#Tubbo still doesn't blame Techno

[ivys-garden]

Alright, I'm going to write my own thoughts down on the situation, sorry if this gets rambly

First of all, Shubble is so brave for speaking up, it's really hard for victims to speak up against there abusers in a public setting and she deserves all the respect in the world for it

That being said we do need to be mindful to give her space, this was a really traumatic thing for her and we all need to be mindful of that, give her room to breath.

On the same lines, don't go after other ccs for not ""releasing statements"", content creators aren't companies, there people. Don't get on at them for not publicly supporting Shubble, especially since there undoubtedly doing it in private, which is probably better than shoving it out there for millions of people to see. Let people support there friend in a way they and shubble are confortable with, if shubble wants them to say something or they think they need to say something themselves, they will say it.

It's like Pearl said, just because you don't see something happening publicly doesn't mean it isn't happening

Also, don't jump to call Tommy or Phil or Grian or anyone else enablers because they haven't said anything, they'll need time to process this too, it's hard to find out that your friend is a domestic abuser, let them process this in piece and don't try to cancel them over nothing like a fool. (People like Tommy will need time especially since Wilbur befriended them when they were young and by all accounts manipulated them too)

If anyone of these people have anything they feel they need to say they'll say it when there good and ready, good life tip folks:Don't Harass People. Especially if they have almost nothing to do with this (honestly Saw someone say they were going to go on to fucking RT about this despite him not knowing either person very well, the fuck)

I know why people do it, they want to make sure there favourite content creators aren't also bad, but they are people and they deserve respect, I can garentee you that almost no Qsmp or Hermitcraft or Other MCYT member who knew him stands with Wilbur

(Also if anyone brings Techno into this fuck right off let the man rest.)

Also, some brain dead morons are saying that people calling out wilbur are doing it for clout and that they should have done it sooner, but most of the abuse happened in private, and wilbur manipulated others, many wouldn't have realised anything was wrong and if they did its still better and more respectful to come forward after shubble since its HER story to tell.

(This attack also doesn't work anymore because we have things like tubbos stream, where he actively discourages his chat from treating him like a hero for speaking out, but yeah sure they all don't give a shit about shubble and just want to make themselves look better, fuck outta here)

Now, if your a former wilbur fan, let me make this super clear

DONT WATCH HIM AND DONT LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC

"BuT SePuRaTe ThE ArT FrOm ThE Arti-

Nah. That doesn't work here. You can separate a book or game or movie, you can't with a cc. Its there face, there voice, there personality. Find a different band, find a different CC to watch. There are other options, I know it sucks to find out someone you like did an awful thing,but that doesn't mean we should support those people for our sakes, especially when people were actively hurt by there actions. Trust me everyone, this will get better, things will go back to how they were before

Finally, this should go without saying, Fuck William Gold to the core of teh fucking earth. And any who still support him.

He is a raging egotistical manipulator and abuser. don't blame people for not seeing it sooner, no one can do that. What we can do though is blame people who still wholeheartedly support him and his actions.

He has not "changed" nor will he ever at the rate at which he's going. He's still a egomaniac who's more concerned with saving his image than actually apologising for his actions, even then an apology wouldn't fix all he's done,it would just be closer and a jumping off point to be better, but he can't even fucking do that.

If wilbur does reflect and grow, good on him, but if he doesn't then I can say with absolute certainty we wouldn't fucking miss him.

Fuck Wilbur. Support Shelbym

[tobi-smp]

you know, I think the thing that made c!phil's writing kind of janky and discordant is Also exactly what makes cc!phil's Strength as a roleplayer

the best way to put it is that phil is the epitome of Yes And. wilbur tells him to kill him and it was a Choice, there was no script that told him that wilbur Had to die that night. but wilbur asked him to and so he did.

wilbur Also asked him to look after tubbo and tommy, So He Did. he fought for l'manberg on the 16th (fought Against dream and techno), and agreed to become a part of l'manberg's government as a mentor figure.

but techno was his friend and they wanted to spend time together when they were online so why be anything else in lore? of Course they're old friends, of Course they spend time together.

the problem arise when there's Conflict between these two groups. because phil Must choose what to do and say and believe at any given moment, to justify Why he would choose to do whatever it he is about to do. but at the end of the day that choice Mostly comes down to what would be cool or fun or interesting in the moment.

and I think ! that there's absolutely nothing wrong with this, and it's actually a Really good mindset to have in the context of this kind of roleplay. and it worked really well early on. it's Interesting that phil Would have a completely uncomplicatedly loyal relationship with techno right away when he Did explicitly stand against him on that first day. it Says Something about their relationship. maybe even implies that they've fought each other before, but it doesn't impact their relationship with each other.

the problem is when it starts contradicting and Twisting and being weird. mainly when it comes to characters that he Both has major conflict with And want to have a positive relationship with him. it becomes a question of Why phil would do something that would hurt them if he cares about them.

after all, it's not just hurt feelings, it's war. even if they had no Intent on killing anybody, it still Could Have ended with people dead.

and again ! that's not an inherently Bad Thing. it actually opens to the door for a lot of interesting character conflict and introspection !

phil is a Very old being, his best friend is famous for being unkillable, his wife is Actually Death who casually possesses him sometimes. having phil be somewhat out of touch with humanity in a way where he doesn't Really understand the emotional weight and Danger of what he's done would make sense ! and of course, that's just one possible explanation that could be replaced with or coincide with another reading.

but it's all complicated Further by there being a very strong ideological bend to the conflicts he's involved with. because it Feels like for him to engage with said conflict Meaningfully he must weigh in with his own take on the ideological conflicts. he's playing a supporting role to technoblade after all, and on paper his entire character Is one big ideological conflict.

but what phil's ideology actually Is shifts to suit whatever story line he needs to support at a given moment, rather than being set in stone First with his role in those story lines being chosen based on a preexisting belief.

and honestly I really Don't blame cc!phil for this, because On Paper the jump in justification for these supporting roles he's played don't look very different. and in fact, you can See where one follows the conclusion to another.

but "choose people" above all else, to the point of being Shocked that tommy might hesitate in the conflict with dream that has the weight of protecting the entire server riding on it, really Does Not gel with whatever happened on doomsday or with letting dream out of prison.

moreover, it only highlights a conflict in ideology between phil and techno. the use of violence as default Even Against active allies or people who'd been considered allies 5 minutes ago doesn't seem to gel with whatever phil had going on in the post-prison break out era.

having phil enable dream to torment tommy during doomsday feels very contradictory to phil's shocked offense that dream would torment A Child the first chance he got after breaking out.

and again ! none of this is inherently a Flaw, it could all be very interesting as set ups for character conflict and as an examination for phil's Own character flaws. having contradictions like this isn't inherently Bad writing when it can so easily be Interesting. open up the door for Richer character writing.

the problem isn't even that none of this was intentional at the time that it was happening, but rather that nobody really seemed to notice it at all. so rather than it being used as a tool to bounce off of For that character examination and conflict. it just kinda. Is.

