#if someone hits me with a joku post saying they are I will cry

[heterochromicnachos]

Me trying to stay sane with dreammare in my feed is a fucking battle.

One one hand: biological brothers

On the other hand: the brother half of nightmare is fucking dead

Are-

Are they still brothers?!

Is it incest?!

DO I NEED TO TAKE THEM TO ALABAMA?!

telling myself that I can tolerate dream and corrupted nightmare is the only fucking thing keeping me from going insane.

If someone tells me corrupted nightmare is still related to dream I will

LOSE IT.

[annaraebananawriter]

Day 5: Fear

Yellow everyone! Day 5 of ErrorDream Week, hosted by @errorxdream, here we go! I’m posting this early because I have to help my Auntie today, so I wouldn’t be able to do it any other time.

ALSO! Yes, all the prompts for this week are connected in one big story. Soooo…if you missed it, you might want to read Day 4 to understand everything in this one!

Fandom: Undertale, but specifically Dreamtale and Errortale

Characters: Dream and Nightmare (Who belong to Joku) and Error (Who belongs to CQ)

Pairings: Pre-ErrorDream/Insomnia

Warnings: Language and I think that’s it. Let me know!

Word Count: 1547

~oOo~

Dream was scared. Error was conflicted.

Their friends were oblivious.

However, if Error wanted things to work out, he would need some help.

It was time for someone to know about this.

~oOo~

Error reached down and grabbed the doll that Dream left behind in his hast to get away. He stared at it. It had some wet patches from the tears that hit it when Dream was crying.

Dream had been crying.

He hadn't expected that. Not at all. He had expected Dream to be surprised, yes. Definitely shocked. But he didn't expect him to start crying. At first, he feared the guardian didn't like the gift. Then he realized that Dream was probably crying because he was looking at a doll replica of someone he hadn't seen for hundreds of years and missed so dearly.

He knew as soon as he realized that that Dream loved the gift. That it was the best thing he'd ever received in a long time. It lifted his fear and made him both happy and concerned.

Then, Dream had asked why.

That was when everything went downhill.

He had been nervous. He had started off not knowing how to put his feelings into words. As he continued, he grew confident, but he still couldn't share everything that he felt. He thought that was okay. That things would work out without everything being said. He was wrong.

"You don't love me. You love the way I make you feel..." A sad smile, something he never wants to see again, something that should never exist in the first place. "You love my aura, and that's it. You don't love me. Not like I love you."

His grip on the doll tightened. He closed his eyes.

"Not like I love you."

Wasn't that a laugh?

Dream loved him, probably had for longer than he had loved Dream. He didn't know when it had started, but it must've been from a while ago. It only made sense. Although, he can't help but wonder, that if Dream did love him, then why hadn't he been happy or excited to learn that Error loved him back? Why...why deny it?

Unless...

...

Unless...he was afraid.

It made sense. It was the only thing that made sense, to him at least. Which meant, hopefully, that it was true. After all, he liked to think he knew Dream better than almost anyone. Now, he may not understand why Dream was afraid, not exactly and he probably never will, he still needed...he would still need to talk to Dream. Have a talk, and try to clear things up, get things organized. But...he didn't know where Dream was...

...but he knew someone who might.

Someone who was most likely the only other person who knew Dream as well as he did, maybe even better than he did.

He opened his eyes.

Holding the doll like it was the only thing keeping him alive, he turned and opened a portal. He appeared in a dimly lit room. It wasn't dim enough that he had to strain, but it could still be considered dim. Or maybe it was because it was getting to be late, as the window told him. There was no one sitting behind the desk as he had hoped. He swore, turning to leave through another portal, fingers ready to summon it, when the door to the office opened.

The person paused when he noticed him, gaze looking up from the papers in hand, a glass of dark red wine in the other. He frowned, tilting his head a little, tentacles flicking behind him in curiosity.

"Error?" Nightmare asked, concern entering his voice, "What are you doing here?"

Error squeezed the doll in his hand, as if reminding himself of why he was there even though he knew it, would never forget it. "I need your help."

