#from what I remember the whole dsmp was basically: wilbur: Tommy let’s play a game! Tommy: ok Wilbur!!

[yuttikkele]

i like how while the dsmp was going on we were all like “awww the brothers! ctommy and cwilbur the brothers!!!” and now we look back and all collectively say, “their relationship was incredibly toxic, actually.”

[enderspawn]

dream smp asagao au, aka the very specific high school au

also aka the post thats very self indulgent for me and maybe 3 other people.

in short: its a dsmp high school au based on the game asagao academy, where everyone is part of a gaming club and compete against one another in tournaments. more in depth info about the AU/Asagao itself, as well as more info about the plot and roles of the AU itself.

Asagao Academy Basics

So to start, let’s cover the basics: what is Asagao Academy. ….well, an old Youtuber dating sim game (which, despite unfortunately including some fairly questionable CCs, IS still really good and well written and I recommend it) But what is it for AU purposes?

Asagao Academy is a highly elite world-wide boarding school set in Japan for those who are either rich enough to afford it, or those skilled enough to get scholarships. Within the game, there are two main clubs: Normal Boots and Hidden Block. They’re both gaming clubs, and joining is seen as super exclusive since they’re ALSO the most popular people in the school.

The two clubs compete with each other in various tournament events with specific categories. For example: Satch (from NB) and Jimmy (from HB) both compete in the “Tech and Invention” category, where they have to create/invent something related to gaming and have it judged at the event like a science fair. Meanwhile, Jared (from NB) and Wallid (from HB) both compete in “Dance” aka DDR and the person with the highest score wins.

The other categories featured in game include: Puzzle games (like Bejeweled or Tetris), Video Game Trivia, Pinball, Retro Platformers, a three-person fighting game, and 100% completion speedruns. So tldr; the categories can be kind of fiddled with and be whatever you want them to be, because even the original ones are pretty wack.

Also, there’s no rules against competing in multiple categories— in fact, most of the HB members in game do! It’s more about balancing time and practicing for them alongside school and other activities.

The winner of the competition is the team/competitor(s) with the most total wins.

Another thing to note: despite competing as clubs, they’re all actually pretty good friends. It’s all lighthearted and fun in the end, hell the leader of the opposing club even helps the main character join the main club just because he wants a decent challenge.

Speaking of… the main character! Hana Mizuno! I don’t have any current plans to include her in this AU (a la new dating routes), but I wanted to mention her for a few reasons.

For the main reason: her hair. Even as soon as she shows up, Mai (her best friend and roommate, who can break the 4th wall) immediately calls her out for her hair for looking like a main character which as we learn… isn’t an exaggeration. She’s literally a born protagonist, thus being born with naturally pink hair and a tragic backstory. Not only that, but other people are also born protagonists with pink hair as well— she isn’t an exception.

About the AU -- Revolution Era

A few things to note: in this au, when I first drafted it I… wasn’t looking to include 20+ people. I cut a lot of characters, but instead working with the idea that they’re still THERE, they just… don’t compete? Either they aren’t in the club and are just friends with the members, or they’re members who just don’t compete professionally. It’s nothing personal against those CCs and tbh as times goes they may get added more, but for now they’re just in the BG vibin.

It covers a really basic retelling of s1 for most of the planned au. It starts with One Club: the Dream Team. Members include: Dream (sophomore), Sapnap (sophomore), George (junior), Wilbur (junior), Eret (junior), and Fundy (freshman).

For reasons, possibly just as a goof or spite towards their American counterparts, Wilbur declares independence from the Dream Team and makes his OWN gaming club: L’Manberg. He takes Eret (a close friend from his grade) and Fundy (the freshman he immediately adopted) with him, causing the two teams to be 3v3.

But Wilbur’s got a dastardly surprise up his sleeve: TOMMY, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER (bc I am nothing if not a dedicated crimebros stan), AND TUBBO. They’re both too young to actually attend Asagao yet, but theres no age rules in the actual competitions so its fair play. They’re Wilbur’s secret weapon. After all, a 5v3 where the team with the most wins wins the competition? That’s a massive advantage.

