I love the fanfics written by @/arc852, especially the stuff for her BBCAU, but I really do adore them all. She's one of very few fanfic authors I follow (from any fandom) who's stuff is priority reading for me.
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I love the fanfics written by @/arc852, especially the stuff for her BBCAU, but I really do adore them all. She's one of very few fanfic authors I follow (from any fandom) who's stuff is priority reading for me.
@arc852 !!!
Masterpost is here!
I can’t help but imagine villain dream and the dream from the borrowers George and Sapnap au meeting. Dream would be appalled after learning how villain Dream used to treat his George and Sapnap. I feel like they would definitely get into a fight. And Villain Dream’s borrowers would probably be very jealous that their counterparts didn’t have to go through the fear and crap that they had to go through. It would be an awkward and potentially angst-filled meeting all around.
This is such an amazing idea! I only managed to write the first meeting + a little bonus scene, but I've already got lots of ideas for this!
It would take place in the future, in the happy ending where villain Dream and the borrowers end up bonding. Villain Dream becomes pretty protective of them, although it sometimes is more like possessiveness, but he does a lot better about listening to them and he's pretty careful about their triggers. They do the same for him, being very patient with him when he struggles with his separation issues and being careful not to make super loud sudden noises, things like that.
However, George and Sapnap would be very nervous around this new Dream because they aren't sure how easy he is to piss off. This isn't as obvious to Dream, but the borrowers do pick up on it. George and Sap try not to say anything about their past because villain Dream has changed and they'd rather just move on, but if/when Dream finds out, he's gonna be very upset.
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Dream has no clue what's going on. He was in the middle of making dinner when suddenly he blinked and there was a stranger standing in his kitchen.
How we thought the G/t smp would go
Tiny: help! I am cornered by a scary zombie and am about to die!
Giant: *swooping in heroically and killing the zombie in one blow* Never fear! I'm here to save the day!
How it really went
Giant: *cowering in the treetops in the pouring rain, looking sadly at a hoard of zombies crowding under their tree* help me I am stuck and am going to starve. I cannot hit a single sheep. I am Big and i am going to Cry.
Tiny: *sighs and draws sword* I'm coming, you big baby, hold on.
Devil On His Shoulders And Lesser Demons All Over The Place; AKA Well, There Goes The Metasphere
As a note, I actually don't believe that Mandy is that angsty. The rumors of her sadism have been greatly exaggerated. As another note, I'd just like to apologize to everyone. Inspired by Devil On My Shoulder by Lime. Or the shortened version, DOMS. Which is ridiculous; clearly Mandy is the only dom here.
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Lime sighed, careful not to cause too much movement to his little "shoulder devil" as he secretly liked to think of her. Mandy was great, and the scenarios were fun to think about, but he could never actually write them. He loved his characters too much to ever hurt them permanently. And yet…
Sooooo yesterday I read an excellent story by @arc852 that got me thinking again about giant aliens and I kinda have a story idea that I might or might not actually write out. Here is an exchange between a frustrated Logan and a too-adventurous-for-his-own-good Roman.
"You're an alien. A giant alien. I've been abducted by a giant alien!"
"I did not abduct you; you stowed away."
"I didn't mean to! Put me back!"
Logan and Roman “you don’t have to deal with everything alone.”
When drunk Roman locks himself in the bathroom, Patton turns to borrower!Logan for assistance. This takes place in the same universe as this little story, where borrower!Logan was escaping the three humans.
“Logan?” Patton knocked softly on the bedroom wall, wondering if the borrower would even hear it what with all the music coming from the downstairs apartment. Luckily he did, as Logan came out a moment later, looking only a little annoyed. “Sorry, I know the party’s got you a little tense.”
“Indeed.” Logan’s tone was bordering on snippy.
“It’s just that, well, Roman wanted to come back here to grab something, but now he’s locked in the bathroom, and I can’t get in there and he keeps insisting I go back downstairs but come on I can’t go to the party alone now everybody will ask where he went! but-”
“What does this have to do with me?” Logan interrupted Patton’s rambling explanation.
“Will you get him to come out?” Patton asked. “Or at least comfort him.”
“What?” Logan looked almost appalled by the idea. “Why me?”
“Well…you’re the only one who can fit under the door.” Patton admitted sheepishly.
