#I THINK IM STICKING WITH UNDYNE DOING IT

[underfell]

Battle Against a True Rival

Betrayal route

[carlyraejepsans]

Ok im trying to make a character and really struggling to make them fit the vibe of undertale, do you have any thoughts on undertale's character design philosophy? or know anyone who does? tips? idk you know alot about undertale, im kinda at the design phase of "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks"

undertale character philosophy rule number 1) get silly with it. rule number 2) be fully, whole-pussedly earnest. do not half ass do NOT undermine your genuinity with useless irony it is the POISON of whimsy. actually no rule number 1) think of every possible wordplay you could make outta them. visual gags included, those are important. undertale is a comedy before being anything else. you know what these aren't in order of importance anymore, who care.

anyway, UT characters are all somehow stuck in their patterns and cycles. either through mistakes, through circumstances outside of their control, past trauma, regret, etc, but they're stuck in that. what breaks them out of that cycle is a crucial aspect of their personality and set of beliefs. keep that in mind while you brainstorm their backstory.

give them speaking quirks. you're gonna feel a little silly at first, but there's not one main character in the game whose identity you can't discern by their dialogue lines alone. no soundbit, no portrait, no context. the way they say it by itself is distinctive enough to make them recognizable. let that guide your writing process.

....ok just realized you probably meant character design as in visual character design. ok, new try: puns and double meanings and things that are not what they seemed at first sight. there's a lot of design repetition with alterations in undertale's NPCs; froggit and final froggit, the dogs in the guard, snowdrake and knight knight. see what aspects are kept and what is altered. remember: while the main characters skew towards more humanoid designs (bipedal, upright, 4 limbs, recognizable face), they all have extremely different body types, often simplifiable in a single geometric shape for the stockier ones (toriel, sans, box mtt being rectangular, toby saying how he wanted to make alphys look like a triangle), while the ones with more complex silhouettes get really fucking weird with it (papyrus is self explanatory, undyne's tall and gangly noodly shape). get creative and get diverse. consider buying the art book, even! i feel like that might be a good choice. have fun, hope this helped!! (very likely didn't lol)

[sunny-knight]

Oh right. The other one.

CW: Undertale rant/analysis

Ive played Undertale- hundreds of times. and lately ive reflected on how the game is supposed to make you feel IN THE MOMENT- since ive kinda forgotten a lot of that. Because of the aforementioned ✨“hundreds of times”✨

Everything ofc still feels just as captivating, but nothings surprising because im not playing it from the perspective of someone who has absolutely no idea whats going to happen next. Sometimes I overlook and forget how the little details are supposed to make you feel/think about the characters. Like how Undyne is implied to be an abusive boss. After you get to know her, then replay, you hear how Papyrus talks about her at first, and see their interaction as you enter Waterfall, and you completely understand!

But BEFORE- youre like “oooohhh she’s threatening him-“

On this topic, I rewatched some playthroughs, and saw their first reactions to geno papyrus death, and I realized. that this room placement. IS SO COOL!!!!

Normally its like- yep! I just befriended/beat papyrus, time to continue on my way- oo hi sans! sure, ill go to Grillbys with you! Even on replays, you’re not really excepting him in any room hes in, im just like “oh yep, theres the man.”

But when you kill Papyrus for the first time, usually on a geno route. That same thing kicks in. You’re not predicting him to be there cause youre focused on the room youre in currently, but when you GET THERE youre like “oh yeah and thats where Sans is” but he’s NOT THERE and you stop for a millisecond and go “oh, no yeah, that makes sense.”

…the silence doesn’t help either.

Its worse that he’s all over the underground too, not just in the start of Waterfall. Even not seeing him in front of the mtt resort is just a slap in the face 😭

If youve gotten to the phase of killing people on purpose to see what will happen, youve also gotten to the phase of KNOWING theres gonna be consequences, so Sans not being there shoudnt hit as hard as it does BUT IT DOES (at least for me)

The typical reactions to Monster death in general that you cant avoid are Undyne and Sans’ speeches, and neutral run phonecalls. DIALOGUE. things that appear because of what you did. But with Sans its not what he does or says (up until the judgment hall) its what he doesn’t do.

He doesn’t bother to show up, to say anything to you because what is there to say??? Ignoring how personal it is for a sec- Sans knows this isnt your first time playing, but doesn’t comment on it (much). Right now he still believes the anomaly just wants to be happy, so gives the benefit of the doubt.

That is until you kill the dude that is impossible to kill on accident, or argue in self defense.

Now Sans knows the anomaly just wants to know what will happen. Doesn’t care if its bad or not, they’re just curious, so theres no point.

STILL he wants them to reset and do something ELSE so he halfway pleads with them in the judgment hall to rethink what they’ve done. The fact that he asks an answerable question feels important to me, like hes searching for something, ANY reason. But maybe hes trying to make you see that- there was no reason. Youre DUMB and you should RESET because- WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS????

What I also find really powerful even on replays, is the silence after he drops lines like this. Especially the judgment hall question. Sometimes I do sit there and soak in the silence like- “jesus. Yeah, why DID i do that?”

My main point of this entire thing is, I LOVE this game, I LOVE Papyrus and his impact on the game even when he isnt there, and I wish I could play it for the first time again, and fall in love with it all over again, but alas, hitting myself with a rock to screw up my memory only works 17% of the time,

so im happy enough sticking with changing my perspective, and taking a moment to remember what it felt like to accidentally kill toriel and realize your actions have consequences, to beat Undyne the Undying, to hug Asriel, to hear that Undertale was getting a “sequel”, and to hear that dreaded line, “Then why did you kill my brother.” all for the first time again.

[ostewell]

hi. sorry not sorry for posting undertale crossover aus in 2024 but i cannot stop thinking abt this au (im putting 90% of it under the cut LOL)

anyw. malevolent undertale au. <3

(y'all are free to disagree with me abt any of these decisions, some of them were made purely because i thought they'd be funny . my ass is not taking this au seriously /silly)

uhhhhh anyw character equivalents + notes (note: most ppl are their undertale equivalents' species <3)

frisk: arthur - i feel this speaks for itself. protagonist 👍 - bandage equivalent is a necktie, stick equivalent is a broken gun (unlike the gun in hotland, his gun literally cant work at all LMAO the most he can do is pistol whip if he needs to) - he's still an adult btw bc . well . ⬇

chara: faroe - yeah <3 - older than how old we hc faroe to have been (~4), closer to ~8 - pacifist arthur is just trying to figure out what happened to her, genocide is trying to get revenge

flowey/asriel: john - flowey john is a sentient book that flips open, a plume of smoke puffing out and yellow eyes appearing - anyw thought he'd be fitting here for like . idk . it makes sense to me LOL - asriel john btw is also an adult (probably younger than arthur, but not by much LOL) - less of a brother figure to faroe and more of a. weird uncle/father-Ish figure?? idk GLJKSHFLJHSF

toriel: oscar - former clergyman turned advisor to the king <3 - fairly close to the king? at least closer than the king expected him to get (not romantic/sexual)

sans: noel - one of the "thought itd be funny"s but also kinda fitting <3

papyrus: butcher - DEFINITELY a "thought it'd be funny" (papyrus 🤝 butcher: die via head remova💥) - more fits his malevolent personality than papyrus's . by a long shot (but reading papyrus lines in the butcher's voice is fucking hilarious) - not related to noel. just 2 guys living together. for no reason. hope this helps <3 /silly

undyne: yellow - mostly thought itd be fitting 👍 also i can imagine him doing undyne's speech well - HATES being asked if he's related to the king (bc they sound uncannily similar) . /SILLY

alphys: larson - kinda thought itd be fitting mostly thought itd be funny - mew mew kissie cutie equivalent is literally just malevolent btw. (the characters have their undertale counterparts' names instead LOL). he found cds for it in the dump. he's alphys-level obsessed w/ it

mettaton: kayne - tell me he wouldnt. Tell me he wouldnt. /silly - imagine the cooking show . imagine oh my love . Imagine Mettaton Ex . - mtt equivalent keeps the hot pink knee-high heels bc i said so <3 - arthur, seeing mtt ex kayne: larson do you have anything you'd like to share with the class? (larson: )

asgore: the king in yellow - "king in yellow" is more formal, most ppl just call him hastur - pretty good king, but tends to seem cold and unaffectionate . very few people know - hired oscar to help get people's actual opinions on what sorts of things he should do bc. ppl were too nervous to go to him LOL - still a boss monster, but not goatlike! he's still a tentacle creature thing GLKJSHD <3 - created john via asexual reproduction <3 (he's aroace . to me :3)

i dont have anyone for blooky atm... i think marie as muffet would be silly tho GLKJSHFL :3

[doomed-era]

hey so this may be. A Question. but how would gaffen + widget + maybe the champions react to undertale/deltarunes characters. sorry for undertaling you </3 . also anything on the champions descendants?

