Sup all, I watch too many Minecraft RPs and ARGs and I'm totally completely mentally normal about it. Call me Dia. Or honestly whatever fucking flower you personally prefer, I've probably used it for an alt at some point. Major props if you can actually manage to hit me with a new one.
This is a subblog, mostly dedicated to various ARGs, Unstable Universe, and Life Steal content. Likes, follows, and asks come from my main @fanaficionado
What if I made a college au where, Ze, Avery, and Collin where housemates, and it starts before their ARG's and then slowly weird things start to happen to them as they play minecraft, and they each collectively try to like hide what's happening, but they are all a little to nosey for their own good, so it turns into them all helping each other through figuring out their ARG's, helping Ze with the hole stuff and the Eyes, them hunting down Derek, Ze and Avery giving Collin ideas on how to deal with his entities
Hot take, I think the reason this happens is partially because people just aren't smart enough to accurately write Der. So they make Avery dumber instead to make Der still look smart.
But I'm a writer not an artist, so I could very well be Wrong.
Bad End AU where the King actually needed a 'dirty' vessel for it to be able to fully contain him. Derek was the one that was always meant to be the Vessel and Avery was just the bait to trick him into saying the spell. Would a nigh all knowing being not anticipate Derek's attempts to rescue Avery? What if that way always just another part of the plan.
All I can imagine is an equal opposite to the King Avery AUs out there (shout out to tiredartistofthecourt who has my personal favorite version of this AU on their account) with the KiY keeping Avery around as a little pet or something and being so consistently smug over the fact he tricked someone so terribly smart. The absolute angst if we add in Avery's confidence issues getting progressively worse thanks to the king constantly talking down on him.
You know damn well he'd blame himself too. And whatever's left of Derek would be so scrambled, there's no reassuring Avery. No final letter. Just a pressing guilt and the smothering affection of something that can never love a human in a way that doesn't burn.
Alas, I cannot draw. But I may dabble with this more in written form.
Hear me out, AU where avery works at a cupcake shop and derek works at a candy store across the street.
Both shops are really bright so derek looks a bit out of place since he looks like hes being followed around by the horrors™. Avery might be a bit scared of him at the start.
My specific flavor of mental illness has a unique way of manifesting itself when I get really invested in something that has multiple pieces of connected media, even when those connections can be loose. For video games like Persona and Fire Emblem this means shoving multiple different games into an overlapping fic. For SMPs like UU or Hermitcraft this meant finding ways to get them to crossover. I like worldbuilding and love a large, interconnected cast! Unfortunately, I fear that Minecraft ARGs have the point of no return in this regard...
It started with SFAWTD/DAWTDE which of course I've been super normal about and totally didn't binge Wifies other videos coming up with fic ideas related to the larger overlapping lore. And then I realized I needed more characters to pad out all this new world building and I went "Oh, I'll just watch other ARGs from different creators!" And like the fool that I was I got invested.
I kindly beseech the greater ARG fandom to recommend me more, as the obsession has only seemed to grow more all consuming? I binged all of Collinlock, A ReGect, and Monsterlover before abusing Youtube recommendations to find some of the ones Tumblr doesn't talk as widely about. Unfortunately the mental illness says it's still not enough and I'm specifically trying to find the ones with either really good world lore or really good characters. Soooo. If any of you have any ARGs fitting that criteria that you're super passionate about please comment, reblog, I'm begging you to aggressively yap. My fics are spiraling out of control and I've decided I'm just going to force them to spiral faster if I can't be normal about it anyway.
The world doesn't exist, but the friends we make in it do
Basically a fluffy as hell alternate au. I already made a post about this and an addendum to it about the king's. I guess "rules" but I wanted to give the plotline its own sorta post.
The basic gist of it is that all seems to follow canon SFAWTDE and DAWTDE, up until the church. When Avery opens the book, turns to the pages that canonically were censored... and they say something completely different.
"You are unique. Interesting. Your kind are so curious and so full of wonder. Striving to understand that which cannot be understood. Please, turn back, return to your home. Your life holds meaning, no matter how small or how brief. This place is safe, but places ahead on this path are not. Tend to your own needs, little one, and stray not from your light."
Avery is of course really confused and trying to figure out What This Book Means. He does take a second to pick some flowers and plop them around the graves, but it doesn't change anything really. So, befuddled but a little more confident in himself, Avery keeps going.
Derek's reaction to the book was just as confused. He literally looks at it, reads it, and steps back like Well. That's Weirdly Wholesome. Why Is This Book In A Place Like This.
Avery ends up finding Derek as in canon. The explanation that happens is still most the same— and Avery reads the book and then... nothing.
The king doesn't appear. He doesn't transport either of them, nothing. All that happens is that a set of yellow doors appears, allowing them both to leave. They move on to the other worlds, now in search of an exit for both of them. And while they can't go back, they do have the ability to go forward. And they end up in the lost palace of Carcosa, and end up standing on the platform where it is revealed to them. Not several eyes, not some censor bar— the King in Yellow. Derek panics, trying to shield Avery's eyes from it so he doesn't get damned by infinite knowledge, but... it's too late. Avery has gazed upon the king. And the first reaction he has?
