MoralityMilkshake

**morality\_milkshake**, commonly referred to as **Morality**, **Milkshake**, or **MM**, is a character on the WeedSMP. He is the Territory ethicist, and ofholyclockwork's boyfriend/husband.

## Appearance

morality\_milkshake is a fully pale-blue humanoid, featureless except for his eyes, the right-hand of which is bright blue and the left orange. He has a small black cat draped over his left shoulder. He has been drawn by fans both in this form and in one that is more humanoid, with pale blue hair and clothes, light skin, and glowing blue-orange heterochromic eyes, and often portrayed holding a milkshake. Milkshake has positively addressed both depictions, and while he has stated the former to be closer to his "vision," has not officially canonized either.

## Personality

### Personality - Main

As his username suggests, Milkshake is very concerned with morality as the Territory ethicist, though his moral compass is notoriously blue-and-orange. Like most members of the Territory, he frequently defers to his colleagues' decisions, is highly authoritarian, is very loyal to the Territory and his friends, and seems to be very cavalier about murder, sabotage, and theft. Overall, he seems to be very utilitarian and concerned largely with what he considers to be mitigating suffering, but he has unconventional ideas thereof, largely tied to the responsibilty-based authcommunist ethos of the Territory. He holds inaction while someone is suffering as highly immoral, though what a suitable action to take might be seems to follow no clear pattern; for instance, when Weedchamp initially contacted him to ask him to stop his boyfriend Clockwork from murdering Weedchamp repeatedly, Milkshake was very concerned and offered to talk about it, but blatantly said "no, sorry :/" to asking Clockwork to stop, though he later had a change of heart. He seems to be very compassionate in intention, but his flippant attitude toward things others consider atrocities and his tendency to be condescending, blunt, and/or passive-aggressive when delivering judgement makes this confusing.

Morality frequently ruminates on the ethics of any action he undertakes, considering it very important to self-evaluate whenever possible. This often leads to him rambling on stream, and sometimes, such as in the aftermath of the War Crime Tribunal, sends him spiraling. It will also sometimes keep him from making a conclusive decision in the moment, which causes him to spiral more, as he considers this immoral by inaction. Despite his condescending mien when talking about some of his decisions, he is aware of his fallibility, often to the point of periods of self-doubt.

Notably, he considers revenge or retributionary justice in any form immoral, firmly espousing that any disciplinary response should be fitted to the crime and criminal. This may have been why he was so against Superhell, and, in combination with his self-evaluating tendencies, why he failed to kill Weedchamp.

### Aftermath of the War Crime Tribunal

After the majority of the Territory leadership, including Clockwork, was sent to Superhell, Milkshake had a breakdown and fled into the unclaimed parts of the WeedSMP. During this period, he was even more introspective and rambly than usual, and the self-doubting aspects of his personality came to the forefront. He spent his time wandering the uncharted lands and re-evaluating the moral codes of himself and his organization, seeking clarity in the path to moral consistency in the beauty of nature. He was frequently shaky and anxious, and flipped between being completely resistant to harm anything, even briefly going vegan, and showing largely-uncharacteristic violence. After several days, Morality finally resolved his moral conflict, coming to the conclusion that the Territory leadership had failed to be consistently helpful and kind and had shown "more heated cruelty than cold mercy," and set out to make his way back to the Territory and his friends to make this right.

## History

[idk other arcs. Mention role in catalyzing Jo to be part of the Minecraft Hague and also work out the details of the tribunal etc etc, fleeing, yelling at El, etc]