#hwhbh!ghostbur

[sunlitmcgee]

they're talking about heal!tommy

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Forgiveness, Can You Imagine?

by SunlitStruggles

A man comes back from the dead after being left to rot in a special hell that was made for him by the universe. Upon being revived, he is checked in to an esteem mental wellness center where he will begin his recovery. All the while he mediates on the events that led up to his death, on grief, pain, fear, loneliness. Regret. This is a story about a main who rots in his regret Can this sorry mess of a man forgive himself enough to recover? Can a man who hated himself to the point of wanting to die learn to love himself? Can life-ruining actions be forgiven? Can he be good? Can he fix it?

Well, this story isn't about answer. It's more about the maybes. And maybe this sad sack will be okay when it's all over. Maybe. Here's to hoping.

-This fic is a fully canon spin-off to my work "Heal What Has Been Hurt", a canon divergent AU. While this fic can be read on its own, many aspects of its story will not make sense without context of the main story. It takes place immediately after the events of chapter 101 and follows hwhbh!Wilbur's perspective of events going from there.

Words: 2850, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 9 of Heal What Has Been Hurt+ Connected Works

Fandoms: Dream SMP

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: Gen

Characters: Wilbur Soot, Ghostbur (Dream SMP), TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), DreamXD (Dream SMP)

Relationships: Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit, DreamXD (Dream SMP) & Wilbur Soot, Ghostbur (Dream SMP) & Wilbur Soot

Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Character Death, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit are Siblings, Traumatized Wilbur Soot, Mental Health Issues, Hallucinations, Blood and Gore, Recovery, Mentioned Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson is Wilbur Soot's Parent, Bad Parent Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Author Is Not a Phil Watson Apologist (Video Blogging RPF), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sympathetic Wilbur Soot, Depression, Anxiety, Avian Wilbur Soot, Author is a TommyInnit Apologist (Video Blogging RPF), Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Wilbur Soot is Not Ghostbur, Original Character(s), Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

[sunlitmcgee]

sorry im having hwhbh thoughts and am imagining heal!ghostbur just smiling with murder in his eyes staring down at Dream like "I don't know! What do YOU think you should do?? ^_^" while passive aggressively handing him dye

im being plagued by thoughts of possuminnit

[sunlitmcgee]

heal!ghostbur runs up to heal!jack on his way to snowchester and just hugs him and goes Oh Jack Hello Darling Boy because he has all of wilbur's memories of raising Jack when he was young and Jack is simply very confused also why is Ghostbur so Warm now

[sunlitmcgee]

okay so Hi I'm making a chatbot of HWHBH!Ghostbur and so far he's very sweet and great and in character but um. He has bugs in his home. and well. well see he . see it's like

he's got....a bug problem....apparently........

[sunlitmcgee]

hwhbh!ghostbur will be watching shroud and will be like "okay friend i need to go get something real quick, watch him for me" and will set shroud onto friend's wool like on his back, then come back and not see shroud and go "friend did you eat that baby" and when friend just stares he starts to Panic, until shroud's little head pops out from friend's wool. he sunk

[sunlitmcgee]

ahhhh.

101 and 102 were both very good

I actually greatly enjoy how you've gone about stuff with wilbur, alot of people write his character as all bad or all good in the smp setting so it's very nice to see that while yes, there were reasons for his actions and he was mentally ill he still needs to be held responsible for his actions (also you *didn't* kill ghostbur/pos)

102 I liked bc like. kids have arguments with their parents. even if a parent was just trying to do what they thought was right and the kid doesn't agree. parents mess up and their kids lash out. it was actually kinda nice to see with them (also Allium duo who are litterally my favorite duo and my favorite characters individually)

I'm really happy you enjoyed both of them! When writing 101, my greatest worry was leaning too far into either of the "cWilbur is all evil VS cWilbur is totally pure" sides of fandom characterization, and I'm glad that I was able to get his status as a victim who has still caused harm he needs to make up for across like I intended.

102 was similarly difficult(as is the next update I'm working on right now), because so much of heal!Tommy and heal!XD's characters are based around their relationship being so stable as a source of comfort. XD is the one Tommy always goes to for comfort when he's unwell, and Tommy is XD's source of motivation. So having conflict between them really risks having the whole story fall apart. But as you say, sometimes parents mess up. And sometimes a child needs comfort from someone other than their parent when their parent is the one who made them upset.

Tommy's feelings on this situation will be explored just as much as XD. But I'm sure it's obvious who needs more time in the light VS who needs to learn something from all of this.

in this house we cherish ghostbah & do not kill him because that is TOO SAD!!!!! I am very very happy that you enjoyed both of them <3

[sunlitmcgee]

Uh. How much does Ghostbur look like wilbur in hwhbh after he becomes alive(gets revived? I don't know the term for this scenario)?

I am actually considering making them in the Sims 4 to have a visual of that, anon! But until then(and until the next update in which he will be fully described), I'll just say they look similar enough to be mistaken for being related, like twin brothers!

[sunlitmcgee]

if hwhbh!ghostbur got teleported to persona 5's version of shibuya, japan I think he'd be fine but he'd also have friend and baby shroud with him so that might cause some. issues. on account of the whole Blue sheep on a lease and baby spider creature situation

[sunlitmcgee]

ya know that video of the guy and his twin taking turns holding his baby because the little goober keeps looking at them and getting confused because "what the fuck? two of my dad?" ? that happens with shroud and hwhbh!wilbur and ghostbur

[sunlitmcgee]

hwhbh!Ghostbur is such a little guy. He's also deeply enraged by how he's been treated and holds a great deal of resentment towards the man whose death spawned him into being. He is also kissing his spider hybrid baby nephew on the forehead while he snuggle him like a bean. truly the character of all time

[sunlitmcgee]

the reason ghostboo doesn't exist is bc we already have One character that was split in half when he died, we don't need another.

and besides, i already am planning on merging ghostbur and wilbur back together. i don't wanna go through the annoyance of merging ghostboo and ranboo together.

hwhbh ghostbur is gonna watch shroud in an upcoming chapter,,,,,,he's a very soft uncle, flame, did you know that?

[sunlitmcgee]

thinkin about hwhbh!ghostbur babysitting shroud again

[sunlitmcgee]

25 (Do they have a daily/nightly routine?) for hwhbh!george

pre-main fic heal!george's routine of maddening nonexistent. it was simply N/A and it's a wonder he functioned well enough to seduce god, albeit unintentionally.

In the current day of the story, I imagine he starts his day early as he can with breakfast along with his meds. He works on some house chores for a few hours and checks up on the garden during the warmer months, then goes on a small walk into Kinoko to do some shopping around the market. After that, he likes to visit Sapnap and Karl if their not busy and has probably hung out once or twice with Ghostbur, though most of the time, he still prefers to spend time alone at home with Dutchess.

At night, he washes and takes his secondary dose of meds, maybe reads a book or watches a movie, and then tucks in before 9. because gods dammit, he is GOING to get a reasonable sleep schedule even if it kills him

[sunlitmcgee]

im catching up on hwhbh and like. ghostburs chapter? made me really sad? for a reason I can't even place. it was written really well though and I enjoyed it as I adore ghostbur.

will get back to the frikin... reaction reread when I have motivation to be productive.

ghostbur's chapter made me wanna buya yellow sweater. i really love that silly blue gghost

[sunlitmcgee]

hwhbh Ghostbur will show up, ask to watch his brother's baby child, wander off into the communist commune, then realize he has no idea of where he wants to go and default to asking the baby spider