#modmare answers

[dadmareau]

What does Dream call Nightmare?-

For Dadmare: At the last stage, "Daddy" (preferred) or "Dad" (quicker and more 'mature'-sounding), though at some point it was "Father" and before that, "Mister Mare." Nightmare constantly protests being called "dad" but Dream will never stop.

For Moonbeam: "Nighty" and "Big brother."

[teatime-imagines]

HAD TO write this because the yandere raihan post got me shivers. SHIVERS I TELL YOU. At first I thought it would’ve been one of those creepy cute things- but then the cuteness didn’t come and I was sooooo in for all the creepy content! I loved it! It’s eery and realistic and I could sense the fear while reading! Absolutely loved it ❤️

You are the sweetest! Thank you so much for your kind words, it was the first time I ever attempted that style/genre and I was a little worried. It really means a lot to me that you took the time to let me know your opinion, THANK YOU!

[dadmareau]

ooc - i heard a sound on tiktok that instantly made me think of dadmare au. it’s from the fnaf movie where abby asks mike why everybody always looks angry at him. fnaf movie aside. “she looks so angry… why does everybody always look at you that way?” is perf for them i think. the boy and the old man.

!!! You know, I heard that audio the other day and thought the same thing! In future chapters, that's going to become more evident for him HAHA all a return to status quo, for Dadmare

[dadmareau]

what'll happen if the villagers try to take dream away from nightmare?

Someone will probably die, haha. Or they almost will. Just not in front of his son!

[dadmareau]

Hi I have been watching your dadmare au really interestingly!! I found your artwork at googling and it was just awesome...

I was curious what if....dream gets sick, like high fever or cold? Kids get sick easily than adults, and they should take not strong medicine as their body is still growing...I am curious dadmare's reaction!

sorry for my bad English, it is not my first language😅 Send love from Korea!

Wow, thank you so much for the ask! I was surprised to see someone send something, since the story has been inactive due to busy life stuff. Your English is fine, don't worry.

If Dream were to get sick, Dadmare would be really worried and fussy. He would spend all his time taking care of him and being by his side. Soup, blankets, wiping his nose, wet cloths on his forehead and wiping him down. Since they live in an area where medicine isn't easily accessible and healers are rare, he would have to take care of him on his own. For children around this time (since medical knowledge is safeguarded to certain professions or it's rare) it's possible for a sick child to die.

However, since Dream is a well-beloved child by the Village, they will probably send someone to check up on him. The only issue that Dream and Nightmare do not have monster souls, so healing doesn't really work on them. An apple would help, but he has a strong aversion to using or touching them. The Village may even threaten to take Dream since he got sick, and he needs care.

[dadmareau]

Hey, sorry if someone already ask this but, I am curious about what happen to child nightmare or passive. Since dadmare seem to be teleported to the past... Then does that mean passive just mysteriously dissapear and gone forever or he just also got transported to the future with grown up dream? (｀・ω・´)

Ohoh, I didn't answer this, did I? I think I tried to keep it vague, but because the decision was changed (talked extensively with my beta and then missed him really badly,) I should let you guys know he will show up later. It would be cute if he went to the future (I already thought of an AU for it haha) but that is not what I intend on happening.

In summary: He is still in the same world as Dadmare and Sunbeam and will be later referred to as Moonbeam. He will be found. Development is to follow. (chime noise) Thanks for your patience. Don't want to reveal spoilers.

The only question left for you guys is: How / why did he disappear?

[dadmareau]

i'm very very intrigued as to why the village would need so much help from what is clearly a little child. powers and magic aside, dream is still a kid.

how does nightmare react once he finds this out? :)

I was jazzed to answer this in the last chapter (chapter 4 at time of writing this), and I’d go further to say it’s certainly going to be a big part of his motives later. He’s definitely upset, but he can’t show or feel it around Dream-the child is too observant for his own good. Nightmare will be confronting them in due time, and they will be made most aware of their transgressions. I’ll be exploring their actions and behavior more in the next chapter, actually, about why they’d rely on Dream.

[dadmareau]

If Mister Mare leaves into his Timeline and home, but Night won't return to Dream's after, wouldn't that mean that Dream would be all alone?

