#also Wilbur won against Dream too

[sing-me-under]

I think the thing that bothers me most about how criticism perceives the fandom is that a lot of them treat c!Tommy as like a y/n of an abuse victim rather than his own character. Like, yes it’s valid that you are upset by his decision and that you would rather he have done something else but like… that’s not what what c!Tommy was. c!Tommy’s choice was his closure as best suited to him because trauma isn’t universal and people aren’t a monolith.

This is a mild follow-up to a post I made earlier about c!Tommy’s story being a coming of age and overcoming a child’s black and white world view. It’s buried in the many many other posts I’ve made, but the key point I’m elaborating on here is that c!Tommy’s entire character arc was completed when he chose to understand Dream as a person.

Tommy has always been extremely self-aware, defending himself rather than accepting pain. Tommy was aware he didn’t deserve the blame placed upon him, and he was aware that he didn’t deserve to be hurt. He knew that the justification others claimed was flimsy at best, especially when he was treated worse for things others did too. He was fully aware of this and fought back.

However, just because he knew he didn’t deserve it didn’t mean he understood it. If the things he did “deserved” to “punish” him worse than others, then surely there was a reason for why it had to be him. Without any other possible explanations, Tommy determined that the reason behind his suffering was because Dream was obsessed with his very existence. It wasn’t his fault. It was because Dream was evil.

To c!Tommy, c!Dream had always been a force of absolute evil, an inescapable monster who hurt needlessly. To anyone, being hurt for things beyond your understanding is inevitably scary. The belief that no matter what he did, Dream would hurt Tommy because it was Tommy, nothing more, nothing less. Tommy only ever wanted to feel safe and happy, and he would do fucking anything to escape the inevitable pain. The prison wasn’t the safety barrier he could rely on anymore, and death especially wasn’t an option for escape as long as Dream (and Punz) still had the knowledge of the revive book. The fear that at any moment for any reason, The Unfathomable Evil would hurt him only worsened Tommy’s mental state and paranoia until he was barely husk of a person.

The abstract is scary. c!Dream perfectly embodies the existential fear of the unknown. This was how everyone perceived Dream, not just Tommy.

Tommy, endlessly afraid but so compassionate and kind, chose to free the server of the Pure Evil at the cost of himself. Even though he knew he didn’t deserve it, he still believed his very existence was the crime itself.

When Tommy chose to understand Dream at the very end, it wasn’t understanding out of the sake of compassion. It was his compassion that allowed him to understand for the sake of his freedom. He finally understood why Dream had chosen him to hurt, to abuse, to torture. c!Dream is a terrible person, but he was a terrible person with the very human understanding for why he chose Tommy. Tommy was just the wrong person at the wrong time.

In my previous posts, I emphasize that Sapnap was the one to aid Tommy in killing Dream that very first time all those years ago. No one was happy under Dream’s iron grip, but it just so happened that Tommy was the first one to win against Dream. It didn’t have to be Tommy. It could have been anyone else, but it just happened to be Tommy who received Dream’s ire first.

And that was freeing. It was clarity, a weight lifted off of Tommy’s shoulders. He knew he didn’t deserve it, but now he understood that he wasn’t being hurt simply because he existed. This was no longer some abstract unknown that would hurt him just for the sake of his very existence. It was a real, tangible reason with a real human motive. It was a problem Tommy finally had control over had he just understood sooner.

That’s not to say Dream wouldn’t have still been an manipulative piece of shit, but at the very least Tommy wouldn’t be paranoid and confused and scared out of his mind, obsessed that Dream was obsessed with him. But they could have come to an understanding sooner, before Dream truly became the Evil Villaiin everyone made him out to be, before everyone turned against him, before there was no turning back.

[cquackity]

my thoughts on doomsday are that the event itself was interesting. i genuinely understand c!techno's pov even if i think he was wrong and taking out his emotions on the wrong people and went way too far. someone said his autism rage meltdown and ngl i Get it like he is just like me fr. narratively the idea of "guy is really angry at people who are also really angry at him, is enabled by dream, Local Guy Who Sucks" intrigues me. Other things i liked: everyone was there, lots of people reacted to it in different ways, my babyboy cq got to be there and be angry and im here for that allll the time and it helped put a lot of flavor into his later las nevadas arc which i will never regret. ghostbur was killing it. tommy & techno's bedrock breakup was heartbreaking and LOVELY. i enjoyed a lot of it for that reason.

things i didnt like: while sometimes i think ccphil was Trying to say that cphil was in the wrong for doomsday stuff, i am so. completely unsure and regardless if that was his Intent, it absolutely felt that way and it felt like no one actually... thought that for ages lmao. it poisoned a lot of later discourse and a lot of fandom perception of all the characters involved i think. it also felt like it 'sploded the main community hub which ppl have talked about in a lot of ways. dream having access to creative control made it so that it felt as if there wasnt even any suspense. there was no way anyone could have fought back against it, and while i think without that, techno probably still would have won, it would have been much closer of a fight and way more interesting. i also dont like the idea that the destruction of the place itself could ever kill lmanberg, my country of dandelions.

overall, i think if things had ended post-disc finale (which, even though i love the las nevadas arc and resurrected wilbur arc etc, i feel as though it is the ending that is 'cleanest' in canon) i wouldnt necessarily feel as bad about it as i did, as that would have left it open-ended if people rebuilt and therefore could have removed a lot of the negative feelings i have on the topic.

sorry for the ramble!

DON'T BE SORRY FOR THE RAMBLING I ENCOURAGE THE RAMBLING!!!!!!!!

[moondragon618]

I just absolutely love the idea of c!Dream being maybe just a little bit too fixated on c!Tommy from the very start but also like. Being in denial about it. Until he's just like fuck it and then suddenly he's projecting that same exact denial onto c!Tommy.

Like this random teenager joins his server and calls him a bitch to his face and he's just like "hmm fascinating :)", and then the second things get a little chaotic after that he's like "I absolutely need to get him under control specifically :)". And then he steals Tommy's discs.

Then the disc war happens and you know, maybe it was a lot of fun actually. Sure, Dream may have dug up Tommy's entire front yard looking for the discs and he may have hid in the walls a little bit, but it was all in good fun. They're still friends, after all :) And maybe he still hides in the walls sometimes even afterward, but that's just part of the game, you know? The disc war technically isn't over just because they're in an ender chest now :)

And L'manberg happens and that definitely raises the stakes a bit, since now there's somewhat of an actual threat to Dream's power and obviously he needs to deal with that. And sure, maybe he had a little too much fun during the final control room ambush, seeing the fear in Tommy's eyes right before he sliced his throat open and the way the life faded from them as he bled out. But that was just a heat of the moment thing, just the excitement of battle getting to him, that's all :)

And maybe it was a little impulsive of him to accept Tommy's demands for a duel, but he won anyway so it's fine :) And when Tommy offered him both of the discs in exchange for L'manberg's independence, how could he turn that down? It's not like he couldn't just deal with L'manberg later anyway. Besides, if he has control over Tommy, he has some control over L'manberg as well :)

Then there's Manberg and Pogtopia and obviously Dream wants to side with Pogtopia because they're less of a threat, and Wilbur's plan to blow everything up is a great way to ensure that everyone will be weak after. And of course, having Wilbur out of the way would make it a lot easier to control Tommy :)

And he's definitely not jealous of the bond that Tommy and Wilbur have and not at all enjoying watching it grow more and more strained-

Then Dream gets the revive book and everything changes- suddenly he potentially has power over life and death itself, and he absolutely needs to test it out and study it if it works. After all, what if it holds the secrets to immortality? He could become more powerful than anyone else could ever even hope to be :)

And who better to help him than Tommy, still defiant and strong as ever even after going through so much :) But Dream no longer has the discs, so he has to plan out a way to get Tommy isolated for a bit to try and gain even more control over him.

He's definitely not excited to see just how far he can push Tommy, how the isolation will affect him, and to watch him slowly realize that he has no one except Dream-

So he starts framing Tommy for griefing until Tommy ends up giving him the perfect excuse to get him exiled anyway, and after provoking Tommy a little to make him look even more reckless and out of control to everyone, his plan works out perfectly :)

By this point, Dream has also been cutting off everything and everyone he's attached to, to ensure that nothing can be used against him. Because studying the revive book is now the most important thing, of course, and he can't trust anyone to not try and stop him or take this power for themselves. But it's not easy to do the same with Tommy when he's spending so much time trying to gain his trust.

It's fine, though :) Dream can easily keep track of one singular attachment, especially one as important as his Tommy :)

And maybe he enjoys having so much power over Tommy, gradually wearing down that defiance, making Tommy fear him while being completely and utterly dependent on him, and maybe nothing brings him quite as much joy anymore as having Tommy pleading to him for mercy-

And maybe he's absolutely delighted whenever Tommy looks at him the same way he used to look at Wilbur, maybe he enjoys being Tommy's only source of comfort, maybe he can no longer even imagine not having his Tommy around-

Eventually though, Tommy runs away from his exile which really throws things off a bit, but it's fine- Dream pretty quickly figures out exactly where he is, and is rather amused by how terrible Tommy is at hiding, constantly sabotaging himself to the point where it almost seems intentional. So maybe he has a little fun with it, curious to see if Tommy would hand himself over willingly or not. Just to test the exile conditioning, of course :)

And maybe he felt genuinely terrified at the possibility of having lost Tommy forever when he saw the tower, and maybe he already misses having Tommy around and completely dependent on him and him alone-

And of course, once Dream has both of the discs back, it's time to take care of L'manberg for good. And it also just so happens to be the perfect way to send Tommy a message about leaving him exile and continuing to defy him :)

He's not sure if Tommy understands just how much he means it when he says their story will never be over, that he's just too fun-

And sure, he probably didn't have to set up the whole attachment vault and lure Tommy there with the discs just to get himself put in the prison, but it was just so much fun to force Tommy to choose between his "best friend" and his discs, to show him how powerless he really is-

And maybe, by the time he's managed to get Tommy trapped in the prison with him, it's a little undeniable- he needs Tommy. And obviously Tommy needs him- why else would he keep visiting? Why else would he keep coming back to Dream? :)

But Tommy just refuses to accept it, and he keeps defying him, refusing to believe in his power- so he has no choice but to show him :)

And Dream is basically a god at this point anyway, so what does it matter if he enjoys having total control over Tommy's life and death, just because he can? What does it matter if he's absolutely delighted that Tommy's life belongs only to him now? :) :) :)

It doesn't matter if Tommy is his biggest weakness now, it doesn't matter if he'd join Tommy in a heartbeat if he ever lost him forever, because he never will :) :) :)

And Tommy can't ever leave him, because he needs him :) He is Tommy's everything just like Tommy is his everything, and Tommy won't be able to stay in denial about it forever :) :) :)

And they'll have forever, if Dream has anything to say about it :)

[fluffallamaful]

I’m gonna make a bet and say that Dream and Punz — their final plan? It worked.

