this should go without saying , but i'll say it anyways. everyone who had a part in helping me make this video was incredibly kind and helpful, and i hope everyone in the comments treats them with the same amount of love and respect they treated me with. hope you enjoyed :) peace EDIT: guys wtf i had no idea mordetwi resonated with so many of you. thanks for all of your support
@@_BubblGum_ here's the thing, its not that no one judged us, *we just weren't afraid.* don't let ppl scare you into being someone you aren't. Its easier said than done but once you stop caring what people think, life gets a lot easier
@@_BubblGum_ lemme tell you this: you stop caring once you get out of school. genuinely. i was so fucking self conscious and always cared about what people thought of me in school. i'm graduated now and happily stomp around in my big chunky platform boots and ridiculous outfits and makeup and i'm happier than i have ever been in my entire life. people call me cringy but i do not give a shit. i'm an adult and i can be as cringy as i want. it get's better, i promise. just gotta get through school first.
*That’s pretty interesting but* Can 🙏 we ❤️🩹 pretend 🥺 that 🧍🏾♀️airplanes ✈️ in the night 🌙 sky 🌌 are 😍 like 🥵 shooting 🔫 stars? 🌠 I could 🐦 really use a wish 🐦 right now 🦄 wish right 🐦 now 🦄 wish right now 🦄☁️
the song airplanes itself is about feeling nostalgic for simpler times too, everything circles back, that piece of mordetwi fanart was genius work before its time.
I think Mordetwi is like a cryptid. It’s a blurry photo of bigfoot that we look at and go “ok well there must be a baffling story behind this”. We see two characters who could not be more tonally dissonant from one and other and wonder who decided they should be together and why they made that decision. That classic image raises so many questions that could only fully be answered if you were there ten years ago. Mordetwi tells story
It's either dark humor about depression or just mental issues in general, or some stupid thing that we find funny for NO REASON... I can say this cuz I'm a gen z myself
Fun Fact: Before I heard about this whole Mordetwi thing, the song Airplanes was one of my mom's favorite songs and it still is. She used to play it in the car a lot when me and my siblings were younger so I remember it deeply.
Personally, I believe the ship or “culture” is as popular as it is because so many of us went through that late 2000s to mid 2010s phase of shipping some of the weirdest shit from all of the craziest fandoms we could find. As much as we like to regret it, some of us used to ship crap like fnaf’s signature Bonnie and Chica, or Discord and Celestia, Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, etc- I honestly think your ending sentence sums this up perfectly. “Nostalgia for a time when we weren’t afraid to be cringe on the internet” is simply what this is in every possible sense and I love it.
On one hand, it has that "loneliness energy" that plagues everything popular, since we're a social species, feeling lonely is something everyone can relate to, it's why breakup songs are usually more popular than happy songs, so a picture with two characters crying because they are separated and thus they feel lonely, is perfect for catching attention On the other hand, it's drawn so poorly and the characters have do little in common that you can just smell the "sarcasm energy" oozing off the screen, and that same "energy", has been intoxicating the internet for years and years now, to the point where you can't escape it So it's this is a perfect fit for the internet, everyone feels lonely deep down but most of us are too afraid of cringe do show it unless it's while hidden inside countless layers of sarcasm
_Airplanes_ is not even a breakup song. Also: I don't think bluedog's drawing was intended to be sarcasm in the first place, likewise I'm pretty sure the ship itself was originally intended to be a joke. I mean, did you read the FAQ of the ship's fan group?
There were a lot of crazy ships between random ponies and completely unrelated characters from other shows lmao. that era when bronies were a really big thing was wild and this particular ship didn't even surprise me
Oh man, that reminds me of the time people ship Dipper withTwlight Sparkle. I have to admit, I've read a couple of fanfics because I was just interested.
@Sparkle⋆✶ I agree. I wasn't too familiar with ships and fandoms at that time, and it was surprising that people ship characters from two different shows.
In all honesty, Mordetwi isn’t cringe. It might seem like it is, but it’s all just jokes and it’s so funny to me! I hate when people take stupid ships seriously (such as Pico and BF from FNF, which pretty much ruined the fandom). This is definitely one of my favorite memes and brought back my childhood
@@vio_vynn the fandom took it too far and the creator thought it was funny so he said he made it canon. I think it’s a joke and it’s much better if it is a joke.
And it resonates with people in a way thats unexpectedly wholesome because it deals with emotions that are more genuine when they happen irl. It has some depth, oddly, and when people shitpost about it, it just gives it more validity indirectly. Thats how I see it. Because, if you see people acting that way irl, its not necessarily a bad thing, if we compare that to other memes this one is more mature, despite being juvenile in a way still, even adults could relate to wishing for simpler times.
