list.

TheDiamondMinecart (Dan) is the one who presses the button. Dan is supposed to be a Red Herring here as he didn’t know what the button would do and pressed it anyway (though he’s a bad red herring. And we’ll discuss that in a moment). Even with the knowledge that it wasn’t the white pumpkin who pressed it, it doesn’t make any sense for her to have not been sitting at a seat with a button. And this is never really addressed either. Making this scene a complete waste of time, unless of course the original white pumpkin was intended to be one of those 4 people.

The interviews give us a lot of knowledge about the interpersonal relationships of the characters and what their skill levels are. Such as what I discussed earlier about the tipped arrows. But one thing that stays consistent is Jesse’s insistence that whoever the white pumpkin is, they must be good at redstone.

And he’s right. Every trap set by the white pumpkin at this point was redstone activated. Whoever made it must have been very skilled with it. And out of all the suspects there’s only one who has that level of ability. Stampy.

Both Dan and Lizzie make a point of saying that Stampy is a master of redstone and his skill is unmatched. But when Stampy is asked about this, his first instinct is to lie about it. When you catch him in this lie, he immediately back-tracks.

So Stampy

Has knowledge on how to build the first murder weapon (which wasn’t knowledge everyone had at the time)

Completely lies about this knowledge and is never called out for it

Was sitting at one of the buttons that caused the second murder

Is the only one with the redstone knowledge capable of creating the white pumpkins traps.

Lies about his redstone ability

So there you go! That’s a ton of evidence against him! And pretty much no evidence against Cassie other than the fact that she also knew about tipped arrows at the time.

In fact the dinner scene confirms Cassie can’t be a suspect unless we’re supposed to believe she just hoped someone else would do the job for her. Which considering she’s later characterized to be super paranoid and unwilling to leave things to chance, I doubt it.

While looking through secret tunnels you manage to find a secret conversation between Dan and Lizzie where Dan admits that he was the one who pushed the button on accident and that he feels super guilty about it. Jessie spots the white pumpkin looking through a painting at this moment. And considering he’s also seeing Dan and Lizzie, and he knows where Lucas is, out of all the people sitting near buttons, Stampy is the only one left. If the White Pumpkin was someone who was sitting at one of the buttons (which it should have been) it would have had to be Stampy

Now I do think having Dan push the button is realistic and fine. It’s a button. Everyone likes pushing buttons. But the fact that the white pumpkin would Bet On That Happening and not sit near a button at all feels like it couldn’t possibly be right, especially because everything else is so thought through and calculated. It feels out of character for Cassie to do. Cassie being the white pumpkin also means those interview scenes were an entire waste of time. They gave us no real information that could be used in the case and crossed off the real murderer as a possible suspect.

If *Stampy* was the murderer however, this would have made a lot more sense. As the interviews would have given us a lot of info about him and against him. Plus his relationship to the others. Even if Dan turned out to be the one who pressed the button, we still would have gotten that important info on Stampy. Not to mention that Dan just so happening to press the button before the White Pumpkin got a chance is a lot more believable than the White Pumpkin betting on that.

Now the way the story actually goes is that Stampy is revealed to have the enchanted flint and steel (even though before he claimed to not even want it) and as I’ve said, Cassie is revealed to be the white pumpkin.

We learn she’s the white pumpkin because she’s the only one who didn’t have a portrait of herself with a red X over it, which is a sign someone had died. Meaning she was never intended to die at all.

Now because the writing team didn’t put any actual evidence of her being guilty before this, they slip in a Not At All Subtle clue that she’s the white pumpkin.

The white pumpkin’s hide out is Filled with calico cats. The same cats as Winslow (the cat that Cassie had kept with her). And while this is obviously supposed to tell us it’s her, it doesn’t really make much sense as a clue. Considering Winslow is just one cat. A bunch of cats that look like him is sort of out-of-nowhere. She’s had no real evidence against her other than the final connection, meanwhile all signs seem to point to Stampy.

This doesn’t necessarily mean anything but I do think it’s worth mentioning that there is one character who Does have a ton of animals like the ones we see in the white pumpkin’s room. And that’s Stampy. He has a ton of dogs that could have easily taken the place of the cats. But anyway.

