#pausetho

[megabuild]

theyre blushing 🥰

[shadexxxx]

Remember when Pause told Etho to “use his words” in a super patronizing voice?

I think about that a lot.

[boobiesucker34]

wanna be boy best friends

[megabuild]

this isnt about the ask game but i need you to tell me more about your take on pausetho. i just binged starblight desert and theyre the worst /aff what do you have to say about them

the fact you've specified starblight desert is really interesting to me because not only it is a team canada series but it's also the most recent team canada series- which isn't a bad thing to be clear, because pausetho is eternal and forever, but it interests me because i think pause and etho's dynamic changes a lot in a way that i wouldn't consider applicable to other ships of his that have that long and ongoing history (eg. ethubs, beeftho).

when i think of pausetho i think. the two of them are fundamentally quite lonely characters. full disclaimer that i'm far from #educated on their respective mindcrack povs because i haven't watched them in a hot minute, but. etho is extremely lonely often through choice, especially imo with the way i interpret his time on mindcrack as being shortly after all the 404 nonsense on the lp (tldr he has just went through the most traumatic experience of his life and learned most of what he remembers prior is probably fabricated). etho is also known for his masks and during mindcrack i think a big one was being this very respected and almost famous guy.. a lot of it was in jest ofc but like he's Thee Etho's Lab! this in addition to the fact that he's sort of intimidating in the same way he was in 3l+ll because his uhc rankings were pretty solid.

meanwhile pause is also lonely but imo in a different way. because etho is a guy who chooses loneliness to avoid the eventual hurt that comes from connection whereas pause is a guy who chooses connection time and time again but never really properly connects. hes a lot harder to analyse so forgive me because i also have to tread the dreaded rpf/fiction line here and start pulling from examples most people wouldn't consider due to it being Too Real (also i dont care because its complicated but anyway) one thing that always sticks out to me is the various mindcrack podcast episodes where he ends up being outspoken? i dont have any actual numbers on hand but i Def remember it in regards to like, discussions of female gamers and gamergate and the like and pause often being the one guy to speak up and be like This is shitty actually. that in addition to some far more complicated things i dont have the words to get into right now eg. being the guy on the gayest straight server ever who is actually bisexual But anyway. my point is that among mindcrackers pause to me is in a weird situation where he certainly fits in very well but simultaneously sticks out like a sore thumb in ways he cant really do anything about without massively compromising himself, so despite not being lonely in the same way etho is, there is a certain Something there.. sorry this makes zero sense but this ask has been sitting in my drafts for like a week and im desperate to get rid of it. PLUS he also deals with this in the form of a mask (he is actually a very anxious and soft hearted guy imo but often plays up and is fiercer and shouts more to get laughs but also to come across as bigger and more intimidating than he actually is. not that he needs to because jesus have you seen this guys uhc stats? frankly i should have skipped this entire essay and just linked the various times that etho and pause have clashed in uhc)

anyway jesus this got long . all of this is literally not real btw the main reason i like pausetho is because theyre funny and pause is one of my favourite guys and i wish there was more content for him. but also generally like.. this is the complicated messy reason to like them but also yeah generally just watching team canada and seeing their dynamic is fun bc they are just really good friends ^_^

[squidtentaclesholdingthemoon]

it’s been so long i’ve forgotten how to make mutuals on a new tumblr account im like a tourist stopping people in the streets asking for directions to pausetho nation

[shadexxxx]

in my head dan by noah kahan is literally pause and etho irl

“couple of hometown heroes fighting over politics, sitting and remembering men from different sides. and we’re so alone most of the time, most of the time we don’t have anyone. where do we go when we die? i wouldn’t mind right here i wouldn’t mind at all”

like those are my boys

anon you are very smart and there are three of you in my inbox that i've been accidently ignoring T-T Holy cow holy cow. Anytime anyone talks about Pause and Etho's relationship i run a serious risk of passing out or getting a serious nosebleed so i try never to think about them because it makes me violently sad and ill BUT. For you anon, I'll make an exception. Seasonal friendships I can see the road end... You've been the best five minutes of a shitty whole year

WOW YEAH!!! my GOD. Seasonal friendship describes them VERY. WELL. The sometimes multiple year breaks before team canada interactions?? But they'd always fall into the same dynamics?? and then the line "said id give it all back if i could i cannot"... maybe im ooc-ificating this but the survivors guilt of still going and making content like all of those years ago but now Pause is officially retired and and not to make this about my "Beef and Etho don't talk anymore" agenda but WOWWW you visionary. Thank you so much for sharing this. The last few lines just about took me out please know you're the reason im feeling EMOTIONAL >:(((

[ultrajosiah]

(PauseTho)

[ultrajosiah]

(PauseTho) please listen (i’m foreal man)