Smoshfessions

A new Smosh confessions blog since the other one disappeared. Posts are half set to a queue. ¦ Follow the rules.

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RULES - PLEASE ADHERE TO THESE. I DO NOT LIKE HAVING TO BLOCK PEOPLE.

No bigotry, no TERFs/TRFs, no MAGAts, and if you're still a fan of Harry Potter I'd prefer you didn't interact with my posts. That also goes for those who don't accept mspec identities, contradictory labels, and the split attraction model. Do not follow me.

Block the tag smosh negative if you don't wanna see anything negative. If you refuse to do so, that is on you and if you come to me to complain about it, I'm blocking you.

If you said WHY AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT XYZ you will be blocked because I'm done explaining to you that I discuss what comes in my inbox. You wanna discuss it, send an ask, or kindly be quiet about it.

I will not negatively discuss active blogs. Deactivated is fine to talk about because they can't get dog piled.

If your ask(s) never ever end up being posted, know that either it was too inappropriate, almost the exact ask I just answered, OR your ask disappears when I enter my inbox because you've previously sent something worthy of being blocked (which means you broke one of these rules badly enough to be blocked). I have had to block an unfortunate number of people for being downright cruel or deliberately breaking these rules.

If you use slurs in your ask, I'm blocking you immediately. If you can't say it without using a slur, don't send it to me. Ever.

Please check someone's tag to see if your question has been answered about them before asking me. I hate answering the same question multiple times and clogging a tag and the blog with the exact same answers.

If you're being an asshole, I'm going to point out your behavior is unwelcome. A person is still behind this blog. I have opinions as well and I like to have conversations with people about their opinions. If I have nothing to add or ask to what is sent, I will just post it with an x in the reply field. I ask that you do not complain about the fact that I respond to asks.

Please do not ever tone police me. I'm autistic and this is just how I speak. If I'm angry, you'll know. Someone speaking matter of factly and neutrally is not aggressive.

Stop getting mad at me for other people's confessions. I did not write them. I am just sharing them. Just because they're posted doesn't mean I agree with them.

I don't take kindly to accusations, especially baseless ones. This goes for everyone: if you're going to accuse me of something you better have the source to back it up. You're not going to bully me. This will get you blocked instantly.

NO PREGNANCY SPECULATIONS on ANYONE. NO SPECULATING ON THE CAST BEING IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER/WANTING TO HAVE AN AFFAIR. NO ED SPECULATIONS.

Stop with the bigotry.

Be respectful.

If you're going to come to me with news, please have something to back it up like a video I can go watch myself. I don't like hearsay.

When I say I will not be discussing something further, you need to respect that boundary.

No asks about astrology, thank you.

If you don't want to hear me talk to anons block the tag #not a confession

Please ask if there's any specific tag I appear to have missed or any trigger you would like me to tag.

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RE: person who said about Raven getting on SMOSH

Her on DYKYD with Trevor would fix me, Idk who they’d be put against but itd be so sweet

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Of ALL angela ships my LEAST fav is damangela but it's like the most popular one and I'm so so mad

And every angela ship I like is lowkey hated on :(

Write the stories you want to see in the world, friend. Make content for them, and fuck what everyone else thinks.

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Idk if she was just nervous or what, but during Uno Teams Emily gave me the vibe of someone trying to be interesting and fun, but failing miserably. It felt like that video was her actual audition (I doubt it was bc that’s not how it’s worked in the past) and it was awkward as hell.

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For those confused about what we mean when we say that Smosh is getting too “corporate”.

It seems as though they are equating “corporate” with “company” and that is not the problem here. Yes, Smosh is a company. So it Dropout. Smosh is “corporate”. Dropout is not.

Dropout creates whatever wild ass content they want without pandering to sponsors and including ads. I can’t speak for everyone else, but that’s the kind of thing I hope for with Smosh. For them to make whatever they want without worrying about being “brand-safe” and without having to play games they clearly don’t want to play just because some game company sent it to them.

It is very possible to be a company without being corporate.

Very concise explanation, thank you!

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when were the guests introduced as potential new cast though? that's what I was really trying to ask. sorry, I thought that was clear but maybe it wasn't. they were just introduced, by name. did someone from within smosh say "potential new cast" or are the fans saying that?

They are listed with the cast in the credits. They would be calling them guests if they were guests.

