Of Course And Thank You So Much. It Means A Lot.

EEEE TYSM. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANYONE TO TAG 😭

rb to stare at a mutual like this:

I really hate when fics try to demonize Dream just to make Nightmare look better. If we're talking actual corrupted Nightmare, he really ain't someone to uplift over him. The opposite trope where Dream is perfect and can do no wrong irks me too

What I do like is when neither of them are strictly good or bad. I like when they're flawed. In Dream's case, he has good intentions in wanting to bring his brother back, and he's not necessarily wrong for that, but I can see him having a tendency not to listen

Nightmare KNOWS he isn't the same version of himself he was as a child and he'd try to tell Dream that but he wouldn't listen, he'd try to blame it on the corruption and run himself ragged trying to bring passive back

Dream would do what HE thinks is best for people, again he'd have good intentions but he'd never stop and listen to what others have to say because "he knows best" and I can see this rubbing the Stars the wrong way too

He can grow from it, and I can see him learning. Swap FOR SURE would be able to get through his thick skull eventually, but just because he's the Gaurdian of Positivity doesn't mean he's perfect, but he's not a purposely manipulative mastermind, he's just hard headed and has a savior complex

Nightmare is hard headed too, it definitely runs in the family

I'll admit, i think i have trouble with the way i interpret Nightmare because i know canonically hes fucking awful but since I never read the source material and have no interest to I make up my own shit

Which can tend to paint Nightmare in a kinder light. I have a bias and because of that I think it clouds my way of seeing him, because I like seeing him as caring to the others and having a softer side, but he's still not perfect

Hed still be vengeful, even if the fierce fire for it he had before had dulled. He'd still be a bad guy, he'd take over AUs and he'd still feed off negativity and conflict. I think he'd have too much fun using the "for the balance" excuse

Hed still be manipulative too. If he needs something from someone he'll twist their arm till they surrender it over. I guess my main difference is he's less sadistic and he doesn't hurt the other Bad Sanses?

He can still have a habit of pushing people away too. He and Dream both are TERRIBLE at communicating shit and with Nightmare he closes himself off from the others sometimes without a word

Nightmare can have bad mental health days too. He can't feed off his own negative energy so it effects him like anybody else. This is when he closes himself off, he doesn't try to communicate his issues or his feelings and instead locks his room off and sits with himself. Killer would try to get a word out of him and it'd end up irritating Nightmare. Killer's been around long enough to not be pushed away by it but I can see Nightmare still getting self conscious after the fact

Hes afraid of being alone too, wether he'd ever admit it or not

Also, another thing, he's vengeful, yes, but by the time he's faded he doesn't try to seek out fights with Dream. I think the whole "send the boys after Dream to get him" thing is so silly, he's like a Saturday morning cartoon villain lmao

I can moreso see DREAM seeking HIM out to try and "save" him and Nightmare just wanting to be left alone and only fighting to get him off their backs. Get off his lawn ffs

kissing on the table

Nah I just like this.

it is the year

no because drink is great because dream has this constant worry of his powers constantly influencing the people around him, whether unintentionally changing their feelings to be better around him or because people want to take advantage of his magic, yet ink remains unchanged because of his lack of soul

is it pretend? yeah! but to dream, ink is willingly sticking by him despite dream not doing anything for him. maybe they don't meet often and dream isn't ink's #1 priority and maybe ink isn't dream's, but it's always nice to have someone you trust to appreciate you for who you are and what you have

I think Color and dream would be very close. Or at the very least have a mutual understanding of each other due to their very similar circumstances surrounding their past and personalities. The two have both lost their siblings and their world to a horror beyond their comprehension; they are forced to fight and have lost memories because of this. No one in othertale will know about sans because his entire existence was wiped out after a reset, and no one ever got to know the real dream due to his abuse at the hands of villagers, making him out to a person who’s all smiles, never struggles with his mental health, and HAS to be the reason why others are happy/kept happy. The only person who really knew dream was passive, and he died unaware of the abuse dream was going through as well. Dream and Color both lost their worlds and their history. Dreamtale is nothing more than dead grass, a tree stump and mindless, rabid, negativity filled villagers; No one knows it’s story except for Dream because the corruption can barely remember passive’s memories. Othertale never had a sans (or a gaster) and it’ll be kept that way forever. 

What do color and dream do in response? They bury themselves in their work, helping others achieve happiness while continuing to neglect their own. They are both different ends of a spectrem on how they allow themselves to be treated as doormats. Dream always forsakes his own health for others and keeps himself in isolation out of fear of his aura affecting someone, manipulating them into friendship. Worse, they get addicted or become a victim of corrupted nightmare. He believes he has to be the reason why others are happy and will tear himself in two if it meant the safety of someone else (-1000 self preservation skills).

Color on the other hand doesn’t bend backward and fall to the calls of others like Dream, but still puts himself into dangerous circumstances to the point he becomes obsessed with fixing all of it. Killer is an example as he KNOWS how dangerous trying to get him is, but seemingly dedicates his life to saving killer despite the risks. It doesn’t help that just like dream, he has internal forces that make him more likely to do things like this (specifically the soul traits). Color would good and well die for killer and they both know it. Of course killer doesn’t fully understand but it’s just the way color is.

And of course, they bottle up their emotions to age them like fine wine. They’d have their limb chewed off but the moment they see someone else injured it’s like their wound was just them getting nipped by a puppy. Dream would apologize for not healing them sooner and Color would just outright ignore or hide the injury in an attempt to heal whoevers hurt. Emotionally they’re closed off as well. Color isn’t going to say how he’s feeling (-1000 for being a sans too so he’s not going to budge), and dream would rather deepthroat a cactus before stating how he feels. 

it's just kind of sad that they'd get along with each other so well but it's really because of how they treat themselves and others.

he’s such a diva, can’t even decide on a pre-beast design.

Baby papyrus.

If u don't like him GET OUTTT-

I got very overwhelmed and made this. The designs are from my Yuri wedding post

Two of my favorites characters together hell yeah. Also Pure Vanillas voice suits dream :)

Dream but its Pure Vanilla's voice lines :33

I think my timing still needs some work but I still like it, the voice fits him so so well imo TwT