This last second Right At The End clue seems to almost indicate that there was some change in writing half way through the process. Before Stampy is revealed to have the flint and steel (which is something that any character could have confessed to and the story would be pretty much the same), the story makes a lot more sense with the idea that Stampy was originally intended to be the white pumpkin. We can also gather that it seems they intended the white pumpkin to be a man, as the protagonists refer to the white pumpkin by he/him pronouns and that assumption is never addressed when they learn the white pumpkin is a girl.

Either that or the writers are just. bad. Which is also very likely.

That’s all the evidence I have. So let’s talk about how story-wise it would have been so much more interesting to make Stampy the white pumpkin.

Cassie is great. But she didn’t get a lot of actual screen time in game until her villain reveal because she really never had any evidence against her. Stampy however got a lot of screen time and was generally the fan favorite when it came to the youtubers that were in episode 6. He was one of the most beloved youtubers at the time and the writers took that into account.

Whenever Stampy was accused of something, he’d play the innocent card. He’d say things like “it’s me! Stampy! I’m everyone’s friend!” In an attempt to get sympathy. Instead of defending himself, he played at the emotions of the people around him. He was played as the sweet innocent character who wouldn’t do anything wrong. I think this would have made him a Great twist villain. It would have made a lot more sense for the end scene as well, as the other youtubers defend Cassie, saying she would “never do something like that”. Which never really made sense considering they all knew one of them must have done it, and none of them had any real connection to her. Defending Stampy or being shocked would have made a lot more sense regarding the relationships of the characters.

His villain reveal would have been so much more surprising as well, as Cassie’s tone quickly shifts to much more malicious once she admits to being the White Pumpkin. And while I do believe shes a very good actor, I do believe the scene would have had an extra punch if the lines were delivered by someone who was previously set up to be the trustworthy friend who wouldn’t hurt a fly

But it’s Cassie’s motive specifically that I think would have fit So Well if Stampy had taken her place.

Cassie wants the flint and steel so that she can return to her home dimension. She’a been stuck here for a very long time and is willing to do anything to get back home. Specifically saying that she needs to get out of this “stupid world”.

Now this will only really make sense for those who are familiar with StampyCat outside of mcsm. But I’ll do my best to explain.

Stampy, as a YouTuber, was known for his “lovely world”. The minecraft world that he loved and cared about a lot. If the plot line was that Stampy specifically was separated from his lovely world, it would have been a great motive that he was desperate to get back it it.

So uh. Yeah! I think that’s all I got. I’m sure me and Worm aren’t the only people who have come to this conclusion but I’m just here to put it all into writing. I’m not sure if this was all a last minute change or sloppy writing but either way I think it’s interesting!

[comic-the-adventurer]

Our Final Message Masterpost

Chapter One | Chapter Two | [To be written...]

Two chapters in and it just occurred to me to create a pinned masterpost xD

ANYway... just thought this could also be a post to gather any important info about my new story :)

First thing's first! This is not a mcsm au! Or mcsm fanfic! The concept of Our Final Message occurred to me as mcsm au so I guess I assumed it was a mcsm fanfic but, thinking about it, I'm completely wrong! This is an oc fanfic! In other words, if you replaced all the mcsm characters with completely different characters, the story would still make total sense! Sorry for the confusion! I don't want to edit the fanfic and change the mcsm characters so... I'll just have to live with it 😅 I'm sorry /neu

Oh! Oh! Speaking of mcsm characters! The mcsm characters in this are the original Order of the Stone (asdflk if you know me, I'm sure that's no surprise aha /lh) but they're all like... ten. Just read like the first chapter and you'll understand the context haha /lh

AHSDJ BEFORE I FORGET! "Sammy" in this story is not the same person as mcsm Sammy! He's an oc! I forgot mcsm even had someone named Sammy until very recently! (*side-eyes* ^_~) /lh /g