"... What am I looking at?"
To D3rlord's complete relief and shock, the king has no effect on Avery mentally. And Avery does say he can feel a small headache and he's getting intrusive thoughts of things he doesn't really know or get, but that's just it. He doesn't understand it, and doesn't really care to. The infinite knowledge rolls right off his brain. And while Derek is confused and relieved, the entity before them makes itself known. And it admits it is fascinated that two humans, out of the many who have tried and failed to gaze upon his face... are able to see him. In the same lifetime, and in the same place.
Naturally his voice scares the shit out of both parties who try running away, but... it's a platform. There's nowhere to go. And immediately, the king stops. His form becomes smaller, more hunched. He apologizes for startling them, his voice quieting.
Naturally the human duo is beyond confused and a little unnerved. Derek is now safe to look at the king because, well, he already has all that knowledge shoved into his head. And since Avery is basically unaffected, he's safe too. So they both kinda. Stop. And look at the eldritch horror like ???????
"My apologies, I was... not entirely aware of how timid your kind are. Forgive me."
And they're both still startled and confused but Avery, our beloved himbo, immediately asks who they are. And derek momentarily panics because HES A KING??? A COSMIC HORROR???? YOU MAY HAVE JUST PISSED HIM OFF?????? But no, he introduces himself as Hastur, the king of what was once Carcosa. A mythological kingdom who worshiped knowledge, and saw him as a god. He also admits that he's not human, and that he didn't realize their curiosities would have driven them to continue, despite the warnings.
Avery then immediately asks why he's in their minecraft world. And once again, Derek tries to shut him up, before--
"At ease, little lord. I do not mind your friend's curiosity-- after all, it is a common trait we share."
And so the king is happy to answer Avery's questions, and explains to the duo how he got there. He always had a great interest in humans, because they were just so... curious. Unexplainable. He loved to observe them. And when he began to see the internet really take off, being a place of nearly infinite knowledge... he felt that his best method of learning about humanity would be to move his consciousness to the internet, to technology, to see them. And to his credit, it was. But one thing he didn't realize until he attempted to leave?
That knowledge, all stored on the internet, in the collective databases of technology, also acted as a bind. His consciousness was trapped within the digital world. And he didn't really mind it, but... it was still lonesome. And he ended up becoming more and more bored of the internet world. He admits to them, when Avery asks what he wants, that he wishes he could observe humans in the physical realm more closely. But, even if he can't, he's still relatively content in the digital world.
He even explains, with his weird and almost cartoonishly freaky physics and eldritch motherfuckery, how he learned things that no other creature could know-- including his own inner workings. Avery and Derek are... kind of shocked that he's so open about this. And when pointing it out, he admits that he is, to his knowledge, the only "real" cosmic force that possesses sapience. And since if living beings look at his true face, they tend to go insane, he has avoided speaking to living things. And so... he's a bit lonesome. But it is nice to be able to speak to people-- and he also praises them both for being capable of seeing him and maintaining their sanity.
By this point, Hastur brings up a black square over his face, and vocalizes an observation-- Avery's headache is getting worse. And he admits it. It was getting worse, but... now that his face is blacked out, the headache starts easing. So Avery is immune to the madness of the king... temporarily. He can look at the king in brief glimpses. But the longer he sees that true form, the longer he is subjected to infinite knowledge... the more it wears on him. With the headache fading, it's presumed that Avery can, somehow, withstand and filter out that infinite knowledge in short bursts, but not for prolonged periods of time. So, without even being asked, the king hides his face.
He tells them that they are special, and that he doesn't wish to cause either of them any madness. Both because they are the only ones who can perceive him, and because he knows of their lives. He has known their existences, and been fascinated all the same.
First it was Derek Hutchins. Who was the latest in one of many who found the king's minecraftian pet project. A curiosity driven labyrinth that anyone could theoretically find and enter, but so rare only a handful have ever seen it. Most logged out by the disappearing torches, screaming that herobrine was after them. Some went through it all, and bolted right at the last turn. They had enough of the confusing, impossible area. And some even turned the places they found into homes. Building upon what was already there thanks to the king.
But Derek? Derek was the first to have followed his curiosity instead of his instincts. He went to the left. He found the king in yellow-- something Hastur wasn't expecting, and as a result... wasn't able to bring up a cover for his face in time. He wasn't able to spare Derek from the knowledge. But to his surprise, derek... fled. He stayed at least partially sane. And so, the king went through his knowledge of humans, and began to learn about Derek's life. Saw his brilliance, his loneliness, his withdrawn nature, his dry wit, his fate after seeing the king. Becoming, essentially, a self-contained time capsule. He was, in reality, gone, and yet, still alive and still sitting at his laptop. The laptop Avery now had. As though he were Schrodinger's cat.
