#the main fic is like 40k and complete. worth a read!! <- sentences by the PR manager of saal

[pebbledrat]

re: the tags i just left on one of ur posts

what is saal. seems cool and poggers. i am intrigued

omg hello!!!!! this is my favorite question ever thank you for asking!!

saal is short for standing at a lightswitch by @deadpatrol, which is a tubbo-centric fic I am obsessed with. It's very thoughtful and well written etc etc, but mainly the concept is so wild and charming to me that I end up making a lot of joke posts centered around the characters (see: the saal tag on my blog)

Basic premise of the fic: dsmp Tubbo gets plopped into a modern au setting where no one knows who he is. While this new world is much more peaceful, Tubbo remains paranoid that old dangers could reappear and makes it his mission to hunt down his old friends and re-befriend them. Surely this will go well!

There's 4 main cast members:

Tubbo (our determined protagonist!!)

Ranboo (peer pressured into being here, deeply, deeply weird for reasons that are largely ignored* by the text)

Tommy (having the time of his life)

Wilbur (the brains of the operation and the only person willing to ask Tubbo to his face what his deal is. Tubbo's deal is that he's a 17yo widow/war veteran from minecraft, which is not something that can easily or reasonably be deduced about a stranger. This causes some shenanigans as Wilbur tries to Sherlock Holmes his way into figuring out Tubbo, who is at the same time trying to avoid being figured out using the combined power of his training as a politician and a spy)

I'm rambling. BUT!

TL;DR saal is a fic that is genuinely good but also has a dedicated meme community on tumblr

#saal isnt even a fic to me. its more like a sister #the main fic is like 40k and complete. worth a read!! <- sentences by the PR manager of saal #there's a sequel if you're into that. its *checks notes* *checks update schedule* still being posted (?) but we meet more friends there #there's also the saal posting extended universe here on tumblr where we argue about things like what ranboo is Really up to in the fic #or make long form posts about a sitcom au #sorry this got long but tysm for asking!! #oh i forgot i had an asterisk earlier #*Deeply weird for reasons that are ignored by the text -> bc it's Tubbo's pov and he is utterly oblivious to or outright ignoring #any peculiarities around his former husband #hope this helps!! #saal #pebble speaks #dsmp fic