I think ! what phil needed, and what the server As A Whole needed, was stronger Direction. it's what made the early arcs work as well as they did, because Everyone knew the what the core story Was and could figure out ways to cohesively bounce off of them.

the revolution, the elections, the civil war, they were all Strong skeletons with clear factions and ideologies at play. and so even when people were doing their own things it all Felt Cohesive.

and of course, the dream smp Stopped having a key writer for the those big plot moments with the intent of giving people more personal freedom in their writing. but I think it only served a Lack Of Identity. people who didn't already have a stake in the key conflicts that were already on the server struggled to find their way into them. and struggled to find relevancy Without them.

and I think this was felt the most in the way that people were both afraid of stepping on anybody's toes while Also getting in each other's way like a football field.

like, I Loved tommy's death and resurrection arc. and the sheer Surprise of it and the aftermath was truly incredible to see.

but it was also Weird that people weren't given the chance to react to it on their own terms. like, why did they plan the syndicate meeting months in advance just to have it dropped on them with no way to prepare for or modulate their responses?

phil and techno's reactions to tommy's death are So Weird when we consider their relationship with him both before And After. and it's difficult to reconcile because it's Understandable that the cc's didn't want to derail their planned lore to make it About tommy's story line. But It's Not Like We Can Pretend It Didn't Happen Either.

and there's lots of ways that people have tried to reconcile this, lots of ways that I've even personally Enjoyed. but in terms of what's actually In the source material It Just Kind Of Is.

phil cares about tommy, he wants to guide him and protect him because he recognizes that he's a child in a dangerous position, but he also laughs when he hears dream beat him to death in prison and he also laughed while dropping bombs on tommy's head with dream at his side. and these all just kind of Are.

I can't even tell if this is all weirder before or after canon sbi was retconned.

and so these inconsistencies tug at all of the major story beats that phil's character is involved with, all while all of them Mostly work well in isolation. and it's so easy to see how this could've been avoided with stronger direction and story planning.

in other words, It's Dream's Fault.

[llitchilitchi]

Soo copacetic AU : )

Do Dream and Sam ever meet again after Dream is rescued and starts his healing arc? (Assuming he isn’t just killed by techno sjdhsj) What might that look like 👉👈

/ cw: manipulation/guilttripping and all the usual stuff related to copacetic au. neither of them are okay and neither of them looks at their situation in a healthy way. this is far enough into the healing arc that Tubbo's made significant progress with Dream's prosthetics for him to use more regularly

"You can stand again," Sam notes as Dream steps closer.

"Somewhat, yeah. Tubbo's done wonders. Phil helped," Dream replies as he takes a seat across from Sam. "It's not the same." Never will be, he wants to say, but they were given five minutes and not a second more, and he doesn't want to lose a second of that time to pointless arguments. Instead, he settles on: "I still have to use a wheelchair, most of the time."

Sam hums and nods. "So you came to show off?"

Dream bites his tongue, takes a deep breath. He counts to ten, tries to at least, but stops at seven. "Kind of. If you want to call it that way."

"I could help," Sam offers, turning the conversation back to himself. "The prosthetic," he specifies. "Could make it better."

"Thanks." Dream clings to civility despite the pang of guilt, the small voice in the back of his head telling him to let Sammy handle things. "I'll leave it to Tubbo, though."

They sit in silence, then, neither sure what to say, now that they've been stripped of their roles. It's Sam who speaks first.

"I'm glad to see you doing well," he admits, and Dream wants to believe that it is sincere.

"You're the reason I was not well in the first place."

Neither of them knows when it began. Neither knows whether they mean Dream's legs or the lack of baby fat on his cheeks, where the hurt truly begins and ends and how much of the blame is for Sam to take. All of it, George would say. Most, if it was Sapnap speaking. Dream can only blame him for so much without knowing he pushed him there.

(He knows a push does not necessitate falling head first into this mess, and Sam did little to regain his balance.)

"I did not want to do it," Sam mutters, his voice grating against his throat with pain and regret.

"You hurt me."

"I know."

"And you're not sorry, either."

"I swear I never lied to you when I told you that I wouldn't have hurt you if you'd done what I told you. But you didn't. I had to."

"I know."

If you'd behaved, Sam thinks, there would be no need to deny you food. If you'd given us the book, there would be no need for the torture. If you'd stayed, there would be no need to clip your wings.

I hated hurting you.

They fall silent, and the next time Sam speaks, it's Dream's name with an echo of a second voice from the outside. Dream forces himself to stand, gripping the chair to keep himself steady as he regains his balance, and then turns towards the door.

"Wait," Sam calls, and Dream stops before he can think about disobeying the order. "Will you come back?"

Dream remains still until the door opens, with Bad waiting on the other side, and he walks out of the room.

He stumbles.

Sam smiles.

[artlesscomedic]

So what’s going on in the mall at? (Also hi)

-watch anon

hi!

purpled is being stalked by dream because tommy has a restraining order against him (little fun fact: sometimes ranboo picks him up from therapy because they're friends and ranboo can drive)

purpled used to steal from skeppy's jewelry shop and give them as gifts to jack, but now that he's in a stable home with a stable foster parent (it's techno, who couldn't bear to let another blond kid down- funny how his similarities to tommy make him a target to some and sympathetic to others), he's doing his best to actually buy things

he has a part time job at the boutique that eret and schlatt run, to keep him from Doing Crime

I think tubbo and ranboo adopted a naked mole rat which is sooo ugly but they love it anyway

uuuuhhhh

i think dream is gonna die.

fr, I think punz (who is currently trapped, so that dream has somewhat unfiltered access to his blond of choice) is gonna escape and then kill him, maybe rescue purpled from a dangerous confrontation w/dream in the process

aaand....I'm sure techno would be happy to sign custody back to punz-- provided he has a job and a house where purpled can be safe and have some normal teenage years. maybe he'll hire punz to his coffee shop, Arctic Iced, to help him out.

they conspire together and get the kid a dog. they were definitely not expecting it to be so big (irish wolfhound ayyooo) but its too late now, purpled and the dog (Champ :) ) are besties forever

and dream is dead but tommy and purpled still have issues with each other, and remembering not to blame each other for their traumas with dream, but it's fine, they're fine

also booran gets a cat and will eventually make friends with tommy, even though it's hard to hang out with him because ranboo doesn't believe he really exists and tubbo takes ranboo's side about it just to be a nuisance (also he's just as clingy as tommy, no matter how much he denies it lmao)

[bonesandthebees]

It’s funny how we get yet another case of Wilbur imprisoning himself. This time with a lot less onner struggle. Partly because he’s already been through this before. And partly because Tommy is hurt and not okay and he needs Wilbur, so there’s no way he would run. It’s very interesting how Wilbur still pauses at the realization he can run, but he doesn’t bother checking the door. He doesn’t bother trying. He doesn’t bother lying to himself that he wants to leave, because he wants to stay with Tommy. He wants to take care of Tommy.