~oOo~

Nightmare walked through the forest, following his intuition about where to go. He was relaxed and kept himself that way, as he didn't want to ruin this. Error had asked for his help and he never turned down a friend, much less failed them.

Especially if...

He entered a clearing, the only real structure being a felled tree, big enough that he could lean against it and look over to the other side of it. Pausing, he tilted his head at the log. He had arrived. Taking a deep breath, he walked forward, pace slow and careful. After all, he didn't want to scare the other away before they had a chance to talk.

Reaching the tree, he leaned against, just as he said. He crossed his arms in front of him, one of his ankles also going in front of the other. His tentacles waved behind him, content. There was a family of deer in the distance; a mother and two fawns. They were grazing at the grass.

He kept his gaze on them as he talked. "It's beautiful here, isn't it?" And it was. A bit too overgrown for his tastes, but beautiful in its own way. Also, despite his gaze on the deer, he kept his attention on the person sitting next to him.

Curled up against the log, back pressed against it, head in his arms and hood over his head, Dream tensed, but stayed silent. He was focused on the grass in-between his legs.

Nightmare sighed. He looked down, studying the bark as he mulled over his words. "Error came to me, you know." He started, deciding it was a good starting point. "Said he needed my help." He paused, running his finger over the groves, "Told me about the two of you. The collapse. The meetings, or kidnappings as he phrased it. The gift he gave you." His hand stilled. "The confession he made, the one you made. All of it."

Dream stayed silent.

Nightmare turned his head, watching Dream intently. "Mind telling me why you told him he didn't love you?"

Dream shifted, lifting his head up enough to stare ahead of him instead of below him. Fair; grass must get pretty boring after a while. "Because he doesn't," He choked out, voice heavy with tears, "he only thinks he does."

Nightmare hummed. "What makes you think that?"

Dream sniffed, reaching up to rub at his eyes. Tears, probably. "That's always how it is. People say they love me, but they don't, not really. They only love how I make them feel. That's how it was in the village. That's half of the reason why Ink hangs around me, because I make him feel things without his vials." He stopped for a minute, looking down, mood darkening. "So...so Error can't love me, only the idea of me. He can't love me..." He trailed off, face twisting in pain.

"...like you love him." Nightmare finished; voice gentle. He hummed again. They fell into silence, both thinking about different things. He gazed back up at the deer family, or the place that they had been. The place was empty now. Nightmare tilted his head side to side, debating on what he wanted to do.

...Ah, fuck it.

He turned and slid down, sitting on the ground next to Dream, their shoulders a breath away. "Well, you may be right..." He started, admiring the trees in front of them. He leaned against the log; legs stretched out in front of him. "...but, in this case, I think you're wrong."

Dream sniffed again. "How do you know that?"

His lips twitched upward despite himself. "Call it a feeling. Don't forget, I've been friends with Error for a while now, and know him better than most." He paused. "He likes you, Dream." His voice was serious now. "Why else would he make that doll for you? He's never made a doll for anyone before, you know. Never." He looked over to Dream. "You're the first. I think that says something."

Dream stayed silent, but Nightmare felt him begin to shake. The guardian reached up again but he grabbed a hold of his wrist, stopping him. Dream started and tensed, but Nightmare didn't do anything, just slid his hand up, interlocking their fingers.

He squeezed Dream's hand. "It's okay," he whispered, "to cry, you know." He felt Dream's shaking worsen before a sob broke free of the guardian's mouth. Dream buried his head in Nightmare's shoulder, cries silent but shaking noticeable.

Nightmare looked ahead of them. "But you shouldn't take my word for it. You should take Error's. He knows best. About what he's feeling, about your relationship with him, everything. You should listen to him."

"But—"

"Just talk to him," He cut Dream off, as gently as he could. "please? Doesn't have to be today, doesn't have to be tomorrow. Doesn't even have to be this month. But, when you're ready, talk to him. He'll wait for you, he always will."

He knew Dream was still hesitant, so he added, "Besides, you can say if he ever breaks your heart, I'll kill him."

That got a weak laugh out of Dream, who had calmed down significantly. Nightmare smiled, gentle and genuine. They stared at the trees for a while together, Dream resting against Nightmare.

