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darealsaltysam · 3 years

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hi i am the writer of between dreams and memories on ao3

hello and welcome to my blog, if you somehow made it here, please do consider reading about my life’s work;

my name is salty sam and at the end of september last year, i begun writing a complete retelling of the dreamsmp with completely original lore, backstory for characters, explanations for things like hybrids, gods, etc, smooth incorporation of minecraft mechanics into a more realistic and grounded setting, appearances from characters not normally included in the dreamsmp storyline, and much more!

some of these things included in this retelling/very canon complaint au are;

original backstory for schlatt taking place entirely within a reinvented and unique setting based on smplive and all that happened within it, as well as the water rising video being vital to the story (many people get referenced - from antvenom, to rtgame, to toxxxicsupport, and many, many others. the lunch club are incredibly vital in this part of the story, and the only member excluded is cmc. the main focus is put only on ted nivison and slimecicle, as well as schlatt himself)

original lore based around the nether that explains how gods work, how previous SMPs are all connected but people fail to remember them, how hybrids exist and function, how dreamons work and are created, and much more!

references, dream sequences from, and retelling chapters of events from smplive, smpearth, and even mianite!

appearances from characters such as, and not limited to; squidkid, captainsparklez, mrbeast, corpse husband, minx (minx being an integral character and not just a guest/one-off chapter character!), drista, and many more!

incorporation of smaller mcyt videos which smoothly fit into the overall storyline, ranging from the potato war, to the dream vs techno duel, all the way to the water rising or slimecicle god videos!

sound too good to be true? i’ll do you one better!

the first season of the retelling is already complete. it’s 176 chapters long, with 520k words, and ready for reading whenever you please! it starts at the l’manberg war of independence and ends on the 16th of november.

the second part has started and has been updating every 2 - 3 days so far! this season has started a year after the events of the first book and will end with dream being imprisoned.

the fic updates every few days usually, with longer breaks between chapters whenever i need them.

these fics do not include any shipping. even canon relationships are only lightly referenced and treated without much focus. schlatt/quackity was completely removed and made platonic to respect the boundaries of the creators, and in the sequel, puffychu and karlnapity has only been lightly referenced and won’t ever get too much unwanted focus unless rewritting actual canon scenes. non-canon ships are not at all incorporated in any way, with DNF being lightly joked about at best.

this is a journey i have only started - and the more that come along the merrier! so if this does interest you, please consider reading, and if you’d like to know more, follow the official tumblr blog for the fic;

https://mcytbdamofficial.tumblr.com

if you’re a fan of the fic already, please reblog this and let it get more traction! i’d love to grow this already lovely fandom more!

#mcyt #dream smp #mcyt fanfiction #dream smp fanfiction #fanfiction #fanfic #dsmp fanfic #mcyt fanfic #dream smp retelling #between dreams and memories #mcyt bdam #pinned post

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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c!phil: who’s schlatt?

the 35 fucking smplive chapters i spent hours on:

#this is about the fundy stream right now #between dreams and memories #mcyt bdam #jschlatt #fundy #philza #meme

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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pov: you just realized your 500k word minecraft fanfiction is the longest piece of writing you’ve ever written and is about 3 times the length of your previous longest piece

the pov is me you are me this is me what the fu

#pov you are me #guys please i cant do this #bdam is too powerful #between dreams and memories #mcyt bdam #sam speaks #meme #mcyt meme #mcyt fanfiction #dsmp #dream smp #dsmp fanfic #dream smp fanfiction

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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the full bdam!schlatt design page!

hi friends :) got something really cool to show you today!!! gonna put it under the cut as there is quite a lot to go through here haha...

but! essentially what you’ll find here is design pages for bdam!schlatt i’ve been working on for about a week now! there are a total of 21 designs for various stages of the story, which I explained in detail. feel free to just skim through and look at the drawings, haha. and enjoy!

(all of the designs are put in chronological order of the story, rather than the order of which they are in the actual story. they are also ONLY designs for bdam, and don’t include anything related to bhav)

first what i drew up here are designs for schlatt in the first stages of the smplive chapters! on the left is his very first appearance, and on the right is how i imagine him to look around his teen years.

in the first design is how i imagine schlatt looking when he first meets wilbur. at this stage of the story he was of course living in the inner districts of the city with not a lot to his name, so you can see ragged and dirty clothes there. he would usually carry his four discs around in his backpack since he didn’t think it’d be smart to leave them unattended in his parents’ apartment.

after getting taken in by phil, there was an immidiate change in how he dressed and acted - mostly getting more clean and fitting clothes, as well as trusting his surroundings enough to leave the discs in the room he shared with wilbur, never really feeling they were in danger. you can see the design on the right is a lot neater, AND he’s got the blue sweater!

