Y'know, as cringey as the dream smp era was back in 2021-2022, I really do miss those times. I remember at that time in ramadhan i used to watch dream's first few manhut videos and it was such a bomb back then. And i liked watching sad-ist animations about the smp and getting into the fics and the fanarts + lore. For me, they were pretty nostalgic and I'm sad to see it all crashing down.
If you haven't known already, Wilbur was exposed to being an abuser, techno passed away, dream was getting hate bombed, and that leads to the smp just kind of tumbling down a bit from what I've seen. Dream also stopped his manhut videos with his friends even though those were the only videos i was looking forward to. Dream smp fics didn't feel the same anymore, and alot of authors are just counting the days to delete them because of these dramas. I'll miss them, and i wish i could go back in time to experience the old days a little bit more.
I knew about countryhumans 4 years ago, while they were pretty nostalgic too they didn't bring the same kind of warmth the dream smp had and i don't regret leaving the fandom since it is one of the darkest time in my life when i was there. I love marysue, i love what I'm making, but that doesn't mean i love the fandom too.
Thanks for coming to my tedtalk, I'd love to hear your experiences in the dream smp fandom if you were ever there or the ch one.