Then, Dream said quietly, "Thank you, Nightmare."

Nightmare paused, squeezing the other's hand. "Anytime."

[inhalingwords]

Here’s my @langblrsecretsanta post for my giftee @noerttiprinsessa! It’s a selection of random funny/cute/interesting words and phrases in Finnish that I hope will prove useful :)

🎉🎉Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta 2018!🎉🎉

ökkömönkiäinen // a creepy-crawly, an (unindentified) bug/insect

Hyi hitto, sun hiuksissas kiipee joku ökkömönkiäinen! (colloq.) // Ew yuck, there’s some creepy-crawly climbing in your hair!

yökyöpeli // a night ghost/wight/spook, a person who stays up late, a night owl

Minun pikkusiskoni on oikea yökyöpeli: hän ei mene koskaan nukkumaan ennen aamukahta, ja hän valvoo usein koko yön katsoen Netflix-sarjoja putkeen. // My little sister is a real night owl: she never goes to sleep before two in the morning, and she often stays up all night binge-watching Netflix series.

unikeko // a dormouse; a sleepyhead (lit. “a sleep-heap, a sleep-mound”)

Unikeko on pieni nisäkäs. // A dormouse is a small mammal. No niin, unikeko, nouses nyt sieltä sängyn pohjalta! (colloq.) // Alright, sleepyhead, get up from the bed already!

pullahiiri // a “pulla”-mouse, someone who really likes “pullas” (= Finnish sweet rolls/buns) and other sweet pastries/cakes/etc., so someone who has an insatiable sweet tooth

Pakko myöntää, että olen aikamoinen pullahiiri. // Gotta admit, I have quite a sweet tooth.

nöpönenä // a small, cute nose (a button nose?)

This is often used as a term of endearment (for partners, children, babies, animals...) just as much as it’s used to describe an actual nose that happens to be small and cute.

Nallella oli suuret, ruskeat silmät ja pieni nöpönenä. // The teddy bear had huge, brown eyes and a small, cute nose. mun pikku nöpönenä (colloq.) // my little button nose (as an endearment)

höpönassu // nonsense-face, funny face

Another cute term of endearment (for partners, children, babies, animals...).

Mitäs mun pikku höpönassulle tänään oikein kuuluu? (colloq.) // How’s my little cutie today?

limanuljaska // a slimy spike-cap; a slimeball, a slimy, unpleasant person (often someone who is handsy and gross)

Limanuljaska on eräs sienilaji. // The slimy spike-cap is a type of mushroom. Ethän sinä sellaista limanuljaskaa voi alkaa tapailemaan?! // Surely you can’t start dating such a slimeball as him?!

kermaperse // a cream ass, a snob, a person who has been spoiled rotten and expects to get whatever they want, often rich, materialistic and/or disdainful

uusavuton // a new(ly)-inept, a new(ly)-helpless, a person (usually of the younger generations) who is incapable of taking care of basic household chores and other things related to everyday life

Uusavuton nuori on täysin hukassa kodinhoidon suhteen. // A “newly-helpless” teenager/young adult is absolutely lost with housekeeping.

härpäke // a gizmo, an (unidentified) device/gadget (colloq.) hilavitkutin // a thingamajig, an (unidentified) device/gadget (colloq.)

kotikoti, kotikoto // a home-home (your childhood home and/or the house where your parent/s live/s)  (colloq.)

Käydään kotikodon kautta, mun täytyy viedä äidille yks juttu. (colloq.) // Let’s stop at home-home on our way, I need to take something to Mum.

porukat // one’s folks/family/parents (literally, “groups, gangs, crowds”)

Me vietetään joulu yhdessä porukoitten kanssa. (colloq.) // We’re spending Christmas together with my/our folks.

