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About the situation regarding lost WIPs

I still can't get them back, and due to some crazy ass emergencies, I don't have the money to buy MediBang's premium plan or whatever to access cloud saves again. BUT! I still want to continue this story, so I'm going "fuck it" and redrawing everything starting from Page 5. And I'm saving EXTRA BACKUPS to my PC so I don't have to worry about losing them again. I can't wait to get it all done!!!

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the thing is some fictional relationships simply do not work without that third guy there. it doesn’t even have to be romantic but they have to be there

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just gonna post a non-canon design that had been living rent-free in my head for a while. a distraction from the pain of not being able to finish page 5

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Important Update

Medibang just locked me out of my cloud saves so I can't access my WIPs. Please bear with me as I try to figure out a course of action.

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sorry, still no updates. so much schoolwork to do.

anyway, the chara letter. good shit

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Hey umm you're still continuing this AU right ?

Yeah, I just got caught up with a bunch of other things these past few months. Don't worry, though! I'm hoping to post more pages around the fall or winter. Not to mention the fact that I keep thinking about all the drama that happens in later parts of the story and finding the Ruins portion boring in comparison, even though it's necessary...

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really busy these days so it's gonna be some time before the comic updates, but in the meantime, have a mettaton because i have the hazbin hotel soundtrack stuck in my head again

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SB!Underlust Pages 1-4

Warnings: None (besides the main 18+ warning for the AU as a whole)

Aww shoot, I didn't realize how small Tumblr would make this... The tiny text in the last panel says "(Gosh, I had no idea that was gonna take so much out of me...)" in case you couldn't see it.

Next: TBA

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comic intro's still on its way, just need to doodle a grillbert rq

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that anon is actually insane because the underblog tag is majority for MINORS oh my god why would they send you that

Oh shit. Then I guess I won't do that. Sorry! (Next time, please keep your question to one post.)

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reference sheet of frisk while i'm busy working on the first few pages of the actual story

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I know I said I wasn't going to post Asriel and Chara until actual comics are released but uhhh. Guess I'm a liar.

Content warning for mentions of CSA, suicide, emotional abuse (or at the very least, a very unhealthy and codependent dynamic), and self harm.

As prince of the Underground, Asriel Dreemurr was pretty well-liked by other kids, but there was definitely a disconnect that kept him from really connecting with them. His loneliness ended, though, when a human, Chara, fell into his life. The two were inseperable, and Asriel was the only person Chara ever trusted enough to confide in.

But as time went on, problems began to arise. When he started developing a crush on Noelle Holiday, Chara became extremely possessive. To keep him from asking her out (which would, in their eyes, lead to him seeing that there are better friends than them and leaving as a result), they began dating Noelle before Asriel could, until Noelle's mom caught them making out during the Holidays' Christmas visit with the Dreemurrs (and without the excuse of mistletoe? Scandalous!). The Holidays stopped coming over after that, much to Asgore's dismay. He would really miss Rudy in the following years...

The Noelle drama caused a huge rift in Asriel and Chara's relationship, but as Chara made the excuse that they were just sparing Asriel the hurt of knowing that Noelle wouldn't date him anyway since she doesn't even like boys, Asriel silently resigned and tried their best to sweep it under the rug.

One day, Chara told Asriel that they were genuinely sorry about what happened, but they couldn't really forgive themself, so in order to make up for all the hurt they caused him, they constructed a plan to save the entire Underground. Chara would kill themself and give Asriel their soul, and all he would have to do is pass through the barrier and get six more human souls. Asriel refused to let Chara die, but they insisted it was the only way things would be better for everybody. Besides, he wouldn't want to rob his family, his people, of what was likely their only way to be free, right? They thought he was better than that.

And thus, Chara died. Panicked, Asriel tried to absorb their soul and carry out the plan, but they just... Couldn't. The intense fear he had kept his from from accepting the soul. So he gave it to Asgore and Toriel, ran off to the rose garden Chara liked to hang out in, and joined them in death, unable to live without their best friend and feeling like it was his fault for being unable to stop them.

