El ctommy

sometimes i think about l'manberg as meaning-makers.

they are what made the dsmp transcend minecraft as a statistical, skill-centric game into something where meaning is arbitrary. this works in both an in-narrative and meta angle. on one hand, power in the dsmp before l'manberg was centered on pvp and resources (and ultimately, that also dictated how power is gained and lost for the rest of the dsmp's lifetime). that's the main thing they were fighting against, yeah? that people in l'manberg were not as physically skilled in a more strategic, game-like minecraft sense compared to the dteam and their allies.

l'manberg is literally the introduction of power derived from personal meaning and interests, something more supposedly "arbitrary" than, let's say, being able to pvp like techno or dream. it's the one thing you cannot measure compared to physical power (like dream's insane pvp skills) or resources (dream's ability to build the prison with sam, or dream and the emerald duo being able to blow up nlm). l'manberg literally sets the precedent of the dsmp being controlled by! arbitrary means!

it works in good and bad ways, because i mean like. defying the status quo of power is one thing, but how is a completely other thing. how every l'manbergian viewed l'manberg isn't the same with each other, especially wilbur. besides all the principles he designates to the idea of l'manberg, we can't ignore that he literally brings up geopolitical constructs into the dsmp like discussions of economy (salmon being their main produce) or police (his answer of what they'll do abt pet deaths). but of course meaning-making isn't bad, because, i mean, look at the discs! at the pets everyone owns!

i joke about everyone needing to apologize to the dsmp after the minecraft movie trailer dropped because. the dsmp will forever encapsulate the meaning of minecraft better than that movie ever will. there is always a constant discussion of power - entertaining that this game, this server is winnable. the closemindedness people can have when dictating how minecraft should be played (ie. dream on the pvp side, wilbur on the narrative side) versus minecraft being something entirely up to your decision, something that is a shared space of people with varying opinions and thought processes.

yeah i'm crazy about l'manberg actually, and the precedent it set in the dsmp. what it challenges and what it's caused. what it challenged and reinforced. what a crazy nation

tangos really going through it this season huh

some screenshots with shaders🐟

Translated from DeepL blame them not me for any mistakes

(Talking about Squid Craft 3)

You know who they would have invited that would have been fun, man? Slime. Slime would have been pretty cute, man.

c!clingyduo + tvtropes characterizations

HES IN HIS LITTLE RACECAR BED FUCK MY WHOLE LIFE

the good ending!!

Tommyinnit, at the ripe age of 16, genuinely thinking that grown adults not being able to regulate their anger was his fault, and that he needed to do better to not anger or upset these adults that were actually treating him like fucking shit, is honestly so upsetting.

sibling behavior

my little terrible las nevadas in the snow gif

People only calling it Scar's bed like the truth isnt way funnier:

ok so what the hell was that hallucination i had of cranboo taking down the panic room. was that a memorybooks thread????? it had to have been because i KNOW IT CAME FROM SOMEWHERE

FIRSTLY, that could honestly be the case. SECONDLY, LISTEN-

Sorry that was way too intense

Kill yourself

"Did I do something wrong?"