OH, one more thing! I'm writing this for myself (mainly just writing this last paragraph for myself as well xD) so I'm not going to stress about making each chapter perfect! This is for my own fun and to simply tell this story I've had in the back of my head for months! Criticism is always completely welcome but I'm still writing this for me, myself, and I. X_X /nm /neu

This is also meant to be a fairly short story! There's going to be about... six chapters! /pos

[confusedunit]

new fic

hello yes here are some quick answers about the new fic:

what fandom is it for? it is for hlvrai, or Half Life But The AI Is Self Aware

is it shippy? no. it’s a gen fic. they’re a found family

what characters are in it? there are currently the main hlvrai characters (including forzen and darnold), a version of Gordon that was the ‘player’ during the series (aka HLVRAI Gordon as the ‘player’), a version of Gordon that is a theoretical physicist (aka HL1 Gordon), and other HL1 characters are relevant to the story (calhoun, eli, kleiner, etc.) even if they haven’t quite arrived into the plot yet

is it an au? yes. tenetively refered to as the UoU AU mainly because i don’t know if anyone else has taken that name yet. the main fic is called Universe of Unreality. basically i had the thought ‘what if things were real but Gordon the player still connected to the science team with a vr headset’ that has now developed its own Lore

why are you writing this and not the fic you’ve been working on for three years? or the one you were working on like two years before that? or the one- okay yes this is fair. short answer: its easier.

long answer: this year has really sucked and has been hard on my anxiety and my depression, and while i love my overwatch fic that one is just too dark for me to be able to manage at the moment very easily. because of that i lost my muse to write for a very, very long time. working on this fic has been easier because it’s a bit lighter, i’m having to do less world building for my specific au version (there’s less characters that i have to juggle), and both hl and hlvrai have kind of become my hyperfixation for the moment. TOSLTGDS will return, eventually. it’ll be slow, but it’ll return. it’s important for me to finish it.

as far as other previous works that have been dormant for years, while i do hope i can eventually return to them, i can make no promises. some of those things (MCSM) im not as into anymore even if i still love it, while others (RvB) i’ve sort of been out of for a while (mainly due to time, i fell behind back in season 14).

can we send in drabble requests for this fic? you can always send in drabble requests for both this new fic and TOSLTGDS

thank you for understanding.

[grovyrosegirl]

Update: A Heads Up for my Followers!

Hiya everyone! Bit of an announcement, but it’s an important one. I want to give you all a bit of a heads up when it comes to future content from me. 

I got a lot of my followers from the Minecraft Story Mode community, as about two years ago I was one of many fanfic writers in the fandom. (Wowza, that was 2017, I was in my last year of high school back then! Where does the time go?) And pretty much 90% of my content was for MCSM. 

Because MCSM is a game with a target audience of families, which by extension meant a young fanbase, I wanted to keep true to the family friendly tone of the game. So as I kept writing fics, I tried to stick super close to canon, not get TOO dark/graphic in the subject matters of the fics, and I even tried to watch myself to avoid putting curse words in my stories. (I think the worst curse words I’ve ever used in fics were the super rare “hell” or “damn” but I digress.) With this in mind, I always tried to remember that some of my followers are probably younger than me, which made me feel a bit of a responsibility to watch what I post.

Something else you all should know, if you don’t already, is that I identify as a panromantic asexual. And on the spectrum, I tend to lean more towards the sex-repulsed side of things, so I typically avoid explicit and/or heavily sexual content already. I also don’t WRITE very explicit and/or sexual content. If you read my rules, you’ll see that I specifically ask people not to send me things/requests of that nature. And that’s probably not going to change anytime soon. 

HOWEVER, with all of this said, I need to inform my followers, especially those of you who are younger and/or might not be comfortable with certain mature themes, that my future content might start dealing with more heavy themes. 

I loved MCSM. It was a game that got me through a rough period in my life and re-sparked my love of writing. I also got to meet some great people through it! But, like all things, the game has come to end, and the fandom is no longer as active as it used to be. And even though I love the story, world, and characters, I’m at a point where I want to move on and write for different things. And honestly, I’m just feeling burnt out after writing for the same characters for years. I’ll still write the occasional thing for MCSM here and there, but otherwise, I think it’s time to move on. 