No one else knows this of course. Like Tommy knows for the last one. And I do thin, he’s too put of it to realise that Wilbur might be able to escape. I think he might be desociating from the near death experience. Or the general anxiety of think everyone will hate him now. Especially with Jack and Niki’s reaction. Maybe he’s upset with himself too. Anyway, he’s not fully there. So I don’t thin, he’ll realise Wilbur could run, but if he was more there I think he would know Wilbur wouldn’t leave.

Techno on the other hand, is not aware of their little sneaking out session. Is not aware that Wilbur could have run but didn’t. Is rightfully suprised and mildly distrustfull of Wikbur walking around on his own and not running. Maybe he thinks Wilbur checked the door but it was shut. Anyway, concern for Tommy takes over so he’s definitely going back with Wilbur, but he does know that Wilbur isn’t a threat to Tommy. He even let's him clean the wounds.

Phil is a lot less aware for Wilbur not being a threat. Tbf, I don’t think Phil has seen the way they hang of off each other. That doesn’t mean Techno isn’t still eyeing all the physical touch. He definitely is. Wilbur and Tommy are very close a d they have no idea how that happened so it is a little sus. They don’t really understand it because of the whole kidnapping vs. Murder attempt. I wonder if there’s people who think this is Wilbur’s fault. I think Tubbo would love to blame him. Though context gets rid of that.

It’s also interesting that none of them actually ask Tommy. Probably because he’s so out of them. But Tommy knows that they want to know. And he expects them to be angry and to hate him, so he might just want to get it over with. But none of them hate him. They are very understanding people. And while what he did was wrong, they don’t hate him for it. If anything, it feels like Phil and Techno are somehow pulling the self-blame again. They did raise him. They are probably going to question how they raised him. Maybe a punishment too. Though nothing to harsh.

And Wilbur- well actually I’ll make that a separate ask.

(1/2)

-🌲

YEAHHH he doesn't even bother lying to himself this time because he's starting to accept the truth. he doesn't want to leave. he wants to stay and make sure tommy's okay.

tommy realized that wilbur could run only after he'd left the room but before he got back with techno. tommy knew that wilbur wasn't supposed to be wandering around on his own, but he'd been so out of it that it took him a few extra seconds to process that. once he did though, he didn't go after him. because he was pretty confident wilbur wouldn't run.

techno has no idea what's going through wilbur's head, so he's more than a little confused when he realizes wilbur had a chance to run and likely didn't take it. but he's already seen how affectionate wilbur and tommy are together, and so when wilbur starts bandaging tommy up, techno starts putting the pieces together in his head. phil is a little more wary on the physical touch side of things, but when he sees how relaxed techno is about it phil relaxes too because if techno thinks wilbur isn't a threat then he trusts techno's judgement.

as soon as phil and techno get the full story they're both blaming themselves more than tommy. after all, they're the ones who raised tommy with this devotion to death. in phil's mind especially it's his fault for not ingraining the boundaries into tommy's head more.

[ofsootandsmoke]

Anyway, here's what's happened the past 24+ hours:

Yesterday, I woke up from a pretty graphic nightmare about my family, so I decided to spend the rest of the day with them. They were mid afternoon breakfast and instantly asked if I wanted to join (I half expected it to be awkward. I guess family never really gets awkward together), then Tommy showed me how to knit but I fucking suck at it. Mellohi was playing on the record. It's still somehow in decent playing condition; a little scratchy and jumpy, but I think it just adds character. I talked to Ghostbur for a while and said hi to Friend. I apologized to them both; Ghostbur said to not bother and showed me that he has an innerworld replica of a painting I did for him for his(our) birthday (a painting that was both a gift and an apology. He took it as both).

I went to Phil and Techno's arctic house and said hi to the bears and the dogs. Somehow, the dogs were more intimidating. Techno said he's been doing better. I told them the wedding date. Phil looked like he would cry (I think he did a little bit. He hugged me tighter than he had in a while). Techno looked... maybe a little uncomfortable, and I wish he and Q had better history. I hate that two people I care about can't even be in a room together without tensions rising. I won't blame either of them; I just wish I could fix it. But I moved on from that thought before it could ruin my day. I told him that he has nothing to worry about. I think a little less anxiety would do him good, but I understand where it's coming from. Contrary to popular belief, Techno himself doesn't like hurting people. Psychosis is a hell of a drug, though, isn't it?

Apparently, Tommy has picnics with our C!George, and I went with. He lives in a clearing in the forest, in the same stupid little mushroom house. It is kinda cute. I didn't expect someone like George to have any grudges but I anticipated some awkwardness, but it wasn't. It was nice, actually, and Tommy's a good baker. George makes good tea and coffee, although I don't know why he knows how to make tea, since he said he doesn't like it. I briefly saw XD but I didn't do much talking with him.

I stopped by home, which is a shitty apartment that had slowly become a little less shitty. I have polaroids of good times, and some of them aren't even pictures that I take. I have a good memory, and they show up. They're scattered along my wall, some tacked to the fairy lights I recently put up. If the memory comes from the body, it'll fill it in as who it's supposed to be, so it's my only way of getting new sights of Q. There's a polaroid for when I proposed to him. It's my favorite, I think.

I wasn't sure if I planned to come back to front, and even Tubbo mass texting the Wilburs about Hamilton didn't work, but someone was looking at fanart of Q and it got sent to me and... well, I'm weak for how pretty he is.

[4thebedrockbros]

A follow up on this AU (crazy I know) just some random ideas :

There's rumours about Techno saying that he k!lled some students once, and Tommy will fight anyone that even mention this.

Phil has to pretend not to be proud of the boy but once the crowd leaves he gives him sweets and everything.

Tommy really wants to become a quidditch player and Techno being one of the best decides to secretly mentor him, because of that Tommy gets to be the youngest witch to ever be on a Quidditch team at hogwarts.

