// dsmp rp
I might be crazy for this, but I don't actually think that any of Dream's relationships were beyond repair, if he chose to try to fix them.
I think that a big part of how Dream processes so many losses is by leaning into that cold, logical side of himself, rather than lingering on emotions. He can rationalize his pain in a way that makes it seem normal to him, and therefore not something worth getting upset about—and, weirdly enough, he's more likely to do this with the people who have hurt him the most (e.g. Quackity), not less. (The only real pitfall is that this justification is usually used when he's talking about people, rather than to them.)
But if his friends have reasons for turning on him, then they're no different from Dream himself, right? And Dream sure as hell knows he's done plenty wrong. He doesn't seem opposed to admitting to his past, nor to apologizing for things he's genuinely sorry for (even if that, admittedly, isn't much). With that in mind, I don't think it's unreasonable that he would try to find common ground, to reach out to those he used to care about and try to understand and to reconcile.
Weirdly, I think a main obstacle here would be Punz; as long as they are together, the Plan™ is all that matters. I think another obstacle would be Dream's sheer terror of showing that kind of vulnerability around someone he no longer trusts—but that's not an uncrossable line, as Tommy demonstrates in the finale. It might just take the other person to give him that push, to let him know that he's safe here. If Dream was seeking out this kind of reconciliation himself, however, I think he would be willing to open up sooner.
The one exception is Sam. Because Dream tried to reconcile with Sam, for a long time, back when Sam was stuck in prison. And Sam refused.
Thinking today about how Daedalus wasn’t c!Dream’s revenge fantasy, it was his closure fantasy.
In his heart of hearts, he was fantasizing not about destroying Sam, but about Sam understanding. Sam acknowledging what he did. Sam conceding that what he did to Dream was…
(Sam apologizing? Did a tiny, shameful piece want that, picture it, what it could look like?)
Some Greco-Roman dsmp au stuff again
Tommy: “Techno, is this the right way down to the Underworld?”
Techno: “So listen here, Theseus, did I ever tell you of the time I wrangled the drakon of the Hesperides?”
Wilbur (the butterfly): “Have you ever eaten sand? My father let me play on the beaches of Crete, once.”
And then there’s Eret with the “If it is for the prosperity of my kingdom, any sacrifice is worth the end result.”
ive never really been one for rewrites (apart from like. ignoring the nuke finale. Also reviving cranboo. ok maybe a lil bit) but what i would have changed is the ending of the ghostbur arc because for me it could have been everything but by Not tying it properly it just. misses the mark a bit