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c! dream drabble i wrote just thinking about his recovery cause i love him so
cw! mention of blood a lot, it's actually the main focus of the drabble, brief mention of self harm, some violence sprinkled here, some wound stuff sprinkled here.
crimson is the colour of his blood on his best friend's blade. it's the shade of vengeance, fear of a metamorphosis beyond one's understanding. it's a tone of finality because there is nothing to be said. it's too late for explanations.
crimson is the shade of earnest eyes through rimmed spectacles tapped down the middle from domestic mishaps. it's the shade of trust, the scent of fresh stew on an open fire, warmth that doesn't burn and simmer his skin but settles the chiding chill in his bones. it's the tone of new beginnings, something dream feels he doesn't deserve but techno insists he does.
techno says crimson is the shade of wounds large like gashes on your arms but as small as skinning on your knees. it's the shade of regret and mistakes and childhood, the feeling of being human and breakable and fragile. it's the tone that says all things must come to an end. it says that time goes on. things are left in the past but things are also left to heal.
crimson is the shade of roses that if you're not too careful will spread the color to your fingers.
crimson is the shade of trees in the fall, time has gone by, things are changing, the earth is healing.
crimson runs in dream's veins and sometimes he feels the need to scratch his nails against his wrists as a reassurance that despite everything anyone says, against all odds he is still human.
he is a person too.
people keep saying that techno forcing dream to take his armor off and kicking him out of the anarchist commune is hypocritical and its sent me off the rails multiple times.
techno and dream were NEVER FRIENDS. dream never did something to instigate an act of repayment of kindness by techno, everything he ever did for techno he held over his head and demanded a favor off of him with. saving carl and him from the execution? yeah, thats what PROMPTED the entire favor plotline from the beginning. it wasnt an act of kindness because dream wanted a favor out of it too. it was manipulative and coercive, and techno KNEW this.
during doomsday, he only allied with dream because they shared a common goal and dream was someone techno trusted enough IN THE MOMENT 1. because of the favor 2. because it was a common goal 3. because techno and dream had a similar disdain for the same thing by proxy (techno for lmanburg and dream for tommy), they didnt do it because they were very good pals who hate government, they were just temporary allies to achieve a common goal prompted by personal reasons.
in the will, he didnt even really state he cared for dream, he just went to see if hes alright, cuz that could be detrimental to breaking him out. besides, when he was trapped in the prison with dream, he didnt do anything other than calm dream down enough to the point where he could extract info out of him. never at that point were they friends, and techno never pretended it was this way, and neither did dream.
technos plans for breaking dream out were INDEFINITE, it was only instigated when he saw RANBOO being arrested that got him to enact the plans stat. plus, dream wouldve been a valuable ally inside the prison, being one of the strongest men of the smp. its another thing that he didnt know the mutual hatred between ranboo and dream, but the fact that he was more concerned for ranboo shows as well that techno WASNT friends with dream, he was just doing his part of the favor.
techno never PROMISED he was gonna give dream armor and shelter. why would he need to? dream is one of the strongest people in the smp and techno knows this and dream knows techno knows this. why would the strongest man in the smp only have one set of netherite armor that he lost when he was arrested? that wouldnt make him the strongest man. by assuming dream needed the netherite, techno would effectively be babying dream and spoon-feeding someone he didnt want to spoon-feed. dream is strong. he just lacked the gear and escape plan in the moment because he was caught off guard when he was arrested. i guarantee that if dream was better prepared for a happenstance he couldnt have predicted, then the favor would still be over technos head right now. technos plan involved dream having adequate gear to fend off potential danger, it wasnt a wellness gift from techno to dream, it was a requirement for the escape to go as planned. it was necessary, but it wasnt a gift. as far as we and techno is concerned, any sort of gentle approach imploded when dream showed zero care for ranboo. (not saying dream is wrong for this, they both had their reasons in their moment. just saying that it went against what techno wanted for his friend.) ranboo was more of a priority in technos head cuz they were FRIENDS, dream was just a valuable ally and someone who he owed a favor to, a favor he would repay by also breaking him out.
they were never friends between all this, and i highly doubt theyre friends now. theyre just reluctant allies kept together by a shoddy “favor” that they constantly need to repay each other.
