...Phil Said, In A Hardcore Stream, (after/during The Death Of Tommy) That They Are In No Way Related.

...Phil said, in a Hardcore stream, (after/during the Death of Tommy) that they are in no way related. These two act like strangers because they are. Tommy is basically the Neighbor’s kid that took a liking to Wilbur, stayed with him- So, to Phil, he knows more OF him, then actual conversations. (Even with them living together- Tommy would talk to Techno more than acknowledge Philza’s existence.)

You can have your found family dynamics but in actual canon, they know almost nothing. The most they have? Techno and Wilbur, their stories of the other, their povs.

Before he confirmed it, I thought it. I mean, if your father was exploding your country (Doomsday) you’d think that you would want to talk to him, even more than actual main guy. But, no. Tommy clinged more towards his caretaker, Techno who was like his brother.

They rarely ever canonically talked, why wouldn’t you talk to your dad? No matter what, you’ll talk to him. No matter what you did to him.

Well, luckily nothing happened on the syndicate stream to completely make your Philza vid irrelevant. It even played into what you said, Phil's relationship with Tommy being utterly ignored, unless you want to count him being in denial for something. That is, until the next vague comment someone makes on the family dynamic that makes the fandom go wild again.

Honestly, at this point, I just want any dynamic.

Like, the crux of it all isn’t “Are they blood-related” or not. I think we just focus on it because of our intertextual readings and because it was (at one point) canon. But honestly, they could be found family, they could distant acquaintances (though, I personally would find that option lame, to be honest).

I just want Tommy and Phil’s relationship to be addressed and explored in some form within the text, not only in the paratext!

The ghosts on DSMP are left behind as they were seemingly never a part of them. Let me explain.

In the year(ish) leading up to c!Wilbur’s death, he was losing it. He finally built high, his apparent childhood dream. Phil stated that young Will always did just that, he would build something and then destroy it. Wilbur got his country, his people, and all taken from him. He lost everything. He set out to destroy what was once his, blinded by envy. He wasn’t happy. He did not seem happy at all. The only thing he felt when he destroyed it was bliss before immediate regret. He no longer felt like he had a purpose, he completed the next part of cycle. The next step was supposed to rebuild or build something else entirely. It was his unfinished symphony, as he did not break that cycle.

You know who was happy? Ghostbur. He did not have the ability to remember any sad things or to gain new sad memories. He was simply a ghost of what Wilbur no longer was or could be. Will was no longer happy.

I said ghosts as I feel the glimpses we currently have of Ghostboo, he is the same way, except that Ranboo did have happiness, he could feel it. He did, when he was with his family. So, why am I mentioning Boo? The ghost has carelessness, he is not worried. He could seemingly remember everything but he just doesn’t care. He is released from it all, from all the stress. The stress of not having the memory book on him at all times? Nope. Ranboo was not like that, he couldn’t be like the ghost. He cares, he stresses constantly. The ghost could be something they could not.

The ghosts are not the ghosts of the people, but what they could not be. Wilbur could not be happy, Ranboo could not be stress free.

…c!Techno has only one life, instead of the assumed 3.

He came from a “time where everyone only had one life” and it is confirmed that Technoblade does NOT know how old he is! In the part where Quackity was making small talk, he asked the pig how old he is, he didn’t know. This proves that he is AS old as Phil, his “old friend”

As we know, Will made it that Phil only has one life because of Phil’s hardcore series. (Which he called “playing with his trains” back when he lived in L’Manburg) Phil is canonically a couple centuries old at least and mentioned that if Tales of the Dream SMP was not in majorly American time, he would make his character a cameo. (Most likely in the past set ones as Phil informed us of his ghost skin-)

And another piece of evidence is his name. Not “Techno,” his Syndicate name; Protesilaus. A great warrior who was the first to die. “First to die” wouldn’t really matter if he had three lives. Technically Ranboo was the first to die- Sorry

And I further hope that my earlier theory about Ranboo killing Technoblade is false. It truly seems that way, as killing does not fit Ranboo’s character at all. (Real Ranboo maybe.) And Techno is obviously going to try to get Dream to revive Ranboo, which is confirmed in multiple streams after the death stream.

“I know what’s gonna happen here, alright? We’re gonna end up partnering up with them, you’re gonna end up on the altar— I’m gonna be looking you in the eyes and they’re gonna sacrifice you. And I don’t want that, alright?!”

What an oddly specific scenario mr. solidarity— anyway apollo or the prophet delphie do not interact plea se let the flower kingdom platonic husbands be HAPPY

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please consider shinsou with glasses and piercings

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“-I know, right? So then Bakubro said…”