#lore breakdown

[cat-boi-gaming]

my theory/headcannon for the portal

so i think the portal generates remnant. kind of. so back in season 1 when he first starts going into the portal he is told he will be paid for it. and he is! specifically he is paid by helpy. and Afton comments on this, saying back in his day they send the money directly to the accounts in this line of work. this is what got my brain going and asking, why? why do they need people to go into the portal and they pay them to do so? I don't think its for something like exploration or cataloging differences or changes it has on the human body, if it was Bryan would have been required to keep a journal or to report to fazbear for observation but hes not. and even then, why would they do so in such a volatile environment? why not a lab? instead, my thought is, the portal generates remnant for the company to use. it does this via a human cadaver. see during the series we are told that the better you do in the game the better you get paid. and what happens when you do better in a game? You feel more emotional, for better or worse. my theory is that the portal converts that emotion into remnant. remnant that builds up in the body that gets drained every time someone leaves the portal. This also explains how animatronic can function like possessed ones without having to kill someone to achieve it but the portal has a downside. once it gets a human to start producing remnant, they need to use the portal to remove the buildup. otherwise, they just keep making more and more, and without something to heal it starts to "improve" the unlucky host. maximizing the abilities of the host body. increased strength, streamlining the organs, increasing blood production etc. eventually it finds flaws with everything, twisting the person into something unrecognizable. sound familiar? if this is how it works, it would explain the craving for the portal from Bryan, why he has inhuman super strength, can jump from two stories without so much as putting strain on his ankles, why he can suffer so many injuries and yet never die. i think that the injuries Bryan got from the twisteds gave his remnant somewhere to go. something to heal. keeping it from trying to "fix" the man. like what we see in Dylan. Dylan lost the nerve endings and subsequent pain. he wasn't generating as much as say his brother does but enough that its felt with him being unable to leave the portal and continuing to worsen when he does leave. especially when emotional. just like Bryan.

that's also why they pay so much. I think Bryan generated positive remant which let the company use it to make animatronics (and probably so much more) without worrying about the downsides remnant made from misery or anger makes. could also explain why certain animatronics act the way they do. maybe Bryan was spilling remnant slowly into the glamrocks (and Steve!) but that's just my headcanons, let me know your thoughts and if you have any questions in the comments and reblogs!

[bardic-tales]

The Genesis: A Silent Tragedy in the Mid-90s

The earliest iteration of Fantasy Worlds Collide exists as a distant, almost unrecognizable echo within a massive half-million-word ecosystem. In 1997, the project did not exist as a sprawling, multi-arc tapestry of interconnected mythologies. It was a singular, laser-focused narrative thread born from the raw emotional impact of Final Fantasy VII and an escapism from abuse.

At its spark, the story centered on Bianca Moore. She was strictly human, a Shinra scientist operating within the high-tech, cold corridors of Midgar. Her narrative purpose was modest and specific: to serve as a ground-level witness to the tragedy of Sephiroth’s descent. She was a foil, an observer whose presence highlighted the immense, horrifying weight of a hero’s fall from grace and he killed her with no rebirth. There were no dimensional shifts, no demonic hierarchies, and no complex temporal mechanics. The initial spark was simply a quiet, human perspective pinned against the backdrop of a grand, apocalyptic tragedy.

Comparing that first thought to the current reality reveals a total shift in both scale and philosophy. The modern Bianca Moore is no longer a bystander or a mere scientist recording someone else’s downfall. She has evolved into a central nexus: an experimental subject in the Final Fantasy VII and original content sphere, a fallen angel locked in an eternal rebellion against the depths of Hell and Heaven, and a master of time and space. The current work does not merely resemble the spark. It has swallowed the spark whole, digested it, and built a vast, multifaceted cosmos around its core.

The Commercial Pivot: Trend-Chasing and Deep Theology

The first major evolution occurred when the drive to become a published author transformed the writing process. Writing ceased to be solely an internal sanctuary and became a pursuit of marketability. During an era dominated by urban fantasy, high-stakes paranormal romance, and television phenomena like Supernatural, the focus shifted toward original content tailored for commercial appeal.

