# Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft In March 2019, a Hatsune Miku parody account on Twitter answered Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson's transphobic tweets by declaring that the Vocaloid character had actually made the game. The joke caught on with LGBT fans, and by December 2019 it extended to crediting Miku for Harry Potter after J.K. Rowling's #IStandWithMaya posts. ## Origin On March 10, 2019, Markus 'Notch' Persson posted a stream of tweets attacking apologies and complaining about pronouns, writing 'THEY ARE THE ONES USING THE WRONG PRONOUNS FUCKING HELL'[4]. The next day he answered a 'trans women are women' meme by denying it and comparing trans identity to his sister's eating disorder[3]. The posts drew heavy backlash from LGBT players of his game[5]. In late March, the Hatsune Miku parody account @mikumiku_ebooks tweeted the three words 'I created Minecraft,' earning over 3,600 retweets and 14,000 likes[1]. A day later, the account replied directly to Notch with 'shut the up , transphobe . i created minecraft,' hitting more than 14,000 retweets and 50,000 likes[2]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @mikumiku_ebooks (Twitter) - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview The joke works by stripping credit from a creator whose politics alienated fans and reassigning it to Hatsune Miku, the turquoise-haired Vocaloid software mascot with a devoted queer and anime fandom[5]. Typical posts take two shapes: sincere-sounding celebrations of Miku's achievements, like tribute threads or birthday messages addressed to Minecraft, and faux-earnest corrections scolding anyone who 'forgets' she coded the game herself[6]. The humor turns on the absurdity of the attribution, a cartoon pop idol allegedly authoring one of the best-selling games ever, alongside the pointed refusal to speak Notch's name. Variations later extended the bit to other franchises. Fans credited Miku with writing Harry Potter after J.K. Rowling's December 2019 posts about Maya Forstater[8], and the gag became a recurring reaction whenever a creator upset LGBT followers. ## How to Use A post commonly takes the form of a sincere tribute to Miku for her work on Minecraft, often phrased as a birthday message or a scolding of anyone who 'forgets' her authorship. The template works for any media whose real creator has alienated queer fans, as when fans credited Miku for Harry Potter after J.K. Rowling's #IStandWithMaya posts[8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft? A running joke on Twitter where fans credit the Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku with authoring Minecraft instead of Markus 'Notch' Persson, after he made transphobic posts in March 2019[5]. ### Where did Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft come from? The parody account @mikumiku_ebooks first tweeted 'I created Minecraft' in late March 2019, about two weeks after Notch's posts about pronouns and trans identity[1]. ### What does Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft mean? It is a way of denying a disgraced creator credit for their work and reassigning it to a beloved fandom figure. @mikumiku_ebooks's reply to Notch, 'shut the up , transphobe . i created minecraft,' set the tone[2]. ### How do you use Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft? Typical posts take the form of sincere-sounding tributes, like @saltydkdan's 'Thank you so much Hatsune Miku. Happy Birthday Minecraft' in May 2019[7], or mock-indignant corrections of anyone who leaves her out[6]. ### Is Hatsune Miku Created Minecraft still popular? The big spikes faded after 2019, but the format reappears whenever a creator upsets LGBT fans, as when fans extended it to Harry Potter following J.K. Rowling's #IStandWithMaya comments[8]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/mikumiku_ebooks/status/1111436786318757888]() 2. [https://twitter.com/mikumiku_ebooks/status/1111773445870796801]() 3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311213707/https:/twitter.com/notch/status/1105156558181195785]() 4. [https://twitter.com/notch/status/1104678472964726784]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hatsune-miku-created-minecraft]() 6. [https://twitter.com/Niramou_/status/1112434181924184064]() 7. [https://twitter.com/saltydkdan/status/1129481492818796545]() 8. [https://twitter.com/corruptbytes/status/1207698984032260098]() 9. [https://twitter.com/grisevg/status/1207680734397452290]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/hatsune-miku-created-minecraft Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library