OKAY here i go. finally. im gonna limit it to gaffen/widget unless I can think of a funny interaction between undertale characters and the champions I think solely bc there are a lot of them...these are gonna be fairly superficial and based on first impressions don't think too hard about them </3 cause theyre kinda bad

honestly they'd collectively be very weirded out by monsters that can actually speak to them. widget and daruk would definitely try to work things out and yknow. not try to kill anyone while given the first sign of violence gaffen might start attacking everyone. so my first thought is. they are probably better off sticking together in this scenario because of gaffen. and tbf it's not like widget wouldn't be suspicious either, she would be less than friendly at first, especially if she learned how monsters got into the underground. she'd immediately start wondering why and paint humans as the victims who must have had a good reason to do such a thing. idk i'll go in the order of a neutral route

flowey: i'll be honest they would not like flowey...which is HORRIBLE ik. I imagined them trying to beat him up and them him resetting which!!! I do not blame him. if they knew more about him I don't think gaffen would be sympathetic and urbosa would just be pissed. however. mipha probably would reconsider. widget would be all like DONT LOSE HOPE THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY!!! revali going "tch I would do cooler things if I could reset everyone" would be funny i admit but smhhh

toriel: ok I admit I think urbosa would be like "shes such a soft mom geez." (baka.) if gaffen wasnt in work mode he'd want to make puns with her and eat her pies....in the meantime he will stare soulfully at her. if toriel read widget facts about snails then widget would be fascinated im ngl she would stay in the ruins with toriel if this was an actual undertale route. however I think they are just taking a tour so whagever

sans: widget would be a bit startled by his jokes! also I think sans would realize that shes like, a PRIME target for them. gaffen and sans would get into a staring contest and gaffen would lose because sans has no eyelids. or does he

explain this toby fox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

papyrus: oh you bet widget and papyrus would get along. immediate best buds. gaffen would look at papyrus like he was insane (his eyes are bloodshot from skeleton staring contest) revali being all are you AWARE of how GULLIBLE you both ARE would be funny and mipha immediately jumping to widget and papyrus's defenses would be super funny

undyne: urbosa being like UM. I am FAR less of a show off than you are. you must serve your kingdom with grace. and then they get into a suplexing contest. daruk also joins but he's like oh haha i'm doing this for fun :) while undyne and urbosa are giving it their all. widget is cheering for urbosa obviously and gaffen is a last-minute contestant. widget cheers even harder for urbosa. im not sure who would win but it's not gaffen. also urbosa thinks it was super funny. also mipha would be fascinated by the echo flowers + have a lot of fun swimming around in waterfall. heartbroken by onion-san and tells her all about zora's domain </3

alphys: im going off my immediate first thought so honestly widget asking what anime is and alphys freaking out about it at first and widget being like OH NO WHAT DO I DO. mipha being like...tell me about this...anime...also widget would think mettaton is really cool. revali might like it but he would not express interest at first. and then he would criticize the sequel to mew mew kissy cutie along with alphys really passionately (iirc??? I forgot which one she didnt like) gaffen is eating instant ramen noodles straight out of the package when no one is looking. also if widget knew about the true lab she'd be like well um its fine ??? you did what you could ig wouldnt think of it as bad at all. which. erm. widget. urbosa would complain that her and daruk cant fit in the elevators and criticize asgore's city planning

asgore: yeah speaking of him. idk I think theyd like him. especially if they've heard a lot of good things on their way over. im imagining them all sitting down for tea...widget might be a little skeptical. and would also definitely figure out that him and toriel are divorced and ask intrusive questions about it. if this was deltarun id say asgore might be a little more interested in talking to gaffen I think he would see a bit of resemblance between gaffen and kris, mostly just quiet + weird + :| face I think. gaffen would just be quietly intimidated I think

OKAY. i'll do deltarune ones cos im kinda enjoying this

kris: ok honestly I cant even imagine kris would want to interact with them. widget would track them down and kris would just leeeeaaave

susie: widget immediately thinking susie is horrible and awful and susie responding in kind by being susie-er is funny to me. she would think widgets relationship with the champions and gaffen is super weird I think, but would she say this? idk.

berdly: ...yeah this is one of the reasons I wanted to answer this ask. I just. revali and berdly...I dont think theyd get along at all I think they'd see the worst aspects of themselves in each other and hate each other </3

uhh I think that is enough for me. for Now. but. yea

champions descendants is fairly complicated so uh if you wanted to send me another ask abt it so I could answer it separately...pleas...

[averageundertaleblog]

whoa am i making another post? that's crazy! anyways uhh showcasing a little mini-story i made for the wip OVERTURN AU. also uhh this isn't really my usual writing style im just experimenting to see whether it looks cool or not.

The Underground

20:37, 03/21, 20XX

NEW HOME

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[Chara was sitting criss-cross on the bed, reading a book that was mainly about snails but also had information about other types of similar bugs. They had a bored face, and eventually they just fell back and laid down on the bed, staring towards the ceiling since they had nothing else better to do. Soon enough, a voice was heard right beside them.]

Flowey: "Well, well. Look who hasn't hit the hay yet." [Flowey calls out.]

Chara: [Chara looks over at Flowey, who was sitting on top of their drawer.] "Oh, hey Azzy."

Flowey: "Yeah, hey. I hope you do realize that you need rest for the scouting mission tomorrow. Undyne would be pissed if she figured out you stayed up all night again."

Chara: [They sigh] "I know.. I just have been thinking a lot lately about that new human that fell down here."

Flowey: "The new human? You mean Frisk? That insufferable brat?"

Chara: "Hey, don't call them a brat! But yeah, I mean Frisk, I honestly don't get what's their deal with us.."

Flowey: "Isn't it obvious, Chara? They're a douchebag, that's their problem."

Chara: "Yeah, but I can't help but feel like there's more than meets the eye; they were literally cast out of human society like I am. But unlike me, they keep insisting about how they love humanity and would rather go back than stick around with some 'lowly monsters'; I just don't get it.."

Flowey: "Wooow. For someone who hates humanity, you sure feel pretty bad about another human." [He replies with a sarcastic tone in his voice.]

Chara: "Oh shut up, we have six other human teenagers here, and they're all pretty cool. Not all humans are bad; I learned that long ago. But humanity as a whole still kinda suck."

Flowey: "Yeah, that's true, but only because they proved and showed that they are good people. Unlike the brat who just insults the monster race at every chance they get, honestly, it's getting really repetitive now from how often they do it."

Chara: "Look, I just think that maybe we're a little harsh on the new human. They're not like the others, y'know? Maybe they're just uncomfortable or have a hard time adjusting to the things going on."

Flowey: "If that's really the case, why don't we just send them back? They clearly state that they would rather be with humans than live with us."

Chara: "Papyrus says it's too risky; they could easily tell the others about our numbers and defenses. We've been laying low for a while, so bringing them back would probably ruin everything we worked hard for."

[Chara sighs and looks down, changing their expression into one filled with empathy.]

Chara: "Besides, I don't think they'd actually want to go back either."

[Flowey stares at Chara for a couple of seconds before sighing.]

Flowey: "You're such an idiot, you know that?"

Chara: "Says the talking flower who used to be a crybaby."

Flowey: "Because you kept doing irrational things that made me worry all the damn time. But yeah, I guess I can see your point about Frisk, but.."

Chara: "But?"

Flowey: "Do you really think that they're not as much of a jerk as they seem to be?"

Chara: [He would make a reassuring smile.] "I'm positive. After all, even though we are like polar opposites.."

"It feels like I'm seeing myself through a mirror."