Hahaha, yes. That’s only if Mister Mare would be cruel enough to leave Dream, after seeing and learning all he has now. It would be a horrid timeline, for Dream to be given the experience of a guardian who cares for his well-being… and then to be forced to live alone again. Dream would convince himself Mister Mare was an imaginary friend, and perhaps even pretend that he was still there. Dream would have to mourn two people.

[dadmareau]

What do the villagers think of Night and Dream

Poorly. By Night, I assume you mean the child version. To them he is the very bane of their existences, the reason for all ill and bad luck and tragedy. Conversely, Dream is a little angel who is powerful and useful, who lives to make them happy.

Dadmare terrifies them beyond all imagination. Not even a demon compares to the horror that he brings them. To the villagers, he is the culmination of hatred and despair. He is the dark that flickers in their periphery, that stalks the corridors. Their homes grow cold and unwelcome under his growing hatred. He is the very spirit of terror. Some whisper that they are getting what they deserve. That this is retribution for their sins. Those with sense have already moved away. Those too stubborn to do so will learn regret.

[dadmareau]

I apologise if this is like the ‘when will you finish [side project]’ question in your FAQ, but I was wondering what happens at the end of ‘A Gift For Sunbeam’ comic? The one where Dadmare makes a toy for Sunbeam and learns to sew!

Oh, I totally forgot about that comic. Yeah, so at the end, Sunbeam tries to make Dadmare something and it is just so ugly, but Dadmare cherishes it all the same. It was probably a knit scarf or a matching doll, except Sunbeam is like seven and can't sew. Most viably, an embroidered handkerchief with messy, little yellow flowers like the ones on Dream's pillowcase.

That, or he drags Dadmare to the toy store and makes Dadmare choose himself a toy ("You didn't get to have toys as a baby, Dad?!" "It's not that big of a deal...") To which Dream pouts and fusses under Dadmare reluctantly gets his doll a friend, probably some plush as well- like an owl.

Oh, and Dadmare completes the Lil' Nightmare doll for Sunbeam. I contemplated something happening to it and ruining the doll / staining it grey (like dropping it into mud or some kids playing with it and fumbling it) but I felt like it'd be so mean. Sunbeam would love it either way.

I also thought it may be cute if it was reversible - one side was Sunbeam, the other was Lil' Night. ("That way, you two will always be together.") But it would be cuter for there to be two dolls, that way both children get to have one and not be lonely. However, at this time, I had not contemplated accommodating Moonbeam.

[dadmareau]

I haven't really spoken much but honestly this song made me think of your Dadmare specifically.

(YouTube too: https://youtu.be/K4dDdhI1OsQ?feature=shared )

YEEESSSSS!! I absolutely agree, I hope I can reach that climax of the song in the fic with him heheh

[dadmareau]

Building apon the lato-lato thing . My brother once had a frozen 2 karaoke machine that he played at my door at 5 am .

Would Dream ever have one of those little karaoke machines ?

Yeah, they'd (the henchmen) probably get him one from a market they raided or something. One of those things that have the little slots and you put the card in. Or it's a really cheap fake flip phone. The ones that sing that butterfly song.

He would play that loud ass thing until the battery ran out and started making haunted noises at the dead of night.

[dadmareau]

Does Sunbeam work himself into the ground sometimes, and if he does what's dadmare's reaction to that?

+ Now that he's older, do some biases he had as a child/feelings change? Did little Nightmare know the amount of responsibility Dream forced on himself? Now an adult with more experience and knowledge, does he see the things his brother went through in a different light? Did he envy, even feel a little bitter towards his brother as a child, and has that emotion changed now that he has a different view of what happened/what's happening? maybe this is a bit much to ask all at once but ohh I'm so curious about how Nightmare feels/felt about his brother... and how maybe Dream's life wasn't as idyllic as he thought.

Love all of this. Hope these responses work.

1) Sunbeam does work himself into the ground, and gradually, Nightmare has gravitated out from bedrest to actively watch over him and ensure he doesn’t get pushed around. Initially, Sunbeam took offense to this and felt he was being looked down on-he feels it’s his duty to be help others even at the cost of himself. Nightmare is heavily against this.

Later on, Sunbeam would be able to forget his guilt and frustration and just exist as a child. He’s encouraged by Nightmare to go play with other kids and do whatever he wants, instead of constantly helping others.

2) Nightmare’s biases have changed over the time he got to process everything. He feels less angry and more… bitter. He’s had time to think of exactly what he would want to do and how he would do it to every person who wronged him, and who he’s forgiven or forgotten thus far.

