Mers Love Their Scratches

exposing my dsmp playlists.

1. YOU’RE THE VILLAIN AND YOU’RE STUCK.  listen here.

dark, devastating, tipping into madness.  scraping your nails against obsidian walls.  not about a specific resident of pandora’s vault, but rather every character who’s been stuck there (mainly dream and sam).

no phone booths, lifelines, not today no one really offers help anyway no one’s there to save you from this place  – (stay and decay, unlike pluto)

a clock is ticking, but it’s hidden far away (i could do most anything to you) safe and sound, safe and sound – (a clock is ticking, snow patrol)

2. THE VAULT - ANGRY EDITION.  listen here.

vengeful, brutal, merciless.  angry tears rolling down your face.  also about pandora’s vault, but heavy metal this time.  lots of quackity vs dream, but still not about any characters in particular.  shorter playlist but each song goes hard.

alabaster walls surround me in a prison of my own design will i win my freedom if they kill me for wanting you – (sickened, disturbed)

and i can see the fear in your eyes i’ve seen it materialize growing stronger each day – (two weeks, all that remains)

3. OH FATHER TELL ME.  listen here.

dramatic, thunderous, and ambitious.  there’s smoke in your lungs, and you don’t know if it’s the explosion or your cigarette.  general dsmp vibes, moreso about the plot as a whole than any specific arc.  wilbur-heavy for some reason.

everybody knows that the dice are loaded everybody rolls with their fingers crossed everybody knows the war is over everybody knows the good guys lost – (everybody knows, wild fire)

heaven, if you sent us down  so we can build a playground for the sinners to play as saints you’d be so proud of what we made – (crossfire, stephen)

4. IN THE WILD ALL LESSONS LAST.  listen here.

melancholic, heavy-hearted, yet hopeful.  sobbing into the fur of a big white dog.  a collection of the songs i played on repeat while writing ‘in the wild all lessons last.’  not all of them make sense lyrically since i was mostly looking for the right vibe, but many of them do.

but you ain’t gonna make it if you don’t let someone in darlin’, darlin’, darlin’, why don’t you sleep at night? – (darlin, houndmouth)

there’s a degree of difficulty in dealing with me from my haunted past comes the daunting task  of living through memories – (little hell, city and colour)

Dream little gift for Purpled and Eryn in Exile :] I'm thinking of trying to design seven gifts for each of the kids help 😭

horror movie au!dream finally getting to experience someone who likes him for him and it doesn't involve fancy dinners and expensive cars or anything like that. it's him and techno in a crappy motel eating stale chips from the vending machine or sitting in the back of techno's van that smells like wet dog and shampoo.

Honestly, the situation with Tommy and Dream is ridiculous. There is so much wrong with everything going on.

Like it all started over a meme. Let that sink in. this is over a meme.

And yes, Dream shouldn't have said that word but, not only is he on the spectrum, he has been called that word along with countless other slurs and offensive things over the years and never had a tantrum. And neither have we as Dream fans! I've been told to unalive myself so many times for being a Dream fan to the point I'm numb over it. Yet Tommy's fans can't handle a meme. I feel like that says alot.

But I think its crazy people never expected him to snap. Like back anyone into a corner and they're gonna fight back eventually. And the poor guy had enough. So yeah, him "crashing out" was completely valid in my opinion. He's finally letting out the years of suppressed frustration.

Not to mention how Dream is the only person who showed any evidence and yet he's always called a liar. Yet Tommy NEVER shows any proof of his claims. Yet people believe him. Which honestly blows my mind. And for Tommy to say Quackity is fine and Dream isn't is insane. Like Q has just as many allegations that are not proven wrong and everyone just ignored it.

And Tubbo and Ranboo obviously siding with Tommy is expected but with how much Tubbo keeps contradicting himself is ridiculous.

I think that they both need to cut contact and move on. It's not worth all the fighting and chaos between fanbases.

Dusty Path

Written for the dreamnblade christmas event @alterdnbweek is holding this year.

