airrec

[airrec]

Hi how are you? i love your fics!! you're such a cool writter

Late by a month and a half but thank you!! I'm well, thanks, riding the high of finally being un-shadowbanned, and I bought some fresh focaccia from a bakery today (so fresh it was still warm) which I'm going to have for a light dinner, so I'm looking forward to that :D Glad you enjoy my fics, and I hope you continue to do so.

#ask #my inbox is finally empty :D about 2/3 deleted for outdated irrelevancy 😔 and the rest answered so I have a blank slate once more

[airrec]

listen im really dumb, but in your dark horse au

punz had gold chains and hooks that he could make dissipate..is this something they could always do? or is it a power up somehow given to him? by the revive book? would dream have had his own upgrades too?

(punz having "gold chains" as his thing is pretty cool and make since though wish i saw more of that lol)

In "dark horse" I was imagining that the Revive Book has more magic and knowledge in it than just bringing back the dead (which both c!Dream and c!Punz would have made use of, so yes c!Dream has more abilities but none of them are as game-breaking as "literally reviving the dead"), and it is indeed explicitly mentioned as being the source of the golden chains:

c!Punz using them here is, in fact, risky, as it is a reveal of a secret knowledge and people would be Very Curious as to where they learnt it. As a professional, I'm pretty sure c!Punz has a cover story/answer ready to go, but still. It was a risk, as was going to rescue c!Dream from Las Nevadas, but that's the whole point of the fic: c!Punz is no longer following the Plan, and c!Dream is no longer capable of following the Plan, so where do they go from here?

#ask #so this is a late reply by several months but it be what it be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #maybe i'll get around to the promised dark horse sequel some time this year question mark

[airrec]

Happy Birthday!!! Hope you have a great day and may tumblr free you this year :)

I love your writing!!! Your Secret Santa fic and the Selkie AU fic stay rent free in my head always and the one of punz and george meeting on the prime path also kills me every time!!!

Once again belated (22nd January is my birthday, so I was freed this year by tumblr), but thank you so much :D I'm glad you enjoy my fics and it's always lovely to see you in my notes or comments, and your art is so incredible in turn <3

#ask

[airrec]

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It's a little belated, but thank you so much :D

#ask

[airrec]

From your fics which one is your favorite?

Difficult and interesting question! I like a lot of my fics for different reasons (I am one of those people that occasionally re-reads their own fics because I am my own intended audience), so have a more involved answer. Minor spoilers below.

Fic I enjoyed writing the most:

this is your hardest scene – one of my lesser-known works! This was born when I thought about Hope the Cat too much (I owned cats growing up) and how little recognition there is in wider fandom of how pointless and painful her death was (because it was at the hands of c!Tommy) and the bonds between humans and pets. This was written before the finale streams, so it’s not exactly canon-compliant, but this fic uses her death as a type of breaking point for c!Dream in how much he is willing to lose to try and save the SMP – and where he draws the line. It was my favourite to write because a) kitty :D, b) canon divergence implied happy ending, c) cool dream sequence scene, and d) I did it in one day and the words flowed easily, which is a not-insignificant factor in writing enjoyment.

What I think is my most underrated fic (if I do say so myself):

INT: SAM’S OLD BASE, THE CELLAR – NIGHT. This one’s in Second Person POV, and it’s very short, and could probably be considered one of those “canon-compliant in that it’s not contradicting canon in any way it’s just a missing scene” fics. Leaping into c!Sam’s head and investigating the idea of lowkey perpetrator trauma as well as his skewed perception of his own actions through his eyes was interesting, and honestly I think more people should give this a shot.

Favourite spite-written fic:

Duplicity – I finally got sick of seeing one too many Manhunt!Dream = Good and DSMP!Dream = Evil fics that refused to investigate the idea of a crossover between the two with any sense of DSMP canon portrayed accurately, let alone nuance. This was typed out in a near-feverish haze of spite in about 40-50 mins, read through for typos, and then posted as-is. It did seem to speak to people :D

Favourite Awesamdream fic:

Ooh, it’s a toss up between Twenty-One Steps in the Desert and home to roost. The first is experimental in format, which made it fun to create and discover as I went along how it was forming, while the second presents a very interesting idea (in my opinion) for DSMP S2 and the connection between Sam Prime and c!Sam, because all your sins really do come home to roost when you’re a fictional character. The dream-like phantasmagoria of "Twenty-One Steps in the Desert" and all the symbolism shoved in there makes it stand out as more of an exploration of the emotional/mental state of the relationship between the two characters, while "home to roost" sets a distinct scene and implies a lot with its ending as to how the future could shake out.

