To Say My Piece: Firstly, Fuck Iskall.

I had an epiphany that the Jumbros AU would work so well with Mario, and so then it devolved as Eevee, Salt, and I came up with the rest of the character matchings

There’s so much green and also Joel is incredibly cursed <3

Mumbo - Mario

Jimmy - Luigi

Scar - Bowser

Grian - Peach

Scott - Poppy Daisy

Bdubs - Kamek

Jellie - Bowser Jr

Iskall - Toad

Joel - DK

Martyn - Rosalina

These were drawn so quickly I needed to get them out of my brain as fast as possible

Okay I want to talk about this moment between Morrible and Glinda for a sec because it adds such a wonderfully sinister layer to a scene that is otherwise a triumphant defining moment for Elphaba, and it sets up the dynamics for Part 2 so perfectly.

At this point, we are in the thick of “Defying Gravity.” Everyone’s attention is on Elphaba - and rightfully so, she’s up there declaring war on the Wizard, displaying incredible feats of magic, of course everyone’s attention is on her.

…Everyone, except Morrible.

Morrible has realized that Plan A was a bust, but rather than panicking, she’s already worked over Plans B through Z in her head and has realized that Glinda, not Elphaba, is actually the key figure here. Glinda is actually the best thing that could have happened to them.

Mind you, Morrible hates Glinda. She thinks Glinda is vapid and attention-seeking and completely without talent. It would be extremely easy for her to brand Glinda as an accomplice to Elphaba, have the guards drag her off, imprison her, never have to deal with her again, nice and neat.

Instead, while everyone else is focused on Elphaba, Morrible only has eyes for Glinda. She zeroes in on her, releases her, and comforts her, because she understands what no one else understands, which is that yes, that’s great that the Wizard now has an enemy to unify his people against, but they also need a symbol of hope, something that is the exact antithesis to Elphaba, something to keep everyone at extremes. 

The Wizard himself can’t really be a symbol of hope, because the key to his success is that he remains shrouded in mystery, and yes people think he’s wonderful, but there’s a level of uncertainty and intimidation to him. He is Oz the Great and Terrible, and everyone’s preeeeeetty sure he’s a good guy, but if you have someone like Elphaba out there - who Morrible knows from experience is very smart, very articulate, and has her own sort of magnetism - there’s a potential that she could turn at least enough people against the Wizard to make things very inconvenient.

So what they need, now that they have an enemy, is to have an equally magnetic figurehead representing the Wizard who embodies all these one-dimensional ideas of goodness, someone for the public to adore and fawn over so the association between Wizard and Goodness is crystal clear.

And by bringing Glinda along, Elphaba has unknowingly served that figurehead up on a platter.

Glinda is everything Elphaba isn’t, from personality, to appearance - Morrible has already set Elphaba up by calling her green skin an “outward manifestorium of her twisted nature,” which paves the way for Glinda, who is the perfect conventional beauty, to be an “outward manifestorium” of pure goodness. 

Morrible realizes they need these two lightning rods of Absolute Evil and Absolute Good in order to manipulate people - fear alone isn’t enough; the only way to effectively radicalize the populace is to make sure there is no gray area whatsoever, no room for question: you're either good, or you’re evil. And the Wizard alone isn’t a strong enough representation of “goodness” when by virtue of existing, he has to remain in the shadows. Glinda on the other hand? With her looks and her charm and her openness and her ability to expertly win over a crowd? Perfect for the role.

Now the tricky part for Morrible is taking into consideration that Glinda and Elphaba love each other. But we also know from earlier scenes that Morrible is a master at manipulating emotions. Right from the start when Elphaba is having trouble with her magic, Morrible casually brings up the “Animals should be seen and not heard” disturbance from class, spoon-feeding her just enough to get Elphaba upset, triggering her magic, after which Morrible makes sure to give her assurance and praise to keep Elphaba optimistic about her power.

She’s also aware that Glinda does have quite a bit of influence over Elphaba, because when Elphaba flees, Morrible immediately tasks her with winning her over, rather than simply relying on the guards or even going after Elphaba herself. She knows if anyone has a chance at roping Elphaba back in, it's Glinda.

Obviously, Glinda isn’t successful in getting her back, but while this puts a dent in Morrible’s plans to get control of Elphaba, it does give her an extra weak spot to exploit in Glinda.

So now, at the height of “Defying Gravity” when Elphaba has officially taken her stand against them, Morrible sees Glinda, and Glinda is at her most vulnerable, her most emotionally fragile. Not only is she heartbroken and in shock, she’s also just witnessed in real time exactly how easy it is to turn an entire nation against someone. She’s scared, she’s powerless. She’s just lost the love of her life her only friend, she has no one to turn to - Morrible has definitely picked up on the fact that even though Glinda has countless people who fawn over her, none of them can be considered a true friend except for Elphaba, which means Glinda is completely isolated. Glinda also has a very limited understanding of the bigger picture of what the Wizard is trying to accomplish, and because she’s never been a victim of the system the way Elphaba has, she is still desperately clinging to the idea that everything will be okay as long as she plays by the rules of the people in power.