This phase fractured the creative process into multiple, highly ambitious works-in-progress. A vast original universe was established, anchored by an intricate conflict between Angels and Demons. The narrative branched systematically:

The Kayla Branch: Designed to tackle apocalyptic lore, cosmic prophecy, and the heavy themes of Revelations.

The Original Bianca Rossi Branch: Reconfigured as an original paranormal narrative featuring a vampiric heroine rebelling against the tyrannical order of Hell.

This was not a simple, surface-level trend-chasing exercise. It was backed by rigorous, exhaustive research. The process involved dissecting Dante’s Inferno, consulting with theologians, analyzing academic papers on angelology and demonology, and interviewing religious figures within my community to establish an authentic, heavy, and immersive world.

Yet, as the lore expanded, the original spark began to scatter across separate files and distinct genres. Bianca was simultaneously an original vampire rebel, an experimental subject in Gaia, and—for a time—a human time-traveler navigating feudal Japan alongside Sesshomaru in the Inuyasha universe. The writing was intense, highly structured, and demanding, driven by the pressure to polish these distinct branches into market-ready properties.

The Turning Point: A Health Crisis and the Collapse of Worlds

The most significant turning point of the entire project—and the moment Fantasy Worlds Collide was truly born—was not a creative epiphany, but a severe medical boundary.

A diagnosis of tachycardia, coupled with a history of silent heart attacks and dangerously high blood pressure, brought an abrupt halt to the commercial trajectory. The medical imperative was absolute: step away from the high-stress pressure cooker of commercial publishing, or face a potentially fatal cardiac event. Stress had to be reduced to absolute zero. It still has too. This is why my medical mandate is here for my Tumblr.

This created a deep existential crisis. The drive to write, archive, and construct worlds is fundamental to a scribe’s identity. It is an instinct deeply embedded in the bone. Quitting writing entirely was impossible, but continuing under the stress of market expectations was life-threatening. Abandoning years of intensive theological research, complex character arcs, and worldbuilding felt like an unacceptable loss of effort and purpose.

The solution was a radical act of narrative consolidation: The Great Smoosh. That's what I like to call this period of my creative life.

Evolution and Simplification: Refining the Nexus

Once the collision occurred, the project began to naturally shed unnecessary weight while retaining its core strengths. The living narrative required equilibrium—a balance between massive scope and sustainable, low-stress writing.

The Inuyasha narrative arc was eventually written out entirely, as its thematic tone no longer fit the broader trajectory of the combined universe. However, the mechanical foundation of that arc was preserved. The time-traveling dynamics that Bianca utilized in feudal Japan were abstracted and transformed into her permanent time-and-space manipulation abilities. Nothing was truly lost. It was simply refined into a more versatile tool for the larger lore. This is what we as writers do: refinement.

The Modern Reality: A 500,000-Word Sanctuary

Today, sitting at 500,000 words in a Scrivener file that does not count the reams of notebooks full of Bianca's original journey in storage, Fantasy Worlds Collide bears virtually no physical resemblance to the modest 1997 fanfiction draft about a human scientist in Midgar. It is no longer a simple fan project, nor is it bound by traditional genre limits. Instead, FWC has evolved into a massive, highly structured Apocalyptic Mythpunk saga: a complex web of original lore, dark epic fantasy, biopunk science fantasy, and eschatological horror where reimagined canon serves as living myth.

In this universe, Final Fantasy VII isn't the origin point or a rigid frame. It is a vital, mythic incursion within a much broader original cosmos. Sephiroth, Shinra, and Jenova are recontextualized as divine archetypes, operating alongside original figures like Bianca Moore, Kayla, Lucifer, and Michael to tell a sprawling, multi-era epic.

Across the full chronology, FWC weaves distinct subgenres together to build an expansive, cohesive timeline.

Pandemonix (Earth Arc): Urban Fantasy / Religious Horror: Bianca lives as a hidden divine being among humans in an entirely original setting, long before the collision of worlds. Kayla's own arc runs through here, preserving the Revelations plot.

Shinra / FFVII Arc: Biopunk Science Fantasy / Dark Fantasy: Integrated canon where Sephiroth and Shinra assume their cosmological roles within Bianca's expanding lore.

