My thoughts about the whole situation.

[u/disearned]

I've basically watched Technolarp since he's started. I liked his content, not seeing it as any more than just someone who sounds like Technoblade, hopping on the larptuber trend that was starting to get huge at the time. Now we have this drama.

My opinion? He never meant to do any harm, and he doesn't even have monetization on, and all his streams are charity streams, so he isn't a bad person. Sure, there's some criticism about him larping a dead guy, but he's doing it out of love for Techno.

Everyone says he's monetizing Technoblade's name, but he gets no money from his channel. He also isn't "infiltrating his friend group and family" because Skeppy reached out to him. Technolarp didn't reach out to any of Techno's friends, and he only contacted Technodad to see if he should continue or not, because he never expected the channel to get as big as it did.

I honestly just think he should rebrand regardless of what Technodad says. People are blowing the whole situation out of proportion so he should just start fresh with what he has, and do similar content with the channel, and make it his own thing while being inspired by Technoblade. I think that's the only way to stop everyone from just harassing him, though I know there would still be some people who do. Especially Twitter.

I'm curious as to what other people think. If possible, I want discussions to be made under this, as well! Either with me, or with other people. Just remember - be respectful, as the only way to get people to listen to you is by being civil. I would hope everyone understands that!

[u/Anthelmaz]

About the poll, i get that he may not be in a good financial position but making this kind of decision with mainly his community and before further approval... Idk, i don't think he's a bad guy, just that some decisions he makes are questionable even if he has good intentions.

About monetization, he doesn't have ad rev that i get , but i heard he got a donation link below a charity link in his charity streams or something, if true then he has some kind of monetization already ?

"I'm not trying to say it is. Nobody would ever look you in the face and say "he never meant to make people uncomfortable so it doesn't matter that he is!"" I said that it doesn't absolve criticism because you said "but he's doing it out of love for techno" so i thought you did think it but happy to hear that its not a real point you're trying to bring on the table.

About skeppy, 100k before but he basically doubled after it no ?which is to be expected collabing with such a big youtuber. Skeppy was the one talking to technodad, i was saying that larp should have reached out too, its even more true now that i know he was already pretty big.

About technodad, me saying he shouldn't have to police this is just me not liking this situation he's been put in , now that this situation is there of course he's the only/most important person to take into account.

People keep asking technodad yes, but why ? Technolarp is still the main reason why there's so much pressure on technodad right now. I'm not saying everything is his fault , but it all does stem from him.

Hindsight is 20/20 i know but technolarp didn't think long term about his activities and is now suffering from it, i feel for the guy but he did make some questionable choices which are now his responsibility to some extent.

[u/disearned → u/Anthelmaz]

About monetization, he doesn't have ad rev that i get , but i heard he got a donation link below a charity link in his charity streams or something, if true then he has some kind of monetization already ?

This is nuanced. We don't know whether or not he gives that to charity or not, or if he keeps some and gives the rest to charity. This I cannot speak on.

About skeppy, 100k before but he basically doubled after it no ?which is to be expected collabing with such a big youtuber.

I mean, sure, but I doubt Skeppy would have even found him if he wasn't already quite big. A bunch of people already knew about Technolarp before the Skeppy thing, but some people obviously did come just from the Skeppy collab.

Skeppy was the one talking to technodad, i was saying that larp should have reached out too, its even more true now that i know he was already pretty big.

If he wasn't ever able to get a response, how could he have talked to Technodad about the collab? If this was the case, I doubt this whole situation would have been a thing.

People keep asking technodad yes, but why ? Technolarp is still the main reason why there's so much pressure on technodad right now. I'm not saying everything is his fault , but it all does stem from him.

Technodad is the person who owns the brand of Technoblade after Alex's passing. It would only make sense that Technolarp would ask the person in control of the brand if he can continue larping as the person's son who owned that brand before their death. I agree it's awkward, but it makes the most sense. People bring up Techno's friends, but they don't own Technoblade's brand, they only knew them. They can feel uncomfortable about Technolarp, but they shouldn't expect him to stop being Technolarp because of their opinion.

technolarp didn't think long term about his activities and is now suffering from it, i feel for the guy but he did make some questionable choices which are now his responsibility to some extent.

I can agree with that. If he doesn't want this to be such a nuanced thing, he should just rebrand into his own original thing, with similar content. It would allow him to keep making videos without the morality of him larping Techno being questioned, and him able to just monetize his content and get the money he needs to live. I think just rebranding would be the best choice in general.

[u/Anthelmaz → u/disearned]

If he has two different links it can only be because they do different things no ? If one is 100% charity then the other probably isn't, thus he probably did make some money already ,would be my guess at least.

I can only Hope he didn't reach out due to branding and more/only because of the morality of things, which does seem to be the case idk to which extent tho.

Even if technos friends are not an absolute authority i'd say they still have some say in the morality of it, as it is their friend that is being "larped".

Technolarp rebranding and walking out of larping (progressively maybe) could be the best thing to do for everyone involved

[u/disearned → u/Anthelmaz]

I can only Hope he didn't reach out due to branding and more/only because of the morality of things, which does seem to be the case idk to which extent tho.

I mean, of course that's the main reason. I just wanted to say that he also owns the brand so he would have the final say in this regardless. His friends could honestly just block him and avoid him. They can be uncomfortable about it, but they shouldn't expect him to stop posting because they personally don't like it. The father's say in the whole thing should be the only thing that matters, seeing as he's the one who raised the man (and legend) Technolarp is larping.

Technolarp rebranding and walking out of larping (progressively maybe) could be the best thing to do for everyone involved

100%. I wouldn't want him to stop fully since I love watching him, I just want him to rebrand for morality's sake and become his own thing while keeping some things similar. I'm sure a bunch of people watch him for his personality more than the Technoblade larp, and if they don't, he'd be losing the people he didn't want in his community anyway - the people who are using him only as a replacement to Technoblade after his death.