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the fic where Techno and Phil are old immortals, and Tommy and his brother are decidedly not.
i drew c!Techno cause i miss drawing him and then later in the day i got sad then i remembered i drew c!Techno and got less sad when i looked at it. so. if you're seeing this i hope you are less sad now. uhm. it's nearly one am (12:59) so like. yeah.
Tell me this doesn’t look like the cover to an album you’ve seen at least once in your life.
This is my tribute to the late Technoblade. I'm well over a week late to the anniversary of his passing, but I think it was worth the wait. I wanted to get this right.
The story I want to tell is of time's passage after his passing, and the set dressing of this space is a symbolic amalgamation of various aspects of his life depicting that concept.
I have a lot more to say about this painting - three pages just for the symbolism alone. If you're interested, please let me know and I'll share my analysis on a separate post! Edit: I caved. Aight, prepare for a massive info dump below the cut!
DISCLAIMERS:
Although I put a lot of research into this piece, my knowledge is likely flawed and incomplete. If I missed or misinterpreted a reference, it’s because I’m new to the Technoblade community. If I got a symbolism thing wrong, it’s because I relied on Google search for answers. I fact checked where I could. And with this analysis, I hope I can clear up any misinterpretations!
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OVERVIEW:
There’s lots of imagery to unpack so I’ll try parsing it in a structured manner. Let’s first examine it holistically.
The story I want to tell here is of time’s passage after Technoblade’s passing. As such,the set dressing of this space is a symbolic amalgamation of that concept.
Prominently featured are the various medical equipments - a nod to the grim reality of his cancer. But let’s not linger upon that aspect of his story.
Of equal importance are the more mundane objects - his gaming setup, the couch and pillow which Floof sat upon in that one photo, the plethora of paraphernalia of branded merchandise, and references to his exploits in Minecraft. These are relics and mementos of his legacy.
All of these elements intermingle in flooded, lushly overgrown room looking out to a rose-tinted exterior. Is it dawn? Dusk? I’ll leave that interpretation up to the viewers.
The third and final component is the plant life representing his community -us. We beautify this metaphorical space with where it was once laden with tragedy. Yet, despite these riotous blooms, we never quite encroach on the bed - the empty space left behind by him.
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SET DRESSING:
Much care was taken in selecting the blossoms and placing them in symbolically significant locations. And this neatly transitions us into the analysis individual details.
Foreground:
In the foreground, ivy crawls through a lamp and white clovers thrive atop a pile of pillboxes. The lamp base, once a shining bronze-like finish, is heavily tarnished. The lampshade is overgrown with moss and ivy. Even if the greenery has yet to damage the electric wiring, the damp surely has finished the job. Even if the bulb is replaced, the body is too far gone. The light’s never coming on again.
I was initially put out that my painstakingly 3D modeled pillboxes became entirely obscured, but I think it works in favor of the piece’s overarching theme: the beautiful wilds overtaking a space that once reeked of the desperate fight to prolong life.
White clover blossoms meaning “thinking of you” is paired with the ivy meaning “everlasting devotion”. It’s an apt combination. It has been over a year since his passing, and we still remember and carry on his legacy.
Nestled amongst the foliage is Techno’s compass. It was once used to hunt him down in the Dream SMP. But now, it’s an odd comfort. Even though he’s no longer with us, he’s still somewhere far, far away– or is he? The original idea was for the needle to point heavenwards, but it is currently pointing…sideways? I’ll get to the reasoning a bit later.
The Flood:
Moving deeper into the space, we hit the floodwaters. These once turbulent currents are now tranquil enough to nourish this verdant place. The thriving plant life hides much of this darkness. It is beautiful, hopeful, even. But always bittersweet, because everything that grows here is laced with an old sorrow.
White lotus rise from the murky depths. That is us, overcoming our grief. Breaching the surface, we gain a new vantage point to contemplate this loss. Perhaps we can also find a more comforting perspective of it.
Submerged amongst the blossoms is a rusted oxygen machine. I wanted to decorate the machine with stickers, much like one would personalize a plaster cast for a broken limb. It is deliberate that the “Technoblade Never Dies” sticker is in shadow, while the “So Long, Nerds" is in light.
Immediately to the right was meant to be a box of assorted Technoblade apparel. But then I flooded the space for narrative reasons, rendering that idea unusable. I eventually converted it into a Welch’s Fruit Snacks box, because apparently Technoblade liked them? It’s one of the shallower references here but it is what it is.
And finally, there is a little cameo floating somewhere in the waters. An Easter egg, if you will. I wonder if you can find it?
