I write this as a plea of desperation, mere weeks before my 25th birthday.
The humble pumpkin was added to Minecraft in Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0 in 2010, and my nine-year-old self was delighted. As the years passed, more craftable items emerged from our orange friend. And yet, even then, I began to feel the cold fingers of existential dread tugging at my child-sized Creeper attire.
For although we were able to create soups and stews of many kinds, the transcendental ecstasy of pumpkin soup remained forever barred from my grasp.
For years, my tiny child mind, unburdened by the knowledge of dev teams and feature prioritisation, persevered. I tried a pumpkin and a bowl. I tried milk, pumpkin, and a bowl. I even turned to pumpkin seeds in a futile attempt to craft this delicacy.
But no.
Although the pumpkin was right there and my heart hopeful, pumpkin soup remained uncraftable.
Now I build temples and empires. I have seen civilisations rise and fall. I have watched dimensions appear out of thin air. I have sat in hobbit holes, witch’s hovels, and pristine cherry blossom cottages. Yet, Steve has never once raised to his lips the life-altering comfort of pumpkin soup.
And so I carry an emptiness. The knowledge that my Minecraft experience has never reached its full potential for true, wholesome coziness.
Minecraft Dev Team, if you exist, somewhere in your sacred order of developers: I have lived in a pumpkin-soupless purgatory for over fifteen years.
Please.
Add pumpkin soup to Minecraft.
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