[frankyweeny]

Hello all. A little known fact about me is that I've been playing the trombone for over five years, and, as you could probably assume, I am a band kid. As such, I am going to assign Undertale characters the instrument I think they would play in a band

Getting the obvious ones out of the way, Sans is trombone and Undyne is piano

Frisk is clarinet. Why? Because I cannot name a single clarinet player I feel like I've never met one. I've seen them in band but I swear to god they just don't talk or something

Flowey would play flute. It seems like such a kind gentle instrument/section but some flute players are VICIOUS y'all

I feel like. Toriel would play the euphonium. I can explain why she just feels like a big low brass gal. Like I can picture her on the euphonium so clearly. Also almost every euphonium player I've met is super polite and nice

Blooky plays the trombone. Trombone players are either quiet and kinda nerdy or batshit insane and they fall into the former category (as do I)

Papyrus is trumpet I can't deny it. He's loud, he's boastful, and also it matches with Sans cuz they're both brass 👍👍

Alphys is a clarinet girl. I don't know why it just makes sense. Don't ask any more questions

Mettaton plays the sax. Probably like a tenor idk. This one feels like low hanging fruit but if I said anything else I'd be lying

On that topic Maddie plays Bari sax. It just makes sense to me

Muffet is percussion. She has six arms cmon. I think she'd stick to mallet instruments like uhhhh. The marimba and uhh. Glockenspiel?? Can you tell im not a percussion guy

Asgore is tuba. He's big and he's very nice. As tubas tend to be. Also he matches with Tori

Asriel (god of hyper death version) is percussion. He would go crazy on a drum set I'm telling you

Chara is flute. I don't know why don't ask me

[c1phert0logy]

nothing will ever stop me from headcanon that deltarune and maybe even undertale takes place somewhere in the us south. yes its because i grew up and live in us south BUT cmon man toriel is just a sweet southern lady who loves plants and making pies. sans is just some fuckingGuy but he loves puns and dad jokes and everyone i know loves dad jokes and also he likes hot dogs and that isnt really southern exclusive but yeah. papyrus is just a certain brand of southern insanity that i cant really describe other than being a kid and exploring the woods behind your home and finding a stick and seeing a deer and chasing after it. undyne is evil southern girl self explanatory and alphys moved to the south from somewhere else and is trying to get used to it but everyones fucking crazy and no one is normal or has any filter at all. mettaton is that one realllyy fucking fruity guy at ur school and he represents all the gay southern people that are gay despite straight people and christianity shoved down the throats of every small little southern child. flowey/asriel is the WORST he says fucking HOWDY??? hes southern born and raised but he would joke with his friends about it and he was like actually guys howdy is a great word. and started saying it forever. kris loves/collects knives and eats entire pies solo which i think is a skill only attainable by living with a family that cooks waaay too much food on thanksgiving and u keep sneaking little meals made of all leftovers during nighttime whole everyone sleeps. susie eats chalk. thats it. im just kidding she loves evil edgy shit but also has a soft spot for silly little guys like lancer and loves adventures and yeah. ralsei is a northerner. lancer is like ur insane little second cousin on ur dads side that u barely see but every time you do its the most fun you ever have like eating all the fruit from th fridge and playing with random shit outside and running arounf the housr and trying to see how hard you can smack a bouncy ball against the driveway to make it bounce really high. noelle is just a sweet little girl cursed with the terrible family issues that are so complex i feel that they are only found in the south. so fucked up. berdly is like a band kid without being in band and he always wanted to use his parents pc and never wanted to play outside bc he was too busy reading random books and wikipedia articles. maybe ill get to everyone else later. but yeah.

[time-teller]

Watching a deltarune playthrough and im just gonna stick this here for later

I think Kris opened the dark world so that Undyne would take them seriously about the Dark World. We know Undyne doesnt take them seriously (laughing about it in chapter 2) and they knew Toriel would call her once seeing the tires Kris slashed. Another thing Kris did was leave the front door open, which if you're a police officer (or a competent one) you would check inside the house if the front door is open. And because the house is a dark world now, Undyne would be inside and finally take Kris' claims seriously.

And the reason for this being is because Dess was swallowed by a dark world. I dont remember who made this theory but it goes like this: Dess has been missing for a while, and Asgore was kicked from the police for for not finding her because Noel and Dess' mom is the mayor. We know someone is talking in the game's code and tried to talk to us through Spamton. Another thing is that Kris is scared of the bunker south of town. Maybe Dess got swallowed up by a dark world that was opened in the bunker and is why Kris keeps trying to tell Undyne about the dark worlds each chapter.

Also im tired of people saying this: Kris isnt the knight. It's a red flag because Queen literally tells them, Noelle, Berdley, and Susie how to make fountains. It also would make no sense for characters like King, Queen, and Seam to not recognize Kris being the knight since they've all interacted with him at some point. We also know that Kris cant walk far away from the soul or else they'll die (Spamton NEO) so it's not possible for them to walk all the way to the library and back at night AND eat the pie. So Kris having just eaten the pie and not made the fountain makes sense. Also, Noelle and Berdley were already studying in the computer lab when the fountain opened up because they had their notebooks open. Not only that, there's suspicious flavor text in the server closet mentioning it's big enough for someone to fit inside. The knight HAD to be in there when making the fountain. It also doesnt make sense for Kris to destroy the world when Asriel is coming home and they miss Asriel a lot.

This next part is more of a headcanon for now, but i think the Knight is the vessel we made at the start. I dont think Toby would make us go through that much effort and then not do anything with it, just look at what he did with the Thrash Machine.

[sorio99]

Deltarune Chapter 2: Live Thoughts

So, since the new chapter of Deltarune came out, I've played it all the way through, so, here are my thoughts as I had them. Basically a live-blog, but, not live anymore, I wrote these in my notes app before.

NOTE: Obviously there are going to be ALL THE SPOILERS for Deltarune Chapter 2 in this, as well as Chapter 1. Reader discretion is advised.

Wow, okay, so I was wrong about it being immediately explained.

Various descriptions have changed, and I’m not sure if it’s because of the change to a new game, or the one to a new chapter.

I feel like Berdly is definitely a m’lady guy.

Okay, so, we’re not skipping class this time.

I really wish we could call Toriel and tell her we’re gonna be late again, but I couldn’t see an option for that. Maybe Kris told her on the ride to school.

Okay, so, Noelle is definitely adorable, and a huge lesbian.

Susie seems lovestruck too, kinda.

SHE HAD CHALK, AND SHE DIDN’T TELL ALPHYS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE AND SUSIE COULD GO GET IT TOGETHER OH MY GOD

Okay, honestly wasn’t expecting the closet to work again.

Fricking LOVE the new transition.

Okay, so, Ralsei knows about, the real world? How, why, and what?

Oh, that, makes, a little sense? But also, if we hadn’t brought the toys over to the closet then, would they all be, dead?

AND WHAT IS RALSEI IN THIS CONTEXT?!?!

Okay, but I love the new town.

Holy shit, save points have storage, AND a spare list? Hell yeah.

So, we’re all level 2 now. I guess they moved from EXP based (or, execution point based?) to Milestone.

Love the basement for bad guys, with K. Round standing guard.

Bitch said “Child abusers live in Hamster Cage”.

Wait, he uses the hamster wheel?

I don’t know if I believe the king about his “bluff” or not. I think not, but, I don’t know.

I can see the “Susie moves to Ralsei’s castle to escape her abusive home” fic already.

RALSEI GAVE KRIS A TRASHCAN, AND SAID IT WAS FOR THE MANUAL IF HE GIVES US ANOTHER ONE OH MY GOD IM SO SORRY MY SWEET FLUFFY BOY

And of course, the moss call-back.

Oh god, Susie just said “My own room, huh.” and my heart is ready to shatter.

This girl has one actual food item in her fridge, and it’s just salsa

Oh, scratch that, there’s ice, crumbs, and jawbreakers in there too?

Oh, okay, Ralsei did give her actual food.

Entering Lancer’s room gives the cartoon Splat sound effect from Chapter 1, and his bedroom is identical to Chapter 1.

Perfect.

And the sound effect, plays in reverse when leaving? Okay.

So, explore until we’re ready to leave, huh? Seems, suspicious.

Oh my god, I just realized, the LightCandy is literally the chalk Noelle gave Susie. What the fuck.

So, for giving the Top back his cake, we get regenerating SpinCake that heals everyone for 140. Nice.

Battle challenges, huh? This should be interesting.

So, we can get a ClubsSandwich, $100, or…Jigsaw Joe’s entire life savings. Okay.

Aw, Clover has separate heads in their dialogue box!

Just realized this “dojo” also has their bed. Odd.

Alright, let’s take these challenges!

Oh, so if we act with Kris, than spare with Ralsei or Susie…got it!

He has a mercy meter. There’s a mercy meter now. I love this.

Oh, of course his life savings is exactly one dollar.

I can already tell the Graze challenges are gonna be the biggest bitches.

Okay, so, being able to rematch bosses, with different gimmicks and attacks, but based on the same logic? Always amazing.

