#if cgogs is okay with it

[ooh-dream]

I figured I’d put a collection of my Mellohi and Briarverse art here.

Briar and Nettle belong to @cgogs ‘s Briarverse au

[theminecraftbox]

Okay, coparent question I've been wondering about for ages. When Sam seeks Dream out a year after Dream and Briar escape, how does he convince Dream to resume their relationship? What's his argument? Dream's reasons for being amenable to the idea make total sense (trauma-bonding, reclaiming agency, a sense of safety in the familiar, etc - securing affection from his abuser could feel like a victory) but I can't imagine how SAM approaches the issue. What's his elevator pitch?

He’s, well. Uh. He’s got a way with words, doesn’t he. @cgogs

1) Here’s the sequence of events, here is the note Dream left him on: Sam admitted that he loved him. Dream killed him. Dream brought him back. Dream told him never to come back, but talk about mixed messages. Sam has given Dream a devastating admission and owes Dream a devastating debt. How is he supposed to reconcile this? How is he supposed to shore up the remains of his identity in the wake of Dream saving him and in the wake of Sam admitting (at the end of all things, he thought) that he needed Dream?

2) He doesn’t reconcile it well. Sam doesn’t spend a year hunting for Dream (not that Dream is hiding): he spends that year trying very hard not to hunt for Dream. He doesn’t know what to do with himself. He leaves his home (what’s the point of a prison without its prisoner?). He tries to stay away. He fails.

3) He badly, badly misses Briar. Let’s also not forget that Sam’s coping with Briar assisting in his death. Sam loves him, and that’s never been hard to admit. He wants to see his kid.

4) He camps out near Dream’s house for a couple of weeks. He doesn’t come planning to kidnap Dream, or even speak to him, necessarily: just, see him. See how he’s doing (without Sam). See how Briar is doing. Make sure Dream isn’t up to old tricks. Make sure they’re okay without him.

5) When he does approach Dream, it’s without the shadow of a plan. There’s no filter. He’s caught keenly between the you look so beautiful-type beat, and the you should give yourself up-type beat. It mostly comes out as pathetic. 12/10 pitch A+ no notes

And then a bit later:

6) Mostly it begins as insistences to see Briar. Dream refuses (Dream has not told Briar that Sam is alive). They keep going on pseudo dates: excuses for Dream to try to claw at some psychological power, excuses for Sam to be near him without admitting to precisely what he wants or what he needs. Obviously this turns into clandestine sex, which turns into high comedy as Dream shoves Sam into his closet etc when Briar gets home, and so forth. Other fun date activities include a whole argument about who owes who how much money, given the quantity that Dream stole when he left vs. the years of forced labor. Ledgers are used. It’s a fun time. It’s like divorce proceedings except somehow the opposite of that.

7) There’s something of a tipping point when Sam, alone in Dream’s room, discovers that Dream has kept his collar. This sublimates into a notion that Dream accepts and misses how their relationship used to be as much as Sam does. Sam thinks over what he’s seen of Dream’s new life in his last couple weeks of spying: Dream is paranoid, depressed, barely leaving the house. Briar’s doing much of the upkeep work. Maybe the two of them need him. Clearly Dream wants him.

8) Sam confronts him about this. He’s willing to make compromises! Things don’t need to be exactly as they were before. It’s a messy night. Wine is drunk. Totally normal and not at all weird sex is had.

9) And this coalesces into a compromise: into finally, at the end of this whirlwind week, Dream inviting Sam over intending to tell him to leave forever, and instead the two of them drafting a contract for their new relationship.

10) Briar’s birthday is soon. He won’t be happy.

[error-dream-was-found]

I was tagged by @bleue-flora <3

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Works, not including posted ones:

Sweet Little Nightmares

Demon au

Demon au 2

Superhero au 1 (traumatized villain Dream)

Superhero au 2 (found family time)

Superhero au 3

Scientist Sam au

Blind Quackity au

Ender chest torture

Tommy, Dream and Quackity try home-made therapy (chaos ensures)

Tangled au

Guard dog au inspired story

Blob Dream au

Mumza adopts Dream

Okay .... who didn't do this yet (please forgive me if you done it and I just missed it) ... @1wn8ure, @the-final-sif, @lvk4-blr, @llitchilitchi, @whumpsday, @cgogs, @theminecraftbox, @bonesandthebees, @box-architecture, @dreamsclock, @kenjo-arts, @strawberryseamstress, @kiuda and @pomellon

[blue-is-a-sapphic-color]

For the ask game, maybe 14, 17, 25?

