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it's quite alright to hate me now, by theseusinflames

Fandoms: Dream SMP
07 Oct 2022
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aimsey is absolutely sick and tired of their only friend being dead.
so, after overhearing tales of a blond boy who'd come back from limbo, left with a white streak through his hair and exhaustion in his eyes, they decide to do the one thing they can think to do. pester him until he agrees to help them revive ranboo. only, it turns out to be a much, much easier process of convincing him than they'd expected.
who even is this tommy guy, anyway?

[ or : the fic where aimsey wants to revive ranboo, and asks for tommy's help, not expecting any real response. only, he is much more helpful than they could've imagined, and they can tell there's something being left unsaid. ]

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- Part 6 of october oneshots :]
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the pain's there [but the scars are all gone.] by theseusinflames

Fandoms: Dream SMP
06 Oct 2022
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after the whispers of dream's escape had spread across the server, there had arisen a discussion on whether or not he deserved to be locked up again. and, lo and behold, a trial date was set, requiring every server member to attend, and attached to the letter was a consent form, one for a truth serum that sam had concocted, just to ensure that there were no lies being told.
tommy didn't want to go, not at all. it was hard enough to hear about dream, to think about the person who had stolen so much of his life from him, let alone having to face him and tell everyone about all that dream had done to him.
but he had no choice, not if he wanted dream to be locked up again, so he had to attend, and he had to be honest.
[ or : a fic in which tommy is put on the stand under the effects of a truth serum, and the horrors of exile and dream's inhumane treatment is revealed to the entire server. ]

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- Part 5 of october oneshots :]
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it's been so long since i saw the light. [maybe i haven't been looking at the sky.] by theseusinflames

Fandoms: Dream SMP
05 Oct 2022
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no one would've known about wilbur's whereabouts had it not been for tommy.
but tommy knows, and it's down to him to break the news to everyone, again. because wilbur didn't sail away to another server, no, wilbur didn't leave to heal, tommy could see through his lies. wilbur's words had no effect on him any longer. tommy knew wilbur had killed himself again.
and now it was his duty to tell phil.

[ or : phil did not expect to answer the gentle knock at the door to tommy stood out the front of his house, shuffling nervously, eyes reddened. he also did not expect to hear that his son had killed himself for the second time. ]

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- Part 4 of october oneshots :]
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not again, second time. [kill a friend, feel alive.] by theseusinflames

Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game)
03 Oct 2022
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tommy first met ranboo when he was fourteen.
it was the day, the one no one would forget, one that ranboo had nicknamed 'doomsday'. the name seemed far too fitting not to catch on. and, after that, they had been practically bonded for life. neither of them had ever said it, not outright, but they knew that they would stay together, that they would have each others backs, even as the world went to shit around them, and zombies were flooding city after city.
it was just the two of them, and, for a while, they both thought that was how it would always be.
and then, in the form of a scrawny, terrified boy with a rusted dagger pointed to tommys throat, tubbo showed up, and maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be just the two of them after all.
[ or : tommy and ranboo get caught in a zombie apocalypse, and thought they were the only ones left. turns out, they couldn't have been more wrong.

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- Part 3 of october oneshots :]
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it's a charming notion [but it's a lie] by theseusinflames

Fandoms: Dream SMP, Origins SMP
02 Oct 2022
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"listen," tommy began, a nervous laugh spilling from his blue-tinted lips, a shiver wracking his body, "it's not my fault, i just...haven't got around to telling anyone yet, okay?" wilbur only stared at him sadly, eyes crinkled with sorrow.
"tommy," his voice was no more than a whisper, "you know you can't hide forever," he sighed softly, frowning, "you need to tell them, alright? i know i can't force you, but please, man, this is hurting you." the worst part was that he wasn't wrong. the pale white horns that had grown in the midst of tommys golden curls were aching, the mushrooms that he would tear out from his skin left bleeding wounds behind, the milky freckles spanning his skin stung after so long of trying to scratch them off with blunt, bitten nails. tommy didn't want to admit it, god, he didn't, but wilbur was right.
and he had no choice.
[ or : osmp! tommy was a mooshroom hybrid, the last living hybrid in a species long-extinct. only, he'd just found out, and the idea of having to tell everyone he knew that he was not, in fact, what they thought he was, was absolutely terrifying. after a snowstorm hits the lands of the smp, he has no choice but to face the very people he'd been hiding from. ]

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- Part 2 of origins smp fics :]]]
- Part 2 of october oneshots :]
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A Stain That Never Comes Out by promkingx

Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF
25 Feb 2023
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It wasn’t that Phil was a bad dad or anything. He just chose not to be Tommy’s. Phil chose to not include him on family bonding time, fought harder for Techno or Wilbur to stay than for Tommy to. He chose to become a superhero, the Number One, in fact. And he chose to bring Wilbur and Techno along with him. Leaving Tommy, an 11-year-old, home alone most evenings and nights.
So Tommy survived, like always. Powerless, like always.

