addressing some stuff by rambling, as a long-time viewer
K so whatever happens on the 16th, can we all agree to not get angry at the traitor (or at Dream if thereâs no traitor) like what happened last time?
Remember how there were all those immature viewers who sent Eret hate after his betrayal? Or those viewers who trended #kickschlatt when Schlatt joined the SMP, or any number of times when people acted irrationally? We are NOT gonna do that shit on the 16th.
And look, I know a lot of the Tumblr fans joined the fanbase once the SMP became known more for an actual storyline rather than say, the Disc War era, but please remember that itâs really just a Minecraft server.Â
- So if Technoâs the traitor, donât complain that itâs âanticlimactic.â Let him do his thing
- If Tubbo or Niki is the traitor, donât complain that itâs âout of characterâ (itâs Minecraft, letâs be real, nothing is truly âout of characterâ here when youâve got Dreamons and Big Law)
- if Fundy or Quackity is the traitor, donât complain that itâs âbad writing since they already did their betrayingâ (againâŠitâs Minecraft, thereâs no âwritingâ here)
- If Tommyâs the traitor, donât complain that heâs âgoing back on his character arcâ or something
Whoever the traitor is, Iâm sure itâll be fun to watch.
And Wilbur has a lot of influence on the story, but he isnât going behind the scenes with Dream and dictating everything thatâs going to happen. He isnât the screenwriter of a TV show. Nobody is. This is roleplay. No individual player knows everything thatâs going to happen.Â
ALSO, this stuff is not scripted. Iâve seen a couple people who seem to think it is? Guys, a bit =/= scripted. Itâs more like DnD if anything. Like Eret said, back in August, the Lâmanberg people had 0 clue of his betrayal before the moment it happened. And itâs very clear from Punzâs video of the war that Dreamâs side had no clue how underprepared Lâmanberg would be. Every time Wilbur jokes about there being a script, guys, itâs a joke. This guy plays DnD, he knows how to improvise a good story.
basically what Iâm saying is, I know a lot of you guys are approaching the fandom as though Dream SMP is a story like a TV show or book, and not just a Minecraft server that happens to have stories. sure itâs fun to analyze the events as though these people have whole character arcs - because they do, in a way. But the character arcs (excepting Wilbur, maybe) were a happy accident. Thatâs what all this is. A happy accident.Â
the hot dog van was never planned out to be the start of Lâmanberg. nobody couldâve predicted that Tommy pandering to Sapnap would lead to Pog2020âČs loss of the election. Fundy and Tubbo were going to troll Skeppy, not Dream that one day that he became a Dreamon. Everything is a happy accident. Nothing goes to plan.
ALSO one last thing: maybe the whole Lâmanberg/Manberg plot will end for good on the 16th, but people are acting like that would be the end of the server. Guys, Wilbur was gonna log off forever back in July. Maybe heâll leave, but everyone else is still doing their own thing. The server is more than just Lâmanberg. It wouldnât be fair to everyone else working on their own projects to just shut down the whole thing if Wilbur leaves, as some people seem to think is gonna happen. Donât panic. Maybe it wonât be as story-oriented, but thatâs not an issue.Â
Just be careful to enjoy the Dream SMP for what it actually is, and be kind to all the creators involved.