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How to Write Dialogue for (most) Dream SMP Characters

A few months ago, I remembered seeing a lot of posts giving advice on how to write dialogue for DSMP Characters. And while those posts contained numerous helpful pointers, overall, they fall just short of capturing what it means to write in a character’s Voice.

Unique character Voices, while tricky to get right, are usually achieved by giving each character a distinct set of words to say, in a manner that distinguishes them from the rest of the cast.

With this in mind, I’ve spent the past few days combing through almost Thirty Hours of VOD footage to collect nearly all of the unique words, phrases, and speaking habits of every major and minor character on the Dream SMP (involved in 2+ story arcs.)

Before Reading:

Sentence-Starters are single words or phrases which begin a sentence. (ie. “Y’know, maybe you should try something different.”)

Sentence Paddings are reoccurring words added to the middle of sentences. (ie. “It’s like he just can’t cry.”)

Sentence Endings are single words or phrases which end a sentence. (ie. “There’s no need to fight, I hope.”)

All three of these types can be combined with one another to create more natural-sounding sentences. For instance, if a character has the two Sentence-Starters “Okay” and “So,” they can be used like this; “Okay, so, I’m a bit worried.”

(Note: When certain traits or phrases aren’t obvious with how they should be applied to dialogue, an (ie.) will be added below to illustrate them.)

Wilbur

General Traits:

Repeats himself for emphasis. Sometimes these repetitions will add additional information. More often, this repetition is focused around a specific word with the circumstance of the sentence being changed each time.

ie. “I’m living in an eternal limbo again. I’ve been through limbo, I’m out of limbo, and socially, I’m still in this limbo.”

Highly eloquent in language, bordering on poetic.

Highly introspective; significantly less so after Eret’s betrayal and onward.

Occasionally makes literary analogies and references, sometimes breaking the Fourth Wall to do so.

Curses semi-frequently. Wilbur is the only known character to use the word “cunt,” although rare.

Common Go-To Swears - Fuck, Shit, Prick, Bastard, Hell, Ass (Including all variations and combinations.)

Tends to hum when he thinks to himself.

Stutters most often when offended, shocked, or surprised.

Generally addresses characters semi-formally, often by title or role.

Often slips into long-form monologues when self-reflecting.

Usually defaults to being the head of a conversation; introducing, managing, and elaborating on topics throughout, especially when speaking to three or more people.

Circumstantial Phrases:

You and I, we’re ━ (To connect positively with someone.)

ie. “You and I, we’re used to seeing the good in people.”

I wanna pick your brain / Can I pick your brain? (To ask about someone else.)

Don’t say that, I’ll cry (Affectionate banter, only to Tommy.)

I’m afraid ━ (When hopeless or delivering bad news.)

ie. “I’m afraid there’s no getting out of this now.”

There’s no reason to ━ / There’s no reason for ━ / There’s no need for ━ (When being threatened or breaking up a fight.)

ie. “There’s no need for violence, gentlemen.”

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irradiatedsnakes

dialtown objecthead speculative biology overview

*These diagrams don't show everything- assorted facial muscles, vessels, fat layers, and other miscellaneous bits have been omitted for clarity. There's very little by way of empty space.

1. skull The post-Dialup objecthead's skull is heavily modified from those of before the Dialup, see fig. 2 for more information. The orbits, nares, and foramen magnum serve as ports for organic nerves, inorganic wires, blends of the two, and blood vessels to enter and exit the organic brain.

2. digital brain Part of the brain has been digitized. Processing and data storage are suspended in a non-conductive, organic oil produced by the body. The surface of the drive is heavily vascularized, serving as a natural liquid coolant system.

3-5. trachea, air filter, and nasal cavity The trachea is covered by an air filter to keep particulate out of the lungs. The filter is inaccessible through normal means, and is cleaned by a set of digestive enzymes. Serious clogging may need to be rectified with surgery.

6. dermis A thin, skin-like layer houses vessels and nerves and provides feeling to the head shell, similar to feeling your fingernail being touched. Helps water resistance, but does not ensure waterproofing of the head- the shell must be waterproofed. This skin layer can regrow after being damaged- such as in the case of a head shell swap surgery. Those recovering from swapping their head shell generally have little-to-no feeling in their head for up to a year afterwards as the nerves regrow.

7-9. eating slot, liquid tube, and mouth cavity The eating slot is the opening leading to the mouth- typically has a sliding door that opens and shuts voluntarily. The slot faces either forwards or downwards, making ingestion of liquids through the slot difficult for some. To compensate, many models have a separate, nearby port to insert straws which can provide suction into the mouth. A similar attachment is used to allow newborns to nurse. The mouth cavity "chews" food into tiny sizes using grinding metal surfaces, preventing blockages and choking. These grinders are surrounded by metal to avoid flesh getting caught. Prior to the grinders, fleshy "cheeks" covered in tastebuds with connected salivary glands move food to the back of the throat, while allowing a sense of taste & saliva introduction. The complete separation of the food and air intakes make deaths by food asphyxiation essentially non-existent.