I love the little cut-ins from the other characters with certain lines, like Susie and Lancer revealing “for a price” means zero dollars.

“Cookie and Wife”?

The Blacksmith runs a bakery where he can fuse items…okay.

Imma get a Silver Card.

What the fuck, Mr. Society?

Okay, so, we’re “leaving” through the way we came in, so “surely” we’re going back “home” to the “real world” and our “family”. Sure.

LANCER was added to your key items.

Oh was he now?

And so was Rouxls, “even though no one wanted that.”

Oh, we, actually went back to the light world. Huh. Actually wasn’t expecting that.

Jack of Spades, and the Rules Card. Makes sense.

Still LV 1 here, thankfully. No murder yet.

Okay, thankfully I can call Toriel now.

…Undyne, what the fuck?

Also? This, car horn music, I guess? Is, um…interesting.

Oh, the, computer lab. Where Toby was in Chapter 1. Okay. Makes sense.

“Guess this means we can’t start our project.” I’d say the biggest obstacle is more that we have no clue what the hell this project is supposed to be.

Hmm, we could use the computer at my house, or we could have a fun Toby Fox adventure…

My house!

I knew Susie wouldn’t allow it, also, you always wanna jump in big pits? That’s, worrying.

Computer lab time!

So, computer themed, maybe?

Rouxls jumped out, apparently. According to Lancer.

Okay, this build up is creepy, where’s the fluffy boy?!

Who is SHE?!

Was

Was that Noelle’s chatter sound?

Asking for help?

OH MY GOD

ITS THE REINDEER LESBIAN

SHES BEEN TAKEN

NOOOO

And, I suppose, this must be, our queen.

Q5U4EX7YY2E9N. Sure. I’ll stick with Queen, yeah.

Oh, she’s a computer! That…that’s probably not, great?

Oh, those plugs are bad, brainwashers. Okay.

Okay, they’re both tired…but Ralsei isn’t here. Fuck.

Aiming at moving targets is hard.

2 Werewires spared, only 4 to go, I guess!

RALSEI IS BACK, YAY!

Fun Gang, back together, working to save Susie’s soon-to-be-girlfriend!

Rhythm game to start a new bumping song. Nice.

Might live blog less from here, since, you know, the game is starting proper.

God, I love Deltarune’s look and sound, it’s so clean? And expressive, and AAAGH, I just love it!

I love angry Ralsei.

First lose control laughing moment: Kris and Susie squishing Ralsei like a toothpaste tube, to play an arcade game.

Did, did I just play Punch-Out inside an Undertale?

Curing computer viruses with Syringes…sure.

Sweet is the rhythm guy! Nice to meet you, Sweet! You and Toby are great at this music thing.

Hey, Susie can act now! Awesome!

Ralsei too, because of bullying! Yay!

Now the whole gang’s dancing!

(This is where I took my first real break, to process stuff and relax, and also to sleep)

In between thought: it’s kinda interesting that, in Chapter 1, Susie basically had to be forced to care about Kris, Ralsei, and Susie, but as soon as Noelle is in the slightest bit of danger, she’s immediately like, “We have to save her or die trying”, huh?

“Reverse diss-tracks, where the vocalist puts themselves down and praises Queen…or noise music.” That’s some, interesting taste in music.

“All our songs are only 4 seconds long!” Damn, so you’re, like, Vine musicians?

So, the Knight is opening alternate fountains, that create dark worlds out of, more mundane places? Interesting…

So, someone new is leading the rebels. This, can’t go well.

Smorgasbord 2.

Oooh, a TP raising Item! Nice!

Oh, the guy who was already working for Queen is a Werewire now. Okay.

66 up arrows. Hmmm, I wonder if I can retry at some point…

Oh boy. Here’s the queens…wait what?

Oh my god.

Go kart time.

Noelle, you traitor! How could you!

Oh, okay. Berdly I believe more.

Also, “beloved”.

I love how Queen apparently didn’t even ask him.

“Light Nerds” Good one, Queen.

That’s one weird Check for Berdly.

Berdly, for God’s sakes, Noelle is a lesbian, you idiot.

You know, given this villain rant, I think I hate Berdly more than I do King. And I’ve dealt with both bullies AND abusive dads.

Oh god, Roller Coaster Tycoon murder (also Berdly is dead)

Garbage! Saved by it again.

Oh, this place looks glitchy.

Also, Susie, you’re not the king of the trash pile. You’re QUEEN of the trash pile.

Oh god, please don’t tell me she’s dying.

Okay, good, she just needed fluffy boy hug.

Fork in the path, advantageous to split up, huh? But there’s three of us, and, two paths probably.

Okay, I can either go with the Fluffy boy who might secretly be evil, or the mean girl who might get lesbian scenes…hmmm…

I’m flipping a coin.

Okay, Ralsei it is!

Oh, Susie is upset at me getting to pick.

Oh, they’re going together.

Oh, this can’t be good.

If I had a nickel for every indie game with a cat themed metropolis on my pc, I’d have two nickels. You can finish the meme.

I swear I just saw Noelle on the right. Something big in the streets, hmmmm…

Okay, definitely saw Noelle that time. Shame the Poppups, popped up.

…I get it, Toby, but I’m still mad.

Blocked 10 ads…okay, I still love this game.

God, I’m already missing my party members.

Okay, so I still have Lancer, but, I’m really hoping Noelle listens to reason, because Lancer is, not.

Oh god no, don’t fight me now Queen. And please don’t join me.

Alright, nobody likes Berdly. Figured.

God they’re so dumb.

“G-got any room for another truce?” Noelle, I would do a No Mercy run for you, of course I’m going to help you.

I can’t believe “No Triple Trucies” is even an option.

Yay! Noelle in party!

“LV1 Snowcaster. Might be able to use some cool moves.” She’s got Heal Prayer, a more powerful (but more expensive) Pacify, and a damaging Ice move for only 16% TP.

I love her.

I don’t know what a sugarplum is myself, actually.

Noelle, you have a one track mind, and I like it.

Lancer, she’s not a cream, and we’re not making her a bad guy.

Oh, and she’s scared of mice, I love it!

Ah, she’s never been in battle before, let’s see how this goes.

See? That wasn’t so bad, Noelle.

Oh, she’s a natural!

“Needles aren’t scary…” Tell that to anyone under 20, Noelle.

Also, “subtle” pro-Vax message?

Oh my god, I just love her animations.

So, the virus and the syringe are fighting…hm…

Okay, so, first, Noelle’s defend animation, also perfect.

Second, so Ambyu-lance’s bullets block and destroy Virovirokun’s…hmm…

Have I mentioned how much I love Noelle? This funky little Christmas Lesbian can do no wrong.

Oh my god, she can’t even confidently say we’re friends, and hearing Kris say it makes her happy, I love her so much.

Okay, so, Queen drinks Battery Acid. Makes sense for a computer.

Kris is so done with this shit, I can tell.

I am both scared of and loving Queen.

Oh Jesus Christ Berdly what the fuck is that.

That is not greatness that is…I don’t know. I’m pretty sure even tumblr isn’t horny for you, Berdly.

Christ, he’s gonna break Queen by being an idiot and then he’ll be the Chapter boss.

Her eyes say lying. Of course.

“I Did Not Know You Had… Nipples” that’s, a good point.

…Berdly, you disturb me.

Second lost control laughing moment: Noelle’s cardboard robot face, and Queen just saying “Wow Cool Face”

Lancer, what is the “illusory nipple technique”?

Oh, of course the music bots built the statue. Berdly would never do manual labor.

Oh, and, they built the next “big” thing…hmmmm…

Why are we, flavors of tea???

Okay, that should be all the werewires for now.

The, clothing store, sold me, a useless mannequin, for $300. Of course.

I am going to touch the cheese.

Maus!

Cheese maze, purposely ruined to spare more Mices.

Hmm, Berdly talks about Noelle’s crush. $20 says he actually thinks it’s him, or maybe Kris at a stretch.

Noelle is now immune to mice! Yay!

Oh, CD Bagel, Seedy Bagel, just got that.

Okay, sacrifice pacifist run to kill Berdly…I’m tempted.

Uh, Berdly, Noelle just one shot both your allies. I’m not alone, you are.

Jokes on you, buddy, I’ve been dodging A+ for years!

“(He hit me in the face with a tornado…)” Yes, Noelle, and I have papercuts on my eyelids. He do be an asshole.

Oh good, they both made Battery Acid Pies. Now we’re in a car together. Perfect. This is exactly how I wanted things to go.

