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Please Don't Let Me Ruin Your Life by irisstone16
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
02 Jul 2022
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"Technoblade absentmindedly pulled at the shackles binding his wrists. The motion drew sounds from the chain links rustling against hard stone. He was waiting. Eventually someone would come for him, release his wrists, hand him some sharpened steel, and he would be led into the arena. From there he would do what he did every day since he came to this place: fight."
Technoblade is a fighter. Not by choice, but no one seemed to care. Philza is a hybrid who has too big of a heart for his own good.
AKA Techno is a kid forced to fight in an underground ring and Phil can't stop adopting kids apparently.
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Things are almost good for a little while. There is something like safety, like healing settling over the little cabin in the snow.
It feels a little bit like coming home, Tommy thinks, but he doesn’t say it out loud. It scares him sometimes, this vulnerability, this stability that could be torn out from under his feet at any moment. Trust is something he has felt like a knife in his back over and over. Trust is falling again and again even though there’s never anyone there to catch him before he hits the ground. Trust is broken bones and split lips, trust is spitting out blood and using his tongue to check for loose teeth.
And yet, and yet, when the same hands that curled into fists once before extend as open palmed offerings, he still takes them. Dream called him stupid, helpless, naive. Dream was right, Tommy knows, but Dream smelled like gunpowder and a bitter kind of smoke.
The smoke here is sweet and Tommy has never been one to learn from his mistakes.
Tommy had been Theseus for a little while. Tommy had been Icarus, Atlas, Prometheus.
But before all of that, he had been Tommy. Maybe there was a place for him to be again, now, in the after.
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Where Two Halves Meet by Anarchy_and_Piglins
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
23 May 2021
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Not a lot of people know Technoblade hibernates. Even fewer people know that for piglins, hibernation is actually a pack activity. Ranboo finds out (and honestly isn't complaining).
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Technoblade rarely travels in the Nether anymore. He'd come down here this time to gather a few materials he can't get in the Overworld, and then he was going to leave the place where he was born but not raised.
And then he’d heard the snuffling. It’s a quiet thing, sniffling mixed with high-pitched whines, and, oh, there go his instincts. Recognizing the sound even though he’s never heard it before- though he definitely made it in his youth.
There’s a piglet nearby, and they’re terrified.
He casts one final, forlorn glance at the gold he’d seen higher up, and then he turns to follow the sound.
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Or, a piglin hyrbid!tommy au where sbi is a happy little family bc i felt like being soft this time
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Ranboo trilled a short note, one that his memory wasn’t aware of but his instincts knew by heart. One used by elders to soothe younger Endermen. He tilted his head to the side, glancing at Tommy, hoping he understood the reassurance in the noise.
Then, Tommy trilled it back. Shrill and high pitched, the same tone as he had been hearing all night. Ranboo’s eyes widened, his brain short-circuiting for a moment.
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Allium duo fluff with a little hurt/comfort, the Tommy mimicking noises headcanon is back but lowkeySeries
- Part 39 of Phantom is having Minecraft brainrot
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Close your eyes and you'll leave this dream by Phantomxlegend
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game)
04 Sep 2021
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“Hey,” Phil wrapped one of his wings around Wilbur and he leaned into Phil’s side, letting out a shaky exhale, “so what’s going on?”
“Nothing…” Wilbur muttered, letting his eyes slip shut for a second.
“Wil, you’re not acting like yourself,” Phil continued to run his fingers through Wilbur’s hair, rubbing lightly at the base of his horns, “and you look exhausted.”
“Mhm.”
“So what’s wrong?”
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Origin SMP, Wilbur hasn't really been acting like himself, he seems exhausted and Phil is worried.
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- Part 16 of New beginnings and what comes after
- Part 54 of Phantom is having Minecraft brainrot
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Somehow, Tubbo hadn’t seen Ranboo at all tonight. His husband had left a few hours ago, not saying where he was going, and hadn’t returned home yet. Tubbo wasn’t that worried, he knew that Ranboo could take care of himself and he would be back eventually.
