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June recs: SMP Earth
Jun. 23rd, 2024 08:52 pmI need to get June recs out of the way because they are stressing me out. (I have a busy 2.5 weeks coming up.) So I decided to rec some SMP Earth fic because I just found two more in the Hurt Comfort Exchange 2024. I haven't read many, only those I found either via authors I followed for other MCYT works or via fests/exchanges, but those few were very good. All of them Technoblade & Philza.
In "preparation" I rewatched Techno's That Time I Conquered SMP Earth video, and it was still a lot of fun, but I think I preferred SMP Earth in stream format. And by that I obviously mean Techno's streams because those were pretty much the only ones I watched, maybe one or two of Phil's. (A very limited view on SMP Earth but I was never very interested in checking out more tbh.)
hit the continent running (engines were humming) by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Odaigahara (SMP Earth)
15.4k, gen, Technoblade & Philza, ~interview format
Summary:
Philza: Transatlantic, the Corvarians, all those motherfuckers who couldn’t handle us having a stronghold and good mines, they cut us off from everything in the darkest time of the year. They trapped us in the cold, in eternal night, because they figured if we starved to death, Port-aux-Francais would give them whatever deals they wanted, and they didn’t care who they were fucking killing.
We were peaceful, before the embargo. We just wanted trade deals, we collaborated with anyone who’d help us build our railroads. We never struck the first blow. After the embargo– after that winter– we figured that wasn’t gonna work.
Interviewer: So you adopted some new technologies.
Philza: Yeah, we had innovations in our manufacturing, our greenhouses, our fucking sanitation– but that’s not what you’re talking about, right? Forget the emperor shit. If you’re interviewing me about this, you don’t want to hear about the greenhouses.
You want to hear about the planes.
Why I like it: Excellent SMP Earth worldbuilding and wonderful Techno&Phil friendship. The interview + flashback format works very well.
on the wings of strong winds byStorytellerSecrets
15.6k, either gen or pre-Techno/Philza, AU
Summary: It's probably a bit fucked up to admit, but Phil's marrying the Emperor because he's funny.
They'd send some experienced politician to marry the man in a more sensible world. But, yeah, Phil is kind of jeopardizing his entire nation’s stability because he doesn't want to marry a complete and total stranger. Oops?
Yeah, oops. Mostly “fuck em” but a little bit oops. When everything goes to shit because of him he'll probably feel a little bit sorry.
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Or: How To Marry Your Enemy War Buddy Years After The War: The Guide
Why I like it: Great character voices, great slow relationship development, cool worldbuilding.
Silhouette Figure In The Smoke byantimony_medusa
9k, gen, h/c
Summary: The smell of blood filled the flier’s cockpit as Phil coaxed it over the landscape, wings wobbling as they crested a hill. The machine was solar-powered and they’d stolen it off the field before it recharged, and with the cloud-covered sun going down now, he’d been getting emergency power - land immediately warnings blinking at him from the display for the last ten minutes. It was taking absolutely all of his concentration to keep the machine in the air, using the last gasps of the machine’s energy reserves to rise over obstacles and then glide down on the other side. “You doin’ okay there, Techno?” he managed, attention on the darkening landscape in front of him. There was an updraft over there, if he could just catch it and glide further-- they were so close to making it out.
Or: AEduo is on the run. They just need to make it through the night. They just need to make it through the night.
Why I like it: Good classic h/c.
Portrait of SMPEarth Technoblade by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
blockgamepirate
Digital art
Why I like it: It looks cool. There is a bunch of cool emperor Techno & Phil fanart but this one I remembered off the top of my head.
Bonus, SMP Earth fics I already recced at another time:
move your feet from hot pavement, rec here
Who Are You Really (And Where Are You Going)?, rec here
In "preparation" I rewatched Techno's That Time I Conquered SMP Earth video, and it was still a lot of fun, but I think I preferred SMP Earth in stream format. And by that I obviously mean Techno's streams because those were pretty much the only ones I watched, maybe one or two of Phil's. (A very limited view on SMP Earth but I was never very interested in checking out more tbh.)
hit the continent running (engines were humming) by
15.4k, gen, Technoblade & Philza, ~interview format
Summary:
Philza: Transatlantic, the Corvarians, all those motherfuckers who couldn’t handle us having a stronghold and good mines, they cut us off from everything in the darkest time of the year. They trapped us in the cold, in eternal night, because they figured if we starved to death, Port-aux-Francais would give them whatever deals they wanted, and they didn’t care who they were fucking killing.
We were peaceful, before the embargo. We just wanted trade deals, we collaborated with anyone who’d help us build our railroads. We never struck the first blow. After the embargo– after that winter– we figured that wasn’t gonna work.
Interviewer: So you adopted some new technologies.
Philza: Yeah, we had innovations in our manufacturing, our greenhouses, our fucking sanitation– but that’s not what you’re talking about, right? Forget the emperor shit. If you’re interviewing me about this, you don’t want to hear about the greenhouses.
You want to hear about the planes.
Why I like it: Excellent SMP Earth worldbuilding and wonderful Techno&Phil friendship. The interview + flashback format works very well.
on the wings of strong winds by
15.6k, either gen or pre-Techno/Philza, AU
Summary: It's probably a bit fucked up to admit, but Phil's marrying the Emperor because he's funny.
They'd send some experienced politician to marry the man in a more sensible world. But, yeah, Phil is kind of jeopardizing his entire nation’s stability because he doesn't want to marry a complete and total stranger. Oops?
Yeah, oops. Mostly “fuck em” but a little bit oops. When everything goes to shit because of him he'll probably feel a little bit sorry.
-
Or: How To Marry Your Enemy War Buddy Years After The War: The Guide
Why I like it: Great character voices, great slow relationship development, cool worldbuilding.
Silhouette Figure In The Smoke by
9k, gen, h/c
Summary: The smell of blood filled the flier’s cockpit as Phil coaxed it over the landscape, wings wobbling as they crested a hill. The machine was solar-powered and they’d stolen it off the field before it recharged, and with the cloud-covered sun going down now, he’d been getting emergency power - land immediately warnings blinking at him from the display for the last ten minutes. It was taking absolutely all of his concentration to keep the machine in the air, using the last gasps of the machine’s energy reserves to rise over obstacles and then glide down on the other side. “You doin’ okay there, Techno?” he managed, attention on the darkening landscape in front of him. There was an updraft over there, if he could just catch it and glide further-- they were so close to making it out.
Or: AEduo is on the run. They just need to make it through the night. They just need to make it through the night.
Why I like it: Good classic h/c.
Portrait of SMPEarth Technoblade by
Digital art
Why I like it: It looks cool. There is a bunch of cool emperor Techno & Phil fanart but this one I remembered off the top of my head.
Bonus, SMP Earth fics I already recced at another time:
move your feet from hot pavement, rec here
Who Are You Really (And Where Are You Going)?, rec here