Hi!! Thanks for the ask, and thank you for creating such an awesome ask game <3

14. What’s your favourite c!Dream line of dialogue?

Suddenly I don't remember a single c!Dream line of dialogue- uHH probably when he's taunting c!Tommy right after the prison escape. ICONIC. people who hadn't stream hopped were completely caught off guard by a fully decked out c!Dream popping up out of nowhere. Also props to cc!Dream for his insane positioning and timing like DAMN.

Also whenever he's begging, whining, or pleading...! especially when it involves c!Sam. The scene after he hides beneath the prison floor and c!Sam loses his mind and he manages to convince c!Sam to not tell c!Quackity is Insane.

17. What are some of your favourite c!Dream fics?

The fics on this list aren't going to be... recent/current? I haven't read dream smp stuff (that isn't @sunshine-in-a-bottle's writing) in a Good While. So for example @simplepotatofarmer's rabbit run isn't on it because I just haven't read it yet! (Even though I've only heard good things and it's been on my to read list for forever...)

Now for the fics:

for queen and country by @cgogs

It's technically not canon!Dream, it's an AU, but it is based on dream smp lore so it counts for me.

OKAY BUT SERIOUSLY I SPENT LIKE THREE PLUS MONTHS THINKING ABOUT THIS FIC AFTER I READ IT AND I STILL THINK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES. the fic was discontinued, but I genuinely think chapter six works perfectly well as an open ending!

Medieval fantasy Royalty AU, angsty c!DNF with hopeful and/or bittersweet vibes, amazing and creative writing, and the literal first time Briar appeared in a fic? SURELY A MUST READ.

Oxeye Daisy by @cgogs

It needs no introduction, it's a c!DNF classic. But if you haven't heard about this fic...! Well now you have! Go read it!

We have since lost Angela to c!awesamdream-isms (<< literally has c!awesamdream demons myself) but I still remember the c!DNF era <3

martyr wrapped in butcher paper by @aetherknit

god!Dream/king!George spanning the dethronement era. And it has fanart..... (if you've never checked this one out you really should, it's a short one-shot!)

encore by Anonymous (the author has since either changed their name, privated or deleted their account)

A near-future c!Drunz one-shot with worldbuilding with some great vibes. Featuring accidental alien!kid!Purpled acquisition, hurt but healing c!Dream, and not perfect but still caring and domestic c!Drunz.

a second change from beyond the grave by Lieyantosh

The egg kills the server and everyone in it, but everyone gets reincarnated into the modern world with their memories. Except Dream doesn't remember.

Does this fic suffer greatly from being written before the staged finale was revealed? Yes. Is c!Tommy the main pov? Yes. But is chapter five a masterpiece, written from c!Dream's pov, and made me stay up until 3am? Also yes !!!

25. If c!Dream had to join an existing/former DSMP country or faction, which one would you choose for him?

Either the Syndicate or the Eggpire. Opposite vibes, I know, but both have tons of potential for him individually, and for great interactions with the members.

Syndicate AUs are pretty popular and always a banger, but c!Drunz together during the height of the Eggpire? They would've been unstoppable (and full of trauma <333).

[dreamsclock]

cgogs appreciation okay i can Die happy now angelais the only person i care about on this app

[cgogs]

OKAY YEAH I DO NEED TO FJNISH IT AND JUSR CONSUME BERSERK IN GENERAL BJT I WAS SITTING THERE AND I WAS LIKE. OHHHHHH. SOMETHINGS LINING UP EVEN IF ITS JUST IN THE MKMENT AND ITS UNSETTLING. ANYWAYS I WAS LIKE “I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE AND ANGELA CGOGS IS MY BEST FUCKING BET” AND MY INTUITION WAS CORRECT AUGH. I AM SORRY FOE DROPPING YHIS ON YOU

DWDWDDWDW i see your VISION

[hiding-in-the-vault]

It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the Most Normalist contest!!

