#c!Sam. Daedalus. the man who built the labyrinth that the Minotaur was trapped in
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tonight has been such a great show of how the fans see c!Dream. the language surrounding him is dehumanizing, in the story, he is the book, he is kept in a vault, he is a monster - c!Q and c!Sam are seconds from calling him it, and the fandom reflects so many of these views. he is not a person with feelings, he is a monster, a predator stalking its prey, an obssessed beast. not human, never human with his very own motivations and goals and dreams who plans for something more. he never wans things for a reason that could not be seen as selfish desire, he is evil personified.
but the moment the language around him, by others in the story, the people who hold power over him reflect the lack of humanity that he should be granted, suddenly it is impossible to strip him of this human side. no, he cannot be in a vault, vault is for objects (like the revive book that everyone sees him as).
he is granted only as much humanity as people think he deserves to be punished further
#litchi.txt#dreblr#am i making sense i am still kinda insane about all this#prison arc save me#it makes the metaphor so much more fucked too#c!Tommy. Theseus. the man who slew the Minotaur#c!Sam. Daedalus. the man who built the labyrinth that the Minotaur was trapped in#does that make c!Dream the Minotaur?#he's a man eating beast that devours any who come close but what is the Minotaur if not a child taken from its mother after the father#broke a promise to a god?#a divine punishment on the world for a sin left wandering halls of cold stone while the people cower in fear and the architect rots away
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