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people who complain about smosh going more “corporate” is baffling to me. smosh is a business. i guess it’s kinda related to parasocialism because it’s hard to see smosh as a company behind all those silly goofy videos but it is.

with their popularity at its peak they’re clearly trying to expand their brand: new CCO, new building, live shows, new castmembers. they have to pay for it somehow! and i bet thanks to all the sponsorships they were able to afford all that!

i agree with some people that their content began to feel kinda stale but i’m guessing it’s because of the move and them being in sort of the transitional stage between their eras of content. i hope new cast and CCO will give smosh a new creative push forward

That doesn't stop it from being a very corporate move that they've made.

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i would pay any amount of money to get raven on some smosh shows. she has plenty of experience making content and i just think it would be neat. her and trevor are so cute together and i think it would be fun

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Re: Smosh going corporate

They also have more ad reads in videos now. It used to only be two ads per Smosh Mouth video and maybe one or two every few Pit videos. Now there are 3-4 in SM and at least 1 in almost every Pit videos. Plus the aforementioned sponsored Games videos.

100%.

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Yall, smosh has BEEN corporate. They’re a company. Just because they get a lot of sponsors doesn’t mean they’re gonna turn into an emotionless corporation.

The heavily sponsored videos lack the usual spark already and I'm absolutely not the only one who has noticed. There's a reason this blog is full of that opinion.

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It’s kinda crazy to me that people think they’re trying to appease corporate sponsors more than they’re trying to dodge controversy with the fanbase. I mean yeah, they want to be advertiser-friendly, who doesn’t, but also this fandom is one of the more…aggressive when it comes to the actions of the cast. Anyone says anything slightly controversial, or has one bad opinion one time, or says a bad word once, they become pariahs and people just won’t let it go. No one should be surprised they’re sanding off even the slightest of edge at this point; this is more or less what this fandom wants.

By the amount of complaints I've both seen and received about the way smosh is moving, I would say no, it's not what a majority of the fandom wants. Most people like depth and nuance in things. The minority is just loud and obnoxious.

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Isn't Dropout the same level of corporate as Smosh or probably even more ? I don't see why everyone is saying it's a bad thing for them to expand or wanting to grow their business. Try guys did it too. They still provide quite a lot of content, throughout the week, which takes a lot of effort.

It is their content and their trying to appeal to advertisers that is corporate. Their content feels more and more stifled.

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My guess for new cast (if that is what they are doing) that will definitely stick is so far Eli and Emily.

After more time has passed, we will see.

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if the "new friends" are indeed possible new cast members, i think jared and eli have been pretty much locked in, since they've also had their "solo" videos. by this logic, i really hope guchi and emily also get to stay, bc smosh is in desperate need of more female cast members

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Idk why but genuine damangela shippers make me sad because whenever I see damangela content it just always looks like Damian has a crush on Angela while Angela is just there. Like they don’t even get good ship content 😭 but they’re convinced it’s an act (this is about people who genuinely think they’re together not about people who are just having fun).

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I think the games video today was much better than the last one with the new cast. There was more energy and more chemistry and honestly they selected a good game to play. Eli seems like a confirmed pick because he's very comfortable with Angela but also in the room.

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at least expand on why yall think Smosh is more corporate now?! I get being bored of some of their content but people are being so dramatic about a set of freakin YouTube channels.

I don’t think hiring new cast members equals going corporate. you can’t expect a company that employs this many people and makes that much money to just “wing it” in terms of assets and programming. to stay viable at the scale that it’s at and is building to you need to have a bit of corporate mixed in there. there seems to be a bit of change happening bts and I think it’s good for the longevity of the brand! I’m in the creative field myself and things can’t always be sunshine and rainbows and winging it in the long run.

I think Smosh fans have a completely misconstrued view of Smosh from their perspective vs. what Smosh actually is. I get not liking change but it’s getting ridiculous now with what fans are willing to complain about. If you want the company to still be successful and evolve with the times fans need to be a bit more open with change and things looking or feeling a little different. It is what it is

They're censoring themselves more and more on things like Reddit Stories, refusing to get into anything controversial the way they used to, for one. And two, they played months of games that were only sponsorships, which is a very corporate move for any company. As far as I know it has nothing to do with hiring new cast, which people have been begging for forever. It's the content itself. They are trying to appeal to advertisers more and more and more.