Evidence:

- Their plan to kill everyone? Yeah that was horseshit. They had so many chances to do just that, and they never did. They could have easily killed ClingyDuo at multiple points. Wilbur used his life as LEVERAGE against Dream, and it WORKED. It’s just Dream doing the same “pure evil” act he’s been doing for the past two years.

- That whole scene with Tommy and Tubbo in the room with the pressure plate? The “heroic death?” Also horseshit. They made that pressure plate out of wood. They pointedly gave them steak that they could use to trigger it. “We’re too evil to try it” is straight up bullcrap playing into that act again. They LEFT THE ROOM. There would have been so many better ways to test that if they really wanted to do so. It was just them putting on an act so that those two would feel like they escaped by the skin of their teeth. The Heroic Ending with the Disc Finale didn’t work, so maybe this would. (Also they straight up didn’t believe that Tubbo was dead when Tommy said that he was in that final stream. So.)

- Punz revealed himself WAY TOO QUICKLY. There was no reason for him not to just wait until ClingyDuo was gone before reviving Dream. It would have made things easier, even. Unless, of course, Dream’s revival (the only revival paired with the End portal opening sound btw) triggered something important and now it doesn’t matter because they have to move. That’s the only reason why he’d reasonably do something that reckless.

- They said that the server reset is their end goal. That is, like, the one part of that monologue that I actually think was true. DreamXD has already mentioned there being not enough death in Foolish’s stream, so we have more confirmation on that. And a server reset fits perfectly with Dream’s original desire for his happy family back — even if he forgot why he was so desperate to get that reset by the end. (Though it is interesting that he used the revive book so flippantly against Tommy in that final stream. Probably didn’t matter anymore, I guess.)

- Tommy found them in the main cell of the prison. Even Dream’s bedroom wasn’t in the main cell. They had no known reason for being in that room. The prison was made with a purpose and we already know that that cell held everything necessary for revival: I’ll bet it held everything necessary for finalizing their plan, too.

- Dream (or Punz, can’t remember which and it doesn’t matter anyway) told Tommy that “it’s too late” when Tommy said he was going to stop him from completing his plan. I’ll bet you that was literal. (Even “maybe it’s not too late” suggests that maybe they could reverse it, not that they didn’t put it into motion.)

- Nukes have gone off on the server before. Nukes have not reset the server when they did that. The nuke resetting the server doesn’t make sense.

- They didn’t go to limbo. If they died, they should have gone to limbo.

- cc!Tommy says that they will be calling the world-altering event “the Incident” — and not “the explosion” or anything similar.

- cc!Tubbo says that “the Incident” specifically refers to the white screen, and “that’s all [he’s] allowed to say.”

Conclusion: Dream and Punz finished their plan just as Tommy entered the room. It took a bit to actually work, but it managed to work just before the explosion from the nuke vaporized them all. Nobody remembers anything, and for all intents and purposes the original characters died when they lost all their memories — but Dream and Punz still won.

(I was right about the Staged Finale Theory with the discs, so admittedly I’m getting a little cocky now!)

fzgzgahs ok what the heck this is epic and i love how much you look into the lore and AH you explained it so well!!!!

i’m not gonna add too much coz honestly you explained everything perfectly and the idea that cdream still won and that now he gets a second chance is ☹️

although, it is interesting that punz and jack weren’t in the new world as well? 👀 kinda goes along with your theory that they planned this eee

[dreamcatcherrs]

Hey! I just had a random idea I think would work good; a first date preference seems really cool :) (I hope you haven't done this already and I've just missed it) I love your writing <3

+ it seems very very cool indeed :)) hope you like it! <3

++ if you squint, a couple of nsfw references

first dates; mcyt x reader

dream:

restaurant

when it’s your first date, he won't go all out with a very fancy place

but generally likes spoiling you

a lot

but he’ll save that for later

as long as you feel comfortable, he’s happy

maybe you’d go to his place afterwards👀

to play video games of course🙄

he’s not shy at all on your frst date

and is pretty confident in himself that the date’s gonna go great

smooth pick-up lines

maybe a couple of touches here and there

compliments you the whole night

and really just wants a laugh with you

overall, he’s great at first dates

georgenotfound:

ice skating, his place

he likes for a first date to be pretty simple

just chilling

enjoying each other’s company like you usually would

but with some romantic undertones of course ;)

so going to an ice rink or hanging out at his place;

it would be perfect

I feel like george is definitely more nervous on a first date

just because the whole “first date” concept is very intimidating in his head

even though it isn't a lot different from when you hang out usually

… it’s just with a bit more feelings involved

he’d probably ask dream for advice before going on the date with you

he eases up once he gets comfortable with your presence

realising that it’s just you and he can always be comfortable with you :)

cute first date

sapnap:

concert

nick would definitely want to go to a concert with you

I’m sure anyone can vibe with his music taste

and even then, I don't think he cares which concert you go to

the experience is what matters to him

he’d slip in some pickup-lines every now and then

but his cheeks would be so red after every line he spoke

the whole night he just wants to kiss you

but resists, just because he is a little scared of rejection

puts his jacket around your shoulders when it gets colder

and maybe wraps an arm around your waist

as you just vibe to the songs

would kiss you when he walked you home if the date was good

and then text you the second he left

very nice first date

badboyhalo:

park

would bring rat along :D

you’d find a bench or similar to rest by after walking around for a while

and just sit there together

and eat some fresh foods you’d made before going there

and just chat for hours on end

playing around with rat every now and then

and also trying out the swing set nearby

where you’d push each other

you wouldn't have noticed how much time had passed before you both realised it was super dark

it’s a really comfortable and fun date

cause he’s just so easy to talk to

he’d definitely go for some hand-holding

and aim for a little peck on the cheek

technoblade:

escape room

this would literally be the perfect opportunity to get to know each other

and to see if you were worthy of the blood god

you’d help each other find the clues

he’d definitely tease you if he managed to find the key before you did

but then would gently pat your head

cause he couldn’t deny how cute you looked when you were all pouty

a great date

with lots and lots of fun

he’s very nervous to start off with

but manages to hide it behind his monotone voice

though he likes teasing you, he’s also very sweet

sometimes let’s you find the clues “first” even though he’d already spotted them

just to see the smile on your face

wilbur soot:

museum, café

of course wilbur would take you to one of these places

or even both

the museum first, then the café

why not get a learning experience out of the date?

and then get to know each other afterwards

on a more romantic level than usual

he would be really smooth with his movements

even if he was nervous

sneakily puts a hand on your waist

or goes to grab your hand

with no hesitation or shakiness

he’d sooo be the type to say “you’ve got something right here” pointing to your lip

and when you’d searched for the whipped cream on your lip to no avail, he’d lean over and wipe the non-existing cream away

very slowly

and then have a smirk on his face when he pulled away again

honestly, a big tease even for a first date

corpse husband:

dinner and movie

pretty classy, but very nice

he’d want a first date to not be too much

but still be enough to impress

he’d be pretty anxious of what you thought of him tbh

but those were mostly just the nerves talking

would spend a long time putting effort into making the dinner

after asking you what your favourite dish was

you’d eat it together, a candle lit in the middle of the table with some wine (all on my white tee)

and you’d just start up a conversation very naturally

getting to know each other on another level

and when you’d get to watching the movie, he’d definitely attempt to get closer to you

like by throwing an arm around your shoulders

pulling you closer to him

maybe a hand on your thigh

and a small make-out session

a very successful date to say the least

skeppy:

theme park

would want to do something really fun for a first date

so I feel like a theme park would be perfect for that

like, you’d just spend the whole say together

having the time of your life in the craziest rides

or the more chill ones

whatever you like

and in between you’d just take a break

and buy some waffles or churros to eat together

zak is veeery talkative

like, there would not be any worry about awkward silences

cause he would always have something to talk about with you

as for affection

he would probably go for holding your hand

and that’s probably his farthest goal for the day

he likes taking things slow

and just having a fun time with you

karl jacobs:

arcade

like skeppy, he would also wanna go someplace fun

yet not as crazy you know?

like, just hanging out and playing a range of different games with you

you bet he’d just be like “oh, I just wanna get this one prize.”

and when he finally won it, he’d hand it over to you

because he’d planned to give it to you from the start :]

he’s mostly just himself on your first date

giggly, cute, funny

he’s a little more nervous around you than ususal

but that's only natural

would leave a lot of affection on you

like, a supporting hand on your back when you're trying to win at a game

or hugging you tightly whenever either of you won

really just finds any excuse to give you affection

maybe you’ll end off the day with a little smooch😙

or spending the rest of the night playing video games at his or your place

fundy:

sight-seeing

he’d take you to so many buildings, statues, viewpoints etc.

he wants to explore the city with you

even if you both know it very well already

he’d want the memories of the sights to be with you

you’d take cute pre-couple photos by the sights

and grab some delicious lunch while sat right by one of the nicest sights

he’d be subtle with showing affection

like grabbing your hand when you’re about to go the wrong way

and then not let go of it for a while

or he’d let you borrow his sunglasses

to block out the sun in your face

he wouldn't lay heavy on showing affection on the first date

he’ll leave that for the second one ;)

quackity:

cooking together

chaotic but cute combo

I feel like he would really want to impress you

yet still be able to make you laugh

and this is just the perfect way to do just that

he’s surprisingly good at cooking when he tries

and remains his usual quackity alex funny self

he’d show you how to do different stuff

especially if you didn't know how to already

and would overall be very playful with you

throwing flour at you, splashing with water etc.

and then afterwards you would just chill on the couch and eat the dinner you’d just made

talking about the most random shit

and without realising it, the two of you would be cuddling

and you’d wake up in the morning to find you’d fallen asleep on each other🥺

punz:

laser tag

mans loves competition

and would definitely want to be a show-off to you

you'd have an room just for yourself

hiding behind walls and obstacles until you stumbled into each other

and he wouldn't hesitate to raise his laser gun at you

and shoot you right in the chest with a menacing laugh

after a while it’d just be a battle between two

tackling each other all the time

and at some point he’d have you up against the wall

and as you were about to kiss

you’d lift you gun at him and shoot him right in the chest

which won you the game

afterwards, he’d follow you home

and maybe give you that kiss he tried to give you before

he’d be very down to stay with you for the night if you wanted him to

awesamdude:

the beach

you’d bring a bunch of fun activities with you

like card games, a beach volley game, etc.

and maybe even join in on a game of mini golf near you

you could also just be chilling on your towels

under the sun or under the shade

whatever your preference is

and then go into the water eventually

playing around together and just having fun

splashing water at each other

he’d sneak his way over to you

and just lift you up from under the water and onto his shoudlers

just laughing at the way you were screaming for him to let you down

when you got on the shore again, it felt easier to be affectionate with each other

you’d definitely go for ice cream on the way home

holding hands👉👈

eret:

karaoke bar

it would literally be the funniest time with him

you’d gotten one of those private rooms

so it would just be the two of you in the room

and you’d have so much fun choosing your favourite songs

and sometimes you'd just sit there and chat

while karaoke music played in the background with none of you singing

he’d want to duet with you at some point

bringing you close to him just to see you get all flustered

I could definitely imagine a first kiss right then

if it had all gone right throughout the night

when you were on your way back home

he’d lend you his jacket

and just tell you to keep it

“I’ll just pick it up tomorrow.”

tommy:

the zoo

tommy would be walking around commenting on literally every animal

“y/n look. hey, y/n. look at this ones’ face.”

takes a lot of pictures of the animals

and of you with the animals

and when you suspiciously asked if he was taking pictures of you after you’d spotted him

he’d just brush it off, immediately hiding his phone away

“of you? obviously, it was of the giraffe behind you.”