Potassium

Who is this trash man?

Spamton, huh. Oh boy.

Oh god, this song has lyrics.

Oh joy, a mini boss on my own. Just what I wanted.

Oh, new game over screen! Nice.

Anyways, I hate this guy.

Okay, just one more deal, I think. I wonder what’s next.

I’m not giving you my credit card info, dude.

Oh damnit, 1% more.

Okay, I’m very scared now.

Oh, I lost $51. That’s, fair.

Okay, back in the car.

Oh my god, Queen loves Noelle too. Perfect.

Lancer took the mixtape! Nice!

Oh, he ate it…nice!

DECEMB…

Oh god she’s a little kid.

December.

I’m so sorry, Noelle. I really hope you’re going to be okay. We’ll figure out what to do.

Queen, why does everything you have explode?

Now the prize is on my head.

Susie and Ralsei! You’re back!

She can slightly heal me now…cool!

And she taught him Sarcasm. I love them all so much.

Uh, Susie! You can have it!

Okay, so, now Susie is both gay for Noelle, and suspicious of her. Amazing.

And Noelle is turned on by the threat of being killed. Have I mentioned I love these dorks?

The gang’s all here!

Uh, just got past fireworks, and, where’s Noelle?

Oh, okay. She was just watching Fireworks.

Oooo, catching mice minigame!

Oooo, more elaborate but simpler to control mice minigame!

Oooo, bucket hole!

Also, nice gay Noelle moment noted.

Oh no, please don’t take the perfect girl away from us!

Okay, so, I don’t like Berdly, but, Acid river? Bit much…

Oh, okay. He was never in danger. I hate both of you. GIVE US BACK NOELLE

GOD DAMNIT NOT THE CAGE AGAIN.

Oh, great, now we’re captured too. Except possibly Ralsei.

She only plays mobile games. Burn her.

For once Berdly is correct.

Queen, you are dumb.

Is that the super Mario world fade?

I don’t, next question.

No looking at my Search history!

Oh, hey, we can chat in here.

LANCER TIME!

YES I MISSED YOU YOU DOPE

Lancer, never say Pants hole again, and never say you were inside it either.

Lancer, do you still not know our name?!

So this is how they lampshade the tutorial-Toriel thing, huh?

Oh no, Lancer, please don’t die in here.

Um, are there rooms for all the kids at school?

Asriel…

Puzzle time!

Plot twist: Susie is not Susan.

Berdly is dumb.

Admittedly, I did brute force that second one a bit…

Okay, now Susie has outsmarted both me AND Berdly. This is sad.

Oh god, he’s gonna cry now.

Oh, my god, that’s what December meant. That’s why Berdly cares about Noelle. That’s why…oh god.

Oh wow, Susie’s a gamer. This is incredible Lore.

Oh wow, first Lancer’s face returns, now Berdly is Anime. I love this game.

Oh my god, Ralsei in a tux. I love him.

Alright, so, Lancer needs to go back to Castle Town, and we need to get the heck to Noelle. I hope Berdly’s plan actually works…

Aw, I wanted him to stay tuxedo…

Color Cafe, huh?

Oh god, Rouxls came here. I am terrified.

I love this hype manor song!

Toby Fox, why is there so much 3D Shenanigans in this 2D Top Down RPG???

Note: from here, I end up going to the secret of this chapter. Do not read if you don’t want to be spoiled on that plotline. Skip to where I say Pancake Batter.

Okay, I’m going back, and I’m gonna find this third blue check mark.

Okay, found it, now to get back to the guy…

Yay, fireworks, again!

East treasure’s hallway leading to Basement on 1F…

Oh dear.

So there’s a secret here after all…where is…

Found it!

Okay, how to open this lock, now…hm.

Well, one thing was in the field, so, maybe in the city?

Oh Jesus it’s Spamton.

$28, not a penny more.

KeyGen, huh…

If this is as hard as Jevil, I’m gonna be pissed.

Oh, great, just Kris going in. Again. Fantastic.

Oh what the fuck.

Oh Jesus Christ I hate this build up.

Oh, and I died on the elevator. That’s fun.

Okay, so I hate this elevator. A lot.

Okay! Took like six tries, but I made it past the elevator! Now, let’s see what’s waiting for me…

EmptyDisk…hmmmmmmmm…

Maybe take that back to Scamton or whoever?

…Ralsei, Susie, what are you two doing?

Okay, trash man, you better like this.

Oh Jesus Christ.

Okay, this is not what I expected to follow Jevil’s lead. But, let’s see what happens when I turn this disk in.

Oh, nothing happened. Sure it did. Just gonna walk away then…

Oh, wouldn’t you know it, something happened!

Okay, so big puppet robot man. This is terrifying.

THANK YOU SUSIE!

Roller coaster boss! Again! Oh good!

YELLOW SOUL!

Can’t write notes, gotta kill.

Spamton, oh my god. And it’s Neo’s outfit. How the fuck did I not realize before?

Im terrified, let’s GOOOOOO!

Holy shit is that the Undertale Game Over message??????

Many tries later

Okay, I think it’s actually Ralsei and Susie talking…

Quitting the game so they can get their healing items out of storage and buy some good ones extra later

Okay, third turn, and I’ve only been hit once! Granted, it did almost 50 damage to Susie, but, still, doing better this time!

Even more death later

Did he just, attack himself?

Is he surrendering?

I…I did it! I did it in one sitting! Minus quitting so I could grab healing items that did more than 40 HP!

Oh, he killed him by freeing him…….okay.

Dealmaker, huh? Let’s see what this bad boy is…

+4 defense, +5 magic (even on Kris?), and $+30%…”and…?”

Okay, Ralsei, you get that, Susie get’s Jevilstail, and I get many questions.

Alright, now back to the actual plot!

Oh…Kris has goosebumps, and Susie’s asking if they’re okay…no. I’m saying no.

I love these two so much. Now let’s save the adorable lesbian.

Pancake Batter. Alright, we’re good.

Sorry, Noelle, got distracted.

Mouse wheel!

Tasque manager helped!

Man, this room is big and empty, with an odd exit door and screens on the north wall. Hmmmm…

Toby!

Thank you annoying dog!

Okay, I still love this music. Just wanted to say that. Anyways, PROGRESS!

We’re tea covered now. Except Susie. She’s tea filled.

Oh god, I don’t trust Berdly with Susie.

God, Knight teased.

Duck ride with Fluffy Boy.

Okay, so, puzzle time, methonk.

High Five!

More duck ride!

Ralsei, do you wanna do the kissy?

Oh boy.

Oh jeez.

Oh damn.

Rouxls.

Ralsei, you read my mind.

Oh Jesus it’s the tank from the first game.

Okay, so, we, take houses? Okay.

I can’t believe some people thought this dork was Gaster.

Wow, I beat him in like 3 and a half turns because I blocked him in.

Another God Dammit because SOMEONE didn’t pay attention to what happened to Lancer.

His head is still blue…

Hey, Camera! Peace signs and hugs!

Mostly hugs.

Yay, more Susie and Noelle time!

Oh my god, my heart is breaking.

Okay, I love these adorable girls.

Oh boy, this is, weird.

“Point and hearts come out” or “Eat moss”. The choice of a generation.

Fair point, Susie.

She likes scary things, huh.

Kinky

Have I mentioned how much I love these two? Because I do.

Susie and Noelle are best girls ever, no objections.

Oh good, Berdly, don’t ruin this completely, okay?

I fucking knew it.

Noelle, you’re going to kill him, and that’s okay with me.

Susie, stop squishing him like toothpaste!

Oh boy, I get big “final boss” energy right now…

Werewerewire?!

Okay, so I just stole from Noelle’s room.

Okay, boss time.

Shit, I should’ve healed up.

Okay, so, I died, but, I can fix that!

So, this boss is calling back to how the town’s internet has gone out, a fact I didn’t even learn until watching other content last night when I should have been sleeping, because I forgot to talk to Alphys during the brief chance I had.

Also, now both she and Ralsei have made reference to the real world outside…hmmmm…

So I guess the plot is about Google search being evil…yeah that checks out.

Bitch, did you just funny runny way?

Hmm, I’d say 50/50 odds of him being a drama Queen vs. him trying to trick Susie into caring about him.

Yep, he’s trying to score a kiss. Berdly…get a job.

Alright, let’s save Noelle, and possibly the whole town.

The “Roaring” Knight?

Oh god, the determination…who is this Knight, what is going on, and how involved are we?

