Elysia Serenity

And I am probably not the best at it too haha but I will try my best to help!

I think it is sorta an over the shoulder look? And if I redline it, it will seem like the eye are too high, try to let the eyes lie on a curve rather than a straight line when drawing angled face. There is no need to keep both eyes visible if the angle blocked one of them!

Also, I think the chin can extend outwards a bit. If you are only looking for tips about the eyes then that's that, but if you want to see more about the rest of the body, I can try.

At first glance, the neck is rather disconnected from the head so by moving it forward, it will look more natural. Also since this is a view from higher POV, the neck will be more visible, I have collected a real life photo to compare below:

The angle is slightly different, but I think it is a good reference still! Keep in mind the space between the neck and the shoulder as that's where our scapular (shoulder blade bone) lies! After some adjustment based on the photo reference, I have come to this:

Also just in case anyone was wondering he’s laying on the ground! It would’ve probably helped to include the full picture the first time around but here it is just for good measure

Thinking about Punz being the first to meet the scarred, desaturated ghost Dream as he walks down the path with a light grey sheep at his side. At first, Punz thinks maybe this is a Mexican Dream or Girl Dream situation, but then they come across Quackity and Sam walking toward them and the ghost freaks out. Begging, shaking, crying even though the tears are burning his cheeks. And even though, unlike in the cell, Dream could run away now, it doesn’t even cross his broken mind, instead he just crumples to the ground and wraps his arms around his knees. Punz is so confused until he notices the blood on their clothes and starts to suspect who’s it is. Immediately, he moves in front of Dream, pulling out his sword. The ghost flinches at the blade leaving the sheath but doesn’t move, just simply squeezes his eyes shut. Waiting for the pain to come. To his surprise though, Punz strikes at Quackity instead, sending the unarmored man to see death with one critical blow. (Later, he’ll regret giving the torturer the undeserved mercy of a quick death, but in the moment he didn’t know what they did, not really.) Sam puts up more of a fight, but he’s more used to fighting the helpless and not even his armor can save him from Punz’s skill and fury.

Thinking about Punz finding Dream’s communicator amongst Sam’s loot and renabling the messages. Thinking about the hundreds of death messages that flood everyone’s screen at once making them all gasp in shock if nothing else.

Thinking about Punz throwing up and struggling to keep the tears in before turning back to Dream and crouching down. “They’re gone. You’re safe, now.”

Thinking about the look of doubt and bewilderment on Dream’s face as he stares into Punz’s glassy blue eyes.

Thinking about Punz moving to hug Dream but upon noticing him flinch away, stop and ask first, “Would you like—can I hug you?”

Thinking about Dream nodding, assuming it’s rhetorical or a trick. His shattered mind unfamiliar with a time when touch didn’t mean pain, when ‘no’ mattered, when he had any say in what people did to him.

the deaths everyone saw on their screens which is hard, undeniable proof what Dream went through...

Because of this he actually has an aversion to certain people like Sapnap and Tommy given how they threatened/tried to kill him in prison, which of course is very upsetting for Sapnap. A lot of his memories in general are pretty muddy so while he recognizes the people on the server he doesn’t really remember much about them or their past. Bad is practically the only person he has clear good memories of, so his closeness to Punz and Techno is primarily formed from the present rather than the foggy memories of the past.

However seeing that Dream remained a ghost does that mean Punz never attempted to revive Dream? If so why?

Does he not have the information anymore?

Or did he willingly choose not to?

“On death 300, he learned that gods did grow bored. There was no death 301. He didn’t come back no matter how many books they burned. Only his ghost remained.” [<>]

Why 300 is the max is unknown. What Dream does know is that on death 200 DreamXD actually shows up, enticed by all the death of course and even participates hence these messages:

I had interpreted it as Quackity, who had—in my eyes—grown to be some kind of false god after all the times of giving Dream life again through revival only to brutally take it again, growing bored.

