#aphmaudiscourse

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Quick sketch after a terrible week

The new Aphmau video was insane and I have many thoughts

I honestly think the situation happens in a another universe/timeline where Aphmau is still stuck in her mind under the influence of the forever potion. I don’t think this is what’s happening in her mind during the actual events of season 4. Rather this is a different Aphmau reliving the events of season 4 in a nightmare while under the permanent forever potion.

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“Aphmau’s new boyfriend”

Drew this moment that made me so deeply uncomfortable I had to stop the video and scream for a bit.

Genuinely I was not expecting to have such a visceral reaction to that scene upon rewatching it but it makes me feel so ugh.

CW/TW: Stalkerish? behavior and venting below:

I felt compelled to draw this scene bc I went through similar things in high school. My ex would follow me around and would end up standing super close behind me a lot. I would keep moving but they would continue to follow me and invade my personal space. It’s part of the reason why I dont like back hugs and why it makes me uncomfortable when men stand behind me. To see Ein invading her space made me super upset bc I saw myself in that situation and then I instantly hated him from then on

Same goes for Ein spreading rumors she’s his girlfriend because my ex would lie and tell people that we slept together.

So yeah, I see myself in Aphmau a lot and despise (Mystreet) Ein.

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It’s wild rewatching PDH and seeing Aphmau just casually being racist to Werewolves and Meifwas

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Fuck it, Aphmau sexuality headcanons

Aphmau: Straight

Aaron: Demisexual

Nana: Bi with a preference for men

Katelyn: Bisexual

Travis: Bisexual

Zane: Asexual

Lucinda: Lesbian

Garroth: Bisexual

Laurance:Pan

Dante: Straight

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Aphmau Mystreet they could never make me hate you

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Ugh the age gap in PDH makes me so uncomfy. I’m wrapping up season 1 and it’s so weird how the senior/freshman dynamic isn’t just there, but it’s also actively emphasized. Aphmau and Aaron frequently banter about how’s she’s so immature and not like an adult at all. There’s jokes about how she doesn’t even know about intercourse and still thinks babies come from storks. Also the whole thing with “marking” her as the alpha without her consent is so strange???

It isn’t even vital to the story. There are so many ways to tweak this. Aphmau’s already coming back from being homeschooled so she doesn’t need to be a freshman to establish her being new to the school. Make her a sophomore/junior and keep Aaron as a senior. OR keep her as a freshman and make Aaron a sophomore/junior that gets taken out of school for controlling family reasons. You could even keep the grades the same and Aphmau’s crush on Aaron, but not have Aaron reciprocate, and instead just be thankful to have such a good friend. The current version of PDH just romanticizes an unhealthy and immature dynamic

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I politely disagree with people who’re now saying that Aphmau’s new video shows what Aphmau experienced under the influence of the forever potion in Emerald Secret. It personally just doesn’t make sense to me.

First of all, I’m pretty sure Lucinda says that they were all perfectly aware of what they were doing under the influence of the potion. For me, that statement would make sense to mean they were all aware of what they were doing and what was going on, they just couldn’t control their bodies. They were watching, trapped, unable to act.

Honestly, that concept of being frozen and trapped is a lot more horrifying to me then the Silent Hill Nightmare thing. It’s because the character under the potion lose their autonomy. They’re fully aware of what they’re doing but they have no choice but to watch.

It would also make more sense narratively if all characters under the forever potion were fully aware of what was going on. It adds to guilt Zane Aphmau and Lucinda feel about hurting the ones they love. It would make them question their autonomy, if they’re really in control of their own lives and actions. It also ties in to the themes of When Angels Fall, because in that season Garroth and Katelyn lose their autonomy in the same way.

Also, you’re going to have to hear me out, but it also relates to themes in Minecraft Diaries, specially Aphmau as a reincarnation of Irene. It’s called into question whether Aphmau is a separate person from Irene, whether she’s destined to follow the same path as Irene, etc. Also the whole part in MCD Season 3 about Irene taking over her body to kill that one lady which is reflected again in MS Season 6 where Aphmau and Irene interact again.

These examples all kind of fall under the same themes of autonomy and destiny and freedom to make your own choices.

Moving on, this is why I think it doesn’t make narrative sense for Aphmau to have been experiencing the nightmare while under the potions effects during the events of MS Season 4. In the new video, while in this nightmare Aphmau still has the ability to act, she’s just experiencing a warped sense of reality. It clashes with the idea of her being aware of what’s happening in reality, because in this case she doesn’t. She gets flashes to reality but I wouldn’t call that “being aware” of what’s happening.

Which is why… I think the new video takes place in an alternate universe.

I’m rusty on lore but I’m like 90% sure Aphmau confirmed on a livestream that every roleplay takes place in an alternate timeline/universe. That’s what Void Paradox is about; Laurance from MCD gets stuck in a different universe (Mod Mod World?) This multiverse is collapsing? Or experiencing some kind of decay through the void.

Anyways it just makes more narrative sense for the new video to take place in another universe where Aphmau didn’t break free from the potion. She’s stuck in her own mind, unable to process the reality around her due to the trauma of losing her autonomy. In her mindscape she still has the ability to act and she lives through a twisted version of the events of MS Season 4. In this universe, she’s has autonomy, and she’s not the “evil one”. But the truth keeps seeping in. She has green eyes in the mirror. She hears Aaron’s voice come through. The pyramid head guy who was chasing her the whole time wasn’t trying to kill her. He was trying to save her. She’s the bad person. Her mind just was trying to convince her otherwise.

Idk if any of this made much sense but oh well.

Please reblog/comment with any of your own thoughts! I would honestly love to hear any analysis or opinions even if I might disagree

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Genuine question, I’ve seen so many people call Aaron a supersenior, or 19, but I can’t find any evidence for that? I tried looking through PDH for evidence but the only thing I could find was that he transferred from military school.

This is in no way trying to downplay the gross age gap in PDH, it doesn’t really matter whether Aaron is 18 or 19, it’s still wrong.