… we all know how this goes though don’t we. Wilbur’s day be so fine, then BOOM, Eret betrayal 😔

In this case Eret feels it’s a LITTLE unfair to blindside them like that, plus Dream promised to make him the Leader of the Dream Team and, yknow, that kind of stuff DOES look good on resumes, so…

TLDR; Eret rejoins the Dream Team crew, as well as informing them of Wilbur’s plan with including Tommy and Tubbo and becomes leader. They’re still letting Dream and Co. basically actually do the leading, they don’t care that much, the title is just nice. L’Manberg cusses her out and promises to hold a grudge, but it’s all in good fun. After all, they’re just teens goofing around and playing. The clubs are again 4v4.

Dream tells the L’Manberg club that they can separate, sure… under one condition. They have to win the competition. If they lose, they have to rejoin the Dream Team club.

L’Manberg accepts, but come competition day… they lose. Tommy outright challenges Dream post awards to a speedrun competition for L’Manberg instead. …which Dream professionally competes in, and Tommy DOESN’T.

He loses, but he puts up a good fight despite having little to no actual practice put in, so Dream “grants” L’Manberg their “Independence”. (In this au, instead of being like… weirdly obsessive over Tommy, it’s a lot more “he sees himself in Tommy and wants to support/mentor him” and a “friendly rivalry” kind of deal bc its a damn HIGH SCHOOL AU)

So L’Manberg can be it’s own club! …Next year, when Tommy and Tubbo actually attend, since Wilbur and Fundy aren’t allowed a two person club.

About the AU -- Election Era

SO time skip! Congrats, everything up to now has been BACKSTORY. It’s now the next school year, with two main clubs (I’ve tried to keep them fairly balanced, which is why not all CCs are featured, sorry!)

Dream Team club:

Dream - junior

George - senior

Sapnap - junior

Eret - senior

Punz - junior

BBH - senior

Awesamdude - junior

Ponk - junior

L’Manberg club:

Wilbur - senior

Tommy - freshman

Tubbo - freshman

Fundy - sophomore

Schlatt - senior

Quackity - junior

Niki - sophomore

Jack - sophomore

(Also fun fact! Their grades are loosely based on the CCs actual ages! …Except Fundy, who got Baby-fied to fit the “Wilbur’s Kid” joke, and Eret bc it fit better to be the same age as Wilbur I thought. Oops HEKANDNSN)

So, for whatever Reason (listen this was an au I made in like one night when plagued with brainrot, it’s not all figured out), L’Manberg holds an election. Maybe it’s related to Wilbur wanting L’Manberg to be meaningfully different from Dream Team, maybe it’s a joke, idk!

…. SOMEHOW, Schlatt wins. Which ticks off Wilbur a lot. It’s his damn club, and the whole point was to avoid Americans, tf?? The two start to feud a lot and it threatens to split the club entirely via ppl taking sides. Worse, it means people aren’t practicing for the competition.

All while this is happening, there’s a new intrigue building. Dream catches word of an infamous player in the area, someone known to win entire competitions against teams of people all by HIMSELF. A man with bright bubblegum pink hair called Technoblade. That’s right, literal universe-assigned protagonist Techno. If Dream could enlist him, there’s no doubt in hell they’d be able to beat L’Manberg.

L’Manberg hears of him too and works to try and enlist him as well, so he basically gets courted by both clubs trying to get him to play for them to mixed results. He’s pretty chill vibin by himself, so what’s in it for him? (….I don’t know, remember how this is a WIP au I worked on once?)

Eventually, a teacher named Phil (who’s been the honorary sponsor of the L’Manberg club) gets pissed at Schlatt and Wilbur’s fighting and bans both from competing (aka this AUs version of them dying). Which fucking SUCKS for L’Manberg. They’re now going 6v8 with a wildcard player who’s undeclared on which side he’ll join, if at all.

