May recs: 3 QSMP recs + thoughts

I almost forgot about May recs. So I looked at my to-rec list, found a QSMP fic in "MCYT – miscellaneous," wrote a rec, and then thought "huh, I wonder if there's more like that." (I found one more I really liked.) And then "I still have thoughts about the whole sad QSMP story." And "I wish there was a r/hobbydrama write-up I could link to." Buuut looks like I'll have to do it myself. Not an actual write-up, just a summary. (Please at least one person tell me they read it otherwise I'll be sad. You can lie.)

( A brief history and some thoughts on the QSMP, hopefully understandable for people who know nothing about Minecraft. )

On to the actual recs!

oblivious to what the trigger does by Odaigahara (QSMP)
4.3k, gen, Chayanne & Technoblade, Purgatory
Summary: “Take off your shirt and wrap it around your nose and mouth,” the shadow instructed, and that sounded like a great idea, yeah, Chayanne could do that. He wriggled out of his shirt, gasping in shallow little inhales as it caught on his wings, and tied it around his head. It bumped weird against his skull mask, so he had to take that off, but when he put the mask back on top it kept the cloth in place.
“Good,” the shadow said, and Chayanne couldn’t make out what it was, except a blurry figure with a deep voice who sounded very stressed, but he could tell it wasn’t anybody he knew. Couldn’t be a normal person, either, because there wasn’t space to stand on the tower he’d built. “Keep doing that. If you breathe real slow, most of the particles should get caught by the cloth.”
Chayanne nodded, eyes watering. He wiped them with the backs of his hands, fingers twinging, and managed to sign, “Are you real?”
Why I like it: Even just following QSMP by osmosis I caught a good amount of Chayanne feelings. Overprotective older sibling who puts a lot of pressure on himself in hard situations and who hero-worships Technoblade, no surprise. This is very good h/c and I love this take on Chayanne meeting Techno.

Foam on the Stony Shores by underoriginal
1.5k, gen, Chayanne & Technoblade
Summary: Chayanne hears a strange voice of his own while fighting his father for three days. Based on Phil saying that Chayanne didn't get injured because Techno was there to guide him.
Why I like it: Another "Techno supports Chayanne," this time while Chayanne fights possessed!Phil, again with very nice h/c too.

this barbie likes to fight codes by shblackwoodart
digital art, gen, Etoiles
Why I like it: Some cool art of Etoiles with his won and the spreading code corruption. (Minecraft lore is weird sometimes and Etoiles is canonically a cucumber, which in practice only means that artists give him green skin and it looks cool. The "barbie" comes from Etoiles changing his character outfits frequently, and "likes to fight code[monster]s" - well yeah, that's Etoiles.