Thinking about Punz being the first to meet the scarred, desaturated ghost Dream as he walks down the path with a light grey sheep at his side. At first, Punz thinks maybe this is a Mexican Dream or Girl Dream situation, but then they come across Quackity and Sam walking toward them and the ghost freaks out. Begging, shaking, crying even though the tears are burning his cheeks. And even though, unlike in the cell, Dream could run away now, it doesn’t even cross his broken mind, instead he just crumples to the ground and wraps his arms around his knees. Punz is so confused until he notices the blood on their clothes and starts to suspect who’s it is. Immediately, he moves in front of Dream, pulling out his sword. The ghost flinches at the blade leaving the sheath but doesn’t move, just simply squeezes his eyes shut. Waiting for the pain to come. To his surprise though, Punz strikes at Quackity instead, sending the unarmored man to see death with one critical blow. (Later, he’ll regret giving the torturer the undeserved mercy of a quick death, but in the moment he didn’t know what they did, not really.) Sam puts up more of a fight, but he’s more used to fighting the helpless and not even his armor can save him from Punz’s skill and fury.

Thinking about Punz finding Dream’s communicator amongst Sam’s loot and renabling the messages. Thinking about the hundreds of death messages that flood everyone’s screen at once making them all gasp in shock if nothing else.

Thinking about Punz throwing up and struggling to keep the tears in before turning back to Dream and crouching down. “They’re gone. You’re safe, now.”

Thinking about the look of doubt and bewilderment on Dream’s face as he stares into Punz’s glassy blue eyes.

Thinking about Punz moving to hug Dream but upon noticing him flinch away, stop and ask first, “Would you like—can I hug you?”

Thinking about Dream nodding, assuming it’s rhetorical or a trick. His shattered mind unfamiliar with a time when touch didn’t mean pain, when ‘no’ mattered, when he had any say in what people did to him.

the deaths everyone saw on their screens which is hard, undeniable proof what Dream went through...

Because of this he actually has an aversion to certain people like Sapnap and Tommy given how they threatened/tried to kill him in prison, which of course is very upsetting for Sapnap. A lot of his memories in general are pretty muddy so while he recognizes the people on the server he doesn’t really remember much about them or their past. Bad is practically the only person he has clear good memories of, so his closeness to Punz and Techno is primarily formed from the present rather than the foggy memories of the past.

However seeing that Dream remained a ghost does that mean Punz never attempted to revive Dream? If so why?

Does he not have the information anymore?

Or did he willingly choose not to?

Thinking about Punz being the first to meet the scarred, desaturated ghost Dream as he walks down the path with a light grey sheep at his side. At first, Punz thinks maybe this is a Mexican Dream or Girl Dream situation, but then they come across Quackity and Sam walking toward them and the ghost freaks out. Begging, shaking, crying even though the tears are burning his cheeks. And even though, unlike in the cell, Dream could run away now, it doesn’t even cross his broken mind, instead he just crumples to the ground and wraps his arms around his knees. Punz is so confused until he notices the blood on their clothes and starts to suspect who’s it is. Immediately, he moves in front of Dream, pulling out his sword. The ghost flinches at the blade leaving the sheath but doesn’t move, just simply squeezes his eyes shut. Waiting for the pain to come. To his surprise though, Punz strikes at Quackity instead, sending the unarmored man to see death with one critical blow. (Later, he’ll regret giving the torturer the undeserved mercy of a quick death, but in the moment he didn’t know what they did, not really.) Sam puts up more of a fight, but he’s more used to fighting the helpless and not even his armor can save him from Punz’s skill and fury.

Thinking about Punz finding Dream’s communicator amongst Sam’s loot and renabling the messages. Thinking about the hundreds of death messages that flood everyone’s screen at once making them all gasp in shock if nothing else.

Thinking about Punz throwing up and struggling to keep the tears in before turning back to Dream and crouching down. “They’re gone. You’re safe, now.”

Thinking about the look of doubt and bewilderment on Dream’s face as he stares into Punz’s glassy blue eyes.

Thinking about Punz moving to hug Dream but upon noticing him flinch away, stop and ask first, “Would you like—can I hug you?”

Thinking about Dream nodding, assuming it’s rhetorical or a trick. His shattered mind unfamiliar with a time when touch didn’t mean pain, when ‘no’ mattered, when he had any say in what people did to him.

the deaths everyone saw on their screens which is hard, undeniable proof what Dream went through...

