Alright. If you're seeing this, you either are following me and seeing this naturally on the dash, have just clicked my blog, or are stumbling over from Ao3. Let's do real intros real quick.
Hi! I'm Res (she/him), and I'm a long-time fic writer and cosplayer. I've been doing both consistently since 2013 for a wide variety of fandoms; current focuses are the Blackrock Chronicle, KirbyCraft: Dawnlight, Danger Days, MCR's Long Live the Black Parade tour, Critical Role Campaigns 2 and 4, Whitepine, and my own D&D campaign! I've written extensively for DSMP in the past, and have done some work in the Arcane fandom as well. I follow from my main blog @crimewizards - this is primarily my writing and MCYT blog. All of my work is focused on the characters rather than the creators and always has been.
Work Highlights:
Shake the Shadow - Arcane, currently unfinished, 46.8k - Jayce accidentally travels back to just before the explosion that destroyed his lab, altering the timeline and doing his best to fix things.
Look at the World So Close (And I'm Halfway To It) - DSMP, finished, 68.8k - c!Tommy-centric Tangled AU, with Tommy as Rapunzel. Written during DSMP fandom's peak.
bring a little rust, slow the gears - DSMP, one-shot, 16k - One of my favorite works I've ever done. Canon divergence, c!Eret-centric, in which Eret finds Tommy after his escape from Exile and does her best to help him out.
More stuff under the cut!
Zine Work
Minecraft, Academia, and Roleplay: A Review on Prior Literature - part of the @mcytmetazine. I was also an analysis mod and A/V editor for the project's YouTube videos.
Enderborn: Inside Zoey Pro’s Momentous Return - for the @mcyt-couture-zine, with accompanying cosplay.
Grief as a Blanket (collab with oceantides) and (Falling From) A Different Sky - for the @morningstarzine.
Dragons and Fighting and Knights — Oh My! - for @mcytparkzine
Beta editor on the first run of @hotguycomiczine, editing mod for @mcytqueerzine
Event Work
Whumptober 2025
Whumptober 2023
General, uncollected event works
Other Stuff
Long Live the Black Parade Wiki - So I'm the head admin for the LLTBP wiki! Go check it out!
Uh. So yeah. I got distracted and forgot where I was going with this. Anyway. Thanks 4 reading, check out my work, okay love u bye
One of the most common reasons given for boundaries (and subsequent boundary policing) is the idea that cc's see themselves as their characters and it makes them uncomfortable in some way. Sometimes this is made explicit (such as luanne + kyleff) and other times it's the clear background implication (pyro). There's a term in broader rp space for this concept called "character bleed" (<- blog post describing it w/ some academic articles) and its usage in the context of boundaries is complete bs
I think graecie (in her discussion on stream and on tumblr) unpacks the idea that managing bleed is on the audience really well! I also think it's a shame that, despite this, she's never used as a "good example" when talking about boundaries. So, I'm talking about her and why other people should too
Here are some quotes from when graecie clarified about her post further on stream:
"When I bring up character bleed or how our brains differentiate- or-or. Our brains are unable to differentiate fake emotions from roleplay to real emotions in real life and how, like, your brain treats those emotions that you feel the same way. I don't ever want that to be misconstrued as I'm putting that responsibility on the community to prevent us from getting character bleed, or prevent us from struggling with those things. That's not it." (22:40)
(Small note that the use of "us" is super notable here! This is something that (should) apply to all creators, not just graecie)
"When I brought [character bleed] up in the past I think it might've been misconstrued as me blaming the community or, not blaming the community but expecting the community to be responsible for preventing that and that's never what I mean. Whenever I bring it up it it just, I think it's something creators in the mcr space— in the mcrp space are unaware of, um, because it is so new. Safety tools, uh, self-care in roleplay, all of that is relatively new to the mcrp space, uh, and I don't think a lot of creators understand the impact that playing a character live non-stop can have on their mental. And like, how they— how they view that character as more of themselves." (23:45)
"It-it can be stressful to navigate but that's also, it's on me to navigate, which is what I've been doing. Um, it's not on anyone who engages with my media to navigate for me." (25:10)
This is already (somehow) leagues above every other creator who thinks it's on their (mostly underage) fanbase to regulate their own emotions! What's most interesting to me in this stream + graecie's subsequent posts is that she's clearly interested in spreading this idea outside herself. In a recent(ish) tumblr post she detailed some of the consent/safety tools she introduced on the flight and on stream she mentioned:
"I've been slowly trying to introduce more dnd safety tools into the mcrp space. I did a character, uh, like safety and consent checklist form for the flight for everyone to fill out... it's absolutely, it's on the other people you play with and the gamemasters but it's not, I-I would say it's not on the community who is consuming the content you create to be aware of and prevent [character bleed]." (25:30)
"And, I'm there for my friends if they're going through it, I've got resources for that." (27:09)
You'll notice that it didn't take some huge controversy for graecie to change her opinion, just some self-reflecting and actually listening to the community. Here's her establishing a dni tag and talking about it on stream