maalaisjärki // rural sense, country sense, common sense

Kyllä maalaisjärjenkin jo pitäisi sanoa, ettei humalassa hypätä rattiin. // Even common sense should tell you that you don’t jump behind the wheel when you’re drunk. (= that you don’t drive while drunk)

tuuri, tsäkä // fortune, (good) luck

käydä tuuri/tsäkä // to get lucky, to have something good/lucky happen to you käydä huono tuuri/tsäkä // to have a bad luck, to have something bad/unfortunate happen to you olla tuuria/tsäkää // to have (good) luck olla huono tuuri/tsäkä // to have bad luck

olla (ihan) hiilenä // to be (all/totally) as charcoal (colloq./slang), to be angry, to be furious 

menettää hermo(t) // to lose one’s nerve(s), to lose one’s temper, to become angry, to get frustrated pimahtaa // to blow up, to flip; to get broken

Käskin Kaitsun painua vittuun ja hän pimahti täysin. // I told Kaitsu to fuck off and he totally flipped. Tietokone tais pimahtaa. (colloq.) // The computer seems to have crashed/died.

olla täpinöissään // to be aflutter, to be excited, to be giddy with anticipation olla tohkeissaan // to be beside oneself with anticipation, excitement, and/or nervousness

revetä (nauruun) // to tear, to rip, to rupture (into laughter), to break out laughing hajota // to break, to fall apart, to break out laughing, to totally lose it in a laughing fit (colloq./slang)

vinkeä // unusual (in a positive sense), goofy, jovial, particular

kimurantti // difficult, complicated monimutkainen // “with many turns/curves/bends”, difficult, complicated

härö // weird, odd; slightly dirty/obscene; also, a Finnish surname

Nämä esimerkkilauseet ovat aika häröjä, mutta ihan sama. // These example sentences are quite odd but whatever. No tää kaula-aukko on vähän härö, mut ei täs paidas muuta vikaa oo. (colloq.) // Well, the neckline is a bit obscene but there’s no other problem with/flaw in this shirt. Klaus Härö on suomalainen elokuvaohjaaja. // Klaus Härö is a Finnish film director.

pöhöttynyt // puffy, bloated (especially in the face, in the morning after a late night/partying/etc.)

nippanappa / nippa nappa // just, barely (colloq.) nipin napin // just, barely (colloq.) niukin naukin // just, barely (colloq.)

kipin kapin // quickly

vuodelta/vuosilta nakki (ja papu) // from the year/years of wiener/sausage (and bean), old and dated (colloq.) aataminaikainen // from Adam’s age, (really) old, ancient (colloq.)

olla kaiken pahan alku ja juuri // to be all evil’s beginning and root, to be the root of all evil

ei liikauta evääkään // to not move even one fin, to not do anything (often used when criticizing someone else for being lazy and/or incompetent) ei jaksa evääkään liikauttaa // can’t make the effort to move even one fin, to not have the strength to move even one fin (often used when talking of oneself being tired or lazy)

Minä joudun tekemään kaikki kotihommat, Jalmari ei liikauta evääkään. // I have to do all the housework, Jalmari doesn’t move even one fin. Olin eilen illalla niin naatti, etten jaksanu liikauttaa evääkään sen esseen eteen. // I was so tired last night that I couldn’t move even one fin for that essay.

hippulat vinkuen // with “hippulas” squeaking, in a hurry (colloq.) (humoristic/cliche)

The word “hippula” has many interpretations: decorations or other objects on a sleigh or carriage, testicles, shoe strings made of leather, slippers.

koko konkkaronkka // the whole group/gang/crowd

This expression is a loan from the Swedish “hela konkarongen”.

tenkkapoo // a problem, a dilemma, a Situation™

Another loan from Swedish, where “tänka på” means “to think about”.

tilpehööri // assorted goods, (unidentified) stuff, things, paraphernalia, bits and bobs (from the Swedish “tillbehör”)

tuhista // to snuffle, to sniffle, to puff

köllöttää, köllötellä, kölliä // to lie down relaxing and taking it easy pötkötellä, pötköttää // to be lying down, to rest (’pötkö’ = stick, bar)

killittää // to stare intensely (often used of kids/babies)

fiksu ja filmaattinen // smart and cinematic, smart and presentable/good-looking

This is one of those cliched stock phrases, like in English you have stuff like “tall, dark and handsome” and “young, wild and free”.

Aivan varmasti pääset mukaan, sinähän olet niin fiksu ja filmaattinen! // Of course you’ll get in/will be included/get to go along, you’re so smart and cinematic!