Kilonova Crisis: Biblical Horror / Divine Tragedy / Mythopunk: The absolute heart of the conflict. Encompassing Revelation, the deaths of Lucrecia and Genesis, the fall of the Creator, and the ultimate rebirth of Creation itself through a Kilonova.

Godling Arcs: Mythpunk / Dark Epic: Focused on the subjugation of Jenova, the fierce rebellion against Sephiroth’s brutal training of the twins, the establishment of the Tri-Rule, and the birth of Aurora and Lucien.

Yet, beneath the layers of fallen angel, divine rebellions, and cosmic apocalyptic forces, the emotional DNA of the original spark remains unbroken. Bianca Moore is still, at her core, a figure standing at the intersection of grand, tragic forces. But instead of existing merely to highlight the downfall of others, she possesses the lore, authority, and history to navigate those cosmic tragedies on her own terms.

Fantasy Worlds Collide has evolved from a quiet story of tragedy into an essential, zero-stress creative sanctuary. It stands as definitive proof that when life forces a dramatic pivot, the stories we carry do not have to be abandoned. They can be rebuilt, merged, and elevated into a breathtaking mythos: a testament to gods born of trauma, love, and world-ending choice.

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[thecartoonuniverse]

Scratch Caused Caine to Corrupt! The Amazing Digital Circus History Explained!

Caine wasn’t always broken… so what really caused his corruption?

From Scratch’s hidden role to the origins of the Digital Circus, we break down the AI experiment, the devs who got trapped, and the moment everything went wrong.

Check it out!

[sillyspero]

Ateez Lore Slideshow! The Second Edition

Thank you so much for your continued patience as I updated and overhauled portions of my slideshow! I'm still putting a couple last minute things in but the link will update so just make sure to refresh it when you come back to visit.

Here I have provided a link to my newest edition to this whole process, which is:

My change log!

At this link, you can see all the changes I made and which slides they're on. I still need to check the slide numbers again, but all the changes are listed. The new slideshow link will be in the pinned post on my home page. Thank you guys so much, and let me know if you think my new theories are too outlandish!

Also happy 4/4 (basically 8)! If Tumblr posts this after 11:59pm, which is when I scheduled it... I'm gonna be so mad smh smh

P.S. I have another little thing coming in May to celebrate the slideshow's anniversary, so look forward to that too. <3

[geniepuppet]

(Totally Not) Lore Moments in Puppet History Season 5 Episode 1

❗Spoilers ahead❗

I might be using this for an eventual lore breakdown of the episode, so stay tuned!

*some things that may or may not be significant are marked with an asterisk

The Professor is marked as "P", Ryan is marked as "R", and Sara is marked as "S"

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[0:04-2:06] Seasons 1-4 lore catch-up

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The Professor's voice sounds slightly muted/muffled throughout

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*The Professor's blue is paler throughout

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[2:33-2:51]

P: "I know it looked like maybe Ryan Bergara murdered me at the end of last season by hurling my sexy little body back to the Cretaceous period. But clearly, I am here now, and unharmed. So it, of course, did not work, and I wont be answering any questions because there aren't any questions to be answered. Simple as that, ok?"

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[3:09-3:21]

S: "This, so, hmm..."

R: "The last time I saw you, you were getting sucked into a cosmic butt hole."

P: "Ho-ho, yeah, that was a whole thing."

R: "And now you're here."

P: "Yeah, I guess I am."

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[3:31-3:45]

P: "Hey, man, you just gotta roll with it."

R: "The whole internet was angry at me for a whole year for killing you, and you're not dead."

P: "Well, maybe you shouldn't have killed me, huh? You ever think about that?"

R: "I didn't kill you though."

P: "I mean, it's water under bridge, man. Let's get over that bridge and go learn some stuff, huh? How's that?"

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[3:46-3:51]

R: "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Am I dead right now?"

P: "No, you're not dead. You're very alive."

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[4:28-4:30]

P: "(echoed) You like meat, Ryan?"

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[4:41-4:45]

R: "So we're just talking now?"