But now, as the hours were stretching on and the sun had dipped far below the horizon, Ranboo still hadn’t returned. It was nearing two in the morning and Tubbo still had a stack of paperwork to be done. He stood up, stretching his arms above his head until his shoulders popped and he grabbed his lantern.
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Dream smp. Ranboo doesn't return home and Tubbo finds him in the ruins of what was once their home.
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- Part 56 of Phantom is having Minecraft brainrot
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To Those Who Never Grow Up by orphan_account
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
21 Sep 2021
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Hidden away from the rest of the world was a home guarded by a massive spruce forest.
Six hybrids lived there: three avians, one cat, one piglin, and one goat.
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My self-indulgent and fluffy Sleepybees hybrid AU, featuring my birdinnit obsession!) -
Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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You say I'm changing (sorry I didn't know I had to stay the same) by LilacSoulw
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
18 Jan 2022
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Tommy just wanted his McDonald's when a villain comes crashing through the window.
Turns out he's actually a pretty cool guy.
Aka Wilbur sees Tommy ordering food while fighting a hero and is like: mine
Aka crimeboys superheroes and villains au bc I need this and I read too many vigilante aus
(Title from be nice to me by the front bottoms)
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- Part 1 of Dabur and his kit
- Part 1 of Lilacs crimeboys fics
- Part 2 of All Lilacs dsmp fics
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It's a Bird! It's an Enderman! No, It's a Frog! by orphan_account
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
17 Oct 2021
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Wilbur Soot ought to make a list of things he hates. It wouldn’t be hard— he can think of three things right off the bat: train stations, Ace Race, and the goddamn swamp.
What the fuck was he doing in the middle of the swamp?
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Wilbur pretty much imprints on a frog. It’s cute and stuff.
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The blanket drops, revealing two little white puffballs on the baby’s back. Feathers. Wings. “He’s like me. So, we’re gonna have to be really good for a little while, ‘cos I’m gonna need all the help I can get with this.”
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Wilbur and Techno learn what it means to be big brothers.
(((Still on hiatus. Still not giving up. I don’t care if I don’t come back to this when I’m eighty you can pry my Jack Manifold Propaganda from my cold, dead hands. )))
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- Part 4 of Trial works to develop a writing style
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“Yeah..” Ranboo sighed, kicking his heel into the crash mat absently. “That’s Dream alright. He tends to have that effect on people, bein’ a celebrity around here and all.”
“No, this wasn’t like being star struck. We’d never even heard of the guy before today. This was different. You shoulda seen Tommy, he looked like he’d been punched in the gut. Eyes all wild n’ shit.”
“Oh… weird,” his new companion frowned. “Yeah, I’ve only seen reactions like that after Dream literally punched people, which is surprisingly often considering we’re usually in a fighting pit.”
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OR Benchtrio are hybrids with magical abilities in Kingdom Hypixel. Originally there to just collect tournament champion Technoblade and leave, Tommy and Tubbo get swept into the kingdom's conflicts after Dream takes a special interest in them. Meanwhile, Tommy notices something strange about Tubbo's new friend Ranboo.
Takes place 8 years after From One Brother To Another, but could be read as a standalone
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- Part 2 of My Family Is Yours
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Coding Error by orphan_account for Quek
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
05 Apr 2022
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Tommy smiled, turning around as he reached the dead end. His back to Sapnap and George, he could hear the two walking closer to him. Tommy focused, pulling the code all players had and forcing it to switch.
The code melded to his will, static overtaking his body as his will to move was obeyed. The men behind him shouted, knowing the signs of a glitch from previous encounters.
Tommy turned to face them as the static clouded his vision, a wide smile on his face as he shouted “Better luck next time, bitches!”
The static overtook him, and he was gone.
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Glitches are able to manipulate their own code, allowing them to harness abilities other players couldn't. Their messed up code can also go haywire, though. It's what happened ten years ago, and it's why Glitches stay hidden now. Only, Tommy isn't very good at staying hidden.
