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DREAM SMP, ROLEPLAY, & THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW MEDIUM

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Ranboo-hoo D:

Phil immediately looking at Tommy after the announcer says to supervise your children

Video under cut:

From: “riding the fastest roller coaster in England” 3/21/22

Timestamp: 5:32

https://youtu.be/sR5RpqU1f60

i often think about how we heard techno's voice really break when sam killed ranboo. it was in front of many people. i think that 'NO' was one of the most vulnerable heartbreaking moment from techno. /rp

YEAH.

and that's why i genuinely believe a lot of c!techno's actions during the saving michael/avenging ranboo stream weren't about techno and techno's beliefs but about honoring what c!ranboo meant to him.

the effect c!ranboo's death had on techno was so clear, so deep and devasting. and i think it's because he felt a sense of responsibility towards ranboo. with c!phil, he wants to keep him safe, he relies on phil, they have a very reciprocal relationship. but phil isn't his student.

there's a level of 'i failed' to what happened, especially when you consider that ranboo wasn't the one that was supposed to die: techno himself said that as the mentor, he was the one that was at risk. that cross they found on that island was supposed to be for him, not ranboo.

so techno's voice breaks in that moment, so techno vows to find his son, so techno apologizes to ranboo's husband and agrees to what he wants, so techno shelters his son, so techno looks at ranboo's ghost and says in the softest way, 'ranboo, you're wounded'

Here's a little bit of an out there theory, but I'm just thinking of stuff about c!Ranboo, Enderboo (Ranboo in enderwalk), and Ghostboo.

Not that I necessarily believe that this theory is true or anything, but it's interesting to think about it. Just posting this thought here in case Apollo interacts :P. Anyway! Onto the theory.

There is no Ghostboo.

Hear me out.

This is based upon a lot of things, such as popular and old fan theories about Ghostbur, the differences between Ghostboo and the other ghosts, and some other observations.

Ghostboo is very very different from the other ghosts we know such as Ghostbur, M.D., and Glatt. This is especially seen in his appearance. All of the other ghosts are simply completely monochrome versions of what they looked like in life. Ghostboo isn't.

Ghostboo in fact, had to cover & hide his face with a sheet. We finally got to see his face once he took the sheet off, and it's desaturated, sure, but not monochromatic. His face still has purplish hues like his original skin, not gray at all.

And then the obvious thing, his chest wound.

All other ghosts have no remnants from the way they died. Neither Ghostbur or M.D. have stab wounds (Glatt's wouldn't leave much of a physical mark).

But, let's keep talking about these skins, because it's interesting. Ghostboo decided to wear a sheet after he died to hide his face.

That's also very interesting, because what would there be to hide? Everyone knows him, knows he's Ranboo (at least, those who knew who he was before. The only thing that he's hiding is his face, which would be an obvious tell on whether he was dead or not. But the chest wound itself is interesting. He's a ghost, he's dead, and by all other ghosts it shouldn't be there, but it is. And it's fresh.

We've seen Ranboo's blood before, he used to carry around lime dye, redstone, rotten flesh, and eyes of ender so that when he died, his 'body' would be dropped.

However his new skin... the blood is darker. The blood has gone dark and brown, which is what happens when blood dries. There's also nothing bright or new, meaning that the wound is no longer bleeding. This could imply it's healed, which... if he was truly a ghost, why would the wound heal?

His new skin reveals he still has color to his skin, he's just gone pale, and that his clothes are tattered.

This makes no sense compared to ghosts before, but it does if you consider he's not actually dead.

He's not been back to his home save for once or twice since he died. He's said he has spent almost all his time wondering around the mansion, but due to some pages in the book he read today (3/31/22) it may also be that he's wondered around looking for 'him'.

In the books bringing Ranboo back is mentioned. Now, why would this be?

When Ghostboo first appeared, he was very much compared by the fandom to Enderboo. Ranboo acts a distinct way while in his enderwalk. He's more confident and more forward in what he says and does opposed to how Ranboo normally acts. Enderboo also has quite a lot of Ranboo's missing memories.

Ghostboo acts this way, and we know he has Ranboo's missing memories. A lot have theorized that Ghostboo is Enderboo.

So, let's roll with that. What if he is.

This isn't the first time Enderboo and Ranboo have spoken to each other, not even the first using a book. Ranboo used to speak to himself in Enderwalk via his memory book. Enderboo would help write lists and give him feedback on things to do, or Ranboo would do it, and they'd respond to each other in the memory books.

This is no different.

Plus, Ranboo was doing experiments. We never learned the full details of them, however we know that they were working. They were distancing Enderboo from whatever grasp Dream had on him, and they were bringing memories from enderboo forward. Things Enderboo did, Ranboo was starting to remember.

