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Error Sans and his haphephobia.

More so, how people take his haphephobia and twist it WAY out of proportion. This will be a long post. Feel free to skip over this.

HAPHEPHOBIA ; What is it?

Haphephobia is fairly rare, and often triggered by things such as abuse / sexual abuse or because of unidentifiable reasons. Error's, as we can assume, is caused by his glitching and just a fear of sudden touch in general. (Keep that 'sudden' part in mind.) Haphephobia, as mentioned in the screenshot, is different to hypersensitivity. Haphephobia doesn't cause a person any pain, it causes emotional distress at the thought of being touched. This can vary from person to person- Everyone experiences phobias in different ways.

DOES ERROR HAVE HAPHEPHOBIA? ; Or is it a fandom headcanon?

Yes. Error canonically has haphephobia, as stated by LoverOfPiggies.

WHY IS IT RELEVANT? ; Can I just ignore it?

NO. You can't just ignore a serious phobia. It's a part of Error, you can't pick and choose when it comes to his character. I know, I know, "It gets in the way of my art!" "It gets in the way of my fics!", but you can WORK AROUND IT. Deal with it. BUT, as I'll get into, it doesn't completely ruin your fics that apparently NEEEEEEED Error to touch someone.

SO HOW CAN I 'REMOVE' IT? ; Is it just there forever? Do I have to use it?

Yes and no. Haphephobia is actually treatable, as is most EVERY phobia. It's silly to think otherwise. I've seen a couple of very sweet fics where Error (with proper support) learns to get over the phobia and become able to touch people with ease. This is the.. Uh, chaotic neutral route? Considering you are, in a sense, removing his haphephobia, but acknowledging it's there and it's life-altering in some cases. In art this is a lot harder, since you'd need tons and tons of comic pages to cover him learning to ease off the fear just to draw a piece of Classicerror or Retroglitch fanart.

HOW TO CORRECTLY PORTRAY ; Error's haphephobia.

This is only relevant to ERROR. Haphephobia differs from person to person, monster to monster :3

Can he touch people? ; ... Yes.

Error partaking in a handshake, from Season One of Ask Error by LoverOfPiggies !! :3 Some key points occur in the moments leading up to this scene and the scene itself. An ask or two before, an anon asked to hug Error. Error happily declines, because he "would mess it up". Not because he's terrified of being touched, because he's scared of messing it up. Pathetic wet cat behaviour. In the scene above, we see Error initiate and enjoy a handshake! In fact, for the next couple asks, he doesn't even take his hand away from "Paragon"- He simply holds their hand absently. UNTIL someone points out that their handshake has crossed over into hand-holding, and anons start "shipping" the two, THAT'S when Error becomes pissed and rips his hand away. So clearly, he's fine with touch to some extent, mostly when politely asked to be touched or initiating touch of his own will.

Now...

This is when the haphephobia comes into play. (Actually, this event happens before the shipping stuff, as seen from Error still holding "Paragon"s hand.)

The anon hugs Error WITHOUT warning, WITHOUT consent, at random. THIS is what sets Error's haphophobia off, THIS is what makes him really pissed. As seen, Error starts shaking and the errors around his body become more erratic. His eyesockets go blank, he freezes, he goes into "freeze mode" before going straight to "fight mode".

So, from this we can gather, Error can initiate touch and doesn't mind consentual touch at most times.

He does have moments where he isn't fine with touch, which is okay! I'm the same, with my autism and sensory issues! He's valid in not wanting to be touched, and as long as he expresses discomfort and fellow monsters are undertanding, everything's fine.

Error's haphephobia does not flare up from the smallest handshake or a side hug. He can touch other monsters, he just doesn't want to sometimes! And people touching him out of the blue, he isn't fine with that, which makes sense!! Who does want random contact out of NO WHERE? No one !! (I don't think..)