10. mechanical phone elements Machinery allows for the function of the object head (phone calls, printing, etc.), and entirely depends on the model. Many rotary phone models based on Crown Mechanics' original designs retain older-style mechanics such as metal ringers alongside newer developments.

11. optical sensors (shown in a separate illustration for clarity- they rest near the surface and would obscure the other parts) Essentially little cameras, the nerve-wires of which enter directly through the cranium's orbits. Optical sensors, like organic eyes, often have problems with focus. Like glasses, small corrective lenses can be placed over sensors, often by a dentist. Entire sensors are extremely costly & risky to replace, so it is rarely done.

12-15. vocal chamber, larynx, receiver trachea, and billows Organic vocal chords that lead to a fleshy air chamber which is precisely manipulated by a series of constrictive muscular rings and mechanical pistons, emulating the speech-making ability of a tongue and lips. In phone-heads, this is often placed in the receiver. In heads which do not have a separate receiver, the vocal apparatus is often attached to the breathing apparatus, and thus do not require the mechanical billows which bring air into the receiver to power speech.

16. aural microphones Also often placed in the receiver in phone-heads, two microphones (one on each side) which transmits sound data to the digital brain, whether wired or wirelessly.

In modern, post-Dialup objectheads, these many elements can be arranged in near infinite ways to fit into a near infinite variety of object heads. These parts were intentionally designed by Crown to be highly customizable, to allow for this variety.

The post-Dialup skull is heavily modified. The mandible is entirely absent, and the skull itself is compact & rectangular, allowing it to fit into a variety of head shapes in a variety of compositions. Being so compact & further protected by the object's outer shell, the skull is especially tough. No eyes or teeth are present.

As it is so much smaller, the size of the organic brain is heavily reduced. This is made up for with a far higher neuronal density (allowing more brain power in a smaller space), and relegating part of the brain's processing function to the digital brain. This can, however, lead to vulnerabilities inherent to digital media.

Those who had their heads surgically replaced prior to the Dialup, of course, do not have the modified skull shape. instead, their original skull still resides in their head, with the lower jaw and assorted extremities removed and replaced with mechanical versions, such as the eyes. This means that pre-Dialup objectheads are necessarily large in order to accommodate the skull's size. Modern objectheads allow for far smaller and narrower heads.

i've been working on this. for AGES. i've had this in the works for so long and it's gone through SO many iterations (some of which you may have seen) and it's finally done and i'm very very proud of how that first illustration came out in particular. i have other assorted bits and bobs to say about the subject but this is the vast majority, and i think the most interesting parts. i hope you enjoy my scary headcanons

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tlirsgender

I heart prey animal rage I love when characters are fucking insane with terror

tlirsgender

When they're not dangerous like a hunter but dangerous like a spooked horse kicking your skull in

tlirsgender

Let's hear it for prey animal rage let's hear it for killing everyone else in the world before you'll let them catch you

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Obligatory birthday post

Its my bday

#bday post

bunnybelovedsblog

he has an terminal case of puppy dog eyes, it’s untreatable at this point...

the puppy dog eyes are also contagious ....

hollcwboy

(shouts from the back of the room) GAY

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candycookiecane

LET ME LIVE

LET NONBINARY PEOPLE BE FEMININE

LET CIS GUY'S BE FEMININE

LET TRANS MEN BE FEMININE

LET TRANS WOMEN BE MASCULINE

LET NONBINARY PEOPLE BE MASCULINE

LET STRIAGHT GUYS BE FEMININE

FUCK GENDER STEREOTYPES

FUCK GENDERED CLOTHES

#reblog

mawofthemagnetar

What do you mean “chat” is now referring to ChatGPT and not twitch chat? What? What? What the fuck? No?

When I address chat I am speaking to a presumed Greek chorus of real human people shitposting on their lunch break, not a machine that devours lakes to covert electricity into slop.

annzayka

made the fan au playlist! take up the side B)

peculiarghosts

Lockwood is transfem and uses He/She pronouns. send tweet

#transfemwood #reblogs #anthony lockwood

lockwoodshitposting

"Idk how but Locklyle is so queer to me-" it's because they're both bisexual. Hope this helps 🙏

#locklyle #reblogs

transfemwood is BACK

season 2 is actually her transition trust me

#lockwood & co #anthony lockwood #lockwood and co #transfemwood #femwood #we are SO BACK #devinart

nothinbutsilver

While separating relationships into strictly sexual, platonic, or romantic or some combination of those is fine for understanding the aromantic and asexual spectrum at a basic level, we must eventually understand that some relationships will never fit into these categories and often queer relationships are more complex than that, and our definition of queer relationships must include abstract relationships. As a community based on gender anarchy, debasing gender roles, and freedom to love how we will, we have to move away from immediately defining relationships. 2026 edit: I’m serious if someone says that a relationship is ambiguous or anarchic or unlabeled and you say it’s a queerplatonic relationship you are labeling their relationship.