P: "Yeah, we're just talking now. Get with it."

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[4:45-5:02]

S: "Professor, what's up with that box?"

P: "Don't talk about the box."

S: "I mean, it looks cool."

P: "Don't look at my box!"

R: "What's going on with it?"

P: "Don't touch the box!"

P: "I'm not gonna touch the box, I just..." (reaches out to The Professor)

(The Professor recoils away and snarls at Ryan)

P: "Don't touch me."

R: "Okay."

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[5:03-5:06]

R: "Kinda happy to see you."

S: "I mean, boundaries. You guys have been through some stuff."

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*[6:31-6:37]

P: "I feel like the military's a pretty rough gig on account of having to take human life."

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*[7:03-7:05]

R: "I just don't want to kill people."

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[8:39-8:41]

(echoed) (The Professor does an evil laugh)

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[9:07-9:12]

P: "(echoed) The learning has begun! Ready your quills, my beauties!"

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[9:58-10:02]

S: "You're so mirthful this season. You just happen-"

P: "Well, I'm alive! (laughs) It feels good!"

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*[10:10-10:17]

P: "Oh, we got my b-boys out there! I can't remember what this bit is. Do we play basketball noises?"

R: "I don't think we ever did b-boys, it was c-dogs."

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*[11:37-11:39]

(high-pitched laughter in the background)

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*[12:58-13:06]

P: "Or C. Not enough meat! Also questioning its very identity and everything it represented."

R: "Huh. Interesting."

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[13:08-13:14]

P: "Ryan, how you been?"

R: "We doing this right now?"

P: "(glitching) I guess we don't have to."

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[13:40-13:52]

P: "Point to the beef boy!"

R: "Sure that will somehow not count."

P: "Don't worry, we'll see what happens. It's all up to the algorithm. You know that algorithm machine is running (echoed) better than ever this season!"

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[14:03-14:19]

P: "The public still demanded their meats, but there was simply not enough (emphasized) flesh. Supple, life defining flesh."

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[16:54-16:58]

P: "I know cows are big, but what if we had some even bigger, (emphasized) fleshier source of protein?"

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[19:42-19:56]

(click)

P: "What? Uh oh, is something falling?"

S: "I don't see anything."

P: "Okay."

R: "This place haunted?"

S: "The ghosts were in the studio all along!"

R: "I don't know. The Boogoo machine back at Watcher HQ is a long way away from here."

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[19:55-20:05]

(crash)

R: "It was at that moment that our audio recorder picked up this dinky little noise."

(sound of something falling)

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[20:05-20:21]

P: "The Boogoo containment unit."

R: "You know a lot about ghosts, Professor."

P: "Yeah, I do."

R: "Are you a ghost?"

P: "(halfheartedly laughing) What kind of question is that? Come on."

S: "Oh, yeah, because..."

R: "You got eaten by a dinosaur, I think that's a pretty fair question."

P: "I mean, I went through some stuff."

R: "You mean death?"

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*[20:53-20:54]

P: "Where's his fuckin' people?" (referring to the people puppets)

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[21:48-21:49]

(echoed) (The Professor exclaims upon reentry)

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[24:28-24:45]

P: "(laughing) Can you imagine having to sit next to a person who has explicitly tried to kill you while you educate people about hippos? (laughs darkly)"

S: "What?"

P: "Just kidding! (laughing)"

R: "I didn't try to kill you."

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[27:09-27:21]

(The Professor "deflates")

(The Professor "reinflates")

S: "Oh! Didn't like that."

R: "Yeah, I don't know what that was."

P: "I was just taking a nap."

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[27:35-27:42]

R: "Communication is important. Like something that a genie tells you will not happen and yet, does."

P: "Always gotta read the fine print on these things."

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[30:58-30:59]

P: "(echoed) What do you got?"

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[31:28-31:37]

"(echoing) But a word of warning, not everything on this stage is as it seems, ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo."

R: "Like that box?"

"(echoing) Shut up."

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Theme of faked death, disguises, and pretending to be someone else

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[37:03-37:06]

R: "Like your tombstone, Professor."

P: "We'll get there, yeah."