(Tech is proud even if the boy is a pain to play against)

Henry is an hypogriff Tommy befriends, they get really close with Toms always sneaking out to hang out with him. (If you want ANGST: Henry gets killed by the main antagonist)

Both Tommy and Techno rescue an injured Phil stuck in his crow form, not knowing the bird is actually their professor, they just team up to take care of him. (Tommy gets really sad when they had to release it so Philza sometimes comes to hang out with them in bird form, he still end up telling them he's an illegal animagus)

Once Tommy accidentally set the school on fire because of some bullies that were mocking Techno, the older took the blame saying he did it on purpose because having uncontrollable magic is kind of looked down upon

Phil attends every Quidditch match, if they're playing against eachother he just wears both colours, after each match he takes care of any injuries himself.

Tommy runs away from a foster family after accidentally cursed one of his foster parents, and just lives on the street for a while until the end of summer and school restart. Phil is somehow finds out and decide to officially take him in, the younger blonde is actually pretty distant from Phil for a bit, just scared of the changes it implies and everything.

Technoblade keeping his family life very private because he doesn't want to worry anybody but Tommy still finds out and is the first one to help him.

Same with the Voice Curse, Techno just looses himself to the voice and accidentally injure Tommy and just can't forgive himself, so he cuts contact for a while thinking the blonde wouldn't want to ever speak to him again and Phil having to involve himself in the situation. Both Tommy and Phil then try to help deal with his curse.

The Traumatized Teens™ gang decides that it would be a great idea to all become animagus, marauders style. Phil and Sam both learn about it and are absolutely livid ( and also a bit proud but they can't actually say that)

Tubbo explodes shit at least once a day, mostly non important stuff though.

Purpled and Tubbo steals fireworks from older students, Tommy is ecstatic, Ranboo is very scared.

Once Ranboo has to cast a very powerful spell that ends up making them forget almost everything. The gang helps them remember most if it.

Techno is the one that tells Tommy that stimming is okay, he also help with meltdown and shutdown and teach the Traumatized Teens™ how to help as well. Which end up being useful for all of them since they're also the neurodivergent gang.

Tommy teaching Philza how to ride a bike, and then also Techno of course.

Tommy also befriends a giant spider he decide to name Shroud.

This idea I'm not very sure but Philza falling in love with Kristen but she's actually a ghost ?

The obligatory SBI Hogwarts AU ( fuck jk Rowling tho)

With Phil, a war veteran as a defense against the art teacher, Tommy as a too powerful Gryffondor/Hufflepuff ( not sure ABT that one ) and Technoblade as a cursed Slytherin.

Technoblade is a pureblood with a family into some cult shit ( blood god ect ) that was supposed to be sorted into Ravenclaw but practically begged the hat to put him into Slytherin because he did nit want to deal with his family bullshit. With than the curse of voices, he gets into fight fairly often which causes him to almost always be in detention. ( That's how he meets Tommy and Phil )

Tommy Innit is a muggleborn just a wee bit too powerful and uncontrollable magic, that gets him into trouble at school but also in his everyday life in the Muggle world where he's a foster kid. ( Try to be a witch and a foster kid it's a pain in the ass ).

Philza Craft is a veteran, and also a crow animagus that's been requested to become a teacher at hogwart because the Minister of magic are a bunch of pussies scared of some prophecy. He's a defense against the dark arts teacher and also is responsible for the detention classes. Tommy and Techno basically becomes his responsibilities and if something happens with them he's called immediately ( before their families yes ).

As for other characters:

Tubbo is a pureblood Ravenclaw, and he's terrifying. The guy likes to create spells and testing things he probably shouldn't test with magic. He's also Tommy's best friend and would do anything for him. They meet while shopping for school necessities their first year and become unseperable.

Ranboo is a half blood Hufflepuff/Gryffondor ( again unsure ) with a powerful magic, to cope with it his body just erase memories of times he couldn't control themself. They meet Tommy Purpled and Tubbo in the train during their first year.

Purpled is a muggleborn Slytherin, he wasn't too shocked to develop magic because of all the weird shit around him during his childhood. While people think Ranboo is the most responsible out of them, he takes care of his friend in his own way and is the most responsible one.

Nikki is a pure blood Hufflepuff with a knack for healing magic. She's one of Techno's closest friend and will defend him against rumours spreading assholes.

Slimecicle is a ghost of a Ravenclaw student, thought he tends to hang out in the Slytherin dorms the most to hang out with Quality. When he's not there he tends to spy on students or spook them for fun.

Quackity is a pureblood Slytherin that used to be a dick to Techno but calmed down after getting his ass kicked. He gets along well with Tommy when the blonde didn't know what happened between them but once he learned Toms kinda kicked his ass verbally so they're not as close.

Sam is Charms/Potions teacher that took Tubbo under his wings to avoid mass destruction. He the second teacher to go to if the quatuor of chaos gets in trouble.

Ponk is our resident nurse of course.

[knox-enden]

my belief on why Techno didn’t say anything about Tubbo in his will, is because Techno already knows that Tubbo forgives Techno. Because right after the Festival, within the Ravine of Pogtopia, Tubbo states that he understands why Techno did what he did. Tubbo already stated that he forgave Techno, meaning Techno didn’t seem like he had any reason to include Tubbo in his will. I don’t think the Butcher Army is involved in this thought process, considering that he trusted (?) Quackity enough to go visit Dream in the prison, and that he allows Ranboo a place to stay in the arctic. Fundy is just Fundy, Techno doesn’t really know the guy canonically that well.

It’s why Techno put something in his will about Tommy, because the two didn’t leave on good terms, and I have a suspicious feeling that Techno wishes that they did.

[flimsyzee]

Man after watching the Manberg festival vod there really is no hope of Techno ever acknowledging that he killed Tubbo cause he already believes it was resolved. Tubbo forgave him and he beat Tommy in the pit so no harm no foul.

[tobi-smp]

it is kinda funny how with darksbi, the subsection of the fandom that is into/produces some of the darkest work. Has actually been the most (relatively) chill. Irony or something!

@angelartist asked: tobi-smp number one dark sbi shooter fr!!!

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no because that's So So True ! I really do think a big part of it is that intentionally making dark content requires a level of self awareness about it.

that doesn't inherently mean the Execution of any individual work will stick the landing, but it's like !

