History Characters / DreamSMPWilburSoot

* VillainProtagonist: PlayedWith, and heavily at that. Wilbur, amidst his spiral in Pogtopia, ''believed'' himself to be the "villain" of his own story as a result of BlackAndWhiteInsanity; in actuality, he's a ShellShockedVeteran AntiHero with an extremely low opinion of himself and copious amounts of mental health issues. Even his "claim" to villainy, i.e. blowing up (L')Manburg, was by all means a suicide attempt, considering he tied the remainder of his self-worth and idealist/pacifist beliefs to the nation he founded.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has said that his favourite food is salmon. Which is... ''concerning'', giving his track record with them.

-->''He hasn't checked the dot matrix out of fear. The room lights up whenever it updates and Ghostbur scrunches his eyes up as tight as he can until the light fades a few hours later.''

->''"I know I'm forgetful, I know I'm an amnesiac and I know I'm the comic relief in all your stories, but I STILL FEEL THIS, I still FEEL things! And I try my best to make sure no-one else feels it!"''

* AndIMustScream: According to Wilbur the content creator, Ghostbur's version of the Afterlife is Wilbur's train station, except darker and damper (keep in mind that Ghostbur ''[[KillItWithWater hates]]'' water). By time time six months have passed for him, he's been spending his time mostly squeezing his eyes shut and pretending someone came back to get him out and take him back home. Unlike with Wilbur, who had no contact with the outside world, Ghostbur gets to see what the people he loves are saying about Alivebur's return on the dot matrix boards... and apparently Phil's response absolutely broke his heart.

--->'''Fundy:''' I've tried bonding with Wilbur only for him to commit suicide by ''blowing up L'Manberg'' and dying by the blade of his own father.

** After Tommy makes one too many ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' references, Wilbur declares "We are not [=LARPing=] ''Hamilton''!" He then proceeds to make at least 50 ShoutOut[=s=] to the play within an hour.

* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: How Fundy was conceived between Wilbur, a presumed human, and Sally, a ''salmon'', is [[NoodleIncident ''never'' explained]]. Don't worry, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext we don't get it either]]. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Ranboo before he joined the SMP, saying that if he got elected as President of L'Manburg, one of the things he would do was finding Sally and figuring out "how the heck THAT happened".

%% * HamAndDeadpanDuo: Is the Ham to Techno's Deadpan.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Though where Wilbur [[GreyAndGrayMorality stands on the morality scale]] is still widely debated, it has been indicated on multiple occasions that Wilbur has a very negative view of himself ever since his spiral. This is very prominently seen in Season 3, when he straight-up starts ''crying'' when Ranboo tells him he's not inherently a terrible human being, believes that people think he hasn't suffered enough to atone for his past mistakes even after he ''spent over 13 years in solitary confinement after dying from assisted suicide'', and thinks of Tubbo caring about L'Manburg enough to rebuild the country he himself founded as "probably the best gift [he'd] ever been given".

%% * LargeHam: Wilbur is very prone to long dramatic speeches.

** With Eret. Eret started out as a traitor to L'Manburg but eventually sided with its remnants in the Manburg-Pogtopia War, while Wilbur was the founder of L'Manburg (and thus loyal to the nation) but was the 'traitor' in Pogtopia. [[FindingJudas Both had somewhat understandable reasons for their respective betrayals]], but their betrayals [[DeconstructedTrope heavily affected those around them]] as well. Both of their character arcs have also [[ArcWords revolved around the words]] "It was never meant to be", and in the current day, both of them are, at least to some degree, TheAtoner. However, in spite of these similarities, one core difference divides them--Wilbur's betrayal was done with no intention on hurting anyone other than Schlatt and [[DrivenToSuicide himself]], while Eret's betrayal got their "brothers" massacred.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: If rumors of his death are true, then he is the only pet in Season 1 to not meet his end by [[KickTheDog Sapnap]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: After feeling more then a little slighted by Quackity asking him to become vice president of Las Nevadas and their ensuing argument afterwords Wilbur decides to get back at him by attempting to blow up Quackity's horse right in front of him... [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for his plan to wind up backfiring horribly]].

--->'''Wilbur:''' ''(blowing his way into Dream's cell in his ImagineSpot)'' Dream, I only have a few moments, so please, grant me this respite. ''(kills Dream in one hit)'' DREAM! THIS IS THE END FOR YOU! ''(kills Dream in one hit again)'' DREAM! ''(kills Dream in one hit for the third time)'' I WILL NEVER -- ''NEVER'' -- TAKE WHAT YOU DID! ''(dives down the water hole after Dream to kill him again)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU. ARE. SCUM]]. ''(kills Dream in one hit as he falls from his respawn point above the hole)'' YOU ARE SCUM BENEATH MY FOOT. I WILL DO THIS– ''(kills Dream again)'' FOR THE REST OF YOUR SENTENCE. YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE END OF THIS. ''(looking genuinely anguished)'' ''[[YouMonster YOU]] '''[[YouMonster BASTARD]]!!!!!'''''

--->'''Wilbur:''' ''(in private, after Quackity denies him citizenship to Las Nevadas for being [[WildCard too unpredictable]])'' Tommy, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou he chal]][[RivalryAsCourtship lenged me]]! Did you see him? Did you see the look on his eyes? God, it was cool! It was cool! ''(beat)'' I was about to say it was hot, but that would be wrong. Look, Tommy, it was-\\
'''Tommy:''' Have you- listen, before we keep going, [[LampshadeHanging you don't have a crush on Big Q, do you?]] 'Cause I think he was like-\\

-->'''Wilbur:''' I'm- I'm trying so hard and nothing seems to be getting better, and I think there just might be something wrong with me and I- I don't know how I can get people to forgive me, I don't know- but- because they say they do and I just don't believe that they do...