Wait wait wait wait wait wait WAIT

When she described the Knight making more darkness, she said they took their blade, and showed an image of a knife. Was…was this…

HOLY SHIT IS KRIS’S NIGHT SELF THE KNIGHT?!?!

Oh. It was a giant robot. Not a statue.

Susie’s dancing!

Oh yeah, he can fly.

Resistance! Yay!

Okay, so, we sentai up in this bitch.

I wonder how the hell this story would go if we didn’t go pacifist then? Because in Chapter 1, all that really changed was how the boss was defeated in the cutscene, and like a couple details later. This is, a lot more than that.

Okay, so, three rounds of HP, punch out for her turns, just keep attacking. Got it.

Two rounds down, one to go!

Yes, eat your own Baseball, bitch!

Oh, suicide attack. Well it was just a robot.

Oh. She still has us.

Oh fuck the robot is Noelle’s mom. Fuck.

Okay, so, Queen is dead.

Oh fuck, don’t take over the world with darkness all of you, please.

The Roaring?

Oh fuck, new legend lore.

Titans, Fountains, enveloping the land in devastation. Oh jeez.

Lost eternally in an endless night…that’s not paradise. That’s hell.

QUEEN IS ALIVE?!?! AND DIDN’T KNOW ANY OF THAT?!?!

Thank you, Susie!

Okay, that’s a good ending for a second chapter, it’s dark fountain time!

Susie, please don’t turn evil.

…

And, we’re in the computer lab!

Wait, Ms. Boom? Does, does Gerson have a daughter, or wife?

Lost control laughing #3: this

I love this game so much. Time to explore town again.

Okay, Alphys does crush on Undyne still, at least.

Oops, I just let all the prisoner dogs out.

Awww, Undyne likes Alphys too!

Napstablook, I love you.

Oh shit, Asgore used to be a pig?

Oh god, this Rudy storyline is gonna be depressing all the way through, huh?

Susie, can we steal the tower of the gods?

Hey, we can actually go back to Ralsei’s dark world?!

Okay, this is gonna be interesting.

Oh thank god, we can save in the epilogue now, cool.

Oh cool, King and Queen together.

Oh my god he calls her Queenie Beanie. I love this.

So, a card and a computer fucked to make Lancer, who is a card. Okay.

Okay, so Lancer DOES know Kris’s name! Just not Ralsei’s!

New battle challenges! Yes!

Might save “Ch. 2 All-stars” for another time, though…

Perfection is the mannequin reaction.

Oh my god there’s a dedicated room for listening to music I love this

Alright, time to skedaddle back to the real world.

Okay, so Alvin is Gerson’s son, and he’s depressed. Fun.

Oh, MK and Snowy are by the creepy bunker. That’s…fun.

Okay, so, Susie scared them off after they insulted Kris, because Kris said something about the bunker…hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

Hey, Nice Cream Guy is one of the Ice-E’s employees! Nice!

Ah, PizzaPants. Never change.

Oh hey, it’s the little guy, who’s clone is a Gaster follower. And the bird guy’s still in the library, and the donut guy is still in his car…

Hey, Catty and Bratty are becoming friends again! Cool!

Omg, Sans’s store is open. Do I…go in?

Hell yes I do!

Okay, so, Grillby’s music still, but, different interior. Interesting…

Sans, a day and 2 years in this game are not equivalent. It’s a day and 3 years.

The trousle grows further away.

Oh jeez Susie’s been drinking the milk. Oh god.

Cool, Susie’s seeing Onion too!

Oh, never mind.

A song is coming from deep under the water…either Shyren is involved, or this is gonna take a turn.

See you, Su-

Oh! Hey mom! Meet Susie!

Pie for all!

Oh my god, Susie, my heart is breaking.

Okay, so Alphys and Toriel know about the chalk. That, kinda makes Susie thinking she’d get expelled for it, really depressing.

Okay, so, Toriel and Susie are gonna make Pie together, that’s cool. Still, pretty worried about, Kris.

Uh, I just ran the sink, and, uh…

WHAT THE FUCK

OKAY SO MY SOUL IS UNDER THE SINK, KRIS WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHY IS IT BLACK OUT THE WINDOW WHERE ARE YOU GOING

WHAT THE FUCK

…so we get a cute scene with Susie and Toriel, then Susie asks where Kris is and…they do this sometimes?

I’m very concerned.

Okay, Toriel is concerned too, enough to say “hell”. Even Susie is shocked.

Okay, so, they’re coming back, uh, okay, this isn’t good, right?

Stopped the faucet, opened the drawer, and…we’re back?!

Kris what the fuck are you doing

And why couldn’t we find Asgore in the town?

Okay, so, we’re all sleeping in the living room. I, guess tomorrow’s the weekend, probably? I don’t know?

Susie, doesn’t have caring parents, I guess?

Oh god, Susie wants them to come to our world, but, Lancer is a playing card, he can’t…I don’t know. I’ll say it’s “far-fetched”.

There’s a festival, apparently. This seems…suspicious.

I’d take Ralsei, so you could take Noelle.

She’s asleep.

That, might not be good, in this context.

Okay, so, we’re asleep too, I think?

Oh god, Toriel’s tires are slashed, that can not be good, in any way.

Okay, night time, Toriel and Susie are asleep…now what are you doing, Kris?

That, knife…

Okay, so, yep, they’re the Knight, and they just opened Darkness in their living room. This is, not, good. And, the tv’s on, and the door’s unlocked…

What the fuck is happening?

Ending credits song sounds, techno? Is this more of Don’t Forget? Or a remix? I hear the lyrics at least.

“To be continued in Chapter 3” OH IT BETTER BE, TOBY

So, yeah, that's Deltarune Chapter 2. In conclusion: this explains nothing, raises 120% more questions, and overall is still an incredible, wonderful game. I also like how each Chapter so far has been almost as long as a full play through of Undertale, and yet we're still somehow only 2 sevenths of the way through. Oh yeah, did I not mention? After completing it, it brought me to a chapter select with SEVEN DIFFERENT CHAPTERS, only two of which were available. So, you know. THAT'S FUN!

In actual conclusion, please play this game, it's free, it's amazing, and also buy the soundtrack on Bandcamp so Toby can make some kinda living.

[papyrus-onlyblogokay]

Ok ok ok this is going to sound wierd, but I think the brothers (Sans and Papyrus) are not actually that close. I feel like they're more like roommates. I'm comparing them to like maybe Papyrus and Undyne, where in game they are constantly seen together. Since we don't know the age difference between the brothers, my theory would be that they do have a big age gap between them, that's why the relationship is not as close as maybe Papyrus and Undyne who could be closer in age.

Is this a stretch? :D

No not at all! Even i think that sometimes.

Its hard to draw the line between them as at times it feels brotherly and other times its just like they arent even related at all.

Espically since the gimmick with the both of them is that they're nothing alike. So its hard to think they are actually brothers.

Even if they aren't, they say they are and i respect that.

Cause who knows someone could be adopted, idk. So as long as they say they're brothers, its cannon to me.

And if they are just roomates then i find that still endearing that they'd call each other brothers.

And if they aren't that close i find that very sus. Though i doubt that's the case, its a cool idea! Having to be under an alias in order to say low key or something idk.

Anyways its up to speculation, but im a person of cannon so i stick with what i got and work with it.

[kaissauce]

i was messing with the dreamily ai and it started writing angsty sans undertale fanfic and i find it so funny because this is definitely the plot that my brain would come up with in a dream. i have no clue what the setting is and im pretty sure it changes multiple times

(this is all made by the ai, all i wrote was sans. ngl this is pretty impressive for an ai)

Sans is a little worried about his brother. He’s been acting odd lately, not like his usual self at all, and it makes Sans wonder if something happened in the Underground while he was gone. His mind races to come up with possible scenarios but it always comes back the same. It couldn't have happened since then. No way.

The last time they talked was two weeks ago. At first Papyrus sounded excited when he told him how he met the new humans, talking about meeting so many amazing people, before saying that their lives had been really tough and that most humans were mean. That' s why everyone's being cautious of them right? Because they're so different from everyone else? But Papyrus hadn't done anything wrong, or at least nothing anyone could prove. And even if someone did try to pin this on Papyrus Sans knows there's no way anyone can get to him without him knowing. So... what could be bothering him?

When the day finally rolls around they go to Waterfall to play. They play for hours and Sans feels as though he hasn't played in ages. All the stress from his other work has been building up and all he wants to do now is relax with his bro for the rest of the day. After awhile though his curiosity gets the best of him and he asks Papyrus if he thinks there might be some kind of trouble on earth.