Furnishings from Home:
I found the couch and Technoblade’s gaming setup during my trawl through the Technoblade Reddit page for reference photos. Balancing this space full of impersonal medical equipment with more personalized belongings is grounding. These areas insert familiarity in this strange environment.
Gaming Setup:
The gaming setup is bare bones - just the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. There was no space to add more iconic elements like his Blue Yeti microphone or the steering wheel from that Minecraft challenge. Hanging above but heavily obscured by overgrowth are two framed pictures of Technoblade’s cabin and a potato minion. It is a blink-and-you-miss-it detail, placed in a dim space and requiring close examining to notice. Without the context of the rest of this environment, it is easily mistaken as generic set dressing.
That’s the point, though. This was a space where he streamed and created videos much beloved by his community. This space was the means of creation, not the creations themselves. Without the creator at the helm, this setup becomes insignificant. Does one dote over the easel on which paintings were created, or the paintings themselves? So now it sits in darkness, a footnote of Technoblade’s legacy.
Nostalgia Corner:
On the other end, we have the sold out Youtooz plushies and the Agro Pig plush from the recent merch drop sat atop the couch. If you look closely, you’ll see a Skeppy coin leaning against one of the plushies. Behind the couch is a shelf. A generic shelf, but the important bits here are the sellout bell, Youtube plaque, and vinyl figurines.
This corner of the room is nostalgic and soft. Everything is bathed in rosy pink light, and it is filled with things that are comfortingly familiar. All across the world, people in his community have these pieces of merch to remember him by.
The red poppies that also grow here have multiple meanings. It represents the battle - one against sarcoma - which was fought here. It symbolizes death, but also resilience in the face of grueling conditions. It is said that they grow in former battlefields where of fallen warriors. I believe of all the flowers here, this one best represents Technoblade.
The Hanging Mobile:
Strung up above it is a rather last minute addition to the environment - a hanging mobile fabricated from totems representing each member of the Sleepy Bois Inc. friend group. First and foremost is Technoblade’s iconic MCC crown, aptly placed at the top. Although it is untouched by the greenery, the gold and jewelry are somewhat muted and tarnished by time.
This is not the case for the objects below. TommyInnit’s music disc shines iridiscent green and purple - Cat and Mellohi merged into one. To is right is a sky-blue guitar pick with the LoveJoy logo engraved onto it for Wilbur Soot. And finally, below it all is Philza’s Friendship Emerald - sparkling and refracting light - with Elytra feathers fastened at the bottom. They, suspended and isolated from everything, maintain a pristine vibrancy which strongly contrasts against everything else in this space.
IV Stand:
Next to the computer setup is the IV stand. It sustains life which is incapable of continuing on without intervention. The butterfly milkweed growing on it, in contrast, says “let me go.” The latter, overtaking the tangle of tubes and powered off patient monitor, is victorious. The hooks stand rusted, and the IV bag empty from disuse.
Sat atop the patient monitor but almost blending into the walls is a pig figurine featured in Dream’s latest music video. It stands on a high perch, yet is unassuming as to direct focus on Technoblade, or rather, his absence.
Hanging from the wired basket is an air freshener tag. If you look on the official website, this is one of the only products which has what I can only call interesting flavor text. Most are merely descriptions and specs of the product. To quote it verbatim:
“Yes, this is a real product. And no, this ‘air freshener’ has no discernible fragrance. ‘Why’ you ask? Because Mr. Technodad and our team agreed this was exactly the sort of air freshener Alex would have found hilarious.”
As morbid as it sounds, I feel like this air freshener tag would not have existed before Technoblade’s passing. It is so unlike any other merchandise I’ve seen in any other branded merchandise store. It’s like an inside joke, secretly shared within the descriptions for the world to eventually discover.
Window:
Unlit candles line the window sill - the aftermath of a candlelight vigil. It is a versatile symbol. It raises awareness of a disease or illness. It pays tribute the dead. Judging from the melted wax dribbling down the candle shafts and the wall below, this has been done many times over. But there is so much more candle to burn, representing the people still continuing this ceremony, albeit in the privacy of their own homes.
Above the candles are some broken blinds. When grieving, it would have been so easy for Mr. Technodad to hide away from the world in his grief. It’s understandable, to give into that primal urge to flee from prying eyes when he’s at his most vulnerable. He had the difficult task of reading out his son’s final farewell to us. This barrier between him and us dismantled by this gesture so we can remember Technoblade together.