its completely in-character for techno to keep this up as well. people take technos words completely literally in the speech. when he said his little monologue about “repaying kindnesss tenfold and repaying injustice a thousand times over”, it is literally a “an eye for an eye” thing. sure, you can take it literally, but taking it SO literally is a mischaracterization. techno repaid a favor, so dream has to do the same now too. dream was never kind, so techno doesnt have to repay the kindness tenfold. he never treated him with injustice, so he doesnt have to repay that injustice a thousand times over. he owed him a favor, so dream has to repay that favor. fairs fair. thats how techno IS. taking it literally works, but thats just now how techno (cc or c) is if you take a closer look. technos character and monologues are rife with literary references and metaphors. out of all his speeches, why would THIS one be literal?
more people have analyzed dreams character better than i have and ever will in this situation, but why would dream wanna befriend techno NOW? sure, its unfortunate he had to lose such convenient tools at such an inconvenient time, but they were never a neccessity for him. it was just inconvenient, not world-shattering. dream understands this. we know he understands it and holds no animosity to techno for it because of how he was in the dream v sapnap exchange that techno was spying on. if they were friends, wouldnt this be some sort of travesty, a grand betrayal?
as phil said, it was just a business relationship. it was never a friendship, and painting it in such a light is a gross mischaracterization of both techno AND dreams characters.
im all for that good rivalsduo content, but not like this, man. it also baffles me that its mostly the techno apologists that decide to blame techno for THIS. like, cmon, an apologist is supposed to know the cc they apologize for through and through. this negates every argument of theirs, and just shows they dont really know the cc. excuse doomsday and all the other war crimes, sure, but hold techno accountable because “rivalsduo are friends”? mann.
one more thing: if techno and dream were friends, why wouldnt techno check up on dream when he was in the prison? he didnt make an effort to visit the prison at all, even try to spy the outside, he just had it in the back of his mind until quackity showed up on his birthday. he doesnt value a friendship with dream because there is none, techno just had a business deal with dream that he assumed was on indefinite hold until dream could sort things out. if anything, i think this kinda pushes the narrative that, despite upholding his morals and all, techno didnt really wanna do the favor. or, if anything, it just wasnt his priority. his priority was the syndicate, not the favor. the moment you hold something over something else, it proves that that second thing is just less meaningful to you - in this case, the syndicate over dream. dream isnt as important as the syndicate because, unlike the syndicate, dreams favor isnt long-term and he doesnt actively want to protect dream.
people keep saying that techno forcing dream to take his armor off and kicking him out of the anarchist commune is hypocritical and its sent me off the rails multiple times.
techno and dream were NEVER FRIENDS. dream never did something to instigate an act of repayment of kindness by techno, everything he ever did for techno he held over his head and demanded a favor off of him with. saving carl and him from the execution? yeah, thats what PROMPTED the entire favor plotline from the beginning. it wasnt an act of kindness because dream wanted a favor out of it too. it was manipulative and coercive, and techno KNEW this.
during doomsday, he only allied with dream because they shared a common goal and dream was someone techno trusted enough IN THE MOMENT 1. because of the favor 2. because it was a common goal 3. because techno and dream had a similar disdain for the same thing by proxy (techno for lmanburg and dream for tommy), they didnt do it because they were very good pals who hate government, they were just temporary allies to achieve a common goal prompted by personal reasons.
in the will, he didnt even really state he cared for dream, he just went to see if hes alright, cuz that could be detrimental to breaking him out. besides, when he was trapped in the prison with dream, he didnt do anything other than calm dream down enough to the point where he could extract info out of him. never at that point were they friends, and techno never pretended it was this way, and neither did dream.
technos plans for breaking dream out were INDEFINITE, it was only instigated when he saw RANBOO being arrested that got him to enact the plans stat. plus, dream wouldve been a valuable ally inside the prison, being one of the strongest men of the smp. its another thing that he didnt know the mutual hatred between ranboo and dream, but the fact that he was more concerned for ranboo shows as well that techno WASNT friends with dream, he was just doing his part of the favor.