… honestly, that’s as far as I got. Theoretically, Techno joins L’Manberg to reflect Pogtopia and they win. I never had plans to go into s2 due to its darker theme, but there are definitely changes that could (and might?) be made for the s1 plot just so it flows better.

I already had to shift Wil and Schkatt’s “deaths” to fit, unless I were to have them LITERALLY make a new club. Maybe Schlatt uses his power as Club President to make them work with Dream Team (to the point it basically merges the clubs). Sure, they might be guaranteed to win now but it removes the competition and fun as well as the spirit of OG L’Manberg. So then Wilbur rebels and makes his own club AGAIN, calling it Pogtopia with the intent to get L’Manberg back. Then Techno, intrigued with this group of like 2-3 ppl going against a team of like 13ish people, decides to join them. Idk! Alternative possible plot based more closely on s1 I guess!

I’m gonna add a list of characters in full with their age, their club, and what they compete in (if it’s already brainstormed, most ppl are unknown) below

Character List

dream (DT) - junior - speedrunning

george (DT) - senior - coding/tech and invention

sapnap (DT)- junior -

eret (DT) - senior -

wilbur (LM) - senior - rhythm game/guitar hero-esque

tommy (LM) - freshman - (possibly pick up speed running during election arc?)

tubbo (LM) - freshman - chess

fundy (LM) - sophomore - coding/tech and invention

schlatt (LM) - senior - he never actually declares what he plans to play and then gets banned anyway, aka no game kekw

quackity (LM)- junior - dance

niki (LM) - sophomore -

jack (LM) - sophomore-

punz (DT) - junior -

bbh (DT) - senior -

awesamdude (DT) - junior -

ponk (DT) - junior

technoblade (SOLO) - junior - multiple categories

FINAL BIT

here’s some scraps for ppl who know Asagao already as well as small bits I didn’t bother to write up any further

- Karl, much like Mai, is ALSO aware of the 4th wall and has time travel powers because of it.

- Purpled (undecided if he’s a solo player like Techno or has his own team he competes with that’s not a formal club) plays Literally Bedwars in competitions

- Callahan is the Dream Team club sponsor, Phil is L’Manberg’s club sponsor

- Karlnapity is real and canon bc I say so

- both for balance/laziness, every person only competes in one category. also bc it makes Techno that much more Protagonist-y that he does

- I made this AU in like February man idk I’m just vibin

- Fuck I never even included Ranboo huh

[hottestthingalive]

Basically just that during the prison lore Quackity tried to quote Techno, act as though their dynamic had changed at all, but really it was still the same thing again but with Quackity even more entrenched into being well- wrong. Quackity both times had plenty and enough equipment, while Techno had limited to no supplies and was hypothetically at every disadvantage. Both times he survived because of plans he prepared (the totem and the stasis chamber), some help (Dream leaving Techno supplies, Phil activating the chamber), and his wits. Quackity tried to act like things were different this time, that before Techno had had the power, and this time Quackity did. He tried to act like he wasnt just doing the same shit again.

And he knew damn well he was just doing it again, and he knew what would come next. After all, L'Manburg went out before, this time he know Las Nevadas would be the target. He knew it was just history repeating itself, at least he did by the time Techno was gone.

Both times Techno's eventual attack was probably inevitable, and both times Quackity only sped up the process by trying to kill him.

ok this is actually an amazing take and is helping me finally put to words something i’ve been thinking about since the stream where quackity had that flashback to him and wilbur talking (in the same stream as the george & quackity convo? can’t remember the name i apologize but i hope you know what i mean) so here goes:

i feel like s2 was a lot about trying to break out of patterns established by the dsmp’s, and specifically l’manberg’s, past. for perhaps the most popular example, people’ve talked for a hot minute about the tubbo and tommy vs schlatt and wilbur parallels of that season and season one, and about how their storylines diverged off the path the other two set, etc etc. we’ve mentioned l’manberg dying for the third and final time, the disc war finally ending with tommy taking two lives from dream in return for the two taken from him, the fact that tubbo was the first president to largely outlive his country, and so much more. fundamentally, s2 was about trying to change!