Papyrus just laughs it off, calling him ridiculous. Sans is too tired to argue and goes to bed.

In fact Sans does sleep. He dreams of Snowdin. He sees his old friends, laughing together as kids. The snow around them melting beneath their feet, their clothes sticking to them, water dripping down their faces. Then he opens his eyes to find his brother standing beside him, watching him with an emotionless expression on his face. Sans wakes screaming.

"SANS!"

He looks up and sees his brother kneeling next to him, eyes wide, one hand held out, trying to calm him.

"Are you alright?"

"I... I thought you..." Sans doesn't know how to explain it, but something is telling him to tell his brother. "I heard a voice," he whispers.

Papyrus frowns at him, clearly not believing him. Before he has a chance to say anything his phone starts ringing. He answers it and says his apologies before turning towards Sans again, who still looks pale and scared. "Sans... are you sure you're alright?" He asks softly. Sans stares at him blankly, confused by the question, because surely he isn't mistaken, he heard a voice, and even though it wasn't Papyrus's voice he didn't care either way because it told him to come here, to meet the humans, and he should hurry before something bad happens. What if he's wrong? Should he tell Papyrus? Why does everything always seem to turn against him? He doesn't understand, but his instincts are telling him not to lie to his brother, which only makes the fear inside him grow worse. Papyrus is looking at him with concern but Sans can't bring himself to speak up again.

"Well... okay," Papyrus says slowly, sounding unsure but he doesn't push further. "It must've been a dream."

Sans nods wordlessly. The fear in his chest doesn't lessen but Papyrus doesn't mention the conversation again. He takes Sans home and Sans goes upstairs to take a shower, hoping that his nightmare would leave him alone.

Chapter 2

Papyrus wakes him early the next morning, as per usual. Sans stretches lazily under the covers, enjoying the feeling of the warm air tickling his toes. Papyrus is already dressed and downstairs waiting, so Sans hurries to join him. They eat breakfast quietly and go outside. They walk around Snowdin in companionable silence, taking it in. It looks almost exactly the same as it did when they left. As soon as Papyrus has finished packing his bag they set out.

They spend the day visiting all the monsters on the surface. Papyrus introduces Sans to every single monster they cross paths with. Despite his initial reluctance Sans ends up smiling and chatting with the others. Some monsters look confused by their presence and ask Papyrus where Sans came from, although Sans tries to ignore them. Most of the monsters seem nice enough, Sans finds out, until he meets Grillby the flame elemental and realizes that the monsters are just like the human townsfolk. Their reactions are nothing like Sans is used to. He feels exposed, watched. It makes him uncomfortable and he quickly excuses himself and walks away.

He spends the whole evening curled up in the corner of his living room, watching Papyrus talk with Undyne while Alphys watches on in awe. When Papyrus notices him he comes over to sit next to him, and Sans is surprised by the sudden physical closeness. Normally Papyrus is reluctant to be touched unless absolutely necessary, so it feels strange to be sitting close like this.

"How are your bones feeling?" Papyrus asks suddenly, as he pulls an arm across the back of the couch.

"Good. Just like when I woke up this morning."

"I'm glad. Are you alright?" Papyrus presses.

Sans shakes his head. "I don't know. Maybe. I keep hearing voices and things, but it doesn't make sense, I know it doesn't."

Papyrus frowns. "I wish I knew what was bothering you," he murmurs, putting his arm back on the back of the sofa. Sans can feel the warmth of the magic radiating from him. This is definitely weird. Why would Sans need such a large source of magical power? Is he sick?

[skeletonfreetea]

i want,,,to work on more au’s. because they’re fun. it’s just a lot of fun coming up with new characters and new settings. on my, uh, main blog i’m a writeblr, and i mostly just stick with One Idea At A Time, and i def have @guard--tale as like, my main blog over on this side of the world. but fandom is fandom, right? fun and stress free and what not, so i think i might just have fun messing around with different designs and au’s and the like. just,,,,outerfell??? horrorfell??? empress undyne au??? my personal version of, like, mermaid skeletons???

i just wanna use this blog to let loose and have fun and i think that’s exectly what im gonna do

[keltii-tea]

Hi!, i dont know if you response this before, but im going to ask it aniway(sorry), I just wanna Say that i love your work, i wanna ask you... what do you think about the undertale ships? What are your favorite ships? What do you think about the undertale characters? What do you think about the fandom of undertale? What do you think about the dreemurr family? Sorry for the bad English. It's okay if you don't answer all the questions.

Hello, friend! Thank you for all your kind compliments, I am grinning to myself like a fool in my room. It means a lot :D

I’ll rapidfire answer your questions!

Undertale ships: UT has such a perfect shipping dynamic, in my opinion - it all seems wonderfully innocent and pure somehow. For specific ships, you know I am 150% down for Soriel at any point. Undyne x Alphys are also amazing. For me, I sort of take these two “couples” (though I personally take Sans as being on the asexuality spectrum, so for him and Toriel it’s more along the lines of an intimate friendship) as a given in most situations. Papyrus also strikes me as being aromantic, so between him and his bro there is fantastic (and much-needed) aroace representation :D

Undertale characters: I love them all more than life itself. Which, for me, is extremely rare to have a whole cast of characters and not a single one that I am not fond of. However, when reading fics, I usually don’t stick around unless Sans plays a major role in the story (because I am Sans trash ugh).

Undertale fandom: I’m pretty new to it, but so far I am pleased with this fandom. I have been met with nothing but support and kindness, for which I am grateful. I am also blown away by the pure imaginative power and the quality creations of this community - between the fan games, fan music, fan comics, art, fiction, etc., etc.... there is just so much to enjoy!

Dreemurr family: Really cute while it lasted, with a very tragic and sad ending :( 

Thank you for the ask!!!

[varricttethras]

im putting my shame on display please dont stone me im just vibing djdkdnkddkdk

so back when i was first into undertale and started shipping a self insert oc with papyrus, i was writing a whole thing about them back then and i only remembered it lately and recalled the lore i put behind it which. honestly id kind of like to resume writing for it but id like someone to tell me if its a dumb premise and possibly give me some advice. also i want to infodump :^)

OK SO im not sure if people ever talked about this but im pretty sure the undertale universe has human mages. like judging by this slide from the opening, there were mages at least at the point when the war between humans and monsters was going on. so its probably not a stretch to say mages would exist in modern times too.

in my thing, mages are the result of human/monster pairings. but with monsters stuck behind the barrier, that was kind of a thing of the past. mages could still happen though, they were just rare because the gene skips generations until it decides to rear its head.

in any given generation, theres only a few thousand spread across the world. theyre heavily documented and are required to be stuck in special military owned schools to teach them control of their magic. in america, most of their mages live near mt. ebbot because theres a school and a military base there. two birds one stone kind of thing i guess.

once a mage graduates, theyre presented with an ultimatum to either join the military or get dumped into the world with lots of debt. it doesnt sweeten the latter deal that mages typically have some kind of physical or mental health problems (if not both) and the government retains a lot of the doctors that can do anything to help.

so obv most people choose to stick with the military and the only ones who dont are the mages from wealthy families or the Really Obstinate people like my oc. :^3c

ok time to be turbo cringey 👀 my self insert is called salem, which is Totally their real name and Not just one they picked because it sounded cool. they were born on the other side of the country (in one of the carolinas but they dont know or remember which) and were surrendered after a few months, then carted off to the school near mt. ebbot where they grew up. they absolutely Hated it there and once their graduation rolled around, they jumped at the chance to leave. unfortunately that left them in a ton of debt with few respectable career choices and nowhere else to really go so they end up sticking around the area doing guard work for various shitty people over the next 9 years.

despite their circumstances, salem is still a pretty exuberant person and they make an effort not to give away just how miserable they might be on the inside. they can be a little aggressive from time to time (being raised to be a fighting machine can do that) and theyve got a big complex about people calling them stupid. salem is affable enough in general but Real trust and openness is hard to come by until someone proves worth trusting. its a rewarding thing though because salem becomes 10x funnier once theyve really latched onto someone.

and speaking of, salem Really latches onto the monsters but Especially to papyrus. everyone is so kind and genuine and actually treats them with dignity but something about pap is just special to them. hes patient and affectionate and ends up completely stealing their heart.

sal can definitely put out some ‘neurotic prey animal’ vibes and pap makes it his mission to soothe their nerves by being their cool new friend. and he does! he just kinda falls for them in the process.

uhhhhhh some more little salem things:

-their mage genes come from a very distant fire elemental predecessor

-they have a scar across their nose, another on their left cheek, and countless others littered across their torso and back

-theyve got tons of ear piercings, a tongue & eyebrow piercing, and a tattoo of the moon cycles on their right forearm.