'''Jack:''' Wow, you really- that's disgusting!

--->'''Wilbur:''' ''(blowing his way into Dream's cell in his ImagineSpot)'' Dream, I only have a few moments, so please, grant me this respite. ''(kills Dream in one hit)'' DREAM! THIS IS THE END FOR YOU! ''(kills Dream in one hit again)'' DREAM! ''(kills Dream in one hit for the third time)'' I WILL NEVER--''NEVER''--TAKE WHAT YOU DID! ''(dives down the water hole after Dream to kill him again)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU. ARE. SCUM.]] ''(kills Dream in one hit as he falls from his respawn point above the hole)'' YOU ARE SCUM BENEATH MY FOOT. I WILL DO THIS- ''(kills Dream again)'' FOR THE REST OF YOUR SENTENCE. YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE END OF THIS. ''(looking genuinely anguished)'' ''[[YouMonster YOU]] '''[[YouMonster BASTARD!!!!!]]'''''

--->'''Wilbur:''' I feel like any time I've tried to protect L'Manburg, it's- just- been because I wanted to keep you safe.

* DisproportionateRetribution: After feeling more then a little slighted by Quackity asking him to become vice president of Las Nevadas and their ensuing argument afterwords Wilbur decides to get back at him by attempting to blow up Quackity's horse right in front of him... [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for his plan to wind up backfiring horribly.]]

--->'''Wilbur:''' I'm... genuinely, did you not- I went speechless! That is the first time, I was live in front of 30,000 people, completely speechless. That's the first time that's EVER happened.

-->'''Wilbur:''' Alright, no, no, that's it! I don't give a- Dream I don't care about what you have to say, Schlatt, are you ready to '''''die?'''''

--> '''Tubbo:''' I'm not an advocate of violence. I believe everyone should get along.\\
'''Wilbur:''' I mean, that's very mature of you Tubbo, that's very mature. I'm sure- unfortunately, Tubbo, Tommy isn't as mature. You see, that's why he can't be President. [[HotBlooded He's too- he follows his emotions too strongly. He gets too angry at things.]] He doesn't- look at him, look at him, even after [[EasilyForgiven you said that you've forgiven Technoblade]], [[RevengeBeforeReason he's still gone into the Pit to fight him in hand-to-hand combat.]] This is a man driven by his emotions, not by political goals. Look at him. I say Tommy throws the first punch. I wanna- I wanna see this.

* ShellShockedVeteran: As mentioned above, Wilbur's mental health was on the decline even back during the War for Independence, which had left him traumatized. Wilbur, a man who is [[NonActionGuy very much not a fighter]], found himself in the role of a general and experienced the infamous betrayal from one of his comrades, Eret, the deaths of himself and his friends, and only won thanks to Tommy giving up his discs. [[StepfordSmiler He hid how badly it affected him in front of others during his presidency.]] His mask slowly chipped away during the election, momentarily dropping it in front of Quackity during their heart-to-heart several days before Election Day, and permanently dropped it a few days into exile.

-->'''Wilbur:''' Look, I know- I know about TNT, my man, and this is- this is the work of TNT.\\
'''Tommy:''' Why? Y- How... How would you know that?\\
'''Wilbur:''' Because ''who's'' leaving- Okay for a start, okay, half-slabs are more resistant to TNT-blasts than the rest of the materials that Purpled's base was being made out of, hence why there are a mere ''seven'' floating half-slabs, the detonation was done from the center to the north and south of the build by the looks of things, and left the half-slabs untouched due to the fact that they're higher TNT resistance. This is TNT! Someone- ''Someone'' is a copycat!

'''Wilbur:''' Then ''let's be the bad guys''. Tommy, what- Why not? ''Why not?'' Look, it's- our nation's gone! Our nation's far behind us, Tommy! Let's blow that motherfucker to smithereens.

* KillTheCutie: The resident upbeat, friendly ghost who loves his pet sheep and wishes to [[TheAtoner atone for his living counterpart's past crimes]]? Yep, he's recursively dead. [[AndIMustScream And his suffering doesn't end there either.]]

'''Phil:''' ''(dismissively)'' He's got infinite canon-\\

'''Ghostbur:''' YOU KNEW- ''STOP, STOP, '''STOP!''''' YOU ''KNEW'' FRIEND WAS IN YOUR HOUSE! YOU KNEW ''EVERYTHING'' EVERYONE OWNED WAS IN THIS TOWN!

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The founder and leader of L'Manburg, exiled after losing the election to Schlatt. Wilbur was the voice of reason, able to come up with entire speeches on the fly, and one of the few people able to reign Tommy in. His mental health spirals over time, and when it's finally at its lowest, Wilbur begins plotting to blow up Manburg (L'Manburg under Schlatt's rule) in a [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned but misguided]] attempt to demonstrate that he believed the values he built the nation on no longer existed. While he seemed to have abandoned his plan at first, he eventually went through with it anyway, declaring himself in favor of complete anarchy. He was KilledOffForReal by Philza [[SuicideByCop at his own request]] during the Manburg-Pogtopia War, but later returned as Ghostbur, an amnesiac ghost looking to [[TheAtoner make amends]]. Months later, Dream would bring Wilbur BackFromTheDead. He currently has Tommy close by his side and is currently TheRival to Quackity and Las Nevadas through [[Characters/DreamSMPParadise Paradise]], his burger van.\\

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