Loud Duo

Loud Duo is the friendship between Dream and Quackity from the Dream SMP fandom.

Canon
Quackity was added to Dream's Minecraft server, the Dream SMP, in August 2020 after TommyInnit suggested that he should be added. At first, Quackity and Dream didn't talk much, but the two became closer after gaining a mutual friend, GeorgeNotFound. To Dream, Quackity was hilarious and even the funniest person he knew.

After the Dream SMP ended, Dream and Quackity both announced new Minecraft SMPs, United SMP and Quackity SMP respectively. Both servers were multi-language, and the two servers' translation mods were announced around the same time, which sparked some drama between fans saying that one content creator copied the other. Dream addressed the "drama" and said that he and Quackity accidentally worked on the same thing but kept it private and clashed with each other. He added that he has no hard feelings towards Quackity and that he loves him to death. Dream added that he only wanted to have fun with his friends and that he hates seeing people minimize Quackity's achievements in the gaming space. Dream said that Quackity made it possible for people to try and build bridges.

Later on, Dream addressed the topic again in a much lengthier thread. He reiterated that he and Quackity both privately worked on their projects and had the same general idea, to make a new Minecraft server to play on. According to Dream, he started working on a translation mod after he had the idea of a Minecraft server with people around the world. After Quackity announced the QSMP, Dream reached out to support Quackity and let him know that he too was working on a server to bring together people around the world. Quackity's server hadn't mentioned anything about translation, so Dream was led to believe that the QSMP and USMP could co-exist and that he could share the translation mod with Quackity if he wanted. Quackity didn't reply to Dream, and Dream assumed it was due to Quackity being overwhelmed and busy. Dream reached out to other QSMP members and got reassurance that the QSMP and USMP were different things. Dream continued working on the USMP, and he even planned for Quackity to be the owner of the Spanish community on the server. Dream uploaded his translation mod video, with the intention of it being an April Fools' joke. Quackity announced a translation mod for his server soon after, which slightly disappointed Dream since he knew the situation would lead to drama. Dream was also excited to share ideas with Quackity since the two were both dedicated to and passionate about their projects.

Dream reached out to Quackity with support again, and he laughed about the fact that the two had such similar ideas. Quackity didn't reply to any of Dream's messages, but the two bumped into each other. Dream mentioned that a lot of hatred and fighting had begun brewing within their fan bases, and Dream suggested talking things out to avoid fighting. Days later, Dream thought that Quackity might have been frustrated with Dream under the assumption that Dream stole his idea. Dream learned from mutual friends of the two that they weren't getting responses from Quackity either. About a week later, Dream expressed his love to Quackity and said that a Minecraft SMP wasn't worth hurting their friendship over. Dream admitted that he had no intention of competing with Quackity or copying him.

Dream talked even more about the topic in the thread.

Fanon
Loud Duo was initially a supported duo due to their dynamic and few interactions. Though, a few people pointed out how the two seemed very awkward with each other and did not interact much. Nonetheless, there were fans of the two, and the duo currently has 630+ works on AO3.

When the Loud Duo "drama" became a popular topic, many people took Quackity's side. They believed that Dream was being immature for posting so much about the subject publicly, and they pointed out that Quackity had publicly talked about the QSMP when Dream had said that he kept the project private. Quackity himself even liked a tweet about how Quackity had been talking about the QSMP since at least January 2023. Others sided with Dream and said that Dream wouldn't have to publicly speak about the issue if Quackity had responded to him. Some people didn't take sides and only wanted Dream and Quackity to talk the issue out. Others that didn't take sides cracked jokes to make light of the situation while some thought it was stupid to have a fall out over Minecraft servers.

Fandom
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Variations

 * Crew Boys refers to the ship between the two, GeorgeNotFound, Sapnap and Karl Jacobs