She has been perfectly primed for Morrible to begin manipulating, not through violence or intimidation, but by offering her comfort when no one else would - when not even Glinda’s only friend would - when no one else is even paying attention to Glinda, because they have the very real and present threat of Elphaba quite literally hanging over them. In this moment, Morrible chooses Glinda, which Glinda has been striving for since the beginning. Elphaba has chosen her principles, the Wizard has chosen his enemy, but Morrible has chosen Glinda, and in this moment of being so alone and so afraid and so betrayed, that makes all the difference.

We also get kind of a parallel shot too - Elphaba really sealed her fate the second her hand closed around the broom. But here, Glinda seals her fate when she gives in and reciprocates Morrible’s hold on her.

THIS is the moment that sets us up for Part 2, with Elphaba and Glinda as our lightning rods for Absolute Evil and Absolute Good, but more to the point, it makes it clear that they’ve BOTH been used, they’ve BOTH played right into these respective roles Morrible and the Wizard need in order to be successful - even if it wasn’t how Morrible originally planned for things to go.

I just love it, because “Defying Gravity” is Elphaba’s song - it’s triumphant, and it’s heartbreaking, and it’s everything a defining moment should be for a character. But by injecting this little moment between Morrible and Glinda into the scene, we also get an underlying current of dread because we know we’re about to see the consequences of Elphaba’s defiance versus Glinda’s compliance and how both serve to benefit the Wizard/Morrible’s propaganda.

TL;DR - when I said "I want to talk about this scene between Morrible and Glinda for a sec" I clearly meant "I'm gonna write a whole essay. Like a nerd."

Okay I’m listening to I’m Not That Girl from Wicked and Elphaba doesn’t even fucking talk about fiyero, like at all. The only person she fucking talks about is Galinda and how pretty she is and how she’s so great, like she’s not even TRYING to be straight what a useless gay can’t even sing a love song about her designated male love interest without being in love with her roommate

So I just saw the Mario movie and

I LOVE THEIR PORTRAYAL OF BOWSER

He is everything I ever hoped he’d be. Big, powerful, scary, threatening…. but also a total theatrical goober with a soft side. Perfect.

I would love for him to grow giant for a final battle as he tends to do in the games, and for them to introduce Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings to expand on that soft side of his… but all that can wait for the sequel I suppose :P

You mean so much to me too

Congratulations on desert duo stream everyone. This was literally a blast for me.

My favorite interactions and quotes:

Grian: Only 200 Christmas sweaters left.

Scar: Seriously???? I hope I will get my sweater.

Grian: Me too, because then I'll be furious.

Scar: Yes!! I really want to wear this sweater for Christmas.

Grian: If yours doesn't come, I'll send you mine.

Scar: I will spend the entire Christmas Eve in this sweater.

Grian: Oh me too. Scar, Scar, Scar, we can take a photo when we are wearing the sweaters, take the same poses and then I will photoshop us together as a family photo.

Scar: ooh, it sounds amazing!

Grian: before you logged off, here. /throws deputy badge/ you are my favorite deputy.

Thank them for all of serotonin, they are so sweat to each other.

ok im bored so if anyone was curious about smp fandom stats on ao3 as of september 2023

there are currently 36 recognized smp fandoms on ao3!

Dream SMP (81035 works)

Hermitcraft SMP (17404 works)

3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series (7875 works)

Empires SMP (5655 works)

QSMP | Quackity SMP (4081 works)

Origins SMP (1484 works)

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Evolution SMP (552 works)

Afterlife SMP (382 works)

Outsiders SMP (321 works)

SMPLive (282 works)

SMPEarth (273 works)

Rats SMP (208 works)

WitchCraft SMP (164 works)

House Builder Gang SMP | HBG SMP (134 works)

New Life SMP (131 works)

Pirates SMP (117 works)

Tortillaland SMP (114 works)

Mer SMP (75 works)

Area Unknown SMP (72 works)

SadSMP (68 works)

Bear SMP (58 works)

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100 Hours Hardcore SMP (53 works)

X Life SMP / Shady Oaks SMP (45 works)

Art of Survival SMP / Dominion SMP (32 works)

Epic SMP (30 works)

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30 Day SMP | Free Trial SMP (27 works)

iDots SMP (14 works)

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I posted 20 times in 2022

That's 20 more posts than 2021!

1 post created (5%)

19 posts reblogged (95%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1 of my posts in 2022

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MCC Skin artist search

Hi! I’m doing/want to do a project that involves the CC’s MCC skins and I want to credit the skin artists that make them so they get the love they deserve.

(Not sure if I tagged this right, I’m not used to Tumblr ^^’)

Can someone help me find the links for the skin artists for the skins used for

MCC 1-

Krtzyy, Kara_Corvus, Michaelmcchill, Shubble

MCC 2-

Ryguyrocky, Tommy

MCC 3-

C.Sparklez, Jimmy, Scott

MCC 5-

Krinios

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Martyn

MCC 7-

C.Puffy, Eret, HBomb

MCC 9-

False, Fruit, Spifey

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Cub

MCC 11-

Pearl

MCC 12-

Phil

MCC 15-

Sapnap, Wilbur

MCC 16-

BBH, Punz, CPK, Joel

MCC 17-

Grian, SB737, Vixella

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My vote for Scar is Pluto and I'll do a post later explaining my reasons lol

Hey Peter, look at these sheets