except trying is the key word there, i think, because s3 is built on the foundation that things aren’t as different as they seem — that the past, as far away as it may be, still has some hold over the present. and quackity as a character has emphasized that perfectly.

more than almost anyone else, who we commonly consider quackity’s character to be was built around l’manberg. and yes, i am including tommy and tubbo in that statement — if anything, i’d argue that the exile arc switched their character dynamics, because through the perspective that tommy was closer to l’manberg and tubbo was more distant, those roles changed with exile, dramatically. but we have been able to think of them outside of that lens, and narratively both of their characters, while linked closely with their country, are not completely built around it. (tubbo could be made an argument for, but my c!tubbo rant is long and complicated and warrants another post entirely so i’ll hold off.)

but quackity was vice president of l’manberg, twice. it’s been argued for both of those administrations that he was more president than the actual person in power: with schlatt, because he went off the fucking rails and became a dictator, and with tubbo, because he let himself get pushed into stuff after exiling tommy because he didn’t want to be a bad president. he built el rapids, his first country, as what was originally a mimicry/offset/ripoff (depending on your view, not opening this debate today) of l’manberg. c!quackity built his identity around being the person who, against all odds, became an important part of the country he loved.

and like a lot of other former l’manbergians, quackity’s trapped in the past. in a way that kind of reminds me of niki and jack, actually, though that is a whole other essay.

quackity’s building himself a new l’manberg, one where he’s president, one where he’s powerful, one that will never die. he’s making himself into a blend of all the most powerful people he ever knew, but especially wilbur and schlatt, to try and fill the role he’s given himself, but in the end he’s just leading las nevadas into the same crater l’manberg became. which matches pretty well for the technoblade thing you mentioned, i think: quackity’s trying to fix his history, is trying to change his past by changing his present, but he hasn’t yet realized that he’s playing a losing game. and this whole thing with techno is a big part of that.

(i also think karl and sapnap were a big part of what was finally helping q pull away from l’manberg, with el rapids and whatnot, so thinking they’d betrayed him drove him down the path of becoming a new schlatt/wilbur combo to seek power instead of staying himself and building a country for his and his friends’ safety, but, again. whole other rant)

[mayllium]

Headcannons and behind the scenes for my dsmp ao3 fic A Cruel Reality that i totally update regularly (not)

Tommy sleeps on the beach and not with everyone else in the camarvans bc he feels like he doesnt belong

Niki saw this sad looking kid on a bench and decided to yell “Free Hot Chocolate!” very loudly to make him not sad anymore

The kitchen staff’s top chef (i didnt write her in lol) began crying tears of pride at Tommy’s first dish but Tommy thought that it was bc his chicekn was so burnt it made her sad

The serum tastes like bubble gum bc why not

Spins the bee survived the dsmp war but Tubbo let them go out into the wilderness and Tommy was there when it happened

The counselor sees themself in Tommy but gave up (counselor is also one of the dsmp members’ irl counterpart)

When the Earth rotates the side that isnt facing the sun is freezing cold

A lot of the Earth’s landscape and temperatures is inspired by the actual moon

This dystopia fic is basically my warning for climate change and global warming, we need to do something guys

Originally the mom was supposed to be dead but I thought itd make it too dark so

Tommy is the strongest person in this fic, not skill wise but mentally wise ofc

Hypixel is this Hunger Games type world where the staff is lime the capitol and those with low stats are poor, kids compete in games to support their families (i could make this a whole other fic on its own)

SMP Earth was gona be a lot darker but then i realized this fic was too angsty and made it lighthearted instead

All the staff at the facility have gas masks on, except the counselors and kitchen staff, which is why Tommy likes them so much

