tmmys visit to pandora gets me so horrifically bad as someone who was an unstable child forced to hold responsibility over my younger brother, i cannot even begin to try to figure out how to visualize the fucking terror in a way that makes sense.
(Gets kinda heavy so read with caution)
Whenever i get reminded of that scene all i can think about is being like 11 and crying so hard i threw up when he was being a menace and i couldn't stop thinking about how much i wanted to hurt him.
He would regularly mess with me to the point it triggered a panic attack. My fight or flight would go off so hard that i couldn't speak or recognize anything happening around me, it would often also make me really aggressive and ig he found that entertaining.
Guess it really messed with me cuz i still can't get angry without shutting down from fear/adrenaline, best way i can describe the feeling is to imagine being a wild rabbit that's been picked up and knowing you will die if you can't claw yourself out of the hands.
I love the thought of c!Dream being deeply unsettling. There's something off about him, something you can't put your finger on, that makes you dread being alone in a room together. Even when he's trapped in a prison cell, it feels like he's the one with the power. I love the thought of that being intentional—when he has no weapons, he can make his own. He still has his mind. He still has his voice.
Obviously that's not who c!Dream is By Default, but it's interesting how well he can play the character when he chooses to. When he decides it can work to his benefit.
c!dream: trust me bro i am totally gonna do [thing he could've done already] if you don't stop me. i'm gonna do this for Reasons. by the way i built this giant prison also for Reasons. i wasn't gonna put you in this giant prison but now i will, for Reasons. who was i gonna put in the prison? You Don't Need To Know but it's you now. umm i'm going to kill your friend or something and then put you in the prison if you don't stop me (perhaps with this prison that i just told you about? 👀👀) why? Reasons. trust me i am totally gonna steal everyone's items look what i already have [his own fish, some random animals, this axe he just got, skeppy cage] say goodbye to your friend while i count to ten for way longer than ten seconds. oh look it's punz with the entire server for some reason coming through this giant portal i made sure to frame in the most cinematic way possible. put my items in the hole? sure i couldn't possibly fight all these people [takes a billion op items off his pockets] yeah sure go ahead kill me. thanks i am literally nowhere near any of these people now and could easily escape but i will come back since you threatened to kill yourself. by the way i can revive people so you can't kill me permanently or everyone is dead forever (you can put people inside prisons if you can't kill them 👀)
c!tommy, c!tubbo, c!wilbur: wow that was all very convenient wasn't it very weird
majority of the fandom, apparently: no it sounds legit