“tommy, there is no giraffe behind me.”

doesn't show any affection

he’s super nervous about the whole “touch” thing

so he just stays away from it

but if you were to grab his hand

he wouldn't pull away

he’d just stand there with red ass fucking cheeks

and would be praying for the animals to save him from any awkward situations

tubbo:

picnic

you’d be picking flowers together

flowers for the flower boy :)

and even make flower crowns if you felt really creative

enjoying the delicious foods you'd brought with you

he’d also be quite intimidated by affection, like tommy

but would very very subtly show it

only a little bit though

like, it would be pretty obvious whenever he got caught up staring at you

just looking at you as you picked at the grass outside of the blanket you were sat on

and sometimes he’d place a hand on you without really realising that that was something more unusual than you were used to

you’d bring a bracelet kit

and make cute little matching bracelets for each other

a really enjoyable date overall

with lots of laughter and chatter

ranboo:

an aquarium

even though c!ranboo is clearly not the biggest fan of water

this ranboo finds it quite fascinating

a pretty chill and easy-going first date

exactly what he wants

you’d walk around the whole aquarium

and make fun of the fishes with funny-looking faces

and then proceed to take pictures of each other by the fishes with the funny-looking faces

he would find it so adorable whenever you would point at one of the sea-creatures

and just look so amazed by it

he would literally almost melt right beside you

the closest thing to affection he would do, is putting a hand on your waist

it doesn't really progress further than that unless you initiate it

a proud moment of his was when he almost fell into the penguin inclosure

and you couldn’t stop laughing at it

a successful date to his eyes

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[sajdd]

I'm curious on your take about the caterpillar crimeboys quote if you'd like to expand on it a bit

im not really the best at explaining but ill try to put it into words, because the way i understand this quote is very visual and it creates a feeling i understand so ill have to think how to put that into words. its also a rather,, vague feeling? so i feel like using just one example wont really capture what im trying to say. anyway ill try my best

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"you get in people's heads wil! you're like a little caterpillar, you go in through their ear, and then you hatch a butterfly. and before you know it, your brain's just colours, and flying, and then you're making the wrong decisions" - c!tommy

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wilbur gets in your head, he puts all these ideas in your head, of hope, unity, safety, power. something small, that grows into something beautiful, meaningful, important. lmanberg was just a drug van at the beginning, and then evolved into a nation fighting for family and independence against tyranny.

one butterfly turns into many, and suddenly youre surrounded in colour, you want to keep it growing, for the colours to never stop being so bright, the butterflies carry you and youre flying. you chase those butterflies for so long you forget yourself, and by the time you realise how far youve gone, youre too far out at sea to come back, and the butterflies get swept beneath the harsh waves of reality.

essentially, its fun until its not. you start with something good and ambitious, but it leads you too far, in all the glory of it all, your dreams make you forget yourself. and because the world can be cruel, you end up doing things you regret before you even realise.

c!wilbur knows how to get in peoples heads, for better or for worse, he knows how to get that caterpillar crawling in your ear. how to nurture the butterfly so it can spread its wings and fly, he knows what the colours look like, hes the one who dreamed them up after all. its an unfortunate circumstance things usually end up falling apart in the end.

i also think it can definitely relate to the butterfly effect idea, a small flap of the wings turns into a hurricane. a caterpillar grows into a butterfly, you go from pranks to building a nation, the butterflies start to gather, suddenly youre leading a war, youve won, youre running for president, the colours are mixing together and they look brighter than ever. and then? you get beat. you get thrown out of your home, you become lost without the colours you were chasing so long, gone with the wind, just like that. and youre left to see the world without those rose-tinted glasses. everything seems so grey.

desire can make people forget themselves. even the most pure hearted can get lost chasing that high. how many colours is too many? you realise once you've mixed too many and it all turns into a muddy brown. gone are the bright hues, and youre the one who slowly drowned them out. instead of gently gliding down, you fall from the clouds onto hard concrete floor.

c!wilbur is too powerful of a catalyst. everything ends up boiling over the edge in the end. it becomes too much to handle. you burn yourself and others trying to stop it from spilling out.

[ctntduoarchive]

c!tntduo have definitely one of the most interesting relationships on the dream smp, if not the most interesting - so here's me ranting for 1.7k words on these dumbass little bitches (on basically ever arc)

firstly, you start with wilbur, who used to believe in the power of words and has just gone through war, loss and betrayal, coming to face an almost mirror image of himself in quackity, who's ambitious, light-hearted and most of all, doesn't know about the consequences of flying too close to the sun

wilbur sees him at first and only lets him run against him for the integrity of his campaign. then, when schlatt comes into play, you see wilbur turn to him and say that quackity cares about l'manburg and wants to do good for it, even if those plans interfere with wilbur's ideals.

then in the manburg/pogtopia arc, whenever you see them interact before quackity joins pogtopia, they're pretty casual and friendly with each other. you have quackity planning on going behind schlatt's back, and right after the elections have been won, you can hear him say that he plans on meeting with crimeboys and even thought that exile was too harsh.

once the white house is destroyed, quackity joins pogtopia and is pretty quickly welcomed in. with wilbur's paranoia and distrust, you constantly hear him speak of how everyone's just following the person with the biggest power (who he believes at this time to be schlatt), but the difference is with quackity is literally the first thing he told wilbur (the person who was in charge when this happened) no, because quackity isn't one to easily wilt to other people's orders.

quackity then goes on in the pogtopia arc to be the deciding factor on whether wilbur presses the bomb or not, for a good 20 days (for a comparison, pogtopia lasted for a little less than two months). whenever someone like tommy or tubbo told wilbur not to press the button and that they can do something else, he would always brush it off and call them childish, because in positions of actual knowledge on the world, wilbur thinks that they don't understand why he's doing this. but when quackity tells him no and then gives him a counter plan, he delays plan B (the bomb) and allows quackity and tommy attempt their plan. (<- this ties in with that idea of equals - like yin and yang - but i'll get into that later)

even after quackity's plan fails, he still tries to prevent the inevitable doom of wilbur blowing up l'manburg. every time he brings it up, he tries to dissuade him, like he has hope for wilbur - which a lot of people do at this point. people like tommy, tubbo and niki believe wilbur's still good, even though he sees himself as the villain.

but from quackity's perspective, he's always seen wilbur as someone who definitely isn't good per se, but probably not to the length of a villain. yet, he has this hope that this plan can be stopped even though he doesn't see wilbur through the rose-colored lenses the original people of l'manburg see him in.

on november 16th, you see dream say to tommy that wilbur was the traitor all along, but it's actually quackity who first points out wilbur's missing from the scene. then, a couple of seconds before the buttons pushed, you see quackity realise exactly where he is - by him calling out to tommy, since he also knows where the button room is.

by this point in the timeline, quackity and wilbur are pretty close around each other and it even seems like quackity has a bit of trust in wilbur. you seem him act less like the comedic relief he does around people like schlatt, but more of his more serious and genuine side, which is normally saved for him talking to chat and interactions with tubbo.

then, this trust is broken once wilbur presses the button, since quackity tried so hard to pull him away from it, constantly telling him there were other ways, one of those ways that had literally just been achieved.

still, even though quackity now has a resentment towards wilbur, he helps rebuild new l'manburg. he's passionate for the country, and this passion then also translates for the people who destroyed l'manburg, that namely being wilbur and techno.

when he says he's getting revenge on techno for the destruction, he also states that wilbur's dead and they can't really get any retribution from him - implying that if he were alive, quackity probably would have done something to change that.

quackity has a deep love for this country, even after originally being turned away from it. even though he truly got to know it after it's original time, he still had that same original dream that all of the l'manburgians had.

he ends up staying right to the end, fighting right up until it's just him, tubbo, tommy and ghostbur left - which brings me to his relationship with ghostbur.

originally, it was clear he had a resentment to him. he would be really humorous and not willing to be genuine around him, and the only time you see that early on in their relationship is when quackity yells at him for not remembering blowing up l'manburg.

but bit after bit, you see ghostbur do things like ask quackity to sing the national anthem and them genuinely enjoying time together. you see little details like quackity thanking ghostbur for blue quietly in the butcher army stream, and then their interaction on doomsday.

you see them talk nicely and interacting nicely together, quackity even comes to say he was sad when wilbur died. this is probably because of ghostbur, since he learned how to remember what wilbur was like before he became obsessed with the destruction of l'manburg. he found this respect for him, and then when he thought that wilbur was right with saying that you need violence to produce power, lead to him to write the PROJECT NEVADAS book. in that, he even went to say that wilbur was his dearest friend.

after spending a lovely 13 year vacation in literal hell, wilbur's back and looking for a purpose. of course, he immediately latches onto the book quackity has left for him. it's a sign of hope that someone hasn't forgotten him and that his memory, other than that of his destruction of his country, still exists in people.

he rushes over to las nevadas, to find quackity who is originally exicted to see him (remembered that gained respect from his death? that's it). but then he sees wilbur beg to join las nevadas, and realises that he hasn't changed and is still man from pogtopia.

the reason wilbur begs like this is because he's been so purposeless for so long and this is the only glimmer of hope he has left, and here is quackity telling him no. which makes him think for a moment, and that that is his new purpose to become.

nobody tells wilbur no, and it's new and exciting - and quackity's probably the only one to do it ever. with the exceptions of dream and schlatt with lmanburg, but those were impersonal, yet this denial is very personal and directly aimed at him.

once wilbur sees this hope for something after going so long without anything, he's determined to make something of it. and seeing quackity get so riled up at his taunting, gives him something to do that isn't just the passive doting he sees everyone else doing.