Should SB!Underlust's version of the true pacifist route (the Chastity route? still working on the name) be completed, Posey uses the souls of all monsterkind in order to fuse with Rosey and become Asriel again, but their combined soul isn't truly back to how it once was, even if their body is. "Asriel" remains in this new plural state and will eventually see the surface, just not yet. Rosey thanks Frisk for being the friend he always wanted and Posey plans to one day be able to let go of the hurt Chara had left him with.

The horrific circumstances that led Chara into the world of monsters, from their trauma to the lack of support, left them desperate for a feeling that they were in control: over their body, over their emotions, everything. Part of that relationship they had with Noelle wasn't just out of jealousy, but also being able to engage with intimacy in a way that wouldn't be faced with rejection as Noelle would be on board with the more intense side of Chara if only as a way to rebel against her strict mom.

Chara often buried their distress through not just sexuality, but also self-injury as ANY feeling was better than the ones plaguing their mind.

Ever since Alphys's experiments, they have been reduced to the void that exists within everybody, the constant need to not feel empty.

Should the Conquest route (SB!Lust's "genocide" equivalent) be taken, the once dormant remains of Chara's soul will become aware again, brought to life by the new human's desire to get some sort of stimulus out of a world whose options have been exhausted.

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I won't be posting Asriel/Chara for a while, so expect a little waiting time as I draw out comics and stuff.

In the meantime, asks are always open and help keep me motivated!! Moves the story along, too.

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Have you done everything you needed to do? Talked to everyone you could? Satisfied with your actions and ready to be judged for them...?

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Stay determined, human, for you are now entering New Home, arranged to marry the king.

Which doesn't really seem so bad, though you probably would rather him be your dad than your daddy...

He doesn't really want to sleep with you either. He just needs to produce a half-human heir in case Monster Kid fails to shatter the barrier.

Or so he thinks. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, Rosey reveals himself to Asgore, saying that he might be able to work together with the human to pass through the barrier, and if they're successful, the two can find a peaceful, yet effective way to destroy it.

Hah...

Haha...

HAH!

Do you really think you can get out that easily?

Just when you're about to leave the Underground, Posey sneaks up and pierces through your bag with thorny vines, grabbing your flower friend and pulling him over to deal the killing blow. Posey absorbs all the pieces of Rosey's soul and traps you in a room in between. There's no way out. You're... autosaved in here?

You have no choice but to fight Posey and free Rosey from his control before he takes YOUR soul as well. And it won't be easy, either; Posey is DETERMINED to complete his mission.

The new form Posey takes, due to being comprised of a monster soul and just enough fragments to form half of a human soul, is nowhere near as powerful, as say, Flowey during his bossfight in Undertale, but it's still a tougher fight than any monsters you've faced before Back then, it was just them making a display for courtship, but rest assured, Posey is NOT messing around. He lacks the ability to create his own SAVE file, but he can at least cause issues with yours, altering your stats and saving at a time that's not very convenient for you (such as when you're at low HP).

Fortunately, so can Rosey. During the soul segments of the fight, he'll gradually gain more control over this form, healing you along the way and keeping Posey from going back to when you were hurt. Eventually, Rosey gains full control and separates the two flowers, allowing you to finally leave the room, and the Underground as a whole.

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No heavy stuff tonight. Have a Maid Mew Mew instead because the pun was just too great for me to pass up.

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Look, I was going to make a joke about putting the "hot" in Hotland here, but I don't think doing so would be very appropriate. The Hotland portion takes up most of the story in SB!Underlust in order to put more focus on Mettaton's storyline, and as it heavily involves sexual abuse (including rape), I suggest you only read further at your own discretion. The circumstances behind MTT's abuse will be different from the original Underlust, but the core themes of finding solace in loved ones in order to heal from trauma (even though one can never truly erase their scars) will remain unchanged (as will the romantic arc between him and Papyrus).