Älä itke ruma lapsi, ota rusina. // Don’t cry, ugly child; have a raisin.

This is a saying, of origins unknown(?), that you can say to anyone who’s disappointed/upset/frustrated/etc. It’s used in a joking manner. There are also multiple other versions of this saying, including:

Älä itke ruma lapsi, huomenna ostetaan naamari. // Don’t cry, ugly child; tomorrow we’ll buy a mask (for you). Älä itke ruma lapsi. Maailma muuttuu paremmaksi. Ehkä muuttuu, ehkä ei, olet ruma anyway. // Don’t cry, ugly child. The world will change for better. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, you’ll stay ugly anyway.

Kyynel. / No voi kyynel(!) // A tear(drop). / Oh, well, a tear(drop)(!)

Arguably the best sarcastic comeback to anyone complaining excessively and/or about an insignificant matter or being overdramatic. Often accompanied by an eye-roll. (For maximum level sarcasm, you can drag the tip of your index finger down one cheek in imitation of the path of a teardrop as you’re saying this.)

(ihan) aikuisten oikeasti // (totally) adults’ really, (totally) for real, seriously

mennä päin puuta/mäntyä/honkia/pöpelikköä/prinkkalaa/persettä/vittua // to go against a tree/a pine-tree/pine-trees/a thicket/the Brinkkala Mansion/an ass/a cunt, to go wrong, to fail, to fuck up

Minulla oli eilen syyslukukauden viimeinen ja tärkein tentti, ja se meni tietenkin ihan päin persettä. // Yesterday, I had the last and most important exam of the autumn term and I completely effed it up of course.

painua pehkuihin // to press oneself/sink into the straws, to hit the hay, to hit the sack, to go to sleep

Kello on jo yli yksitoista, minä painun pehkuihin! // It’s already past 11 o’clock, I’m going to sleep!

antaa kenkää (jollekulle) // to give shoe (to sb), to fire sb

Kappas keppanaa! // Well, (would you) look at that! (slightly cliche/humoristic tone)

A: Ai kato perhana, tossa alhaalla se nimi lukikin! // A: Oh damn, look, it says the name right down there! B: No kappas keppanaa! // B: Well, would you look at that!

Ei siinä kauan nokka/nenä tuhissut. // A beak/nose didn’t snuffle long at it/doing it. It didn’t take long.

Ei siinä kauaa nokka tuhissu ku me vietiin ne pahvilaatikot sinne ulos ja saatin koko homma pakettiin. (colloq.) // It didn’t take long when we took those cardboard boxes outside there and wrapped it all up (= ended the whole thing with that).

pitää mölyt mahassaan // to keep the noises/clamours inside one’s stomach, to stay silent and swallow one’s anger, to not criticise/call names/complain

Itse kukin voisi oppia pitämään mölyt mahassaan! // Each could learn to swallow their anger and stay silent!

Hyvä Tuomas joulun tuopi, paha Nuutti pois sen viepi. //Good Thomas brings Christmas, bad Canute/Knut takes it away. 

This saying refers to Thomas the Apostle and Saint Canute, King of Denmark.

In Finland, December 21 (the Feast of St. Thomas) has popularly been considered to be the day when Christmastime begins. January 13 (St. Knut’s Day) on the other hand is considered to be the day when Christmastime ends (historically, Jan 13 was the day that marked the end of Christmas Peace according to Nordic legislation).

Jaakko heittää kylmän kiven veteen. // James throws a cold stone into the water.

This phrase/concept makes reference to James the Greater, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus.

The metaphorical throwing of the stone happens on July 25 (the feast day of St. James), which is considered to be the day when the weather starts cooling and the swimming season begins to draw to a close.

Kuu kiurusta kesään, puoli kuuta peipposesta, västäräkistä vähäsen, pääskysestä ei päivääkään. // The Eurasian skylark, a month till summer; the chaffinch, half a month; the white wagtail, a little bit; the swallow, not a single day.

This old saying/rhyme references various birds commonly seen in Finland and supposes that when you first see each of these birds, you can guess how long it will be until summer comes.