A wind chime hangs just outside the window. It is said that the soothing sounds produced by them is a healing balm during tumultuous times. Where there is wind there is stirred up emotions, but it is motionless on this calm, breezeless day. A rare respite, where remembrance overrides grief.
On a more amusing note, there is an interesting looking moth perched on the window glass. Upon closer inspection, the wing pattern may look somewhat familiar. In Chinese culture, when a huge moth visiting your home is the embodiment of your recently deceased loved one checking on you. Remember the compass in the foreground? Well, here’s why it is pointed sideways instead of upwards.
Venturing further beyond the windows, ferns grow with wild abandon. They represent eternal youth, and from a certain point of view, he will remain youthful forever at the age of 23. He lives on through us carrying on his legacy and spreading his story.
Everything outside is tinged with pink. After someone dies, we start seeing them less as a person and more as a legacy. It is the natural course of things to start seeing the deceased through rose-tinted lenses - hence the artificially pink hue of the outside contrasting with the more grounded color palette of the inside.
Bed:
And now we circle back to the centerpiece of this entire composition: the bed and the things that surround it.
In front of the bed is an over-bed table with a single object: an incense bowl filled to the brim with burnt sticks of incense. A simple shrine for Technoblade. In Chinese culture, we light incense at the altar to honor our loved ones. We may live separate lives and not cross paths often, but we all come together to leave our marks through this ritual. It is proof that he is still very much loved and missed by us all.
The bariatric bed frame is typically seen in hospitals. It allows the patient to comfortably sit up or recline without expending valuable energy. Encased in this frame is something more personal - the mattress and cushions which Technoblade laid upon in his photo with the Youtube plaque. Their unique patterning is a foil for the impersonal receptacle it is caged in. It is spotlit by the window light, emphasizing its emptiness. Not a single blossom dares to encroach upon this space, because to do so would be to erase the space where Technoblade last resided. Like I mentioned before, this is story is about the space around him as much as it is about him.
Cradling this bed frame are several flowers. Rosemary and forget-me-not’s for remembrance. Appropriate, given its proximity to the bed. Morning glories, for resilience. That’s us, again. For a while, we meander and spread in the upper walls of this space, avoiding the floodwaters which symbolize grief. But eventually, we gather the strength to meander down to the bed, where grief was the strongest.
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CONCLUSION:
There is that cheesy quote from that one Marvel TV show – “What is grief, but love persevering?” While this reframes our perception of dealing with loss, grief is not some thing that should linger. The absence of grief does not equate to the lack of love. Instead, I would like you to consider this: remembrance is love persevering. And with our combined perseverance, Technoblade will never truly die.
@aliveandrestless5, sorry for another @. I hope you enjoy :D
The fics: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2301716
I forgot to post this too, this one was started at midnight and was completed at 3am. It’s fanart for a fic! The author is a really nice person and their writing is amazing, there’s so much world building. If you’d like to read it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28099206/chapters/68847153 Go leave them a nice comment or kudos, they deserve it!
For anyone who sees this:
Please be kind to everyone who is mourning right now, regardless of how you feel about Technoblade or the MCYT community, show a little respect.
If you can consider checking out Technoblade’s merch store, the money goes to supporting his family and an amazing organization dedicated to supporting those suffering from Sarcoma and curing it. The merch store can be found through a link in the description of Technoblade’s videos as well as searching it up online.
There is a memorial set up on Hypixel where you can submit a memorial message. There is also a huge Google Doc where you can submit memorial messages as well, it can be found here on Tumblr on the Technoblade Updates account.
I’m so fucked up right now
Gods, I’m not even sure what to say.
Technoblade made me smile, made me laugh, inspired me, and brought me comfort, all with his videos.
I’m so grateful for what Technoblade has done for us. We love you, man, rest easy.
Technoblade never dies, through us he lives on
More Dream SMP Headcanons. This time it’s Technoblade.
-Techni is a piglin hybrid. His lower canines are rather big, they poke out of his mouth, like mini tusks. They don’t impread his speech because he’s had them all his life. Pale pink skin, his hair is slightly darker version of an overworld pig’s skin. Pig hooves, long tail with floof at the end. Five fingers, normal hand structure except for the tough hoof-claws on his fingers. From the middle joint of his fingers up is his hoof-claws.
-Lots of jewelry, his fancy crown, a jewelry cuff on his tail, bedazzled with gems like the ones on his crown. Earnings and earing chains hangs from his ears. He wears a few gold and silver rings, studded with precious gems.
-His eyes are blue but with his mask on his eyes are a solid yellow.