You’ll find there are specific characters he has a strong grudge against-and others that have simply faded to memories. Most of those who’ve faded are kids. He’d feel ridiculous tormenting a child for something they hadn’t done (yet) or didn’t fully understand the impact of.

3) Kid Nightmare didn’t quite realize the full scope of Dream’s plight. I’d imagine he wasn’t really capable, having grown up with that being their only option. Additionally, he was more preoccupied with how he was being treated.

Dream was his baby brother, and Dream was also the Chosen One from his book. To everyone else, being the Hero was more important than being Nightmare’s brother. He hated this.

Most of the time, when he saw Dream, he thought ‘brother.’ But when he felt abandoned, he thought Dream was doing what he had to as the Hero of the story. Still, he blamed Dream for leaving him behind when he needed him most, and felt betrayed while still pushing him away. Dream needed to help the villagers, it was what he had to do because everyone said they had to.

As an adult, Nightmare had time to process. He partly blames Dream, still, but most of the animosity is for the person he’d grow up to. A lot of his hatred is for the villagers.

4) Originally, Nightmare, as a child, was envious of Dream. Dream was surrounded by constant love, friends, and attention. It wouldn’t make sense to him why Dream could even think of being miserable while being clearly cherished. He could understand being tired out, since he had to work so much, but he didn’t grasp the full constant burden of responsibility and expectations Dream had.

Why would Dream have room to be sad when he wasn’t being outcasted and bullied like Nightmare? He didn’t understand what kind of pain his brother was in-mainly because Dream didn’t even know.

Now, as an adult entrenched in the past and forced to re-evaluate everything he thought he knew, Nightmare recognizes that it was far more complex than he knew. Dream was worked to the bone, he was cherished, but he was abused. Nightmare and Dream were scapegoats of fault for the village. They were never children to them.

It makes him sad and frustrated and angry, to know he’s back here, and to know that the issue isn’t easily solved by a bit of carnage. (Well, it could be solved that way… but the thought of upsetting his brother stops him.)

[dadmareau]

What would be baby Dream's favorite show? And how long does Dadmare let him watch TV?

In post-story (or a modern au) Dream would love Bluey, or Curious George.

I also think that the guys would watch anime with Dream. Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon especially. Nightmare probably has to make Dream little baby cosplays later on because his dear brother requests it be so, but the old man isn’t doing much else besides the usual torment and suffering.

Dadmare lets him have an hour of TV after mealtimes. So around 2-3 hours a day. Granted, the guys aren’t great influences when it comes to not watching TV, but all of them slowly start spending more time playing with Dream than being on the couch. Plus, the shows they watch are banned from being played in Dream’s hearing vicinity.

(Error, however, fights for reigning title of Coolest Uncle/Dad/Duncle by letting Dream watch a little bit of his favorite show: Undernovela.)

[dadmareau]

Please please please tell me all the nicknames for Nightmare's lackeys and who's who

I'd do the fairytale renditions of each, but I'd get wayyy too carried away LOL. I may change these at any time, but I'm planning on certain theme of death throughout the figures-however, it's not my specialty and I don't want to butcher them, so I may stick to more well-sourced or well-known figures of fairytale/folklore.

The Pale Knight - Cross (usually accompanied by a white horse)

The Wolf - Horror (also the Clever or Patient Wolf)

The Headless Horseman - Dust (LMAO)

Killer's is still undecided, but likely the Fox.

If Error is mentioned, probably the Spider.

If Ink is mentioned, probably the Coyote.

Since three out of four of the Gang have a (if I am correct) European origin, I may change Killer from the Fox to match. I've been looking into Celtic and Irish folklore for any trickster spirits associated with death, but I've still yet to really delve.

Ink and Error are unrelated to the Gang. But I do note that Anansi the Spider is a good favorite inspiration for Error. The Coyote for Ink fits particularly well for being a trickster and creation mytho.

[dadmareau]

so, how did nightmare come to live with dream after dream initially brought him home? :o

Hmmm… I would say Nightmare forgot that he doesn’t actually belong in his old house anymore, and forgot to really figure that one out. Dream had been nursing him back to health for some time and the two got used to living together. It wasn’t like Nightmare had anywhere else to go-the innkeeper in town seemed to already dislike him, so he couldn’t work to stay there.