the second set of designs is mostly right before and right after phil’s banishment - more simply right before and right after schlatt was kicked out of the house the family stayed in and was forced to go work at the live daily

the design on the left is what schlatt looked like when he tried to make money for the family right before the banishment - he was described to have been wearing an old shirt of techno’s, a tie made up of a cut piece of techno’s old cloak and black jeans. it wasn’t a suit, but it was made to look close enough to one to help him sell things in a more convincing manner. up close, however, the outfit looked very clearly cheap.

on the right is schlatt’s design for the live daily! together with the aparment he got and everything else techno managed to put together through his connections with pete, he also got some actual suit shirts and pants he could wear, together with a tie. he would often carry around pens and pencils as well as a notepad (at least before he was barred from writing stories for the paper following the ted nivison piece), and was granted a press pass as any other worker at the paper, but he would hardly use it as it was near useless with his low position and permissions anyway.

in the third set of designs we have both of his schlatt & co designs, from before and after the fire that lead him to finding out about the nether intolerance and everything else surrounding it.

at this point in the story, the company was set up and schlatt, connor and wilbur all had enough money left to get themselves nice suits they could use for work. not only that, they made business cards! they’d give them out to clients and new people alike to try and get exposure. you can also see a clear change in how he styled his hair - going from overly neat for his more stable job to more messy for a job he had more control over.

on the right is schlatt’s look after the fire - when the captain concluded what he had he started offering to test schlatt more to try and find some sort of work around for the intolerance, or at least to try and figure out how it worked. he would often be seen with bandages or small bandaids from skin samples being taken, injections, blood being drawn, etc. he wouldn’t wear his jacket a lot around this time since it would be uncomofrtable anyway, and he rarely did business up close around this time considering how he looked.

in this fourth set of designs, we have a design for schlatt during his time in the lunch club, and a design for schlatt during the floods. they are two widely different designs - but i decided to put them side by side for contrast.

in the lunch club design, you can see some minor changes. he’s back to having a full, clean suit, and clearly started presenting himself A LOT more professionally. and as every other member of the lunch club, his badge could always be visible - and hey, i finally designed the badge! it’s a sort of more serious spin of the normal lunch club logo. the other six members had badges from the previous six - but schlatt’s was newly made, so it lacked the wear and tear of the others. another thing about this stage of his life was that he would often be seen around the city on various posters - as all other lunch club members. this was a sort of pseudo-propaganda method to keep the city loyal to the seven leaders and to raise kids admiring them.

on the flood design you can see everything we learn from the narration - schlatt used the jacket of his suit for the most part to bandage up wilbur’s leg, and used whatever was left to make a make-shift sling for his broken arm. there’s not much to say about this other than it being a drawing of what i saw mentally as i wrote those sections!

in the fifth set of designs we have one minor design and one far more major one - between schlatt after smplive’s recovery from the flood, and schlatt after he was left behind by everyone.

on the left, after everything returned to normal, schlatt got back to work at his, wilbur’s and connor’s company. he got a proper cast and sling for his broken arm, and he once more went back to a cheaper, but more comfortable suit. there’s really not much to say about this design, i just wanted to draw the cast-suit combo since i haven't done that before lol

the design on the right is a very important one! this is a design for how i imagine schlatt to look during his time alone in smplive. he would probably hang onto a sense of normalcy with the suit and everything - but would also try to get more functional with what he wore. he would carry a backpack with supplies he would need at any time and that he would fill with things he found around the city while looking for supplies, and he’d have a lot of straps to hang weapons, potions, etc... for the most part, he just tried to get an outfit that could keep things normal and familiar for him but also keep him alive. he always carried the picture of him and wilbur, stal, and a bag of schlattcoins. and of course, the voice recording device. that’s the only thing of those four he left behind when he left the city for good.

finally, some horn designs! these are really fun! on the left we have schlatt right after his first journey through the nether, and on the right we have him after he was nursed back to health by niki!

when walking through the nether, even despite minx’s magic, schlatt’s condition still left him hurt severely. he also, of course, got hurt quite a lot walking through a place that dangerous. through his walk he grew very small horns - but they were not as big as they would be later. his eyes also begun to shift colour from brown into yellow, but the colour did not show very clearly at first. a small split also showed in the pupil of the eye, but once more, it was barely visible at this time.

after recovering, there isn’t really much to point out. schlatt got fresh clothes, most of the wounds were cleaned and fixed up, and apart from the horns, it was quite hard to tell the difference between how he looked in the dsmp and right before the left smplive.

in the seventh design we have some more severe hybrid features! these got really fun to draw from this point on! on the left we have how schlatt looked during his ban, and on the right is how he looked after, once more, being nursed back to health by niki after coming back.

