#college classes be damned

[hotandnonbinary]

when the disorder i am well aware i have has the GALL to lead to disordered behavior 😮‍💨

[crimalwx]

true freedom

[bleue-flora]

It never ceases to amaze me about how many different dehumanizing labels Dream is cast in. The tyrant, the green boy, the bad guy, the wrong’un, the villain, a psycho, psychopath (which tbh are already rather kinda extreme for his supposed crimes especially at the beginning when they started). But then they go further, calling him a snake thing, pure evil, a monster [clip], a freaking ghoul [clip], even to the point of calling him Lucifer in the finale - The Biblical incarnate of evil [clip].

And what’s really interesting is the inconsistency in which Dream reacts - because on one hand he should stand up for himself, but on the other maybe he should just lean into it and maybe they’ll leave him alone. Maybe the fear and label can be his defense instead of their offense. And that gives him control over it, turns him from the victim to the victor.

In the disc confrontation, Tommy calls him pure evil and asks “how do you sleep at night”, to which he responds “just fine” [clip] {oddly, directly contradicting his comment to Techno about no sleeping btw lol…}. Later, he talks about building the prison with a “little bit of evil” but then counters Tommy’s accusation of calling him evil again with “evil is in the eye of the beholder” and “you’re evil to me” [clip].

In the finale, towards the end, Tommy talks about how he saw Dream as nothing but The villain but that isn’t true, and surprisingly Dream disagrees by saying “I am. I tortured you” [clip] {also contradicting what he says to Sam in Daedalus…}. Which is interesting. In the finale, he also makes statements like ‘we can’t because we’re soo evil’ and “we have done plenty of evil evil things” [clip] (which Punz actually counters with “not for no reason.”) But in instances when they call him a psycho and psychopath he has a different reaction saying “huh, I mean, I wouldn’t say that,” [clip] “I’m not a psycho. Everything I do is deliberate” [clip] and, in the finale, “you guys are psychos. You broke in and tried—and killed me in my own house—the prison.” [clip]

One of the keys here I think is the distinction of having reasons - he’s not evil for kicks, he has a reason and motive and logic behind it. Something, in the finale, he questions whether Tommy has, first because he broke in and killed him unfounded and then towards the end of the stream asking about why he constantly steals and griefs and stuff, “why are you trying to ruin everything all the time.” [clip] - What was your reason? Because that mattered to Dream, someone can do evil things but they have their reasons, it’s when they don’t that they are more so truly evil.

He may have done evil things, he may even be the villain, but in his mind he’s not a psycho or pure evil, or a monster because he has reasons, there is a reason he did the things he did, there is a reason he ended up here. Not that those make his deeds justified and less evil (like Sam and Quackity more so believe) but that just makes him a person, who sure does evil, but also feels, and has reasons, desires, and motivations…etc. Just like everyone else. He doesn’t even see Quackity, who confessed to being sadistic and spent months torturing him, as pure evil or even a psychopath instead saying sarcastically in Daedalus, “like Quackity ‘cause he’s full of feelings… He’s totally not a sociopath…” because that distinction between sociopath and psychopath in Dream’s mind is important. Quackity is a bad person but he isn’t the embodiment of evil, he’s just a person who did evil things.

During the first war, Wilbur calls him a little lizard snake thing, to which Dream responds “I’m powerful” [clip]. Which is strange and kinda sad to me that despite being called an actual animal(s), one more importantly often representing evil like Lucifer the snake, he doesn’t counteract it. Maybe because he’s tired of Wilbur calling him similar dehumanizing terms or tired of arguing with Wilbur in general, since everyone believes him anyways. Regardless, he instead rephrases Wilbur’s words - maybe I am a lizard or a snake but you better not step on me because I am venomous and powerful. Which aligns pretty well with his monologue [transcript] where he talks about “Do snakes just bite?” or is there a reason. Because maybe he can’t change Wilbur and Tommy’s metaphor and maybe he can’t change the label of evil despite his attempts because everyone believes them instead, but maybe he can try and use their own words to defend himself. Maybe then they’ll see him as an actual person. {or not…}

[tainted-sweet-meats]

if you ever wanna make fake fashion mag pages use font Badoni for the title designs and Helvetica to read. you will thank me later

[retro-rezz-the-est]

✨does it ever drive you crazy, just how fast the night changes?✨

2020 -> 2024

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

My biggest Con fan adjacent sin I can admit to is that The Last Seduction II has seriously become a comfort movie to me.

Not Three Steps to Heaven, a movie I actually LOVE to criticize and bully. No. The almost unwatchable one, where Con plays a dick. The movie is hard to follow, and wraps up too quick. Con can't even save it. It's such a train wreck. I can't not enjoy it.

[throughpatchesofviolet]

Woke up from a nightmare--well ... to me the idea of an 18% failing grade in a college course is a nightmare--and immediately saw the nice things in my inbox, which helped me calm down ... thank you, everyone. You're all lovely. /gen /p

[legobiwan]

I always dress up for Halloween when I teach (the students love it). Last year, I went as Mr. L. This year, I'm going as Portal!Ford (an easy costume, seeing as I own a TON of black clothing). We'll see if the kids get the reference, as I've talked about Gravity Falls before in class (even used the theme song for a harmonic analysis!)

[bi-ocelot]

Hope you guys don’t mind if I relapse into a sparkledog(pony) phase for like one second. I’m channeling my inner horsegirl (genderneutral)

[aidansplaguewind]

x

[yourdrugisafartbreaker]

Finally watched through the entirety of Brooklyn Nine Nine for my first time and

why does it have to be over, man.

[randomuniversityquotes]

Statics Professor (describing us students): “…covid calculus babies…”

[waitineedaname]

something that will never fail to be amusing to me is when an mdzs college au needs the name of a professor, and then suddenly shen qingqiu is there

[hunsa-jars]

Howdy peepers, I've been feeling pretty down lately but I think I'm on the right path to snap out of it!

See yall on monday hopefully

[wedontdeservethestars]

Damn. Cannot believe I’m graduating…

[britneyshakespeare]

you know someday i'm gonna feel so good when i have my student loans paid off

that ain't gonna be soon, trust me, but i think about it