But first, I'd like to thank all 466 people who attended this impromptu event, some perhaps in multiple bodies, others dragged here against their will, many of which have no idea what's going on! No worries, since our lovely contestants mostly don't either! But let's get straight to the awards!

(if you can't read my handwriting,, oh well!)

At an undeserved first place with 19.3%, Lee @dreamhot !!! Swiping the win due to stepping back from this hellscape to touch grass despite everything ever said in his private twitter account!

Second place at 18.2%, ME! Who deserved first for CLEARLY being the most normal in all circumstances. But I'll still settle for second since im such a good sport!

And finally, through the use of loud, persistent, and apparently effective propaganda, third place at 13.9% goes to Kenjo @kenjo-arts, arguably one of the most abnormal people I have ever had the sincere pleasure to know!

Now for the losers category, the least normal!!

Winning 12th place with an impressive 2.6%, Bluebell, @overthinkingfandom, entirely due to being inactive in public fandom spaces for the past year! I can't say im not surprised in the slightest actually.

But we all know that's some nonsense, so give it up for our ACTUAL winner of the least normal category, Angela @cgogs at a fabulous 2.8%! This amuses me greatly! :D

Okay thats it i already put way too much effort into this, lets not do it again any time soon jfkhgkjdfh

But in all seriousness, this was very fun for a random idea that came out of a joke at 8pm while cheering up a friend. And it goes to show that it's silliness like this that keeps fandom communities kicking :)

No context needed, WHO IS THE MOST NORMAL ???

[carpedzem]

hello this the anon who asked for angst fics :D im kinda unfamiliar/new with dreblr so idk who most of the people u mentioned are :"] also yes dnf angst brainror is very welcomed

OOOOOH OKAY THEN!! I'm still mostly c!dnfer so :')

@dreamsclock is i would say the most famous dreblr writer!! he has bunch aus and there is A LOT on his blogs!! mostly short stories written for asks submissions! tumblr writing and ao3!!

@dr3amofagamee another pretty well know writer of dreblr!! here's their ao3 also you can visit their tumblr for more aus! :D

@cgogs wrote a heartbreaking c!dnf story that changed me as a person. im still crying late at night

@theminecraftbox is c!dream and c!sam writer!! one and two of her I think the most famous works!

@kiuda my beloved has a lot of aus as well! a big fan of admin!dream. she also committed some c!fwt crimes if I recall correctly </3 here's her writing tag

@yumgrapejuice also writes lore fics!! :D here's one about c!dream and mh!dream switching places (also causing discord, its not lore fic but top tier dnf one)

@simplepotatofarmer has amazing syndicate!dream au

and uuuuum I know im missing a lot of people bc a lot of people on dreblr writes! my beloved friends dont get mad at me for not including you, I remember about you (I can still name like another 10 people) but I just don't want anon to get overwhelmed :')

here's c!dnf fic i mentioned in my last ask

oh and well. I wrote a c!dt fic as well and I heard it's not bad

[enderwalking]

OKAY GUYS RESPONSE EDITING IS NOW ON FOR THE ANALYSIS POLL

listen you may have voted differently the first time or just didn't submit a vote for a category because you didn't care but HERE IS MY LIST OF PASSIONATE ENDORSEMENTS:

FLORAL THEENDERWALKER FOR C!AIMSEY

ANGELA CGOGS FOR C!GEORGE. IF YOU VOTED FOR ME, SWAP TO ANGELA. I WANT HER TO SWEEP.

NOOBSOMEEXAGERJUNK FOR C!MCCHILL. on account of they actually care deeply about the character and have posted salient analysis, like NO ONE ELSE DESERVES THIS.

XEPH CONSIDERMYGENDERMINECRAFTED FOR C!PHILZA

ORACLEMILF FOR C!PUNZ

GRAPHITE RANBOO5 FOR C!RANBOO PLEASE VOTE FOR GRAPH CHANGE YOUR VOTE IF YOU VOTED FOR ME PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

WOLF THEARTOFSLIME FOR C!SLIME. it's LITERALLY in their name. also follow them if you haven't already because they're based as hell

CIA LESBIANWILBUR FOR C!WILBUR! based as hell and the nicest wilburian in the entire universe!!!

