SwapDream!Nightmare smokes herbs and tea leaves and Dream smokes good ol' fashioned nicotine ☝️
Although SD!Nm is still older than Dream (I don't think he ever got frozen in stone like he did?) I'd say he'd probably still end up smaller due to the sheer malnutrition of a multiverse seeped in positivity. Feed the poor boy.
(Also, in contrast to SD!Dream's gigantic blocking-out-the-sun ass wings, I like to give SD!Nightmare very small, very clipped wings. You can imagine with how on the run he is that he doesn't get a lot of time to preen either :pp)
I've been absolutely itching to draw SD!Nm he's just such a wet cat. My pretty princess. There's a lot of content of SD!Dream interacting with both Dream and Nm and I've been real sad I couldn't find the same between SD!Nm and the others..
There's some real design tweaks in here now lol, I hope y'all enjoy them as much as I did 👀👀
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I fr though just love a Dream with the Absolute worst coping mechanisms. Man has the idea in his head to make the entire multiverse happy— that's prime throw-a-headcanon-at-it real estate.
My last two Novembmare posts will be pretty spread out from here on out, on acc of the two I've chosen are the only ones I can manage lol
I hope one day I can go back and do some of the scrapped ones in the future! I just really love rare-pairing up Nightmare 🤤🤤
Can you give us a lore dump about any of your ocs?¿ I love hearing about them <3
Nimh technically isn't my original character, but her presence in my swapdreamtale is primordial.
One thing I noticed is the Tree of Feelings isn't exactly mentioned in ANY of the original works of swapdreamtale, or barely appears a background for flashbacks???
The OG Nim is barely discussed already, which is kind of sad considering she is the entity who brought Dream and Nightmare to life???? But at the same time that leaves A LOT of space for headcanons and personal interpretations.
Since swapdreamtale is my current brainrot, I am dibs on the forgotten SwapDreamtale Nim, Nimh.
This post is going to be a bit longer than usual, so before anything, lemme give the credits to the people I need to give it to:
Swapdreamtale by litemong and song_a
Original Dreamtale by jokublog
Nimh, like Nim, is the original guardian of the Tree of Feelings (which I am just calling ''Tree'' to keep it short)
Nimh was the first one. Nobody - not even the twins - know how she was made. Perhaps she was a creation of the Tree just like Swad and Swan, or maybe some person/entity who was chosen to protect the Tree, or even a conscious part of the Tree itself?(I suppose the last one is the most accepted explanation for this, but I am going to keep things up to YOU, fellow reader, to think of)
Regardless being the Tree herself or not, she was the only guardian for ages. Being a god-like creature just protecting a big apple tree for thousands of years in the heart of a very big and dense forest... it is an important chore, but it sure gets boring after a while. Besides, as much as she hates to admit it, her attention spam and overall magic got harder and harder to control properly.
She, unlike Nim, decided herself it was time to "retire" and become one with the Tree for now and always... but to do that, she had to find someone to be in her place. After all, who would protect her and the apples?
That is how she creates the twins - Nightmare and Dream.
The new guardians are taught what to do -more or less, as being fused with a tree has its limitations, you know? She swears she did her best. For years things were peaceful, with the twins doing exactly what she told them to.
Until one day...society starts growing inside the forest, taking down all the nature that served as a barrier of protection to the Tree besides the twins.
It is no secret Nimh thinks of mortals as lowly ones. She never was seen by anyone other than the twins and elder entities ofher past. Ever.
Meanwhile Nightmare is hostile towards the newcomers, Dream is willing to let them stay, kind of curious about them, as he never talked to anyone else but his brother and mother.
Nimh gets displeased by this. It is when she starts preferring Nightmare over Dream - literally just because he refuses to leave the Tree alone.
The more Dream gets along with the villagers, the less she interacts with him, to the point of her only appearing to Nightmare and making sure he won't let his mind get persuaded like his brother's.
Of course, this upsets Dream. He knows why his mother is ignoring him, but at the same time he likes the time spent with the villagers. His relationship with Nightmare gets a bit tight, as he gives Nimh reason - mainly because the villagers bully him, not because of the whole guardian thing.
The very first time Nimh will appear for Dream in years will be in a very, very unfortunate occasion...