I literally didn't know anything about the origins of Mordetwi and that it went that deep and had so many fans. I thought it was just a redraw meme lol. It's pretty wonderful to look back on a time where shipping, and even the original fanfiction, was considered normal and okay. Now anything like that is considered either cringe or toxic :( Great video tho! Very informational lol
@101 I was talking about the people who police others on what is okay and not okay to ship. Which on paper sounds good but it really just turns into a toxic mess with people getting harassed over really stupid stuff
I think this just gives me nostalgia from when being cringe wasn't cared about, as you said at the end of the video. 2009-2012 was peak cringe for so many people because a lot of us were much younger and just wanted to create stuff. Then 2015-2017ish came around and posting cringe became the most godawful thing you could do on the internet. Personally, I want there to be a cringe Renaissance. I want to go back to a time where people could just do what they enjoy without being kicked around by people who act like 12-year-olds from the Leafy era of RU-vid.
I do think cringe is steadily heading towards it’s deathbed, tho, as the internet becomes more empathetic (specially considering the recent neurodiversity awareness), so that gives me hope
@@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk Weird cross shipping set to an emo song, bad art, but mostly the fact Twilight Sparkle was in it, Bronies sadly did deserve their bad reputation to a degree.
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 Did you not even watch this video? Bluedog's art was not what inspired the ship, it's the other way around. The song did not make the pairing/ship; it's also not an "emo song", it's literally about reminiscing the simpler past - it's such a universal experience almost everyone has had at some point in their lives that it's the last thing from an emo theme.
@@dogeatdog3579 im glad you made this, we made the subreddit and the discord server as a joke, we never expected for any of this to happen. so thank you again. also i like that you decided to put that one picture of me saying that i praise them nocturnally. thanks again!
To be fair, Earthworm Zim wasn't setting a goal to have 20+ chapters, it just happened that the writers (yes, there were at least two) had so much story to write that they had to divide it into _that_ many chapters. Even some of the chapters have to be subdivided into parts; they're only allowed to fit so much into a single Deviation post before they have to continue in another post, hence multiple chapters.
that's so sweet how the fanfic writer is so proud of her ship and is thinking of making stickers. love it when fanfic writers get the love and positivity they deserve!
I didn't even realize that he looked like mordecai, I'm not the biggest fan of regular show but mlp still makes me very happy, its story is so much more than how friendship is magic, it shows complex relationships and different species comming together with a shared enemy, it shows character growth and tells the story of a family, people who found strength in each other, and its beautiful and I love the fan art from it. If that makes me a cringy brony, then fine. I guess I'm a cringy brony.
@@The_Program2404 It's weird a fandom sprung up around an obnoxious, medicore kid's show. It really did nothing different from shows at the time and before and after it
I have been seeing 'Mordetwi' all over recently in my recommended page. It's crazy to see where it all began compared to the hundreds of animations, fanart, and fanfictions that are related today. I love videos discussing topics like this in detail and I would be happy to see more like this.
Wow... This is honestly an extremely pleasant and well-done video, even if this is still a small channel the amount of work and effort which are put in are uncommon nowadays. I enjoyed watching this video not only because of the content, but for how it was made. Keep up the good work
I swear when this popped up again, I almost spat out my fucking SOUL because I was there when Cartune wrote the fucking fics that contained the ship (it was one-sided)! I used to ship it, I miss being a preteen, you didn’t care about ‘cringe’ shit as much, you just vibed with it
I think they meant the colors [💜💙] rather than the Airplanes format. it's kinda like the Amogus/crewmate pattern meme, where if purple and blue are next to each other, it's immediately associated with MordeTwi. To be fair, though, even the Airplanes format itself is adaptable and universal. Haven't you seen the parodies/remixes of that meme?
It's very hard to really respond to this video or the ship/meme as a whole, as I only discovered it thanks to Solar Sands and then thought nothing of it, other than how weird I thought it was. It surprises me that there still is a passionate following, although most of it isn't at all serious, regardless of which platform it's on. I still think it is weird as hell, but seeing just what went into it and where the people behind it are now gives me more of an appreciation for something I, otherwise, wouldn't care about. Thank you for making this video, and I personally think it deserves more views and likes than the video that led me to this: Lessons in Meme Culture's take on MordeTwi as a meme.
oh god no wonder the photo looked familiar to me (since I'm currently in a rabbit hole of mordetwi content), although I don't remember which solar sands video it came from
I'll be honest on this. I was a fan of both shows, but also a fan of Adventure Time as well. It was around the time of my late high school years and these 3 shows were a huge impact in my life. Heck, I once go by a username call TwiMordeFinnX, and it's to show much commitment I was to these shows. Honestly, what I'm saying is that this ship, to me, is very odd and babbling. I'm aware of those Modecai and Twilight images, but I personally thought it was a big joke, but now that I'm seeing this ship come back in the 2020s is astounding. I'm not very heavy into cartoons these days, but I'll make an exception for the new G5 MLP series to see the new movie out in Spetember, but wow...This is something I never thought would bloom into something trending
I've been on the internet for 7 years (including the time when I didn't have a channel or any socials) and I didn't know about this meme until recently. And yes I still feel nostalgic because of the many drawings made in that art style.
this meme got me really curious and annoyed (it kept on appearing on meme groups and no one wasn't replying when i asked the whole point/context of this meme) LIKE FR i'm just so glad someone made a vid abt the meme. thanks for this !!!