he knows why everyone's accepting his apologies, because they're scared and afraid of what he'll do. and quackity isn't, but that isn't the thing. the thing is wilbur's afraid of what he'll do, and it's so much easier to do his dance with quackity and believe that he won't implode on himself again.

that's why quackity is his yang to him, he brings this balance to his own destructive behavior with his built up walls. wilbur can try all he wants to break them down, but they won't break. and finally, he's found something he can hold in his hands that won't just snap on impact - unless, he thinks he has.

this intense dynamic between the two not only can have an impact on the both of them, but the people around them as well. you see beeduo get dragged into this conflict of the two of them proving themselves (since they are so used to being told they aren't what they want to be, strong - i mean in the emotional sense).

beeduo didn't expect such a whirlwind of emotions, and tntduo didn't really prepare it for them either. they were so obsessed with the idea of beating the other, they didn't expect there would be such dire consequences.

then, along comes hitting on 16, and tntduo start off with the emotional equivalent of trying to spray pepper sauce in the other's eyes. wilbur gets blinded with the spray and goes onto steal his horse, because he knows just how sentimental the horse was to him.

because wilbur's the same in that regard, in the way he can try not to attach himself to the people and things around him, yet fail so horribly. which is perfectly portrayed in when ranboo pays the price of the mess wilbur and quackity have started.

then wilbur goes onto to trying to make himself a better person, and holds this deep grudge for quackity after ho16. sound familiar? a little like quackity after wilbur's death?

but still, he has to hold some sort of sentiment for the man, since he carries around the las nevadas journal in his own inventory all the way up until eret's apology stream, where it is then relocated next to niki's diamonds in his ender chest (another really important thing to him)

and here you have proof of the other side of the rivalry. you have the two of them say things like wilbur saying that him and quackity could be friends (albeit, after he beats his ass in their homoerotic rivalry) to ranboo when he recruits him - in a tone that sounds genuine and his muttered to himself, like a guilty confession.

you then have quackity saying to slime (in the stream where he dies) that all friends and enemies leave you after a while, which is a weird detail to add. because the only enemy that's possible for quackity to be sentimental towards, is wilbur.

they both seem to have this resentment for each other, in a need to prove themselves to the world, the other and themselves. yet, they still can be sentimental around the other, even if they want to deny it.

[stellocchia]

So, what I’m getting from the notes of This Post is that we’re all incredibly starved for bamf c!Tommy content. 

Good to know that me and Cat are not the only two who wanna see him or read about him kicking ass!

That said here’s a few little canon facts on him: 

He was the de facto general in both the independence war and the Pogtopia vs Manburg war and he was actually really good at that ensuring a win both times. 

He was also the main leader in Pogtopia since people didn’t really trust Wilbur. And he’s the one who went about recruiting Quackity as well and he did it in a pretty smart way (observing first and then asking the right questions)

Paying Punz in advance and rallying the server was actually a really smart move that goes unacknowledged way too often

He got out of his kidnapping with no help because he’s that much of a girlboss

He actually won when fighting against Wilbur meaning that he’s physically stronger. He’s also just in general a pretty good fighter, which is often ignored in favour of making him out to be pretty damn weak (you can be soft without being weak which is not something that most people remember) 

That one scene where he told Dream to put his items in a hole. That was pogchamp

He’s still pretty soft of course, as in he likes animals, and flowers and pretty things in general. He’s also still dealing with PTSD and depression. None of this makes him any less of a badass though!

[tuesday-teyz]

Idk what I am doing but felt like bumping what I think about Br royal family real quick:-

Br Phil

• I am still unable to understand how he isn't able to see how much he is hurting his sons. Not only Theseus but the others too.

• Of course Theseus 'changed' did he expect him to be the everyday happy child he was when he was younger? He grew up and now he was great responsibilities on his shoulder, how can he expect him to smile in a condition like that?

• His wife's death must have affected him a lot but it still doesn't justify his behaviour.

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Br Wilbur

• It is clear that he was a lot going on with his mental health but the way he treats Theseus is disgusting.

• Even looking at Fundy, I feel like all he sees is Theseus so he might not interact much with his son that such(Thats just my thinking!)

• It is best if he actually stays away from the castle and lives with Sally and Fundy. It is way better for his mental health.

• This is my theory but he might be obsessed with Theseus for this reason. Maybe his mother and Theseus had the same personality, when his mother died he could see her in Theseus. But as the story shows, Theseus is changing, he is becoming guarded and cold. So this is why he is so passive-aggressive towards him, Wilbur wants the same little boy who had his mother's personality back not accepting the fact the baby boy is long gone and wants to keep Theseus to change him back into that said little happy boy.

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Br Techno

• I think the reason why he didn't praise Theseus when he won the duel against Sapnap was that he was so shocked. He remembers trying to teach him fighting but all his movements were clumsy but now look at him, basically dancing to victory.

• I also don't blame him for not talking against Phil and Wilbur, it's not easy as it sounds. Going against your family is hard, he just can't accept the fact that his father is wrong.

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Br Tommy/Theseus

• It is satisfying seeing his evolution from a beaten up prince to a cunning one.

• But I still think he is naive, if I were him I won't trust Dream so easily. Keeping the fact he doesn't know Prince (the parrot) is Dream I can't see the reason why Dream is helping him.

• Maybe it has something to do with Dream's past with his family, well I am looking forward to that.

• I don't have much to say about Theseus, all there is that I look forward to seeing is how he shapes into the great cunning individual see all want to see.

This was very interesting to read! What I can add to the characters:

• Techno has a reason why he was against that duel, and Tommy winning in particular. I have a scene ready for chapter 22's beggining that features some very interesting dialogue between Wilbur and Techno that spills some light on that.

• When analyzing Wilbur's actions and motivations, one should keep in mind that he has quite a twisted image of others and himself as well. Wilbur suffers from self-loathing and has been, his entire life, dependent on external sources of encouragement to keep him emotionally stable. Kristin was that source for a while, and then Tommy after he was born.

Basically for Wilbur, there are two types of people: who love him and who hate him. He automatically puts new people into second category, so that's why Ranboo's behavior was so unusual to him. It's hard for Wilbur to grasp the concept that he can just exist, that his own happiness doesn't have to be tied to how much other people need him. But with his current mindset it is, and thus to make Tommy need him, Wilbur wants their childhood codependency back.

[zachsreaderinserts]

sleepy boys inc x gn!teen! reader headcannons

trying something new! i like bbs and all, but i wanted to write for other youtubers! lemme know if yall wanna see more content like this lol.

this takes place in a minecraft au!!! also, mentions of bad parenting/abusive parents

wc: 2,319

okay the sleepy boys

chaos incarnated, all of them. you can’t deny it

so, when tommy invites a friend from a local village, at first, everyone else is skeptical. since when has tommy made a friend who didn’t hate him within 20 minutes from all the screaming and insults he spewed?

unlike his friends, phil is more excited than anything. though he isn’t tommy’s dad, he feels like it sometimes, so he really wants to meet this new person who has caught the youngest’s attention

techno is very much not on board. he has a hard time trusting people at first glance and having been friends with tommy for the longest, he knows that tommy readily jumps the gun and attempts to befriend literally anything just because he can

and wilbur? indifferent for the most part. yes, he feels the need to make sure tommy is protected and cared for, but he also recognizes that this situation is out of his hands. the best he can do is hope that their friend isn’t an absolute asshole

so, it’s saturday. all three men are sitting on the couch in phil’s cottage, talking amongst themselves as they wait for tommy to come back. techno makes a joke about murdering them, which leads to phil scolding him about his violent tendencies

“you haven’t even met them yet, techno, what the fuck.”

wilbur is simply adding fuel to the fire, making little remarks here and there and watching the whole thing escalate to phil lecturing the piglin hybrid.

because of this, not one of them had noticed that tommy returned, with his newest friend. they both stopped at the sight of phil in dad mode, tommy considering just turning around and taking his friend as far away as physically possible

too late, since techno’s sixth sense made him whip around and stare at the newcomer. this made phil stop lecturing and wilbur quit giggling long enough for tommy to introduce his friend

after saying their name, the friend lifted their hand shyly, face burning from slight embarrassment. their other hand was latched onto tommy’s, feeling intimidated.

can you blame them? the fucking blood god looks like they wanna skewer them and cook them over a campfire.

tommy took notice of their shyness and cleared his throat, “we were planning on going to the carnival in their village if you three assholes feel like tagging along.”

like there was any way they were gonna let tommy and his friend go out without chaperones.

tommy turned back to his friend, “give me a second, i’m gonna go grab my sword just in case.” and proceeded to run up the stairs and towards the guest bedroom in phil’s house that he claimed.

the millisecond he was out of earshot, techno grabbed his friend by the front of the shirt.

“what are your intentions with tommy?”

the friend blinked once, twice, then bit back a smile. “you’re asking that as if i’m about to date that motherfucker.”

this time, it was wilbur who bit back a grin of his own. who would’ve expected the originally shy kid to have replied like that????

techno’s brain short circuited and his grip on their shirt loosened slightly. did.... did this kid just brush off his question???

“can you put me down? you’re gonna stretch my shirt.”

techno’s brain blinked back into focus and he gripped the kid’s shirt harder, shoving them against the nearest wall. “i asked a question, kid.”

“you know, tommy told me something like this would happen. i’m glad i came prepared.” and then, tommy’s friend sucked in a deep breath. techno leaned back, expecting the worst...

“MWISTER TECHNWOBWADE, PWEASE PUT MWE DOWN BEFWORE I SCWEAM”

oh god, this was far worse than anything he thought of.

he dropped the teen out of disgust more than anything, reeling backwards. if there was one thing that haunted his dreams, it was uwu-speak.

phil started howling of laughter, clutching his stomach and hunching over. originally he was going to stop techno from threatening a literal child but this outcome was so much better than anything he was anticipating

wilbur was no better, already tearing up from how hard he was snickering. he started choking on his own spit at one point, smacking his arm against the couch.

tommy was so fucking confused when he came back down the stairs, seeing the mayhem that was, for once, not caused by him. he glanced at his friend, who had the world’s biggest shiteating grin.

yeah, they were gonna fit in just fine.

and they did! phil took them under his wing (both physically and metaphorically) and allowed them to come visit his home whenever they wished. and whenever they did, phil was the first to ask how they’ve been and what they were up to

to phil’s surprise, the kid was overall calm in their choice of activities. things like playing soccer or drawing or figuring out how to learn instruments in their free time. it seemed like they were desperate to get their hands on anything and everything just to learn

he found it funny, though, when their chaotic side shone through. they easily were on tommy’s level when they got into that headspace and it was so hilarious to him.

his favorite memory of the kid was when they walked into the house and marched right up to where techno was reading idly in the corner. planting their hands on their hips, they spoke.

