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wrenhyperfixates · 4 years ago

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Milkshakes

Pairing: Loki x reader Summary: Overwhelmed when Loki saves you, you respond to his kindness with fear. Determined to apologize, you seek Loki out to thank him with a couple of milkshakes and some fries. Warnings: a tad angsty but much fluff A/N: This is actually one of my favorite fics I’ve ever written. Hope you all enjoy :)

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Of course it had to be during your lunch break that a supervillain attacked the city. Of course today you decided to go out to eat instead of packing something. And, of course you had to be walking by the building right as it crumbled. You started praying to any god that there may be to save you from being crushed. Though, you hadn’t actually expected one to save you.

In the moments before you would have been flattened, Loki put an arm around your waist, pulling you close to him. Raising his free hand, a glimmering green force field appeared around you. The falling matter bounced off of it and landed around you, the shield offering strong protection. Of course you were thankful to be rescued, but did have to be Loki? You knew he was supposedly reformed, but so many news outlets still ran stories about how he was dangerous. A ticking time bomb. You’d never quite formed an opinion on him, and it was causing great conflict in you now. On the one hand, he looked very intimidating from this close, what with his impressive stature and horned helmet and all. But on the other, he was saving you from the actual super villain destroying the city. Perhaps if there wasn’t so much going on, you could think more clearly. Alas, your thoughts were a messy, confused jumble, leaving you fearful of the super-powered god in front of you.

“Are you alright?” he asked in his deep, smooth accent as the shield shimmered away into nothing. The god brought his arm to shield your eyes from the small pieces of debris still falling, the other one still around your waist in a protective manner. “Are you injured at all?

“I, um, uh, I- I,” you stammered, backing up. “Mhm. All good. Uhhh, thanks.”

You were certain you must be the most awkward person in history, but instead of making fun of you, Loki just looked sad. Even with the hurt behind his eyes, his arms shot out to catch you when you stumbled over the wreckage. He guided you away from the obstacles to a place where you could walk unhindered. He moved back from you as soon as he’d finished escorting you.

“You are welcome,” he finally responded. “I am sorry for frightening you. You should get somewhere safe.”

Without waiting for a reply, he left to rejoin the battle. You started retreating from the scene, steering as clear of any large structures as you could, cursing yourself the whole time. Loki had saved you, and you’d been afraid of him. What kind of nonsense was that? And you were certain he got that kind of reaction all the time, based on the way he’d looked at you and realized your bumbling actions were a result of fear. Fear of him after he’d so carefully and gently saved you.

You felt stupid and petty as you joined a throng of people being guided away from the scene. After nearly two years of working to protect the city, Loki should have gotten more praise and love than he did. You realized it now, only moments too late. Someone should tell him he was appreciated, a hero. And if no one else was going to do it, you resolved to do it yourself.

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The meeting was dreadfully boring, but someone had to go. Seeing as all the other Avengers were busy, that someone was Loki. Besides, Stark had told him it would be good for his image to head up the restoration of the city this time round. The committee and resources were all a part of Stark Industries, of course, so Loki felt there should be some employee to take care of it instead of him. But whatever, he’d been roped into it now, and he figured that there was some merit to what Tony has said about his reputation.

Luckily, with a week having passed since the battle, great headway had been made with the repairs, and the meeting was much shorter than expected. Itching to get outside, Loki headed to the main doors.

“You don’t understand,” Loki heard someone say to the receptionist as he approached the front desk. “He saved me the other day. I have to thank him. Please?”

Loki just rolled his eyes as he pushed through the turnstile. He couldn’t even begin to count how many fans had tried this tactic to meet their favorite Avengers. Granted, no one had ever tried to see him, but he was coming to terms with it. Still, he couldn’t help but wonder which of his colleagues you were trying to get through to see. Perhaps Steve, or maybe even Thor. Loki was so lost in thought it barely even registered when the voice switched from pleading with the receptionist to calling after him.

He turned and stopped, recognizing the person jogging after him as you, who he remembered from the battle. “May I help you?” he asked in the most pleasant tone he could manage.

“Yeah. Uh, hi. I don’t know if you remember, but you saved me the other day,” you explained sheepishly. “You know, during the attack.”

“Yes, I recall.”

“Oh! Good. I just wanted to say thank you for that. For saving me, I mean. And the city.”

“I see,” the god replied, suspiciously raising an eyebrow. “Well then, you are welcome. Really, I was just doing my job, though.”

“Well, I still appreciate it.” There was a lapse in the conversation, as neither of you were really sure what to say next. “Can we go somewhere? Like for coffee or something. Can I buy you a coffee?”

Oddly enough, that made Loki distrust the situation even more. Ok, maybe you were actually a super nice person who had a guilty conscience for making him feel bad, and maybe that prompted you to come thank him properly. But that you wanted to buy him something, presumably to show your newfound appreciation? Absolutely preposterous. The only people who ever did something remotely as kind as that were his fellow Avengers, and not even all of them or particularly often. Any of the other people who openly supported him didn’t show appreciation, per se. It was more that they felt he’d done enough to redeem himself at this point, which wasn’t exactly the most thrilling phrasing either. But here you were, awkwardly shuffling your feet and asking to buy him coffee. Loki supposed he shouldn’t pass such an opportunity up. And yet, he probably was going to.

“No thank you,” he finally replied, shaking himself from the shocked, catatonic state he’d fallen into. “I do not much like coffee.”

As he walked away, he thought that would be the end of it. That perhaps you’d only been talking to him in the hopes he’d invite you to see the other Avengers, too. That maybe you’d go back to trying to wheedle your way inside at the front desk. Much to his surprise, you came hurrying after him.

“Wait,” you called. “Ok, so scratch the coffee. How about ice cream or tea or a milkshake or something? Anything really, you name it.”

Now that you were outside, he observed you again while he thought, as if hoping the sunlight would reveal your true intentions. He couldn’t find anything malicious in your expression, just some sort of anxiety. Loki must have taken too long in coming to a decision, because you started rambling.

“I’m so sorry. I don’t mean to pressure you into it or anything, but I wanted to do something nice to say thank you and-” you cut off and bit your lip. “Is this stupid? It sounds stupid. It’s probably stupid. I’ll go now. Again, I’m really sorry to have bothered you.”

“One moment,” he said before you could make your retreat. “You said anything I want, correct?” You eagerly nodded as Loki got an idea. “Alright then. I would like a five course meal at the nicest restaurant in London, please and thank you.”

“I, um. I know I said anything but, uh...” You noticed his serious expression had turned into a sly grin. “You’re joking, aren’t you?”

“Yes, I am. My apologies, but I simply could not resist,” he chuckled.

You began to laugh, too. Not in a way that made him think it was out of courtesy or pity, but an honest to goodness laugh. Briefly, he thought it one of the most beautiful sounds he’d ever heard, before quickly shaking the idea from his mind. It was ridiculous; he hardly even knew you. But you seemed pretty adamant on showing your gratitude. Plus, you’d apologized to him, which was more than he could say for most of the people in his life.

“You know, I would usually say tea, but a milkshake actually sounds quite lovely right now,” he told you once you’d calmed down. “That is, if the offer is still open.”

“Of course it is!” you happily told him, the smile on your face growing. Not to mention you seemed much more at ease. “I actually know a great diner that’s just a short walk from here, if that works for you.”

“By all means, lead the way.”

It took approximately ten minutes to get to the restaurant. After properly introducing yourselves, you kept up a light dialogue. It wasn’t uncomfortable, exactly; just hesitant, as if both of you were afraid of saying the wrong things and shattering the blissful moment. Loki still couldn’t bring himself to fully trust you. Such a feeling just wasn’t in his nature, especially not when it came to someone he just met and had a considerably rocky start with. Even so, he found himself enjoying your company.

Arriving at the diner, Loki held the door open for you as you walked in. Luckily, you didn’t have to wait for a seat, the classic red stools at the bar free at this time of the afternoon. Loki swiveled the seat back and forth ever so slightly, and found himself chuckling when he caught you doing the same thing. You offered him a shy smile as a waitress handed the both of you a menu.

The God of Mischief had only ever had the pleasure of drinking a milkshake once before, a vanilla one when the team had convinced him to try it on one of their outings. He’d thoroughly enjoyed it and planned on playing it safe by ordering the same thing now. When you asked what he was getting, though, you were having none of that. After nearly five minutes of rousing debate, you’d finally talked him up to chocolate. Part of him was having so much fun with the discussion and how animated you became about the topic that he almost didn’t want to concede. But the waitress came back to take your orders, and he didn’t want to make her leave and come back again.

“Oh, and some French fries too please,” you added after ordering your favorite milkshake.

Loki shot you a perplexed look. “French fries?” he asked after the waitress moved away.

“Yeah. Please tell me you’ve heard of them before.”

“I have. I have even eaten them a few times before, believe it or not,” he answered as you turned to face him, leaning on the counter. “But are you certain they go with a milkshake?”

Your jaw dropped open. “Of course they do. Listen, Loki, you haven’t lived until you’ve dipped French fries in a milkshake. You’ll love it, I promise.”

You continued to help him expand his knowledge of Midgardian cuisine as you waited for your order to come. Once it arrived, you dipped a fry in your shake, just as you had said, trying to convince him just how delicious it truly was. The trickster skeptically picked one up and mimicked your actions, plunging it into the frothy liquid. The second it hit his tongue, his face lit up in pure delight.

“See, I told you,” you laughed.

“Indeed you did,” he said back, the corners of his eyes crinkling from how wide his smile was.

An hour and another order of fries later, the two of you finished your snack. Loki was in a better mood than he’d been all month. Honestly, he was a little sad when the bill came.

“Are you certain you do not want me to pay?” he checked as you fished out a twenty from your wallet to cover the low-cost meal. “Or we could split it, at least.”

“Loki, it’s fine,” you giggled. “This is me thanking you, remember? And, honestly, it’s me apologizing, too. I was just startled the other day and there was a lot going on. I hadn’t ever really thought about what I’d do if I met an Avenger, least of all if it happened while they were saving my life. I was overwhelmed; I didn’t mean to make you feel bad about yourself or anything.” Without really thinking about it, your hand moved to rest on top of his. It was a surprise to Loki, but a welcome one. “Because—and I can say this with absolute certainty—you’re amazing, Loki. You do so much for the city. I hope you know how appreciated you are, at least by me.”

His other large hand came to cover yours. “Thank you, darling.” He didn’t mean to say the pet name, but it just slipped out. “I cannot express how much that means to me.”

Somewhere in his heart, he wanted to tell you everything, make you privy to all his inner turmoil. But that was buried underneath years of pain and rejection, too heavy to move for someone he didn’t know all too well, no matter how connected he felt to you in this moment. So he let the urge pass over him, hoping his thanks would be sufficient enough in expressing how he felt.

“You’re welcome, Loki,” you told him, squeezing his hand. Then you stood up. “So, I guess I’ll be letting you get on with your day then. This was really nice, though. Thanks for agreeing to it.”

“You’re welcome and thank you,” he replied. “It really was.”

After waving goodbye to each other, you exited and Loki stayed where he was, picking at the last few nubs of fries left in the basket. He didn’t know exactly why he didn’t leave, too. Just that something was missing.

“Ah, young love,” the elderly waitress who had been serving you all day said to Loki as she came to collect the empty dishes. “Magical, isn’t it?”

“Love?” Loki choked out. “I am afraid you are quite mistaken. It was not even a date. I hardly even know them. I will probably never even see them again.”

“And you’re just gonna let them walk out?” she tsked. “It’s a right shame, sonny. Let me tell you, you don’t just let something like that walk out on ya.”

He looked at the door for a second in melancholic contemplation before bolting out after you. He shouted his thanks to the waitress as he pushed open the glass door, exiting out into the harsh sunlight. As his eyes adjusted, they scanned for your form before it walked out of his life forever. Spotting you, he jogged in your direction and called your name. Funny, he thought, how just earlier that day the roles had been reversed.

“Loki?” you asked, stopped on the sidewalk as he caught up to you. “Are you ok? Did something happen?”

“Actually, the problem is what did not happen.” He kicked a rock with his shoe, as suddenly the ground became very interesting to him. His insides were a nervous mess. Clearing his throat, he gathered his courage to continue. “See, I do not have any way of contacting you again. And it had been my sincere hope that you would want to do this again, let me take you out somewhere.”

“That sounds amazing,” you agreed, jotting down your number on an old receipt you’d found in your wallet. Smirking, you parroted back his words from earlier. “How about you take me for a five course meal in London?”

“Oh, so you have turned my own jokes against me. How very clever of you,” he laughed. “What if we just went to see a movie, instead?”

“Perfect,” you nodded. “Just text me a time and place, and I’ll see you then.”

“I look forward to it. As soon as I buy the tickets, I shall let you know.”

“Sounds awesome! It’s a date.”

As you parted ways, for real this time, it registered in Loki’s mind what you’d said. He hadn’t particularly been thinking about his phrasing or in what way he was asking you to hang out. But apparently you’d taken it as an invitation for a date. As Loki arrived back at the Tower and flopped onto his bed, already dreaming of your laugh, he found he was quite happy that you had.

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foreverautumn89 · 2 years ago

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@stevesspaghettichesthairs

Thank you for understanding. I love talking to you, but its the ST fandom I can't tolerate anymore. I'm just so busy especially this time of the year gets so chaotic and crazy that there really is no time to do anything and then I feel like I have to defend Jonathan and its just silly to waste time arguing with people about it when it clearly has nothing to do with them really believing Jonathan is a bad guy.

Jonathan did one thing barely wrong on ACCIDENT meanwhile Steve did a million things wrong ON PURPOSE and yet Steve is completely forgiven automatically and was just 'misunderstood' the whole time supposedly while Jonathan has been worse than Vecna since day one supposedly. It's clearly about pretty privledge.

