INITIAL REACTIONS RE DREAMāS MOTIVES: I love the pieces we got and the pieces weāre still missing.
Dream and Punz placing a huge priority on science: not just the ins and outs of the revive book, but of limbo, of the End, of gods
Dream and Punz with absolutely no patience for factions, with hatred of nations
Dream and Punz with bitterness about how the server was ripped apart (āyou ruined my lifeā/āyou did the same to meā)
We know that Dream and Punz are aware of, and apparently played a part in causing, the imbalance referenced by DreamXD
We still donāt know what the purpose of the prison was, besides simply driving Punz and Dream apart. If there was something more we donāt know, or itās possible that providing cover + a base of operations post-escape was the main motive
We still donāt have an explicit connection between the Science (tm) and what Dream and Punz are trying to actively accomplish: I still think there could be something concrete to be had there besides the stated motive of we donāt know, letās fuck around and figure out
I really, really like the image of Pogtopia era Dream, trying desperately to restore order and peace, latching onto the answers and questions that revive book promises him, as an alternative to the nihilism. Here, perhaps, are answers and solutions.
What else matters when he can use the tools of a god? Why settle for fixing LManburg when he can fix everything wrong with the world?
Why did Dream want one of Tommy or Tubbo alive to warn the rest of the server?