“if you were to fuck a clone of yourself, would it be masturbation or would you be considered gay?”

phil, who was washing the dishes six feet away from them, just about crumbled into a ball on the floor from how hard he was laughing and sobbing.

of all questions, that was the one that came out.

but he had no idea that the chaos was a coping mechanism. he just thought they were naturally like that in their free time.

he soon found out the truth when they came home with tommy, who was cursing up a fit, visibly angry. his friend was slumped over, as if trying to hide themselves from the world

when phil asked what had happened, tommy exploded.

“their fucking dad took all their money from their savings! said he needed it more than them and when they asked for it back, he called them a fucking disappointment! that fucking bitch--”

phil can count very few times when he felt true anger and he can confirm that when tommy had told him what had gone down, he saw red.

but he knew better than to outwardly show it. judging by how hunched over and defeated the kid was, what they needed was a stable support system

so he walked over and shut tommy up with a hand on his shoulder, “why don’t we take the rest of the night to build up that game room you wanted in the basement. i’m sure if we knock it out before techno and wil are supposed to be back, we can all play something like monopoly.”

seeing where phil was headed, tommy nodded and brushed away his anger. he knew that what his friend needed was a serious cheering up. tommy ran towards his guest bedroom, claiming that he was going to find his blocks.

phil crouched in front of the teen, tilting their head up to look him in the eyes. “you’re not a disappointment. you’re an amazing person with a chaotic joke machine going 120 kilos over the speed limit in your head and you are talented. your dad doesn’t know shit about what you’re capable of doing.”

oh boy, the kid’s crying. those are tears, full on tears.

that night was one of the best nights of their life, however. they enjoyed the entire three hour long game of monopoly where they watched the light leave everyone’s eyes. it was funny when wilbur lunged across the table when he landed on a railroad, out for phil’s blood.

speaking of wilbur, he enjoyed every minute in the kid’s presence. they often asked creative and random questions and went along with the abstract jokes he made, the two of them laughing heartily the entire time.

when the kid first mentioned wanting to learn how to play the guitar, he practically burst through the wall of the room next door, breathing heavily and exaggeratedly.

“did someone say guitar”

yeah, he’s feral. that’s canon.

they proceeded to spend the entire day in phil’s garden, each of them equipped with a guitar. despite their outwardly smooth brain and stupid demeanor, the teen was a fast learner and could play the most basic chords by the time the sun was setting.

wilbur’s favorite moment was the first night they met, when they went to the carnival. there was the game where you shoot the water and fill up the balloons and the kid was going head to head against techno and tommy.

it was when techno won that the teen turned to techno with murder in their eyes and spoke in a deadpan tone of voice,

“you’re lucky you won this time, you gentrified mayo monkey.”

wilbur’s jaw dropped, as did techno and phil’s. tommy was already in hysterics, smacking his hand against the counter that held the guns.

needless to say, wilbur found his favorite, not-quite sibling in a heartbeat.

techno was the last to come around with the child. can you blame him? every time he tried to threaten them or had beaten them at something, they would respond in a cryptic threat--

“i’m going to pee your pants if you don’t let me win”

or just brushed him off. without a second thought.

“anyways, i was murdering a chicken the other day, and the fucker had the audacity to ribbit at me.”

to say he was confused was an understatement. he was terrified of the fact that a literal child held so much power and disinterest in things like their own life. so for the first few months, he avoided them.

but he had seen past that when it was around midnight on a weekday. tommy was hanging out with tubbo and ranboo in their village miles away from the area. wilbur was out drinking with schlatt, niki, and fundy, and phil was already asleep.

techno wasn’t too far behind, sitting in front of the fireplace and staring out of the window that showed the front yard. it was only then when he saw the flash of a familiar face and looked closer as the teen walked up to the house quietly. their head was down and they carried a small bag with them.

techno opened the front door with a long creak as they reached the porch steps. it was only when they jumped and looked up in surprise that techno had noticed a deep bruise on their left cheek in the moonlight.

despite the fact that he kept away from them, techno was very protective and territorial of tommy, phil, and wilbur. and since they were attached to the teen, he became protective of them as well.

so all the voices in his head went quiet for a second. before exploding into a mixture of screams and threats, all leading back to protecting the child in front of him.

without thinking, he reached forward and cupped their face for a better view of the bruise. at the warm and soft touch, tears slipped down the kid’s cheeks and they sniffed pathetically.

the voices quickly took a 180, all screaming to take care of them. make them feel better. so, techno led the kid inside and let them spend the night in his room, with them falling asleep on the bed and him falling asleep on the rocking chair in his room.

phil did not hesitate to officially declare himself as the teen’s official father, saying that their biological father was a “little bitch”

now somewhat living with the teen, techno found an appreciation for their quieter moments, when they were reading or simply daydreaming. it was cute, in his eyes. but he also grew to enjoy when they were absolutely feral, especially toward tommy.

his favorite moment with them was when they had gifted tommy a music disc for his birthday. it was sweet and sentimental and tommy just about burst into tears when he saw it.

all of the sappiness quickly vanished when tommy put it into a jukebox.

“FUCK THIS PUSSY, BOY, FUCK. FUCK IT RIGHT, BOY--”

tommy had let out the most terrified scream and it practically engrained itself into techno’s brain. it was the first time he ever laughed at something the teen had done and the teen felt proud of themselves.

and finally, tommy. he was already happy to call himself a friend of the teen’s. they were like peas in a pod, working together.

tommy came to them when his insecurity felt heavy and they came to him whenever their dad’s words got to them. they had a nice system of dependency on one another and neither of them would trade it for the world.

tommy’s favorite moment of being friends with them was during their first birthday living in phil’s house. it was a birthday befitting their personality, with brightly color streamers hung and confetti all over the floor. he knew that they enjoyed it severely and once the cake was cut, the kid turned to phil.

“phil, where’s the big tiddy strippers i requested?”

tommy was GONE

he all but choked on his slice of cake and walked away, shaking his head while trying to stifle his giggles. but when he heard phil’s scream of “WHAT”, he just lost it.

all in all, his friend had made a fine part of the sleepy boys. they were a happy face in an otherwise somewhat bleak and dangerous world. and all four men appreciated it.

[petre-chose-violence]

Today on "Bad takes and how to counter them":

(Aka collection of my based takes on)

Mischaracterization of the Syndicate. (and it's members)

(Because I am bored)

/all names reffer to dsmp characters unless explicitly stated otherwise.

"Secret Police" - Their only rule is don't oppress people. Like, that's it. They defend no system and protect no bourgeoisie. In fact, they are very lenient with what regimes they consider worth toppling, seeing as Snowchester still exists.

"The organization in general/any member in particular is Capitalists/Ancap" - They own their own means of production, they work for their stuff themselves, they don't stand in the way of anyone doing the same themselves. Villagers are a game mechanic, as horrible as the implications are, for all intents an purposes, story included, they are not people. That is just how the game unfortunately is.

"They are not friends, they met like 2 times" - Technobirthday Stream is right there, it's called quality over quantity. Also 3/4 Syndicate members were friends for a long time now, only Niki is somewhat new to the group.

"They are the 1%" - *reffer back to capitalist take. There is nothing wrong with having opinions even if you are wealthy/skillful.

Technoblade

"Is violent" - the only non violent characters on the server are Ponk, Ranboo and the new ones. Techno is actually consistently seen trying to minimize casualties of every conflict he was involved in, from the battle of the lake when he suggested Tommy just return the fish, to Doomsday when he made it clear that everyone who doesn't want to die can just leave.

"Doesn't try negotiation" - Except on Nov 16th. And before & after his execution on Dec 16th. And when he stalled for 3+ minutes on the Red Festival. And when he didn't just kill Tommy for being in his house.

"Has no character development" - Over the course of the story he goes All problems can be solved by punching them hard enough, including bad communication. -> Violence sucks actually. Trusting people too. -> Maybe I should try to do a little bit of violence and a tiny bit of trusting people. -> Incredible Violence is Pog when you do it together with trustworthy people. But it's not a good look. Need more trustworthy people. This is more of an ark then 85% of dsmp has. It's like 3 arks cramped together. And we skipped tons of less apparent stuff, like his paranoia.

"Doesn't do mutual aid" - ... to the people he just fought against. And that is a flaw indeed! But other than that? Pogtopia, Tommy, Syndicate. I'd say he's pretty mutual aid-y.

"Doesn't regret his actions" - One) Should he? Two) He does.

"Doesn't loose" - Won once, on Doomsday. Nov 16th, Execution were significant loses, both spiritually and materially.

"Should've seen NLM coming, overblown reaction to Pogtopia becoming a gvt, can't be mad on them for hurting his feelings" - Seen that coming and do what, exactly? Leave and let the rebellion be annihilated? From in character POV, it would've been a "lesser evil" kind of deal. OOC - there is no way Pogtopia could've defeated invisible God-appleded Dream without Techno's stuff. And tactically it would make perfect sense to help one enemy defeat the other and then kick it while it down.

Material side to the side, all of the above would take place if Techno was to learn or acknowledge Pogtopia's true intentions. To my, flawed, human knowledge the only character seen mentioning making a new government instead of Manburg near Techno was Wilbur, who later was all "Total destruction! Anarchy Bros!" so that takes care of that.

And still, if not, if all the evidence was for him to see, maybe yes, maybe Technoblade did know it to some degree. Maybe is lonely, and is desperately clinging to the best resemblance of companionship he've experienced until he could no longer deny its flaws. Maybe he did grow attached to these people he worked with before learning their unfortunate true colours! Maybe he did hope that he just misread some sighns up until when the truth was mockingly shoved into his face! Maybe Mr. "# 2 biggest anxiety wreck ever" couldn't gather enough willpower to confront his comrades about it! Maybe he was head deep in denial! Maybe being forcibly removed from the comfort of such delusion can hurt a little!

DISCLAIMER: If you end up using the a little emotionally charged reading right above remember - it is not, Tommy's, Tubbo's or even, maybe, Wilbur's fault. By that take they manipulated Techno, but they didn't do that consciously or maliciously. Circumstances are just like that.

(If this results in appearance of YandareBlade /srs takes i am going to start biting)

Philza

"Just follows Technoblade" - Fights against Techno on Nov 16th. Joins Doomsday against Techno's wishes.

*conscious decision on the part of the creator to not cover anything Wilbur related, because I'm tired of it*

Ranboo

"Is afraid of Technoblade & Philza" - they had several adventures and tons of fun with them. He willingly remainins their neighbor despite the existence of alternatives. They were the only people he trusted with having Disks. He didn't even trust his husband with that one.

Niki

"Not anarchist, just wants friends" - 1st, whats wrong with that? Syndicate is like the only not fucked friend group organization whose members didn't directly contribute to Niki's mental problems on the server. 2nd, no, have you listened to her recruitment? It goes like this - Techno: "Governments are bad because of xyz", Niki: "True!" Also, she was against Manburg and played a part in destroying NLM, so she has a pretty anti government track record. This whole post.

