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foolsocracy · 1 year

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is this anything

#sat down and did this in a sitting LLOLL #should have went to bed hours ago 💔💔💔#alas #this wouldn’t leave my head #also I don’t have a dream design so whatever #c!sam #c!dream #c!quackity #vault duo #umm #my art #animatic #dsmp #dream smp #awesamdude #yeah ok #hopefully this uploads #scrapped lore

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diamantspitzhacke · 1 year

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I have connected the dots

#awesamdream #farfadream #dreamwastaken #farfadox #awesamdude #post #vault duo

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swordfright · 1 year

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c!Sam, Pandora’s Vault, and the Abject

In light of the recent c!sam lore, I wanna ramble about something that’s been on my mind a ton recently, which is that all the stuff that plays out during the imprisonment arc (and its aftermath!!!) reminds me so much of The Abject, which is this theory of psychological horror that basically claims the impetus behind much of what we call horror is the breakdown of our understanding of where the Self ends and the Other begins. I realize this already sounds wack but so is dsmp as a piece of media so like, hear me out.

Sam demonstrably struggles with issues of control and autonomy, and especially with understanding himself in relation to them. But also, interestingly, a secondary definition of the Abject concerns the recognition of desire: when the individual's relationship to its objects of desire (id/the Other) and of representation (ego/the Self) breaks down in a way they find too disturbing to confront, horror is elicited.

I don’t think it’s a crazy stretch to say that c!Sam is a character who is constantly teetering on the brink of confronting the Abject. He prioritizes his job as warden over everything else in his life (there’s so much text evidence for this idek where to start) because being the warden is an important outlet for him. It’s a role he steps into that, over time, helps him understand himself - not in a way that’s necessarily accurate, but in a way that is agreeable to him! Sam’s relationship to his object of representation (being warden) is supported and maintained via the structure of the prison itself: the existence of a prison necessitates the existence of a prisoner (without which, the prison is just an empty building), which in turn necessitates the existence of a warden (someone to guard the prisoner.) Pandora’s Vault is a place where Sam’s worldview makes sense and his life has meaning and purpose.

The “breakdown” stage happens whenever Sam is forced to confront his object of desire, which is of course, control over the prisoner. Sam wants to control the prisoner at all costs (again, so much text evidence idk where to BEGIN). Sam tells himself that the warden is necessary for protecting the server, but ultimately his words and actions show that his true motivation is not protecting others, it’s controlling the prisoner. During Daedalus, all it takes is a couple days in the maximum security cell for Sam to start panicking and questioning his own actions/worldview, because suddenly the roles of prisoner and warden are reversed and c!Dream is forcing him to experience a small fraction of what dream experienced under Sam’s watch. the reversal is horrifying because the thing that gave Sam’s worldview structure and meaning (his role as warden in relation to both prison and prisoner) is being turned inside-out. He is not enjoying the Abject, and this is part of why i personally think he doubles down on defending his past actions as warden after dream kills him and lets him go - his only option is to repress.

Another definition of the Abject is “a place of immemorial violence where meaning collapses,” so i’ll leave y’all with my final thought on the subject: for Sam, the Abject is his own desire to control the prisoner. But for Dream, the Abject is the Pandora’s Vault itself. It’s the place where Dream was forced to confront the fact that he fucked up, that his trust in Sam (a former friend) was dangerously misplaced, that the person he thought would protect him is instead enabling his torture, that he may never escape the prison he designed himself. And he designed it to be a home! He wanted the prison, it exists because Dream wanted it! And now, post-jailbreak, it occupies this liminal space: at once a home and a hell. If that’s not the Abject, i don’t know what is.

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prisonguards · 2 years

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I’ll never know what you said, cause I’ll be fucking dead by then

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iced-sweet-dt · 2 years

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C!DREAM REFERENCE

WE WIN

#/rp #vault duo #dream smp #comedic #homemade dtea

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hiding-in-the-vault · 1 year

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Gift for @the-final-sif for the dreblrsmp gift exchange!

#dreblr #c!dream #dsmp #c!punz #staged duo #dream smp #vault arts #dreblr gift exchange

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lalalalupia · 2 years

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Two rivals playing hang man in the prison, one tortured and one a English major.