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- Part 1 of on hiatus (i’m sorry *~*)
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Kintsugi by orphan_account for ChocolatesLovechild
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
06 Jan 2022
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His head tips at the sound of stumbling steps, something numb seeping through him at the masked stranger who halts, hand wrapped tight around the handle of something metallic that levels down against him.
A yellow sweater.
“Don’t move.”
Tommy knows that sweater.
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Or: Tommy is supposed to be dead.
Somehow he isn't.
And he finds himself faced with the broken pieces of (his) family in another world entirely.
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destiny deceived me of everything but you by Anonymous for SolivagantStories
Fandoms: Dream SMP
14 Jan 2022
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"You're like a brother to me."
Techno pauses, completely freezes-- and turns, eyes wide.
Tommy's standing calmly beside him, blonde curls glistening in the sunlight. His arms propped up against the side wall of the little bridge dividing one half of the castle's gardens and the other. Everything about his stature screams relaxation, and yet, the words he's said bring nothing but downfall to Techno's.
or, bedrock bros but make it a royalty fic! honestly i don’t know lmao. they r brothers, your honour.
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I'll be your optimistic black hole, full of love I can't control (let's keep each other safe from the world) by LilacSoulw
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
19 Jan 2022
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Tommy's insecure about not being able to fly and Ranboo comforts him and maybe comes up with an idea along the way...
Aka: soft allium duo bc it's missing allium duo hours😌
Title from lucky people by waterparks
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- Part 1 of All Lilacs dsmp fics
- Part 1 of Lilacs allium duo fics
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icarus, fallen by allieae
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
28 Mar 2022
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“Every museum needs a main display,” Dream explains carefully. “The crown jewels, if you will.” And his eyes are back on Tommy, piercing somehow, despite the mask– “Something important, something irreplaceable."
His free hand shoots out, landing on Tommy’s arm, and Tommy flinches back. A startled cry gets lost in Tubbo’s throat, but Dream only drags Tommy forward, grip unrelenting despite the way that Tommy tries to pull away, looking like he’s trying to detach himself from his skin, heels dragging the floor, wings flapping in protest, muscles straining, feathers wild–
And in a fleeting moment of clarity that cuts through the panic, suddenly Tubbo is able to recognize the contraption across the room, above their heads, what it resembles.
Iron pins embedded into the wall the way you would display a hunting trophy, irons pins arranged like--
Like a butterfly board.
Or, if the final confrontation had ended differently.
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"Tommy... I ... I think you're blind..."
"I ... I can't be blind! That's not fair!"
"I know..."
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In which Tommy gets blinded after exile and is taken under the protection of the Antarctic Empire (Mostly Technoblade)
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soft wings and warm hugs by resspantspantspants
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
23 Jan 2022
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Large, sky blue eyes stare up at Wilbur, threatening to burst with tears at any moment. Wilbur is not sure how to deal with this.
“That’s not your sandwich,” Techno says as he walks up the alleyway behind Wilbur who only watches the small boy flick his eyes back and forth between the two surrounding teens.
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checking another au off the list. this time its the kid tommy adoption one with king philza ykSeries
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Where Two Halves Meet by Anarchy_and_Piglins
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
23 May 2021
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Not a lot of people know Technoblade hibernates. Even fewer people know that for piglins, hibernation is actually a pack activity. Ranboo finds out (and honestly isn't complaining).
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Chrysopoeia by shinlouvie
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
14 Apr 2021
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It wasn’t something he liked to talk about, ever. Not even to Phil, his oldest and most trusted friend, who found him as a teen and had been the one to pull him out of hell and into a world of grass and sky and life. It was something that came from deep in his childhood, a memory from the bellows of a bastion, buried far down with the tune of a red disc and an uncanny attachment to things that glimmered. It was something that Techno never allowed to see the light of day, if he could help it— instincts and memories from back then were always met by him with disdain and a burning need to move on and stay in the now.
Today it reaches the surface, during a regular visit to Snowchester, when a child starts crying from upstairs.