techno never PROMISED he was gonna give dream armor and shelter. why would he need to? dream is one of the strongest people in the smp and techno knows this and dream knows techno knows this. why would the strongest man in the smp only have one set of netherite armor that he lost when he was arrested? that wouldnt make him the strongest man. by assuming dream needed the netherite, techno would effectively be babying dream and spoon-feeding someone he didnt want to spoon-feed. dream is strong. he just lacked the gear and escape plan in the moment because he was caught off guard when he was arrested. i guarantee that if dream was better prepared for a happenstance he couldnt have predicted, then the favor would still be over technos head right now. technos plan involved dream having adequate gear to fend off potential danger, it wasnt a wellness gift from techno to dream, it was a requirement for the escape to go as planned. it was necessary, but it wasnt a gift. as far as we and techno is concerned, any sort of gentle approach imploded when dream showed zero care for ranboo. (not saying dream is wrong for this, they both had their reasons in their moment. just saying that it went against what techno wanted for his friend.) ranboo was more of a priority in technos head cuz they were FRIENDS, dream was just a valuable ally and someone who he owed a favor to, a favor he would repay by also breaking him out.
they were never friends between all this, and i highly doubt theyre friends now. theyre just reluctant allies kept together by a shoddy “favor” that they constantly need to repay each other.
its completely in-character for techno to keep this up as well. people take technos words completely literally in the speech. when he said his little monologue about “repaying kindnesss tenfold and repaying injustice a thousand times over”, it is literally a “an eye for an eye” thing. sure, you can take it literally, but taking it SO literally is a mischaracterization. techno repaid a favor, so dream has to do the same now too. dream was never kind, so techno doesnt have to repay the kindness tenfold. he never treated him with injustice, so he doesnt have to repay that injustice a thousand times over. he owed him a favor, so dream has to repay that favor. fairs fair. thats how techno IS. taking it literally works, but thats just now how techno (cc or c) is if you take a closer look. technos character and monologues are rife with literary references and metaphors. out of all his speeches, why would THIS one be literal?
more people have analyzed dreams character better than i have and ever will in this situation, but why would dream wanna befriend techno NOW? sure, its unfortunate he had to lose such convenient tools at such an inconvenient time, but they were never a neccessity for him. it was just inconvenient, not world-shattering. dream understands this. we know he understands it and holds no animosity to techno for it because of how he was in the dream v sapnap exchange that techno was spying on. if they were friends, wouldnt this be some sort of travesty, a grand betrayal?
as phil said, it was just a business relationship. it was never a friendship, and painting it in such a light is a gross mischaracterization of both techno AND dreams characters.
im all for that good rivalsduo content, but not like this, man. it also baffles me that its mostly the techno apologists that decide to blame techno for THIS. like, cmon, an apologist is supposed to know the cc they apologize for through and through. this negates every argument of theirs, and just shows they dont really know the cc. excuse doomsday and all the other war crimes, sure, but hold techno accountable because “rivalsduo are friends”? mann.
Ok so, this AU is something where techno is just a feral child from the nether that accidentally found a portal and now its in the overworld. Dream is a random kid in a village that is really fucking creepy and stabs anything he sees.
Techno falls in one of dreams traps in the forest and dream decided that the feral child will be his new friend. Techno doesnt know anything in the overworld so now he sees dream as part of his pack?(idk) and follows him around, techno tries to eat eveything and dream tries to stab averything
Sorry if my english is bad
Hello it is I, back at it again with another comic! Thank you all for the support on Pinning Butterflies ^^ @lookinghalfacorpse’s Doomsday Trio Ages continues to give me emotions. Specially this last line. So I have some more angst (and fluff)- also known as reasons Techno has illegally adopted another wanted criminal. Phil has adoption papers in his bag for such occasions you can’t tell me otherwise.
Shoutout to my brother who did the editing for this comic. He suffered me talking about my faves, and learned lore just to tell me when/if they were OOC. XD
Oh, to those of you who recommended I read “In the Wild All Lessons Last” congrats you are now the reason why I am dehydrated.
Yes I would like to see more!!
Your wish is my command XD
Have some DSMP Prison sketches. This is actual c!Dream and not my AUs c!Dream. Plus bonus Techno being cute and scary.