DreamOut AU, or “how did this happen, im not in this fandom”
core concept: people draw Dream as a blonde anime boy with a mask. what if Dream was the mask and has been possessing somebody this whole time?
(disclaimer: this AU is a collaborative effort between me & my roommate (who know a little about dreamsmp) and some folks in the 77-2 discord (who know a lot about dreamsmp). i just kinda went off the rails and nobody stopped me. this is also partially inspired by SwitchOut, a very good webcomic that unfortunately isnt on the internet anymore but if it gets reuploaded i will let yall know bc i love it so much guys)
the idea im running with is that dreamons cant interact with the physical plane unless theyre possessing something or someone. dream specifically is possessing a mask that, when worn by someone, takes complete control of their body; dream’s been body-hopping for a while, but by the time of the SMP is currently possessing somebody named Brick.
(we’ve also decided that brick is a Lalna clone, because everything i touch turns to Yogscast even though it was originally a joke suggestion but–)
dream keeps this a secret, so everyone in the SMP doesn’t realize there’s a distinction between him and his host body until Fundy & Tubbo go dreamon-hunting (hence fundy telling Bad that there’s “two sides” to dream). brick & dream actually have kinda a weird friendship, with the situation initially starting as “unwilling host & manipulative parasite” but over time dream started actually caring about his host’s wellbeing besides just how it affected him and, while still not allowing brick control of his body, would listen to brick’s suggestions or do stuff he thinks brick would like.
then things got kinda… out of hand… and there ended up being this like, angst plotline where dream decided he wanted to ditch brick for various reasons (got all he needed out of him, freaked out over being too attached to him, w/e) and possessed wilbur instead, and brick went apeshit wanting his best friend back and started Another war:
because apparently thats like what 75% of the smp is. i mean, im not complaining, im an old yogs fan, it really do be like that
some other miscellaneous fun bits:
. anyone dream possesses (besides brick, anyway) is doing a bad dream impression. including gaining an american accent. please, PLEASE imagine wilbur doing this
. technically speaking, fundy married the mask. he doesnt know how to feel about this
and everybody disliked that
. dream can also yeet himself at people to hijack them and, i am not going to lie, it is terrifying
. you can also throw him like a frisbee though so win/lose i guess
. the :] is drawn on in dry-erase marker because someone thought he looked too creepy. sometimes dream adds eyebrows if he wants to look intimidating
