Behind the Curtain

Tenna’s mysterious mod/editor/IT guy seems to prefer staying out of the spotlight, but Tenna and his chat are determined to get Spamton on camera!

AKA 5 times Spamton accidentally revealed something about himself to the stream + 1 time he intentionally went on camera

Notes:

Why finish any of my other fics when I can start a new one? :D

I’ve really wanted to get back to this AU for months, and this just ended up becoming multiple chapters…

Credit for workskin: Twitch Chat by Ultraviollett and Twitter by etc e tal (pe_pe_peperoncinocandy)
I added the predictions, made the twitch chat scalable on desktop and mobile, and updated the Twitter UI to be like X.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Moderator

Summary:

Tenna explains Spamton's role in his livestreams.

Notes:

You should click the link Spamton sends :)
I promise it's not a virus :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

“Don’t touch that dial, folks! We’ll be back after a short break. Spamton! Bring up the intermission screen!”

leyla9000: Who’s Spamton?

susmimikyu: Tenna’s mod

Lost_In_Maridia: mod

Elderfly: But he also handles stream stuff

Lost_In_Maridia: pretty sure he does all the technical stuff for tenna

yumicats2: Also don’t trust any links he sends out. I got a virus last time

E_MAIL_GUY: 1 CAN SEE [Hey you guys] T4LKING ABOUT M3

Lost_In_Maridia: oh no he sees us

yumicats2: EVRYONE HIDE!!!

Gooseberry: I just checked Tenna’s mod list. How does he have 286 active mods right now? That’s more than the viewer count????

pipis_2: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_3: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_4: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_5: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_6: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_7: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_8: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_9: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

Lost_In_Maridia: ”OMEGALUL”

pipis_10: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_11: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

susmimikyu:

pipis_12: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_13: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_14: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_15: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_16: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

yumicats2: TENNA SAVE US

pipis_17: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

mod badge pipis_18: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_19: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

“Spamton! Bring the camera back!” The intermission overlay faded to show Tenna back in his chair. “And we’re back folks! What have you been chatting about when I was- …Spamton?”

pipis_20: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_21: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

pipis_22: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

Elderfly: help

pipis_23: [I have 70 alternative accounts!]

“Spamton, stop! You’re drowning out the audience!”

E_MAIL_GUY: [click to accept the terms and conditions]

susmimikyu: Tenna our savior! :D

yumicats2: DONT CLICK THAT LINK

Elderfly: So is Spamton one guy or a group?

“Oh! I guess I never properly introduced Spamton! He worked with me back when I was a TV host until…” Tenna grimaced and shrunk a little. “Well, there was a period where we couldn’t contact each other for a few years…”

leyla9000: lore?

Lost_In_Maridia: dramaaa

susmimikyu: spamton lore??? :O

“But!” The TV shot back up. “When TV Time was shut down, Spamton came up with the wonderful idea of live streaming! He set up all of this fancy technology and assists me with set design, camera work, editing… He’s like Mike! Actually, this audience wouldn’t know who Mike is. He’s… the man behind the scenes who helps make all the magic happen!”

leyla9000: so mod and editor

DiceBoy: Who's Mike?

Lost_In_Maridia: cool cool

“As much as I appreciate Spamton’s help backstage, it would be nice to host a segment with him again…” The CRT sighed wistfully.

E_MAIL_GUY: NOT HAPPENING [Cathode]

DiceBoy: Why does he type like that?

"Challenge accepted!" Tenna enthusiastically exclaimed. “I’ll convince you to get on camera again one day, Spammy!”

E_MAIL_GUY: DON’T [role call] ME THAT IN [front row] OF THE AUDIENCE

yumicats2: “in front of the audience”? ”LUL”

E_MAIL_GUY: JUST GET [back on topic]

“Oh! Right, the analysis! So the camera angle here is called a Dutch angle! It's a bit disorienting for the viewer, so it's usually used when the director wants to create some unease or tension.”

leyla9000: changinf the topic?

NovaCat186: shut up im watching tv

Notes:

The 70 alternative accounts is a Snapcube reference. Also, I did consider going all the way to 70 pipis.
The spam starts and pipis_2 because the pipis_1 account belongs to THE Pipis.
Since this is early on in Tenna’s streaming career, I didn’t want to put in too many chatters. I WILL add everyone who donated their usernames eventually!!!
Talking about donating usernames… If you want to be a chatter in TV Time, please let me know in the comments along with the color you’d like your username to be!
Also let me know if there's something you don't want me to make you say because I WILL be shoving words into your mouth.
FANART!!!
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