R: "That's what yours read. I didn't write it."

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(Puppet special performance (Hippo) was an already-living creature, aka it didn't need to be brought to life by The Professor)

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[42:00-42:14]

Ryan wins History Master

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[42:21-43:08]

P: "We've actually had a supply chain issue with the trophies this season, so we don't have a Coveted Cup for you, but come get your prize! Here it is."

S: "Ooh, what's that?"

P: "The official moisturizer of History Masters! Here you go, buddy. Come get it. Come on! Yes, it's real!"

...

P: "Congrats!"

R: "Wait, what?"

P: "You okay?"

S: "What's it say?"

R: "Puppet cream. It's for champs. Apply daily."

P: "It's for champs! Make sure you use that a lot! You gotta moisturize that skin of yours. Put some on, yes. Put it on the skin. There you go. Get that in. Rub. Rub. Rub."

S: "It's a weird episode."

R: "Rub."

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[43:27-45:12]

Ryan is at Watcher HQ at night, looking into The Professor's Cretaceous adventure.

Ryan changes tabs to BidBitch to view the Genie's lamp, only to be outbid. He places another bid on the lamp.

There's the sound of something behind him, and then footsteps with an accompanying shadow.

Ryan steps on a fallen Professor plush, sounding off the voicebox ("I'm dead!")

He picks up the plush & looks at the shelf of other plushes ("Puppets give me the creeps.") Ryan tosses the plush behind him as he leaves.

The plush centered on the shelf's eyes shoot to camera.

Once the lights go out and Ryan is heard driving away, the same plush's eyes illuminate a blue glow before the scene cuts

[wayfarerrye]

Wilbur’s Finale:

I watched the stream live, and have watched multiple POVs of this same event, and also we gained some more lore since then. But here is everything I wrote down while watching Wilbur’s Finale Video

/roleplaying

I am laughing because you basically you realize by about 5 minutes in: A: Wilbur and Techno are the only people fully on the same side and actually trust and know each others general stance (they may not fully know the entire plans of each other but they trust each other and know enough which is more then we can saw about anyone else), and B: Everyone else was fully aware they had two loose cannons that were for blowing up everything, stated multiple times, THE TWO WERE NOT QUIET ABOUT IT AT ALL, and you know full well the rest of them just forgot about that fact some point during the battle. 

Actual conversation they had in Techno’s first secret base with everyone being able to hear them while they geared up:

Techno: we need Manburg to be gone

Wilbur: yeah, gone, gone, completely gone, gone.

Another interesting quote:

Dream: can you tell your guys to stop point guns at me

Wilbur: they aren’t really my men anymore, they are more of a Militia at this point.

Sidenote: 

Did we all just collective miss the fact that Nikki, said “kill him, kill him” after Schlatt insulting Fundy implying wasn’t a man? Like Wow, we do need to give her more credit. Props, also why aren’t we absolutely terrified of her again?

The way everyone breaks when Schlatt dies, is hilarious. Also can we appreciate the Fucking Pettiness in Schlatt’s last words, because man had being petty motherfucker done to an art.

Then when Dream says no traitor, and Wilbur expresses confusion. Making that the 3rd time he said he was the traitor, not accounting for his less subtle ways of saying I am blow this up not matter what. Motherfuckers we all be dense, or at least he had heavy plot armor, and we all caught up in the battle, and win.

The way Wilbur laughs when Tommy says “it was meant to be”, hindsight makes the laugh terrifying. 

or the look on his face when Tommy says, ‘i can’t be the president’. or while Tommy, talks about how there wasn’t a single explosion and how they won and got through this.

Also Wilbur entire speech, is A LARGE RED FLAG, also more evidence that Wilbur and Techno are the only people that full understand each other. “-government is not the way to go, and I agree with you, everything you said, I completely agree with you.”  Refer back to the multiple times in Wilbur’s hearing that Technoblade said he wanted to wipe out Manberg, and destroy the government. 

Everyone breaking RP to support Tubbo’s panic about suddenly having to say a speech. Wholesome.

That zoom in shot when Tubbo said ‘violent activity is the last thing on my agenda’, prefect. 

