Technoblade Never Dies

Presenter Information

Aro Adventurer

Location

"A la espera (Waiting)" (emotional responses)

Event Website

https://www.tumblr.com/platonicreaderinsertfanfic

Document Type

Presentation

Start Date

23-8-2024 12:00 AM

End Date

31-12-2024 12:00 AM

Description

Aro Adventurer
Technoblade Never Dies, 2022
Fandom: Technoblade, the Minecraft YouTuber
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Collection of the Author

Rating: Teen and Up
Tags: Technoblade, main character death, reader insert, gender neutral reader, Technoblade x Reader, Fantasy AU?

Author's Notes: This whole piece was written in one sitting. Although I later made a few edits for the sake of additional clarity or nuances of word choice, it is nearly in the same state it was in on the night I wrote it.

Comments

This story culminates in the Reader kneeling beside a dying friend, grief and confusion waring for focus, which obviously harkens back to the provided image. Of course, in my piece, the Reader undergoes a transformation in that moment into something arguably not fully human anymore as a result. (Apologies for overexplaining, but my Dad didn't seem to quite understand the ending, and I love clarity...)

As for the relation to the theme of "Emotions and Coping Mechanisms," I wrote this piece the night Technoblade's video "so long nerds" dropped. It was only the second time a "celebrity" death made me feel anything, and the resulting grief was so much stronger than when Leonard Nimoy had died back in 2015; it felt like an actual friend had left the world. What can I say, parasocial relationships can pack quite a punch.

This story is a tribute to Techo's work, and the many happy hours it brought me. Silly though it may be, pouring out these words was my way of saying goodbye to a man who never met me, yet managed to make me both laugh and cry.