#but that whole au is kinda a crack idea so idgaf

[paintedkinzy-88]

Goopnoot in all of your aus meeting Shattered? How would they feel? What would they think? How do they interact? How do they interact with their own Dream's afterwards?

YES SHATTEREDDD

I really wanna make a What If TTS fic with Shattered, but assuming you mean like. Nightmare meeting Shattered but it’s not HIS Dream, like a little meet n greet before getting sent back home:

Dragon Balance: mah boi is mortified. Like legitimately shaking. He’s puffing out smoke from his own negativity. He and Dream have a really good relationship here, so seeing Shattered and knowing the implications of this? Added onto it that, fun fact, TTS!Noot’s bones are permanently shattered and just held together by the corruption, hence why he has a solid bone structure but can still goopify or mold himself? He KNOWS Shattered’s in pain and he does not want to think about it.

Shattered’s a douche to him. Night doesn’t know whether he wants to snark back in some kind of facade of “I’m okay” or just risk hugging the goopy asshole.

Dream’s in for some tight fuckin’ cuddles when Night gets back. And if you thought he was too worried about Dream corrupting just from the negativity in his castle before?? Hoo boy.

Father Error Dragon: Little noodle Night probably doesn’t fully understand what Shattered is. Like he knows it’s Dream, and he can feel the negativity, and yeah, he’s looking at him a little freakily and that’s unnerving but um. Why is he covered in this tar stuff? That looks very uncomfortable, does he need a shower??

But after he figures out why Shattered’s like that, Nightmare is all over him. Crying, apologizing for it like it was his fault, and his instincts are just screaming hoard hoard hoard. I like to think he wins Shattered over, and this goopy ass just carries him back home like “hi this is a very innocent bean please keep it that way.”

Dream also gets tackled with cuddles, but from a bit more of a hysterical, shaking Night now. And Error definitely gets pulled into it. Likely the rest of his hoard too if he’s collected his bois by then.

Winged: Nightmare doesn’t show any outward reaction, but at the very least he’s put off by it. He’s not very close to his Dream, so it’s not as horrible as it is for TTS Noots. Still, unsettling. He doesn’t want this to happen of course, but he’s probably more baffled by how it’s even possible more than if it’d actually happen. Their interaction is either completely silent or very verbally violent.

Night might stare at Dream a bit longer when he comes back, but it otherwise doesn’t change much between them.

Little Apple Nightmares: Oh he’s fuckin mortified. They are surrounded by an overwhelmingly negative world, and he is watching Dream get weaker every day because of it. Just the idea that this could be a possibility? New fear unlocked. He avoids Shattered with a passion, and crushes Dream with hugs when he gets back. The determination to get them the fuck outta that city increased tenfold along with his already overwhelming protectiveness.

Wild Cat Cafe cuz I can: the actual Nightmare probably reacts somewhere between TTS and Winged Noots (not totally torn apart by it but also not practically uncaring) but I just would like to take the time to imagine a slightly teal tinted black panther meeting a slightly red tinted black panther and just. Staring each other down. Shattered’s tail is twitching back and forth with some sort of curious glee, while Night’s is completely still. Ccino’s starting to worry. Are they okay? Is this some sort of dominance game? Are they going to fight?? Should he be stepping in????

Then, verrry slowly, Night’s paw lifts up. He slowly, softly, boops Shattered’s snoot. Realizes oh f u c k he’s real. And just fuckin bolts. A very large, hissy kitty in the corner of the room, only soothed by Ccino, or the Ink, Cross, or Dream cattos.