And then, the next in line to encounter such a place. Avery. Since Derek got blasted with knowledge, saw Avery was the next in line, and went to warn him, the king grew curious. And turned to his internal archive of knowledge, reviewing Avery. A bright eyed boy, curious and driven. He wasn't very academically bright, but he had good instincts, and he was very kind, and social. He was pure. Good. And the king felt that was something... special. And so he found the church, and left a book to try and uplift the humans who would, theoretically, end up in his digital domain-- Carcosa's archives.
And, well, now they are here. Brilliance and Kindness. Standing before him with such wonder-- the same wonder he found endearing in humankind.
Avery ends up asking if he would want to somehow leave the game with them, enter the world again. Derek is still skeptical, but the king explains a method he theorizes would work.
"YOU ARE NOT MERGING WITH ONE OF US."
"Merging? Heavens, no. That would destroy your minds-- and your minds are incredibly precious things. I could never exist having done such a thing. No, all I would need to do is anchor myself to one of you."
And thus, he explains that, if he simply attached his consciousness to one of them temporarily, and they then left the game, he would follow the focus of their consciousness into reality. He would likely need an adjustment period to regain his full range of abilities in the real world, but he would be able to un-tether from them without issue.
Avery immediately volunteers, and d3rlord has to drag him aside and try to talk to him about it. Granted, being everything all at once, the king can hear them loud and clear, but he doesn't take offense to Derek's suspicions. In fact, he finds them fascinating.
However of course. Derek brings up the worry of "what if he gets into your head and destroys you."
To which Haster eagerly states that he can only do so with explicit permission and a spell uttered by the one allowing him in. While he can guide a mind, he cannot enter it without said spell and said consent. And Avery of course asks, "So you can like... look but not touch?"
"Indeed. The most I could do is project potential actions one could take."
"And you said you're sane from yourself because you can just... sort your thoughts, right?"
"In essence, that is correct."
Avery turns to Derlord, and takes a breath.
"... Does that mean you could help Derek... y'know, cope with the knowledge stuff?"
And both parties are slightly taken aback. Derek goes to retort, and the king begins to ponder... and they both realize he's right. Derek's chance of survival once cut off from the king plummets, but... if the king were able to help him literally rewire his mind to fit this knowledge... he would have a much better chance of surviving.
So, Hastur approaches them once more, and offers to tether himself to Derek, specifically to try and aid him. He advises that telling Avery where he lives or what hospital he would go to would be beneficial, and that to reconfigure his head, Hastur would need to be projecting a piece of his consciousness into Derek's unconscious mind, to help show him how best to do it. He also states, very clearly, that if Derek would rather pass on and be at peace, he respects that, and will not anchor himself to him.
It takes... a good half hour of thinking. Something Derek does by pacing the platform they're on. And when the king notices and transports all three of them back to the angel statue cavern, Derek paces around the water pool. Meanwhile, the king asks Avery about things he enjoys, and what his life is like. Even though he already has the knowledge, he admits he finds himself enjoying the experience of communicating with others. Learning about them through interacting and observing, rather than his natural method of "learning." So for 35 minutes Avery is excitedly infodumping about various things, and the king is smiling to himself, listening, and asking further questions to encourage the little guy.
And then. Derek comes back over to them. And he admits that he's... scared of being forgotten. of dying. And he agrees to be the king's anchor.
Derek tells avery where he lives, and the nearest hospital to him. And then he prepares for the anchoring.
What none of them could have expected was that, as soon as Hastur attached to Derek, both Derek's laptop and Avery's EXPLODE. Derek is released back into reality, but in bad shape. Emaciated, unconscious, dehydrated, filthy, and sick. His phone mysteriously dials 911 and a voice tells the operator the address. States that someone is completely out cold and in horrible condition. Begs them to send an ambulance.
Meanwhile, Avery immediately gets scared and scrambles away. And then he looks at the writing he put on a sticky note. Derek's address.
He races there as fast as he can, pulling into the apartment parking lot twenty minutes later, and bolting for the apartment, only to find police there investigating. Avery asks where Derek is, and they ask how he knows the man. And avery says they're online buddies, they play minecraft together. Not a total lie, but not the full truth because the truth sounds completely insane. They direct him to the hospital-- he was rushed to the emergency room five minutes before. and so avery bolts. Back to the car, back onto the road, straight for the hospital. The cops can't even take his statement, and he doesn't want them to. He just goes.
And when he gets to the hospital, it's a waiting game. His friend, his only friend in this world, is in critical condition. They're not sure if he's gonna make it. And the nurses and doctors say he can't go visit him until he's stable.
So avery waits. For hours on end, in the hospital waiting room. And when he can finally go see Derek? ... He's a wreck.
Skinny, malnourished, his skin, despite being on the more colorful and darkened side, is pale and lifeless. He's hooked up to so many machines, and yet, he's alive. He's alive and he's okay and he's here. So Avery sits by his side. And waits. And waits. And talks to himself softly.