“No, Roman will be fine.” Logan shook his head. “He’s most likely just being dramatic.”
“Please Logan?” The human pleaded. “I’m really worried about him…I’ll get you all the crofters you want!”
Logan paused, having been about to step back into the wall. “…your terms are acceptable.”
Patton cheered, nearly defining the borrower as he scooped him up. It seemed Patton had been drinking as well because he forgot to request permission before grabbing, and that only made Logan’s unease grow about what state he might find Roman in.
“Roman?” Patton called out, pausing to knock on the bathroom door.
“Leave me to my misery!” The door wailed.
“Okay kiddo.” Patton responded as he set Logan down on the floor. “I’m going back downstairs. If you need anything, Logan’s here.”
“…Logan?”
“Salutations.” Logan grunted, struggling to squeeze himself through the gap beneath the door. He looked up, noticing that Roman was sat in the bathtub with his knees tucked up against his chest. It was clear the human had been crying.
“What…what are you doing here?” Roman seemed to have paused his tears to stare in bewilderment down at Logan.
“I’m here to assess your mental health.” Logan straightened, brushing off his clothing. “Patton is concerned.”
“I’m fine.” Roman hiccuped, looking a mess.
“…I see.” Logan looked unconvinced. “ Roman, are you aware you don’t have to deal with everything alone?”
“What do you mean?” Roman tilted his head.
“I mean, perhaps it would be beneficial if you share what is troubling you.” Logan suggested.
“It’s nothing.” Roman was quick to push the idea away, but after looking at the borrower again he began to tear up and his upper lip trembled.
“Uh oh.” Logan muttered, sensing a wave of feelings.
“It’s just…” Roman’s voice was shaky. “Oh, every one of my friends hates me and I’m a piece of garbage, but it’s fine. I’ll just live in this porcelain tub until I die and make life easier.”
“Why do you think everyone hates you?” Logan pressed.
“They just do!” Roman insisted, breaking out into full on wailing again.
“Oh good lord.” Logan moved closer, making sure he could be heard over Roman’s cries. “Roman, why does Patton hate you?”
“W-what?”
“Why does Patton hate you?” Logan repeated. “Give me logical reasons why Patton would hate you.”
“Well…I haven’t been a v-very good friend.” Roman explained. “I left him and I ruined his night.”
“No, you did no such thing.” Logan shook his head. “You made Patton concerned, but that was merely because he cares about you. If Patton hated you he wouldn’t have gone through all the trouble of fetching me.”
“Okay, but- Virgil hates me!” Roman leaned forwards. “He hasn’t hung out with me in days.”
“No, Virgil is merely introverted.” Logan corrected. “He likely needed some time alone to recuperate. You are jumping to conclusions.”
Roman seemed confused by this, his drunken mind clearly struggling to understand why he should remain upset. “But…you hate me.”
“Me?” Logan’s tone was surprised. He was unaware that he held a place of importance in Roman’s life. He rarely interacted with any of his human companions due to his old borrower customs.
“You’re never around.” Roman insisted. “And you act so scared, and you think I’m dumb, and- and you hate me because I ruined everything for you.”
“Roman, that is incorrect.” Logan stepped even closer, craning his neck back to look up at the human. “Despite our….history, I bear no ill will towards you. Indeed, I am actually quite grateful for the .life you’ve been able to help provide me, nontraditional as it may be.”
Roman’s tears had stopped by now, as the human stared down at the borrower with a hopeful and awestruck expression.
“As for intelligence, you are certainly not inferior.” Logan assured him. “You approach problems with a more creative touch that an individual such as myself lacks. You are a bright student, quite competent in your own right, and you know my opinion in this respect is valid because if you were truly incompetent I would have moved.”
This caused Roman to chuckle. “Thanks. I guess I just let my negative thoughts carry me away.”
“It happens to the best of us.” Logan waved him off. “Indeed, that is why it’s beneficial to ground ourselves with the assistance of others.”
“Thank you, Logan.” Roman reached out, quickly grabbing up the borrower and hugging him to his chest. Logan let out a slight ‘oof’ but otherwise barely flinched, and even managed to give Roman’s chest an awkward pat. Perhaps he was cut out for this after all.
“You are just…the sweetest individual ever.” Roman’s voice broke, new tears forming.
