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[reichi-orchidland]

🧨 You are in my shadow, act like it 🧨

[gainful-fisherman-6435]

revivebook theory

why did schlatt give dream the revivebook?

the answer seems obvious, right? he needed allies in the manberg vs pogtopia war.

but i don’t think that’s the entirety of it.

sure, schlatt needed allies. but i don’t think even he was stupid enough to think that power over a weak country that was falling apart was worth more than the literal power to bring back the dead.

i think that *the revivebook cannot be used by the user*.

schlatt was clearly very sick and knew he was gonna die soon. it just so happened that he had the means to save himself. however, he couldn’t do it alone.

he had to find someone to trust, a powerful ally who’d stay by his side long after the war.

so he chose dream. it seemed perfect, right? with a man that powerful alongside him he’d not only win the war, but also the his battle for dear life as well.

schlatt may have been a bright man, but he was no match for dream, who upon learning about the existence of the revivebook, wanted it for himself.

so schlatt, on the cusp of death, decided to trust dream.

if he could hold on a bit longer, surely they’d win, his new buddy would revive him and he’d live happily ever after, right?

but oh, how foolish he was.

dream didn’t see schlatt as an all powerful dictator at this point like he did right after the election. from his point of view, this bumbling alcoholic fool just gave him all the power in the world for to save his barely existent power. 

but just as schlatt, dream can’t be immortal all by himself, he needs a person who would revive him in case he dies.

so dream chose tommy.

he *wanted* tommy.

the hero of the story, dream’s “other half”, he could finally get him on his side *for good*. surely tommy would want to live forever as well once he learned about the power dream yields.

but dream wasn’t as foolish as schlatt. he knew it would take more than mere trust.

he decided that alienating tommy from everyone would be his best bet - if he manages to break tommy, he’s won at *everything*. and if not, he still has those precious discs. and if that fails, there’s also the prison. how could he possibly fail?

and so, exile happens.

“i’m your only friend, tommy.”

and for a while, dream almost succeeds. until tommy sees through all his lies. he’s not the same stupid kid dream became obsessed with. 

now, dream has to *make* himself tommy’s only friend. so he makes up all the nonsense about attachments and why tommy should think the discs are important. 

in the final war for the discs, dream has one goal - get tommy on his side and get rid of anything or anyone who gets in his way.

that includes everyone, but tubbo is obviously the main target. after he’s gone, tommy goes to the prison, and it’s done. no one will hear about anything happening inside the walls of the pandora’s vault, so dream can perform all the revivebook shenanigans he wants.

but we all know it doesn’t really go like that.

the secret is out, and tommy slips away, but dream’s not over his plans - we can see that in the way he acts while in prison. dream kills him to prove a point - to show schlatt’s stupidity, to show his own power and to make him eager to join.

“we can investigate death.”

“we become immortal *together* tommy.”

[crypty]

happier than ever

I don't relate to you

Tommy used to be just like Wilbur. He tried to be as well. He wanted to be his brother, to be just as smart and strong. Those dreams died, slaughtered by bloody swords as Tommy lost a life for his brother. That child like trust in Wilbur died in that control room when Wilbur failed to save him. He tried to make up for not trusting his brother. He would have walked through fire for Wilbur. Was it guilt for not trusting him or loyalty pushing the boy, Tommy would never admit. 

I don't relate to you, no

Tommy always wanted to be “as good as Wilbur.” What would he do now that he was better? Was he even better? Tommy thought so, in a way. At least Tommy knew that what he was doing was bad. At least Tommy admitted it. Tommy was better than his brother because Tommy told it how it was. He knew he was self destructive, he didn’t try to fool himself that anything was healthy. That made it better. Or did it make it worse?

'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty

Tommy didn’t lie to himself. The boy was blunt, never one to sugar coat words. Not like Wilbur, with his sweet, candied lies. Not like his brother who enticed him to the edge with promises of honey coated glory. Not like the sickly sweet promises that Tommy hung on to. No, Tommy didn’t lie to himself. He had more self respect than that. 

You make me hate this city

His L’Manberg. Those were the lyrics, no? Wilbur’s L’Manberg, Wilbur’s legacy. Once upon a time, Tommy would have just been happy to see Wilbur’s dream bloom in L’Manberg. Now, bitter resentment curled in the blond’s heart. Vicious and angry and shameful. Blowing up the country. In a way, Tommy was glad Wilbur did it. It was almost poetic that the creator destroyed L’Manberg. Tommy didn’t get the peaceful ending he was hoping for. 

And I don't talk shit about you on the internet

Ah but he still stayed loyal. He hated Wilbur but they were brothers. He would always love his brother. Not once did he betray his brother. He stayed loyal through words and actions both. He never once verbally doubted Wilbur. Not once. Not through the war, the elections, exile, or death. No, he loved his brother. 

Never told anyone anything bad

He never once spread slander or rumors. Why would he? Beyond that, Tommy would never hurt Wilbur like that. He would never betray his brother, no matter his doubts. He persevered through fear or pain or death. No, he loved his brother. 

'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything

Not that Wilbur extended the same courtesy to him. Wilbur used Tommy, the boy saw that now. He was left to pick up the pieces of a broken childhood and wonder if his brother was even aware of his manipulation. At least, when Tommy hurt himself, he didn’t fool himself into thinking that it was okay. He didn’t lie to himself. He knew he was fucked up. 

And all that you did was make me fucking sad

~~~

Based on “Happier Than Ever” by Billie Eilish

Masterlist

https://thelullabyer12.tumblr.com/post/639129395216433152/masterlist-of-2021

[waywardnajsepticeye]

So, uhhhhh, I’m seein that CG5 is tryin to see if anyone on the Dream SMP listens to I See A Dreamer and it’s the most FUNNIEST THING

[reichi-orchidland]

ofcs i forgot to post here more frequently, for which i am so freaking sorry!!! but catch my small wip of another Quackity’s version - this time Las Nevadas spy :D 

[waywardnajsepticeye]

YES TUBBO WE ARE PANICING

YOUR BEST FRIEND IS GONNA GET NUKED