#bellfort answers

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James: *banging a pen on the table out of frustration*

Ruby: Stop that. How would YOU feel if I banged you on the table?

James: I—

James: I don’t know the correct answer to that question.

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https://lovej0ys.tumblr.com/post/682447371302535168/helppp-meee-why-does-wilbur-saying-tommy-just

thought you’d enjoy this :)

Anon u r correct I do enjoy this. Let’s talk abt Tommy being unhinged and just going whatever the hell he wants

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i am endlessly amused by the idea of Tommy and Lovejoy interactions in fics. like just,,, imagine Tommy arbitrarily assigning one of the band boys as his "favorite" based on how they're treating him at that particular moment. for instance, Tommy asks Wilbur for free Lovejoy merch and Wilbur says "no, youre literally a millionaire." Tommy then asks Joe, who says yes without hesitation. cue "this is why Joe is my favorite member of Lovejoy."

Anon, whoever you are, you are a mind reader. A little while ago I wrote my good friend Lillian a fic in dms abt Tommy getting spend a day with each member of Lovejoy just to come back and tell Wilbur that he has been replaced. I didn’t think abt publishing it or posting it bc it was so sloppy but you just reminded me that I have that haha. Would you like me to post it?

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announcer: and if you look to your left, you can see hit minecraft youtubers Wilbur Soot, Technoblade, and Dreamwastaken fighting tooth and nail for the position as TommyInnits ultimate older brother figure. Techno seems to have an edge as one of Tommy's childhood heroes, but both Wilbur and Dream have been putting in the time for the last few months, so it could be anybody's g - WHATS THIS? ITS GEORGENOTFOUND WITH A STEEL CHAIR

HAHAHAHAHA THIS IS PERFECT

Although I have to say…George is a shit older brother. Man’s doesn’t even try to get Tommys attention and then accidentally hurts him by tossing a rubber duck at his eye. So I’m kinda picturing like George sitting to the side, maybe sipping a coke and eating popcorn, with Jschlatt. Tommy wishes schlatt would fight for him but he gives no fucks. Instead I propose: sam with the steel chair

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i saw someone talking about tommy having dreams face as his wallpaper but i think that was a joke

Yeah that’s def a joke lmao. The one thing I picked up from Tommys phone is this

MILITARY TIME?!?! WHAT?! FOR WHAT?!

You think you’re realll cool TommyInnit setting your phone to military time. You’re probably like ‘look at me I can read military time’ FUCK YOU WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS

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anyways thinking about tommy or ranboo complaining about school and tubbo laughing at him because he doesn’t have to deal with that

????

What?

Does tubbo...just not go to school?

Did I miss something?

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hello bell what are you thinking about right now

Con! Ngl I’m thinking abt how I wish I could skip class to read. Hbu?!

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Not the vc anon but I’d like to propose the idea of Techno, normally completely disinterested in the idea of being a family figure, seeing Wilbur and Dream competing and, as is natural for the Technoblade breed, inserting himself into the competition and amplifying it to the skies. Dream and Wilbur are enraged, because how are they gonna compete with Tommy’s self-proclaimed “childhood hero”? Shenanigans ensue.

Omg yes let’s involve techno but I like the idea that while Dream and wilbur are so focused on going at each other, techno just comes in and whisks Tommy away without them noticing. While they are arguing, techno and Tommy are busy bonding.

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i own 96 books. i have not read at least 32 of them. i’ve started at least 12 of those 32.

anyways.

any book recs :)

YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE

Ok ok so I have both some series and some stand alones to recommend! Let me know if u have already read them or smth.

Stand alones:

The song of achilles - LGBTQ

Circe

The perks of being a wallflower

Looking for Alaska

Series

Reboot/Rebel duology

Carry on/wayward son/any way the wind blows -LGBTQ

A darker shade of magic/a gathering of shadows/a conjuring of light

Six of crows/crooked kingdom duology - LGBTQ

I hope this is helpful :)

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hello, VC anon again, and i have so many thoughts. (i am so sorry about how long this is.)

so, imagine: Dream doesnt initially go into the calls trying to be brotherly or anything; he just thinks that Tommy is smart and talented and wants to help him with YouTube, so they spend a couple hours a week chatting on VC about it. but then, they start to talk about other things, and the calls start getting longer, and because Tommy is naturally Shaped Like a Little Brother, Dream gets ensnared. trapped. (gottem.)