"Just does whatever she is told" - Her whole Manburg ark is right there, where did this even come from?

[rynzii-419]

c!Quackity canonically has a fat ass + why that fact actually has some narrative importance for his character

Yeah I’m making a whole post about the surprisingly controversial size of Quackity’s ass, just, stick with me here. also heads up im gonna stop sayin “c!” and just saying the names but just know im only talking abt characters lol

Anyway. First of all, let’s discuss the opposite belief: Quackity is a flatty patty. It was a running joke on the smp, and it was started by Schlatt the day after they won the election. The days before when they had planned their joint presidency, Schlatt had established that Quackity’s whole value and purpose in the cabinet was for him to be pretty and have a fat ass. Now, do we really trust Schlatt’s judgement? The man was a drunk and just plain abusive. I’m not entirely sure if the other members of the Manburg cabinet joined in, but I know that if they did it wasn’t nearly as often as Schlatt, so he was definitely the spearhead of the “flat ass q” truthers. But, even Schlatt contradicted himself from time to time. He said multiple times, including his death scene, that Quackity and his “fat ass” left him, even though he later said “flatty patty” as his last words. Basically, tldr, i think Schlatt’s opinion is irrelevant and he contradicts himself too much to be taken seriously.

Alternatively, there are multiple scenes of Wilbur being caught staring at Q’s ass, anywhere between the very beginning of the elections all the way to Niki’s birthday party. Once when building the White House, once during the stream “we must get voters”, once when Tommy and Q told him about Plan Ass, and honestly probably a few more times that i just don’t remember right now. I trust him a bit more because hes fruity because he had no reason to make Quackity, his rival, feel better about his body. Plus, they even thought his ass was a solid enough plan to actually try out.

Now for why it matters narratively.

Schlatt changed Quackity and I think we all know that. He belittled Quackity all the time and I believe a lot of the way he thinks is built off of that now. I think he has been put down by people like Schlatt (and even Techno just by not treating him as a real threat) so much that he now has this concept that everyone looks at him that way, like hes worthless and can’t do anything right because all he’s good for is his looks.

I feel like a very important part of this is that he actually does look the way Schlatt initially said he did, but Schlatt then made him think that was what he should put all his worth into and used that information to hurt Q and emphasize that Schlatt was the leader and Quackity was nothing. And obviously, Schlatt calling Quackity stuff like flatty patty did hurt him a lot, because what if it was true? What if Schlatt was right and he was worthless now? It really pissed him off to hear it (and still does it seems) and in that first stream he immediately got to work on a workout thing that would make him have a fatter ass and kept calling Schlatt over to see if he approved or if he was proud. It was fucked up honestly.

Now he’s trying to work past that. He’s trying to be the big powerful guy who can do whatever he wants. We can see that a lot in how he always tries to prove that he could defeat Techno (someone he has a serious grudge against) and can crush Dream’s spirit. Mf has always been obsessed with power, the only difference is that now he has better weapons, armor, and a country of his own. Maybe that’s why he sounded so smug sending Wilbur away. He really thought “thats right, im better than Wilbur, this is my country and its stronger and better and it doesn’t need you.” Plus now he’s seeing that Wilbur respects him as an opponent, so he’s just as addicted to this rivalry as Wilbur is.

Long story short:

1. A few months ago I was drawing Quackity and thought “wait do i give him a fat ass or no” and ever since, I’ve cared about the answer to that question way too much.

2. I’m incapable of writing analysis without ending it with a small touch of tntduo

[zeta-in-de-walls]

Tommy’s character and the theme of failure

One thing I’ve always rather appreciated about Tommy’s story in the Dream SMP is how it explores the idea of failure. It can be a challenging one to do right as it means exploring a character’s weakness a lot and can start to feel unsatisfying if the character never succeeds but I feel like Tommy’s story avoids this issue as his arc is ultimately an encouraging one. His character never stops trying or gives up in spite of his losses, showing the perseverance to keep going until eventually he starts to find happiness, no matter how elusive it seems. 

Tommy’s character is no stranger to failure of course but I’d say this theme starts to become prominent with November the 16th. Tommy had two goals: to save L’Manberg and to save Wilbur. He was pretty optimistic about both. And he failed. The day ended in disaster with Wilbur dead, Technoblade, his idol, mocking his heroism and telling him to die, and his home in ruins. It takes him a long time to come to terms with who Wilbur was, separating Wilbur into two in his mind: President Wilbur and the ‘crazy’ Wilbur who blew up L’Manburg. 

But Tommy continues on, quietly moving on as L’Manburg gets rebuilt. No matter what, he still believes in L’Manburg; it’s still alive. Also, he wants to finally get his remaining disc back from Dream, feeling the need to do this after putting it aside for so long.

But of course, things don’t go well. That which he had taken for granted, his bond with Tubbo, was under fire. His personal wish to get his discs back was causing division. A simple prank gone wrong was tearing everything apart as Dream threatened L’Manburg once again. None of these things were purely Tommy’s actions, and yet his actions played a part all the same as Dream essentially took advantage of all of Tommy’s weaknesses. Tommy was being viewed as a liability, a troublemaker, as self-centred, as a problem. 

Tommy’s character likely blamed himself somewhat for his failure with Wilbur and L’Manburg the first time but it had been out of his hands and his reactions were more shock than being truly broken by the events and he kept up his optimism. Yet this time, the problems were not things far beyond his control. It seemed it was his own mistakes spelling his doom and it impacted him quite severely. As much as he recognised Dream as an antagonist here, his friends distrust of him was his failure. Despite his best efforts, he could not convince Tubbo not to exile him. 

Rather than seeing the fairly resilient, optimistic Tommy like the first time he was banished, this time Tommy’s defeated. We see the full effects it takes on his mental state and the narrative does not pull its punches. Tommy’s already depressed and we start to see evidence of suicidal thoughts very quickly. This is all made far, far worse by Dream who encourages his dark thoughts and feelings of worthlessness, telling him everyone’s better off without him while breaking his spirit and making him miserable by repeatedly blowing up his items. 

Dream was of course Tommy’s enemy, he’d recognised before that what Dream had been doing to L’Manburg, with the obsidian walls and insisting on banishing Tommy, had been unfair even if Tommy had been helpless to stop him. Yet over exile we see him really start to internalise Dream’s words, starting to really believe that narrative that he is unloved and a liability, despite his best efforts. As his mental state worsens we see him starting to believe Dream’s lies so much that he begins to believe that Dream is really his friend who cares about him. Meanwhile, he’s angrier and lashing out at the people he cares about, we seem him kill Jack, break the bridges he built and generally lashing out at the people he misses the most. 

So through exile, we see Tommy at his weakest and most vulnerable. We also see some of his flaws with his uglier side, his uncontrolled emotions, his dependency on others, his deep self-worth issues and how he can be so successfully lied to. This deep exploration of Tommy’s character allows us to really see how the repeated failures and setbacks and losses affected his character mentally and depict it as yet another obstacle he needs to overcome. 

And ultimately he does, ultimately deciding to fight back and run away from exile on his own. Tommy’s arc goes to very depressing places but manages to remain an inspiring story by showing you at his weakest and yet also show him never truly giving up but pressing on, in search of that happy ending. Running away from exile has him also realising that Dream is his enemy, not his friend and he commits to fighting back against him. 

But of course the narrative doesn’t entirely move on. Tommy’s struggles and failures continue to plague him as the mental issues he has with self-worth and his confused feelings towards Dream do not go away. He managed to continue but that wasn’t the perfect victory as most of his problems are still there and he’s still the same person. at Techno’s house, we see him and his confusion. He’s lighthearted and joking about but he’s still deeply troubled without a clear stance on Dream or L’Manburg or Tubbo and he clings to the idea of the disc as a simple goal. It seems as if he’s doomed to become the person he hated or make the same mistakes again. He once failed to save Wilbur and it seems as if his greatest failure would be to go down Wilbur’s path too, blowing up the country he once loved. 

And Tommy nearly goes too far. He finally meets Tubbo again and his anger, his issues all come back as does some self-centred behaviour as he declares that ‘the discs are worth more than you ever were’.

And he immediately regrets it. He apologises, he turns around and gives them up to Dream. He won’t let himself turn into Wilbur. 

And yet, every little victory he fights so hard for is met with an even greater failure. He switches sides on Technoblade while giving Dream exactly what he wanted. His story isn’t a happy one in spite of him trying his very best and making the decisions that are right for him. And we can only wonder how inevitable it was or if he could’ve done better for he hurts Techno deeply. Is he doing better or does his very nature doom him to make the same mistakes again and again?

Once ore, we see L’Manburg blown up and this time Tommy declares it a lost cause. Despite his best efforts, it’s over and we can only stare at the ruins of the nation he’d once helped build with Wilbur. Additionally, Tommy is dead to Techno now, that relationship seemingly broken forever. 

But it’s not the end. Tommy is defeated once more, with each failure hitting harder than the last but he doesn’t give up. He keeps on fighting. For all he’s lost, he’s won Tubbo back, and the experiences may have been terrible but he has learned something through all of it. Even if all that is, is understanding suffering a bit better and getting back the courage to apologise and reconcile.

He and Tubbo go after Dream and it’s almost, almost too late. He’s nearly locked in prison forever and Tubbo almost killed. 

But it’s not end. Just this once, it’s not a failure. They bet it all and finally had that victory. The rest of the server comes to save them and Dream gets locked in his prison while Tommy and Tubbo are finally free. 

Course, Tommy’s story isn’t over there. And the thing with this theme of failure is that it keeps on cropping up. They may have finally gotten a victory but Tommy’s issues aren’t over. he tries to start again, building his hotel but the trauma from exile has made an impact on him. It’s something that can’t be solved in a day, but only over a long time. And despite everything, the issues keep coming back. Tommy feels like things are unresolved with Dream and visits him again. 

And he gets locked in prison and dies and then gets resurrected. And its all absolutely devastating and it seems as if Tommy will never get better, that he’ll never truly have his happy ending. His hotel gets stolen from him and its as if everything he tries to do ends in failure.

He tries to sort things out, tries solving things with killing Dream and it just gets Ghostbur killed and the guilt can only eat at him. Wilbur is back at Tommy’s afraid but time has passed and he’s starting to see Wilbur more for who he is. After all he’s been through, he understands him way better than he did before. He once more commits to helping him but Tommy isn’t the naive kid he once was. 

Tommy still lives in the very same spot he always did. He still wants the same things he always did: a home, security, peace, friends, and he’s been experiencing many losses. And yet, his story is not a hopeless one. Because in spite of all that’s happened, he’s still trying again. And he’s learned and can avoid making those mistakes again. Right now, he’s doing better, he’s committing to living peacefully in a way he hasn’t in a long time. He’s been attempting to build bridges and though all his failures haunt him, he is gradually healing day by day, still trying to find that happy ending.

