critblr's resident slimecicle expert

Orb | they/them | adult

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What's up

I am Orb and this is my silly little blog (est. 3/20/2024)

i am here to theorize and psychoanalyze, however i do not share and will rarely discuss most leaks

DNI minors, public likes, public follows, ccs of any kind, etc

this is my mentally ill hobby and is not meant to be taken seriously or made into public discourse.

critblr-adjacent and former lurker

i'm here because somebody's got to talk about charlie slimecicle

i also discuss the council (just roll with it) and other mcyt-adjacent creators.

i'm also not an intense hater, i'd like to think i'm reasonably distrustful of these people but i do like to see the best in everyone, so don't expect intense crit or slander etc. (unless they deserve it)

feel free to send whatever in asks, i may not always answer, i only come here at my most mentally ill or unless something wild happens

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listen I don't think real people can TRULY queerbait by definition of the word... however, I think intentionally pandering to a more liberal and largely queer audience by hiding your opinions (politics) and/or engaging in queer "in jokes" is a manipulation tactic taken up by the cishet male content creators who are smart enough to recognize who their core demographic is.

straight men perpetually trying to reheat dan and phil's nachos without being actually gay. when will you learn that earnestly being your lame nerdy self is what will actually get you clout and dedicated fans regardless of who your viewers are

if you hate queer people, stop trying to entertain us!! and queer audiences do not let these people pinkwash themselves and get you to buy their shitty 60 dollar hoodie. get up!!!!

AND ANOTHER THING queer (and cishet) cc's do this too by making reaction content to queer media without adding anything meaningful to it because they know it will get views even though it's basically nothing. it's like more niche tiktok reaction videos.

queer fandom slop is real and it's rotting your brain!!!

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slimecicle-style clickbait thumbnail and title for the jrwi riptide return... whatever happened to love and conviction and not feeding the algorithm slop...

obviously i'm deeply annoyed by this, and it's just so telling how charlie's attitude toward content has changed in the last four years. i think there was always a little bit of feeding trends, especially with his main channels, but seeing how jrwi has devolved from what was clearly a passion project into another source of revenue makes me really sad. of course they're still having fun doing the shows, but the mishandling of various controversies, charlie's increased use of AI, and now this all just combined to create this stain of insincerity that really put me off watching any new content.

i haven't watched/listened for a while now, and i always thought i would go back to finish riptide and pd... but this is truly testing me lol

i'll give it a chance while i'm on break and report back. charlie slimecicle you will rue the day you became a slop farmer

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he makes jokes about it a lot but genuinely tom's interactions with his audience or "fans" is odd. like there's a line between sharing vulnerability which can be therapeutic versus treating fans as "therapy" and seeking positive affirmations and constant validation in his thinking and decisions from a crowd he knows is going to give it to him.

its like hes still chasing that high the first square video produced as if sharing his mental struggles is the same as making minecraft 10000% funnier

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there's also this idea that he's been through enough to be wiser than his audience thus giving him any kind of authority to advise them. he's playing with the line between fostering a mentor-mentee relationship with his fans (which he could in terms of growing up in the spotlight, like Demi Lovato is doing) and being straight up parasocial in a desperate attempt to feel his pain be validated or lessened by comparing it to others'

misery loves company, so they say, and this blog is just that: him trying to fill a years-long void within caused by naivete in an industry he had no business being in so young

but no amount of numbing love given by fans will help him, and he's yet to understand that

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i respect milo so much for detransitioning and being normal about it. she's so cool for that

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coming here to announce my new hyperfixation is kori king and lydia butthole collins. they are so yuri to me </3

will probably not be posting about them because I'm normal now but yes.

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tubbo stop cutting your hair so short please it looks so badddddd love you though

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And if I say the way some of these slimecicle fans are hating on jinx is giving misogynists, then what ✋️😐✋️

Is jinx a weird as person? Yes. Did she do bad things? Yes. But now why are slimecicle fans, still having slimecicle pfp and keeping up with his content, going along with every hateful story about her and specifically hating slime for being with her ... and yet, they continue keeping up with him. All the hate is mainly focused on jinx, when it's slimecicle, the cc they're actually watching, who's should be their focus of criticism. They'll mention something he did once and then move on, while regularly bringing back what jinx did. I wouldn't be surprised if they're just going back to openly be fans and coincidentally forgive charlie past actions if he broke up with her.

yeah this feels pretty accurate. again I think jinx is kinda freaky and probably a bit of a weirdo who's done some iffy things online in the nsfw space (but like... this is tumblr. i don't really hold those kind of things against people)

but she is by no means the person people on leaktwt make her out to be. like I said, part of being in crit/leak/even fandom spaces to an extent is the constant battle for the moral high ground, so they latch on to anything they can demonize a person for, and I do think women get more flack for sexual/suggestive stuff online in general.