on the left design, you can see the hybrid features have gotten more severe. the horns grew out and curled, more resembling that of a ram, and his eyes fully shifted colour to yellow as well as their pupils splitting completely and turning a more rectangular shape. you can see his clothes being a lot more torn and dirty, as well as his jacket being ripped up and used as bandages for most of his body. at this point, schlatt had left his bag in the dsmp and had practically nothing to work with in the nether, especially in the early days when minx was still angry with him and very unwilling to help out in any way.

on the right we have his design after recovery. he has some bandages, some clean clothes, and once more, there isn’t a lot to say. you can still see some bruises around his face, as well. ah, and of course, at this point he has the chops(tm).

in the eighth design i put together 3 suit designs, since i didn’t need to get too detailed with these ones. let me quickly run through these!

in the first design here, we have schlatt during the election! he got a cheap suit from wilbur that he wore when he expected him to do a speech in support of pog2020, which we of course know didn’t actually happen. at this point he still had most of the damage the ban in the nether did to him underneath, whether it be bandages or bruises.

in the second design we have schlatt during his presidency! this was definitely at his peak, with a nice, custom suit (you can see the manberg flag sewn into it around the chest), which shows how in control of everything he was at the time.

for the festival, schlatt chose a more extravagant outfit, as did everyone who showed up. you can see a more casual, “human” suit to try and fit in with his people and try and paint himself as a fair ruler. he also put rings and other decorations on his horns for this event!

in the ninth design we have schlatt after the festival and during his further presidency. these were fun to do - let me walk you through them!

as shown in the design on the left, following the festival, schlatt lost an eye, burned most of the right side of his body, and lost a part of his horn. no one really know where it went. it’s believed it was lost in all the panic, eventually, and probably perished in the explosion. his right eye turned completely grey and faded, and he couldn’t see with it. following everything, he had bandages on most of his body for quite some time.

as shown in the right design, schlatt’s further presidency was a facade. he still has his clean, custom suit, but it doesn’t seem to fit the same. you can also see his hair got far messier and he never seemed to bother to actually clean it up.

and so we reach the final, tenth page of designs! we have schlatt during the dsmp finale, and then we have him during the bdam finale!

in the left design you can see i got HEAVILY inspired by sad-ist’s dawn of the 16th animatic! at this point, schlatt lost his eyepatch but didn’t care enough to replace it or fix it up, and you can see his dishevelled state with how he’s dressed and how his clothes look overall. you can clearly see the burns on the right side of his face, and how little he does to conceal them.

and finally, the finale design! schlatt and wilbur, when they were between life and death, sort of became a mix of their spirits and minds - on one hand was their normal selves, but on the other, was that more innocent side left long behind, symbolised by the blue sweater he USED to wear when he lived with phil, mixed with a nice shirt he’d wear normally. in this void, his state is also more clean and orderly, which is why his horn is back in place and there’s a lack of burns. it’s essentially the most stable representation of him that can manifest - without changing him completely.

and that’s that! hope you guys like these <3 i worked really hard on them, and i’m planing to do more in the future for different characters! i have a lot of time to work on these now that i’m taking a break, so i hope to get more done soon. for now, that’s all! thanks for taking a look at these! <3

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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do you guys remember the whole cliff thing cuz it feels like forever ago

#im just reposting memes i made on my discord server #apologies im just very happy to have this account to make these #mcyt bdam #bdam #between dreams and memories #bdam chapter 110 #mcyt fanfic #mcyt fanfiction #dream smp fanfic #dream smp fanfiction #ted nivison #jschlatt #meme

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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im having way too much fun with y’all’s pain aren’t i

#bdam #between dreams and memories #mcyt bdam #meme #bdam chapter 165

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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THE BDAM UNIVERSE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISCONTINUED. THIS POST WILL REMAIN PINNED FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES.

BDAM CONTENT MASTERPOST

the following is everything related to the Between Dreams and Memories DreamSMP AU on AO3!

Discontinued/Abandoned Fics:

Between Heroes and Villains - A DreamSMP Retelling [Season 2] - A retelling of season 2 of the DreamSMP, with original lore, fleshed out character arcs, side stories and appearances from characters normally not included in the storyline! (Appearances from the TVTWM crew is planned, most of SMPEarth and SMPLive, AustinShow, another MrBeast appearance, and many more!)

Between Misery And Hope - A DreamSMP Retelling [Season 3] - This book would have been the 3rd and the final one in the BDAM series. Originally I planned on ending the series on the second book, but didn’t feel like it would be satisfactory. The third book would end the story on my terms, and would serve as more of an AU than a retelling. I’d incorporate some parts of seasons 3 and 4 I personally liked and leave out others, while changing the plot to give characters endings I thought they deserved.

Completed Fics:

Between Dreams And Memories - A Dream SMP Retelling [Season 1] - A retelling of season 1 of the DreamSMP, including original lore, fleshed out character arcs, side stories and appearances from characters normally not included in the storyline (These include, but are not limited to CaptainSparklez, Minx, MrBeast, most members of SMPLive and SMPEarth, and many more!)