And I just wasted so much time with these clowns already I don't want to waste anymore. I'll post about whats wrong with the whole Steve worshipping/blindly loyal fans that hate Jonathan one day, but it won't be any time soon. They have wasted so much of my time already and clearly they just want to sleep with Steve/Joe Keery they can't be that dumb to believe that everything Steve did to wrong Nancy and Jonathan as justified or they really are that cruel and are horrible people to think that type of stuff is ok-but either way it comes down to the same conclusion for me: I don't want to have any association with them.

I came here to find people that I enjoy talking to about the show people that love Jonathan, and can forgive Steve BUT understand that everything he did in S1 was wrong and cruel, but can forgive him since he changed because of/and for Jonathan. And people that I can share content with about my fav ship and my fav show that we both enjoy. It may just be a few people, but I got what I came here for, so I see no reason to keep communicating with the rest of the fandom that has so many things wrong with them. They're homophobic, they're sexist, they support abusers and abuse and justify things that should never be acceptable-they're just not people I want to have anything to do with anymore.

But I'm glad I found you and a handful of other people. I've been staying away from tumblr the most I can and away from social media in general because its infuriating and way too time consuming. So if I don't respond for a while, just know I'll be back, but I'm trying to avoid the ST fandom in general the most I can because of the way they behave.

Yeah I just get sick of talking about the Jonathan hate and the Steve cult that bash J and just…all of it. It's too much to deal with especially every day. So I'm keeping my distance for now.

I'm having fun keeping to myself and just talking with my friends about Stonathan/ST for now. Everything is still shit in real life like everything is chaotic and most of it isn't good, but its getting better at least that I've been away from here and I can focus on certain things that should have been done long ago.

I'm writing Stonathan stories again so thats making me happier and I was creating content for them but I stopped just for now, just so I can focus on things that need urgent attention right now. Actually one thing that is going on it not that urgent but in a way it is cause I need something that is theraputic/fun for me to do instead of being depressed all the time. its like Halloween celebrating and its a big deal for me and my friends its the biggest night of the year [funny that the Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas feel the same way in 2x02], but they've been trying to make it to haunted houses, corn mazes [still trying to find a good one] and watching our Halloween movies and its nice just to get away from all the drama and get a chance to relax…or rather I should say have fun becasue nothing about this is relaxing I'm trying to make up for all the time I wasted talking on here with these bozos that loathe Jonathan and missing out on things I really wanted to do. Its just better now that I took some time away. Although, I do miss talking to you.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that J and the boys would hang out in Castle Byers and chit chat about everything under the sun. I imagine they spent a lot of time in there together. And Jonathna definitely took those pictures of the boys that were in Castle Byers [even though Will ripped them up]. I love how Jonathan is like a mom when it comes to the boys. And J was probably shocked when he saw what happened to Castle Byers, but in my headcanon after Will explained why, Jonathan was just like Its ok you were all getting too big for that anyway, we were going to have to build a new one anyway, and then Jonathan, Will, and El start to build a bigger better Castle Byers and Mike, Dustin, and Lucas come to help.

One of these days, I'm going to have to write down all the jokes I came up with/or that we made about Jeremy the demogorgon/Vecna mounting Jonathan and trying to kiss him and Steve attacking it with a bat because he wanted to be Jonatahn's boyfriend-I came up with plenty of new material for that joke and thought of you immediatley. I just hope I can remember them. Its just so funny to me that we kept that joke going.

I NEED to see Jonathan, Will, and El scenes next season and I mean NEED to see so much of them that we are all SICK and completely DISGUSTED by all their cute little heart to hearts and getting into funny shenanigans together. I need to see Jonathan with Will and El together so much. I'm also gonna need Hopper being a dad to Jonathan [not like he hadn't acted like that towards him long before Hop and Joyce got together].

#stranger things #jonathan byers #steve harrington

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raspberryberyl · 3 years ago

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DSMP lore thoughts “The Prison” pts 1-5

“Ok today we will be analyzing and sharing our thoughts about the five lore streams from Awesamdude about being trapped in the prison.

This is directly after the “Saving Michael” Streams from Techno, Tubbo, and Eret. The rescue team all agree Sam has been being a not great guy recently and decide the best course of action is to trap him in his own prison to repent and pay.

These streams have a lot of manipulation from c!Dream so be warned. It was a crazy stream and a lot like exile. I really like these streams because Sam does need to realize he messed up, but it’s also just always so interesting to go into Dream and what he has to say. We know he is a manipulator so we need to take his words with a grain of salt, but some of what he says does seem kinda true.

tw for mentions of ROLE PLAY abuse, manipulation, torture.

Ok before be begin diving into these five streams, I want to bring up two points.

1. Sam supposedly has multiple bodies. When I was first watching Sam get thrown in the prison I assumed he seemed so lack because he had a statis chamber, or because he had multiple bodies so it didn’t matter if one got stuck.

Sam has multiple bodies, but we don’t know what that means. Is there one true sam who sits somewhere switching between robot bodies, does he have clones that share a consciousness? We don’t know. All we know is he told Boomer he had multiple bodies, and no one else knows.

In respect to the bodies, how does Sam’s life system work? If he is one guy in a chair controlling bodies, if one dies does he get hurt, or does it not matter? If they are clones does it matter if one dies? Again, we don’t know anything.

2. I want us to remember that Sam’s character has changed a lot through the time on the smp. cc!Sam says he doesn’t want to be a main character, and is one of the people that just likes being the supporting cast for others.

There is a person on twitter who is live tweeting about watching the whole smp. I think their name is Marley maybe. While coming across them they were currently at the exile arc, and talking about how nice and awesome Sam was, and how he could do no wrong, and this really got me to thinking.

In the beginning of the smp, Sam is more of a pacifist median, he doesn’t engage in the battle, but he is there for others when they need him. He makes and shares his house with Sapnap and George, and is really kind to everyone. He even has nice interactions with Tommy before exile.

He then joins the Bad Lands faction, which still isn’t too bad. Badboyhalo made it so they could have power, lets not forget, but the Badlands never did anything too wrong if I can recall. So despite now being part of a faction, Sam is still himself and kind to all.

In exile Sam is very sweet to Tommy, offering his home if Tommy needs it. And Sam’s home isn’t in the smp or L’manburg, so it’s technically not leaving exile. Sadly Tommy never takes his offer though.

Then Sam is there for Tommy after doomsday, he suggests locking Dream in the prison, and that’s when he starts to sacrifice his self. It doesn’t start to badly. Sam and Tommy hotel arc is one of my favorite parts of the smp, just because of how nice and calm it was after everything we the audience and the characters had gone through. It was very sweet. Sam was one of the only people Tommy actually talked to and told about exile and Dream. Sam protected Tommy from the egg people and other threats.

Sam during the eggpire arc was going through his change, but for the most part he was the same, against the egg and willing to do what he could to defeat and destroy it. He was the only Badland member to not get infected. The egg kept coming for him, but he didn’t give in or up.

Then, we come to his time as The Warden. When becoming the warden, Sam decided to sacrifice himself and his life to keeping Dream in prison. He gave up seeing the outside, his friends, and devoted his time to doing whatever he could to keep Dream locked up. They needed Dream alive so he could bring back wilbur and get the revivebook. Sam lost himself in this, and went to far in what he was willing to do to keep Dream locked up. It was rough, but it’s important to remember that he originally did this, he continues to this, because he thinks it’s for the greater good of others. He decided to give up his own life to do what he thought would protect others. But it didn’t end up that way in the end.

A quick list of some of the misdeeds of Sam that he will talk about in the streams.

When Tommy was stuck in the prision Sam decided to keep him there for a whole week, despite knowing Dream was Tommy’s abuser, and that Dream probably wouldn’t hesitate to kill Tommy, and he did. Sam decided that stopping whoever was trying to get Dream out of the prison was more important then keeping Tommy safe and getting him out.

Sam and Ponk always had a great relationship. They were friends, maybe more wink wink. But then Ponk felt Sam was getting to far into being the Warden, and wanted to spend time with Sam like the good old days, and maybe also just play a prank. So he took a prison keycard. The keycards expire at midnight each day, so there wasn’t really a problem with Ponk having it after that time, but Sam decided he needed to punish ponk. Show Ponk that he was serious and meant business. He built and Trapped Ponk in a torture room, took one of his lives, and cut off his arm, just to prove his point. Just for some broken keycards. It was also this event that led Ponk to fall into the egg’s hands, wanting Sam back.

Tommy is insisting they kill Dream, but Sam says no and that it’s job to keep Dream alive in the prison. The whole reason they kept Dream was so they could have the revivebook and revive wilbur, but Tommy went to limbo and realizes it’s not worth it anymore, they don’t need Wilbur. Despite Tommy saying this Sam still says no. So Tommy takes it into his own hands and sneaks into the prison to kill Dream, using Ghostbur as a distraction. And look, it was a stupid plan, but I’ll give Tommy the pass because he was stressing out, and didn’t know he was falling right into Dream’s trap. Sam eventually realizes Tommy is there right as Tommy is about to kill Dream, and Sam stops him. Forcing Tommy back to the other side, but not helping and making sure Ghostbur gets across. Tommy yells at Sam to get ghostbur back, but Sam says he can’t risk Dream escaping, and so Dream revives wilbur. Tommy is furious, and so is Sam, but at Tommy. Sam tells Tommy if Tommy comes near the prison again Sam will kill him. Sam knows that Tommy wants Dream dead but still says Tommy could have been trying to help Dream escape.

Sam helps and agrees with Quackity about torturing Dream for the revivebook. He is egging Quackity on and not stopping this violence. Dream needs to pay for his mistakes, but torture isn’t the way. Sam just watches as quackity does inhuman stuff to Dream.

Sam does not give Dream good food. Does not let Dream go to court yard. Yes Dream had originally made this changes himself before being put in the prison, but if Sam thought they were inhuman, and that Dream was evil. he should have run the prison his way and not Dream’s.

Then Sam and Quackity together trick Technoblade into visiting Dream and getting stuck in the prison, trapping both of them together. No reason for Technoblade to be there besides ‘he was going to help Dream escape.’ and that may have been true, but it also might not have been, and so Sam started the problem. He left Technoblade in there for three months until Technoblade escaped.

They later think Dream escaped but he didn’t, and Sam decides to lie to Quackity about Dream escaping. Maybe he did this to be kind to Dream and stop Dream from being tortured as much, we don’t know. But he lied to Big Q which led to Quackity living in fear from himself and his nation. Then feeling betrayed and unprepared for when Dream actually escaped.

Sam kidnaps Michael. Eret had saved Michael from getting killed and attack by George and Sapnap, and decided to trust and tell Sam of Michaels location, Sam promising to make a safer hiding place. But instead he takes Michael to his island and keeps him hostage there, only telling Eret that ‘it’s for the greater good.’ then when Tubbo comes and wants to see his child, Sam refuses to let him see him, and threatens to kill him.

We still don’t really know why, but Sam found something on Ranboo to justify bringing him to the prison. It was Ranboo’s birthday, and Sam harshly comes and arrests Ranboo. Then as Dream and company are escaping, Sam decides to hold Ranboo hostage by telling Ranboo that Sam has Michael and will kill him if Ranboo doesn’t comply. Dream doesn’t stop, and so Sam kills Ranboo, and then doesn’t seem to show regret or remorse ever. Sam later says he needed Michael to control Ranboo, who he needed to control Technoblade, who could convince Dream.

After Dream’s escape Sam is being really rude to everyone basically. He yells at Antfrost and Bbh and blames them for it. He won’t admit to his own faults and just blames others.

Ok so maybe not so quick. Those are the main points I could think of. Point being: Sam has done some messed up things in order to try to keep Dream in the prison. Sam tried to justify them, and as the warden he shows no remorse. Yes we know he wanted and mourned Tommy on his island, yes after Dream escaped he went to make sure Tommy was safe. So he has some good in him, but he really messed up.

Now with that out of the way, onto the streams.

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Stream 1 “Dream SMP| Stuck in Prison” January 30th

- It opens with Sam in his cell, he doesn’t know what he is going to do now. There really isn’t much for him to do in the cell.

- he starts saying maybe he should have planned for this, to get stuck in the prison. He doesn’t know what to do, but is happy that no one got control of the prison because only he can control the keycards.

- He goes through Dream’s book, but alas there is nothing.

- Tries to see if there is a way to escape, break blocks, but there is nothing. He made this prison inescapable. There has to be a way though.

- He starts thinking that surely someone will come for him. Someone will notice him missing and come looking. Maybe Hannah or Boomer. He thinks of Ant and BBH, then remembering that they’re mad at him. (He’s trying to think of people who can help him, not realizing he pushed most of them away. Even if he is on ok terms with some, they’ll just assume he’s still at the prison waiting for Dream to return like he was before.) He then also realizes that wait, no one can get in to the prison, the keycards don’t work. He really thought his plan would trap the revengers with him.

- He is spiraling a lot and still trying to think of ways to escape. It will take time, but he’ll just have to dig his way out. It’s a back and forth in his mind, hope and then a loss of hope. Up and down.

Eventually he turns and Dream is there, standing outside the cell, they are both surprised. Dream is surprised but also amused that Sam is in the cell. Dream threatens Sam, and so he explains why he is in there and Dream finds it hilarious. Dream then also tells us he’s been using the route Techno took for their escape to get in and out of the prison, and that he’s using it as a bit of a base. It’s fortified, no one will come near it, suspect it, it’s perfect.

- Sam wants food and Dream says he doesn’t have any. (He does have food, just not for Sam)

- Dream jumps into the cell using an ender pearl, and Sam is slightly more scared. Dream really wants karma on Sam and so is trying to annoy Sam.

- Dreams proposal is that Sam stay in the prison for a year, Dream will visit every now and then. Sam lives and suffers there just like Dream, and the after a year Dream will kill him.

- Dream calls Sam evil and the ultimate subject of these Streams begins. Is Sam Evil?

- Sam denies it instantly saying he’s not. But Dream says other wise cause Sam let him be tortured. Dream would kill Sam now, just for that, but he believes in justice. Dream brings up Sam killing Ranboo and how that was stupid, and Sam gives his reasoning that doesn’t make too much sense.