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The slimecicle leaktwt circle is so weird to me cuz they will turn everything and anything into a reason to paint him as the most evil person ever, but if you ever so slightly disagree with them they'll insult you, call you slurs or tell you to kys. Not even an exaggeration. It got to a point where those things they crit have become such nothing burgers that it starts to overshadow the things he actually deserves criticism for. Eg the recent slime story stuff, claiming that he stole the design of the ink cap mushroom from someone's oc. Like ... it's an ink cap mushroom, they look that way, making a black & white mushroom emo is not the hight of creativity. Some, not all but some, also for some reason WANT Jinx to be abusive. There are people sending stories about how they are cousins or old friends of her and she did this and that horrible thing but oh they can't show any proof because xyz ... and it's just taken at face value because it matches up with other things they were told. Like??? People can make shit up in DMs as well??????

Sorry for the rant, it just bothers me so much how the actual issues get overshadowed by this witch hunt.

precisely. i understand this is critblr but constantly trying to see the worst in others will do nothing but make you more and more miserable

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Not sure if this is a safe place to say this sorry if not but I have sm hate in my heart 🙏🙏 I hate the slimecicle leaktwt circle sm. "Callout thread on why this cc is actually racist/ableist/etc" then they say racist ableist shit to crit that same cc. Hate with your whole chest ig but don't pretend to be woke and "spread awareness" I'm not falling for that

leaktwt being miserable... fork found in kitchen

honestly though i know people say "jobless" about people who participate in leaktwt and fandom drama shit but i genuinely believe being deeply invested in hating on people who are mildly problematic at best is a sign that you are lacking something in your life (enrichment, love, validation, etc.)

like i would only ever post on here or dig about cc's when i was depressed, drunk, or so deep in my hyperfixation that i obsessed over every detail about their lives to the point where it felt like i had read every single thing about them. it almost functioned like an addiction where you spend hours searching for information and creating narratives in your head and then gamble on being correct or receiving validation for your delusional opinions from others online.

they absolutely get joy out of making people mad or "shocking" them or proving them wrong about how their favorite cc; or they love the feeling of lording their secret special knowledge over others. it's all about feeling like the smartest, most in-touch, morally perfect person in your circle and its entirely performative.

critblr or leaktwt or whomever, you gain clout in these circles for being a contrarian and being inflammatory, regardless of if you genuinely believe what you're saying or not. it's no surprise that when you see people "calling out" creators, it's always the most relevant no-nuance takes about current affairs like calling people pedophiles or zionists simply because they don't do everything you want them to.

idk not to be all "cancel culture blah blah" but there's just far too much moral grandstanding online from people who are judgmental and nasty and deeply unkind in the worst ways. and it's mostly bored teenagers who crave the dopamine that comes from getting interactions online.

there's nothing wrong with being a hater but don't pretend like you're better than anyone for it.

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what type of dirt does tommyinnit have on eryn that he wastes his cinematography skills making tom's emo square videos when he could be working somewhere making stuff that is real and good.

they're friends and more importantly eryn is still in school. makes sense for him to get the easy money and experience

i always forget how much shitty behavior men are willing to accept from their friends purely because of how long they've known each other. though looking back at my post i guess it makes sense because i know film majors who have worked on terrible projects to get experience.

i forget how dire the film industry is sometimes. nevermind eryn, keep doing your thing

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You dont need to make a whole new burner email if you use gmail! You can just stick +1 or any number after your email handle and Tumblr accepts it

So if your email is exampleuser@gmail, you can do exampleuser+1@gmail

waittttt anon is this true... life changing info

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schlatt IS ugly but it's not because of his weight or the chops like he always says.

it's his fucking hair cut. the grown out hair really suited his head shape but short hair makes it look like he has a weird bean-shaped head

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grizzlyplays getting sick in the midst of filming is just another reminder that men aren't shit and will never do anything right.

jrwi you will never fail to disappoint me

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what type of dirt does tommyinnit have on eryn that he wastes his cinematography skills making tom's emo square videos when he could be working somewhere making stuff that is real and good.

not all of his content is a miss but god he is just so annoying idk how anyone could stand to take part in his self-aggrandizing bo burnham copycat sad boy schtick. honestly it's reminiscent of w***** s*** but without actual life experience other than greif.

and if the content was actually reflecting on his life in a meaningful way then sure i could let the cringe slide but it just comes off as whiny and ungrateful to me.

tldr eryn you are too good for the streamer men and i hope they're paying you buckets to be the only valuable team member who will be employed once this godforsaken fandom finally dies.

peace and love and genuine self-awareness to tom

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minecraft streamers’ obsessions with ai needs to be studied what the fuck is going on

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my theory is they are 1) dumb as bricks and 2) built their entire career off doing as little as humanly possible and gaming the system to get rich and be lazy for a living

#generalizationbutistandbyit

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would you guys be mad if i rebranded to a nsfw acc be honest.

Not at all but why not just make a new blog/sideblog?

answered this in prev reply but yes.... i could but making a new email is blargh

also omg lurkers? should i be active again be honest. idrc about ccs at this point but i do sometimes still listen to the tom and jack podcast so i could join the tommyinnit hate train that's going strong rn.

thoughts?