I think Tommy’s story is very cool for the way it really explores these themes of failure. It does not pull its punches, its dark, never easy or straightforward but that’s also what makes it so powerful. Those bright spots, feel so good, they feel so rewarding because they were so hard-fought. We root for Tommy’s character because we’ve seen his journey and really feel he deserves his happy end even though its never going to be perfect and indeed every failure is a mixture of forces outside of his control and his character which he has been trying to improve, learning to be nicer, more forgiving and more aware of his own emotions. He can’t fix Dream nor does he know how best to help Wilbur but he can help himself and that’s what he’s always trying to do. He holds himself to account and always tries his best.

[barbiegirldream]

God the hypocrisy of mcc kills me. "It's not supposed to be competitive" then why they fuck is an entire subreddit obsessed with player stats? The second you introduce tiers and stat tracking, you start comparing people. When that happens, things get competitive. That's human nature.

People give Dream too much credit. "He singlehandedly made mcc competitive" Mate, no. It's never just one person.

Why is it fine if Wilbur goes on a rant every mcc, but the second Dream makes a negative comments it's toxic and he must be removed?

Also I am fucking tired of people speculating on the relationships between players. You don't truly know how they feel. Stop it. I'm sure they can sort it out themselves. They don't need others to stick thier noes into their business.

Yeah no exactly all of this. It is competitive and Dream works his ass off to rank highly like he does. Why do people think he like idk bought his way in? Everyone is so quick to try and discredit him but like mans is good at what he does and he’s never claimed to be the best, he just isn’t self deprecating. Which idk maybe it’s a Leo thing (I’m kidding) but I don’t think you get any humble points for tearing yourself down you just look sad 🤷‍♀️

Techno can memorize all the buildmart builds but Dream is too invested for doing the same exact thing???

Idk I’ve watched the older MCC’s they were competitive. So I don’t think it’s really gotten better or worse just more people are watching. And let’s not pretend Dream didn’t have anything to do with boosting the numbers of if not the event itself a bunch of the players in the event

Hell Philza even talked yesterday about how much his popularity like the second big wave after the baby zombie is attributed to the Dream SMP and Dream

And I like the toxicity. Where would we be without Wilbur ripping into ace race and Noxcrew making jabs at their players?

Again I’m very very sorry for H and angry at the people sending him hate but it’s just not Dream’s fault. It isn’t. Dream has never done anything but demand people don’t send hate. Which can’t be said for others who hate Dream and wish actual harm on him.

Like Dream enjoys MCC. He and Techno wanted to play together more than they ever wanted to play against each other. Dream wanted to be with Sylvee this game to get her a win for her birthday. Dream wanted to pay for MCC coins so people could get some every time they won as opposed to just once. (I think that’s what it was something about the coins tho)

Dream loves the game and he loves hanging out with his friends. It’s why he helps people train for all of the events and always hyped up his team mates. He’s not looking to win he’s looking to play a good game and if he wins that’s great. I think people who aren’t competitive don’t get that while a win is nice when you love a game like that you’re playing for the game.

So you wanna hate on people for not getting the spirit of MCC? Firstly don’t that’s weird it’s a video game but secondly it’s not gonna be Dream.

[quackisinnit]

Men in Black au! with Dream, George, Sapnap, Karl, Quackity, c!Technoblade, and Wilbur

Notes: this is for 900 clebration:)) THIS IS SO LONG DKSHS. also i wrote this cause i watched men in black:international the other day

Genre: fluff, romantic, they/them

Warnings: mentions of guns, bombs

Dream

when you first started working with him, he was very friendly and would teach you anything you needed to know

like where the guns are, etc

but from time to time he would be unintentionally flirty

or just make flirtatious comments (sometimes intentional)

"you look good in a suit y/n😌"

"i always wear a suit but thank you"

everytime you hugged or shaked hands after a succesful mission, his touch would always linger

like he would hug you for much longer than anticipated

it would make you flustered but you just brushed it off

soon dream made flirty comments all the time

like all the time

you both layed down on the ground and took deep breaths, that alien was terrifying. "you know, you looked good whole fighting that thing earlier."

"what?"

"nothing."

this kept on going until you (sorta) catched on to what he was doing

"clay, do you like me?" you said out of the blue. "what? no- our relationship is strictly professional and platonic."

yeah you didn't believe him

and he didn't himself

but then again, he said it himself,

he doesn't like you, right?

okay maybe a little bit

he finally confessed when he thought it the was the end for both of you

the alien threw you against the wall, roaring loudly. it ringed through your ears, causing you to yelp. the alien grabbes clay with its other hand and raised him above its mouth.

"y/n since this is the end," clay yelled, "i want you to know that i like you! a lot!"

you looked at him shocked, you opened your mouth to say something but the creature's scream of pain cut you off. your other colleagues had come to save the both of you.

you both watched as they brought the alien back to where it came from.

"so, you like me?"

"uh, yeah. i really, really do."

"good, cause i feel the same." you smile and kiss clay's cheek.

George

he would act very prim and proper

and he'd want you to act the same

he would do little things like fixing your tie, fixing your hair, etc

but on missions he would be very rowdy and make bad decisions from time to time but still calm

"y/n, let's drink with them!"

"but what if the-"

"i heard a yes, let's go."

but then the bad guys showed up

"i told you they'd come!" you said with a slightly panicky voice.

"don't worry, the alien is safe and we just need to get out of here. let me think of a plan."

and boom with george's calmness and smartness you survived😎

but you both got a warning cause you drank on the job-

anyways,

he started acting strange after a few months of working with you

for example, everytime you passed him a weapon his hand would rouch yours

and he would just blush and continue what he was doing

you wouldn't really notice tho since he was subtle with it

george finally confessed after a mission

"get yourselves cleaned up at the headquarters."

"yes ma'am." you both said synchronously. once you were both back at the headquarters, george tapped your shoulder. "uh- so i really like you, can we go on a date?"

you just looked at him, not saying a word. george started to feel more nervous, thinking he did something wrong. "it's fine if you don't want to, i understa-"

"no no no no george, i wanna go on a date with you." george just smiles and grabs your hand, caressing it.

Sapnap

as soon as you became partners, you both got really close a your personalities just matched

anyways, every mission crazy and very chaotic

sapnap cracks jokes all the time

"oh my god, is this alien pussy??"

"sapnap... I THINK SO!!"

its so fun working with him

at the start of your relationship, he made flirty comments here and there

but the longer you both knew eachother, he made flirty comments all the time, like dream

"sooooooo has anyone told you how hot you were earlier?"

"i mean- no? we literally almost got eaten alive"

"well since no one's said it, you looked pretty hot earlier"

for some reason he likes saying those comments everytime your both about to die

or when the situation is just bad

"hey you look pretty attractive right now..."

"SAPNAP SHUT UP AND GIVE ME THE GUN, WE'RE GONNA DIE??!??!?!"

"WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS NOW SAPNAP"

but when he confessed it was during a normal time

you were both talking about a mission you had to do in a few days

and sapnap just blurted it out

"okay so we have to be in paris next week. i think we should ask-"

"i like you y/n. a lot, with my whole heart" you smiled, "i like you too." sapnap smiled and and leaned in, "can i kiss you?" you just nod and bring him closer to your chest.

Karl

people called you and karl childish and immature during work

but in reality he just made lots of jokes and you both laughed easily💀💀

missions with karl are very fun

fun but at the same time serious

like he thinks very quickly

so if your ever in danger, karl will be there to help

but after you both make jokes directed at each other

"you were the one that dropped the bomb"

"you would've died if i didn't save you🙄"

but its all light hearted and you care for each other

anyways he started to act more serious and calm around you

sometimes nervous

like after every mission you hug

and everytime you both do it you could just feel karl's heart beating so fast

"karl are you alright? you're heart is beating really fast"

"oh uh- yeah. just shocked from the mission and all"

he would also ask you if you're hurt/okay way more

"oh god y/n, are you alright?"

"yeah it's just a scratch"

"okay, if you're hurt just tell me"

he confessed while you were both undercover during a mission

you both sat in the cafe, eyeing the alien that disguised itself as a human. "psst, y/n."

"what is it?" you say, not taking your eyes off the creature. "i like you." karl says quietly. as if he was a kid whispering a secret. for the first time, you take your eyes off the alien.

you look at him, mouth agape. you smirk and chuckle, "so do i." karl smiles and starts giggling, you reciprocate this. "now let's go back to- WAIT WHERE ARE THEY?"

Quackity

chaotic but at the same time quiet duo

during missions its crazy and some times gets out of hand

but at the headquarters/office, you're both very proper and organized

its just so that you both get assigned into more missions together tbh KSHSJ

missions with him is just

*chefs kiss*

one time you were both fighting the alien and somehow he convinced them for a break?????

"HEY WAIT WAIT. i have to piss, let's take a break"

alien: "piss? break?"

"i have to pee."

and the alien just agreed!?!??????!?!

SO YOU JUST STOOD THERE, WAITING FOR HIM TO COME BACK

AND THE ALIEN JUST SAT ON THE GROUND

fortunately, he came back quickly

"okay, i'm back, let's do this😎"

in the end you both won

cause he's alex quackity, what do you expect?

soon he started to act very nervous at random occasions

like you were both just talking about a recent mission you both just done

and you complimented him on defeating the alien

"that was so cool alex!!"

and he just stands there like 🧍‍♂️ "thank you y/n"

HE'S JUST SO FLUSTERED KSJSK

and it's not like your first time complimenting him

he just started acting like this out of nowhere

he confessed while you were doing a mission

you were in the passenger's seat, holding onto dear life. "alex, slow down!" he just glances at you in disbelief. "slow down? we're gonna die if i do slow down!"

after a few turns, you reached a long road with a fiver at the end. alex looked aroud to find another road for you to go on to avoid drowning. unfortunately, there was none.

the buttons that cotrolled the car currently weren't working. so you kept on pushing them. "y/n, before we die, i wanna say something!"

"we're not gonna di- oh nevermind, what is it?" you yelled. "i like you!"

all you could do was to push the buttons more aggresively, hoping to get out alive. to your surprise, the car started to float of the ground.

once you had both reached the sky, you both started clapping and cheering. "lets go!"

"we did it y/n holy shit"

"so... you like me?"