All.
Damn.
Night.
And then Hastur's voice comes out of his phone, reassuring Avery that his new friend will be okay. And Avery JUMPS.
Then he asks where he is. And the voice is a bit confused, before Avery catches a smidge of yellow out of the corner of his eye.
And now, beside him, sat watching over Derek... is the king in yellow. Dressed in a beautiful, sunflower yellow cloak, with a crown upon his censored head. The king admits that at the moment, he seems to only be able to verbally communicate through technology, but he thinks it should become easier to speak without it in the coming weeks. He also apologizes for the laptops exploding, because he genuinely had no idea they would do that.
Avery's just glad that he's here, and that Derek's okay, and that Hastur is okay too.
So it becomes Avery, who is the only person who can see Hastur, softly talking with them, using the phone as his new buddy's "voice." They chat together, and Avery doesn't dare to leave the hospital room. Not until Derek wakes up.
And two weeks later, as his body slowly recovers... he does.
He's awake, and after spending about 17 or so days half-unaware, half-dreaming-but-not-because-hastur-was-helping-him-reconstruct-his-own-brain, he almost doesn't know how to exist. But he sees Avery. He knows Avery. And the moment he sees him, it's like a weight comes off him.
And then, Hastur is able to make himself visible to Derek, and welcomes him back to life. To the real world.
Since Derek's family is estranged and none of them seem to acknowledge him when hospital staff call and ask them to pick him up to take him home, and he has no-one else really... he is released into Avery's care. And so they go back to Avery's apartment, all three of them. While Avery is at work, Hastur stays nearby Derek, watching over him as he either zones out until Avery returns, or sleeps. The three of them stay close to one another for a while after, with the king helping Derek recover while Avery's out, and Avery constantly worrying about his buddy.
They have slice of life Help Get Derek Back To Good Health fluffy shenanigans for a while before Derek is well enough to return to his apartment. And two days after, because Avery is a beloved dumbass, he accidentally microwaves a foil wrapper that's still around a sandwich, and his entire apartment catches fire. Thankfully Hastur bolted to the scene and got Derek to follow, and the duo immediately decided that they weren't going to let Avery be kicked out of his apartment or risk being left on the streets at all. So, Derek brings Avery to live with him, and instead of drifting between their homes, Hastur basically moves in too. By now he's able to speak without the need for technology, and is as animated and whimsical and strange as he was in Minecraft when they all first met.
This post is LONG AS FUCK so I'm stopping here but there is SO MUCH FLUFF AND CRACK AND HURT COMFORT. They are everything to me rn
First of all, literally everything related to ZachoBuilds. Before Wifies, he was the one making storybased Minecraft ARG essays. It's VERY GOOD at it. It's like an M. Night Shamalan, you never expect the plot twist that's commin'.
Second, some ARGs that doesn't have an emphasis in lore but mostly in misteries. At this point, RetroGamingNow is perfect for that. He is the NightMind of Minecraft ARGs and most of the time I discover series of quality thanks to him. "THE DECAYED" "Minecraft Alpha 1.0.16 Versions" these are the best on my opinion.
Just avoid OldRoot, because it's so mesy that even his creator thinks no one will solve it.
If you look closely, you will find that some people made crossovers between their series Slenderverse like, and that is my next point.
Third, the "parodies". Since the ARG comunity became a mixbag of cliches around the 2020s, a guy made a video called "Minecraft ARG but the protagonist is tired", followed by "--- but they call Kevin" and the one that will started all: "--- but the protsgonist is a speedrunner". These videos are what started all the crazines of the fandom, but to be honest, most of them are pretty bad or repetitive. So here are my favorites:
"Minecraft ARG but the protagonist is a Monster lover"
"Minecraft ARG but the protagonist thinks it's all part or his modpack"
"Minecraft ARG but the protagonist only think about ships"
"Minecraft ARG but the protagonist is a profesional ragebaiter"
"Micha Tanner" the only one covered by RGN
"Minecraft ARG but the protagonist is clueless
"A ReGect", a bit dificult to follow, but good
"Minecraft ARG but the protagonist is scary"
Most of these are only one chapter long, but they are gooooooood.
RAAWTDE: Reading About A World That 'Doesn't Exist'
Avery Matthews - 2nd Year Biology Major. Plays skywars in his free time, knows ball, has decent amount of knowledge that is almost due to internet culture.
Derek Hutchins - Also 2nd Year Major, was supposed to be graduating by this time but dropped out for an indefinite amount of time due to reasons unknown much to our liking. Came back due to Avery's influence but unfortunately for him he has to repeat 2nd year so that's why they're synced.
They first met at a skywars battle one and a half year prior to now with Avery sweeping it off round by round, but it was actually Avery who approached Derek first telling him he admired his skills and wanted him to teach Avery... much to his surprise considering he's been on a losing streak ever since he joined the server he's in-
Overtime their friendship developed and eventually asked about stuff about him, like his name, his liking to skywars (or minecraft in general), then towards his expanded knowledge and his fluency in 5 different languages.
