second, is there a particular tumblr post you think about frequently?
and what wips were you mentioning?
Well, my twin and I were bored at our school’s Christmas pageant in junior high, and this was in the height of vine, so we were quoting vines at each other. Also, because I was in junior high and also space is fucking cool, I was really into drawing stars. So, after me and my twin quoted the “bagel boys” vine at each other, guess what I drew? A bagel surrounded by stars! So I went “Holy shit that would make an awesome tumblr url” and a couple years later, I got a tumblr!
and yes there is in fact a tumblr post that I think of a lot, but it’s not the full one. it’s just the line “What’s the point of having a glass house if you’re not throwing stones?” and I think that fucking METAL
and and an theres this awesome cloneinnit au that someone made and I’m writign a fic for it, and I just want to show you the brilliance of this
Okay okay you see this?? You see this?? Terminal: O, his gender is male (M), the Yield of the project was just 1, which means that his serial number is just 1. His incubation method was transgenic (meaning he’s a clone). Yes yes all good all good correct? It makes sense? It’s cool?
AND GUESS WHAT IT SPELLS KIND TRAVELLER. GUESS.
T(erminal):O
M(ale)
Y(ield): 1
N(umber):1
T(ransgenic)
AND YOU BUT THAT ALL TOGETHER AND YOU GET:
TOMY1N1T
IM SO FUCKING COOL!!! I MADE A READABLE AND MEANINFUL ID NUMBER!!!!
a lot of people just, Y’know, make the I’s into 1s or the Es into 3s, (and that’s not like,,, shade or anything, I spent a long time fudging things and trying to make things work, and I got lucky his name had so many 1s in it) but I’m just so proud of myself for making that ID code I just sjjdkfksn
please tell us about this pirate dsmp au you keep talking about. anything. one sentence. i am So Intrigued. (also theres a song i found that makes me think about it--Shackleton in The Endurance album, i don't remember the artist)
Anon anon anon you do NOT know how happy you just made me. I’ve been working on this for MONTHS, ive even gone so far as to write an outline. I’ve NEVER done that before, even with my 100k word fic. This au is my BABY. My CHILD. I‘ve done SO much worldbuilding and you bet your ass I’m working on more.
Here here here, I’ll ramble under the cut, because I’ve got so much to say
Okay, first! im not gonna spoil stuff but I wanna give you the crews!! The first name of each list is the captain, and the second is their first mate!! Also, there are some names that are in more than one list, but that’s just because they decided to switch over to a different one!
The Blade
Techno
Phil
Wilbur
Tommy
Tubbo
Ranboo
Niki
Jack
Quackity
Eret
Sapnap
Karl
Fundy
Fate Fatale
Puffy
Sam
Connor
Callahan
Corpse
Schlatt
Hannah
The Diamond Red Duckling
Bad
Skeppy
Antfrost
Ponk
Hannah
Nightmare
Dream
George
Drista
MD
Mamacita
Ossium
Quackity
Sapnap
Karl
Shitass
Terry the butcher
Charlie Slimecicle
MD
I’m super proud of my crews sjsjs even though some of them are so so short but I don’t have to introduce ever sailor on the ship, so I don’t gotta worry too much lol.
As for the namings, The Blade and Nightmare are pretty obvious, but Fate Fatale was named after Femme fatales, bc Y’know, puffy is a woman and she will kill you, but the first part was change to Fate because it is INEVITABLE that she kills ya, or so they say. Ossium was named after Quackity’s horse (it means bone in Latin). I may or may not change this one, but I like the idea of ppl calling the Bone Ship, and Quackity calling it his Ivory Steed or smth. I would t called it las Nevadas, but that’s still a country here lol.
the plot doesn’t actually line up with cannon chronologically, there is no L’manburg ship that Wilbur and Tommy are on and Wilbur blows up (though his backstory does include that he was the captain of the Symphony before his crew mutinied. I’m rlly proud of that name), there is no ‘Tubbo being the captain’ or whatever, there aren’t even any discs (they weren’t invented until 1880 or smth, and this is set in a vague 1700s time). So, it’s a pretty organic plot line. But! I do keep somethings in! Like exile, for one. It’s not actually exile, but it’s got the ‘Dream manipulating Tommy‘ part in it!
Speaking of Dream!!! There’s magic!! There’s magic in here and my writing teacher helped me write the entire magic system!!! I’m bit gonna put all of it down bc that is LONG and also some of it is spoily, but basically there’s 3 types of magic: Nether, End, and idk Earth magic? Still working on the name of that one. Anyways, the Nether and End are basically the afterlifes, but because of demons there can be travel between. It’s basically unheard of for an Earth person to go through to the other side (or a dead person to come back 👀👀) , but there’s legends. Nether demons are curious and and come over fairly often, therefore there’s more known about the nether.
Each person can be aligned with one of the three magics (more than one will kill you, end of story) and learn them— Earth being the easiest, as it is easily gained naturally (sirens, saytrs, druids) and easily learned. nether is the second easiest, with Nether demons being almost common in some places, and End being the hardest and most dangerous to learn (but the most beneficial!)
If you havent guessed yet, Ranboo is an End demon, and Bad is a nether demon. Tubbo, Puffy, and Schlatt are all saytrs, Sam is a siren, Hannah is a druid. Phil studies End magic, and thats how he gets his wings!! Elytra!!
Okay, since this is getting as long as some essays, I’ll just leave with a few fun facts:
in the Antarctic Empire, it’s an old custom to grow one’s hair out of theyre keeping an important oath, to show their commitment. Their hair is also very commonly a bright red!!
El Rapids, a small island nearby to the badlands, was annexed by Las Nevadas
people from L’Manburg are called L’men. Or British. Lots of people don’t know why they’re called British, but there’s stories about L’Manburg once being a colony of a small country called Britain, but when L’Manburg grew to be bigger than the country, it just kinda... ate it. Like agar.io
despite Britain once existing, the landform is nothing like our Earth’s
All demons have an energy source in the center of their chest that produces their magic. A Nether demons is called their Star, and an End demon’s is called their Pearl!
as a very very last thing, here is a list of swears used in this universe:
Prime
End (by the end, for end’s sake)
Ender
Nether
withering (used in the same way as fing but not as f, usually used for corruption-y things) (These withering vines won’t stop growing)
Mother (usually by Ranboo, its not as common) (Used alone, but also Mother knows, Mother knows best, Mother up above)
“By her scales” (referring to mother)
“By the bell” (Referring to the worship bell used in many religions and cultures, usually less of a curse and more used as a promise
Endermites (mostly used by ranboo but tommy and tubbo pick it up, maybe phil) (used like “fiddlesticks’)
anyways thank you for letting me ramble ehe, please don’t hesitate to ask again, I’ve got so much more to talk about. (also I was listening to the song you recommended on repeat while writing this. It loops so well!!)