"what? no, i didn't say that. what do you me-"

"its fine alex. i like you too"

Technoblade

he would be quiet and professional

also a little intimidating

like on your first mission he did almost all the work

and in a way you were kinda his assistant

at first you thought this was how missions worked

1 leader and 1 follower/assistant

but then you talked to your colleagues about your missions with him and they told you it was meant to be 2 partners, not leader and assistant

so you confronted techno about this

which left him a little surprised

cause he was the one supposed to confront people, not the other way around

this made him intrigued about you

so techno spent more time with you to learn more about you

which caused the both of you to get closer

when people saw this, they were really confused

cause he was so soft, caring, and nice around but around them he was cold and intimidating

but then techno started to act very flustered and nervous around you

he tried to hide it, but failed

like you would just be talking to him and he would just randomly act flustered

"okay so since he's in [street name], we should turn left to catch up." you said while holding onto the steering wheel. "uh huh..." techno just looked at you, not saying a word.

"techno? are you listening?"

"oh- uhm. yeah, sorry." he said as he opened the sunroof and got out his gun.

this kept happening so you decided to confront him about it

(the same way you first confronted him)

"techno, are you alright? everytime we're in a mission or just talking you seem really out of it"

"i'm fine, just tired."

which isnt true?? his whole brand was like staying up and still having enough energy for a mission

so you were suspicious but didnt think much of it

he confessed while you were at a diner talking about an upcoming mission

you drank some water and cleared your throat. "do you think we need a disguise?"

"uhm, i think we need to..."

"need to?" you waited for his answer. "i like you." he blurted out, looking down at the ground tp avoideye contact. all you could was smile, "i like you too techno, a lot."

technoblade looked back up to you slowly with a small smile but with a shocked expression. you cup his cheek from across the table and caress it, smiling.

Wilbur

he would be a combination of george and dream

prim, proper, and friendly

missions with him would be fun but still professional

he'd crack jokes all the time but at the same time he can finish the mission

idk why but for some reason he loves timing himself during missions

"aye y/n, we got 3 days and 7 hours! not as good as last time but still alright"

"wilbur why do you even keep track-"

anyways

all of a sudden, he started to be more messy during missions out of nowhere

like instead of having everything in control, everything would be out of place

one time you both almost let the alien escape

"wil are you alright? you've been a little off lately." he rubbed the back of his neck, "yeah, i'm fine, completely fine."

you were worried so from time to time you would ask him if he was alright

and he would always answer with the same thing

"i'm fine, y/n. don't worry about me"

or something along those lines

he confessed during an argument

"wil we could've died! we and many people could've died." wilbur paced around the room, rubbing his neck and running his hand through his hair from time to time.

"i know, i know."

"if you know then why did you do that?" you said, raising your voice. "because-"

"beacuse what wilbur? you're feeling a little tired but you're fine? wil please tell me what's goin-" you were yelling and your eyes started to become moist. "because i like you, y/n. so so much."

he cupped your face with both of his hands as his eyes began to moist as well. "i-i like you too wilbur." was all you managed to choke out. "but please be more careful. you promise?" wilbur placed his forehead on yours, "i promise."

[technowoah]

since I'm a gremlin I can ask for a c!Schlatt angst fighting with reader while he's drunk and the reader is just fed up with dealing with him and goes "IF YOU LIKE SO MUCH TALKING YOU DON'T NEED ME I'M LEAVING!" and just walks away and he realizes the shit he's done?

(the same anon who wasn't prepared to be heartbroken-)

Heartless

Somehow you find your way back to Schlatt again and it never goes as well as you think.

- c!schlatt x reader

- angst

- anon!requested

- part 1 to this story

⚠︎: swearing, angst, alcoholism, mentions of dying, c!quackity makes a appearance, hopefully this is sad enough yall-

An// i decided to make this a part 2 to Have a Heart! So I hope you enjoy love!

The night is still cold and dark as you begrudgingly walk back to one of the buildings that was put up to replace whatever L'Manburg was there before. 

After Dream's word you had still contemplated going back to Schlatt. He doesn't deserve what you do, but you still end up walking along the Prime Path back to the drunken man. You had no end goal and that was a problem. You probably were going to be embarrassed that you came back to him. You couldn't let Schlatt die, from either the hands of someone else or let him die from himself.

You eventually found yourself in front of the metal doors that led into endless hallways of offices nobody occupied. The offices that had wine and cigarettes for Schlatt to smoke just in case he decided to have a meeting in a room that isn't the official meeting room. 

Walking down the hallways you saw that most of the doors to each office were open and most of the alcohol and cigarettes were taken from each room. You peaked inside every room to see if Schlatt was in there, but something in you told you not to because you weren't prepared. What were you going to say? Stop drinking? Because you're sure he'll know he's not going to stop. You want to try to save him.

You slowly opened a door to reveal an office that looked an absolute mess. The small refrigerator was knocked over and all of the wine off the shelf was either shattered on the floor or gone. There were cigarette butts on the ground and lit a cigar, there were also papers and folders all across the room.

You whispered as you walked around the lit room "Schlatt must've been in here."

"Sure as hell he was!"

You spun around to see Quackity looking disheveled as ever. He had a bottle of liquor in his hand, his beanie threatened to fall off of his head and his suit now only a white button up with his dress pants still on.

"I've been running around this goddamn place trying to keep that ram man at peace! He's gonna drink himself to death." Quackity huffed while looking around the hallway.

"I know." 

"That's why you're here huh?"

You sighed at the realization. "Yes it is. I don't want him to drink himself to death. Death isn't what I want."

"Well, it's too late for that." Quackity faced away from you not wanting to look you in the eyes.

You stayed silent until Quackity spoke up again.

"You want me to take you to him? Wanna see him one last time before he dies-"

"Don't say that!" You rolled your eyes 

"Are you fucking kidding me? It's inevitable Y/N! His body is now 70 percent alcohol and his lungs are filled with smoke!" Quackity laughed in disbelief. "I don't want him to die! But its fucking inevitable. Either from someone else or-"

"Himself." You finished his sentence.

"Exactly!" He opened his mouth to speak again but apparently decided against it.

Quackity began to lead you out of the office and down the long hallway you two walked slowly not even knowing where Schlatt was in the whole building. You and Quackity made small talk.

"I hate this. I had to find this liquor and deliver it to him and now I can't find him."

"I came here to try and save him from himself and you're here feeding the problem."

"What else do you want me to do?" He grunted.

"Stop him!"

"If I stop him he's gonna be even worse so-!" Quackity threw up his hands in frustration as you two kept walking.

"I actually have something to tell you." Quackity spoke up after the silence.

"Quackity! Ah there you are!" Schlatt came around the corner behind you both and you turned around to meet the man you both have been looking for stumbling down the hallway.

"Ah you bitch! I thought I told you to leave!"

"Here we go." You rolled your eyes.

"Hey Schlatt! Here's the Liquor you wanted!" Quackity tried to liven up the situation by reaching the bottle out to Schlatt.

"He doesn't need it."

"Yeah I do, who are you to tell me what to do!" Schlatt yelled, not even taking the drink out of Quackity's hand. 

"Schlatt just calm down-"

"No! They made a mistake and they cant even do what I fucking say! They'll keep coming back to me, against my wishes!" Schlatt interrupted Quackity while flailing his arms around.

You stood still not wanting to hear him anymore. Ever since he won the presidential debate the first couple of months he's been sober with only a few drinks here and there. Now he's a full on alcoholic, only damaging himself and his presidency. It's a sad sight to see and you don't want to see it, so you can either run away and know it's still there or fix it and never see it again. 

"Schlatt I want to help." You hesitated before stepping forward.

"Same here Schlatt." Quackity agreed with you.

"You, you! Aren't any help!" He pointed directly at you while trying to keep himself upright. 

"How aren't I any help!?" You yelled back. "I've done everything for you and now you're digging yourself a grave Schlatt!"

"You think you're the best thing ever huh?! Im fucking fine! I can stand on my own two fucking feet!"

Schlatt wasn't standing up straight, he was stumbling either backwards or forward. His body threatened to fall onto the marble floor and he couldn't even stand up straight. His speech was slurring together as well you could barely understand him.

You finally responded to Schlatt. "Schlatt you're stumbling around like- like I don't even know what! I can't understand you and you just need to stop!"

"You're so useless! Not useful to me or my presidency! I can stand up straight and I'm completely fine shut the fuck up!" He yelled while leaning to the side.

"I'd rather die alone! Without you or Quackity." Schlatt yelled again

"That's what you're going to do anyways." Quackity whispered under his breath.

Schlatt kept babbling nonsense as his back slid down one of the walls as he sat on the floor. Head pulled to the side. It was a sad sight to see, you hated to see this man drink himself to death and apparently Quackity, who was looking at the ram man the same way, standing silently next to you.

"Schlatt this-"

"I dont fucking care what you think! You're the worst person I've ever met! You both made my life hell and that's why Im fucking drinking my life away so I wont see any of you're fucking faces!" Schlatt tried to stand up but failed in doing so.

He continued talking. "I am the best thing that happened to this country! I saved both of you from a tyrant! And you thank me by driving me into this state!" 

You felt your eyes threatening to spill tears the second time today.

"Schlatt that isn't me that's doing this shit!" 

"How the fuck would you know?!" 

"I can't. But Ive done every fucking thing for you! You cannot say I haven't!" You yelled back as he rolled his eyes with a rebuttal already on the tip of his tongue.

"Sure as hell I can! I have fucking proof-!"

"What proof?!" You interrupted his babbling even though he kept going.

"I- I!" he stammered not having a rebuttal this time.

"You're incapable of doing anything Schlatt let someone help you for fucks sake-"

"I'd rather die alone than sit here and be lectured by the likes of you!" Schlatt yelled.

"You are going to die alone, old man!" Quackity spoke up. "That's what they're trying to tell you!" 

"You shouldn't be giving me a lecture! Im the mother fucking president! I should be talking, but apparently its not fucking work-" 

"IF YOU LIKE SO MUCH TALKING YOU DON'T NEED ME I'M LEAVING!" You interrupted him and stomped down the hallway for the second time today.

As you walked down the hallway you heard a faint "wait" from Schlatt on the floor. You stopped and looked back to see Schlatt looking at you with some sort of realization in his eyes. Quackity was standing over him shaking his head.

"You know what? I don't even know why I helped you. Probably for power, but I don't need you for that." Quackity walked away towards your way. "Go ahead and die alone like you said old man." 

Quackity caught your gaze and he smiled and shook his head again. He finally reached where you were standing and started talking to you.

"Maybe this isn't a good time, maybe it is. But I am joining Pogtopia. Wilbur said he needs a lot of people for this to work so consider this an invitation." He gave you a thin lipped smile and walked past you giving you a good look at Schlatt, laying fully on the ground.

"Y/N wait, just hold on for a second." Schlatt said while on his side, not even bothering to look at you.

You didn't say anything and followed Quackity's path, down the hallway and out of the door. Behind you, you could only hear the distant groans and pleas of the drunken man behind you. You tried your best to help and that's all you could do. But you couldn't watch that man die.

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