As some of you might’ve noticed, I’m dipping my toes in the Overwatch fandom and have written two stories for it, as well as answered prompts for it. I want to continue doing this, as it’s probably the most active fandom I’m in at the moment. But it’s important for my followers to know that Overwatch is not a game intended for a family audience, despite it’s optimistic future and Pixar-like art style. The game is rated “T”, which means the target audience is teenagers and adults. As such, this means the game is allowed to tackle mature subjects. 

Here’s a brief list of themes/ideas/aspects in Overwatch’s story that might inevitably come up if I’m going to be writing fanfics for it:

War

Terrorism

Political Corruption

Corporate Corruption

Unethical scientific experimentation

PTSD and other forms of trauma

Prejudice

Violence

Death

Abuse

Torture

Vigilantism

As you can see, Overwatch does deal with heavy themes. It’s definitely not as graphic or violent as other games in the FPS genre, but there are some DARK moments in Overwatch. I should also mention that the main heroes of Overwatch are, for the most part, adults. Which means they do adult things. 

So, here is a heads up for my followers. If any of the topics listed above make you uncomfortable, then by all means, you are free to unfollow me. I will not be offended in the slightest. You’re also free to block certain tags, as I will also do my best to tag any sort of content I make and/or reblog that has mature themes. And if you ever need me to tag something because I forgot or didn’t think to do so, please feel free to message me and ask me to tag something, and I’ll do it in a heartbeat.

Please do know that I don’t intend on writing extremely graphic content. That’s honestly not my style. If the day ever comes that I DO write something of that nature, then I probably won’t even post it here on Tumblr and just leave it solely on AO3 where it can be properly tagged and hidden behind a content warning. But do know that future Overwatch fics might not be as family friendly as my MCSM stuff. 

Phew! Okay, that’s all! I applaud you if read through all of this, thanks a bunch! I hope my future content will be just as enjoyable as my past work! 

With that, have fun and stay safe everybody!

[ocelukas]

[ Hey guys! ]

-A couple disclaimers and apologies under the cut, please read, it’s important.-

This is going to be long, which is why I’m putting it under a cut, so bear with me.

First off, I’d like to apologize. Dearly. How I acted when I was in this fandom when it was at it’s peak was 100% not okay. I treated a lot of people very awfully and it wasn’t okay. I started drama sometimes and that also wasn’t cool. 

Basically, I did a lot of shit things. And I’m very sorry for how I acted.

I also feel terrible because..well, I kind’ve left without warning. It all kinda just got too much for me, so I left. But I left behind some really awesome friends, and it sucks. I haven’t noticed much activity in the MCSM fandom from some of the people I know. And honestly, I’m curious if the Discord group is still up and running. 

I don’t really blame anyone if they’re mad at me for all the shit I’ve done. It was stupid.

But I’m back for a little bit! If anyone wants to talk, give me a shout!

-Rhodes

[foreverfreakingfans-blog]

Hiatus Update

Hey guys! It is moderator @peachyavaline here. I have some sad but important news. My partner, moderator Tech, and I have decided to change the hiatus status. Instead of being short, it is now indefinite. So at this point in time, we don’t know the date that this blog will be coming out of hiatus.

The reason for the original break was that I, myself, am not a part of the mcsm community. I have a very low intrest in the game(s), and do not wish to become part of the fandom. All of my knowledge comes from half of the first episode that I have played, and info that Tech has given me so I can help more with the blog.

This blog was created to be based on a private world that myself and Tech played in together. As I said previously, I have little interest in the game itself. I have nothing against the story or creators, or even the fan base. It simple doesn’t appeal to me in a way that is very intriguing. Tech is the only reason I even know of mcsm.

I am sorry for any inconvineienve. If you wish to talk to either of us on our other accounts, they will be listed. Thank you for all of your support and love, it really has brightened up my day when everything has gone wrong.

I don’t post much art or original content on my personal blog, but I hope you guys could still drop in and say hello! As for Tech, his blog is dedicated to mcsm. It is, as you may know, @ask-lukas-artstuffs .