- Dream continues saying how great this is, and that maybe he can get Quackilty in there to torture him, or maybe lock them both up together. Sam tries to say he has people outside that would stop Dream, and Dreams asks him if he really does? and that he isn’t afraid of whatever ’people’ Sam has. Dream threatens to force Sam to write books telling people he is staying in the prison feeling sad that Dream escaped.

Dream calls Sam an idiot. Sam is real quick to try to make a deal with Dream. Saying Dream can let him out and he’ll tell people he doesn’t know where Dream is. Or that he found Dream and that Dream is in prison again and they don’t have to look for him.

Dream mocks him and agrees that he’ll come and feed Sam, get him a clock, make Sam give him info. Then kill Sam, sooner if if doesn’t agree.

Dream calls Quackity a sociopath, for his actions. How yeah he’s sure Quackity would love to come and help Sam and all, and Sam says “The thing with Quackity is.. regrettable.” in regards to the torture. Sam still says it was worth it for the revivebook though, and he was right about Techno coming to break Dream free.

Dream mocks him about how he says ‘regrettable’ and tells him yeah Techno came to save him from literal torture. That Sam should just admit he’s an evil guy, which Sam denies. “You trap people, you kill people, you torture people, just own up to it.” And Sam just keeps saying that no, he’s not a bad guy. That he won’t own up to it, cause it isn’t true.

Dream says he owns up to being a horrible person, and Sam says he doesn't. Dream then goes on to say yes he does, he knows he did bad things, he owns up to it, he has his reasons, but those aren't excuses, and Sam should do the same.

Dream says he does bad things, he does them for a reason though, but that doesn’t change that they are bad. And that he isn’t going to say sorry cause he’s not, he had his reasons. Sam pipes up and says that well he isn’t sorry for what he did either, and that he’s not bad, (oh gosh.)

Sam then admits that he looked forward to everyday Quackity came in to torture Dream cause maybe then they’d have the revivebook, and maybe then Sam could finally kill Dream. Dream applauds him for admitting it, and now asks that he simply admits he’s a bad guy. That ok, Sam had a reason for the torture, and he gets it.

Dream goes on a bit more about how he’s definitely going after Quackity and going to destroy everything he loves and lock him in the prison. Sam asks him what the point of this all is, and if Dream enjoys the misfortune of others. Dream says no, that it’s just revenge and karma.

Dream mentions bringing Sam kibble, (and wow going rough on that dehumanization Dream.)

Dream makes fun of Sam for wanting Food when Dream wasn’t given much food. And Sam brings up the point about how he was following Dream’s prison directions, no streak, and Dream brings us that nothing was stopping Sam from changing things. Dream says maybe it was karma on himself making it so people couldn’t get streak, then he couldn’t get streak, and so ok, it’s karma.

Dream tells Sam the story of Pandora’s box, what the prison is named after. How by keeping Dream trapped in this box, he made Dream more and more angry, until Dream and evil was released back into the world.

Dream leaves the cell and says he is going to try to figure out the keycards himself, and that he’ll figure it out. Sam doubts it. Dream continues to call Sam an idiot. Sam tries to get Dream to stay, but Dream says no, Dream has ‘business’ to get to, and that they have all year to talk to each other. Sam keeps calling for Dream to come back, but he doesn’t. The Stream ends.

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Stream 2 DREAM SMP | Trapped in my own prison.

-It’s the next day and Sam is waiting for Dream to return and bring him food. He is going to starve.

- Sam starts feeling like this is worthless, calling himself an idiot, before stopping himself saying that no Dream is wrong. He isn’t and idiot. He brings out a book that reveals he has been repeatedly writing down “I am not an idiot” a lot since we last saw him. Sam starts to wonder what he’ll do when Dream doesn’t return, and that he’ll find some way to escape.

Dream shows up.

- Sam immediately asks for food.

- Dream asks him what he’s been doing, has he been thinking, and Sam doesn’t have to much to say. He says he’s not an idiot though, because he was able to figure out it had been a day since Dream had last visited.

- Dream then officially starts their day off by asking “Are you a good person?” Sam says that yes he is. And Dream asks if he really thinks that.

Sam says he has done bad things, but they’re not inherently bad, he’s doing them for the greater good. Meaning that even if they seem not good, they’re not bad. Dream chuckles. So the ends justify the means, so it’s ok? and Sam agrees. They have a conversation, and Dream asks Sam to mention the bad things he’s done, the things people hate him for, or Dream will leave.

Sam begins to list all the bad points I already listed, and how he doesn't think they were that bad. He doesn’t get why people are mad about Michael. (Dream brings up how he wanted Wilbur alive, so he would torture Tommy. And yes he has technically.) How he threatened to kill Ranboo, and he had to keep his word and do so if Dream didn’t comply. He’d rather be a murderer then a coward and dishonest. Sam mentions most of the bad things, leaving out torturing Dream and everything he did to Technoblade. Dream is upset by this

Sam says locking Dream in prison isn't a reason people hate Sam, people are grateful. Dream brings up how he is, in fact a person, and hates Sam for it. Sam says ok he guesses, but he has no regrets for any of these things, they were all for the greater good.

So he murder, kidnapped, tortured, taken hostage, mutilated, and stolen, all for what Sam calls the greater good. Dream says that’s really bad, and that even he hasn’t gone that far. (Not true though, Dream has in fact done most of these things, maybe besides kidnapping.) Dream says ok maybe he’s tortured, but just mental torture, which no he hit Tommy physically in exile and other instances.

So Dream’s point is that Dream is a bad guy, maybe he deserves to be locked up, so then why doesn’t Sam? (Now Dream is bringing up some good valid points, but remember he is lying about some things like the torture, trying to manipulate Sam.)

Sam simply says it was different when he did it. Dream did these things for himself, while Sam did them in order to keep Dream, who had done bad things, in the prison. Dream argues that then Sam is implying Dream doesn’t have reasons for what he’s done, that he does it just cause he wants to. And Sam says yes, he believes Dream does things because he enjoys it. Dream rebutted saying the same could be said for Sam. Sam defends himself saying he has expressed that's not true, but Dream brings up how Sam literally said the pervious day he liked Quackity torturing Dream, and that he was excited to kill him.

Sam continues to say that it’s different for Dream. That Sam is justified because “A wrong for the right reasons can make a right” And Dream says good, they both agree upon that then. Dream does things wrong, for reasons he thinks are right, so they are the same.

Dream says Sam isn’t actually a bad person, that he’s done terrible things, but if Sam is bad then almost everyone on the server is bad. (Remember the manipulation. While I do agree mostly and I love them bringing up the “it’s all about perspective” I do think some people haven't done as bad things, Sam has made many mistakes.)

Dream continues to make his point by bringing up his experiences, how it was right for him to do what he did to L’manburg because they were a tyrannical government that was taking land that didn’t belong to them, and trying to get people to follow laws. That yeah Dream did bad things, he calls himself a bad guy, but he had reasons, and he thought they were for the greater good.

Dream continues saying Sam and him are the same. “I think you’re me, if I was a lying coward. With no self reflection what’s so ever” Dream goes on a tangent about how Sam is just as bad as him, but is overlooked and won’t admit to it.

Dream questions why Ranboo and Connor were even locked in the prison? And who gave Sam the power to just lock up whoever he wanted without a trial. “Congrats the power got to your head Sam”. Dream says he likes Sam, Sam is entertaining. It’s funny how Sam does all this messed up stuff and somehow can’t realize how bad it is. That maybe when Sam realizes he’s the bad guy, Sam can start improving and stop getting into these situations where he does bad things.

Sam argues about what Dream said about him not standing up for himself, saying he does. He stands up for the prison, and that's standing up for himself. He brings up Ponk to justify this. He then goes on to say yeah it wasn’t about the keycard, it was the message for people to not mess with him. He did that to ponk, killed and one less arm, for a message. “It’s just a means to an end though.”

Dream continues to manipulate him by saying “Look I don’t think you’re evil, I don’t think that’s evil.” Dream is going back and forth between saying Sam is bad, saying it's wrong but not evil, saying they’re the same, saying Sam isn’t that bad. Dream says he understand why Sam did it to Ponk, it makes sense. And that he’d feel justified in killing Sam right now, but it’d still be “a bad thing to do.”

[This lore is so great cause Dream is giving us bits of the truth, he’s not technically wrong, but he is leaving out and twisting parts. And as a viewer I’m trying to watch so hard so I also don’t get manipulated. ]

Dream says he’d find enjoyment in killing Sam, and Sam says it was technically Dream’s fault he got put in the prison. He made the prison, he payed for it. Maybe he should have spent that money on Punz. ( I laugh knowing that Punz never betrayed Dream. I thought Dream might bring it up, but he doesn’t. He doesn’t mention Punz or Ranboo working for him) Sam tries to smirk and have the upper hand by pointing out Punz’s betray, but we all know the truth so it doesn’t stick.

Dream manages to turn it around asking Sam how he feels being betrayed by everyone. Sam says he doesn't know, no one has betrayed him. Dream says that wait, he escaped prison, by Technoblade getting the blueprints, who he got from BadBoyhalo. Sam rears back not believing Bad would do that to him. Dream continues by pointing out how Tubbo put Sam in the prison, and how wasn’t Tubbo Sam’s ally? Dream also make a point to point out that the Revengers team were all enemies who hate each other, and they still all teamed up to put Sam in here.

Dream says maybe he won’t kill Sam in a year. Maybe he’ll give Sam the opportunity to talk to people, ask Bad about the betrayal. That maybe after some reflection he’ll let Sam live. Sam doesn’t understand what reflection, and it’s showing us that he isn’t even willing to try to think that maybe he did some bad stuff. Dream says all he wants, is for Sam to realize he’s not a good person, and then maybe Dream will let him go.

Sam continues to say that no, he’s a good person. And so Dream askes him what his definition of good person is. Sam responds “A person who does what they think is best for something they believe is good.” Sam says everything he did was for the good of keeping Dream here. And Dream says everything he’s done was because he thought it would lead to “the best result for himself and for everybody.”

Sam brings up how his motives are selfless and Dream is selfish. Dream did it for himself, while Sam gave up everything to come run the prison. Dream says “How selfless of you to give up not doing anything everyday, to torture and keep me in here.” And Sam says once more, “The torturing was just a means to an end.”

Sam says how he told Dream that he would “let Dream leave if he gave them the book.” But again we have Sam saying, not even a day ago, that he was going to kill Dream the moment they got the book. Dream then yells at him for lying. That he needs to stop lying to himself and Dream, that if he continues he’s never going to be able to be honest with anyone, that he needs to man up for his words and actions.

Dream is mad and says if Sam is just going to lie, then Dream won’t visit. He throws Sam some streak and leaves. Sam tries to get him to stop and come back, asking when Dream will return, but it’s no use. The stream ends.

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part 3 DREAM SMP | Trapped in a prison of my own creation.

- It’s February 2nd now, Dream has been gone for two days, Sam has started to spiral more. Latching onto some of Dreams words and ideals but not others.

It starts and Sam is freaking out that Dream hasn’t returned. He’s sure its been more than a day (and it has). He is still hungry and worried about starving, and Dream just abandoning him in the prison.

Sam once again tries to come up with a plan to escape. He shows off some of his math skills telling us how hard and long it would take him to begin to escape. But he doesn’t have time to start mining that, he’ll starve before he can escape.

Sam is still optimistic that maybe Dream will let him out. “Dream is his only hope. Or else he’s just done for.” He asks how it’s come to this. He says he doesn’t deserve it. He brings up how non of his statis chambers have gone off, so his only escape is to break out.

He thinks again about the argument with Dream. He believes he did everything for the greater good, so he doesn’t deserve it. He was just trying to help. He’s not a bad guy. “Dream is the bad guy. And the bad guy can’t call someone else the bad guy.”

After calling out to dream more with no avail, Sam says. “Maybe Dream was right. Maybe I am a bad guy. But if I’m a bad guy then he’s a worse bad guy. He’s the real bad guy gotta be the real bad guy. Think about what he’s done, what he’s said he’s done, what he’s going to do. Dream is the bad guy here.”

“If Dream says I’m a bad guy, then doesn’t that make everyone a bad guy? If nobody can do something right, because to someone else that would be being the bad guy” (Oh ok yeah that's what I like to hear. Once again I love the whole morally grey characters that are all their own main character in their individual stories. So yeah people clash and end up as enemies.)

Sam continues to battle with his mind. Saying that no he’s not, cant be the bad guy. “I’m the good guy, that had bad things happen to him. Yeah I’m the good guy who was put in hard situations, because of Dream.” “If I hadn’t done what I did, Dream might have escaped sooner. And we could have been in a bad situation like this even before.” (Sam is in denial, but it’s understandable.)

“Dream was right, everybody’s done bad things. Everybody, everyone's kinda a bad guy, but Dream’s, Dream’s the real bad guy.” (ok That one checks out mostly Sam. It’s a bit closer to the truth.)

Sam again goes down that he’s not a bad guy, but now adding other people are. He goes on about how Technoblade and Eret trapped him here, they’ve both killed people before, Technoblade blew up L’manburg, they’re the bad guys.

He goes on about perspective again, about people being the bad guy in other people’s stories. That surely if someone could hear his reasoning, that they would understand and see he isn’t bad. (While yes I get your reasoning Sam, it doesn’t make it ok still, it’s still bad. And the Ranboo death is still unforgivable.)

“Am I really the bad guy to some people? I never even meant to do anything wrong” (That’s good, it means you’re not a ‘real’ bad guy as I called it. You just make really bad mistakes.) He goes over what he did to Ranboo and Michael again, but still denies it was wrong. Still thinks it’s ok because it was the right reasons. He says he had to do those things, and it’s sounding a lot like he needed control. He says he needed Ranboo to control Dream. Which is kinda like how Dream used items to control people, except Sam uses people to control people.

He continues to wonder where Dream is, what he’s doing. He could be planning something and no one knows, no one can stop him, only Sam can stop him. He needs Dream to visit a few more times, give him food and such, and then he can escape. “No one’s coming to help me.” He makes his plan, he has to die. He has to dig until he dies through starvation, and then continue to dig his way out.