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A Part of Your Mind (Loves Me) by Live
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
22 Jun 2021
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For years Techno's piglin instincts insisted the piglin hybrid protect and keep Tommy safe. It doesn't matter that Tommy has betrayed him, it doesn't matter that Tommy isn't in danger, it doesn't matter that Techno isn't quite himself when his instincts kick in, all that matters to that small corner of Techno's brain, is that Tommy is safe and Techno is the one protecting him. Thankfully, even with all the hurt feelings and hatred brewing between them, their family have an agreement and an understanding when it comes to this. Tommy will let Techno protect him, even if it's only for a day.
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- Part 1 of All of Me, All of You
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Of Broken Knuckles and Cracked Eggshells by SovereignVoidDragon
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
14 Jun 2021
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Ranboo was tired. He was only seventeen and yet he already had a full time job. But the job was minimum wage and he could hardly help with rent. A job working with the biggest heroes wasn't exactly ideal when one of your roommates was a vigilante and the other was a sorta-villain. But if it was to pay rent, if it was to make sure neither of his friends went hungry or cold ever again, it would be worth it.
Look, it wasn't Tubbo's fault his dad went from vigilante to supervillain, and he did not appreciate that everyone assumed that he was the same. Not that he helped his own image, considering he just blew up a warehouse last week, but they had been carting drugs! Illegal substances! He was the biggest crime around and it was high time others knew that.
Tommy was happy being a vigilante. Sure, it was exhausting, but he was helping those who felt helpless. And he knew what that felt like... Still. It hurt knowing that your idols wanted your head on a pike.
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- Part 1 of Cracked Eggshells Universe
- Part 2 of Hero/Villain AU
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Bookmarked by aeternamutans
31 Jul 2021
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In the End, it is said that the stars have laid out a destiny for you. That the stars will guide you through your trying times.
Ranboo can't help but wonder why the stars of the Overworld hate Tommy so.
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To Love with Care (A Bedrock Bros Series) by Calipop
Fandom: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
10 Jan 2022
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Tommy stared, mouth feeling terribly dry as he struggled to speak. Then he whispered, voice horrendously cracked, “What the fuck.”
The words seemed to spring things into action as the beast stood, large and monstrous and shadowing the blonde’s lanky form. Tommy took a few speedy steps backward before his back hit against a cold stone wall, the pink-haired monster coming closer with each step being purposeful. As he paused in front of Tommy, he reached out, resulting in the other to squeeze his eyes shut as tightly as possible, bracing for a slash.
It never happened.
Instead clawed fingers gently brushed through his golden locks and then-
“Gold.”
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OR Tommy runs away from Dream and Technoblade ends up saving him and taking him as his adoptive brother.
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Throw the Walls into the Fireplace by lockergirl
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game)
03 May 2022
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Tommy wasn’t sure what he had been anticipating when he broke into Techno’s house. Maybe he was expecting his brother to kill him on sight, lodging a crossbow arrow straight between his eyes. Maybe he was expecting to be dragged back to exile, cursing and screaming the whole way. Mostly, he was just hoping that Techno wouldn't be home. Tommy had a half-baked plan to hide out in the piglin’s basement, squirreling away gapples and supplies until he could figure out something better.
He hadn’t even considered that Techno could be hibernating.
Or: Tommy has just escaped exile. What better place to hide than the house of his hibernating older brother?
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If You Give a Bunny a Carrot by ImperialKatwala
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Origins SMP
19 Jan 2022
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Phil was, quite honestly, expecting to find hybrid hunters scouting their territory. Instead, he found a traumatized and very skittish rabbit hybrid. He brings him home (the carrots help).
Or, I write about Bunnyblade meeting the Crowfather for the first time, based on Phil's most recent Origins stream :D
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Tommy picks up smoking after pogtopia. The worse things got, the worse his habits got. Phil’s crows keep bringing Phil cigarette butts, Technoblade keeps forcing Tommy to bath to get the smell off of him, and Wilbur won’t let him go.