Thank you once again for everything. I hope one day that this blog can be reborn, but until then, I am signing out.

With lots of love-

Ava

[PS: the pictures were taken on the mobile app from Tech’s phone.]

[stirpicus]

Can I just say I absolutely love MCSM, haha I honestly can't wait for the next episode and love how far season two is coming along. It's different than the last one and I absolutely love the new characters (mostly Radar, loving the while Lukas, Jesse and Radar thing coming along). But, may I ask how are you guys able to get the episodes done so fast? It's honestly impressive and surprising.

Aww, well thank you so much!! Radar means a lot to me so it makes me soso happy to see people liking that little cupcake so much. We just had Radar’s voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, in the VO booth yesterday recording episodes 3 and 4 and, man… Can’t wait for you guys to see it. Sad moments, hilarious moments, adorable moments… The episode 3 and 4 teams are doing great work.

Which leads me to your next question!

To get episodes out so quickly requires a lot of crazy coordination by our production team, hard work by everyone involved, and some people being pulled in a million directions at once, haha.

The Telltale process is kind of like an assembly line, with every episode going through approximately this schedule:

Outline/Premise: Pitching the episode as a 3-5 page document. Ideas for big choices are in there, character arcs, big moments… at this point only the episode writer and episode narrative designer (they’re who you see in the opening credits as “Telltale Story By:”) are staffed to the episode and they get notes from people like the lead writer (me) lead designer (Brian Freyermuth), lead director (Jon Stauder), and all the executives. This phase usually takes 2-4 weeks.

Once the outline is in good enough shape to be approved, the episode is officially goes into pre-production. This means the art team starts to take the ideas that have been described in the outline and turn them into the sets, props, and characters that will be needed.

Meanwhile, the writer and narrative designer will then start to actually write the episode. The creation of the story is a split duty between the two of them - They effectively co-write the episode, with the narrative designer’s job being to make sure it’s fun and exciting to play while the writer’s job is to make sure the comedy, character, and heart are all still there. They then have 2-3 weeks to get to…

Table Read: The first big test of the episode, this is where we get a ton of people together into one room, assign parts to different members of the team, and then read through the script like a play while a designated “player” makes the choices. (I always play Jesse, heh.) This is usually the first time people like the marketing team experience the episode so they can start figuring out marketing strategy, etc. ahead of time. Lotta notes from leads and execs again, and this is when things start to really heat up. Around this time is when the episode’s director comes on board and they become the third piece of the episode lead puzzle - working very closely with the writer and designer to make sure they’re all making something they’re excited about. The director usually has revisions they want to make to make things more visually exciting, better pacing, etc. so it’s very important that writing/design/direction all work well together. 

See, at this point is where things really start to heat up. By now, there’s enough rough art for the director to start planning the episode with their lead cinematic artist, figuring out how things are going to look, sound, feel… While that’s happening, the writing and design team is frantically getting the script put together so that they can get the script to the VO director to get recorded by the actors so that the animators and cinematic artists can start using the voice actually put the episode together.

Oh! And did I mention that this is the point when the next episode starts working on its outline/premise? Yeah. That means art is starting on the next episode, the next episode team has to start outline, etc.

All told, post-table read there’s usually 2-3 weeks until…

First Playable: This is another big one. The first time voice is in, we’re seeing the art, everything is roughly (sometimes very roughly) animated and put together… This is the first time we put a controller in someone else’s hands and let them experience the episode. Lotta feedback again from leads and execs. Right around this time, the previous episode (if there is one) has come out, so people have a good understanding of how fans are feeling about characters, plots, themes, etc. and that helps inform feedback. (Example: Maybe fans REALLY loved a character in ep 1 that isn’t in ep 2 at all - they’ll get feedback to adjust accordingly)

Annnnyhow. Director/Writer/Designer then need to team up and take the feedback, take about a week to get in revisions to the script so about another week can be spent in the VO booth, and then it’s like 4 weeks to finish it, package it up, and send it out the door so that you lovely people can play it. There are a couple other steps in there that start to get a bit more technical but hopefully that gives you a good idea of how things overlap. :)