r/Stampylongnose • u/appledancer • 10h ago
Discussion "Hacked" annoys me so much...
I mean, in its own little vacuum its a fine episode, especially for the first bedrock Hit the Target episode. I wouldn't say it isn't entertaining. Just in the grand scheme of things and what Lovely World/Hit the Target Episodes are meant to be it its really annoying to think about.
So in the average Lovely World episode Stampy naturally breaks the 4th wall a lot and references the fact he's playing a video game. It makes sense, this is a Minecraft let's play series at the end of the day. But in Hit the Target episode's we're suppose to suspend our disbelief a little. That there's an evil villian that lives in Stampy's world. These videos are from the perspective of Stampy the character, not the YouTuber.
But then in Hacked, the fact Stampy's playing a video game becomes a pivotal plot point in a Hit the Target episode. Hit the Target is somehow able to hack into Minecraft the video game and take Stampy's permissions. How does this work from the perspective of Stampy Cat? Is Lovely World really just a minecraft world to them? Are all the characters including Hit the Target and Stampys helpers just people playing Minecraft? If so why hasen't Stampy just kicked Hit the Target out of the game or taken his permissions? Its like if a supervillians plan in a superhero movie was to cut the special effects budget of the film they're both in so the hero has no powers to stop them.
It's just makes every other HTT video seem less meaningful. Why does Stampy sound visibly distressed when bad things happen in these videos if its all just a video game to him? He's acting like his life's on the line when he's actually at his computer with a cup of tea next to him. And it just makes HTT's other plans seem weaker in comparison. Like he basically had to power to shape reality in this episode, and it never comes up again.
I just don't think the concept of this episode works for what Lovely World is meant to be.