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1. For the Best by Meaningless_Mayhem

   Fandoms: Dream SMP  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   13 Mar 2021

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit
   • Toby Smith | Tubbo & Everyone
   • Toby Smith | Tubbo
   • TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF)
   • Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF)
   • Alexis | Quackity
   • Floris | Fundy
   • Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF)
   • Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF)
   • Tommy is just mentioned and everyone else except Tubbo only appears like once or twice
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Toby Smith | Tubbo-centric
   • President Toby Smith | Tubbo
   • Sad Toby Smith | Tubbo
   • Hurt Toby Smith | Tubbo
   • Toby Smith | Tubbo Angst
   • Toby Smith | Tubbo Deserves Better
   • but I make him suffer
   • sorry - Freeform
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • TW:
   • Suicide
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Notes
   • PLEASE IF ANY OF THIS IS TRIGGERING DO NOT READ
   • Please stay safe
   • the thought process is kind of on the vague side but still
   • Angst
   • exile arc
   • Tommy ain't dead Tubbo just thinks he is
   • ok i started writing this in late december before the exile arc ended
   • probably right before tubbo found out tommy was alive
   • somewhere around that time
   • i wrote like half of it and then didn't write for like two and a half months
   • so uh
   • yeah - Freeform
   • I just really needed to finish this
   • sorry if it's bad at the end
   • man i am so emotionally exhausted from the lore
   • or maybe that's just quarantine
   • summary kind of sucks but oh well
   • Late Night Writing
   • Tags Are Fun
   • please read the author's notes lol
   • sequel to Silenced but can be read on its own
   • edit (2024) for more of my present thoughts please look at the edited tags
   • of the previous fic in the series
   • and the edited notes
   • it applies to this fic too

   Summary

   Tubbo struggles with the weight of being president, his decisions, and his guilt.

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   (It’s for the best.)

    

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   (Please read the tags)
   //TW: Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts, please do not read if it triggers you, stay safe!!!

   Series

   • Part 2 of Third Time's The Charm

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