That other people (the ones ppl usually point to as good examples) had such a public turn-around and have done nothing to actually change the culture which encourages boundaries brings their motives into question. It's an issue that "changed" creators get to respond to their co-workers insane boundaries by saying "I do respect other creators boundaries cause its their preference" and get uncritical praise. The only reason we see boundary discourse come up so often is bc ppl who are "okay about boundaries" aren't willing to challenge the overall culture in mcyt that endorses that behavior. An unwillingness to challenge even basic ideas such as "the rules that inspire harassment are good" and "my emotional regulation is the job of the audience" makes me wonder if opinions have actually changed or if creators are just searching for fandom brownie points. If creators who "figured it out" were interested in more than just themselves I don't think this discourse would be happening every other month
I mainly just think there are better examples of "boundaries done right" than the names ppl usually throw around. Especially when graecie's a marginalized creator who (lbr) probably deals w/ a lot more fandom weirdness than the (mostly cis and het) men that ppl talk about :). That she didn't require some explosive discourse also proves this is a topic of discussion because these mindsets are so normalized
how it feels surviving the smplive dsmp twitter boundary warriors panopticon era as a middle schooler and now being an adult watching the same shit continue to happen over and over with the rise of new ccs who don't understand fandom is not for them
in this age of boundary discourse being back or whatever can we have some more bisexuality please. can we have more shipping all directions all genres and forms. polyamory qprs romance friends with benefits undefined third things can we celebrate attraction and also love. *hiding my pfp behind my back* like for no specific reason tho
During my time in mcyt fandom, I've watched as the fandom's perception of creator boundaries has grown and shifted into a cornerstone of our fandom, and yet we don't actually have any good data on how the fandom as a whole perceives them outside of discourse posts.
The goal of this unofficial study NOT to make a value judgement on whether creator boundaries should be respected - it is to understand how the fandom currently perceives and interacts with them.* Is respecting creator boundaries important to you? Has your favorite creator made a boundary list or spoken about it on stream? Do you find some boundaries acceptable and others not? Have you ever been the target of hate for engaging with boundary-breaking content? Whether you think boundaries should always be respected or you think they're being used as tools of censorship, I want to hear from you. What are boundaries, and why do they matter so much to us?
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This survey is a mix of multiple choice and optional long-response questions. It should take about 15 minutes if you’re only doing the required questions, and much longer if you choose to answer the optional questions.**
If you are able, please reblog and share this survey link around. Feel free to post it on any platform, as I am currently only on Tumblr, which is not representative of the fandom as a whole. In fact, I’d love it if it reached Twitter. The more responses, the more accurate the results will be for the whole of mcyt.*** Anyone in mcyt spaces, including creators, are welcome to take the survey to share their thoughts. However, I ask that for the comfort of content creators and the spirit of good fandom etiquete, please do not directly share the survey with any creator or post the link in any creators’ official communities. Thoughtful discussion is always valued over reactionary comments.
The survey is set to close at 11:59pm EST on August 1, 2026 - I may extend this date if there is still a high volume of responses coming in, or if there aren’t enough responses yet for meaningful data. I will aim to publish the results within a month of the survey’s close, and keep you updated on the timeline if that’s not feasible for any reason.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped beta this survey- you all gave such wonderful suggestions! I wish I could’ve kept every question, but in the end a lot needed to be cut to make this manageable. Please know that I appreciate every one of you, as this survey would not exist today without you.
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* Why I think this data is important to collect: The idea for this survey came to me almost a year ago, and I started developing it around February of this year. I’ve spoken with dozens of people about this topic with diverse opinions, read and catalogued hundreds of tumblr posts, rewatched streams and videos by creators and fans, and watched as opinions have shifted across fandoms in real time. I feel extremely confident in saying that every person on every side cares deeply about respecting others and creating safe, welcoming communities in all mcyt spaces. Where they differ is on how to show that respect, which kinds of expectations they think are reasonable in different spaces, and beliefs on how those in power should be using their influence. I don’t expect this survey’s results to fundamentally change anything - this debate has been going on longer than mcyt has existed. But I think it’s still important to analyze the actual arguments people are making and how they affect our communities, instead of focusing on expected behavior from others based on our own values, so we can see the varying expressions of humanity in each other and work towards a better future for our fandom. I don’t think we’re as different as the discourse may have us believe.
** This survey is designed to encourage all participants to think critically about their position and the effects it has. I am aware that I have my own personal biases, so I have taken steps to ensure that the survey is as bipartisan as possible and also gives participants the opportunity to explain their answers for every question if they feel the need. Because of this, there may be questions that make some participants uncomfortable. While I would appreciate knowing why a question has made someone uncomfortable, participants are always free to skip such long-response questions.