Logan looked up, confused. Now there were happy tears? Roman hugged him even tighter, a few of the tears falling on Logan. The borrower huffed, wondering how he would possibly get through this night. Perhaps this wasn’t worth a lifetime supply of Crofters.
Don’t be too hard on him Virge! Remember, he could be being forced to keep going back and talk to the human.
“You- I knew something was happening.” Virgil’s shoulders began to shake, his lower lip trembling. “But I never even suspected- ! I knew you were going behind our backs, and I didn’t want to believe it, but now I’ve been seen, and you’ve been seen, and- and-”
“Virgil, please!” Logan hurried over to comfort his brother, shushing him in the process. “Virgil, calm down. We don’t want to wake the others.”
“What, so you can do more secret keeping?” Virgil hissed.
“If we tell Roman, you’ll get in trouble for sneaking out again.” Logan reminded him.
“…yeah, well, it’s a whole lot less trouble than you’ll be in, mister.” Virgil countered. “And if we don’t tell Roman, we’re all gonna die!”
“Let’s remain calm and rational here-”
“I’m perfectly calm!” Virgil screeched.
They heard a whimpering down the hall, likely Patton tossing and turning in his sleep. Perhaps he had a nightmare.
“Alright, let’s take this outside.” Logan lowered his voice again. Virgil looked at him suspiciously in the eye.
“You’d better tell me everything.” Virgil warned.
“I will.” Logan nodded, holding open the door. “I promise.”
The two walked a tense silence until they stopped to rest upon one of the support beams of the building, stretching horizontally through the wall. Logan sat at one end and Virgil at the other, both tucking their knees to their chests and looking more than a little bit nervous. Virgil gave Logan a look as if to say “well, go on then.”
So Logan did. He recounted from memory all that had occurred in the past few months, starting with the notes and leading all the way up to the way he had stormed off this evening.
“…so, this was all of your own free will?” Virgil clarified.
“Yes.” Logan nodded.
Virgil looked at him for a moment. “How dare you.” Though his first statement was quiet, his voice quickly grew in volume and intensity. “How dare you! You’re putting us all in danger and you didn’t even think to tell us? You’re taking an insane risk here, Logan. And then you knew I was all freaked out about being seen and YOU’RE the one who told me I was being reckless sneaking off and doing that and then you went off and did it but worse!”
“You have every right to be angry.” Logan murmured.
“What were you thinking?!” Virgil continued, looking at him as though he didn’t even know his brother. “What happens if she goes looking for us?”
“She has given her word she will not.” Logan argued.
“Oh, so we’re trusting the word of a human now?” Virgil scoffed. “You don’t know that she’s telling the truth! What if she got her hands on Patton, huh?”
Logan tensed. He had never considered the fact that Patton might be at risk, considering the youngest was always home away from all the dangers of the human world. Logan thought less ill of Amanda than he did most humans, but he certainly wasn’t willing to stake his baby brother’s life on it.
“I trusted you.” Virgil looked crestfallen. Betrayed, even. “And…you put us all in danger.”
Logan didn’t know what to say. Everything Virgil said was factually correct.
“Look, I’m going to bed.” Virgil pushed himself up, looking done with this conversation and still shaken from his own encounter. The poor borrower was exhausted. “Don’t do anything that’ll get us killed tonight.”
“Virgil…” Logan gave a deep sigh, deciding not to call after his brother. What was there to say? Instead, Logan got up and headed to bed as well. Perhaps in the morning, things would be better.
Arc: Well, that Third Perspective ending was sad.
Dreamer: Real life doesn’t have any happy endings ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Arc: We can’t just leave them like this!
Dreamer: Well what are we supposed to do? It’s not like the borrowers would go back.
Arc: Sigh, You’re right. The only thing I’m thinking of that would bring them back together is having them switch places, but that’s impossible…
Dreamer: ...Arc, that’s brilliant!
Arc: Huh?
Dreamer: We can make them switch places! We’re the writers, after all. Omg this is going to be so much fun.
Arc: Oh yeah! I almost forgot about that...this is going to be fun. But what should we call it?
Dreamer: a story where we switch their perspectives...a switched perspective?
Arc: ...Genius.
~Stay Tuned Tomorrow for the first installment of Switched Perspective~