I love Regular sbi content, but if you search for it outside of the context of dark sbi you Will run into depictions of the rankest most unhealthy dynamics out there, depicted with seemingly No awareness that it's not, in fact, Fluffy And Cute.

people who are Aware that they're making dark content A: are actively thinking about how they could impact other people, and tend to have more robust tagging For those darker elements (which often Are still present in other parts of the fandom). and B: are Aware that they're twisting the characters and depicting them in unhealthy ways

people tend to want to Win fandom in mcyt spaces, tearing each other to pieces to Prove that their little dolly is Objectively Morally Correct. twisting other characters into Caricatures to get there, sometimes when it's not even Necessary to make the points they want to.

and with sbi in Particular it's Especially dicey because of how much drama the characters get up to in the series proper.

if you want, for example, techno and tommy to be besties despite the Everything that happened a lot of classic flavor fic will fall into two tropes

1: picking a sacrificial lamb to be the Real Reason their relationship exploded, usually wilbur or tubbo (though I've seen phil sprinkled in there too). you just make it Somebody Else's fault and turn them into the devil to be Defeated

2: you just have the one or more of the characters lose their fundamental beliefs and become an empty vessel in exchange for love and protection. but like, This Is Fluff, And It's Good Because The Person Thinking For Them Is Morally Correct And Right.

and the thing About dark sbi as a Baseline is that there's always an Awareness that they're making the characters Dark On Purpose. that's the very Premise. the twisting of the characters or the setting is never done Unintentionally, it never Expects you to shove the implications underneath the rug and not think about them.

mind, there's plenty of Extraordinarily Excellent sbi fic that Isn't dark sbi, and I've seen more than my fair share of dark sbi that fumbles the bag spectacularly. but the fact is, the source material Does contain Many dark elements, elements that can be difficult to fully grasp at All let alone depict with grace or elegance.

so it's just ! much easier to navigate a space where everyone is already Aware of what they're depicting and what to expect From it. it's being in on the joke going in, knowing that if characters feel off It's On Purpose. nobody's being twisted to demonize their characters or to victim blame or to Do An Ableism, it's just for fun.

and I think that Also significantly cuts down on that feeling of competitiveness within the space. everyone's borrowing from and inspiring each other no matter which of the sbi they lean more towards.

it's in a word, Nice

(obligatory link to my breakdown on dark sbi and dark fiction in general and why it appeals to people here [Link])

[tinykween]

Ok 1. Your ideas are never stupid. 2. MCYT au Mary Poppins style

I feel like bench trio would be the kids cuz duh, then SBI minus Tommy would be toys, Dream could be the nanny/Mary Poppins.

I like the idea of the boys shrinking better but that's just cuz I like the confusion and "why is everything so BIG now?!" But the reverse could be even funnier/angstier. Doll versions of Phil, Wilbur and Techno having to figure out stuff like indoor plumbing and fire.

I think the toy to be damaged would be Wilbur but what if it was Phil's wing and it grounds him for the rest of his existence? Like imagine him being one of those like fairy spinner things but the boys (let's be real probably Tommy and/or Tubbo) broke one of the wing attachments and now Phil doesn't work. Wilbur would probably just be a rag doll kinda thing and either like you described in the play have his arm torn off (ouch) or maybe he had like a special guitar attachment and the boys tearing/breaking it just broke his little clothe heart.

Techno would be some kinda like lil G.I. Joe kinda toy I think and be virtually indestructible. (He came with sword and axe attachments and a "wicked looking" cape according to tommy)

Dream got sick of the bench trio being gremlins and him being blamed for it so them breaking one of their toys is the last straw and he goes all magic on them. If he makes the toys big I think he would say "Learn something. Bye." and then lock them in their nursery until he decides to come back. If the boys go small he does the same but the door remains unlocked so could possibly have like the maid or cook come in for something and have a toy story-esque scene of "Andy's coming!" And all the SBI+beeduo just staying perfectly still to not draw attention.

I don't know if the trio would learn to be gentle with their toys but when an exasperated Dream goes to turn everything back to normal the boys get really upset and the SBI get to stay alive & aware. Maybe parents aren't around enough so they just move into rooms down the hall (if human sized) or the bench trio make them a functional doll house for them to live in. Could be interesting if the parents actually have like a family breakfast or something and the SBI are just at the table and no one says anything till Techno asks for someone to pass the salt or Phil asks for a five letter flower that starts with T for his cross-word puzzle in the morning paper, father chokes on his coffee and mother screams cuz Wilbur is just looking at her with his button eyes, "WHAT ARE YOU THINGS?!" "Mum don't be rude"

completely random but i’m doing the musical Mary Poppins right now and there’s a song that’s giving me major g/t vibes

has anyone seen that one g/t trope where people get shrunk and/or toys come to life? just me? anyway-

in this number the kids get in a fight and rip a dolls arm off (his name is Valentine, he’s the main singer), so Mary Poppins brings all the toys to life to taunt and harass the kids like they’ve harassed the toys. At the end of the number the kids don’t learn their lesson and Mary Poppins helps the toys escape into the streets of London (this is never brought up again and the toys never go back to normal. after 3 minutes and 47 seconds of sapience they live the rest of their possibly immortal toy lives as living creatures in early 20th century England and the story is just ok with that [i am the only person in my cast that’s concerned about the implications of this and i’m not even in this number])

anyway imagine if the kids shrunk instead of the toys growing and when they didn’t learn their lesson they just stayed small ok that’s all have a good day-

[beeindaclouds]

Being their sibling and having a crush on one of their friends pt. 2 *ೃ✧˚.

Includes: Quackity, Karl Jacobs, Nihachu, Eret Wilbur Soot, C!Technoblade, C!Philza × Reader

A.N: You are close im age to the person you like in the scenario

Part One

❝ Quackity ❞

"Do you like Karl?"

"Huh?!"

"I mean same, but still-"

"Quackity."

Yes, he just stormed into your room and asked you that one day

He said he had a "feeling" about it that's why he asked

Tubbo accidentally told him

He'll tease you a little, like any sibling would with anything

But he will try to help you

❝ Karl Jacobs ❞

This is based off the last irl stream with Tubbo (Tubbo's not the crush btw)

You came to visit Florida with your brother because you and Tubbo had streamed togheter and were pretty close friends

While on camera you seemed energetic and chaotic, having fun with all of them

Off camera you got pretty shy, especially around a certain blonde haired boy

Karl didn't notice until you all got to the golf court

He noticed you and Punz quietly talking to the side. Your face flushed pink as Punz leaned to fix your hair

He had to call Sapnap over to make sure he wasn't hallucinating

The two then quietly decided to separate and approach the chuckling couple

Sapnap took Punz and Karl, of course, took you

"You two seemed pretty...cozy. Something you wanna tell me?"

"He's a nice guy. Should I not?"

"What? No. If you like him go, I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. You know I'll support you no matter what"

❝ Nihachu ❞

She's very observant. And you two are very close so she knows you like the back of her hand

So she noticed little things that others couldn't whenever you would be live with Eret

Like how your voice went a note higher whenever he joined or how you'd get a little fidgety when he would compliment you

She of course didn't directly ask you if you liked him, she didn't want to embarrass you

But she found another way to confirm your crush

"You and Eret are very adorable togheter, don't you think?"