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07 Aug 2022
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Shine Like Gold by rottingpeachh

Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
22 Aug 2024
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The doorbell chimes cheerfully, and Wilbur draws his attention to the door.
“That’s probably the pizza.”
“Yeah, I’m sure it is. I’ll get it.” Wilbur plucks Techno’s wallet from the side table and crosses the space between the living room and the front door, nudging his shoes aside in favor of answering the door.
Wilbur opens the door, creaky hinges and all, and stops. Gilded in the moth light is a boy- young and old at the same time, a golden halo dirtied and worn. His eyes are familiar- a sight he had not seen in three years time.
Wilbur stares at his little brother, who stares right back. Then he shifts, taps a toe on the ground, and clears his throat.
“I didn’t.. I didn’t know where else to go.”
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Three years ago Wilbur's foster brother ran away without a trace. Wilbur never quite got over it, but was forced to move on with his life, certain he'd never see him again- until Tommy reappears on his doorstep one fateful Tuesday. Healing ensues.
OR;
An unconventional foster fic following the failed foster system, how we affect the lives around us, healing from unresolved trauma and figuring out our place in the world.

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28 Jul 2022
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If I Fall (Will You Catch Me?) by Cricketo336, croftersjellies

Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
30 Sep 2023
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Tommy has killed 36 people.
The weapon in Tommy’s hands does not shake. It is steady, almost impossibly so, and Tommy will not miss his target. This is a fact that he knows. He knows the sun will rise, he knows the tide will leave, he knows he will hit his shot; Tommy is incapable of missing. He is perfect. It's his job to be perfect, and without this job, Tommy is nothing, so his hands are steady. He remembers the names of all 36 people. Not because he feels remorse or guilt, in all honesty, Tommy doesn't think he can feel. He remembers because no one else will. No one but him.
James Richard. This is a name Tommy will never forget, because, at the very least, he can remember him. At the very least he can remember his name.
He pulls the trigger.
37. Tommy has killed 37 people.
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Tommy is a trained mercenary who hasn't heard anything other than Dream's voice for the past seventeen years of his life.
Wilbur is worried.

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24 Jul 2022
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Hand in Unlovable Hand by whoknowsidont

Fandoms: Dream SMP
10 Jul 2022
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September 20th, 2022. Xxx xxxxx police station. I’m Detective Sneeg here with Thomas Innit-Wastaken under confession of the ‘Smiley killings’.
“So,” the other man spoke up, “Eight confirmed kills. That’s a hefty number for a seventeen year old.”
He spoke so casually, as if he was talking about the weather, or a sports game.
“So do you not believe me?”
“Well, we wouldn’t be in this room if they didn’t,” the detective replied smoothly.
“I don’t care about what the police department or whatever thinks. I’m asking if you think I’m innocent,” Tommy urged.
There was a moment where the man thought of a reply, and then he said, “Looking at you now, I do not think you did it.”
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Or, after a year and a half living with the Watson Family, convinced that he was going to be adopted, Tommy is sent back to foster care. It’s here that he’s put into a home with a man named Dream, who just so happens to be a notorious serial killer. On the run, and unsure of who to trust, Tommy will do whatever it takes to stay safe, and find a home.

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- Part 6 of Oneshots/ Pilots/ Glorified Prompts
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10 Jul 2022
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While It Is Light by Anonymous

Fandoms: Dream SMP
06 Aug 2023
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“Dianthus?” Tempest whispers again, a bit stronger now. “Step away from the edge.”
Tommy wants to laugh. How far has he fallen in order to be talked down by a hero? A hero who had hated his guts less than two months ago at that. He stares upon the grey city, a place that could never be his home, and sighs. “I’m not going to jump.”
“Then step away.”
Tommy doesn’t move.
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Tommy is a fifteen year old ex-villain, determined to continue his path as a vigilante and ignore his past. However, not even he can run from the most notorious villain of the Underground.
or or:
Tommy has flower powers and works at a coffeeshop while healing from past trauma. That's it that's the fic.

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- Part 17 of Theo’s Minecraft Men Writings
- Part 4 of i hope you miss me sometimes
- Part 11 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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19 May 2022