Ranboo feared losing himself, he feared Enderboo and being stuck in that state, but he did the experiments anyway, saying the memories were worth it. The experiments he did almost always involved bodily harm, specifically with water.

Taking heavy amounts of damage, being brought to near death.

Could it be that being brought to a death caused these experiments to succeed? Locking in the memories but also locking in Enderboo.

Now, I say death because I do believe Ranboo did die to Sam, but maybe it wasn't his third death. It is known that his death from Hitting on 16 is canon, and his death from the prison is canon, but it's his first death that is unknown. It's often speculated that he died during the explosions during the prison or community house.

But, not only were both those occurrences live and there was no death message, but it's just simply never been confirmed. It's just speculation.

What if his death from Hitting on 16 was death number 1, his death from Sam was death number 2, and he's not a ghost, just locked as Enderboo.

Another factor that lends its hand to this idea is the way we see Ghostboo talking to Ranboo in his book.

It's not disdainful like some thought Ghostboo would act before. Actually, he seems sorry. He seems sorry he's causing Ranboo pain. He seems sorry that he's not been brought back yet.

Ranboo asks where he is, but Ghostboo responds "You... are dead." with hesitation.

He tries to numb the pain by not experiencing pain or emotion. He and Ranboo are linked.

They always have been.

If Ghostboo is Enderboo, that's how it always has been too. Enderboo didn't ever seem to feel or experience much pain, Ranboo suffered the repercussions.

They play the pronoun game when they bring up 'him', whoever he is was supposed to help bring Ranboo back. We don't know who this could be. It could be Dream, it could be Tubbo, it could be Techno or Phil.

Ghostboo hasn't spoken to him in awhile, but he's not spoken to anyone in awhile.

In the book, Ghostboo explains that people are safe, and that he will continue to try and protect them and Ranboo, something that Enderboo has always done, while he tries to find a way to bring Ranboo back. Maybe when Ghostboo said to be wary that he sometimes aimlessly wonders the mansion alone, it's his own version of an 'enderwalk', but if Enderboo & Ranboo switched, it's really Ranboo wondering around that maze of a mansion. Who knows.

It could be possible that Enderboo will continue the experiments, to continue to try and find a way to give Ranboo access to all his memories and powers without this odd disconnect.

Whatever it is, it is very interesting to think about what if Ghostboo is hiding that he's not actually a ghost. There's a lot of evidence and things that point to it, whether it includes the whole Enderboo idea or not.

Anyway, that's the theory.

cTubbo would have one of those TikTok accounts dedicated to showing what he packs Michael_B for lunch and would have so many followers purely bc the stories he'd tell as the voiceover would be batshit.

It was in the Camarvan that Wilbur had held Fundy in his arms for the first time and whispered promises to the new-born, tear tracks fresh on his face.

It was in the Camarvan that Tommy had looked at him, with wide eyes and mouth agape, finally sinking in that this was Wilbur's son.

It was in the Camarvan that Tubbo learned how to tie diapers, until it had become ingrained in his brain. Tubbo would forget about it until later, when another child walked into his life.

It was here that Eret would ruffle his hair, talking fondly to him even when Fundy was sure he had done everything wrong.

It was in the Camarvan that Lmanberg and Fundy's childhood had started, and though Fundy's childhood had been mere months, it was with the Camarvan's destruction, that Fundy's childhood ended

c!Tommy was never a vengeful character. He didn’t try to kill c!Dream to punish him for the pain he went through. Tommy wanted catharsis for his trauma and then a peaceful life afterwards. Even though he didn’t want to kill anyone (he says so to Tubbo in the finale, while theyre planning to attack Dream,) he thought it was the only choice he had.

Tommy didn’t want to kill. He didn’t want revenge. He only committed to it because he was convinced it was the only solution, the only way to find that catharsis and peace. Tommy’s happy ending was never about murder or revenge, but about healing from his trauma. Understanding Dream gave Tommy the catharsis he wanted. For him, it made it make sense. Does that mean he forgave Dream? Probably not, though it’s hard to know since the nuke came so soon after. But when Dream asked if it was too late, when he expressed for the first time a willingness to change, Tommy realized he didn’t have to kill for the catharsis & peace he wanted.

It’s not an ending that’s for everybody, and that’s okay. You don’t have to like the finale, there’s a million other shows and books you will like. But I loved it. To me, there’s no happy ending more powerful than kindness, empathy, and understanding being more powerful than anything else. Even if the loss of the old server & memories after the nukes and the Incident is tragic, to me that only makes the finale bittersweet. I’ll always enjoy a story about compassion over a story about just revenge, especially when it’s so much more fitting to who Tommy is as a character.