I just feel a strange sense of nostalgia now, even though I didn't participate in this fandom back then. unfortunately, english is not my first language, so i didn't know at the time that this even existed. But thinking about it now, if I could go back in time, I would definitely love to be a part of this whole saga. Anyways! Great video!
When you started listing the cartoons the fan fiction included, the fact that Earthworm Jim was NOT mentioned shocked me to my very core. Granted you did say "and many more" but come on xD It's called Earthworm Zim! I haven't actually read the fanfiction so I don't know if he's actually in it - but if he's not then it will shock me to my very cute.
All of them, i've been on the internet for quite some times, and i feel nostalgic cause those were both my fav shows (and i used to ship weird pairs (Elsa x jackfrost lol)), and i also have a strange sense of humour.
gosh I still remember all the weird crossover art and amvs I made for the most ridiculous fandoms. I think my most embarrassing obsession was Penguins of Madagascar lol I miss those days
seeing this trend explode makes me absolutely giddy bc back in 2019 i’d use the mordetwi image for EVERYTHING and after a while i redrew it. so i was on this trend 2 years early. i mean better than late pfft
The fact that the creator of the image thinks that they peaked at 9 makes me so sad... I hope they have a nice future and that they get to do great works
this is so well put together! i'm glad the algorithm brought me here! i am obsessed with this kind of cultural sleuth type of video. also, thank you for making this with so much respect. fans get a lot of crap for being "cringe" already and it's cool to see a video like this from the perspective of another fan instead of an outsider looking in and poking fun at everything :)
I love essays and analysis video and ones that focus on internet can be especially challenging to make because of very random and sudden nature of it. Fantastic job, I honestly was shocked to learn that this ship is 10+ years old
Seeing this ship suddenly become mainstream is such a gutpunch of nostalgic whiplash. I, too, was an active member of the MordeTwi fanclub on dA back in 2012, and even drew fanart for it despite not really 'shipping' it. Rather, I had been following Abigail since BEFORE she even wrote Earthworm Zim for her other cartoon crossover art. I don't even remember what compelled me to join the group.
I have never heard of any of this, but now I really want to read Earthworm Zim. I have been interested in bizarre fanfiction for years, and this looks like so much fun! And I fall solidly in the bizarre sense of humor category so right up my alley!
I remember seeing this meme like once. Laughed an d then moved on. I was like 13 or 14. This is hilarious and I love how much effort was placed on this. Thank you!
i noticed on tiktok that both the regular show and my little pony started becoming more popular just before mordetwi! there was the audio of mordecai playing weezer that went around for a while, and mlp redesigns and cosplays have gotten pretty popular this year too! that sparked old fans' memories maybe?
I saw mortetwi a few years before its resurgence now. I was an mlp and regular show fan before I knew about the meme and I think I was the original drawing from solar sands or deviant art cringe. I also saw a few of cartoon lover's comics.
Thank you! i was going crazy wondering why the meme took off again! Last i heard of it was in a Solar Sands youtube video "Browsing Deviantart". I forgot which one tho
The amount of laughter this gem has bought me, from the moment I saw it to this day.... Sometimes I would randomly think of this during a boring class or when something boring is happening, I think of this and I always end up in tears. Don't know why. It's just such a gem 👏😂 I- I-- can't 😂😂
this meme sorta revitalized a lot of internalized nostalgia for me. i used to be extremely into fandoms when i was way younger, around 9-13. being around these types of circles, everyone in love with the media that they consumed, a lot of shipping stuff happened naturally; never partaken in any of that though. i know for myself, i look back on those years extremely fondly since they were such open and inclusive communities for me to express myself in a time and place i really couldn't-- i'd honestly bet there's a lot of overlap between queer communities and fandoms, alongside a lot of neurodivergent tendencies (i see a lot of the "fandoms are cringe" arguments usually coming from neurotypicals.) cuz of those reasons i look back on shit like undertale as a point of reference for example. supernatural, anything with openly LGBTQ characters. and also how fandoms are usually bolstered up by unanimous hyperfixiations by the people in those communities i can say for certain that, at least for me, i hold an extreme amount of nostalgia for that whole early 2010s mindset: early 2010s tumblr, accepting communities. i joke saying that, "oh i'd love to be a homestuck fan in 2012," but i actually do feel a sort of connection to that. it's some strange post-2008 recession hauntology that im realizing now that a LOT of people feel. i'm only 18, i've never experienced really much of anything before 2015... but it's persistent in me. maybe it's just my personal lack of a community i can confide and feel comfortable in- maybe a lot of people have felt that due to alienation these days. don't really know honestly. i'm just ranting. video made me reflect on shit like this so that's cool. really cool video
I literally only discovered Mordetwi had this whole time been a thing, maybe, last year, and yet the nostalgia still hit me like a truck. For some reason, looking at that image, there’s a sense of familiarity like, “Yep. Good times, good times...”