*** I’m well aware that any recent discourse on this topic may skew results if arguments on one side are more successful than another in convincing fans of a particular position. I still think the data will be valuable even with a potential skew.
i think it's funny when a character is almost exclusively referred to by their last name by other people and this carries over into their internal monologue when someone writes from their pov. not even on a first name basis with herself
Boundaries have a right to be enforced in spaces outside the boundary setter's private or cultivated spaces. (DEFINITIONS BELOW.)
(RPF EXCLUDED, Characters/Story Only)
Yes
No
Yes: Nuance Below
No: Nuance Below
Voting ended onJul 11
Boundary: A restriction on content or material in order to adhere to someone's comfort level. IE a character only able to be portrayed in a manner the creator/author/actor pre approves of. Character cannot be displayed or implied to smoke cigarettes, for instance.
Another example may be an author not wanting fan-works to be created of their works at all.
Examples of Private/Cultivated Space: Source material wikipedia page, creator/author's community discord, events such as in person conventions and meet and greets with the boundary setter.
Examples of public/fandom spaces: Social media sites, private fan community discords, zine coordination threads, private blogs, physical material shared through mail or hand gifted to other fans.
(Side definition, RPF: 'Real Person Fiction'. Depictions made using the likeness and identity of a real person, with or without consent from the depicted party. Examples: A story about the Beatles going on a road trip. A comic strip about your high school math teacher getting tied to the rail road tracks.
RPF is not being discussed in this poll.)
(All reblogs are appreciated, I would like as large of a multifandom reach as possible.)
"average mcrp fandom can survive multiple shipping bans and fandom overreach attempts from creators" factoid actualy just statistical error. average mcrp fandom collapses and dies from one (1) shipping ban and creator overreach. DSMP, which somehow survived nearly every creator banning shipping and most popular tropes like it was on some kind of fandom steroids, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
1) Make sure shipping fics are appropriately labelled.
2) Ignore things with those labels
3) If you have problems with 1 or 2 which are things you can control, do not post a diatribe on the main tag telling people that they are gross and disgusting and they should leave the main tag, because that is gross and disgusting.
It’s sickening to come into this place and seeing people hating others because they do something harmless you don’t like. I am embarrassed that this is representing Hermitcraft fandom. I have no control here, I cannot stop you but the shaming has to stop.
the way the internet has eroded the barrier between creator and fanbase sucks beyond words and while most discussion of this puts the focus on the parasociality aspect i do think its equally if not more important to point out that most if not all creators would benefit greatly from logging the fuck off
Niki | Nihachu (MCYT) vs. Lwaxana Troi (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Niki | Nihachu
Lwaxana Troi
Voting ended onJul 5
Propaganda below the cut:
Niki | Nihachu
Reduced constantly to "the girl," or a girlboss/Girlfailure by people who think theyre appreciating her without giving her any interiority. Tried to kill a guy one time, didn't succeed, treated as evil by the fandom forever about it when male characters did that all the time no problem. God forbid women do anything.
Lwaxana Troi
Every man I know who’s into Star Trek thinks she’s the most annoying character ever. They’ll say that there’s oodles of evidence to support this (as they always do) and just point to writers being misogynistic when they’re imagining older women. I typed ‘Lwaxana Troi analysis’ into YouTube and 2/3 of the first results were yeah she’s awful with the other being like Maybe she isn’t that bad ?🔍
She’s a hoot! This is an older woman who loves her body and isn’t ashamed by having a sexual nature (tng is 1980’s so that’s still something for the time). She’s strong willed and will keep true to herself even when that means she’s going to have to be alone.
If you can't bear anyone else playing with the toys you make in ways you don't specifically approve of, don't be a toymaker. Once they're out in the world, in other people's hands and governed by their imaginations, they will do things you didn't intend. They will bury the toy in sand, or they will make the toys kiss, or they will draw all over the toy in permanent marker.
If someone is mailing you pictures of the assorted ways they've destroyed your toys, that's weird and you can and should ban them from doing so. If you're collaborating with other toymakers professionally, it would be perfectly reasonable to ask them to interact with your toys publicly in proscribed ways- that is both a professional business arrangement and a genuine one-on-one relationship.
But the toys themselves aren't yours anymore.
Everyone who sees a performance or movie or stream has a sliver of the idea of that character in their head, and you don't get to tell them what to do with it once it's there. That isn't how telling stories works; it's never been a right anyone could claim.
the thing about the renowned work of fiction known colloquially as "mangoball" is that it's so so good it's an incredible work of fiction but it's also... well. it's a minecraft youtuber rpf social media au
shipping a consensual, safe & sane pairing all the while i'm shaking my head in disapproval so the audience knows i still love wildly toxic abusive fictional dynamics
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