losing my mind at the idea of dream having to listen to borrowers in tommy's real stomach... also how did phil not eat dream? how does techno feel about it?
would tubbo and ranboo be other borrowers tommy befriends.... would he befriend any other borrowers besides dream? if so, why not just eat them?
I think it would probably be something along the lines of Phil recognizing a borrower was in the house and tried to find a way to either get rid of them or something. Tommy probably heard Phil mention it and is kinda confused and talks to Dream about it. I'd say that Tommy does something stupid and takes Dream to Phil to be like "Don't hurt this one dad! He's my friend." And in this au Phil can't say no to his youngest puppy dog eyes.
I think Phil would just accept it and be like, "Welp, Tommy said no. Darn it."
Techno probably just doesn't really care about it. Like, he's used to it and doesn't care about what his dad and brothers do. I like the idea of Techno being the voice of reason and things like that when it comes to Tommy and Dream. Like when Dream and Tommy fight for the first time, instead of telling his dad he goes and talks to Techno because Techno won't be like- "That borrower pissed my son off, friendship ended so free snack." I think he'd just be more of a bystander for it and just shrug things off unless they seemed wrong or like something needed to be done.
As for Tubbo and Ranboo- Tubbo would probably be a human and I'd have Ranboo be a borrower. Think similar situation to Tommy and Dream but instead of it being Tommy when he's little he sees this noodle of a borrower and goes, "yeah, you're hilarious." Basically Tommy decided with Ranboo that he really likes them because of the wet cat energy and ends up letting them live in their walls. Ranboo and Techno would probably develop a similar relationship to Tommy and Dream, without noms, but I think Ranboo would be the weird one and be kinda willing to be eaten as long as it's not fatal.
Tubbo wouldn't learn about Ranboo until they're comfortable enough to be around a lot of people and I feel like Tubbo and Tommy have been friends since elementary so he's aware of Dream's existence. Maybe he doesn't so Dream's a borrower would gives some angst opportunities if Tubbo was to stumble upon him before a proper meeting but Tommy would probably catch Tubbo in the act of doing it. Tubbo strikes me as the type to really take his time with his prey.
Tommy would probably have a few borrowers he gets go because they're interesting or something where they just run off or hide in the walls forever because they're horrified of being eaten. As for why Tommy doesn't eat them is because he is interested in them. Like think of something where a borrower says something so stupid that Tommy can't help but burst into laughter, he has to admit that he kind of likes their humor and manages to be like- "well, you're kind of funny. Fuck it, you can go." It's not any real logical reasoning and Tommy's just kind of following the flow when it comes to prey. Think more of that he has some of that childish mind set still. If the prey is an asshole he's probably just gonna eat them. If they're willing and want to be eaten he probably will. If they're not interested and have a valid argument other than, "I don't wanna die" he'd be the embodiment of this meme ↓
Either way, Tommy's a little guy who makes weird choices.
Once again! Feel free to ask more things lol!
