It's Been Quite Difficult To Do Things Lately, Drawing Included, But Making This Weird Thing Was Pretty

ugly lore sketch dump 

beesssttt friiieeenndddss :)

i would rather hang out with 10 ex-republicans who realized the flaws in their beliefs and put effort into broadening their worldview and changing their ways than 1 twitter leftist who is comfortable suspending morality and empathy to get a dunk on someone they don’t like and i’m not even joking about that

very few things in the dsmp go as hard as c!niki having dedicated herself to and fighting for l'manberg and then seeing all the pain caused and going 'i loved you, i loved the idea of you and you were a true home but this can't be fixed and so i'm burning it down'.

Fill in the gaps with 1-5 words.

c!Dream is ______. c!Dream deserves _____. If I met c!Dream, I would ______.

c!Dream is a beautiful, charred, mostly-stale cinnamon roll.

c!Dream deserves a slap upside the head, therapy, hugs, and a nice secluded farm out in the boonies where he can grow flowers and carrots and own three parrots, eleven horses, six dogs, and twenty cats.

If I met c!Dream, I would give him a long, comforting hug (probably while ugly crying), then give him a sound drubbing about the head and shoulders with a wiffle bat, after which I would drag him off by the hand to see a therapist.

i believe it is hilarious how much people act as if dream incites harassment; like he's the one with the power? like he's the one with the general public's positive opinion? like he hasn't been fucking harassed and verbally abused for a year? it's all kicking this guy to a pulp even when he's down but woe is me 😞 your stans are quote retweeting me and you're ruining my friend's career because of his own actions...

To be honest, something I see a lot in fanfiction is the reasoning for Dream’s mask being about how Dream can’t control his facial expressions well and is too readable, making him vulnerable to people knowing exactly what he’s thinking and feels. Personally though, especially now that we can reasonably say that Dream is autistic, I think it’s actually the opposite.

At least in my experience, with myself and with other autistic people, often the trouble is making the appropriate facial expression with the proper enthusiasm. Like telling a joke and people not know if you are kidding or not because you say it with such a straight face. Something I really struggle with is emoting excitement and joy so I have to be extra conscious of making sure my face is portraying how I feel so people don’t get the wrong idea.

The other thing I have to be aware of facially is eye contact, making sure to do the proper amount and/or don’t look somewhere else that makes it seem like you aren’t paying attention. (This is something I’ve realized since diagnosis that I am good at but hate, which is why I plan socializing around activities so I can focus on that instead of looking at the person.)

These are just a couple of the things on my mind when having a conversation (along with body language, tone of voice, what I’m saying…etc), that can really change how people perceive you. When not executed well people can really get the wrong impression of you, even thinking that you’re super intense, serious, a bitch, cold because your facial expressions are so stern and neutral, when in reality you could be feeling a lot of things (many people in high school didn’t talk to me and when asked later they said they were intimidated by me, and I think this might be one of the reasons why).

So, because of this, personally, I think Dream wears a mask not because he’s too open, but because he doesn’t emote properly or just doesn’t want to bother to try and emote properly, and dislikes eye contact. To not have to focus on making proper eye contact and facial expressions takes away that factor of misunderstanding and just makes conversing a lot less work and more comfortable. With a mask on, he doesn’t have to work on that part of his social masking (;D lol), now he can look where he wants and just have a resting bitch face if he wants to without worrying about how it comes across. That’s what I think is more likely the reason Dream wears a mask because he is actually naturally less expressive.

Furthermore, perhaps if he lost his mask in prison then maybe that’s a reason people in the prison are generally more cold to him and see him as less human because his expressions are so blank, giving people the perception that he’s very cold. Therefore making it easier for Sam and Quackity and even Tommy to hurt and dehumanize Dream in prison because subconsciously they are put off by his lack of emoting, which only further adds to the idea that Dream is some embodiment of evil…

Whoever needs to hear this. Please know.

"Closed at 6pm" does not mean "The entry door locks up at 6, but if you're already inside you can keep on shopping."

It means, "you should be finished and out of the store at 6pm."

This is not up for debate

This is just how things work