“I have to get out. I won’t accept that I’m the bad guy” He brings back out that book. It now has additional writing and pages saying ‘I am not the bad guy’ and ‘Dream is the bad guy’. Then he writes that Technoblade is the bad guy, that Eret is the bad guy, but “not me, I’m not the bad guy.” “And the good guys, have to work harder to be good guys” (well then you have to work A Lot harder Sam, because you are not in the good guy zone right now.)

So yeah point of the stream, the denial is strong, he is victimizing himself, and blaming the people he’s hurt. The stream ends, Dream doesn’t show up, and Sam is still in denial for if he’s the bad guy, but we can see that wall thinning, and he is now agreeing with Dream on some things like others being ‘bad guys’. Sam is shaky yet sure that he needs to escape. He may have to die to do so, but he’ll find a way.

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February 3 DREAM SMP | The prison. Part 4

This stream was horrifying with all the manipulation and lies. It’s also the longest one. I was very uncomfortable with some of the stuff c!Dream was saying, and some of the audience bought it. It was sad and scary seeing so many people agree with Dream after this. I saw almost a whole comment section talking about how Tommy is the bad guy and buying in to everything Dream said. Remember everyone, Dream is a lying manipulator. Tommy has made mistakes, everyone on this sever has, but he didn’t deserve Exile or for Dream to kill him in the prison, it was abuse, it was wrong.

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Stream starts with Sam trying to break a block. He is loosing hope and is sure he is going to die. Dream shows up and gives Sam food cause he really needs it. Dream also brings Sam a cake as a ‘gift’ (Manipulation).

Dream mentions being on his ‘island’ which is also something he said with Punz, (maybe where the lab is?) Dream realizes he said island though and so tries to cover is up by saying “metaphorical island’.

Dream has been gone a day, was last in Sam’s cell two days ago. Dream asks if he’s thought about things. Sam says he has, there’s not much else to do, and that he does think Dream is right about some things. Being there a bad people, being Technoblade and Eret, but he still doesn’t think he’s a bad person. Dream says good, progress, and rewards Sam a clock. (Manipulation)

Dream next asks if Sam likes him, does Sam think Dream’s a good person? Sam says no. Dream responds that ok, does he think that even though Dream isn’t good, everyone else is equally bad? Sam says he doesn’t think ‘equally’ bad, but yeah there are some pretty bad people. Then Dream asks again, if Sam thinks he’s a good person, and Sam still believes himself to be, but is clearly a bit unsure.

[Now getting into the big manipulation and we don’t know what's true section]

Dream hums and then asks Sam to tell him what makes Dream a bad person, but not Sam. Sam says that he thinks, that Dream is a bad person because he wants to personally take things from people to control them, in a malicious way.

Dream steps in and says he doesn’t, he doesn’t want to control people. (We know this is false, unless he was also lying to Tommy and Tubbo in the vault which could be a possibility. But it seems pretty obvious he wants to control the server, or at least Tommy) Dream tells Sam he wants people to ‘do the right things’, but he doesn’t want to control them.

Sam is confused by Dreams response, and brings up that he thought that was why Dream was trying to get and collect everything everyone liked. Dream tells him it was all just for show for Tommy. He wouldn’t actually lock Skeppy in a box. (Now this is where we have to question, how true is this? Yes we know the vault was a set up, Dream intended to be captured and put in prison for some reason. So yeah him pretending he was going to do this stuff, putting on a show to seem more evil, does check out. But he still might have wanted to collect people’s possessions, it’s just like the discs, control. Something to think more about.)

Sam brings up the pets though, Dream had some peoples pets? And Dream says they were just random animals. What, did he resurrect Tommy’s dead cow? (Well I assumed he did, Tommy seemed to think so.) Dream says the revive book doesn’t work on pets (Can we believe this?). Sam takes notes on the things Dream says, such as the revival book.

Dream mentions the only real item he had of someone’s was the axe of peace, but he didn’t steal that from Techno, he’d be crazy to challenge Techno. Dream says he doesn’t remember where he found the axe, and we know he took it from Tommy when they were in the vault.

Dream ask Sam to continue listing his misdeeds. Sam mentions exile, having Tommy trapped on the island. How Tommy has to be afraid of Dream for a reason.

[ Time for the half twisted truths and lies]

Dream responds that how is exile bad? Tommy was being bad, and was Exiled by Tubbo. ( Dream was threatening L’manburg, walls or Tommy gets exiled. Tubbo felt forced. Tommy also made the mistake of trying to black mail Dream with his dead horse though, making Dream more mad, making Tubbo mad, Which brought Tubbo to the decision that trying to fight Dream was not reasonable, Tommy was being bad, so he would take responsibility and be exiled. We also have to remember that Dream had been trying to frame Tommy and get him in trouble, made the George’s house deal way bigger then it needed to be. Houses get griefed all the time, and it was an accident. Tommy was only supposed to be exiled from L’manburg, but Dream decided he’s be exiled from the whole smp, so took Tommy to the exile island to isolate him. Once Tommy was exiled Dream removed George from the throne, only having him there to make it easier to get Tommy in trouble, by calling the greifing “an act of war”.)

So Dream says Tubbo Exiled Tommy, that all Dream did was visit him, and give him food, talk to him. Tried to rehabilitate him from making stupid decisions again. That Tommy just kept making mistakes again and again, so Dream took it upon himself to teach him. That Dream stayed around to make sure he wasn’t leaving or doing bad things.

Sam says he guesses that doesn’t sound to bad. (But again Dream over simplified things. He didn’t mention the physical and mental torture. That he kept food from Tommy, items from Tommy, made Tommy dependent. Lied to Tommy saying no one cared for him. That Dream kept threatening to kill him. He lies to Sam with half truths and simplification.)

Dream says that how was it his fault Tommy was exiled? Tommy was destroying and blowing things up. That Tommy had some position and was supposed to be behaved but didn’t, and again says it was Tubbo who exiled him. Leaving out Dream’s role to play, the framing, and I don’t think Tommy did that much destruction, Dream is making it seem like something it’s not. Yes Tommy made mistakes, but those mistakes were the same ones everyone else made, and Dream decided to target and overcomplicate everything just to get to Tommy.

Sam falls for Dream’s words though and says that doesn’t sound that bad. Dream then says that yeah he said some things to Tommy that maybe weren’t great, but he felt it was for Tommy’s greater good.

Sam again asks that if Exile wasn’t that bad, then why does Tommy hate Dream so much? And Dream responds because Dream won Tommy’s disks. He goes on about the disc war, not mentioning how he started by stealing the disks. He only brings up the L’manburg independence where Tommy gave them up for his country. Dream says he won the disks fair and square, Tommy gave them to him. Dream says that from that moment they were Dream’s disks, and that it was Tommy who then kept trying to steal them. And doesn’t that make Tommy wrong? ( But he leaves out how the disk wars started. How he kept egging Tommy on with the disks for him to try to get them back. Tommy gave up the discs for independence, and once L’manburg was gone, he wanted them back. During Doomsday it was Dream who sought him out to come ‘play a game’ with him to get the disc back.)

While ok yeah, Tommy gave up the disks... Dream only accepted them because of how much they meant to Tommy. He only did it to have control on Tommy, and Tommy didn’t like that. Yeah Tommy was ‘stealing them back’ but the fight was never fair, and Dream kept bringing the fight back to the board.

Sam is falling for everything Dream is saying, and says that yeah, ok Dream kinda earned them, Tommy didn’t. But that Tommy is just a child though, he’d want his things back. Dream says yep, that Tommy makes mistakes and he’ll learn from them, and that's what Dream was doing. He never said Tommy couldn’t learn and grow, and he thinks Sam can learn and grow too. Sam just needs to admit he’s not a great person.

Dream asks what else Sam thinks he’s done? and Sam is struggling to think of anything. He brings up how Dream was going to kill Tubbo in the vault, and Dream says again that ‘it was just a show for Tommy’ That it was to teach Tommy and scare him into not being bad. (In Tommy’s first prison visit he also said the first person he’d kill when he gets out would be Tubbo. Do we think he was serious or was it more dramatics?)

Dream says he thinks Tubbo is one of the few people who hadn’t actually done anything that bad. Which of course he’d say that, he already said Tubbo played right into all his traps and tricks, did exactly what Dream wanted him to do. Tubbo is great like everyone else, his faults are a bit harder to realize due to influence of others, but like everyone else, he had made mistakes. But yeah I gotta agree that Tubbo hasn’t done all that much compared to others who have done much worse.

Dream says “who is really good on this server? BadBoyHalo?” That didn’t Bad do that egg cult thing? That they thought locking Dream up would solve all their issues but it didn’t. That sure they eventually stopped the egg, but Bad did some messed up things. Who else, Wilbur, well he blew up countries, he’s no good. Techno has done the same. That all these people have done these awful things, but it’s only Dream that gets punished. (Kinda parallels to Tommy that he makes the same mistakes as everyone, but only he gets punished to this degree.)

Sam goes on to say he really hates Technoblade. That Yeah Techno is not better then Dream. (Gosh Sam hasn’t had much to think about. But yeah from his perspective why would he think Techno is ok? Why wouldn’t Sam think he’s bad, Sam barely knows him. Techno made a bunch of mistakes, but unlike Sam he’s owned up to them, and doesn’t call himself a hero.)

Sam brings up that Techno broke Dream out of prison, which was against the majority vote, and so Dream asks him who the majority of people are? Sam says everyone who was in the vault when they captured Dream, and Dream points out Techno wasn’t there, he didn’t vote. That Techno doesn’t have to be ok with Sam just locking people in the prison, Sam had two other poisoners and Techno wanted Ranboo. “Whos going to stop you, from going ahead and convincing the majority of the server to lock up everybody. And then the majority gets smaller and smaller until it’s only Sam” (Which yeah Dream does kinda have a point there. There is no law system so Sam did and can just lock up whoever he wants with no say from anyone else, and that's not good.)

Techno just came to visit Dream in the prison, it was Sam who lock him in there, making him more angry and recognizing Sam as an authority he had to take down. Techno might not have broken Dream out, Sam couldn’t have been sure, and it wasn’t right to lock people up on ‘maybes.’ It’s a self fulfilling prophecy. Sam was scared something was going to happen, acted on that, and in doing so caused that thing to happen.

Sam argues that it was good reasoning, and that Dream literally yelled “It’s a trap” when Techno was coming in. Dream explains to him YES, it was at trap, he was warning, Techno, his friend, that it was a trap to lock him in the prison. Yes he was going to warn Techno after he’s spent months being tortured.

Dream brings up that Sam killing Ranboo didn’t make sense, that at least everything Dream did made sense. Dream says Sam using Ranboo didn’t make sense because Dream barely knows Ranboo, he wouldn’t care (but we know this isn’t true, there’s something going on with Dream and Ranboo) Sam again tries to explain his reasoning, but it doesn’t make sense man, it isn’t smart or right.

Dream says Sam shouldn’t be so mad at everyone's response and locking him up. Sam says they are awful for locking him up though. Dream takes Sam’s side, softly, saying that he doesn’t think Sam deserves to be in here, he thinks they were wrong, and he doesn’t think he deserved to be in here either. Does quackity deserve to be tortured for what he’s done? Sam doesn’t really say anything to that, just asking Dream what he’d gain. So Dream says “ok so you think tortures alright as long as your gaining something?” Sam says that no When Quackity was torturing Dream it was a means to an end, they weren’t having fun. (But Quackity was, Sam said he was excited, so yeah not really Sam.)

Dream asks Sam what Quackity would have done with the revival book. Sam doesn’t know, but if Quackity got it then Sam got it, and maybe others too. Dream says he thinks Quackity would keep it to himself, revive Schlatt. Dream tries to convince Sam that Quackity wouldn’t have shared it with him, that Sam is alone.

Dream realizes they’re not getting anywhere, and that they both just have different views on people. Dream says his view is that everyone is a good guy in their own story, and a bad guy in someone else’s. Dream says he thinks he’s a good guy in some people’s stories, maybe Techno’s. In Wilbur’s mind Dream is a good guy cause Dream brought him back to life. Dream says he knows he’s a terrible guy in some people’s mind and stories. That Sam is a good guy in some people’s stories, but a bad guy in others. “That’s just how it works.” “Everyone is selfish, everyone does things for their own self-interest.” Yes Dream did bad stuff, but he does it for what he thinks is the greater good, and that's what Sam does too.

Sam tries to argue that if he told people his reasoning people would understand and not view him as a bad guy, and Dream tells him that's not how it works. That look Sam has explained why he tortured Dream, but that doesn’t make it ok. That thats not how the book works, that you don’t just get the book and people never die. (this part kinda confused me.) Dream says it’s not, that if he dies the book dies with him. (Dream is the revival book now remember.) Sam thinks it’s a good reason to torture Dream, but from Dream’s pov it’s not, and no explanation will make him think it’s ok. That he knows they would have killed him if he gave the book, that Sam can deny it now, but that's not what Sam was saying the other day and other times. That all Dream did was plead for his life. But Dream understand, if he was in Sam’s position he’s try to get the book too, but the difference is that he’d admit it was wrong.

“In our world you have to do bad things, you have to be a bad guy. Otherwise you die. You get killed. You end up dead.”

Sam then finally starts to admit that Dream is right. “All of the bad things that people are doing are just a means to an end, that people are doing. But from their perspective it’s not bad things, they’re necessary things.” But sometimes there’s just no reason behind right? That there have to be people who do bad things just to be bad, that don’t gain anything. But maybe not, maybe it’s all just perspective...

Dream then agrees and says if he hadn’t killed Tommy, they wouldn’t have know the revival book worked. Dream things that reasoning is enough for the greater good. (But remember manipulation! He already knew the book worked, he tortured Lazer and Vikk. He just wanted Tommy to suffer.)

Sam argues that ok he gets it, but it didn’t need to be Tommy, it could have been someone else. But Dream just says “How do you choose? it’s opportunity, I was locked up in a prison cell.”