He asked what school he went to be able to know that much... Derek said he dropped out but left out the reasons as to why. It's just that he frequently reads a lot as a way to keep himself steady and eventually the knowledge stacked up.
Asked about where he used to go before dropping out and they apparently applied to the same university. After much begging from Avery to let that knowledge be used somewhere and stating that he'll do everything in his power to make sure his breaks and vacants would usually sync up with his everytime, he applied. Though he was to repeat second year due to him being absent midway his first second year, but this way at least, him and Avery graduate together.
Both frequent the library a lot, much to Avery's somewhat disappointment but that's also the start of their blossoming love...........
for supernatural media and horror.
And a fair theory circulating around the fact that there's an abundance of such mind bending media in the university library.. was because of their vice principal/acting principal....
Principal Hastur - an awfully flashy man who, with a more awfully flashy grin that invokes more anxiety than comfort, is known to be the one who hires the professors in the university due to his experience and his very vast knowledge and wisdom.
derlord3 as an actual knight stumbling upon a church who only has one inhabitant who's lowk in a trance but refuses to leave, stuck by his own belief that he is trapped. and derlord3's whole thing is trying to save him from his devotion
derlord3 who actually defeated the king himself and avery having no idea he's still worshipping a god who no longer exists
there's been a whisper around the block about avery bein the vessel from like beginnin beginnin in that town where they summon kiy au and i just haaad to cook sth up yknow,,
The King in Yellow being stuck in Derek's head is the funniest possible outcome of the ARG to me because while meeting Avery for the first time in person—he is trying to have a normal, emotionally restrained conversation while the king in yellow is kicking his feet in the background of his consciousness, going “ask him if he would still love you if he knew what you are :) coward.”
Derek’s brain is already under extreme cognitive strain from infinite knowledge, right. Salience collapse, then identity instability, and all of that sensible logic that comes with the infinite. So what does the human mind do under pressure? it starts externalizing any internal conflict. (Thank you Psych. Lit.) I’m basically saying that The King isn’t just an “evil voice.” He's basically Derek’s intrusive cognition given a metaphysical form while narratively being a cosmic entity (that is not at large anymore).
So now every time Avery says something emotional like “yeah I think he was important to me” Derek has to stand there externally going “yeah” and internally it’s the king saying “ask him if he’d mourn you properly.” Or “tell him everything. No, better idea, tell him nothing and suffer… or third option, spiral visibly, that would be fun.”
Of course—Derek is obviously not doing any of that. Anyway the real outcome of most possible AUs for SFAWTDE / DAWTDE is that the King becomes trapped in his mindscape if Derek doesn’t die, meaning every attempt Derek makes to be human is immediately critiqued by something that fundamentally isn’t. Bringing everything back around, the King is positioned directly between him and Avery like the worst possible third wheel, actively sabotaging every moment of sincerity between the two. Have fun with that, fanfic writers!!
Okay this isn’t usually a post I’d make but I’ve seen a lot of writers talking about deleting or abandoning their fics since wifies’s announcement as unlike with art on apps like X/Twitter, privating a work on AO3 means only the author can see it. I asked for clarification within the server and one of the managers/staff who runs the server clarified that as long as it’s tagged correctly that it’s fine! Please spread the word and if you see this please don’t delete your fics!
random avery/derek trivia sourced from the "ask wifies" channel in wifies' discord, while i did leave some things out (because they were pretty much in the videos themselves), i could be missing something so please let me know if so ^.^ i'll also edit this if needed/add onto this if there's anymore in the future!! all under the cut
avery:
avery keeps a small slime as a pet in minecraft
if he was an animal, he would be a dog
his favorite subject is chemistry but he's pretty bad at it
he's mechanically gifted at minecraft
when he was younger, avery wanted to go pro in fortnite, but he was never good enough
when asked what college courses der and avery would take, wifies said avery likes botany and biology
avery likes hugs
avery doesn't like the color yellow
he skatesboards for fun
avery had a pretty nuclear family and he grew up in a pretty good household
he likes music with lyrics, specifically alt rock and 70's rock
avery rolls around a lot while he's sleeping
avery likes wearing loafers
he likes all sorts of colors, but his favorite color is green
avery is a fan of the lucky block mod
avery is a good texter
he played roblox as a kid, but less so now
avery is goated at pvp
avery plays hypixel
avery's favorite festive drink is warm milk
avery likes capri suns
wifies sees avery as either infp or esfp, but he's not completely sure
avery is very idealistic/morally driven
derek:
if der were an animal, he would be a squid
he'd end up at the gates in every universe
his favorite color is royal red
derek had a full ride merit scholarship, but he ended up dropping out of college because he found it unfulfilling
his parents made him play piano at a young age and he quit after he moved out
he does freelance commission work (tinkering and coding) because he didn't want to work in an office and he wanted funds to tinker
der censored his name in his footage because he didn't want it to tie back to him, wanting it to be impossible to find out who he was so no one would have to see what's behind the gate (or, from the horse's mouth, wifies just wanted a way to subvert expectations…)
when asked what college courses der and avery would take, wifies said der likes robotics
the smoothies in der's mini fridge are specifically soylent
his hobby is making little robots and "random thingamabobs"
der was fluent in 5 languages before he gained infinite knowledge, then he was fluent in all of them after the fact
der was raised by a single mother and he has a good relationship with just her
he like vocal-less music, specifically house and jazz
der is an iguana person (over being a snake person)
der wears whatever beater shoes he's had since 10th grade
der likes minecraft mods like create and "those insane rocketship ones"
der can take like 3 days to respond to a text with a sentence
he doesn't care for pvp
der plays survival
der's favorite festive drink is tea
(when asked what he thought about kiy) he didn't really believe in the supernatural, but he's most definitely scared
wifies sees der as either istp, istj, or intp
der is very pragmatic
both:
they don't have specific canonical nationalities, ages, or appearances
I'm in the Wifies Discord Server and i've decided i'm going to compile every Q&A that has been mentioned about d3rlord and Avery. I saw someone on tiktok post all the Q&A's in slideshow format, but rather than just repost them here and put in too many pictures of just the answers and no context for what the questions are, i'm taking it upon myself to write them all out interview style.