#rival duo #dream fanart #technofanart #dsmp fanart #pandora vault #prison arc #c!rivals

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bleue-flora · 6 months

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So… I have been obsessively rewatching streams to get as canon accurate as possible (as a perfectly sane person does… of course) and it kinda sparked a question. Clearly, Quackity’s lore is on the more scripted and edited side, so Punz’s talk with Purpled wasn’t a live impromptu and one of the things he specially highlights is “6 months” as the time frame for Dream being tortured in prison (not to mention the unspeakable and past people’s limits parts which there is no way Dream signed off on, but that’s a whole other can of worms…) We know that according to real life, Quackity tortured Dream daily for about 67 days if his last visit is the stream of making Dream write the letter (May 22nd, 2021), 75 days (from March 17th, 2021 - Quackity’s first visit stream to June 6th, 2021 - Techno’s stream where he visits Dream) if he holds up the deal to not torture Dream for a week or 82 days if he doesn’t, (we know he doesn’t get tortured while Techno is there because Dream mentions it in the podcast stream), which brings us to almost 3 months. Given this, why would Punz say 6 months? This isn’t a live stream slip up, this is scripted. They have time to verify the actual facts. So why would they say that and emphasize that point. 3 months is still a long time to be tortured daily, there’s no reason why that time frame wouldn’t be sufficient to convince Purpled of its ferocity.

One could make the argument that when Dream told Punz about it, he said 6 months because he didn’t know how long it was (which is actually what I thought at first), but Dream actually has a decent understanding of time at different points in prison so that’s not super likely. When Techno comes to visit Dream, Dream even says, he’s been there for 5 or 6 months (and that’s after Tommy’s stay and revival and stuff). We also know based on the jailbreak streams that Sam kept up the lie to Quackity that Dream escaped so even when Techno leaves it’s not like Quackity came back.

So, c!Dream knew, cc!Dream knew, cc!Quackity knew and given their attention to detail, I feel like they wouldn’t let cc!Punz get it wrong on accident. There’s no particular reason for c!Punz to lie and it’s not like an - I forgot how long let me just mention type of thing. No, this was one of the times in that talk with Purpled that he repeated himself for emphasis. So, why did he say 6 months?

#Punz giving me brain rot again…. y’all send help…#do not under estimate the amount of effort I go through to be canon complaint #like dialgue and stuff and even like how many potions someone has or something…. I am crazy it’s official #shoutout to @midnight-fangirl01 for putting up with me arguing over whether techno can have cabinets because of canon…. :) <3 <3 #oh go read Crow’s Nest and my other stuff to - appreciate my effort lol XD…#dsmp #c!dream #dream smp #pandora's vault #dreblr #c!punz #c!stagedduo #no one does it like c!dream #this is fine #c!dream and c!techno #did someone order an essay?#dishing up lore #rivals duo #dsmp analysis #prison arc #pandora’s vault has a singular purpose #dsmp lore #dsmp dream #dsmp punz #dsmp purpled #c!purpled #c!dream and c!quackity #pandoras vault #lore thoughts #ALL THE TAGES! SOMEONE HELP!!! I have such serious brains rot…. please I need to know! <3 :)

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aimportantdragoncollector · 5 months

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Three Weeks of Trioholders Winners!

I’ve been thrilled by the amazing flood of content for my event. Now I’m proud to announce the winners! This will only be the first round of prizes. As a reminder, I extended Three Weeks of Trioholders for a bonus round from Monday November 21 to Sunday November 26, 2023. The details are here. However, I’m not going to make the people who submitted early wait any longer to collect their prizes. It was extremely difficult for me to pick the winners, and I had some very very close decisions. I loved every single entry.

First Place Winners in Writing and Art:

@missremember takes first in writing for [LISTEN], an amazing fic in the form of the Second One for All holder’s old recordings. I both laughed and cried!

For art, I just couldn’t decide on just one winner because the competition was too steep. Therefore I’m awarding a tie for first place in art.

@suugiart did an entire animation for the duoholders. I’ve watched it three times already. Words cannot describe my emotions so I will settle for WHOA.

@fanfictiongremlinao3 blew me away with this gorgeous trioholders piece. The shading is beautiful. I love seeing Yoichi so happy after his tragic past.

Second Place Winners in Writing and Art:

Nana’s Guide To Ending 200 Years of Pining by @samthehyena had me clutching my sides laughing at the oblivious pining trio.

@stealthsuitdeku made me laugh so hard with this drawing of All for One’s reaction to his brother eloping. If only Yoichi had tried this in canon, he might have given his brother a heart attack. I also think it’s a hilarious Dad for One-compliant detail that apparently All for One has laser eyes to match Izuku’s tear attacks.

Writing Honorable Mentions:

For @chaosverse-mainblog who wrote an entire collection for Three Weeks of Trioholders, my greatest challenge was deciding which one to award a prize to. In the end I picked A Foxes Love because it hit all my favorite tropes of kitsunes, Second and Yoichi being cute together, and All for One being a creep.

@teriiphelia for Innocent Accomplice which has my adored gender-swapped Second and Dad Yoichi.

@breeze-tells-tales for heart, don't fail me now because I love Anastasia AUs so much, and cute trioholders interaction.