-Long hair, stops just at the base of his tail, usually in a braid. When his hair is up in one central braid he has a smaller braid that hangs down below and behind his right ear, tied to the end is one of Philza’s feathers. Even when his hair is down that extra braid is there. He even adds a braid behind his left ear, a small disc shaped bead attached the band holding the braid together but he removed it when Tommy and Technoblade split.
-He’s huge, really tall, broad shoulders, skinny but muscular. I’d say about 7’3, man is imposing, even more so with the cloak and armor making him look even bigger.
-His pig mask has built in glasses lenses, when it’s off he wears regular glasses. Black frames, real simple.
-Plenty of scars. He’s done a lot of fighting.
-He was found by Philza when he was about four, a group of adventures wanted to kill lil piglin hybrid Techno. When Wilbur was born the lil guy, being the child of a fae and a shapeshifter, he shapeshifted to look like Techno. They’re “twins”.
-When Techno was in his teens he decides to strike out on his own to discover his place in the world. During his travels discovers a small nation, immediately faces discrimination for being a hybrid, a piglin hybrid to make it worse. He enters the big fighting tournament he wins his crown. He then takes down said corrupted government, cementing his anarchist ways.
-Like in my Ranboo post, Techno also found little Ranboo, taught him to fight, gave him a crown, and they went separate ways. Techno continuing his nomadic warrior wandering.
-His travels yield experience, both worldly and fighting, scars, and a ferocious reputation.
Antarctic Anarchist Commune:
-Techno will curl up by the fire place and reads. Phil will often join him.
-Everyone in the AAC have a personalized AAC sigil. Techno’s has boar tusks jutting out from under it.
Day 14, lyrics! These lyrics are from ‘Achilles Come Down’ by Gang of Youths. I thought it was fitting because of the recent developments on the SMP server.
I feel like the song could be applied to Wilbur right before he fully went off, Schlatt as the negative goading voice, the man Wilbur is trying to beat, a direct connect to Wilbur’s fall. Tommy as the positive hopeful voice trying to convince Wilbur to not do anything rash. Wilbur as a tired man with nothing left to lose.
Dream and Techno as the first French segment in the song. They are helping Wilbur, doing nothing to convince him this plan might not be a good idea.
And finally Tubbo and Fundy as the bottom quote. Wilbur’s ‘trust no one’ speech to Tommy. Tubbo and Fundy in Manberg, loathe what’s happening but love those you once trusted.
Ok real quickly I wanna say as someone who really wasn’t a part of the DSMP community or technoblade community, it breaks my heart to see a good Minecraft YouTuber pass away after a long battle, I’m my heart goes out to all of those who cherished him, loved him, and inspired young and old ones to become YouTubers or context makers. “Technoblade never dies.” You will be missed and Cherished forever 🕊
It isnt much, but I still wanted to show my gratitude to him and for all the memories I've made since joining this fandom <3
And the universe said I love you.
Butchered it a lil bit that's ok because the blade never dies!
I hate how my drawings make me look half my age 😔✋
Also why the fuck does whitener do that? If your gonna cover mistakes why make it worse?
Aside from that and the poor lighting, hope yall like it, maybe someone can do an actually good redraw and I can reblog with random hcs. Also this was a request from someone in techno's server, if yall want me to do something pls dm me, I'd be happy to. Trust me, my art is usually better than this.
1st time drawing wither skull + shadow practice!
Fuck dying markers all my homies hate dying markers
If I had a nickel everytime the anarchist Technoblade helped a dictator blow up a country because they weren't in control anymore I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice
The reason Techno wears a crown is because as a kid Wilbur would always tell him to lift his chin up because his crown was falling when he was upset at school but Techno didn't quite understand metaphors yet (piglins don't have them) so Wilbur got him a real crown for his birthday
If you were to ask the question
"Who would win if the Dream SMP CC fought their character's?"
The answer is always the character, except in some particular instances:
Wilbur
Schlatt
Jack Manifold
Technoblade
Now, I see some of you looking at that last one, and I've got to say: wait just a second, let me do the others first.
CC!Wilbur Soot is fucking crazy man. He would kill C!Wilbur with no hesitation and it wasn't even supposed to be a fight to the death. Sure C!Wilbur knows how to fight, sure he's a terrorist, but he's also weak as shit man. Fresh from the grave and about ten years older, he has so many problems with his body y'all. I bet he's got a limp. When he breathes it's wet. Sure both Wilbur's bones can snap like twigs, but CC has the advantage of being alive his whole life and wanting his C to suffer. C!Wilbur would hesitate and CC!Wilbur would not, and that makes all the difference.