Tommy tries to get better by going to Ranboo for help, the only person who is soft enough to cave in, and Tommy secretly goes to Quackity to grab more cigarettes.
What happens when the rest of the SBI figures out Tommy is smoking? Will their possessiveness get in the way? Will Ranboo let his instincts to protect and possess over Tommy take over?
OR what happens when OP is a smoker and needs to relate
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setting fire to our hearts (on this cold arctic night) by illxr
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game)
22 May 2022
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He opened the heavy cabin door, entering it and busying himself with sorting the items to put away, not even gazing at his surroundings.
“Tommy?” Shit. He was fucked.
Tommy spun around, wide-eyed, making eye contact with Techno.
Or: Tommy snuck into Techno's cabin during his hibernation and has been taking care of the place by himself until spring. Techno finds him.
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Piglin Techno has always struggled with his instincts when it comes to his younger brother, Tommy. Losing himself into the motions of 'protect' and 'runt' and 'mine', even when he'd rather not be face to face with the traitor that is his younger brother. This is a series that explores the dysfunctional dynamic of possessive Piglin instincts and how a family try to make it as healthy as they possibly can. It doesn't always work, but they love each other, so they try their best.
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Gold Will Shine If Polished by AceTheFunkyMan
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
20 Feb 2023
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Stepping out of the shower and reaching for the towel, Tommy felt better than he had in months. Sure, he was stiff all over and Dream was almost certainly hunting him down, but he had a full stomach, warm clothes, and was clean.
The clothes were definitely too big for Tommy, even if he hadn’t been starved by Dream. Techno was enormous, and it showed in the way Tommy was almost swimming in his clothing. Still, he dried his hair as best as he could and headed downstairs.
Techno turned around as he heard Tommy coming down the stairs, ready to tease him.
“So, how much do you smell now-” He set his eyes on Tommy, and saw gold.
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All avians felt a strong, instinctual connection towards each other; they felt the need to form a flock.
Philza just never thought Dream could become part of his.
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aka, Philza finds out Dream was an avian… after he lost his wings.
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Bookmarked by Dragon_flare
04 Dec 2022
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Avian!Dream recovers with Phil’s flock. Q really does the most horrible thing one can ever do to an avian (cooing to confuse Dream’s hybrid instincts during the trture)
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"Philza has two kids, and they’re both piglins. Some, particularly other avians, would wonder why his adopted children are not of the feathery kind. Avians have a very strong sense of flock, Phil knows. However, he doesn’t feel any differently flock-wise with two piglin children, than he would if they were avian. To be honest, Phil thinks piglins have rather similar nesting habits to avians anyway. He’s still learning every day though, and he promises to continue to do so. No matter how difficult or confusing it can get, he loves his kids, and he always will."
Or, the one where the Crowfather Philza adopts a few kids, then a few more, and then forms a little village and flock for himself. A fluffy hybrid AU!
Bookmarked by Sirensong39
13 Mar 2023
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How’d I end up here? I don’t even go here! Might have been the impeccable ‘found family’ vibes and quirky hybrid shenanigans. Yeaaaaaah, this was the good stuff. Fully fluffy, minimal angst if any. Just learning to adapt to your adopted sons’ quirks and instincts. Just perfect and scratched the itch just right.
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don't call him a raccoon that's rude! by n3so
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
12 Mar 2021
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Relaxing in retirement with Techno was going really well. Which is exactly why Tommy didn't want to bring up how his head hurt, and his back aches, and his teeth are sore, or that weird rash on his face.
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Raccooninnit manifests his hybrid traits while living with Techno in exile.
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Bookmarked by AlliumEnby
16 Feb 2025
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So so so cute!!!!!
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When hybrid traffickers break into Hermitcraft, Grian does what a Watcher does best: protect his Players.
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- Part 2 of Code Violet
Bookmarked by hoppy854
06 Aug 2025
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I enjoyed this one, mainly because for once it’s not an evil Watcher story like so many I’ve read. Those get old after a while you know?