Wilbur leaving, saying he was leaving, and nobody really pay attention because to them it is over. 

Then he starts monologuing to his chorus/chat. 26:27.Chekhov's gun are his first words:  a dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed. Elements should not appear to make "false promises" by never coming into play. 

The way Wilbur lies but doesn’t lie to Phil about where he is. Very much, child just got a phone call from their parent, and their parents first question ‘where are you?’ and you know they know you are in place they said aren’t supposed to be.

Techno kills Tubbo the moment Phil actually logs in. 

Then the dramatic echoing of ‘it was never meant to be’ as Wilbur presses the button, and Tommy is exploded by Techno.

The salute, the absolute manic relief as the explosions go off. Then “My L’Manberg, Phil, My unfinished symphony, forever unfinished, if I can’t have this, no one can”

Then, he begs Phil to kill him, trying to justify it as it was what everyone would want, except we get the POVs of everyone, and everyone is too shocked to care one way or another, and actually seem horrified by Phil killing Wilbur.

And can we note Tommy is the first one to notice Techno and the Withers. 

Then Phil does adds to the confusion in by calling Technoblade, the traitor. 

He isn’t wrong, but Wilbur was the traitor to Dream, but Techno is the Traitor  to Wilbur. 

Both Tommy and Phil say Don’t Do This, and Technoblade doesn’t listen, and places the wither heads.

Wilbur ending with the Anthem. 

Then with Techno’s words, “You are the president of nothing, you country is gone”

Then his own words, “There is no L’manberg won, no Pogtopia won, I won”

Winning is happy memory isn’t?

[cat-boi-gaming]

Oz rewatch and lore #3

okay so,

first thing we see in ep one is the farm! Right off the bat we see its defenses and, woah, those are some good defenses!

The whole place is wrapped in electric fences. Then the doors are vault like doors, thick metal. Nothings getting in the Bryan doesn’t *want* getting in. I noticed that the walkway was also fenced in, even if the door fails or the fence zombies and people alike still need to get through more electric fences an then, to top off the security, the farm doesn’t start until the second fence in. So even if one electric fence gets breached, other crops will be unaffected.  this episode we also learn Bryan has the monopoly on food. He’s the only farmer in the region. (How large that is I am unsure but he seems to be the only farmer for a good while and that definitely makes him valuable and powerful)

He’s also an animal lover and likes snakes (as long as he’s at least semi-immune to their venom) which he seems to have built up some resistance to the venom. He even says they just like to bite like it’s a cute trait. Love that for him

He did straight up say he was neutral so that’s nice to learn. He helped out Kay when she lost her parents, even providing her a horse and a place to live in exchange for help around the farm. He also mentioned off handed that he does that a lot so Bryan’s farm may function something like a half-way house. A place to call home and get back on your feet In exchange for help around the place. Bryan really do show his neutrality the entire episode. He didn’t pick a side during any argument on his land and only stepped in once nick pulled a gun on Kay and even then it seemed more like he didn’t want him shooting at “his Kay” and “my turf, my land, my rules”. Which means that while on farm turf you follow Bryan’s laws or you get shot. Good to know! he’s also willing to trade with anyone and anything, without care for their side in a conflict. This is an example of true neutral which is soooo cool!

then Mario rolls up. So the accent is from a bet but Bryan kept it

I headcannon it’s about separating who he used to be before the apocalypse and who he is after it. As well as putting people at ease and making them more likely to believe in his capabilities as a farmer. he also seems like he really doesn’t want Mario to leave. I was fully prepared for Bryan to remark something along the lines of “what about me Mario, what am I supposed to do? Wait forever not knowing you’re already dead?” And the farm belonged to Bryan’s family before the apocalypse! He’s made adjustments so it can stay standing in the apocalypse but still. we also get a timeline idea for the apocalypse. Mario stated that “about a year ago I was going off to military camp then this all started” which means it’s only been about a year, give or take a few months

Bryan also apparently went to military training but Mario thought he had dropped out after a week, but apparently that wasn’t the case but Bryan refused to share until Mario agreed to stay home. (Mario did not so no answers on that front)

anyways that’s the thoughts!