Have you ever thought about c!Dream headcanons that don't directly tie into canon? I've gone through your c!Dream index and loved reading about the headcanons you have for him so i was wondering if you had more. No pressure, i'm just curious :)

Hmmm… not directly connect to canon? Umm not sure, aren’t headcanons supposed to be filling in gaps of canon lol?… hmmm…. why is this so hard for me to think of any, I guess I’m just an over-thinker who doesn’t like to color outside the lines or be spontaneous lol. Welp okay here are some I got that I don’t think I’ve ever talked about, not sure if they don’t connect enough to canon or not but I’ve been thinking about this for days and it’s still the best I got…

-I think Dream is ambidextrous because I think it seems fitting with his ability to adapt to his circumstances and his skill and versatility in weapons.

-I think Dream wore lots of rings like cc!Dream and fidgets with them.

-I think he bites his nails, for probably no other reason than I do. That and I imagine wearing gloves with long nails would be annoying, and I think he wears gloves for better grip and especially after prison to cover his scars. Also biting your nails seems like a likely habit that could form in prison isolation (not that he does it much after Quackity removes them).

-I think his hair and nails don’t actually grow a whole lot in prison because of his poor diet not giving him the nutrients needed and the fact that during Quackity’s visits the potatoes’ nutrition are used to just barely heal him, not help his body grow or get energy. Because of that and the fact I imagine he isn’t a guy who can grow consistent facial hair anyways, he doesn’t really have much in the way of facial hair in prison. At the beginning he has some before he starts to get really starved and in bad condition. But on one of Quackity’s first visits he does Dream the service of giving him a shave and the resulting scar tissue further prevents him from growing much hair after.

-I think the Dreamon was real but rather than controlling Dream I think it just heightened his emotions, making him more impulsive, more angry, more impatient, nudging him to be more brash and paranoid. And the less outside voices like his friends Dream has to counteract those feelings, the worse he gets. That’s why he gets gradually worse and worse and how things start to get jumbled.

- I don’t love to speculate a lot on his past since I don’t think you need it to understand him, but I do think that Dream is an oldest sibling. It comes across in the way he’s protective of others, holds authority, hates when people defy it and yet has a caring nature to him. Though I don’t necessarily believe he was raised by Bad or older brothers with Sapnap, I just think they are very old friends with him and maybe he lived with them in his upper teenage years for a bit.

Ways of speaking:

Gets (secretly) angry at others easily, swears a lot when doing so

Interjects "like" often: "I no longer want to be, like, an official knight.", "I've been waiting for so long, to finally, like, see you again."

Repeats phrases for emphasis: "Yeah, but that's not as fun, that's not as fun!", "We've had the same mindset, we've had the same mindset"

Common phrases when talking to Dream:

"Dude, …."

"I'm sorry X went the way it did"

"Let's go, dude."

"Of course, of course"

"We've definitely…"

General phrases:

"I guess that, …"

"Actually, X"/ "…, actually."

"Guess what?"

"You know, …."

"That's insane/crazy"

"I could literally do X"

 "Oh yeah?" (In response to a statement from somebody else)

"What do you mean, X?!"

"Wait, …"

"Honestly, I think/feel this is X"

"Trust me, …"

"Is it not/did it not?" (Instead of "isn't it" or "didn't it")

Ways of speaking:

Has many false starts when talking, more commonly when not putting on a villain act

Interjects with "like" often or starts sentences with "like": "We can just, like, say it was an accident or something.", "It's just one giant, like, family, right?"

Interjects with "you know" very often: "You know, the unfinished symphony, right?", "I don't want anyone, you know, seeing us together,"

Repeats phrases for emphasis: "I hadn't bothered you for months! For months", "Look, I own up to it, okay? I own up to it."

Wants to seem reasonable and at the same time emotionally unaffected by what he says

General phrases:

"Look, …."

"Listen, …"

"…., right?"

"And then you were like "hey, X""

"But hey, …"

"I mean…"

"To be fair,"

"…, you know?"

"X might happen anyway"

"I'm sure you knew/wanted X to happen"

"Have you actually heard about X?"

"Wow, you did X"

"This is incredible!"

"Oh my god, …"

"But! …"

"Congrats, X"

"Oh yeah, congrats"

But uh, if I may add on, here are some other common word usages I’ve noticed from Dream:

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