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Nicknamed my plug as Dream in my contacts, which I find way funnier than any reasonable person would

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This is how i look every morning

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god sure wish I wasn't dumb as rocks with technical stuff, I'm staring at this blurry photo of wires like Hell Yeah sure wish I knew what any of this meant but Hell Yeah

#smokeasy #cc posting #i tried making a sideblog and got as far as coming up with a name before giving up #so we're sticking here for now *salutes emoji*

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DREAM posted on Snapchat!

#THERE HE IS!!!

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I foolishly think that Dream had hallucinations in prison, constant stress, plus lack of food, constant loneliness and torture is not a very good combination.

At first he only had visual hallucinations, he saw still shadows in a corner of his cell, bugs that crawled on his skin and when he reacted there was nothing, and objects that simply were not there.

Dream at first clearly doesn't know what is real or not, he is scared every time there is a blurry shadow that seems to get closer and closer until it just disappears, or when he feels the air leave his lungs when he sees spiders crawling on the ground.

Then the auditory hallucinations arrive, he hears voices ringing in his ears, they are strange mixtures between familiar voices, he cannot differentiate who the voices are (his brain unconsciously mixes the voices of Sapnap and George, They are voices that he recognizes from somewhere, but he doesn't know where.)

He also hears footsteps towards him but there is absolutely no one but his solitude, sometimes he hears a drip that he doesn't know where it comes from but then it stops and then it comes back again and again, sometimes he hears quackity's voice and feels his heart beating loudly Believing it's close when really it is just his brain playing tricks on him (again)

He begins to get used to it, and begins to learn how to differentiate what is real and what is not real (although with quite some difficulty).

then he begins to have hallucinations of touch, he feels the legs of a bunch of bugs running over his pale skin, he feels someone touching his shoulder or grabbing him by the wrist and he opens his eyes wide only to realize that it is another lie in it head.

Silly.

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Fandom: Dream SMP Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Characters: Technoblade, Dream, Philza; minor Ranboo and Quackity Status: complete Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Canon Compliant, Implied/Referenced Torture, One Shot, Missing Scene, Coda, First Kiss, Mutual Pining, Prison Arc

Summary:

Dream had known the moment he saw the rose bushes that Techno had grown them for him; they were so different from the hardy, resilient dandelions that he preferred, finicky and difficult and often rewarded the gardener with a prick of a thorn. There's probably a dumb metaphor in there, thought Dream. or techno's favorite flower is dandelions. dream loves roses. it's something that stays constant despite the chaos and complications that surround them. the other constant is the feelings they have for each other but it never seems to be the right time. will it ever be? dandelions grow in the arctic, can roses?

this is my fic for the @dsmprarepairbb! consider it my c!dnb manifesto <3 <3 i hope everyone enjoys it.

please check out the companion pieces by @awesamblr here and @twic0rd here!

#i've read this like three and a half times now #like it really is THE c!dnb fic #loyal's stuff never disappoints i eat up their works every time they're always so good

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for the 1st anniversary lets see how insane we were when the confirmation dropped! (it was originally supposed to be a vid but that never happened lmao)

and the last one

#staged finale confirmation was the greatest day of my life #MY PERFECT VICTORY #and all that jazz #people acting like it was a weird retcon or something #when that finale was suspicious as HELL from the beginning #the embodiment of 'that was way too easy'

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what if I just did elaborate song analysis for c!dream and others, I had a ton of animatic ideas but I really can't commit to that and my art skills are rusty as fuck to be pumping out 3 minute videos

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Hello hello! I was more than a little inspired by @lookinghalfacorpse‘s post about pinning butterflies. I had this image of Sam talking to someone about his new… “hobby” and the double meaning of it.

#c!dream #god this is absolutely gorgeous #sucker for symbolism

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Week 3 - Haunted House. For Loyal’s Rivals Duo Spooktacular event.

What if you’re the haunted house?

The prison never leaves, and Techno finds Dream somewhere else Techno can’t follow.

Inspired by Elk Tour Suite Pt. 5 from Centaurworld.

“Oh, this feeling, it came right in again and again

A feeling there just beneath the skin

And I tried so hard not to let it in

But you can't keep the ghosts out

When you're the one who's the haunted house

And you can't kick the ghosts out

When you're the one who let them in”

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #i have so many thoughts #unfortunately none of them make sense #LOVE the use of reflections #my favorite kind of symbolism #mirrors/windows/glass whatever #slaps the panel like a used car salesman “you can add a reflection to that”

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*smoking blunt* ahhh just like the good old days of 2021.

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Fandom: Dream SMP Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Characters: Technoblade, Dream, Philza; minor Ranboo and Quackity Status: complete Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Canon Compliant, Implied/Referenced Torture, One Shot, Missing Scene, Coda, First Kiss, Mutual Pining, Prison Arc

Summary:

Dream had known the moment he saw the rose bushes that Techno had grown them for him; they were so different from the hardy, resilient dandelions that he preferred, finicky and difficult and often rewarded the gardener with a prick of a thorn. There's probably a dumb metaphor in there, thought Dream. or techno's favorite flower is dandelions. dream loves roses. it's something that stays constant despite the chaos and complications that surround them. the other constant is the feelings they have for each other but it never seems to be the right time. will it ever be? dandelions grow in the arctic, can roses?

this is my fic for the @dsmprarepairbb! consider it my c!dnb manifesto <3 <3 i hope everyone enjoys it.

please check out the companion pieces by @awesamblr here and @twic0rd here!

