Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft

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Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft refers to a fictional narrative that Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku created popular video game Minecraft after the game's actual creator, Markus 'Notch' Persson, made allegedly transphobic comments on Twitter. After a Hatsune Miku parody Twitter account asserted that Hatsune Miku created Minecraft in response, LGBT fans of the game got in on the joke. Since the joke got popular, there have been other instances where a creator of a beloved piece of media says something offensive to LGBT communities, leading fans to assert that Hatsune Miku created the media.

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On March 10th, 2019, Markus "Notch" Persson tweeted out a series of tweets that gave certain advice including "NEVER apologize to these fucks if they claim you were being offensive. They DO NOT care about your input in what you did, and that should have been a pretty solid hint from the start." He would shortly add "Making it illegal to use the wrong pronouns THEY ARE THE ONES USING THE WRONG PRONOUNS FUCKING HELL".^[9]

On March 11th, 2019, Notch^[1] responded to a meme that said "trans women are women" by saying "No. They feel like they are, and it's serious, and deserves love. My sister thought she was fat and got dangerously thin. At no point was she. At no point did i hate her."

The comments led to backlash on Twitter.^[2] Two weeks after the tweet, Hatsune Miku parody Twitter account @mikumiku_ebooks^[3] tweeted "I created Minecraft," gaining over 3,600 retweets and 14,000 likes (shown below, left). The following day, they replied to Notch saying, "shut the up , transphobe . i created minecraft,"^[4] gaining over 14,000 retweets and 50,000 likes (shown below, right).

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The tweets inspired others to join in on the joke that Hatsune Miku created Minecraft. On March 31st, Twitter^[5] user @Niramou_ wrote, "guys please stop with the “we dont know who created minecraft its just a mystery” jokes. it’s really inappropriate and disrespectful to erase someone’s legacy like that, especially considering all the hard work hatsune miku put into creating minecraft all on her own," gaining over 10,000 retweets and 25,000 likes (shown below, left). On May 17th, user @saltykdan^[6] tweeted, "10 years ago, one vocaloid developed a videogame that would become an overnight sensation. Thank you so much Hatsune Miku. Happy Birthday Minecraft," gaining over 5,400 retweets and 17,000 likes (shown below, right).

The joke continued throughout 2019 when creators of media offended fans of that media. One of the most notable examples of this phenomenon came in the wake of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's #IStandWithMaya comments, which were considered transphobic by her followers. In response, Twitter^[7] user @corruptbytes asserted that Hatsune Miku had created both Minecraft and Harry Potter, gaining over 3,900 retweets and 11,000 likes (shown below, left). Twitter^[8] user @grisevg also made a joke celebrating Miku as an "auteur", gaining over 780 retweets and 3,100 likes (shown below, right).

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