CC!Schlatt has a gun. C!Schlatt stands no chance. Sorry bro.
Now. Here's the thing. This could actually go either way. C!Jack is easily intimidated, but so is CC!Jack. It all boils down to who can make the other back down first, the most likely outcome is a forfeit. As long as CC!Jack makes C!Jack believe he's a boxer he's won, however if any punches are thrown (though this is unlikely) C!Jack would best him.
CC!Techno would defeat Technoblade with the power of meta. We know for a fact that Technoblade is somewhat aware of the nature of his existence, though to what extent it is unclear. CC!Techno knows all of Technoblade weaknesses for he created them. All CC!Techno has to do is tell Technoblade he created him and without him he wouldn't even be a thought and if Technoblade strikes him down he shall cease to exist in all forms. If this doesn't work he can use his ultimate weapon: Floof.
Techno: *is being overwhelmed by the voices*
Phil: *shoves a potato in his mouth*
a lot of straight mcyt ccs are really good at how they interact with and incorporate their lgbt fanbases but personally nothing will ever top how one time in high school a lesbian told techno he was “actually pretty funny” and now the mutual appreciation between him and his lesbian fans is like a notable part of his brand
Techno: Always treat people how they treat you, no matter what
Tubbo: ok [executes Techno]
Techno: how could you do this
I'm so tired, it's a costume design with a theme of stars and Greece, I don't want to color it… Don't blame me
More OSMP Headcanons!
Wilbur didn't have abusive as much as he did neglectful parents, so when Tommy (5) and Technoblade (10) paid his house a visit, they took one look around and decided "yup he's ours now".
Tommy cried a lot as a kid. Not necessarily out of sadness, that was just how he reacted to very emotional situations. When he was older, it turned to yelling because he didn't like the pity he got before.
Tommy didn't bother to make his own views on government, but looked at Wilbur getting into it and went "no king <3".
He went with Techno's ideology, "I seriously couldn't give a fuck as long as it isn't bothering me".
Niki was found as a 12 year old in the lake, and was the only kid Phil needed no persuading to keep. She was a sweetheart.
Ranboo is a jerk but. Different, depending on who he's with. He's a lovable asshole with Bench Trio, but just an actual jerk with everyone else. He has favorites.
Tubbo and Ranboo act like they hate each other, so it was a surprise to everyone when they announced they were (platonically) married.
Scott crash-landed from the stars onto the SMP when he was younger, and claimed homophobia whenever Phil tried to get him to leave. So he stayed.
Phil's the resident father figure and canon 911 so he gets no sleep and needs to be paid more. He loves them though.
Fundy’s just a random kid Wilbur picked off the streets, he's barely younger than him. Wilbur refused to let him go.
Technoblade spent a lot of his childhood looking after Tommy, so once Tommy had friends and family that could take care of him, and he was old enough, Techno left to wander the world.
Wilbur flickers from invisible to solid when he's agitated/sad, so people take objects from him when he's feeling intense emotion.
Niki's like Ranboo's big sister, and tends to mediate all the fights he gets himself into. (A lot of them). She's the only reason he's on speaking terms with like half the server.
Ranboo and Tommy met before they met Tubbo, on one of Ranboo's few trips to the Overworld he was allowed when he was younger. They kept in touch through letters and sneaking out.
Ranboo's a prince, but ran away to live his own life. He didn't know many survival skills, and refuses to accept help.
Technoblade and Tommy were attached at the hip when they were younger, and Wilbur got jealous sometimes.
Techno insisted on Tommy being named Theseus, just because he loved the name. He calls Wil Icarus. He refuses to tell him why.
Tommy introduced Tubbo and Ranboo, it was hatred at first sight <3 (then they got married).
Ranboo's of the firm belief that money can buy happiness, actually. He throws expensive shit at his friends to cheer them up.
Charlie is God. That's it. That's the headcanon.
Ranboo looks up to Phil a lot, despite how he acts. He desperately wants to make the best father figure he's had proud.
wilbur: how did you and phil first meet, anyways?
techno: oh, he was hitchhiking up from the hospital one night so i picked him up. he said thanks but how do you know i’m not a serial killer?
techno: so i said the chances of two serial killers being in the same car were astronomical.
Techno: Ranboo.
Ranboo: Yeah?
Techno, gesturing at his chest: Explain.. that.
Ranboo, looking down at Tommy who's wrapped around him like a koala: Oh! He just does this sometimes.
Phil: . . . What mate?
Ranboo, smiling: Yeah! I think he may be asleep though, so could you guys try to be quiet?
Phil, whispering: What the fuck.