It’s quiet for a moment and then Sam asks Dream if he knows what happened that Day, when Tommy got trapped. Dream says he does know, that it was Ranboo. (Yay he said it!) Sam asks why, and how did Dream know? Dream says it’s better Sam doesn’t know.

Dream argues that there is a way that both he and Sam can walk out of this prison. Sam asks really? Would there be something he could do so Dream would let him walk out without killing him? Dream say he will, but first he needs two things. 1. He needs Sam to accept that he’s a bad guy. 2. He wants the keys to the prison.

Dream says he wants to make the prison his home, that he’ll give Sam time to think. Dream says he gets the keys, Sam admits he’s bad but that's ok because everyone else is, then Dream will set him free. Dream is just going to live in the prison, because there’s no better place. That's it, he’s just going to live here, no locking people up. That the only type of person he’d lock up is a person without reason, someone truly evil. “Cause you can do bad things with reason, but people that have no reason, that just do bad things, and are just doing it cause they like it. They’re evil.”

So Dream leaves, tells Sam to give it a ponder. He only wants the keys, no malicious reasons, just make it his base. “Turn it from bad memories to good ones.”

And so Dream leaves, and Sam finally enters into, acceptance.

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DREAM SMP | I'm going to be free. Feb 4, part 5

Sam stars stream and is holding a clock, preparing for when Dream comes and trying to think. Dream wants him to give him the keys to the prison, is it a good idea? Dream Said he wouldn’t lock people up, but...

Dream enters and comments on how Sam never finished his cake. Sam says he wanted to save it for when Dream showed up, save it and celebrate his freedom. Dream asks if he’s ready to leave, and Sam says yes he wants to.

Sam says he has thought about Dreams proposal, and asks again for clarification that Dream only wants access to the prison, so he can use it as a house. Dream says yes, but also he may lock someone up, only if it’s someone truly evil. Sam then says, “Well yeah, not someone likes us, but someone truly evil.” (Us, he said us. Dream has really gotten to him.)

Sam says he understand Dream wanting a cool base to not have his things stolen, a safe place. There is also lots of space. So Sam asks if he would have access to the prison? And Dream says no, only Dream will have access. And Sam says he guesses he understands. They’ll go their separate ways. Sam ask Dream what he should do if people ask about the prison though, or want to lock someone up? Dream says that if that happens Sam can come talk to Dream. That people should believe if Sam says the prison is out of commission, because why wouldn’t it be, Dream escaped, Sam is trying to be done with it. Its out of commission, but there and ready for the future if needed.

Dream asks again if Sam’s ready, is he ready to give him the keys, and Sam says he just wants to get out, so that's a yes.

Sam then asks Dream how they’re going to get out though, and Dream supplies him a fire res and a pearl, and so they start making their way out of the prison. Dream says he’s watching Sam though, so Sam better not try anything. Dream calls then friends, and Sam says yeah, not denying it.

While getting out Sam starts to breath more heavily in relief that he’s going to be free, and Dream keeps peppy him on that “yeah! you’re going to be free!” Dream also asks if Sam needs anything food, anything, and gives it to him. (classic manipulation.)

Dream then asks Sam to lead him to the keys, and so Sam takes them to the guard room, saying he needs to get something from his enderchest first to get the keys, and is that ok? Dream says sure, he pulls out his axe and says he’ll just be watching him. Sam pulls out a book and gives it to Dream, the keycard reset book. Now Dream can make and reset the keycards as he pleases. But that this is the only reset card, so after Dream uses this, if he looses the other keycards he won’t be able to make them work again.

Dream does the card activate thing and gets the new keycard, then says he wants to test it so Sam begins taking him on a semi tour while leading Dream somewhere to test it. They test it on one of the doors. Dream asks if he can make more keycards, and Sam says only he can since they need his signature, but he could do that for Dream if Dream wanted.

Sam then continues his tour of the prison (It’s so great to finally see ^-^) He explains to Dream that Some of the keycard ports are different, and that Dream needs to pay attention tot he time because every midnight the cards reset and Dream needs to get the new one in time. They tour, joke a bit. Sam says well at least Dream is getting what he paid for now. As they make it to the front it is more broken up from Techno’s tnt, Sam is sad about all his hard work. Sam shows off one area with stasis chamber that he changed after the Ghostbur incident, to make sure no one could follow him.

They finish up going over things, Sam mentions some other places like an office where he kept books, and then Dream asks if there’s anything else? Sam is confused, and Dream says that he was just asking if there is a user manual or something for the prison, and Sam says that he is the user manual. Sam explains how the exit to the prison works, and offers to just show Dream, it’s right there, and then he can leave. Dream says sure.

Sam says he can do this and then they can go their separate ways, but Dream stops him saying that's going to be a bit of a problem. Sam backs away and asks what? And dream says “You said that I’d let you leave, I will let you leave..” Dream has out his axe and it’s pretty obvious what hes sayin ‘I’ll let you leave, but not before I take your life.’ Sam asks him to stop, he already gave Dream all the info about the prison, but Dream expresses he is still mad at Sam for having him locked up, fed raw potatoes, and tortured.

Sam says it was all Dreams idea (which again Sam you didn’t have to follow Dream’s plan but I get why you did. You saw it as karma.)

Dream says he has mercy though. So he’ll let Sam leave, but first he’ll kill him. “I didn’t say I’d let you go without some scaring.” Sam can go and be free but be an example for people not to mess with Dream.

“You don’t have to do this” Sam says, Dream says he does. “If you do this people will know. People will know you’re here. People will know you killed me.”

Dream says what is Sam going to do, tell them, and Sam says yes of course. Dream is humored by this and says “No you won’t” And even if Sam did what are they doing to do? Dream has the fortified prison, he’s got the keys. Sam says he will though, he’ll try, he’ll get people to listen and help. Dream says well good luck then, I’ll just hunt you down without mercy. Dream says he’s not afraid to hurt him, take all his lives. Why not give him a matching scar with Quackity, axe to the face?

Sam says pls no, you don’t have to, but Dream says he does, and so he kills Sam.

And so the screen fades to black.

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And that was streams one through five of Sam’s time locked in the prison. What is next for him? Eret still wants to kill Sam, Techno and Tubbo might not like him out of prison, but maybe they’ll have understanding.

Sam did not mention or use his other bodies.... So I can’t wait for whenever we can get more explanation on that.

Sam got really destroyed in these Streams. He had to come to the realization that just cause he thinks he has a good reason or outcome, that doesn't make his actions good. He messed up. He can be a good guy that does bad things, but to be that he needs to admit that they were wrong.

We got a lot of manipulator Dream, so much like exile. I love watching and trying to distinguish Dreams words when he’s like this, but I also hate how the audience is always so split on what going on and what's true. When people actually fall for Dreams words, or they don’t know the history of the smp and so just fall for and believe him. (I guess I might be a bit of a c!Tommy apologist XD that see’s his errors but hates when people don’t understand them and so label him the villain.)

I gotta say my favorite part of this was Dream trying to get Sam out of denial, and all the talk about good and bad, how they’re all their own good guy in their story but not in senone else’s. That's what I’ve been saying and what I love about the smp. I don’t see heroes and villains, black and white, but shades of grey that do things for reasons.

Sam has now lost his first Cannon life to Dream. He was manipulated by Dream and we don’t know how much of that will stick with him now having been killed. We don’t know what he’ll do next. If people will believe or trust Sam.

People who are Sam’s friends... I think Boomer and Puffy are the closest he’s got. Hannah is in the spectrum, maybe Conner. I don’t know if he and Sapnap are on good terms. So there are still some people he can turn to for support, but also a lot of people that don’t trust him anymore.

Dream is a liar of course, so I wonder what his plans are. Is he going to trap Tommy in the prison for real now? If you watch other streams we’ve seen Dream antagonizing people. Mainly BBH, he gave skeppy a totem, and gave Eryn some materials. So currently he’s just running around, but what could he be planning?

Sam’s dead and we just have to wait and see what happens next.

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startanewdream · 4 years ago

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All the time with you

Lily was avoiding him.

Which would be nothing new to James except they were dating for two weeks now and she was his girlfriend - she had said yes when he’d asked her, twice, so James was sure if that - and James had thought everything was fine between them.

It seemed like that when he’d meet her for breakfast - she had kissed him softly on the lips, her eyes closed a second longer when they broke apart as if she was still savouring that kiss and she had beamed at him. They had gone together to Potions class, but then, in the middle of class, when her potion was brewing, she had withdrawn suddenly, edgy on her spot, and she had briefly talked with Professor Slugnorn before vanishing her potion and abandoning class.

That was it. She had left with barely a wave to him, just telling him she would see him later.

But she wasn’t in the Common Room in their next free period and she hadn’t showed up for lunch either. None of her friends seemed to know where she was, which meant James had to resort to search for her in the Marauder’s Map.

‘That’s a little bit stalker, don’t you think?’, Sirius asked, his eyebrows raised and a smirk on his face. He always thought it was amusing when James freaked out about Lily as if he could see something James was blind to.

‘I am worried’, James said, very reasonable. Lily was missing - maybe something had happened, maybe she was in the Hospital Wing, maybe she had met someone who was far more interesting than James and…

Well, maybe he was overreacting a little.

But finding Lily was easy - her dot was still on her bed, alone.

On the one place James couldn’t get to her.

‘Oh, Merlin. This is bad’.

‘What is bad?’ Sirius asked, coming to sit on James’ bed and following James’ trembling finger on the Map. ‘She is in her dormitory’.

‘I can’t go there - don’t you see what that means? She is avoiding me’.

Sirius blinked, not impressed.

‘I think she is avoiding everyone, Prongs’.

It could be, but not everyone was her very concerned boyfriend.

‘Probably she was just tired and took advantage of Slug’s love for her to drop out of the class’.

‘That’s it, Lily loves Potions. She wouldn’t leave class unless there was a reason’.

‘Tired, like I said. Aren’t you two overworking to finish that Christmas event?’

James nodded, hoping there wasn’t any guilt showing up on his face. Sure, the Christmas event was one of the things the Heads had to organize, but he and Lily were taking way longer that it was needed just because they had been too entertained with each other in the past two weeks - it turned out that the Prefect’s Room was empty if all Prefects were out in patrol rounds and it turned that James and Lily were responsible for defining those rounds.

All in all, they were taking weeks to do something that they could have finished in two nights - but it provided them a nice excuse to all these moments together.

‘Yeah, maybe’.

‘Just relax, Prongs’.

He wished he could, but Lily didn’t show up for Charms either - another of her favourite classes - so, under his friends’ amused looks, he went to talk to Mary McDonald, asking if she could ask Lily to meet him.

‘Sure, James’, she said, giving him a funny look. ‘But I think she just wants to be alone’.

‘Do you know what’s wrong?’, he asked, biting his lips. Alone, Mary had said. Alone sounded bad.

‘Oh, it’s just - you know what? I will talk to her and we’ll see’.

That sounded ominous too. He nodded, quiet.

There was another free period that afternoon after Double Charms. They stayed in the Common Room, and James was supposedly finishing an essay, but his head kept turning to the stairs to the girl’s dormitories.

‘You are going to break your neck, Prongs’, Remus noted when James turned once more after hearing steps on the stairs, but it was just two Second Year girls that had come down.

‘I am fine’, he said stiffly.

‘No, you are not’, Sirius disagreed, reaching over to grab the parchment James had been writing on. ‘You got back to doodling “L.E”’.

‘It’s short for Law of Elvendork’, James said. ‘The theory that says every object can be turned into another as long as the elements are proportionally observed during the transformation’.

‘You are making this up’.

‘I am making this up’, James conceded, ignoring Sirius’ look. ‘I am just - I wish there was some way of going upstairs -’

‘I know’, Sirius said, a grimace on his face. That was the only thing they had never managed to accomplish in their seven years at Hogwarts. ‘Maybe we can restart that project - did we try the Confundus Charm on the stairs?’

‘Fourth year’, Peter answered him, without raising his eyes from his essay.

‘How about our animagus form? If -’

‘First thing we did on Fifth Year’.

‘Polyjuice Potion?’

‘We tried to brew on Third Year’, now Peter glanced at Sirius, shaking his head. ‘I looked like Anne MacMillan for three days!’

‘Oh, well, she was pretty’.

‘I had half her body. The left part of her body. I had to hide it for three days!’

James almost smiled at the memory.

‘Half of you was pretty then’, he said to Peter, who rolled his eyes. Then James sighed. ‘Well, I can’t finish this essay today, so I will - Lily!’

He raised immediately, a hand grabbing his own hair nervously as Lily came down the stairs. Her face was pale and she smiled at him when she saw him, but there was something restrained on her smile.

James thought she looked like she was really uncomfortable with something.

‘Hi, guys’, she said, not meeting anyone’s eyes. ‘Can I talk to you, James?’

When he nodded, quiet and still, she raised her eyebrows a little bit. ‘Alone, I meant’.

‘Oh, sure’, he said, looking around for a quiet place, but Lily surprised him going in the direction of the boy’s dormitory. He glanced around, finding his friends equally surprised, and followed her upstairs.

Lily didn’t turn to him until they reached the top of the tower. There, she looked around the room - James was grateful that the house-elves had cleaned up their mess, because the room looked decent - before turning to him.

She wasn’t smiling. That didn’t look good.

James felt something pressing his chest, putting all pieces together in a puzzle he wasn’t sure he wanted to finish - Lily avoiding him, the grimace on her face, the way she was closing her eyes now and then as if to steel herself to do something and her request that they would talk alone, in a place no one could witness their break up -

‘Which one is your bed?’, she asked, stopping his reverie. James blinked, confused, and pointed to the nearest bed. Lily nodded. ‘Control your thoughts, okay?’, she said, sitting on his bed. ‘But lay here with me’.

There had been a considerable number of scenarios that James had imagined Lily on his bed, but on the verge of her breaking up with him was not one of them.

‘I think I prefer to stand up, Lily’, he said slowly.

‘We can’t do it with you like that’, Lily answered him as if it were obvious. ‘Just come here, please, James’.