#20K WORDS??????? #A FEAST #THANK YOU FOR THIS MEAL #reading this as soon as I’m home I can’t wait #c!dnb

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Literally spent forever typing that last post just to go back and reread the rivals weapon choice post and think fuck wait maybe I should have thought about it more like that MMMMMMMMMMMM

It's a bit harder when it comes to fighting games because c!Techno would definitely have a larger hitbox, especially in his piglin form, that it would be hard to keep him agile. It would be easy for characters to chip at him from a distance unless he had a better defense/block ability.

Keeping his Reversal archetype, we could add some of that agility back though by giving him a quicker dash ability. This would also be good for getting him away from his opponents when he needs to reset. OR if we keep the potion charge/stance/whatever it's called, one of these could be a speed ability that sacrifices his heavier hits to focus on quicker combos and emulate more of a rushdown playstyle for a short period of time

I definitely could see c!Dream as a reversal archetype though, I'm just a sucker for rushdown characters

#c!rivals

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DSMP Rivals and Fighting Game Archetypes

Also relating to the last post because now I have fighting game brainrot, its been a handful of years since I was more interested in a few of them but I've always been a sucker for the character archetypes

You already have plenty of locations that you can choose from for the maps considering the entire dsmp map is your oyster in that regard. Community house, L'manburg, Las Nevadas, Artic Commune, etc etc you get what I mean. Pandora's Vault could definitely be thrown in there as well and whether its inside or outside would be up to how much room exactly you would need but I think main cell could be feasible imo

I'm not the most WELL versed in the actual specific archetypes, also because some characters are either super niche or feel like they could overlap multiple archetypes (and the websites im looking at are bombarding me with ads) so we're gonna take all this in a lighthearted fun way okay? perfect, anyway

c!Dream is either a rushdown archetype OR hes hit & run. I'm more inclined to say rushdown soley for the fact that Dream feels very much like he would come with a moveset that rewards juggling your opponent with long complicated combos. He would probably have a good reset ability, and his character would be the reason the game has a burst mechanic so that you don't get stuck in an endless loop of getting your ass kicked (unless you get baited into that burst which is the worst thing ever esp when you can practically hear the clown music in the background)

However combos can't last forever, and to keep things fair, his heavy hitters would most likely be something that launches his opponents away from him. Dealing stronger damage, but also giving the opponent a chance to regroup away from his onslaught until rushdown characters do what they do best

I'm inclined to say he probably wouldn't have a projectile move, if it worked with his kit he could have one maaaaaaaybe two as a treat, but for the most part his utility comes out of getting up close and personal. Aka he would not be having a fun time against zoning characters

Special move wise I can't think of many specifics right now, but for almost all of the characters they would probably be references just cause I think that's fun. One of them would have to be related to the revive book because how could it not be, and the others could even be references to some of his best manhunt moments if you're in the camp that believes manhunt is canon to the dsmp (which I personally am)

c!Techno is a bit trickier because his fan interpretation really depends on whether or not you picture him as a hybrid with a more human appearance OR if you go full piglin/hoglin. You could also have your "both is good" moment by having him start off with the more human looking hybrid form and have his Piglin form be one of his special abilities. Going with that version though would most likely make Techno an Install archetype (or even Stance? Listen these ones were too complicated for me in case it wasn't obvious yet I played characters that either hit fast or hit hard)

But Stance or Install aside, I'm a bit torn on his actual moveset/ combo ability. Techno often tanks a lot of hits because he makes up for his physical lack of a shield by use of potions to keep him up and running and increasing his damage output (which could fit into the Stance archetype if he had a move that essentially let him power up by giving him a potion ability? Or would that be more like a Charge character?)

Giving him a secendary archetype after Install/Stance he would probably be a Punisher or Reversal or whatever the archetype is called for when he's stuck in a block chain but the second the opponent fucks up and drops that chain he's able to jump on that oppurtunity and absolutely ruin the other persons day. I also like how it feels like it plays well into his "I shall repay that injustice a thousand times over." general vibe. Not a defensive fighting style, but one that does play more into countering an ongoing attack vs being the one immediately on the offensive. While his combos would deal a lot of damage, to balance that out I would say he doesn't have good juggle/reset ability so he eventually needs to back off to recoup and wait for his next moment of oppurtunity.

Special moves again not really sure, like the most my brain can come up with right now is him absolutely chucking a human sized potato into his opponent. Other than that his 3-5 meter special could also be wither related

c!Tubbo is a zoner you can't tell me that little shit is not spamming the HELL out of the stage with bombs and mini nukes and bees and who knows what else tell me I'm wrong.

If I get more fighting game thoughts for any of the other characters I'll probably be back but thats all for now k thanks <3

#rivalsblr #rivalsduo #dsmp #c!dream #c!techno #dreblr #c!rivals

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They fightin’ 🗡️🪓

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#okay but dsmp fighting game when? #absolutely adorable #love their faces when they get hit #c!rivals #c!dream #c!techno #its also kinda funny that since techno is already pink #you barely notice when his sprite goes red after getting hit

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ok I'm back I love how c!techno and c!dream's weapon choice differs so heavily from how they're (headcanoned to be) built

#c!rivals #c!dream #c!techno #regarding my prev where i was just talking about how I lost this post #nevermiiiinnnddd im just bad at looking apparently #rivalsduo #love this dynamic for them

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lost the post that was talking about c!rivals visual dynamic and how that contradicts with their fighting styles and weapons of choice, how am I supposed to reblog it now im on my hands and knees

#smokeasy