"REALLY- I mean, you think so?"

"I know so"

❝ Eret ❞

You and Niki seemed to be inseparable

Everywhere you went, she was near by

You were almost clingier then the Clingy Duo and that's saying a lot

But it wasn't only on the SMP, also in real life, since you two were roomates

Oh my god, they were roomates

Eret would often call you, to know how you were, but also to see if you've made any progress with your little crush

She knew you liked Niki since the day you decided to live togheter. You literally moved all the way from America to England just so you could be togheter

She doesn't really need to help, but she does ship you two a lot

"Oh yeah, Niki gave me this sweater! It's so cozy"

"Did you hear that chat? Sweetheart Duo confirmed- hey! Don's kill me I just caught an axolotl!!"

❝ Wilbur Soot ❞

"I told you so!"

"Ok, you wizard. What now? Is a noseless man who name I must not pronounce gonna come and try to kill you??"

This little prick (/j) has been teasing you about Quackity since you two first met

At first it didn't really bother you cause you didn't like Quackity like that

But as time passed your feelings blossomed

And Wilbur was already on board of the ship

Needless to say he was very supportive of you two

But he'll never let you forget that he has always known about your feelings

❝ C!Techno ❞

"HEH?!"

This was his reaction when you first told him that you liked Wilbur.

He was clueless to your little crush and now he is traumatized

I mean, can you really blame him? You have a crush on someone who blew up a whole nation

It's gonna take a while for him to come to terms with it

"Are you sure? Like a 100%?! He's insane you know?"

"Techno! Don't be mean"

"Oh and he wasn't mean when he started a whole nation only to blow it up later on???"

❝ C!Philza ❞

Man went through a roller coaster of emotions when you told him you liked his good-ol-mate Technoblade

He was first surprised, you actually had the courage to tell him instead of him finding out on his own

Then he got upset. Techno wasn't really the "safest" person to be around so he feared for what could happen to you if you did start dating

But he was then happy. He trusts Techno, and vice versa, if anything did happen to his dear sibling he knows that Techno would quickly be by your side

In all of this you were panicking while scanning his face that was twisting and turning into different emotions

Once he recovered, he just hit you with a

"I don't want any baby piglins around my house, at least not yet"

"HEH?! WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT? ALSO YOU HAVE A SON."

"Your point?"

[mellointheory]

dsmp au where characters have tattoos that appear after each canon death that represent their own perception of their death.

tubbo has firework stars inked across the right side of his face. they're beautiful and colorful, just like techno promised, and he first started growing his hair out in an attempt to cover them up.

foolish's tattoo is a deep, angry red, like an unhealed infection. it crawls across his neck: thorned vines with red leaves and flowers that mark the spot where antfrost cut his throat. after he makes his deal for immortality it changes to the green of the god he's chosen to serve. it doesn't disappear.

antfrost's tattoo spreads across his ribcage, a monochrome facsimile of the carnage puffy's axe did to him. he doesn't blame anyone other than himself for it, so all it shows is the blood and bone and the heart that once lay still in his chest.

tommy should have three different tattoos. instead he has the same simple smiley face, inked in three different places on his skin. he hates looking at it.

ponk has a trident tattooed right on her shoulder, where the rest of her arm should be. she keeps it wrapped up, hidden partially for that reason. it's hard to look at.

skeppy's tattoo is a little cartoonish devil on the back of his hand, the face of a friend he knows well. he doesn't remember when he got it. it's a tattoo of bad, though! he's always glad to see that reminder of his best friend on his skin.

sam's tattoo is directly over his heart: a series of technical lines and numbers that could be anything at first glance. he knows they're the blueprints for pandora's vault. it, more than anything, is what he believes killed him.

wilbur had more tattoos when he died, but since his return the only one he's had is a sketch of his own tattered wings. he blames no one but himself.

[the-final-sif]

can't wait for dream and Michael to be found in the convict childcare au and they have to deal with the fact that Michael is very attached to their very fucked up admin who has killed children before. how the hell do you respond to that man

Well, so c!Dream and Michael are found by the syndicate at separate times. Basically, Dream gets the fuck out and his first order of business is getting as far away from the main SMP as possible. He finds a safe bastion, gets them to take in Michael, and leaves. Not just the bastion, but also the nether to prevent anyone else searching for him from finding the bastion.

There's a lot of stuff that happens in the middle, but eventually after finding Dream, explaining and being given directions, c!Tubbo and c!Techno show up at the bastion to get Michael. And...

Michael doesn't recognize Tubbo anymore. Not really. He has, at best, some faint recollections of him. Tubbo and Ranboo were only his family for a year at most, and Michael has spent at least 6 months away from the both of them at this point. That's a huge amount of time for a toddler. Hell, Tubbo barely recognize Michael between the healing that XD did and the fact Michael got taller.

Hell, Michael actually almost refuses to go with Tubbo, because Dream had told him to stay at the bastion. It's only because Techno thought ahead and brought a piece of Dream's clothing (to prove to the bastion that they were sent by him) that Michael is willing to follow them. When they rejoin the others (including Dream whose being helped by c!Phil and c!Niki b/c he's really Having A Bad Time), Michael goes straight back to Dream's side and doesn't want to leave. Despite Dream directly trying to push him back towards Tubbo.

It's rough for everyone involved, but as much as Tubbo has very complicated feelings around Dream, he's not... upset? Angry? Blaming? Towards him. First and foremost is just that Dream is in such a bad state physically that it's hard to view him as a threat. It's also been around two years since the "final" confrontation, and Tubbo's had a lot of time to cool off and reflect on the stuff that happened.

I think the thing, more than anything else, that shapes Tubbo's opinion of the situation is that Michael isn't underweight. Not even a bit. The kid's gotten taller, but he's still plump like a toddler should be. Tubbo can physically feel Michael's weight in his arms as he carries him, and it's a stark contrast to Dream whose clearly severely malnutritioned.

Tubbo might have serious issues with Dream, but ultimately he's able to notice and acknowledge that Dream managed to keep Michael alive and relatively well taken care of for months despite the horrible circumstances he was under. He's able to feel confident that Dream isn't going to suddenly hurt Michael, and that helps a lot moving forward. The easy relationship between Techno and Dream helps a lot too. Plus the fact that they were going to need Dream to revive Ranboo anyways (although it's a little while before that happens on account of Dream's poor physical state), it all just sorta... works out? Sort of?