Between The Captain and His Journals - A BDAM Spin-Off - A short, 32-chapter spin-off with a focus on Nether lore, more explanation of SMPEarth and SMPLive things from an outsider’s perspective, and a drastically different narrator. Also includes a full retelling of Mianite from the Captain’s pov, with a focus on Tom and Jordan’s friendship!

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bdam author-approved bops - A playlist of songs that inspired, go well with, or just have the general vibe of BDAM or some of its specific scenes.

bdam!schlatt - A playlist for Schlatt in the BDAM universe.

bdam!wilbur - A playlist for Wilbur in the BDAM universe.

bdam!ted - A playlist for Ted in the BDAM universe.

bdam!captain - A playlist for The Captain in the BDAM universe.

bdam!friend - A playlist for Friend in the BDAM universe.

bdam!minx - A playlist for MInx in the BDAM universe.

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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would you guys like to see some between heroes and villains drafts i posted in my discord server here?

i have two chapter openings i have drafted, one about ghostbur and the other about captain puffy, so if people reply to this post asking for it i could post them :D

#mcyt #dream smp #dreamsmp fanfic #mcyt fanfic #dream smp fanfiction #mcyt fanfiction #bdam #between dreams and memories #mcyt bdam #bhav #between heroes and villains #mcyt bhav #preview #ghostbur #captain puffy

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mcytbdamofficial · 3 years

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between heroes and villains preview

chapter 1 draft (currently titled “part 1 - the heroes”)

since you guys seemed interested in seeing a draft, here it is! this is the most likely opening of between heroes and villains if it ever were to happen - in this AU, the events of season 2 take place a year after the end of the first book, aka a full year after l’manberg was first blown up.

enjoy the draft!

He always enjoyed quiet mornings such as this one.

He was standing in the kitchen, removing a mug from a nearby cupboard and placing it in front of him. He rummaged through the shelves for a moment, searching for a teabag. He begun heating up some water as he prepared sugar and a single slice of lemon – Unusual additions to tea, but something he himself enjoyed. He hummed a familiar melody under his breath as he poured the water into the cup and stirred it with a small teaspoon, watching the liquid turn a light brown shade. He picked up the cup and moved to another window, watching the views outside as he waited for the drink to cool down. He smiled to himself – his nation was beautiful, wasn't it?

The walls were gone, but they always kept L'Manberg so constrained, anyway. It was nice. He could see the newly built pathways, all placed atop large platforms, standing over a crater. Where had this crater come from, anyway? Houses stood alongside them, citizens waking up one by one and opening their windows to the new day. The sun was rising, birds were singing their song, and a gentle breeze was flowing through the city, making the grass sway and dance with it. He took a deep breath, feeling his shoulders relax. The smell of tea was slowly but surely filling the room, entrancing him in a warm cover of peace. Something in it felt so familiar-

It was never meant to be.

What... Was that?

He grabbed onto his head, a headache seemingly coming out of nowhere. No, no, that didn't seem right. It didn't fit. Something there wasn't normal. He felt something scratching at his throat, forcing him to clear it. Soon enough, he felt himself being forced to cough, covering his face with his hands. Looking down, he found... Blood? No, no. It wasn't blood. Something else, something... Blue? It dripped down his palm, and he watched it fall as-

Kill me, Phil.

These memories didn't fit. These dreams weren't real. Something wasn't right, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't tell what it was. He coughed again, this time into his sweater... Yellow sweater... Where was his uniform? His presidential uniform? Why was there blood-

You know there's no other way to stop this.

Blood on the sweater a cut in his stomach he coughed more and more and the blue-

I didn't want it to go this far.

down his nose his mouth his face his hands his

I'm sorry I can't control it.

I'm sorry I was born a monster.

I'm sorry.

CRASH

He looked up, a warm smile coming to his face. Finally, someone familiar. He was standing at the other side of the kitchen, staring at him. At his feet there were the remains of a shattered cup, one he had clearly dropped. He was always clumsy – But that was okay. They could clean it up. They could put it back together. Everything could always be put back together, could it not? He stepped forward, giving him a wave.

'Hello! Good morning.'.

He stepped back, trembling in horror. He tilted his head.

'What's wrong?'.

He felt his heart beat faster and faster. He watched him as he giggled.

'You look like you've seen a ghost!'.

Tommy's eyes stayed focused on Wilbur Soot as he stood in his kitchen with a bloody cut across his stomach and empty, white eyes.

And for the first time since the war the year previous, he screamed.

if you enjoyed this draft make sure to leave me some thoughts on it, i would really appreciate it!!!

i also have another draft with captain puffy ready, so if anyone would like to see that, make sure to tell me in a comment!

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