So Awhile Ago, My Friend @vpofcookies Sent Me This Message And I've Been Thinking About This Forever,

so awhile ago, my friend @vpofcookies sent me this message and i've been thinking about this forever, because they're very much correct with this idea.

because c!techno spends so much of his time checking on c!dream, even when it's not obvious. the clear example of this is when he attempts to direct dream away from the lava flow when dream burned himself, saying that it was exhilarating.

for me, however, two of the biggest examples of this, especially when it comes to techno using his characters body language, come after techno wishes for the bell from dreamXD.

when techno gets his bell and begins ringing it, dream goes to stare at the lava. he doesn't move to burn himself but he stands right up against it. techno calls him away a few times and physically changes the way he was standing, so he could keep an eye on dream, even stopping once or twice during selling out to go over to dream.

immediately after dreamXD gives them the bell, dream punches techno into the corner. despite only having one potato on him while dream has all the remaining 50 some, techno doesn't even move away. only when dream has stopped hitting him, does he go back to playing up the bit. he lets dream hit him, lash out, and instead of getting angry, he continues to watch dream and cajole him into ringing the bell.

techno is joking around, making light of the situation and teasing dream pretty relentlessly, but his body language - how he positions himself, how he doesn't resist in situations he otherwise would, or how consistently he puts himself right next to dream (and doesn't back away when dream invades his space, even when dream is doing it to hit him) - shows his actual intentions. he's making certain that dream's okay and continues to be okay.

techno understands people. he knows the best way to approach the situation with dream and you can see it, not only in the way he speaks, but in the way he uses his movements and body language.