The fic I think shows my writing skills best:

i wish to reclaim the rising – now this might be just because this fic has the highest word count, therefore giving my writing more space to display itself, but I do still love this fic, even if 3/4 of the main characters’ IRL actors now make me want to bash my head against a wall. I think this fic displays my physical description and setting ability, as well as my character relationship, development, and interaction ability very well, and I do look forward to finishing it eventually.

Fic I love the ending of the most:

nursed itself well (or died) – the amount of people who came crying to me in my comments over how the fic tagged with “Bittersweet Ending” did, indeed, have a bittersweet ending was quite large, hehe. Writing this fic was like pulling teeth at times, but I’m very proud of how it turned out, and the dream sequence in the final chapter is up there on the list of favourite scenes I have ever written. Sometimes the objectively best ending for a character is still one that is sad, and this fic demonstrates that perfectly, I feel. Also the poem I derived the titles from is very cool and I highly recommend a read.

Favourite canon-compliant (or at least not canon non-compliant) fic:

02:47 a.m. on the prime path in july – this fic indulges the idea of c!George and c!Punz actually interacting on-screen, with c!Dream as the heavy shadow over them. It’s an exploration through a conversation of the differences between them, the ways they mirror each other, and the places they diverge. Writing the two of them talking to each other (and past each other) while the audience knows more than either of the characters was very interesting, and I think it serves well as a missing scene.

Favourite canon-divergence fic:

Visitor – this was a hard one to choose, with second place going to Accident. I landed on this one because I enjoy the whole set-up here, and how it doesn’t necessarily imply a fix-it. The inclusion of c!George into the Plan and the scheming gives c!Dream more people in his corner and at the same time compounds his situation further because in no way is c!George someone with a strong moral compass. He is fully willing to burn the world down if he doesn’t get what he wants. In addition, c!Punz gets to have some perpetrator trauma as a treat, and the nuance there fleshes them out more as a character.

Favourite total AU fic:

blood money – inhuman!Dream and AFAB!Punz, what is there not to love? This fic catapults between its very serious main scene and its hilarious bonus scene, but never quite crosses into crackfic territory. I enjoy the amount of implied worldbuilding and backstory I’ve managed to shove into this short fic, and the relationship between the two characters which has a totally different spin on it than DSMP canon.

Other fics that need a shout out:

Covenant – canon found dead in Miami as Eggpire!Punz rescues c!Dream from Pandora’s Vault

can we just pretend – my c!Dreamnap thesis statement

Smile – DIY mostly off-screen dentistry with the Staged Duo boys

#self reblog #now that people can actually see my stuff consistently on their dashes again allow me to shove this in front of people's faces #[hypnotist voice] you really want to come read airrec's fics... you feel a deep urge to explore their fic library on ao3...

[airrec]

I got this add when i looked at ur blog and i think its very fitting

Welcome back to the livingg!!!!

This ad sums it all up perfectly, yes. It's good to be back :D

#ask

[airrec]

would cdream cancel us for writing awesamdream....

Serious answer: depending on when/what mood he's in when c!Dream becomes aware of this fact, writing Awesamdream is either a speedrun strat for ending up being killed and revived over and over in unethical death experiments, or he will just kinda avoid you because as a Canonical Fanfic Writer he understands dark ships and catharsis, but that doesn't mean he wants to see it (unless it's pre-prison, in which case he'd probably want to out of sheer curiosity because before then he has no reason to think ill or distrust c!Sam).

Funny answer: brother he is the one writing Awesamdream fics in a mix of catharsis, revenge fantasy, wish fulfilment, and his own desperate longing for an Alternate Universe - Everybody Lives Nobody Dies fix it fic. And because he needs everyone to know that c!Sam is a loser in every respect, but especially in bed.

#ask #awesamdream #i can answer anon asks again... my skin had forgotten the warmth of the sun... the scent of rain...

[airrec]

That's so annoying :( I'm sorry about the shadowban, there's no excuse for no one fixing it by now. (I know you can't reply to asks so you don't have to say anything lmao)

#ask #you said it brother 💀💀💀

[airrec]

Sorry, this is a bit late— (I was sick)— but here’s a blob for you!!

#submission #airrec inspires #c!dream #fanart #THIS WAS SITTING IN MY INBOX. FOR FOUR MONTHS. AND I HAD NO IDEA #thank you!!! sorry i got this so late i was busy being consumed by shadows 😔 #he's so cute and so sad...

