Mangoball

Cheater Cheater (more commonly referred to by the pseudonym of its author, Mangoball) is a comedic or parodic Social Media AU and College AU fanfic for the pairing DreamNotFound. It was written after the popularity of the pairing was rising and such fics as Heat Waves were written. It is written as a series of tweets and text conversations (and other forms of social media or talking) between various MCYT creators, especially those from the Dream SMP.
Similar to Dracula Daily and Epistolary Fic, there was a reposting of the fanfic as "Mangoball Daily" in late 2022 on Tumblr.https://mangobaii-daily.tumblr.com/
After over two years of inactivity, during another controversy including Dream and TommyInnit in January 2025 (during which many fans used snippets of the fic to express their reactions) the account reposted a part of the story featuring Tommy announcing his "bullying Dream" space.https://x.com/mangobaII/status/1878543144624824745 Shortly afterwards user girl-hemingway on Tumblr "came out" as mangoball.https://www.tumblr.com/girl-hemingway/772505786030161921/thank-you-i-wasnt-into-the-beatles-as-much-back; https://www.tumblr.com/girl-hemingway/772506822313656320/respect-but-also-proof About the secret to writing crack like them, they said "it all essentially goes back to commedia dell'arte".https://www.tumblr.com/girl-hemingway/772518475762745344/what-the-hell-sure-i-love-your-fic-lmao-any 
==Name==
Cheater Cheater is the title, but Mangoball is often used for distinctiveness or ease of searching. The actual Twitter username of the author, though, is MangobaII with two capital letter i's.https://twitter.com/mangobaII
==Content==
It starts with Georgenotfound and Sapnap in a relationship and Sapnap cheating on George with Dream while at a frat-influenced party. George then meets and realizes he has a crush on Dream, and he gets together with Dream, starting a relationship with him. They date for a while, various friends get in and out of pranks and trouble, and Dream eventually has a breakdown and second thoughts and "runs off" to work at Disney World, where he works along with characters he thinks might be Technoblade and Quackity. Eventually Georgenotfound calls on several other characters, including BadBoyHalo who in this fic is Quackity's uptight Christian but kind dad, to go on a roadtrip to "rescue" and bring back Dream. Many characters have extreme or exaggerated versions of their canon or fanon traits. In particular it is known, even in somewhat wider circles as a meme, for Georgenotfound's increasingly over the top pet names for Dream.
There is also a Christmas outtake written in the same "universe" by Mangoball, published shortly after Cheater Cheater.
==Fandom Response==
Large amounts of fans on both Twitter and Tumblr quickly took to the fic, loving it for its satirical accuracy and humor.
Some fans go so far as to view it as one one of the most important works of the Dream SMP fandom, or even fandom as a whole.
Additionally, the fic is often quoted and seems to be considered highly quotable by its fans.
Nonetheless, some fans are annoyed by this perception, seeing the fic as typical rather than innovative.
After Dream lost popularity for accusations of grooming in 2022, discussions popped up over whether the fic should be separated from the Dream Team as a whole, or what that should mean for analysis of it.
==2025 Return and Author Reveal==
In January 2025, drama sprung up around real-life content creator Dream calling fans of fellow creator TommyInnit a slur. Many former fans of the Dream SMP returned to the fandom briefly to join in on a widespread roasting of, and middle finger to, him. Two popular posts on Tumblr read:
and
Mere hours after the second post, the creator of Mangoball returned to their Twitter account (for the first time since 2022) to post a screenshot of their fic roasting him. Below it, they put a link to a Beatles song and said to stream it.
This only added fuel to the fire of the drama and emotions that fans and ex-fans alike were going through. And the same day, the account girl-hemingway on Tumblr replied to a post saying:
As proof, they posted a screenshot of the Mangoball Twitter profile with the "Edit profile" and "Get verified" options available. The fandom was elated, and Mangoball did a Q&A, covering topics like the inspirations behind the fic. After they mentioned Commedia Dell'Arte as an inspiration, one fan even wrote an essay about the Mangoball characters through that lens: These Are Not Micker Mouse.
==Resources==
*Archived version of the Cheater Christmas special by glittering-world
==References==
Category:Slash Fanfiction
Category:YouTube RPF
Category:2021 Fanfiction