#giving c!sam a fork...what's he gonna do with it? dream isn't scared of him. etc.

[cdroloisms]

random as hell pet peeve, but as much as people can do what they want in terms of the content that they create, i really don't understand hcs that frame c!dream as intentionally humiliating c!sam in Daedalus (making him eat the cake off the floor with his hands, putting him in a prisoner's uniform, going as far as using a collar and leash even).

And not to like, target specific artists or writers or hcs, bc I don't really remember the sources of these hcs in the first place, but like--it's just a bit strange to me, because so much of Daedalus was about intentionally setting himself apart from c!Sam by treating c!Sam as well, an equal in terms of the conversation? Obviously there's a physical power dynamic and that shouldn't be disregarded, but the situation gave c!Dream a chance to actually talk to c!Sam in a way that was blatantly impossible in the prison. c!Dream was also intentionally taking it a chance to well, prove several points to c!Sam--see giving him the steak even after c!Sam triggered him pissed him off, or the cake, or the clock, or the gapple. With the sole exception of the first day, where c!Dream was visibly unstable and projecting his ass off, he doesn't imitate the way c!Sam acts (as the allusions with the kibble/scraps, hiding the steak, threatening him w/ Quackity etc were clearly meant to be) as much as he's making a deliberate point of setting himself apart.

(Also, I think the idea of c!Dream bringing in the cake with a full set of cutlery and napkins is fun.)