Now that I've been announced as part of the cast for BrokenBannerSmp I can introduce my character.
This is Gwyn. Found washed up on the island of Fairway when they were about five, they were taken in and raised as one of their own.
They grew up being told they were a human, if a little deformed when they were found. It was nothing that couldn't be fixed with the help of the island's healers, and they had a solid childhood spent running around with their peers, splashing in the shallows, and sailing boats in poor weather despite being told not to by the trusted adults.
Now twenty years old, they end up far from home with new friends, seeing a world they didn't know existed, with people who aren't human and magic.
I can’t sleep so it’s time to calmly rewatch Vsmp Pyro because that does not, in any way, have horrible effects on our emotional wellbeing
Episode one yayyy
Pyro being so desperate to enjoy the adventure, ow ow ow
Not over the way Owen sounds defensive when Pearl asks if he can swim
Pearl is so incredible in this smp I forgot she walks in like “yeah my entire family died I need a new place to live :(” and NOBODY thinks she might be a vampire. Unbelievable.
Ah yes Pyro the poorly maintained trails is exactly what you need be concerned about
Pearl and Owen’s relationship early in the smp is so good, love them so much
Saw Legs and choked I forgot we can’t stop the bleeding rrrrggghh unwellness help button
“Oh I’m Pearl, and I lost my entire family, and now I’m goin’ be living in a new place, a new life.” WHY DID NOBODY SUSPECT HER
“That’s a lot of a trauma dump.” “You asked!” “I didn’t I just walked over.” “I like it we feel close already.”
“I don’t know anything anymore.” You don’t Pyro, you really don’t. You won’t for the rest of the series
Martin, who just made up his last name: Well I think [Ren]’s lying who’s called doghurst
“I spent a lot of time watching the farmers.” “I bet you did.” Cleo can do no wrong ever and I love them
“I’m not evil. Probably.” After nonlethally staking someone is still my favorite dialog from episode one.
Pyro announcing “we did it” when Shelby walks up as he kills a skeleton my babyyyy
“How fairs the construction over here?” “It goes well!” “I’m going to lose it.”
“One cooooal. Thiiiviiing.” Apo is here because she needs to be and I love it.
“Fell the whole forest” is a beautiful reaction to seeing pale oak but I need to know the character development we missed that made him so passionate about getting revenge when a certain forest is burned…
Asking himself what he learned so far my BABY [screeching]
Owen’s indignant reaction when Pearl questions his navigation skills needs to be highlighted
“If you die I’m not gonna come looking for you.” Adding to the list of reasons Pearl should’ve been sussed as a vampire we missed so many opportunities
“Then when I go missing they can all blame you.” “Yeahhhhh :D”
“I’ll know [vampires] when I see it.” Pyro says, walking out into the woods with the only two vampires in town.
“I’m so hungry..” “I have some berries :)” MY BABY BOY
I feel so sick my dumb idiot baby
I’m only now noticing his hunger was too low to run. Oh hun..
I love seeing people post about their ocs or do rp blogs
The AI can never replace the fans that play their favorite characters but with an internet connection.
It’s just so charming to see. Like walking down the street and seeing people playing a game that they’re taking really seriously and you can tell they’re having a great time
I love seeing people make aus of the characters that they’re normal (“normal”) about and seeing the characters develop beyond what they were originally and even if they change into something that isn’t recognizable compared to the original media you can still see their heritage in the little things
I love when people fall adore a media enough to expand on it, to explore it themself and fill it with their own ideas
“We think something tried to eat him, poor thing.”
So I saw this post
And now I present to you the au where after being turned a very mangled Legs flies out of the Horrors and right in to a window, ending up at some animal rehab place (We’re ignoring the time limit on the bat form for this)
“Yeah someone called for us at that apartment complex and we found this little guy. We think a cat got him or something, poor baby.”
Would be such a shame if it turns into an “oops! All bats” situation and the rehab ends up with Owen too. He spends the first few months in quarantine because the staff is convinced he has rabies but I’m sure him and Legs end up at least within shouting distance of each other.
My incredible lore explanation is that the beacons all got turned by a locked in and very scary Abolish (with the help of the remaining humans but he carried) and it traps all the vampires as bats.
Shelby, Drift, and Scott were also stuck as bats but they don’t end up at the rehab because Scott was just like, Mildly Offended but they have eternity to fix it, whatever, this is fine, and him and the girls still end up in New York, just as bats.
Cleo gets stuck as a bat but gets to stay with half-werewolf Pearl and Oscar so they’re relatively fine.
day two's prompt for the VSMP Bat Conservation Event was "Fledgling" so of course I had to do more fledgling Avid au! Owen is a common vampire bat and Avid is a long-eared myotis.
