so why are phil’s keep sakes okay. ghostbur’s blue, friend’s first coat, the friendship emerald, tommy’s helmet, all of ranboo’s gifts, the sword he killed his son with. why are those okay.
but tommy’s discs, his books, bedrock, remains of pets & schlatt, the axe of peace, drista’s knife, etc considered unhealthy, the source of his problems, and not okay to have. why are they ‘just items’ that can be replaced.
but phil’s are valuable keep sakes?
you’re telling me he wouldn’t be upset if suddenly someone stole the friendship emerald? or used it as something against him?
someone else said this in passing but i do wanna draw attention to the fact that c!phil’s example item that he burned to prove “material things didnt matter” wasnt one of his own items LMFAO
like yeah of course you perceive the loss of the god apple to not matter cphil… it wasnt yours. the concept of his “advice” wasnt completely flawed but i think it woulf have been a lot more impactful and less hypocritical of him to have burned his own item in the example, rather than something ctommy could have potentially used to help himself in a troubling situation
like sorry this is hilarious to me cphil was really like
“items do not matter! to demonstrate this idea i will burn one of your items in front of you and then tell you not to get mad about it! …oh? this full netherite armour im wearing and all my netherite tools and my huge underground training area made with expensive materials? dont worry about that. its okay when i have items” LIKE HELP?????
wasn’t the god apple that philza made tommy burn given to him by ranboo, His Friend Who Just Died?
is. did philza really just make tommy more vulnerable while his abuser (who wants to kill and torture him) is out of jail to prove a point about valuing people, by destroying a gift a friend gave him days ago
The r in rapple stands for RIP
not only is it a meaningful gift it’s also just like… incredibly useful. it’s one of the rarest items on that server - more totems of undying exist than god apples and he just burned one like it was nothing. c!tommy’s actively in danger and c!phil is burning the things that are going to keep him safe.
one of tommy’s first reactions was something along the lines of he could’ve used that.
an enchanted golden apple (something that if you watch ranboo’s streams to find them, took a LOT OF TIME to find. took him a combined hours, several thousands of blocks looking and tons of chests looking)
something that, in a pvp battle, or a fight against, someone…. i dont know maybe hunting him down? could literally be the difference between life or death. the difference between being able to run away. difference between just that second more that gives him time to run or fight back.
but no!! it’s just a thing :) you can replace those! says the man who has like 10…. also a handful of totems…and his friend has like 7….and some more totems…..and extra sets of powerful armor and weapons….and access to potions…. definitely something to replace! says the man to the kid with nothing. not a pickaxe to his name, a handful of diamonds, and hand me down armor.
guys im not mad at cphil for simply giving “bad advice” he literally yelled at ctommy for saying he hesitated and then victim blamed
c!dreams obession with the discs was the same as c!dreams obession with c!tommy at the time. they where one in the same. c!tommy was choosing between c!tubbo and what was to him, “ending the game” between him and c!dream
and he still chose c!tubbo. Its okay he fucking hesitated
nd phil doesnt know this of course but he had no reason to yell and immediately victim blame when he KNOWS the kind of person cdream is, and KNOWS the mental state ctommy is in. HE FUCKED UP– accept that!
also, phil telling tommy to just overcome this is in no way productive for tommy. tommy constantly asks “what do I do?” “someone help me!” this advice doesn’t help because there’s literally nothing tommy can do at this point. it confuses tommy because abuse isn’t something he can just overcome. and it’s so frustrating to watch
Why are people acting like c!Tommy is the issue for holding onto sentimental items and “not moving on” or not being able to heal yet and. Not his abuser that’s currently roaming free and stalking and actively harming him?
Okay cool. c!Tommy gives up all his item attachments. His abuser is still out to get him.
idk why people are acting like him having attachments is what’s confining him either. like, him having attachments isn’t what’s hurting him it’s the fact that he’s being abused and his abuser is using those attachments to have power over him. it’s not his fault nor his responsibility to keep those attachments in check in order to protect himself, at least it shouldn’t have to be anyways.
do y’all know how terrible of a message “take away all sentimental value from your possessions in order to keep control over your life and not let anyone take advantage of you” is? ESPECIALLY in an abuse situation?