MCC is like the olympics, but Tommy doesnt know that

Scott Smajor was the one who gave Tommy the blanket while he was sleeping bc he noticed the boy was shivering

Tubbo isnt “uwu bee boy” but instead a chaotic teen who craves destruction and is moving towards gathering an army of bees that will bend at his will and attack anyone who dares hurt him or anyone he cares about

Tommy likes watching the sunset, the sunrise, and overall seeing the different colors of the sky at different times of the day

Scott sees Tommy as this loud child who needs friends and protection and that’s why he put him with Wilbur and Phil (unknowingly to him, causing Tommy much dilemma)

Tommy only knows Blitz by Techno bc it was a hit song back in his Hypixel days and everyone there knew the lyrics by heart

Technoblade didnt even know or recognize that Blitz is his own song he just wanted Tommy to shut up

Tommy gets bodyguards and is treated like the president bc Scott took way too many precautions

Dream and George arent actually mad at Tommy they just decided to freak the kid out a bit for funsies and giggles

In the afterparty the night after dodgebolt all the adults get blackout drunk and absolutely no one remembers what happened once they wake up, even the kids who didnt drink, even the children

While writing chap 7 Goodby to a World i had the song on loop in my head, it esp fits the scene at the beginning of chap 8

Clingyduo’s interactions in chap 7 is based on their actual first SMPEarth meeting but simplified

Tommy’s friends back at Business Bay all mourn him after he’s gone, Wilbur finds out a day later and makes Tommy a grave in Newfoundland next to Tubbo’s, Techno and Phil find out from Calvin and days later the volcano mysteriously disappears

Tommy and Wilbur’s interactions are based off the actual mcc ones too

Wilbur carries a giant guitar on his back everywhere, no one knows where he got it, it mysteriously disappears during games but comes back right after and no one knows how

Philza’s wings are dormant in MCC for all games except rocket spleef and when they finally play Phil dominates the game bc gravity is a mere social construct to him

Wilbur left the group cackling like a disney villian and people just looked at him weirdly as he walked by

Tubbo somehow always shows up whenever Tommy is sad and finds a way to cheer him up

I gave Tommy hot cocoa bc it is my comfort drink and that kid needs some damn comfort ok

Tommy remembering important stuff mid-shower is based off me remembering details i forgot to put in the fic chapters months after it was published

Tommy is always on the verge of an emotional breakdown bc i am always on the verge of an emotional breakdown

Tommy panicking bc he cant keep up at the same pace as everyone else is based off of me from a field trip when i panicked and cried 5 minutes in

Tommy being sleep deprived is me being sleep deprived bc of school

Yknow a lot of Tommy’s traits are from me I am just now realizing that

The mug Niki gave Tommy had a picture of a cat on a branch saying “hang in there!”

After Tommy died to Dream’s arrow his body sunk to the bottom of the lake and disappeared, they never found his body and dsmp Tubbo still thinks Tommy is alive out there somewhere

Speaking of deaths, in Hypixel, Tommy’s skyblock island lays abandoned and robbed, laughs from ghosts echo through the stands and buildings a group of young boys once made together, all of them never to return

I like to think of Tommy’s internal debate as rhe devil and angel on his shoulders bc it makes it funnier to me

I honestly didn’t know how to handle the concept of death in MCC so i made up some random bs and explained more rules and i think i did ok

I like to put hints on who the mysterious person is hehe

Tommy’s eagerness to fight comes from Techno but dont tell Wilbur that

The end of chap 10 w the food is inspired by that one scene in Spirited Away even if i have never watched a ghibli fim in my life

The meal at the end was supposed to have a lidded mug w hot cocoa inside so its be potato, honey, and hot cocoa to signify who gifted him it, the steak is the mysterious person tho

Chap 10 is basically Tommy having an emotional moment at the warmth of food bc he misses the warmth of the past

I love ending the chaps on cliffhangers bc its so funny to me lol