Day 5 Prompts: Pillow Fight; Drunken Confessions

Sorry this one's late, I had a long day yesterday, but I am planning on posting day 6 today as well, so keep an eye out for that!

For context, I have this very specific Superhero AU I haven't written anything for yet that this one is taking place in. You don't need to know anything other than Dream is a professional hero backed by the government, Techno owns a bookstore, and they only know each other through Dream's civilian life.

Fair warning, this one does have a discussion about alcohol abuse that's leaning towards alcoholism. It's at the end, so if you want to skip that, just jump past the last line break (-----_____) to the end (**~~~~~~~).

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Dream loves getting to come to Hypixal. The reasons usually suck given it's either a public appearance or a villain the local heroes aren't able to deal with for one reason or another, but he still loves it. Because when all of that is done, he gets to slip away from his handlers, take off his hero identity, and disappear into the life of the city without anyone watching him.

He can do whatever he wants. Buy random knickknacks, have whatever kind of food he wants, see the shows that are in the city, drink however much he wants, stay up as long as he cares to, and meet new people.

That's how he met Techno. Pretty, sharp witted, kind Techno who took pity on the random person obviously lost in the big city.

His phone vibrates in his hand as he presses further under the awning, a big grin on his face as he reads the message.

T: really made a choice today, huh.

T: stay there. i have an umbrella, idiot

Me: wow. not all us prepare everything. really feel the love, techie

T: or i could call the cops

Me: sorry sorry ill behave promise

T: sus

Dream giggles, burying his face in the scarf wrapped around the bottom of his face. He holds the phone closer to his chest as he waits for another message to pop up, poking at the keys as he tries to figure out if he should send another message.

His feet are a bit cold, a bit wet and make a squishing sound as he shifts in place. It's probably because of, of the rain but that's why he texted Techno. Techno would know where he can go or come and get him. Which he's doing!

It takes a few minutes for his phone to buzz again, this time displaying a picture of himself staring across the street only showing his right side. He frowns, slowly turns his head and smiling brightly as soon as he spots Techno holding an umbrella over himself and giving a brief wave.

Dream runs over, not caring about the pouring rain as he latches onto Techno's arm. He wants to spin them around, tug Techno down the roads as they just run, but Techno's impossible to move.

"You look like a drowned rat," Techno sighs as he lifts the side of his coat to wrap around Dream. It's warm and he presses close, forgetting about the idea to run around.

"I'm a pretty drowned rat," he says into Techno's shoulder. He's always so warm and he can't help the shiver that runs through him. "Didin' realize it would rain."

"It's rainy season," Techno sighs. "Always expect rain even if everything is saying you'll be good."

He hums, eyes drifting close as he soaks in the warmth of the body pressed against him. His stomach turns, gurgles- "I want soup."

Techno huffs, shoving his head lightly, "Okay. Come on."

Dream laughs, clings tighter to Techno's arm as they walk down the side walk. He points out all of the interesting things and cool colors he sees the entire walk back to Techno's place, only stopping as they reach his door and head inside.

"I'm going to get you something to change into," Techno says, kicking his shoes off. "Wait in the bathroom and don't touch anything."

Dream hums, wandering through the place. There's a lot of interesting things he can look at here, but he doesn't get far before Techno is tugging him to the bathroom. He blinks at the room. Confused as to how he got here, but moving on as his eye catches what he's pretty sure is a new washcloth. It has little pigs embroidered on it!

A sigh drags his attention away from the towel to see Techno standing in the doorway, "Here. Put these on."

It's clothes. Clearly Techno's and he drops the cloth to snag them up. They're all soft. Nice on his hands and he wants to stay there clinging to them. He always wants to touch Techno - hold hands, linked arms, leaning against him, hugs - but it's not something Techno likes. This is a nice alternative.

Only, Techno steps in, nudging him to actually change his clothes. (Wow. They were really cold. Getting them off is nice.)

They're big on him, covering his hands and feet as Techno guides him out and pushes him toward the couch. It has a clear view of the kitchen where he heads to, grabbing something from the fridge and messing with the stove.