These questions and answers all include stuff ranging from fun facts about them, to just general things about their lives. These are questions and stuff from before DAWTDE dropped, so we will already know the answers for some these questions, but I thought it'd be neat to have them all in one place. I will also be updating this on Tuesday/Wednesday because Wifies is doing a DAWTDE specific Q&A, so i'm hoping to get more fun facts and more info on my BLORBOS im so excited because that Q&A is happening on my birthday so it feels like a birthday present just for meeeee XD
I will also add every persons' display usernames to credit them for the questions and so i don't give out actual handles. These questions are also in no specific order, just going from oldest to newest! If anyone has not gathered by now, yes, this post is mostly for me. I am nothing if not self indulgent.
P.S.: as i'm writing this I find that these will make a REALLY long post. So click the cut to keep reading!!
P.S. 2: THIS POST IS TOO LONG. i'll have to reblog with a second part, but bare with me!! will do that rn!!!
Onto the Q&A's!!
Q: can we get some funfacts about avery haha please averythemayo please i realllyyy like averythemayo HIS NAME IS STUCK ON MY KEYBOARD - Asked by clone 73-32-62
A: Sure! Avery's favorite subject is chemistry, but he's pretty bad at it. He's actually not the brightest, but he's pretty mechanically gifted at minecraft. He's also a really good person. But I can't tell you too much about him, you'll learn more soon.
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Q: Is your video a part of the arg since Avery commented on your video and does that mean Avery will be influenced by your video in part 2? (I know you made the arg but I’m asking if your video is actually inside the arg world) - Asked by Jeez
A: LOL yea this is a fun point. Avery canonically watched my video. so yes, or at least he saw a bit of it.
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Q: If avery and derlord were ever interact with eachother, how would they interact? How many people seen the king in yellow? Do you think Avery is also a master at bedwars or just skywars? R u able to tell us who wrote the book in the sfwatde that d3rlord3 read? (At timestamp 31:37) - Asked by Bree
A: No spoilers! Thats a good question I dont think im the supreme authority but I reckon a few. Avery is the goat of minecraft everything except intelligence. Maybe one day.
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Q: Does Avery have any pets in minecraft? - Asked by Asagothe_fander
A: Avery keeps a small pet slime ofc.
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Q: What would D3rlord3 and avery sound like? And also can we have some more d3rlord3 facts 🥹🥹 also i'm not sure if someone asked this either but whats d3rlord3 and averys home life? - Asked by (✿◠ᴗ◠)
A: Who knows, maybe you'll get to hear my interpretation of them. d3rlord was fluent in 5 languages before the incident. Now he's fluent in all. d3rlord was raised by a single mother. Avery had a pretty nuclear family home life.
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Q: what is d3rlord & avery's favorite food and drinks? do avery like physical touch? hug and etc. what color that d3rlord and avery dislike? - asked by Noiullll..
A: Hmm. I can only get so many good ideas for canon but lemme see. d3rlord has a mini fridge next to him full of soylent (THIS WILL BE PLOT RELEVANT.) Avery likes hugs. He's a hug fella for sure. d3rlord likes the color red. Avery doesn't like the color yellow.