The bigger emotional issue for Tubbo is the fact that Techno (and by extension the syndicate) are sheltering Dream at the very least until he's recovered, which is looking like a several month long process given the level of damage. This is good for Michael because it allows for him to readjust to Tubbo and later Ranboo as his parents, while still having Dream present to help out. It's absolute hell on Tubbo because it's the straw that breaks his already very fragile relationship with c!Tommy. Tubbo is choosing to help shelter Dream, something that the rest of the server is aware of but doesn't really understand. There are physical conflicts over it, and Tubbo stands quite loyally with the syndicate both based on his own moral belief that what Sam did was abhorrent and because of what Dream did for Michael. It's rough emotionally.

Also, like, the surrealism of trying to coparent with the guy who you have fought wars against, whose absolutely not qualified to be a parent but had literally no say in the matter, and whose struggling through a lot of pretty severe mental issues including ones directly related to the child you're coparenting is... a lot. Michael is still dependent on Dream for quite awhile after breaking out, and after his experiences with Sam it takes a lot longer for him to warm up to the other adults. Meanwhile, Dream still is not in any condition to raise a child, but has a lot of ingrained protective instincts towards Michael that he's now got to stifle since he's no longer under Sam's control.

[beetle-ze-bub]

Ok, here's what I know, I'll probably miss shit but fuck it.

I don't care if this was a joke, I'm doing it. Buckle in, this is long as shit.

Spoilers for like all the dsmp I guess (or most of it at least) and tw for death, violence, manipulation, abuse, and suicidal thoughts (all mentioned mainly, but still).

Homeless Green tellitubbie steals disc's from children. Don't worry they get it back. Then big brother Wilbur comes on and it's time for Hamilton meets Breakimg Bad. Uh oh! Eret was the imposter! Now they're all dead and down a life. Pistols at dawn between tellitubbie and child, child loses and is on last life, but gives up discs for independence.

Time for elections because Wilbur need that power! New L'manbergians Niki and Jack! Quackity thinks Wilbur ain't that cool rigging the vote, so he jumps into the race. Schlatt endorses Wilbur and Tommy but not really, and he becomes his own president with Quackity elected fattest ass in the cabinet (also vp i guess...) Wilbur gets killed and they run off to the woods to live in a ravine.

Techno comes and helps out. Things go downhill fast, Schaltt is an alcoholic and makes Techno execute Tubbo because he was the imposter. Techno does (despite being against the government and everyone screaming at him not to and severely outclassing everyone there and Tubbo being on his side). Wilbur is on his gaslight arc in more ways than one as he is planning to blow up the entire country with everyone in it.

Wat time. Schlatt dies of a heart attack, Wilbur blows up L'manberg, Techno yells about betrayal (despite several people telling him they were going to make another government and him just saying we'll get there when we get there) and tells Tommy to die, Philza stabs his son, and Tubbo is president.

Tommy and Ranboo burn down a house, Tommy protects Ranboo and takes full blame. Dream gets him exiled and fucking abuses and manipulates him (though him and Ranboo share letters which keeps his spirits up a bit. and he has a cute matching compass thing for him and Tubbo with "Your Tubbo" and "Your Tommy" respectively, that always points to each other (me and my friend have matching necklaces of it)). But it gets to the point of Tommy canonically wanting to commit aliven't; multiple times.

He eventually runs off to Techno who is "in retirement" and tries to live in his floors. Techno comes back to his house after New L'manberg tried to execute him to pay for his crimes (he spawned Withers when Wilbur pulled a JD). Quackity gets a pickaxe through the teeth. They eventually agree to some goals (all of which Tommy ends up fulfilling).

Meanwhile there's alot of stuff with Quackity, Karl, Sapnap, and George making a new country and trying to get it independent, the Badlands are formed and are doing something (idk what tbh). And Dream is trying to marionette everyone.

Eventually Tubbo finds out Tommy isn't dead (there was a pillar to the block limit and Tommy had gone missing), Dream blames him for blowing up the community house, Tubbo and Tommy argue and Tommy realizes he doesn't like who he's become and that he can't just leave behind all the people he cares about. Techno gets offended, and him and Dream promise to blow up Lyman in a few days.

For some reason literally almost everyone hates Tommy, then the guys come and fucking destroy it to kingdom come. Techno yells about Tommy betraying him (I'm not a fan of how c!Techno was done, but I still like the bastard for some reason...) despite Tommy doing everything he asked.

Ranboo goes to live with Phil and Techno and Tommy and Tubbo try to go fight Dream one last time (Niki and Jack also tried to nuke Tommy). Dream eventually gets Tommy and Tubbo in some creepy ass vault, and says he's gunna kill Tubbo and lock Tommy in prison, but eventually everyone comes and saves them.

Tommy knocks Dream down to his final life and Dream says he has a revival book and gets thrown in prison.

Tommy tries to recover from everything, building a hotel with Sam Nook. There's a weird egg cult, Tommy is immune to the egg and now the cult wants him dead.

Tommy goes to the Prison to get closure, fucking dies, gets revived. Techno makes an "anarchist" group called the syndicate and the make the end portal a table.

Tubbo has nukes -- has for awhile -- and now one is missing. That never gets resolved. He adopts a kid with Ranboo and they get platonically married while Tommy is dead.

Tommy tries to make a plan to go kill Dream. Karl is time-traveling and losing his memories, and ended up making a country without one of his fiancés, Quackity (the other is Sapnap) after Quackity was gunna invite him, George, and Sapnap to be cool casino buddies so he goes and builds it himself (if nothing else you should go watch the Las Nevadas streams, they're essentially movies).

Tommy breaks into the prison with Ghostbur (Wilbur's ghost) and Ghostbur fucking dies and is now fucking trapped in the "Your city gave me asthma" train station for eternity, and Wilbur is revived, much to Tommy's dismay.

Wilbur continuously breaks Tommy's heart, and Tommy still keeps following him because he cares about Wil. Quackity and Wilbur get into a fight over Wilbur not being allowed into Las Nevadas due to his... destructive tendencies (and kinda get into a custody battle over Tommy).

(From here on i kinda didn't fully keep up, and I fucking don't fully know everything)

Charlie learns about gambling and the house. Eggpire throws a party and kills a god and then the story just kinda ends.

Wilbur starts a burger van, and drags Ranboo into it, and Quackity and Wil have a super homoeroticly charged rivalry. Eventually Wilbur get Ranboo killed and goes to talk to Phil about what to do and shit. He was already going around apologizing, but now he's doing it harder.

Techno and the Syndicate break Dream out of prison (as well as Ranboo who was locked in there by Sam, and Connor who was locked in there for stolen valor after using a fake military i.d. at a Chic-fil-a) and Sam fucking kills Ranboo and kidnaps his kid (Ranboo is full on dead now, like ghost and everything (also never came up before this but Dream was like mind controlling him with smiley faces)). Connor joins the Syndicate.