He frowned, unsure, but he sat on the other side of his bed. Lily looked at him as if James was missing something very important, and when he didn’t move, she sighed.

‘Are you mad at me?’, she asked, sounding tired. ‘I am sorry I went away without -’

‘I thought you were mad with me!’, James interrupted her, shocked. She looked confused.

‘Why would I be mad at you?’

‘Because - yes? What else would you break up with me?’

‘Break up? Did you take that Essence of Insanity in class today?’

‘If you are not breaking up - why did you call me?’

‘Oh’, she blushed, the sweetest shade of pink colouring her face and James imagined he could feel the heat coming from her body. ‘I wanted to cuddle’.

‘... cuddle?’

‘Yeah, you know’, she put her legs on the bed and he saw she had taken out her shoes. Lily laid on the pillows next to him, her hand supporting her head. ‘Mary told me you were worried about me and I thought - instead of being miserable alone in bed, I could be here with you’.

‘You wanted to be miserable with me?’, he asked, but there was a shadow of a grin on his lips now. He took off his own shoes, lying in the bed too, and Lily nestled against his chest, closing her eyes.

‘It’s really hard to be miserable next to you’, she assured him, pressing herself more against him and inspiring heavily. ‘You smell so nice’.

With her lying so close to him, the scent of her shampoo so strong and intoxicating, James thought he could say the same about her.

But he just raised his hand to touch her hair, combing it softly, watching the strands of dark red hair. ‘Lily? Are you ok?’

‘I am, it’s just -’, she paused, unsure. ‘It’s cramps’.

‘Cramps?’, James repeated, confused, and then he opened his eyes. ‘Oooh’.

‘Yeah, sorry about oversharing’.

‘What? No, I - well, I want to know when you are not feeling well or - I mean - can I do anything to help?’

James tried to think of whatever he knew about female biology. His father had explained some things to him a few years ago and he understood the basics, but he hadn’t been paying attention very much if he was honest. Female body looked much more complicated than his.

‘You can keep hugging me’, she whispered and he pressed himself closer to her. 'Sorry about scaring you today. I just wanted to suffer alone'.

'Don't. I mean, I'd rather you don't suffer but - if you must - I am always available for some cuddling'.

She raised her head a little to place a kiss on his neck that gave him goosebumps all over his body.

'I will keep this is mind', she told him warmly. Then Lily sighed. ‘It’s been a while since I have this crisis… I usually take my potions the day before, but - well, I was a little bit distracted yesterday’.

She broke away just enough to wink at him and James suddenly remembered exactly what they had been doing last night on that empty Prefect’s Room - how he had pressed her against the door of the room, his mouth exploring her neck and any exposed skin there, how Lily had moaned softly and how that had driven him crazy -

‘James?’, she called him and he realized he must have drifted off in the memories, judging by how his body was reacting too quickly. He turned slightly, urging his mind to stop recollecting that moment. ‘Maybe now is not the moment?’, she added, a knowing smile on her lips.

‘Sorry’, he said, feeling his neck reddening. James forced himself to focus on the present. ‘I will help you remember next month’, he promised. ‘No distraction, Marauder’s honour’.

‘Maybe just a little distraction’, Lily said, winking at him again. He laughed softly, kissing her forehead, and she rested her head under his chin. ‘I will pay attention next month, don’t worry - I mean, you don’t need to know my cycle, James -’

‘Nonsense’, he said lightly. ‘I already know Remus’, what’s one more?’

She let out an amused laugh, the one that was James' favourite.

‘Well, wait until you experience my mood swings’.

‘PMS? Is that real?’

‘Very real’, she assured him. ‘I may need to hide again -’

‘I hope you don’t’, he whispered, massaging her neck now. ‘I meant it when I said I want to be there with you’.

‘I may get really stressed’, Lily warned him. ‘Like I may want to throw things - it’s better if you are not close’.

‘I have very good reflexes’.

‘Or I may get really sad and cry, and you’ll think it’s because of you, but it’s not’.

‘Then I will give you chocolate’, he promised. ‘Chocolate is the solution for everything’.

Another laugh; James smiled to himself, satisfied with her reaction. Discovering her reactions to him was really his favourite part of the last two weeks of dating her.

‘Well, you can’t go wrong with chocolate’, Lily agreed. ‘And this massage is really good too’.

‘Oh, I have magic fingers’, he teased. ‘I can show you’.

‘James…’

‘I meant a massage in the back, Lily’, he said innocently, and she chuckled once more, not believing him much. ‘Here’.

He sat more upright, helping Lily’s head on a pillow next to him, and started rubbing the base of her neck and then her shoulders, feeling the tension on her muscles and letting it guide him.

‘Hmmm’, she sighed. ‘That’s actually good’.

‘See? Magic fingers’. He kept rubbing her back, feeling her relaxing under his touch. He beamed - even after two weeks of them going out, there was still that disbelief in knowing Lily fancied him back and trusted him and wanted to be with him. ‘So, those mood swings - care to tell me beforehand?’

‘Oh, you’ll notice’, she said distractedly. ‘Two weeks from now probably’.

‘So - two weeks ago you were in one of them?’

‘I guess’.

‘Then our date and all that snogging later - just one mood change?’

‘Oh, it certainly changed my mood’, Lily said, turning her head in his direction and he was relieved to see her green eyes sparkling. ‘There were some hormones involved in kissing you, but I promise you none of them were fleeting’.

‘I’m glad to know’, he answered, grinning too. ‘Or else we would kiss just one week of the month’.

‘That would mean three miserable weeks’.

James laughed. Lily watched him, a smile on her lips that died when she closed her eyes, grimacing.

‘Are you in pain?’, he asked, worried.

‘It’ll pass, just some more minutes for the potion to take effect again’.

He laid down again, this time with her back for him, and Lily curled up against him. He put a hand under her head, careful to entwine his hands with hers.

‘You are so warm’, she whispered.

‘Is that bad?’

‘No, it’s good. I might nap though’.

‘You can - I’ll wake you up later for dinner’.

She sighed softly.

‘Thanks, James - I know this is not how you imagined us being in your bed’.

Her voice was heavier now with sleep, though he could hear her teasing. James let out a soft laugh, kissing the top of her head, and hugging her closer. Lily was quite warm for him too; there was something very cozy in being next to her like that, even if all they were doing was just cuddling together.

He thought of sharing nights with her where they would just do this - lay together, his arms around her, quiet and serene, and somehow those nights looked as appealing as the most creative nights he could dream of.

‘You are wrong, you know’, he whispered, but she didn’t move and James thought she had fallen asleep. ‘I want to be with you in every way’.

And he closed his eyes, letting her warmth and perfume lull him into a quiet sleep too.

#Jily #jily oneshot #James Potter being a nice boyfriend #Fluff #Lily wants a hug #James and Lily

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pr1ncessm00n · 3 years ago

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hey everyone :) a little chat/ serious psa below

sorry for my unannounced hiatus lol- i’ve had a bit much on my plate. but my plate is cleared! i can’t say the last chapter of common sense will come this week because i’m still drafting and i want it to be a perfect, long, ending to this series 💕 it’s my favorite one i’ve written so far so i want to do it, and y’all, justice!

i also started a stan twitter! so if you would like to go ahead and follow that my username is @mikasas2casa (hehe creative ik). i am also on AO3 where i will crosspost my fics! my ao3 used is the same as my tumblr, but i haven’t uploaded anything yet as i’m still trying to make it work. i refuse to join wattpad tho that’s too far gone for me, rip old wattpad you will be missed.

i won president at school!! so that means more responsibility, but hey it’s what i wanted so i’m very pleased :)

serious time…

the only thing i ask is to please not flood my inbox with asks about when i’ll update again lol. i try to be as active as possible but sometimes i just can’t sit and chat or respond to everyone asking me when i’m gonna write. it makes me feel rushed and like i’m only seen as a source of entertainment lol. while i did have sunday as my usual update day, i’ve tried my best to abide by it but i am human and things do come up. which is why i’m letting everyone know ahead of time that this sunday nor this week is a guaranteed publish date. yes i am working hard on it and i have not put it off, but i am also a full time student, work two jobs (one internship which is unpaid), and frankly this is a side hobby for me. it doesn’t mean i don’t love it, but obviously i have priorities and i won’t be able to write if i’m broke and degreeless lol. rudeness doesn’t really get you anywhere besides blocked so i just wanted to make that clear! i also have a bunch of requests to work on so i’m trying my best to provide multiple sources of content. i do enjoy writing but when people send me rude asks or rude messages directly it kind of sucks the fun out of that.

i also want to make it clear that i joined tumblr as a creative outlet and with no intention to gain a bunch of followers or be noticed! and i do appreciate almost 500 followers in such a short time and over 600 notes, i didn’t join for clout at all so not to sound like a total bitch but if this is becoming toxic i won’t hesitate to leave, and then we all lose. so i think it pays off to be nice if im writing something you supposedly want me to continue lol <3

and please, while i don’t mind interacting with you guys in comments just please be mindful that i have my own struggles and like i said, tumblr is my safe place to escape that for a bit. so if you’re trauma dumping in my inbox or dms it’s kind of uncomfortable for me and i am not qualified fo give anyone advice on how to deal with traumatic situations lol so just please be mindful that i’m just a nineteen year old trying to write fanfiction. i’ve already had some pretty crappy interactions with online friends in the past so i just prefer to keep my space sometimes, and i’m not averse to friendship! but i do prefer to just be a bit more private sometimes lol. i know that sounds weird bc i tell y’all updates on my life and stuff but that’s more general stuff, not deep dark personal secret time lmaoo so let’s be mindful of that please.

thank you for all the support and appreciation you’ve shown <3 and no i’m not mad at any of you (except the rude nonnies in my dms demanding an update?? i wish youd expose yourself so i could block u lol) but im just not very good at establishing boundaries and thats something i need to work on without offending anyone!! ok i talk too much bye guys <3 see u soon!

#pr1ncessm00npsas

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thoughts-on-bangtan · 4 years ago

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From anon: B*tch pls.. fuck t*ek*ok.

When I was talking about more deserving duos I mean: TAE F*CKING JIN. T*ej*n are so hated by people like you, solo stans, BH... literally everyone and their mama hates these sweethearts.

Dear anon,

Thank you for reaching out and correcting me. You hadn’t mentioned which duo you were thinking of so I assumed Xkook, but I was wrong. Sorry about that. I cannot confirm that everyone hates Tae and Seokjin, even less so since everyone I’m friends with or have come into contact with in all my years as ARMY has shown nothing but love for them, separately but also together. Personally, Tae and Seokjin are my bias wreckers together and I adore their bond immensely, their dynamic and bond being so fun, supportive, understanding, and cute. As I’ve mentioned in the past, which I’m sure you’ve seen, I don’t see whatever it is you see in their bond that is supposedly romantic, but I have nothing against you thinking otherwise.

Since you said that Tae and Seokjin are a more deserving duo for vlives, which I’ll assume also means that they never had a vlive, I took the liberty and did some research on that. I hope you don’t mind. I checked every vlive done by two members together since 2015 that I could find and put them on a list. I didn't take vlives into consideration that had 3 or more members, and also not ones where the second member was an unplanned and/or very brief guest, like Tae stopping by Hobi’s bracelet vlive or JK calling into Namjoon’s 7 album vlive last year.

Here are my results:

As you can see Tae and Seokjin did have a vlive back in 2015 (though it’s only a little more than two minutes long), the last vmin vlive was in 2016, and many other duos didn’t have a vlive until last year, including Namjin. Hobi and Seokjin, as far as I could see, have never had one together. Meanwhile Yoongi and Hobi have had the most out of all duos.

Fun fact: All the members, except for JK who had 15, had an average of 23 solo vlives since 2015.

You casually sensored their ship name... so pls spare us your nonexistent moral compass.

Perhaps you haven’t read many of our posts other posts, it’s more than okay if that’s the case, but I censor all ship names except for Namjin and Vmin. It’s just a question of us being more comfortable this way. Nothing against the duos and their names.

Have I been cheeky toward other shippers in the past, especially toxic ones? Certainly. Have I ever shaded any duo within Bangtan? Absolutely not. As ARMY I enjoy every bond within the group, including any bonds and interactions that vmin and namjin have with the other members.

This blog is “thoughts on bangtan” but the minute we ask about T*ej*n your real colors come out.

Across 256 posts I believe I’ve spoken about Tae and Seokjin as ship perhaps twice, and otherwise simply as two wonderful members of BTS whom I greatly appreciate. My true colors, well, they are full of love toward them so I’m not quite sure where I might’ve said something negative, since I assume that’s what you mean.

I cannot say that I’ve ever actually received any questions about Tae and Seokjin, only perhaps two asks like yours that called me out in not necessarily the friendliest of ways for not seeing them as having romantic potential and one about their conflict during Burn the Stage. I do have two questions about Seokjin’s bond with JK sitting in my inbox though, as well as Seokjin’s bond with Yoongi.

In my post yesterday I spoke about how I’m sure there is a way for T*ej*nists, and any other shippers for Namjoon/Seokjin pairing, and namjinists to live alongside each other, and even in harmony, and there have been asks since that post that prove as much. A difference in duo preferences doesn’t have to stand between us, especially since we should all be ARMY first, shippers second.

Keep shipping trashy Vmin and Namjin all day, while T*ej*n are actually living their best life. Just don’t act surprised one day when you find out they were actually the REAL couple all this time.

As person existing within the shipping community, yes, I only focus on vmin and namjin, since they are the only ones that my careful observations over the years have led me to the conclusion that there is real romantic potential there, but does that mean I have something against people who think otherwise? No. Or against people who ship something else? Also no, as long as they aren’t toxic and keep their shipping away from the members and places where they can see it, like the vlive comments.

I’d kindly ask you to not insult my chosen pairs much the way I would never insult yours either. It’s not a nice thing to do, and I’m sure Tae and Seokjin also wouldn’t like it.