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Q: Would Avery play roblox? D3rlord3 and Avery pvp experience? What does d3rlord3 think of Avery? What kind of gameplay do d3rlord3 and avery usually have? Like do they speedrun or do they spend all their time farming or making crazy redstone contraptions? If d3rlord3 knew what he'd find at the crossroads would he have turned away or still kept going out of curiosity - Asked by Lav The Ender
A: Avery played roblox as a kid lol but less so now. d3rlord doesn't care for pvp, avery is the goat. No spilers. How does he even know avery guys that's not possibleee. d3rlord plays survival and avery plays hypixel. City boy farmer boy type dynamic. if he KNEW he would not turn left but like maybe he would but also no spoilers
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Q: what are d3rlord3 and avery's hobbies and/or what do they like to do to relax? do they have any bad habits? - Asked by Angel Deviler
A: d3rlord3 likes to make little robots and random thingamabobs. Avery skateboards for fun.
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Q: If you made playlists for Avery and D3rlord3, what would be the FIRST songs you add to them? Aka, what songs did you think represent them best? Alternatively, what kind of music do you think they would listen to irl? - Asked by Felix
A: OOO good question I am so bad at answering these sorts. I just do not have the range. but I think avery listens to alt rock and 70's rock. d3rlord3 listens to house music and jazz.
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Q: I know you like hot cocoa(unless thats changed?) but what would you say Avery and Derlord's favourite festive drinks would be? would they be early or late to the party? are there any christmas time deserts or treats you like? Or any you'd recommend? - Asked by Newt
A: That's a wonderful question. d3rlord likes tea and avery drinks warm milk. Both of them would be a little late. I wish I knew them man but is pie one…
PART 2 BELOW THE CUT. Can't believe this is STILL TOO LONG. Third part coming up RN.
Q: If Avery saw Derlord for the first time, what would their first impression be? If derlord and avery had an mbti, what would it be? or typology stuff if you understand it better idk (sorry im a typology nerd) What personality traits of Avery would stand out the most to Derlord, and vice versa? If they had to work together for a short mission, how would their dynamic likely play out? Does avery or derlord have some certain trauma? - Asked by Allets
A: I can't spoil that. the mbti question is a good one I haven't given it much thought to that specifically. I can look at the chat rq but take this with a grain of salt, it's off the dome. d3rlord is either ISTP, ISTJ, INTP. I like avery as INFP or ESFP, but im not sure about him as much. Avery is very idealistic/morally driven whereas d3rlord is very pragmatic. No spoilers, sorry. I don't want to commit to an answer because I feel like it wouldn't be fair to give a half thought out answer to that.
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Q: we know d3r likes royal red, but what's avery's favorite color? also if avery & d3rlord were able to play modded minecraft (any mod), which ones would they gravitate to? - Asked by Asagothe_fander
A: Avery likes all sorts but he likes green (can you tell?) d3rlord (shocker) likes mods like create and all those insane rocketship ones whereas Avery is a fan of the lucky block mod.
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Q: How does d3rlord3 think about the king in y-…the king. ahem. What is Avery and D3rlord3s relationship with their families? Good, bad, complicated? When searching for d3rlords skin, is he supposed to be a knight, a spartan, or a gladiator? - Asked by seasunken
A: d3rlord3 doesn't really (or at least didn't* really) believe in the supernatural, but he is most definitely scared. Avery has a fine relationship with his parents, he grew up in a pretty good household. d3rlord is also good but just with his mom. I thought of his as a knight always.
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Q: would avery and d3rlord like songs with lyrics or do they vibe with instrumentals most? is sfawtde part 2 gonna go for an arg direction knowing it has enough audience to solve multiple puzzles? or will it be the unfiction direction as part 1?🥹hoping this isnt much spoilers - Asked by twelvi
A: d3rlords likes vocal-less music like house music and jazz. Avery likes songs with lyrics. There are definitely gonna be a few puzzles for the audience to solve, but the majority of it will be unfiction.
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Q: D3lord3 has a mini fridge full of Soylent, is it because of the incident, or does he just suck at cooking? Does Avery like juice pouches…. If so, what kind(s)? Is there a plan to make SFAWTDE into an actual series, instead of a 1 and 2 part thing? - Asked by Ivan
A: No comment (yet.) You already know Avery likes capri sun. Without spoiling too much, yes and no. Yes I want to say more, but i'll refrain lol.
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Two in one because it's essentially the same topic.
Q: Is Averythemayo british? - Asked by mcswagdag Do you think Avery is American? - Asked by Flowero7
A: Avery is not british sadly. Avery is essentially confirmed to be [American].
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Q: Do d3rLord3 and AveryTheMayo have any estimated IQs? If so, how large is their intelligence gap? - Asked by muse
A: Hmm… I think d3rlord would be up there. The world has seemed to headcanon that Avery is stupid which is crazy cause he was on screen for maybe 2 minutes, but it's not that far off. I don't have exact numbers but there's definitely a gap. d3rlord is great with patters whereas avery is less so.
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Q: which side of the bed does Avery wake up on (does his just lay splat on it horizontally lol) is D3rplord a iguana or a snake person if he had to choose? what shoe brands would Avery ir D3rlord wear? (I imagine Avery is a vans slip-ons guy) - Asked by Raphael
A: Avery rolls around a LOTTT. d3rlord would take an iguana for sure. Avery likes loafers, d3rlord wears whatever beatherse he's had since 10th grade.