FLORAL THEENDERWALKER FOR TOMMY PRISON VISIT! listen there's not an enderwalk arc category and as we all know the tommy prison visit is all about the enderwalk at the end of the day

RANBOO5 FOR OUTPOST ARC AND BURGER WAR!

VWOOP RANVWOOP FOR TFTSMP!!!

VOTE ME, LEI ENDERWALKING, FOR GHOSTBOO!

ISAIAH AETHERKNIT FOR DREAMXD THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY SO VITAL

SIMPLEPOTATOFARMER FOR NICEST ANALYST!!!

FLORAL THEENDERWALKER FOR SMALL DETAILS like have you not read the clock meta??? read the clock meta

VOTE NOW AND CHANGE YOUR VOTES IF YOU'VE VOTED ALREADY

[dreamslesbian]

What counts: ships you find interesting and like to think about, ships you actively want to get together, ships you accept as canon. ALSO YOU DID NOT MISS ITTTTT ill probably keep it open until midnight my time -cgogs

OH OKAY OKAY ABDJND SO JUST DNF–

[theminecraftbox]

/dsmp rp

My new favorite hobby is thinking about prison trio rarepairs/crackships that are actually extremely compelling upon closer inspection. For example:

Dream and Ponk absolutely should hook up. They bond over bitching about Sam. During Daedalus, Dream politely inquires as to Sam’s relationship status. (“Pathetic and single? Hm. Interesting.”) Then he solemnly tells Sam he’s got a girlfriend. (“she’s missing an arm, I’m missing fingers, we make it work 😘. Maybe you should work on your fit 💅”)

George and Quackity. IT WOULD BE SO FUNNYYYY. HEAR ME OUT. They have a good dynamic and the sheer quantity of dramatic irony is breathtaking. Insane. The tension between Q and Sapnap only makes it better.

Similarly, George and Sam, but this time where they’re both painfully aware of each other’s claim to Dream. The tension! The drama! Sam owns the prison, that dark pit that George cannot touch even in his dreams. And George owns the bright places, the community house, the things about Dream that Sam tries so hard to ignore or forget.

Punz and Sam, and also Punz and Quackity. Like, come on, Punz as a guy without clear loyalties is pretty neutral and safe and approachable! He and Sam had some kinda dynamic going on, and he and Q totally could’ve gotten some bonding in post-egg. The delicious spice here is not only Punz’s true loyalties to Dream, but also the way that he has true loyalties at all—there’s a lot going on with him under the surface that neither Quackity nor Sam would be privy to. Does he suspect any foul play at the prison? Does he remain blissfully unaware? Either is so ripe with possibility!

Wilbur and Sam. Look I just think it’s really funny that they both had the “kill Dream over and over” fantasy, okay. Also, I think the way that they operate on totally different levels is fascinating: Wilbur out in the open, everything a deliberate performance, while Sam prefers strict secrecy. Wilbur can understand and play upon peoples’ emotions without thought or effort; Sam is the precise opposite of an empath. Both of them have control issues, but on completely scales and in completely different directions. I want to put them in a room together and study them.

@cgogs @dr3amofagame

[cgogs]

Maybe you should just delete your account

okay fine cgogs is over in one hour

[cgogs]

OKAY cgogs c!quackity event is a go i changed my skin im listening to mi buen amor i am . dying TWO DAAYS BITCH

[cgogs]

Angela cgogs beloved random question bc I’ve seen discussion of old dsmp fandom times on the dash and I was just wondering how long you’ve been here bc ur swap posts (which are captivating btw) are mixed right in with it and the streams in my brain are crossing rn

My one year anniversary of getting into dsmp is soon :]

The way I got into dsmp is very.... different from most. I saw a picture of beeduo with michael and it was so beautiful and well painted I was like okay fuck what is this and who is this adorable pig child

Anyway so I tried my best to watch it chronologically, watching rundown videos per season and then watching their streams chronologically. I had ZERO FANDOM INTERACTION until like fuckin...August of last year ? So I had little fandom influence and actually arrived to find out that the shipping scene was really taboo? I thought everyone would ship emeraldduo they're gay as hell? So the culture shock was something to get through for sure

The lore DROUGHT pulled me toward the streamers and now I'm a dteam main + awesamduder. which is so funny because I promised myself that I wouldnt get attached to the streamers (at the time i assumed they were all demons bc of what id heard)