Dream talks about Tommy with pride on the Eboys podcast. he teaches Tommy how to PVP on an alt stream. he says that he wants to team up with Tommy for the next MCC. Brother Things.

Wilbur, who was Here First, acts playfully jealous about it all because its funny. but pretend jealousy borders a little too close on real jealousy when Tommy mentions another four hour call with Dream and pulls the "we're like brothers" bit, as he is wont to do. cue a petty Wilbur keeping Tommy on call for five hours just to flex, and then a competitive Dream working to outdo that when he catches on to what Wilbur has done. (and so on and so forth for forever.)

tldr; Wilbur is dramatic, and Dream hates losing. the Battle of the Brothers ensues.

(meanwhile, Jack Manifold very wisely decides to keep the fact that hes been on a fourteen hour VC with Tommy before to himself)

VC anon, I’m afraid that I have grown attached to you and the content you are providing me. I demand more.

And also…what abt when Tommy and wilbur meet up for vlogs? What does Dream do then?

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bell bell bell bell what’s your favorite song

Con this is a loaded question. Fav song rn? Fav song of all time? Ur gonna have to be more specific

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pardon me while i get parasocial for a moment, but imagine: Tommy texts the Lovejoy groupchat (because obv hes part of the Lovejoy groupchat, as the band's little brother), and hes obv in some amount of stress (be it because of college or the internet or any other reason), except instead of asking for Wilbur, he asks for Ash Kabosu

because like. Wilbur is his big brother, yeah? and, as such, Tommy loves Will to pieces. but Wilbur can also have a bit of a(n older sibling) mean streak - like telling Tommy to get over his pain during paintball, or being slightly mean to Tommy during MCC (for the laughs) - and Tommy Can't Handle That Right Now, so. Ash Kabosu it is.

cue jealous (and slightly guilty) Wilbur running through his recent convos with Tommy while Tommy hops in a private vs with Ash and pours his heart out

Anon! This is such a sweet prompt! Not only am I sucker for jealous!wilbur but guilty!Wilbur? This is a new a exciting concept!! Do u have anything else to share on this topic? I’m totally into it:)

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oh my GOD, the vlogs.

okay, so. the way i see it: Wilbur goes out to shoot vlogs with Tommy, and he's smug. infuriatingly smug. taking selfies with Tommy to send to Dream's DMs type smug. pushing the "we're like brothers" bit to new extremes type smug. and Dream, who has no plans on traveling to the UK - and who also has no plans on face revealing any time soon - can only sit there and fume. people on Twitter say that he must be jealous about how much time the UK crew gets to spend with George, but the thing is, he already HAS George. George already likes him the most. (he doesnt need to prove that to anyone; they already know). meanwhile, Wilbur's winning the Brother Olympics, and it isn't FAIR, because it isn't Dream's fault that he happened to be born in Florida, the pitstain of America.

so he's admittedly a bit salty, alright? but he's also determined, and crafty, and competitive as hell; so, even if he isn't physically there to shoot the vlogs with Tommy, Dream makes sure to be there in spirit, texting Tommy memes that he thinks the kid will find funny, telling stories about the stupid shit Sapnap has done around the apartment, sending sound clips from songs that he's thinking about releasing in the future. just. generally making himself as vocal as possible whilst simultaneously giving Tommy the time and space to film his content. (it's a fine line to walk, but Dream walks it well. and if Wilbur catches Tommy smiling at something Dream sent him and ends up creating new, elaborate bits to pull Tommy's attention back to himself, then that's just more footage for Tommy to use. win-win for all.)

then, a few months into the Vlog Era, Sapnap - bless that man - points out the obvious: if Dream can't go to Tommy, then why not have Tommy come to Dream? after all, Tommy wants to go to vidcon, right? he'll already be in America, so Sapnap figures that catching a flight over to Florida should be a breeze. Tommy can shoot another homestyle vlog, Dream can wear his mask, and any distingushing characteristics can be edited out in post. its the perfect plan.

Dream, excited, starts plotting out the logistics at once. he looks at airfare from LA to Orlando on October 24. he looks into hotels in the area, should Tommy be uncomfortable crashing at Dreams home after meeting him in person for the first time. he texts Wilbur in his haste; "I'm going to fly Tommy to Florida, and I'm going to hug him for 45 minutes straight. Checkmate, loser."