[airrec]

hello??? is this thing on?? : 0!!

THIS THING IS ON!!! I can see you!! :D

Also I now have an entire inbox to clear over the next few days, lmao...

#ask

[airrec]

Nearly an entire half-year later... I emerge from the shadow realm, still alive, finally... free.

#gif #airrec talks #FUCKING FINALLY #[sobs] i can see my inbox again. i can see my dms. i can see my blog in the notes of posts... #it only took Support two different tries and nearly six months 💀

[airrec]

Can we hear more about that theory?

it's less of a theory and more just derangement, and a specific angle of viewing the story. but smth i think that is crucial to how i see the story and something that i think is too-often deemphasized in the fandom, regardless of how much you buy into the derangement lmao, is that c!discduo is not...really a standalone relationship. i mean it is, but in just as many ways it isn't...and the reason why the finale and you know, an actual conversation between the two of them takes so long to get to is precisely because it was overshadowed by the third component of their whole deal. are you following? does this make sense? i dont know.

c!dream + c!tommy are one side of a triangle that supports quite literally everything abt their whole central conflict and narrative, with the third part being, well, c!wilbur. and the c!wilbur-c!tommy-c!dream of it all is quite understandably easy to miss, but it's also what i think leads to some of the most striking differences in c!dream and c!tommy interpretations, not to mention the story as a whole. c!wilbur's relationship with c!dream and c!tommy separately AND together is critical to the ways that the two characters develop and how their conflict evolves--i'd say that that's more just. canon, than a theory. but how far you extend that is where it kinda delves into different interpretations of canon, you know?

but it's just like ... when the whole fucking point of that last stream, the whole damn crux of it is when tommy says "i thought you were just a villain" and dream replies with "i am and i always have been" and the whole damn POINT is that these viewpoints were never true to begin with, when what dream throws to tommyinnit is a picture of lmanburg, when the shit that they have to dismantle to reach out at the end of the fucking world is the hero/villainisms that have DEFINED THEIR STORY independently AND together, it's like. look . when the story is like dismantling the literal source of their conflict and c!wilbur's fingerprints are all over the damn thing, it feels a Little reductive to see the conversation so consistently happen without even invoking his name, you know?

#c!dream #c!tommy #c!wilbur #yeah you literally cannot talk about c!discduo completely independent of c!wilbur and the role c!wilbur played in both their lives #like no matter how much you focus any meta on c!discduo you can't NOT reference c!wilbur and his actions even if only in passing #c!wilbur is too enmeshed in the overarching narrative story as a catalyst to be able to extricate him from such primary characters entirely #like obviously personal interpretations will differ (this is a feature not a bug) but c!Wilbur Is There And You Cannot Separate Him

[airrec]

Guess what I found! For those that liked my canon c!Dream - I got him repaying c!Sam.

#fanart #c!dream #c!sam #hehehe #this looks cool! #get 'im my guy

[airrec]

Pandora's Vault, but all the visitors except Quackity are Dream's hallucinations. Pandora's vault, but Dream talks to Sapnap and George for hours, and then finds himself in an empty cell. Pandora's Vault, but Dream throws buttons torn from his shirt at Quackity every time he comes to him to make sure that he is real. Pandora's Vault, but Sam hears Dream arguing with himself for hours, sometimes loudly shouting Tommy's name. Pandora's Vault, but Dream is petting a nonexistent cat, not understanding why Sam is looking at him so worriedly. Pandora's Vault, but hallucination faces are getting more and more blurred because he can't remember exactly what his friends looked like. Pandora's Vault, but Punz's voice is the only reason he continues to survive in this hell 💥💥💥💥💥

#c!dream #oof my heart

[airrec]

btw I'm 100 percent a cDream apologist. His crimes were funny, his shippability is fire, his character design can be so diverse, and I too would hyperfixate on learning the ins and outs of necromancy if given the chance

#lmao #an excellent addition

[airrec]

I almost left it unfinished because of how unsatisfying it was, but I did it by a miracle

#fanart #fan animation #c!dream #oh wow this looks amazing #he's going through it :(((

[airrec]

my desire to see more characters try to self-destruct by vomiting up a deluge of the most damning lies about themselves in a fit of despair and loathing and desire to be punished in some way vs. my knowledge that at least some audiences would take their words at face value and metatextually respond exactly the way they're hoping for

#[distant sound of crying laughter]