-they Love jewelry and especially love rings

-they have pointy teeth and their pupils are reflective

-theyre Complete besties w undyne once they get over their initial withdrawn period

-they have an orange soul

-they like to collect little knickknacks, especially tiny crystal sculptures, that theyve either pinched from shops or found.

-they like cranberry juice and Fuit Gummy

ok so my problem is that i dont exactly remember the complete details of how salem comes to associate with frisk & the monsters since the stuff i wrote is long gone on my old computer. i Think my original idea was that they all live in the same building and salem accidentally mistakes sans&paps apartment for theirs one night after getting hurt really bad at their job. they end up Bustin Through while papyrus and sans have company over (undyne, alphys, & frisk) and pass out on the floor after squinting at everyone for a minute. the monsters patch them up and a very embarrassed salem says goodbye in the morning but continues to see sans and pap around the building and things progress from there.

that might be a dumb idea or kind of basic maybe though idk i just want to bounce some ideas off people :’-) also if nobody else wanted to read it i probably wouldnt bother typing it all out akaosjsodk anyhow thats all i can think of right now so in conclusion

[iamjjmmma]

"Number All My Bones: There and Back and There Again" Part 1 Chapter 10

Beginning: https://bit.ly/2NtGPgu Previous:https://bit.ly/2UaBRHN Next: https://bit.ly/2EwotbC I must have run a mile looking for Betty. I must have. If any neighbors saw me or called that, I didn’t see. I didn’t hear. I couldn’t see. I couldn’t hear. So I climbed into my sedan after the quickest of mutters to Chara that I would be back from the few minutes. Five minutes of driving to the Anti-Monster Department, and I saw someone on the road. I could point out the shilouette from a mile away if it weren’t for the sun. “My God.” It was Asriel. It was Asriel. An annoying itch flared up my left eye- I figured it was some sort of dust speck- then a glaring hole of pain. And then came the images. I was always told they would come if something horrible would happen to Sans, but they never told me what. Besides, it was all superstition. All superstition. Superstition aside, I still can’t describe how horrific were the images that came. Images of the worst things, of the decay of the rose-tinged future I thought of for myself at the first step from the mountain. Images of blood, although I didn’t know who or where it came from. Eventually, when I blinked, blinked hard, and the images fell away and shriveled, their eyes still glazed and glaring at me, I noticed where the blood was coming from. It was coming from a trail that was supposed to lead to the Anti-Monster Department building. It was coming from Asriel’s clothes, weeping and seeping on the outside. Asriel lay in front of one of the street poles, the summer heat turning the blood into a slightly lighter shade, the summer heat sticking the clothes to the pole, looking as if it were absorbing them. I didn’t ask any questions, didn’t allow Asriel any leeway. God, I didn’t see what was in his hands. It was my son’s hoodie. I didn’t know it. And he didn’t know it either, at least not all the way through. All that my brain could tell me to do was to pull over, to scoop up Asriel and buckle him in the sedan before we rushed back to the laboratory, hands almost looking as if they were shaking the steering wheel as fast as they could. Once I was there, I took him out, and instead of lolling forward, to my great relief, he stood up on his own. Once he got in the house, he did much more than stand up. His eyes were wider than anything, wider than a camera’s aperture with the opening on full display for all the world to see. He was panting quick, like a German shepherd that Undyne loves to watch in her cop shows- “You, left, the, TV, on...” I muttered a “thanks”, not even thinking to shut the door behind me. Chara came in tow, hounding me, asking me what was happening, what was wrong with Asriel, but I couldn’t, didn’t say anything. I could feel my heart bursting, every inch of tissue feeling as if it was on the point of explosion, but I couldn’t imagine why other than the images that battered me earlier. I could feel the dread pouncing at me, but still I couldn’t imagine why. I couldn’t imagine why all of that escalated when I saw what was on the TV in the first place. It was some sort of commercial about the summer Olympics, blaring over and over about javelins, javelins, javelins. But when I turned off the remote and the TV finally stopped screaming, I noticed I was shaking. But that didn’t matter. Nothing mattered when I looked at Asriel. He had collapsed in the floor just leading to the living room, eyes entranced in the TV, shaking at least three or four times harder than I was, tears sweeping down his trembling cheeks every once in awhile, breathing faster and faster and faster, the oxygen only adding to his shaking. I immediately knew what it was, and it was fear. Not the type that happens when one is scared, but something far more serious. Trauma. This fear had seeped so hard into his brain that it had left something there, permanent damage. Something had happened with him in that camera room, and I wanted to find out what. I needed to find out what. God, if I found out sooner. Maybe I wouldn’t be the man I am today. Maybe better, maybe worse. More recovered, perhaps. But I certainly wouldn’t be the man I am today. That wasn’t happening with Asriel like that. I called Toriel, told her to come as soon as she could, telling her as soft as I could that Asriel’s adventure in the camera rooms may have resulted in some post-traumatic stress. She yelped, dropped the phone, called Asgore’s name, and I shut off the phone. I told Asriel to try and get some rest in hopes that some sleep would clear up his emotions, and he nodded, falling asleep on the couch within a minute, breath still fast. I wish I could say I took a sigh of relief after that, but I didn’t. That fear I was feeling, while not quite escalating to trauma, only escalated. Darn it, I couldn’t even last a minute without having to wipe a piece of slightly dirty sweat off of me and onto the waiting poplar floor. I told Chara that something had scared Asriel. When I grilled him on if he knew what PTSD was, he only shrugged and fiddled with a piece of skin on his arm. Perhaps he was just as scared as I was. I wouldn’t blame him. That half an hour was some of the longest time I can recall. Even now I wake up at one, two, three in the morning, and my brain springs to life, muddling over those thirty minutes. It’s almost a ritual now, and a ritual that I use to keep myself from becoming an insomniac and needing more melatonin than I already use. I combed through the books, nearly dropping the Human-Monster History volume on the floor, but only plopping on my desk so that Chara wouldn’t have to hear. I remember reading through the foreword, reading through the index, a sigh almost letting itself exhale its way out of me when I realized that nothing in there was going to mention the human-monster war. Thirty minutes, almost thirty forewords. My bookshelf was a mess by the time it was over, and it likely would still be a mess by the time the day was done. I woke Asriel, hoping the incomplete sleep cycle would let him stir back to life, but not completely. Enough drowsiness would most likely keep him from entering his state of acute trauma. I considered going downstairs and grabbing some of the mildest tranquilizer I had from the cabinet just in case, but it punched me in the gut. This was Asriel. I asked him what happened, and I heard Chara’s footsteps teeter in. “We were with the cameras, and we saw, we saw, we saw, we saw Jessica fire the gun, and we saw, we saw the night Betty was in your house, the cameras caught her outside, even though she was supposed to be in your lab… we knew something was wrong with her, oh Jesus, oh Jesus… Jesus don’t take ‘im… and she came in the door, and Sans told me warn the others, warn the others, I have to warn the others, warn the others, warn the others…” He kept on going like this for two minutes, and I had to put a hand on his shoulder to keep him going. “Warn the others, I have to warn the others… Sans tried to teleport, but Jessica came back, and…” Jessica. Dam her. I could feel the warmth start to creep towards my vision, turn the edges into a momentous throbbing pattern. “She shot him… he was in so much pain… then I saw Chara, he was right in front of me… but somewhere inside me, I knew it wasn’t Chara, I knew it wasn’t… then, she turned into Betty again, and she threw the javelin, and… he teleported in front of me, and…and…” Back and forth, over and over. He rocked back and forth, and the tears shook him, turned him into an earthquake. “Right in the chest… I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” He clung onto me, almost dug his fingernails into me. “I’m sorry, Dr. Gaster, I’m so, so, so sorry… I shouldn’t be here… I’m so sorry…” Later that night, Toriel would tell me that while she washed his shirt, she saw a piece of hardened sugar falling off of it. She said she wondered what I let Asriel eat that day, even through that should have been the last thing on her mind. Her way to cope with it, I suppose. She said it looked a little flat, with a few even tinier ridges on the side. She crushed it, disintegrated it. And she didn’t think about it. She didn’t even think about it. It was only months later when I realize she’d crushed a tiny piece of my son’s sternum.