Wilbur responds immediately: "I'm going to hug him for 46 minutes, then I'm going to take him to Disney World, where we'll get matching mouse ears. Suck it, Green Boy."

(and the feud continues).

- VC Anon

Wait THIS IS AMAZING. I felt like I was reading a fic when I was reading this!! Do you have anymore? How else would the feud continue? I’m thinking like, when they come to America and are just chilling at dreams house…what kind of antics do dream and wilbur get up to now that they are all in person?

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tommy’s love language being flowers pog??

-tommy doesn’t know how to show affection

-like, at all.

-but one of the happiest moments of his childhood is when he met tubbo, and tubbo had found a flower, picked it, and gave it to him

-the roots were still attached to the flower and tommy didn’t know how to react to the gift but tubbo’s smile was so wide that tommy couldn’t do anything other than smile back and accept the flower

-he kinda just. held it in front of him for a moment, staring at it.

-that was a while ago, and tommy still sucks at giving and receiving affection

-about once every two months, tubbo will randomly hand him a flower

-neither of them really acknowledge it

-during exile, tommy didn’t get flowers. he certainly didn’t pick them himself, that was painful. he didn’t realise how much he loved them

-after the whole dream thing, after the whole techno thing, after exile, after the community house confrontation, after /doomsday/, tommy struggled with comforting himself

-he wanted tubbo to give him a flower, and he felt pathetic because of it

-then dream gave him a message, gave him and tubbo a date for their final battle, and decided “fuck it”

-he set about and picked flowers for just about everyone.

-he spent the next few days, in between breaking down and preparations for the war with dream, handing out flower to everyone around

-no words were said when he handed them the flower, just a genuine smile with admittedly sad eyes

-ghostbur gets one first. he’s completely clueless but smiles widely when he receives it. he does ‘oh! I’ve never seen this shade of blue before!’ even when the flower is red

-niki doesn’t know what to do when she receives it. she’s stunned into silence his eyes are more pained than they ever have been, and he had mouthed “i’m sorry” so broken and silently before running off

-tommy delivers on to techno and phil, only hours after he stole potions. techno doesn’t want to admit hes concerned and phil looks so openly confused and worried. tommy doesn’t say anything, just hands them the flowers and leaves. both of them wanted to say something but neither had the words

-he gives one to sam, even if they weren’t too close of friends. he knows sam didn’t really get involved with war, and therefore sam had never really hurt him. he was nice to him. sam smiles and takes it with a smile and thanks him, though he loses the smile when he watches tommy run away silently, especially when he sees the boy start to craft armor

-fundy tries so hard to be grateful, to act like nothings weird about this interaction, but he can’t help but chuckle awkwardly, and question what’s happening. but tommy is already walking away, and fundy stares at the flower in his hands. he had laughed while l’manburg was blown up, and he didn’t regret the destruction. but tommy was acting so weird and he didn’t know what to do, so he just holds the flower for the next few hours, before putting it in the grass next to his house

-jack immediately starts laughing when tommy gives him the flower, but it falters when tommy just walks away. “what’s this for?” he yells but doesnt get a response. he doesn’t find anything significant about the flower but holds on to it before putting it in a chest. he feels unexplainably guilty when he thinks about throwing it out.

-eret sees tommy’s distracted gaze and shaking hands and takes the flower slowly. they make sure to grasp one of tommy’s hands in their own, giving silent support. they know their words won’t impact tommy enough. eret will forever feel guilt for their betrayal of l’manburg, and more importantly, traumatizing the kids of l’manburg. they know tommy is about to face something terrible, but they also don’t know how to help. all they can do is stare at the boy while he runs away, until they can’t see him anymore.

-sapnap is mad when he gets the flower. not at tommy though. tommy is already walking away the moment sapnap has the flower in his hands, so doesn’t get to say anything. this wasn’t how he wanted things to be. him and tommy have always had a rough relationship, but he liked the kid more than he disliked him. the flower feels wrong in his hands, but he doesn’t crush it. he gently puts it in his inventory and tells himself he’ll plant it later, when no one can see.

-quackity’s heart hurts when tommy gives him the flower. he had seen the way tommy lit up when tubbo gave him a flower once; and he knows the boys are about to go into an unbeatable

war. he takes the flower with tears in his eyes and tommy runs off, once again, without words.

