““Actually, that intent vs execution view makes a lot of my points better so let’s take the actual example from the discourse: The red festival.
From techno’s discord messages, as well as a few quotes here and there, we can gather that the intent of techno’s character during the red festival was as follows:
-unwarned about Wilbur’s ‘B-plot’, Techno goes to the festival under schlatt’s invitation and uses it as a reconaissance mission, to know the enemy better.
-Tubbo actively tells wilbur to activates the B-plot.
-during the speech, tubbo gets cornered and he is asked to go on stage. He gets nervous as things don’t go to plan.
-He tries to delay it, thinking Wilbur has a plan to get them out of here. He doesn’t.
-Techno possibly feels betrayed or used (which is a feeling that could lead on to nov 16th), and has to go along with schlatt as the crowd and the president pressure him, some of them having netherite armor, possibly ready to attack if he doesn’t listen which would out him as a spy too.
-He executes Tubbo, feeling regret and anger towards wilbur and tommy for not helping him, and now has to confront one or both of the two over the incident.
Alright! That’s a base line for what techno probably has in head. Some good stuff in here, some nice intent.
HOWEVER, let’s compare it to the execution. And I’m gonna be using Techno’s video:
-Asides from fundy, he is the only one wearing armor. (and fundy takes it off once he gets to the party) and later on punz.
-Tubbo did not say the code until Schlatt pressed on it. “Got anything else you wanna add? Is there anything else on the speech?” (meaning schlatt read the thing beforehand)
-Techno realizes they’ve been compromised way earlier he is asked to get on the stage.
-Niki was crying as she realized. Niki was clearly against the idea.
-Actively calls schlatt ‘mister president.”
(-seems to have been redconned, but apparently schlatt knew techno so that’s that.)
-”WAIT!” “WHAT??” “Schlatt, it’s a festival man.” “YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO TUBBO”. The whole crowd was against the execution.
-”Schlatt, he’s trapped, I think it’s good enough.” Quackity WAS AGAINST IT AS WELL.
(-also his little “wait, techno you’re gonna...?”)
-”I’m being subjected to mild ammount of peer pressure, tubbo.”
-man BURSTS OUT LAUGHING right after.
-Man fucking penta killed the whole crowd.
-then LEFT right after starting the mayhem, leaving everyone to go after TOMMY
-(Wilbur calls him “the blade” and he calls back in a friendly manner.)
-”You think you can destroy manberg without me?”
-laughs in tommy’s face as he’s angry.
-”Onto a new day, a new plot, to destroy manberg.”
-Techno, from this video, indeed didn’t seem to know about Wilbur’s plot. And he does try to ask him about it once at pogtopia. However, he then says that final quote, which implies he was in on the plan to destroy manberg on the festival. Contradictory statements, and we don’t know which one is true.
-Tubbo not saying the code until pressured makes the execution contradict the intent. However, it’s the execution that matters, and therefore tubbo didn’t try to kill techno.
-Techno listens to every of schlatt’s commands, which could be to not be outted as spy if... he was part of the country. And also didn’t already broke the rule of ‘no armor’ beforehand. The main pressure seems to come from schlatt. No other member encourages the president’s actions.
-the regret and conflicted feelings are.... innexistant. And so is his loyalty. c!Techno’s a great fan of “I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT THEM ALL FOR YOU!” yet when Tommy, his ally, pops in to takes the remains of tubbo. He just.... leaves. He willingly abandons them.
-Never apologizes to tubbo afterward or check if he’s doing alright/ready to continue the revolution. Instead, he focusses on beating tommy in the pit. (though cheered on and a bit pressed by Wilbur.)
Uhhhh Yeah. It’s messy. There is not ONE person to blame for the execusion. But to say Techno is this perfect little angel who always gets backstabbed and always tries to help only for this help to be one sided is..... wrong. Just flat out wrong.