Dream grabs a pillow, happy to watch Techno moving around. His hair sways lovingly as he moves and most of his focus is on that.

Techno comes back, a bowl in hand and he blinks down at it as it's pressed into his hands.

"You asked for soup" he did? oh, right, he did "I'll get a movie started if you eat."

He perks up. Techno always has the best movies on hand.

The soup is tasty. Warm and filling and he didn't realize he was so hungry. The movie is starting in the background, but he's more focused on trying to finish the bowl. It's getting strangely hard to keep his eyes open.

Fingers are running through his head, scratching at his scalp. The bowl is gently tugged from his hands as he leans forward. There's a nice warmth in front of him, curling around him as sound fills the air low enough he doesn't bother fighting the desire to stay where he is.

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Techno sighs, setting the bowl on the side table as he feel Dream fall completely asleep. He tugs the throw down from the back to wrap around him and shifting him around to actually be laying down. He doesn't want Dream to wake up with a sore back.

The smell of alcohol is fainter, at least. Most of it must have been clinging to his clothes currently laying in Techno's bathroom to take care of later.

He stays where he is on the couch. Debating what he's going to bring up in the morning. His main concern is that this is the seventh time in three weeks he's gotten a text from Dream asking to be picked up because he's lost only to find him clearly tipsy if not drunk.

It's getting worrying and he's pretty close to asking Niki to step in. The only reason he hasn't is because he has no way of knowing if this is typical for the other days or it's just the ones he has off.

The other thing is the mumbled 'love you' he just heard. Which is not something he was at all prepared to have dumped on him. Currently he hopes that Dream just doesn't remember it and he can ignore it.

He winces slightly as Chat almost screams in his head as they start arguing. "Fine, fine," he mutters, glancing down to check on Dream. Still asleep and breathing fine. "Just let me know if you come to an agreement."

It does nothing to calm them down, but a few manage to shout loud suggestions for the actual concerning topic he makes sure to memorize. He wants as much help as he can get for this.

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AU Notes:

dream is a hero as mentioned, as is most of his family and friends. literally the only person he is close to that isn’t involved with the hero. business is techno.

the syndicate is a thing here. they’re labeled a villain group since they refuse to work with any government. it’s only four of them - techno, niki, phil, and ranboo - plus a few of their close relations - ie kristen.

niki owns a bar and has a pretty extensive network through other bars and liquor stores so if it came to it, techno was going to ask her to black list dream from buying anything.

So this is an AU I’m interested in writing more in just like day 1. I do hope you enjoyed this snippet into the world though! 😊

Cursed creatures doodle page

Yes this was the last drawing of 2024, Just never posted it.

shrink him :))

had to edit this down and share bc this whole bit was killing me 😭 pangi discovered clown has been grinding in silence for hours on his streams

[from pangi's stream on 12/15, roughly 2h50m in // transcript below the cut]

Has Clown been doing this on stream, chat?

[reading chat] "Sometimes?" Gotcha.

[reading chat] "This and fishing." Is this really his streams? He just does this or he fishes. Really?

Yeah, welcome to the Clownpierce stream, chat. Welcome to the Clownpierce stream. We don't see the sun.

[reading chat] "And then he occasionally talks." [laughs] Dude, I feel bad for the Clownpierce viewers.

[reading chat] "And he does not play jams." Wait, does he even listen to music on stream, chat?

Clownpierce doesn't-- wait. He's just doing it in silence?! He does this shit in silence?? Nah, but that's wild.

Does he talk to chat? No, he doesn't talk with chat-- is he just silent?

I gotta watch a Clownpierce stream, wait, hold up, hold up.

[Clownpierce stream starts, Clown is talking to himself]

Okay, he is talking… every time he's talking…

[Pangi scrubs through the stream, silence]

...Oh no. After an hour I think he stopped talking.

[more silence]

No! Nooo! Clown??

I feel bad for yall.

-

[reading chat] "No more talking?" Hold up, hold up. Let's go full Clownpierce. Let's go full Clownpierce.

[plays in silence]

careful, i bite