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Q: if Avery and d3rlord3 were animals, what animal would they be? - Asked by cyn.essx
A: Avery is a dog, d3rlord is a squid.
PART 3 BELOW!!! SORRY, THIS WAS A LOT LONGER THAN I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT!! Hope u guys enjoy this!!!
All of these are together because, again, they're the same topic.
Q: If Avery found d3rLord’s laptop with Minecraft already installed, why weren’t they playing with the same account? Why is the name d3rLord censored? Assuming the King is the censored entity in the castle at the end, are the King and the voices calling and following d3rLord different entities? Is the King ever going to be revealed, or is he always meant to represent something that is beyond human comprehension? Did d3rLord censor the King, or is the image of the King too powerful to be seen? - Asked by CHICKENUGGY
A: d3rlord's name was censored because he didn't want it to tie back to him. he wanted it to be impossible to find out who he was so that no one else would have to see what's behind the gate. or maybe there is no reason and wifies wanted a cool way to subvert expectations
with a classic switcheroo. that in retrospect wasn't as thoughtfully planned out. Ahh well I cant spoil that can I? I wont reveal much about the king/entity for now. d3rlord did censor the entity himself in the footage before he uploaded it.
Q: was there any thought process when naming averylargemayo and d3rlord3 or did you put random stuff together. like were you hungry for some mayonnaise - Asked by Malware
A: I wanted a random name for Avery, so I went on a random reddit post, and one of the people in the comments was named JustEnoughMustard or something, so I adapted it. d3rlord3's name is a variation of his irl name. I also took inspo from one of my old IGNs.
Q: how did you come up with the name d3rlord? is it intentional that it means 'the king' in german? - Asked by Jay
A: That is a fun question. I don't wanna give too much away, but it's based on d3rlords real name and a comnbination of irl inspiration.
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Q: Can we get a d3rlord fact? Whether in or outside of the story. - Asked by Peachy
A: Sure. d3rlord's favorite color is a royal red. He actually dropped out of college because he found it unfulfilling. Which is unfortunate because he received a full ride merit scholarship. but his heart wasn't in it. His parents made him play the piano at a young age but he quit after he moved out.
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Q: You got your own head cannon design for The King in Yellow? - Asked by Jonah
A: Ha, not really, I wish I did. but why are there so many questions about the king in yellow? is that what d3rlord saw?
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Q: What college courses do you think d3rlord3 and avery would take What are the nationalities of Andrew, d3rlord3, and Avery? (At least their states, in case they're all from the US so I can hear their accents lol) And what age would d3rlord and Andrew be approximately? - Asked by Hoshi
A: bold to assume avery would graduate highschool. nah, jk. he did. d3rlord likes robotics. avery likes botany and biology. I dont really have canon nationalities or ages for them, you're welcome to project what you'd like.
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Q: How did you get the torches to disappear like that during the video? And was there any reason to calling the guy "Avery" or was just literally just due to "Averylargemayo"? - Asked by Meitantei Mitsubachi
A: I mean the channel is called Avery the mayo so I called him Avery lol. the torches disappear with a sequence of command blocks turning them off in order.
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Q: if it’s not too much, could you give us some more random facts about d3rlord3 and avery? either personality wise or etc. - Asked by Angel Deviler
A: Avery wanted to go pro in fortnite when he was younger. But he was never good enough.
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Q: Were there any scrapped ideas for d3rlord and avery that you considered or did you just like bam done? - Asked by Kashfies
A: Yes actually funny you mention. d3rlord was gonna have a giant monologue before he turned left at the crossroads saying how all of this led up to him picking left or right and yadayada but it didn't fit at all with his character or the plot.
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Q: what do you think with people who ship d3rlord3 and averythemayo? If avery saw whatever d3rlord3 saw, would avery be able to comprehend all that information? what would avery do if he met d3rlord3? what would be his impression on him? - Asked by 4cvit
A: Loll I think it's fun that people engage with the series. I actually forgot what video I watched. Some video where some creator of media talks about their work and they say shipping is inevitable. And that was funny. What did d3rlord see? That's the question :P. Who knows what happens if they meet. Surely not me. Sorry, can't spoill.
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Q: what is [d3rlord's] job? I was curious abt that since he dropped out of college and I wanna know what job he ended up with - Vin
A: Ooo that's a really fun question. yk I didn't have one in my head so you're gonna make me decide one. I think d3rlord probably did commission work on the side, so some tinkering and coding. He was freelance because he didn't wanna work in an office and just wanted funds to tinker.
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Q: Hey, Wifies, if d3rlord only chose left on his journey through the crossroads, and all 7 times he had to choose there was the right option, were there 128 places, like the King's Hall? - Asked by Nessus
A: I think in every universe, d3rlord ends up at the gates, sadly or not.
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