Should the day come where it would turn out, for example, that Namjoon really has a secret boyfriend and Tae really is with Seokjin, or any other member or non-Bangtan person, then I would be surprised, yes, but I would still be happy for them. Finding love in a safe and genuine way in their line of work is incredibly hard so whomever the members will end up in relationships with (or are in them currently) and spending their lives with, I hope they’ll be happy and they’ll treat them well. I hope you feel the same way, even if it might one day turn out that you are wrong.

Thank you once again for reaching out, but unless you would like to have a normal, civilized discussion, I don’t see a need for further conversation and asks about this. Clearly my opinions and yours are different, and as much as I won’t change my mind, you won’t change yours either. Our blog clearly isn’t for you, since we are a OT7 and vmin/namjin focused one, but I’m sure there are plenty T*ej*n blogs out there that you could interact with and read.

#answered ask

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sanchoyo · 3 years ago

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danny phantom 14-20 thoughts!! I finished up s1 :D these last few eps were actually really really good!!!

-did. did tucker really just say esperanto was a dead language only spoken as a secret code between geeks. google says around 100,000 people actively speak it. oh my god...it being an auxiliary language doesn't mean its 'just for geeks to speak in code' ...it helps bridge gaps between people who don't have a language in common...

-danny really isn't pulling punches when it comes to fighting the ghost-cop possessed people huh. like he SLAMMED KWAN INTO THE CONCRETE SO HARD. HE THREW PAULINA INTO A BILLBOARD. will that...I mean it WOULD carry over to their bodies non-possessed, right? like if the ghost piloting their bodies gets hurt?? itd be so upsetting to be possessed, lose time, then wake up covered in bruises (and possibly, broken bones??) real horror movie stuff im sure wont be addressed in any way

-tuckers parents seem nice! I like them :)

-WULF IS CUTE AND I FEEL BAD. im so glad the gang realized he was only causing trouble bc of the shock collar walker put on him and helped. also, him wearing that big hoodie with the hood on, and thinking its subtle. we can tell youre still a giant wolfie :) THEN GETTING SUCKED INTO THE PORTAL AAAAH :( anxiously waiting to see Him Again....

-DANNY BLASTING HIS PARENTS THINKING THEY WERE OVERSHADOWED LMFAO GET THEIR ASSES. maddie marking how many ghosts she gets with lipstick tallies on the side of her portal gun? kindaaa iconic tho. (ALSO, SHE WAS LIKE, 2 FT AWAY FROM HIM RIGHT AFTER SHE TRIED TO SHOOT HIM. HOW DO YOU NOT RECONINZE YOUR OWN SON??? like sure, he might have diff hair/eye colors. but like, if one of my family members dyed their hair, and was wearing contacts, its not like id be like 'wHO IS THIS STRANGER!!!' ...he still has all his facial features!! same everything!!! I hate it here)

-paulina being #1 girl realizing danny's a friendly ghost immediately. smart queen. lancer and kwan ran away right after he made this sweet baby face at them:

which is hilarious.

-ok. im not saying his bullying is JUSTIFIED, but. dash looked so pleased with the (cute!) poster he just painted, and danny comes thru the wall and spills paint on his nice letterman jacket. his anger is justified maybe 65% of the time so far...(not the way he handles it, but STILL.) at least lancer is stepping in!! and them making a silly little bet was...cute?? until dash pulled out his GROSS UNDERWEAR AND SAID DANNY WOULD HAVE TO EAT THEM???? WHAT THE FUCK MAN. TUCKER WAS SO RIGHT ITS FUCKING WEIRD TO CARRY THOSE AROUND EWWW. THIS KID IS UNWELL. lancer was right, his animatronic setup was SUPER IMPRESSIVE?? hes actually pretty creative. danny meanwhile is stealing the fright knight's design...I hope dash is taking art classes or smth with his sports

-fright knight is the most bestest ghost so far i LOVE THAT DESIGN. I am biased towards knights, and characters with swords, but he fucks so severely. and should sue danny for copyright infringement for stealing his design for his haunted house. if some 14 yr old broke into MY house and stole MY sword, id also be pissed. his evil winged unicorn rules too with its FANGS. and he just CAN SHOVE THE PORTAL OPEN WITH HIS HANDS??? is he the strongest ghost weve seen so far? idk but hes my fav. SOUL SHREDDER IS SUCH A COOL SWORD NAME TOO. ANY NAMED SWORD ALSO FUCKS. 'flaming bedsheets of DEATH' funny king. ALSO he was polite to dash and tucker when just asking for directions and telling tucker 'oh maybe, just a suggestion, maybe be nicer to me and be more respectful :)' I LOOOVE HIM.

-I noticed this in the Ember ep, but jazz has an electric guitar in her room!! talent musical queen!! its cool to see hobbies just in the bg.

-fright knight's murder castle reminds me of the booby trapped murder castle in zexal!! another supposedly 'for kids' show with murder/trap castles! we love that. if you are a dp fan reading this, give yugioh zexal a try. its also got 13-14 year old protags and involves (alien) ghosts. the cardgame is just a vessel for the plot, which is really good. (I just want more people to watch my fav yugioh, man)

-danny. with a SWORD.

-danny doesnt NEED TO WIN this contest, dash didnt STEAL HIS DESIGNS AND STEAL A SWORD. he also got excited to hear lancer got sent to a dimension with his worst fears too just so he could win the contest? DANNY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! BRO MAYBE YOURE 14 AND HAVENT FULLY DEVOLPED YOUR WHOLE BRAIN YET, BUT...THATS FUCKED. this kid casually says the most deranged things, I do worry for my spooky son. once again, therapy needed. that judo toss was great tho. I wonder if he actually did pick up some martial arts stuff from his mom?

-danny can fly 112 mph!!! thats so fast! I love the lil montage of him and his friends testing his abilities and stuff, very cute and a good way to showcase what he can do by now and how much more proficient he's gotten from ep 1!!! I'm sure he's going to get more abilities :)

-im glad...maddie's at least TRYING this ep. I do feel for her because her husband is a man baby. but the fact it took 16 episodes to get a kinda semblance of any kind of real concern or attempts at bonding. hmm. jack's 'BACK OFF SHES A MINOR' @ the ghost trying to attack jazz. also was very funny. and him wanting to make an action figure of her? are the parents redeeming themselves to me? slightly. they gotta Work Harder

-THE GHOST. IS FLYING. THE PLANE.

-fenton machete. but she doesnt carry a PHONE??? ???

-I mean I expected vlad when you namedrop him earlier in the ep, and also the title card picture, and dalv corp being fucking vlad backwards. but seeing him just pull up on a golf cart made me bust out laughing. WITH the gift baskets prepared. why wouldnt you at least be suspicious. also, if he wants danny to be his lil sonboy, why is he so fucking malicious?? dude you are going about this in such a bad way. stop it. get some help.

-maddie not even hesitating to drag danny out. fucking good. danny is so right, go on the internet to date. get a cat. how do you spend...how many years?? has it been since college?? at least 20, right, since the parents/vlad are in their 40s? hung up on ONE girl. my god, man. incel drama queen. her kung fu IS impressive, but dude. 'we both know hes a creep' SO right. it sucks but they do need a phone and shit being in the middle of NOWHERE. also, just stealing his helicopter was great. <3

-'you must be exhausted carrying the weight of that mistake you made years ago' 'well we all make mistakes. maybe I'll make one now!' WHY DID THIS EXHCHANGE SEND ME. AND VLAD WITH THE BREATH SPRAY EWWW BITCH. 'OLD BAIT BREATH' SOO RIGHT. both danny and his mom playing him HAHAH hes so dumb. or rather, I think he thinks with his emotions too too much and is...actually pretty gullible? lmao he believed danny was ready to give in SO fast. (which is sad hes that hopeful, like you have SO MUCH MONEY YOU COULD EASILY GET ANOTHER GIRL WHO HAS A KID. AND WOULD WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND BE SUPPORTED. GET OVER THIS (1) WOMAN ALREADY IM GETTING SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT AAAAH)

-GHOST BEAR GHOST BEAR GHOST BEAR. it was also in the title card, but I still got very excited. we love bears here

-SAM'S BAT SWIMSUIT COVERUP!!! her outfits are simply iconic.

-'i'd tell you to go to the mens room, but I don't think you qualify' top paulina transphobic moments. :( and him wearing a tanktop to the swim park? hmmm! (actually I think she was overshadowed by then, so, KITTY top 10 transphobic moments??)

-kitty just piloting paulina around makes me feel SO bad tho, paulina's gonna wake up and be like 'wtf do you mean I was dating this rando' like youre leading danny on to make johnny jealous, and also just POSSESSING POOR PAULINA. dude take your relationship problems ELSEWHERE. last time we saw them, they seemed like such a cute couple!! wtf johnny!! I mean, she sucks for trying to make him jealous, he sucks for looking at other girls...maybe they need a break, but Not Like This. or, you know, just. better communication...

-and the A-listers having a full packet and a stamp system. who organizes this. kwan fucking owning being the new danny though, this is hysterical. THE TUCKER/KWAN FLOWER FIELD TWIRL. UNIRONICALLY ADORABLE. and him giving it his all for the poetry slam. bless his HEARTTTT.

-Star owns. actually, all of the extra characters are shining this ep and I love it.

-INVISO-BILL??? NOOOO THEY DID HIM SOO DIRTY. DANNY SWEETIE IM SO SORRY.

-johnny and danny bein friends and staging a fake fight (which danny takes too seriously, once again this child has aggression he NEEDS TO WORK OUT) I hope these three stay friends, I said it before but danny needs more friendly ghosts to hang with.

-at this point, Danny's ghost enemies are a lot like, I dunno, batman's rouge gallery is the first thing that comes to mind. they all have their own gimmick and unique designs, but most of them are easy to beat after learning the Moral Lesson. I still get excited when any of them show up again, though. 18 is another valerie episode!!!! :D skulker really said you two will get along if I have to handcuff you together <3 and the gym teacher really said, youre married now, have a flour baby! ngl, I'm not really watching this show for the shipping stuff (which I am very scared to look at the fandom for after I finish this watch through- I feel like there's probably discourse/arguing about ships...) but. I'm gonna put my opinion out there. valerie/danny > sam/danny. maybe I just really love the enemies to lovers trope. And the secret identity stuff adds Extra Flavor.

-SKULKER JUST HAVING THE BOX GHOST AND DANGLING HIM BY A STRING. HILARIOUS. and him watching them with binoculars and making his silly little commentary. AND MAKING THE SACK BABY CRY. LMAO. THIS DUDE IS A BABY KIDNAPPER. skulker is super fun

-danny, you just...collapsed the water tower. and then attacked the nasty burger machine...mascot thingy...out of anger..I KEEP SAYING HE'S GOT ANGER ISSUES BUT. HE REALLY NEEDS A LESSON IN MANAGING COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!! So does valerie!! They're both pretty focused on each other. I mean it's good of Danny to say he's trying to make sure PEOPLE don't get hurt, but... (I mean I guess it's not something 14 year olds WOULD worry about, but as an adult im like, who's going to fix that? how much money will that take??)

-TUCKER MAKING BANK. and sam and tucker being super emotionally attached to their flour baby and being pretty good parents. that's cute...also him just straight kissing her and being like. WAIT. O_O JDSKAFHD. his mom baking them into cookies was the funniest possible result. tbh I dont feel like this is on tucker, if anything the other kid's shouldve been more responsible! He was just taking an opportunity to get that $$ which I respect

-Danny being more understanding of Valerie's situation in the end (helping her at her job, too, and trying to keep that a secret for her!!!) And seeing them work together this ep, and also her letting phantom get her out of the ghost zone...was very sweet. LOVE that. more valerie eps pls

-me when I realize vlad's big stupid house exploded because of his own carelessness with changing the ghost portal ectofiltrator or whatever: *pointing and laughing*

-me when I realize it means he's gonna go make danny's life hell for it somehow: >:(

-SCOOBY PARODY!!! I feel like there's gotta be some scooby doo/danny phantom crossover stuff, right? also, 'guys in white' men in black wishes

-'oh, that's right! dad married the love of your life! you're bitter and alone!' DANNNNNYY GET HIS ASS ONCE AGAIN WE ARE POINTING AND LAUGHING AT VLAD

-'jack, you captured the ghost boy!!' UMM. he did nothing <3 'we have a weapon's vault??' YOU HAVE A WEAPONS VAULT??? and jack didnt put a handle on the inside. of fucking course he didnt! why would you leave that to your son!! or expect him to clean YOUR LAB when its where you work with probably dangerous chemicals and weapons and hes 14!! give him normal chores, like, I dunno, vacuuming, laundry, dishes...CMON. I hate it here. But I'm glad Jack is more chill about danny while he's a ghost, and willing to work with him for this ep. AND. I DID ENJOY JACK PUNCHING VLAD IN THE FACE. AND GENERALLY JUST OWNING HIM. the ghost punchy fists are actually amazing. like yeah, just punch a ghost in the face. that rules.

-ep 20 opens with the coolest fucking ghost lady design. her tattoos can come off and fight. MA'AM. I like ur nose ring and your cape maam hello 👉👈😳

-sam's grandma is hilarious and the most valid member of her family and I love her. thats my grandma now. and tucker covering for sam by dressing as her. thats true friendship <3 also skipping school to go to a goth circus. just bestie things! sam's parents are haters but for all the wrong reasons.

-'my family has controlled ghosts with this for generations!' WAIT. WAIT FREAKSHOW /ISNT/ A GHOST? I didn't expect that...he's just a fucked up guy controlling ghosts? anyway watching danny shoot at police cars and rob banks while mind controlled. its like, the most stereotypical 'bad' things lmao. (tbh an evil ghost circus troupe is a sick concept)

this gives off big deviantart emo edit vibes

(I'm going to assume evil circus reaper danny has a lot of fan content. people love an edgy au, except this one is canon (even tho its via mind control...having the protag go evil otherwise might be hard, I guess?) but au where he stays with the troupe...that has to exist, right?)