Tubbo, Eret, and Techno get kid back while Dream toys with and manipulates Tommy more, Tommy fucking panicking.

Wilbur frees Tommy from Dream by "burning" his disks. He later admits he never apologized to Tommy because he couldn't deal with having to let him go if Tommy didn't accept his apology, then fucks off to Utah in a rowboat (cause he's from there I guess)

Charlie teaches Quackity an important lesson.

"I have seen so much. I've seen empires rise and fall. And their strongest people fall with them. And I've seen the weak that are left, fight for scraps. But I never understood why, until you taught me, until you took me in. Lesson 1: Humans are assholes. You told me that, Quackity from Las Nevadas. But more importantly, you showed me that. When you saw me, something malleable. And all of you made me into the worst parts of each. Lesson 2: Politics are the way to power. Use the conflicts and beliefs of people to rally them. And you did! You rallied everyone here, didn't you. Lesson 3: Create no emotional attachments. But you didn't follow that lesson Quackity, and I didn't either. Maybe that's why we're here. But there are more! Lesson 4: Everything gets destroyed. Lesson 5: Trust nobody. Lesson 6: Hold your ground against authority. And Lesson 7, Quackity from Las Nevadas: Seek successful revenge, because if you fail, the consequences will be bitter. I will not fail. Because Quackity from Las Nevadas, we have one thing in common. Through everything we've been through. The same human ruined our lives. Because you are not a good person. It's like you said, with Lesson 8 Quackity: Legacy is all you leave behind in this world. I hope you leave behind a good one."

Now Quackity is down to his last life. Fucking, Tubbo and Tommy go to their actual final fight with Dream (because he is homeless, and now is just a squatter in the prison), and they actually kill him! But then Punz revives him.

Kristin -- Phil's wife and the Goddess of Death -- can sense some shit is about to go down so hurries Phil and Niki into the end and revives Connor I think (idk how he dies but yeah). Ranboo is also in the Nether with Michael, his son.

Tubbo and Tommy send a nuke to the prison to end this once and for all, but I think Jack fucks with it and now everyone in the server is dead and reset. All memories reset. (Except for Phil, Niki, Connor, Ranboo (Ghostboo I think...), Michael, and Probably Wilbur (Charlie too probably because he is 100% a god from Molympus)).

Now everything is back at 0% and I think that's it rn.

Fuck me for spending so long on this shit.

Never been too into the dsmp fandom but what the fuck us going on, also kwite. Tiring.

[bonesandthebees]

10: Wilbur does not want to see other people, Tommy claims he figure that was the case, but I have a feeling that he, too, does not want to go to the big breakfast room again after the disaster of chapter 9.

11: Tommy wants to stay with Wilbur so he doesn’t go insane, and probably to have the privacy to ask some questions that have been bugging him.

12: Tommy doesn’t count as other people, which means he can stay. This one is actually very important because it shows how close Tommy and Wilbur are now. How comfortable they feel with each other despite everything. Also, yeay for healthy distractions.

13: why are all the Deathlings so tired? Phil was tired, presumably because he had door duty all night. Tubbo was tired. Now Techno is tired and Tommy is also tired. Techno might also be because of keeping watch. Do they have a schedule for that? Is it just Phil and Techno doing it? Or are they staying up trying to figure out what to do with Wilbur? And then Tommy is probably having nightmares or staying up worrying about how to fix Wilbur. I have a feeling that it’s nightmares. I also have a feeling he’s having nightmares about Wilbur almost killing him given how he reacts to waking up next to Wilbur, but I’ll get to that.

14: I still love how Wilbur gets mainly bread rolls because that’s something he eats with pleasure. Normally it’s because Tommy noticed and grabbed them, but it’s fun that it carries over with the room service. In reality it’s probably just Tommy telling Techno what to get and Techno doing it but still.

15: all the Deathlings pretending nothing happened and nothing is wrong. This is their standard strategy isn’t it? They are all traumatised and now well at dealing with emotions. It makes me wonder how they deal with near death experiences and losing limbs and such. Though that all seems to be part of their culture and that tattoos are definitely a coping and processing thing. Having a possibly suicidal and definitely traumatic prisoner you kidnapped without a plan and now don’t know what to do with is very different.

16: Techno checking in and Wilbur and Wilbur once again not getting why the people who kidnapped him seem to care about his well-being. The kidnapping wasn’t really about him and they didn’t actually have any malicious intentions towards him, but looking at how Wilbur’s last kidnapping went you can really blame him. Actually, maybe the reason why Wilbur continuously expects them to hurt him is because he was hurt when he was taken to become the Pythia. That time he wasn’t a prisoner, but he still got hurt. So being a prisoner has to be worse. But somehow it isn’t. And that confuses him. And I have mad myself sad once again.

I am glad that Techno is showing more interest on how Wilbur is doing instead of just letting Tommy deal with it. They might still be getting briefed by Tommy, but considering how much the kid keeps to himself, direct interaction is better. Also, if Techno cares then Phil does too, which means there’s too more people who could start helping fix Wilbur because Tommy should not be doing this on his own. (and he is kinda gatekeeping Wilbur right now).

(3/?)

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oh yeah tommy definitely doesn't wanna see the others after the day before either. both of them want to be antisocial and tbh after that mess they're definitely allowed to

tommy doesn't count as other people!! they getting more comfortable around each other!! wilbur genuinely likes spending time with tommy even if he's stubborn and won't say it outright

phil and techno are really the only two who keep watch when wilbur and tommy are in wilbur's cell. the two of them switch off, hence why phil and techno are very tired. tommy is tired for a myriad of reasons mostly pertaining to stressing about how to keep wilbur alive but also nightmares about nearly dying. it's a whole lot of stress.

it was kind of an accident at first but now i've just made it a thing that glass!wilbur really likes bread rolls

i mean traumatic experiences the deathlings themselves go through isn't handled with the same avoidance everything with wilbur is. that's mainly because the deathlings are all close to each other and, y'know, on the same side. so they can talk to each other about stuff. none of them really know how to handle what's going on with the pythia hence why they avoid it. that's not to say the deathlings are great at talking about their feelings though because they're not. a lot of stuff still definitely gets brushed under the rug

wilbur has so many conflicting ideas about how things should be vs how they actually are. that's partly due to his own bias about the deathlings, but also like you pointed out it's a contrast to the first time he was taken as well. he expects things to get so much worse and he's confused why it's not :(

yeah techno and phil are starting to pick up on just how much tommy is keeping from them. not in a secretive way necessarily, but they're noticing how gatekeepy tommy is about the pythia, so the two of them are realizing they're going to need to step in especially since the pythia's problems are becoming VERY obvious to the rest of the group