#but unfortunately he also has a deep respect for fusion so he can't help but also explain to foolish what fusion can theoretically mean

[rutadales]

so with the gem au. how did dream get out of the box? how'd he meet foolish? do u have a gem for sam yet, or ideas about any other characters or what they're doing? :3c

AHH TY MOSS I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS...

so techno (rhodonite) hears that Sam (idk what his gem is gonna be yet 🤔) made dream into a box (dream did some nebulous crime idk what yet) and teams up with Phil (tree agate) to go unbox dream. Happens pretty similar to the canon prison break from the dsmp!

Sam was using dream to essentially power this entire gem settlement and techno is pretty horrified bc hey, that's his buddy! and also a person! you cant do that to a person, let alone a person who's his buddy!

These are pretty rough designs so idk if I'll stick to them but I do like phils. Sam also goes full freak mode over dreams escape and is like "oh next time I'll just convince him to fuse with me and that way I can keep him from escaping" and there's a non zero chance dream goes along with it.

(dream used to be in essential a perma-fusion with Sapnap and George until the ill defined conflict happens and they split. Dream desperately longs for that closeness with anyone but also fundamentally rejects it with people he thinks kindly of.)

Dream now freshly freed from his amazon packaging goes back to his home to just protect it from people who want to colonize it. Think crystal gems but a whole lot more violent.

Enter foolish! Foolish, who had been bubbled for thousands of years and has only been running around for like the last 50 or so, is struggling to find his place in this diamond free universe. He ends building a bunch of stuff on the same world that dream's from, which was overrun with conflict in the about 100 years dreams been boxed. Dream meets him post box, they end up having similar interests so they work together. They mess around with the idea of fusing, and also maybe kiss. Yippee!!

Techno and Phil have a farm together paradot and lapis style. Q is somewhere causing problems, and I can only imagine the source for most of the problems stems from wilbur.

(Also foolish is from era 1 gems, everyone else except Phil and techno are from like era 6 basically. The diamond authority has been over for a very long time)

#root talks #gem au #c!DROOLISH #c!dream #c!foolish #c!rivals #dream has pivoted to being super pragmatic about fusing so he introducing the concept to Foolish's as only a fighting technique #but unfortunately he also has a deep respect for fusion so he can't help but also explain to foolish what fusion can theoretically mean #not that it means that to dream anymore of course not he would never ever fuse for comfort or closeness ever again #he DEFINITELY doesn't want that no siree #oh shit wait #c!awesamdream #just to cover my bases here #Sam is a real freak over dream and dream having bodily autonomy in this #Which I could talk at lengths about #foolish doesn't like the idea of using fusion only has something for a fight bc he also doesn't like the idea of fighting #he was literally made basically as a wmd so it puts a sour taste in his mouth #but he also doesnt want to pressure dream into anything at all #So they're kinda both awkwardly stepping around each other bc dream does desperately crave that closeness #but he can't admit he wants that with someone he 1 just met #And 2 that he doesn't hate #bc being like ''oh I want to be fused with sam'' is a much safer want bc he can justify it as #I want to be in control of this person who hurt and imprisoned me #And not ''i desperately want to never be alone again'' #but even then that want us still something he is very disgusted in himself #especially when he lets himself remember how kind and gentle fusion can be #which is partially why he only wants to think of fusion AS an act of violence #Me when fusion is the perfect metaphor for relationships #I will say I hate when people try and say fusion is a metaphor for sex #when it's literally about any type of relationship that's all it's ever been