Did you know there are three species of vampire bats? Common, hairy-legged, and white-winged! Common vampire bats are also extremely social!
Gonna switch up the charities each day, so today's is Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation!
i have made a new au entirely because i really like the. five minutes where Doc is pretending to be a vampire and Avid is pretending to be human and they're working together and i wanted More Of That. Owen is also here. because it amuses me.
If you are unfamiliar with Tofu, please read this post or watch this playlist about the snake who hates Markiplier.
tl;dr- under the Markiplier gif.
From the videos you can see she tries to figure out what is upsetting Tofu, and found that it's not just streamers, or just his voice, or the stream. This specific snake
He does not like Markiplier specifically which is demonstrated by him squaring up with Mark, striking, and tail buzzing at him. He recognizes Mark specifically as a scary threat.
Animals have been shown to recognize human faces, and Tofu's reaction to Markiplier's face (and only his face as shown by the printout) is strong evidence that he recognizes Mark's face and differentiates him from other faces. With crows, they've been shown to hold grudges and have that grudge extend to other crows.
So Tofu has a negative association with Mark, and specifically Mark. The question is why? My theory is: perceived threat after a perceived dangerous situation. Some have theorized Tofu was mistreated by someone who looked like Mark- if they were while in his keeper's care she'd know. If it was his breeder, he'd more likely be afraid of all humans and need to first get over this negative perception (basing this on how Sakura reacted with massive trauma that took years for her to overcome, and to this day she's still jumpy. A breeder doesn't socialize their snakes so they'd only know humans to be abusive before being adopted, and his current keeper would very much notice that terrified trauma behavior to herself.)
One thing important to know about snakes is they are not only capable of learning from each other, but are protective of each other. I've seen this with my girls interacting with each other (yes snakes have friends and remember their family), learning from watching the other and copying her actions, as well as behavior I've observed on the Rattlecam with wild snakes. Adult snakes teach younger snakes, as well as are protective of them- even if they aren't their own babies. A female was shown on the rattlecam watching over a group of slitherlings that were obviously not her offspring as she was heavily pregnant. IIRC that same female ushered babies to safety after a hawk attack before worrying about her own safety. I've seen it in person as well with my girls, who have shielded each other from perceived danger, and scoria also squared up to something scary in the hall as though she were protecting me. And when it left she immediately went back to being relaxed and cuddly and happy. Snakes have friends that are snakes. It's an outdated belief snakes cannot bond with their keepers, as many do and seek them out for attention. These observations of snake behavior are part of what play into my theory basis.
So what could Mark himself have done? If you watch streamers you'll know Markiplier is known for playing jumpscare games with his FNAF let's plays being some of his most well known. Tofu's owner knows Markiplier, and is actively watching Markiplier with Tofu. More than likely she regularly watches Mark, has watched jumpscare videos, and had Tofu around while doing this.
It's a reasonable assumption. And if Tofu's keeper reacts to Mark's jump scare videos by flinching, looking frightened, or making frightened sounds, it's quite likely Tofu's sees Markiplier is involved every time... and blames Mark. Seeing his keeper get startled, Tofu doesn't understand it's a fun video or that humans enjoy being jumpscared (honestly I don't think I could explain it to him either) so he's learning from his human that Markiplier is a scary threat.
And from Tofu's point of view? He's right! Markiplier is a regular threat that not only (probably) scared his human, but regularly appears to stare him down and even went after him in his own home! And when his keeper scolds him? It's likely the same misunderstanding that dogs have when their owners yell at them to be quiet- they think the human has joined in! Clearly his keeper is joining him in being upset at Mark!
So in Tofu's mind? Mark is a diabolical threat to his family's safety that he must defend them against, and they are united with their keeper in their efforts to drive away that scary scary guy. You are very brave Tofu, and we are all very proud of you.
I got dragged into the VSMP fandom by @itsayoyooo and I do not forgive them for it <3 /j
CW for unsettling images + blood, if you have not watched the later parts (ep. 6 and up) yet, please don't click on "keep reading" and instead watch the episodes first. THEN you can look! Matter of all, watch the entirety of vsmp first if you haven't already. its so worth it, I prommy.
First of all, my Demon/Beast!Avid interpretation because in my eyes he is not dead but just a little guy :) His death fucking hurt me so much. I cried my eyes out and needed a minute afterwards. Jesus fuck man. Thats my blorbo you just killed. (I stole the idea from beast!avid from @/icantwearpatienceimwearingpants)