On the surface, Mettaton was built to be put on film, rigged for your pleasure and the like. His theatrics and charm are a learned skill, necessary to survive his boss Muffet's tyranny. So what if he was assaulted, smashed against the wall, and needed to be put back together, only to find that a complete fix was impossible since the intense trauma turned him corporeal and thus unable to separate from his body? That's just how showbiz is, right?

And that cute little yellow bowtie? He got it as a gift from his greatest fan, seemingly the only one who praises him for things other than his appearance. During a fan-mail reading that he and the human are forced to do on camera, a tender message from his admirer about how genuine he feels compared to other actors and how sweet he was during a tour at Grillby's causes Mettaton to become overwhelmed with emotion and run off. Angered by the sudden exit, Muffet follows him. With a "let's close our eyes and think about how Mettaton is doing" from Rosey, you learn about the abuse he suffers at the six controlling hands of Muffet.

In order to get the best ending, you have to help him break free by giving him a chance to meet up with his one true fan (Papyrus) and confide in him, allowing him to be more decisive about his desire for freedom and leave his job and all the toxicity behind.

Speaking of Muffet, she keeps the human from passing through Hotland unless they perform in a couple films for her, even cutting off connection to Alphys since she just KNOWS that slimy little lizard is just going to make a fool of herself trying to act like some kind of hero and just cause a bunch of hijinks that Muffet would rather not have to deal with...

That's not to say that the movies being made aren't shenanigans in their own right; in fact, they're kind of ridiculous and really only seem to be popular because everyone thinks Mettaton is the hottest thing ever. And when the two are alone, she makes sure to remind him that he is just a thing to her; just some silly, sexy robot that she can break and rebuild whenever she wants. In fact, the only creatures close to her that she treats with real decency are other spiders.

You're sure to hear about it from her "loyal" cameraman as he vents his frustrations to the human as soon as Muffet leaves the room. You'll also hear about his shitty love life. And how as soon as a person hits the "legal" age, their life is pretty much over, so enjoy being bossed around by a short-tempered and manipulative bitch, because you're stuck in her web of lies just like him!

Alphys's involvement in the Hotland arc starts off as how you'd expect with her desperately trying to impress the human with how cool and smart she is, only for Muffet to cut off your communications with her prematurely so as to avoid any interference.

Once you reach the CORE, you can talk to her again as she asks for you to send a love letter to Undyne on her behalf. Even though the letter (as she puts it) kinda sucks and she still can't get her hands to stop shaking when she writes. Once you do, Undyne is eagerly prepared for her date with Alphys, but... Alphys doesn't show up. Undyne asks the human to go back to the lab to check on her, and when you do, the entrance to the True Lab is open.

Should you venture inside, you'll learn about the truth behind why all the monsters can't seem to think about anything other than sex all the time. A monster with the essence of Chara's soul begins to take on some of their traits, usually their hypersexuality. Alphys also reveals that she accidentally took too much soul essence when experimenting on herself, and she often feels ashamed of her weird fantasies and how pathetic a person she is, causing her to go to great lengths to avoid being rejected. It seems that she didn't just give herself a hyperactive libido, but also crippling loneliness during the experiments. And because of the high amounts of essence, the lonelier she gets, the less stable her body and soul become, and she constantly fears that she's going to rot alone and melt into a mess of self-loathing. But at the same time, the thought of opening up and letting out her true feelings only to be turned down and abandoned terrifies her even more... Letting Alphys know that Undyne accepted the offer for a date makes her nervous, but with a little bit of encouragement and awkward roleplaying, she ultimately works up the courage to come out and go on the date like she had promised in the letter.

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After you have your little skeleton date (racecar bed shenanigans optional), it's time to venture through Waterfall where things get wet and wild as you're pursued by the intimidating Undyne. She's sure to have you caught hook, line, and sinker with that spearheaded whip of hers!

At least, she WOULD be dominating you right now if not for the awkward interruptions from her kid. Yep, she has one! Surprising, isn't it?

And of course, should you find the fabled Temmie Village, things get... interesting, to say the least.

TEMpting wares, truly... (thanks for the inspiration, @underlust-revisited)