-punz didn’t know what to think. he never cared about anything other than personal gain, and had a lot of trouble admitting to feeling sympathy for the boy. he takes the flower with a nod

-bad knew something was off. tommy was never silent and he usually never did anything as soft as give out flowers. but the egg was clouding over his mind, so he could only give a confused smile as he accepted the flower and watched the blonde boy leave

-puffy almost cries when tommy smiles and gifts her the flower. she knows he’s going to go to war soon, everyone knows now. both him and tubbo have been preparing nonstop for the past few days. it breaks her heart, that these kids have gone through so much. she hates the way the flower feels like a goodbye.

-ranboo has always been one for bluntness. he doesn’t immediately take the flower, and instead he asks “what’s this?” tommy is obviously frustrated by the hesitation and continues to hold out the flower. ranboo doesn’t back down. ranboo becomes the only one tommy talks to when giving out by he flowers. “Just take the goddamn flower ranboo.” “But why? You have never given me anything before. Only taken.” Tommy let’s his hand drop, fingers still tightly wrapped around the stem of the rose. “It’s just a fucking flower ranboo. I’m not giving you a full set of netherite. Just take it. I don’t care if you eat it later or cherish it forever.”

He shoves the flower into ranboos hands and walks away with his hands in his pocket. ranboo looks at the flower in his hands, and he takes it home, still weary of it’s meaning and puts it in a pot on his windowsill. he makes sure to write about it in his memory book, something about tommy’s slightly fearful and dejected expression and the silent pain in his voice.

-the last person he gives a flower to us tubbo, and that’s when they have said they’re goodbyes down the prime path. tommy already gifted his flowers, the walk down the path was more for show than anything. at the end of the past, uncaring of the people behind them watching, tommy gives him a flower

-tubbo looks up at him, and they both have tears in their eyes. such a small gesture meant something so big to them. this was the first time tommy had ever reciprocated a flower. tubbo bend down gently and plucked a smaller flower that was growing in the grass at his feet, and gave it to tommy

silently. neither of them said anything, and simultaneously tucked the flowers behind their ears. they knew the flowers would be lost almost immediately on the journey. it didn’t matter. they stayed silent until they got on the boat ride and followed the compass

-the adults watching the interaction felt like the flowers held a lot more of a significant meaning to the tommy, and by extension tubbo, than they first thought. but they had no idea what the meaning was. (it was tommy’s way of affection. the first real gift he was given by someone other than wilbur, was the flower from tubbo. the meaning of significance of the flowers was love.)

-when tommy and tubbo survived the battle, when tommy’s backup plan of paying punz payed off, when sam helped imprison dream, tommy felt lighter. he employed sam to help him make his hotel

-and when sam told him to go and pick a stack of poppy flowers? tommy was so elated. he thought he’d never get to see flowers again. he got more than a stack, and had the biggest grin on his face for the rest of the day

...I’ve gone soft. Thank you con for the sweetest and most pure headcannon yet. I loved reading this so much. Especially the happy ending about flower picking for Sam and the hotel.

I love you con<3

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tbh let's go with some fluff from you i love your fics

Aw! That’s so sweet:) Well I can offer some random headcannons for you? Or if you wanna discuss a certain thing you can just send another ask but take this:

Wilbur likes to do this thing where he steals Tommys hands. Tommys trying to edit and not giving Wilbur any attention? Wilbur takes them. Tommys fidgeting and Wilbur notices? Yep, those hands are his now. Tommys biting his nails? You’ve lost hand privileges. Tommy acts like he’s annoyed but he honestly appreciates it - both how Wilbur notices those subtle details and how he grounds him.

When Wilbur took Tommy shopping he had him show off every article of clothing. You know your mom sits in the chair outside the dressing room and waits for you to come out and give her a twirl? Just like that. Wilbur asks what Tommy thinks about each piece.

Wilbur has definitely given Tommy a bag full of hand me downs. I won’t elaborate further on this though because I’m planning on writing a fic about it.

Tommy always falls asleep during the car rides in vlogs. It’s something about the gently jostling of Russ’ driving and leaning against Wilbur that makes it so easy to sleep.

I hope this suffices? If not tho plz send another ask:):)

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did u see on phils stream that he said that will and tommy r inseparable

Omg yes I did! I saw the clip on YouTube.

(They lowkey remind me of those best friends in middle school who would throw a fit if they weren’t allowed to be partners for every single thing)