Art Honorable Mentions:

I had a really hard pick between the two submissions by @thebnha-auhoard but in the end The Dragon and his Vampire won my heart. Just look at those beautiful wings, horns, and teeth!

@palebonedry this made me gasp out loud, the bloody colors are haunting. I’m fascinating by this AU and Nyavka Yoichi and All for One. If you want I’ll write the AU for your prize! (Or pick anything you’d like, it’s your prompt.)

@gracelyn33 this art perfectly captures the tragedy of the duo holders. I adore how you shaded the light across their faces.

@whensaturnfalls how pretty, I love Sleeping Beauty AUs.

@unknownreservations you drew too much good art and made it very hard for me to decide which one I wanted to pick for a prize. But in the end I picked this one because I loved the expressions on their faces. It’s obvious how much Second and Third adore Yoichi.

@azzabynes these three are adorable and I love how you made them dance.

@chaosverse-mainblog the one and only entry for the newly named Vault Breakers ship (Second/Third) is worthy of its own honorable mention. I adore the blushes on their faces so much.

Prizes:

First place in both art and writing will receive a fic of a minimum of 3,000 words from me (Katydid on Ao3) based on a prompt of your choice. Second place in both art and writing will receive a fic of a minimum of 1,500 words from me. Honorable mentions will be given at least a snippet based on your prompt (hopefully they don’t all get long like last year.) You can contact me to receive your prize here on tumblr, or on discord where I am katydid1. I’m setting a deadline of December 31, 2023 to claim your prize. I reserve the right to ask for a different request. And please be patient since I gave out quite a few prizes for this contest.

I enjoy writing prompts and I’m excited to receive your ideas. It’s been a blast to host this event.

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kbmrjmd · 5 months

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hypno and xb are so funny

#watching hypnos new vault hunters video #do they have a duo name that isnt in the ___ duo format

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emlaux · 1 year

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Rivalsduo during prison arc (Platonic)

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swordfright · 6 months

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heyyy if you're nasty and 18+ you should go check out my unhinged prisontrio oneshot

#it's mostly character study but things do get spicy #c!awesamdream #scarduo #i hate that that's the quackity/sam duo name it's so lame #dsmp fanfic #pandoras vault

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atherix · 5 months

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hiiiii aciiiii beloved ummmm 47?

Oooo nice choice beloved vault rock <3

Oh man is there anything other than Desert Duo I can use for this song. (There is.) Won't be a 1:1 match but here we go <3

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"No."

It's such a simple word. It escapes before he can even think about it, and Scar stops in his tracks.

"Why not?" Scar asks slowly, the hurt in his eyes almost enough to twist Grian's heart around.

"I can't do this. Not again," Grian tells him, wings pressing against his back. "I can't keep trying to save you, Scar. I'm not- I won't do it. Not again."

"I'm not asking you to save me, Grian," Scar tells him, frowning. "I just... I want to team up. You and me. Just like-"

"-old times?" Grian finishes, raising a brow at him. "So we can- what? Go back to you lying and me nearly dying for you? How many times do you expect me to- to throw myself to the wolves for you?"

"You never did that," Scar says, waving a hand, and Grian breathes sharply.

Does Scar really not realize everything he put Grian through?

... Does that even matter? It still happened.

"Why me?" Grian demands, stepping closer to Scar. Surprised, Scar steps back.

"What?"

"Why me, Scar?" Grian repeats. "Why not Mumbo, or Cleo, or- or BDubs, or anyone else!"

Scar pauses, staring at him, and Grian watches him- watches the way his green eyes, full of confusion and sadness and loneliness, soften. It's almost enough to shake Grian's resolve.

"Because there's only you," Scar says softly, and Grian almost cracks.

But he can't. Not this time.

"Not this time," Grian says quietly, shaking his head. He steps back. "You're on your own this time, Scar."

He doesn't wait for Scar to argue, because he knows if he lets Scar talk any longer then he'll talk Grian around. He turns and runs away, spreading his wings and taking flight.

He can't do this again.

The first time almost killed him.

#ask #spotify wrapped ask game #desert duo #can be read as Scarian #I kinda kept it vague #It's Complicated:tm:#the Vault

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islanddboyy · 2 years

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ren needs an impenetrable vault? grian needs a reason to resist? mumbo is your man for the job.

#im predicting mumbo comes back and his vault will be the royal vault and grian will now have to break into this one #like at the beginning of the season #the bet they had with the diamonds and the vault heist #but enough of this desert duo angst of being on opposing sides #i want mumbo comes back and makes an impenetrable vault for the king which forces grian to revolt just so he can break in #grian #mumbo #mumbo jumbo #hermitcraft #hermitblr #rentheking #soup group #mcyt

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bsders · 2 years

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