I Just Want Someone To Understand The 4-month Pain Weve Been Through

i just want someone to understand the 4-month pain we’ve been through

LISTEN UP, KIDS. I GOT A NEW PRESIDENTIAL DECREE, AND THIS ONE’S BIG!!

🏳️‍⚧️TRANS RIGHTS!!🏳️‍⚧️

and for those of you at home, THAT INCLUDES NON-BINARY PEOPLE!!

I hereby REVOKE the citizenship of TRANSPHOBES and EXCLUSIONISTS! Thank you.

for fd au, what would be the reactions if one of the brothers had a panic attack? maybe if techno was really far behind on homework or got stuck in an uncomfortable social situation. or if wilbur was getting nasty rumours spread about him. or if phil was really stressed because of work or smth. there’s so many possibilities!

i dont want to overstep my boundaries by writing about panic attacks fam, so no on that part. i can however write something about them being highly stressed!

Tommy

- the boys know each other enough to recognize if one of them is heavily stressed.

- tommy covers it up by talking a lot more in stressful situations, he'll give out a nervous laugh and is overall more skitizes (though there are times when he just falls silent from pressure)

- whenever Tommy royally messes up in something or is under a lot of scrutinies his usual confidence wanes

- so he ends up talking a lot more to cover that, and is often less sure of himself

- most days Tommy doesn't get stressed, he can surprisingly work well under pressure and can talk his way out of things (He doesn't realize it much but he's a lot like Wilbur :>)

- but in those championship games where a lot of pressure is on him, his nerves tend to get the best out of him

- his siblings in turn offer encouragement, they offer up all different kinds of support

- Will encourages Tommy with soft calming words, void of any usual bite that Will puts into their convos (his voice drops to a whisper, soft but reassuring)

- Phil is like a hype man lol, always the never-changing anchor that gives the best advice when you need em. Phil's words of wisdom often help Tommy last minute.

- Techno keeps up the banter, distracting Tommy from the stress with quips and jabs at the side. But at the right moment, he'll remind Tommy of who he is and what he truly is capable of. In the midst of all the teasing Techno assures Tommy of his abilities and encourages him to always strive for the best

Techno

- When Techno is stressed his siblings quickly pull him away from the situation

- the situation being mostly a LOT of homework, assignments and awkward social interactions

(Techno can only do so well under pressure)

- so when the Pandels see Techno drowning in expectations, his siblings quickly pull him away into other activities!

- Phil likes to take him out on a walk, and in the afternoon's they talk about everything and anything

- Tommy whines at him and begs him to play video games. Due to Tommy's stubbornness (and BELIEVE ME, he is STUBBORN) Techno usually gives in and plays a couple of hours with him in smash bros, minecraft or any other game

- Wilbur will bring him out to the world and explore all kinds of areas around the city. unlike Phil they don't talk much, mostly sightseeing and exploring food places and fun parks until they have to go home

- by the end of it all, Techno would have calmed down and will be ready to tackle what he has to do :>

Wilbur

- Wilbur's distressing moments are like Tommy's (large events and such) but his anxiety shows a lot more subtler ways

- he can get away with stuff fairly easily, his words and his wit never failing him

- There will be days though that even Wilbur himself gets nervous. he's pretty good at hiding it to the general public, but to his siblings know him wayyyy too much

- for Wilbur to stop being anxious all it really takes is a huge hug and small words of encouragement (but a big emphasis on the hugs). takes away the nerves almost immediately when a good old hug is given

- at one point Wilbur was in a talent show, and Phil managed to attend

- Phil, alongside Techno and Tommy, found Wilbur in the backstage slightly pacing. Wilbur reassures them that he's fine and he can do this no problem (and then he LIED)

- Techno and Tommy both looked at each other in concern, and continued to reassure him that he'll do great. Phil looked at the nervous shiver in Will's hand and just gave him a huge old hug

- Wilbur immediately melts into it

- Tommy tackles the two, almost tipping them over ("Oh my god- You idiot we'll fall!).Techno just watches the three of them with a content sigh, before Phil pulls him in into the family hug as well

- by then Wilbur's nerves have faded

- and now there's a ritual where every single time Wilbur has to go into the stage he gets a hug from at least one of his siblings :>

Phil

- Phil being distressed,,, is a lot harder to tell.

- he covers it up better than anyone, behind an easy-going smile

- he's done it for years, and he'll continue to do it (even against Wilbur's wishes. I guess old habits die hard)

- but he loosens up the mask at night, when he assumes his siblings will be at bed and sleep

- that's when he'll work on the taxes, on the bills. that's when he'll pull through all their money to go about another week.

- Phil rarely gets sleep and his siblings will chalk it up for late-night shifts (the guilt that goes through them when they see that Phil has eye bags under his eyes is too real)

- but really he stays up because he really cant fall asleep peacefully

- And at those days, he sometimes doesn't check if his siblings have fallen asleep yet

- If one sees Phil at this state they wake up the others and quietly help

- not a single word is spoken, there's no need

- they all gone through this before, and the three fall silent so that Phil can get his rest

- so they move him to the couch, cleaning up behind them as they go

- Techno stays up a tadbit to work on bills and how to manage the money

- Wilbur cleans up the kitchen or living room

- and Tommy brings out pillows and a blanket for Phil (whose knocked out from lack of sleep)

- Phil wakes up not remembering anything and assumes that he's cleaned up and finishes whatever paperwork he had to do

- and the siblings never mention it again

- they know why, and they quietly support the oldest siblings whose sacrificed way too much

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So you’re a Wilbur fan? What’s up with projecting onto fictional characters? What instrument do you wanna learn? What’s up with your obsession with sad music? How’s that gifted kid burnout? How bad did you want him to blow up L’manburg? And hello lgbtq community.

Wilbur threatening Ksi with "Step into L'manburg! Step into L'manburg and say that!" Or something like that and Tubbo saying "He'll write you out!" And Tommy saying "Yeahhhh" In the back is a perfect summary of the Dream Smp. The storyline and the smp itself.

It always annoys me a bit when Wilbur talks about how he's not good at character driven stories/character writing. Like, sir. You literally wrote alivebur and ghostbur, two very distinct and interesting characters who people still haven't fully figured out. People have been analysing these fuckers, (alivebur specifically) for months and there's still so much to uncover. Tbh, Wilbur's pretty self deprecating in general and it makes me a little sad.

You have articulated the exact point I have tried to make so many times. Wilbur’s characters are literally the most complex characters in the entire Dream SMP and I am willing to argue that forever. 

Alivebur is so complex that both fans AND CONTENT CREATORS tend to split his character by arc (L’Manbur, Pogtopiabur, ‘Vilbur’). 

Can we please discuss how cc!Wilbur had Fundy read “Ozymandias” WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION STORYLINE BEGAN, and then during his “Are we the bad guys?” speech, Alivebur BROUGHT UP THE POEM and said he was beginning to understand what the king in the poem had felt. 

Ghostbur saw Alivebur as the villain in everyone’s history. He was happy when Phil killed Alivebur and considered Phil a hero, but when he saw Phil destroy L’Manburg he questioned how Phil could consider himself to be the good guy in this scenario. And I don’t even think people have fully touched on Ghostbur’s relationship with Dream, which I found really fascinating. 

In summary: SHUT THE FUCK UP WILBUR SOOT AND ACCEPT MY PRAISE!