ANYWAY. excited to start s2!! lowkey surprised by how many notes some of these posts have gotten. I've gone back and tagged them all with 'dp thoughts' so they're easier to find on my blog! ^^ and I will probably possibly do (more) fanart on my art blog after I finish the watch of the whole show, so like. @sanchoyodraws follow my art blog :)

#sanchoyorambles #danny phantom #dp thoughts

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rachelbethhines · 4 years ago

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Tangled Salt Marathon - Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

Ok, so I’ve tried and tried several times to get this posted, we’ll see if this is the time it goes through. Half the reason why this review series has slowed down is not just the multitude of real life stuff I have to deal with, but also Tumblr just refusing to work with me and deleting my posts. I also can’t save my work else where due to Tumblr messing up the formatting. It’s been a frustrating mess and so far no one @staff has come up with a tech solution or work around.

Summary: Rapunzel helps to rebuild Old Corona, (after its near destruction from the Black Rocks) which will become the permanent home of Red and Angry, who have returned to Corona to settle down. However, she begins to notice strange footprints around the area, as well as the livestock becoming more unruly and fearful. The group comes across a monster hunter named Creighton, who explains to the group that the area is being stalked by a werewolf, who possessed one of Corona's citizens. Aiming to save this person rather than kill them, Rapunzel sets out to find who it is.

When Was This Decided?

No seriously, when was this decided? It’s a pretty big leap go from ‘the rocks makes various towns inhabitable’ to ‘let’s rebuild!’ What’s changed here? Cause the rocks haven’t been removed and Rapunzel failed in her mission to nullify their power. In fact the rocks were not only reawaken in the second season finale but shown to be under the power of someone who’s intentions were made unclear to the heroes.

So I ask again; who thought this was safe thing to do now? What provisions have been made to accommodate the rocks? They blocked the well, remember, and destroyed the fields; how are the people getting food and water?

And most importantly why wasn’t the audience informed beforehand? When you change up the status quo in a story you need to provide just cause to the viewers. I legit thought I had accidently skipped an episode when I first watched because this plot point was not set up properly.

Why Were They Ever Left Alone to Begin With?

In a story where neglect is a central theme and motivating factor for all the main characters, it is super tone deaf to have those same characters perpetuating neglect themselves. The decision to live on their own should not be left up to Angry and Red because they are children. Children are not mature enough to provide for themselves neither emotionally nor physically and when placed in situations where they have to do so it psychologically damages them. Which the series already showcased with Varian so why is this suddenly deemed ok?

This Completely Undermines the Past Two Seasons

The entire conflict of the past two seasons was the rocks forcing people out of their homes. Eugene was made an orphan from them, Varian lost his entire support group because them, they drove out the Saporians from their encampment which prompted them to invade Corona, and Rapunzel and company spent an entire year on the road trying to find a way to stop them from spreading supposedly.

All of that has now been flushed down the drain with this decision. And its super insulting to watch because it’s the writers telling us that we’ve wasted our time caring about this plot for two years. You don’t resolve major conflicts off screen and without explanation; it’s lazy!

Also Where Is Varian and Quirin During All This?

This is not only their home and legal charge, but it’s also the ending to their ongoing story, and they’re not even here in a silent cameo.

Wouldn’t Quirin be overseeing the rebuilding of his town? Wouldn’t Varian be using his skills to find workable engineering solutions for them, fulling his season one goal of saving his home and making his village better with his inventions? Also wouldn’t Edmund want to catch up with his brother and help out now that he’s here?

In fact not a single person who actually lives in Old Corona is to be found in these opening shots.

Oh, But We Do Get Earl

Earl might be from Old Corona, or he might not be. We’ve literally never seen him before. The artists had to create a brand new character model for this character, the writers had to write new lines for him, and the casting director had to hire an actor and have him record these lines for only less than a minute of screen time, never to be seen again. Even though they legit had shepherd models already to go from season one that they could have used. It’s a waste of resources and a prime example of the mismanagement going on in this show.

It’s Too Late In the Series to Waste Time On a New One Off Villain

Speaking of a waste, Creighton might have more story reasons to appear in this episode than Earl does but her inclusion is still a poor decision. The show already has an overabundance of villains, so many in fact that they shipped the bulk of them off in season two, and this is the final season; the season where we should be wrapping up plots and minor characters stories not kicking off new ones.

Taken on her own Creighton isn’t a bad character presa, she works for the episode, but when we could have gotten a resolution to Caine’s, Hector’s, or the Disciples’ story arcs instead it highlights how misused the series assets are.

All This Lore Will Be Forgotten In Just a Few Episodes Time

We finally get like some magical rules and backstory only for future episodes to ignore it from here on afterwards. Red can turn into a werewolf whenever she pleases, night or day, with little explanation as for why.

Just Arrest Her Rapunzel

You’re the acting queen. You have the power and the right to arrest or even merely detain someone who is threating your citizens and refuses to leave. In fact it’s kind of your job. You don't even have to throw her in a dungeon if you thought that too cruel. Just lock her up in a nice room somewhere in the castle until you’ve sorted out the mess yourself.

The series wants to treat Rapunzel as the underdog when she isn’t, and her failure to wield her power effectively doesn’t make her look ‘nice’ it just makes her look stupid and grossly incompetent. This is a conflict that didn’t need to have happened and Rapunzel let it happen.

Oh, So Now Y'all Riot

You didn’t complain when the king orphaned children with his crack down on crime. You rolled over as he dolled out overly harsh punishments to poor people who committed minor offences. You gleefully went along with the royals as they scapegoated a child for their mistakes, even as they endangered your homes. And ya’ll sat on your asses while invaders pulled off a coup and enslaved you.

But this is what you get mad over? A rumor about a mythical creature existing that your princess has zero control over. Seriously?

Man, I hate the townspeople in this show.

Pointless Dream Sequence Is Pointless

This scene tells the audience nothing new and just wastes screen time.

This Is the Wrong Lesson to Focus On Rapunzel

We do not tell the 12 year old to unload their phycological issues onto their baby sister!

You’re telling me parents were involved in writing this show? What the hell!?

Rapunzel you are the adult here. At 20 now you should be more adept to handle listening to the deep seated emotional traumas of a little girl than a fucking 10 year old! And if you’re not, or don’t want to, then it’s your job to find another adult who will.

That’s the core problem with this entire episode. It treats Red’s and Angry’s problems as some eternal issue that they need to work out and not as the inherent failure of the adults around them that it is.

It is neither Red’s nor Angry’s decision on weather or not they get live on their own. Nor is it their responsibility to be each other’s therapist. Yes, a change in living arrangements is always stressful and for children with abandonment issues it can be hard to readjust, but that’s when you need to step it up and deal with the problem; not shove it off onto the kids themselves!

Monty Is Useless

Is this all Monty is good for? Being a red herring in ridiculously simple mysteries? Is this why we wasted a whole episode introducing him back in season one? Really?

Why Are We Still Treating Old Corona As Being Separate from Corona Itself?

Look, I get that it’s a joke, but it’s a joke that highlights how poorly thought out the worldbuilding is in the series. Is the Coronan government in charge of Old Corona or not? If so then you can just make those lease laws yourself as the acting regent Eugene. If not then Frederic shouldn’t have had any say in the matter of relocating Old Corona’s citizens nor putting a child outside of his jurisdiction under arrest.

But more importantly this is a just a repeat of that vague level of responsibility Rapunzel has for people who live off the island. She can’t order a whole village to be rebuilt while simultaneously claiming that she bares no accountability for Varian and Quirin’s problems in season one.

Replacing Guns with Crossbows Isn’t the Safe Option That the Censors Think It Is

I find it kind of amusing that censors will ban showing a 17th century blunderbuss but allow it to be replaced by a weapon that is still mass produced today and can be bought in any Walmart across the country. Like I’m a major advocate for gun regulation in real life, but even I have to find this to be a bit silly. Crossbows aren’t some fantasy weapon. People still own and use them. But it would be seriously hard to get ahold of a working antique firearm.

Seriously This Is How the Girls Have Been Living and the Adults Haven’t Done Anything About It Until Now?

I feel like I’m beating a dead horse by now, but it’s so engrained into the episode I have to keep bringing it up. The show itself is visually telling us that Red and Angry can’t keep living this way, but it never wants to call Rapunzel and the other adults out for not rescuing them from this life sooner.

So All This Tells Me Is That Rapunzel Could Have Easily Checked Up On Varian In Painter’s Block, But Didn’t.

Remember they’re right next to Old Corona; meaning that Janus Point is also right next to Old Corona. Meaning that Rapunzel could easily have checked up on Varian right after Painter’s Block and choose not to. With each passing episode Rapunzel has less and less excuse for her behavior in season one.

Yeah Remember that Plot Point That Wound Up Being Entirely Irrelevant to the Story?

In jokes don’t cover your ass when you make poor writing choices. Quite the opposite in fact as all you’ve done is remind the audience of all the various dangling plot threads that you will fail to follow up on. The disciples plot goes no where and serves no purpose, and it should not have been introduced as this big important thing if you weren’t going to do anything with it.

Nice Idea, Poor Execution

I’ve heard fans of this episode tell me that they enjoy it because of this scene with Red. If you’re a naturally introverted person or neurodivergent and have trouble communicating at times then Red’s speech here can strike a cord. Which is cool; I’ll never deny someone’s feelings and if a piece of media speaks to you on a personal level for whatever reason that is great. What I’m here to discuss though is story structure and whether or not the story’s themes are presented well in context of what it’s set up.

The conflict here does not work from a pure structural standpoint because it’s a surface level deflection of the real issues. Red’s problem isn’t that she is being ignored, it's that she’s been abandoned. Now communication issues can arise from that abandonment and feeling heard can be step forward in working those issues out, but Red’s central trauma isn’t going to be magically fixed by people ‘listening’ to her, i.e. being granted whatever she wants, but by providing her with a real home and with a real guardian to look after her.

Because what Red wants on a surface level is harmful to her, and the reasons why she wants what she wants needs to be addressed more so than then sedating her angry outbursts in the moment. This is treating the symptoms not the cause.

So What Is or Isn’t Real About the Curse?

Once again, we finally get some actual lore and rules for magic and the writers are already throwing it away during the same episode they are introduced. I now have as little context for how the wolf curse works within the Tangled world as I did before the episode started.

This Is Sweet, But Once Again Context Brings It Down.

So just to reiterate, this a surface level resolution to the conflict of the episode that doesn’t actually address anything. It might feel like an appropriate ending but only if you ignore the fact that Red and Angry are orphans who’ve been abandoned but the adults.

Angry apologizing here to Red does not solve any of their problems, especially since Angry, as a child herself, is not responsible for her sister’s behavior, feelings, nor well being. That falls to the adults and they fail to address Red’s core issues and their own failings to her in their apologies as well. Not to mention that the very next scene undermines any optional progress that could have been made here.

Listening to Someone Does Not Mean Giving Them Whatever They Want

This does not fix anything. Red and Angry are still left to live on their own without any real supervision. Giving them a big play house is not providing for them, it’s spoiling them. Would you let all the other orphans in the local orphanage roam free without an adult to take care of them? No!? Gee I wonder why? Could it be because letting a 12 and 10 year old raise themselves is a very stupid idea? One that will potentially damage them later in life assuming that they don't get themselves killed in the meantime.

Moreover this is yet another example of the series overall problem with not understanding that compromise and resolving conflicts does not mean rewarding the characters at the end with everything that they want without having them work for it. That’s not how life works and it’s not how good story telling works.

This Is Beyond Irresponsible

No! Bad Show! Bad!

You do not get to pretend that negligence is the same thing as compromise. Yes I know Eugene said to come to him when they have a problem, but as demonstrated by this very episode children do not always know when to ask for help nor can they always find it when needed, that is why parents exist!

Nor does the show get a free pass for turning it’s main characters into child abusers who neglected three minors multiple times now. Even when they themselves are victims of that same abuse!

How utterly blinkered do you have to be to not see the problem here?

It’s the Return of the Pointless Parallels

Let me count the ways for how stupid this is.

Red and Angry’s conflict has no impact on the on going narrative. Even with them now being reoccurring characters they still manage to contribute nothing to the future storylines involving Cass.

Neither Rapunzel nor Cassandra learn anything from Red and Angry’s spat; Rapunzel because she refuses to acknowledge her own flaws and Cassandra’s not even here for any of it.

The sister’s dynamic between Raps and Cass is not well established and the writers mange to piss all over it by series end because of gay baiting and poor writing. Therefore relying on lazy parallels to other siblings in the show to bolster this connection falls flat.

Red and Angry’s argument has nothing in common with Rapunzel and Cass’s current fighting. One is about abandonment issues and the other is about shallow validation. Trying to tie these two themes together actually winds up undermining both conflicts.

Red and Angry are children. Rapunzel and Cassandra are not. That very much matters.

Red and Angry didn’t drag innocent people into their petty bitch fight and endanger them because they wanted to feel special.

This Makes Zero Sense

I don’t know; she looked pretty happy during Crossing the Line.

She was also able to control the rocks just fine then, so what happened?

Not to mention soon after this Zhan Tiri is telling her she needs some sort of incantation to control the rocks, despite being able to already control the rocks....

It’s almost as if the writers are full of shit and don’t actually know what they’re doing.

So Are We Remembering the Burnt Hand or Not?

Does the hand matter or not? Is it ever a motivating factor in what Cassandra decides to do? Is her waning control over the rocks connected to her burnt hand; even though having a burnt hand is what allowed her grab the moonstone in the first place? Did the moonstone heal the hand? Does Raps singing the healing incantation later on heal it? Does Cass have a forever burnt hand?

Who the fuck knows!

Not the writers that’s for sure, cause it never comes up again.

Don’t introduce plot points and then not resolve them. That’s writing 101 guys.

Wait if she needs the incantation to control the rocks and the angry thing is a lie, then how the heck is she controlling them just now? Make up your dang mind show!

I swear I lose brain cells whenever I have to rewatch the evil Cassandra plot. It is so dumb you guys.... so, so dumb.

Conclusion

It’s not the worst thing ever but series has far better episodes on offer than this one. Even in a season as suck ass as season three.

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