MISCONCEPTIONS ;

Error lags when he's touched! ; Actually, Error is never shown to 'lag'. It's a fun headcanon, though! ^_^

Error bluescreens ; This is just another headcanon, which is fun to fiddle with, but not canon!

Error can crash and reboot like an old computer ; Yes, actually! In Season Two of Ask Error, he does reboot after a considerable amount of stress (?).

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Anyways, thanks for listening to the yapper! Uh, feel free to correct me on anything if I got somethings wrong!! ^_^ Love you all!! Mwah mwah mwah!!/p

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A moment of silence

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The more completed version!!

This is for the Twitter sexyman polls being hosted by CornMayor! ^^

I made a little video to commemorate everyone’s favorite guy to bully /lh (although, it’s only a part 1 since I quickly ran out of steam,,,)

Anyways, enjoy!

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Happy Anniversary, Undertale! And happy win for Error Sans (by CrayonQueen) in SexyMan 2024!

Wow, it's going to be 10 years next year! :0

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CONGRATS ERROR!!!

I’m so proud lmao

Error belongs to LoverofPiggies

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HE WON HE WON HE WON!!! :D

So happy for him, he deserves that crown!! >X3

First utmv sexyman poll that I've witnessed, it was fun :3

Error belongs to LoverofPiggies

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I know it would have been funny for Error to lose to Ink and be in 2nd place again, but unfortunately, Ink didn't win. So my vote goes to Error if Ink lost to Geno. Anyway, you don't understand that this still this will be so funny as that would boost Error's ego so much, not like he hasn't lost 2 times in a row. XD

It would still be funny if now a thousand people vote Geno in the final seconds. XD

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Welp this ain't happening now.

Tho I might draw something cool for Error if he wins now

GO ERROR GO! THIS HAS TO BE YOUR YEAR

VOTE HERE

ILL DRAW HIM IN A DRESS FOR ALL I CARE PLEASE I NEED THEM TO WIN!

I also want Error in second place cause it’s funny

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This old art predicted this exact moment.

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WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK GO VOTEEE

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AIN'T NO WAY

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ILL DRAW HIM IN A DRESS FOR ALL I CARE PLEASE I NEED THEM TO WIN!

I also want Error in second place cause it’s funny

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might i also propose ink being a silly little guy?

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How do you feel about the fandom planning to have ink win the au sexy man polls and have error come in 2nd once again

u know... the fandom wanting Ink to win not for himself as a character but just to spite another sans is the best part about this

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SANS AU TUMBLR SEXYMAN MASTERPOST

[Updates everyday]

All polls are on my twitter account (yes I know not here, sorry xD)

ROUND 1

Seraphim (The Thought by TratserEnoyreve) vs FellSwap Sans (FellSwap Gold by Blackgum) Fell (UnderFell by Fella/Vic) vs Color (OtherTale by Super Youmna) Cross (XTale by Jael Peñaloza) vs Murder (DustTale by ask-dusttale) Swap (UnderSwap by p0pcornPr1nce) vs Fatal!Error by Xedramon Error by CrayonQueen vs Horror (HorrorTale by Sour-Apple-Studios) Saness (UnderPants by Sr Pelo) vs Killer by Rahafwabas Epic (EpicTale by yugogeer12) vs Reaper (ReaperTale by Ren) SwapDream by Song_A and Litemong vs Nightmare (DreamTale by Jokublog) Insans (Alive by tatatale) vs Crossbones (TS!Underswap by Team Switched) Ink (_____Tale by Comyet) vs Bill!Sans by Hwamyong Fresh by CrayonQueen vs Outer (OuterTale by 2mi127) Slash by ProductionRoxy vs Ganz (GZTale by NixenSiBrat) Dream (DreamTale by Jokublog) vs Pale!Ink by Unu-nunium Fresh!Ink by Comyet vs Therapist by tehRogue Geno (AfterTale by CrayonQueen) vs G!Sans by Borurou (EchoTale by Yoralim) Arz by DanielaVE vs Lust (UnderLust by NSFWshamecave)

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