#I read/see everything in UF tags

[underfelllove]

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Q: 사람들이 언더펠을 단순히 "간지"라고만 치부할 때 어떻게 생각하세요?

A: 전 어떻게하면 즐길 수 있는 지를 알고 있기 때문에, 신경쓰지 않습니다! 저는 멋있고 사악한 것들을 좋아해요. 그런 진부한 표현에 올인했는걸요.

전 사람들이 언더펠을 디자인만 멋진 AU로 보는 것에도 아무 이견이 없어요.

하지만 언더펠에 '디자인만 멋진 AU'라는 정체성을 만들어주는 사람들은 말하죠.

"어우, 특이해!!! 이게 왜 이렇게 유명한거야!!! 멋있긴 한데!!! 언더펠이 언더테일을 망쳤어!! 언더펠엔 좋은 게 없어, 그건 그냥 간지나기만 할 뿐이라고!!! 디자인이 너무 멋지기만 하다니까!!!"

그리고... 그 사람들이 얼마나 언더펠을 좋아하지 않는지에 대해 얘기하던간에 그냥 내버려두세요.

제가 10대때 만든 AU가 당신의 삶에 피해나 증오를 입히지 않도록요...

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Q: 당신이 언더펠을 만든 것을 후���하게 만드는 게 있을까요?

A: 토비 폭스가 언더펠은 잘���됐다고 말하는 거요.

추신: 그 분이 이 말을 한 게 아니라요. "만약" 그런 말씀을 하신다면 언더펠을 후회하게 될 거라는 얘기였어요.

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[nullians]

Oh btw since I scrolled through my entire Paul tag again I need everyone to know that a lot of whatever I said is not actual anymore and tbh you’re better off treating it all as non-applicable atp. I’m not gonna nuke it for archiving reasons but please Do Not treat it as my current opinion on Paul (he’s still the most loved one here dw), his relationship with Ash and others, and especially my beloved but in dire need of reinvention ship vorpal 🫡 Like none of those opinions are atrocious but yeah. Peace and love

[timelesslords]

I absolutely adore atwccd, as sad as it is, it's a really cool idea to explore. You start the story thinking at the characters 'if you are reaped and die quickly in the arena may be the best case scenario for you' because surviving in the games might be easier than surviving as a victor.

Your writing is great, like, this is a Hunger Games AU so on some level I can guess what is going to happen because I know the source (the books) and read the tags, but is still unexpected, I had the same ice cold realization Annabeth has that her life is not the one she should be worried about, even if I knew the story of Percy's sponsor was coming. But I didn't see the whole thing with the reaping and the threat towards Estelle coming! Real gut punch there!

Like I said, cool idea to explore because the story really sucks you in

But at the same time I'm thinking : this is a very sad story, but you're actually posting it so... What in the world was that UFS sequel about for it to never see the light of the sun? ☀️🤣

aah thank you!! I'm so happy you're enjoying it so far <33 That's exactly what I was hoping people would get out of it, so it makes me really happy to hear that feedback!!! I think most of y'all basically know what's coming, but I think it's safe to say I have one more trick up my sleeve for the last chapter lol

As for the UFS sequel... oh boy 😅 in some ways its really not as bad as atwccd, but I think it's more the blatant tone shift from UFS to the unnamed sequel that would be jarring to people than the content, necessarily.

The thing about UFS (and I am about to go on a Tangent here but I rarely have an excuse to talk about it so I have to take whatever chances I can get) is that I wrote it after taking a post-colonial literature class with an absolutely brilliant professor who really changed my point of view on a lot of things and really expanded the ways in which I view literature. UFS is really heavily inspired by a lot of themes that are common in post-colonial lit; homecomings, fractured or conflicting allegiances, otherness/the struggle to belong, etc.

UFS obviously has a happy ending (or bittersweet, whatever, mostly happy) but that's almost entirely because you get to imagine what happens next. The mysterious island paradise Percy (and eventually Annabeth) call home is a paradise because we know nothing about it. We don't know its complexities, or what struggles its faced in its isolation, or how Annabeth will adjust to such an extreme difference.

There's an idea in post-colonial literature that the homeland is often viewed as a paradise, this faultless, unreachable place. That if you could just go home, everything would be okay. But there are also a lot of books that subvert this idea (my favorite being White Teeth by Zadie Smith), that say that no, actually, home is not perfect. Home may be more fucked up than where you are now. Home may not even exist anymore, not how you remember it.

I think UFS itself very much plays into the first idea (home is paradise, home fixes everything, if you can go home you will be saved) and the ideas I have for the sequel play into the second (home will not solve your problems, home might actually fuck you up more). And I just think that would make people really sad and I don't want to do it 😭

so like, TLDR: the things I put them through are bad but not atwccd bad, but its mostly the way that it would ruin the perception of the ending of UFS that makes me hesitate to ever post any of it.

[underfell]

What do you think when people dismiss Underfell as just "edgy" stuff?

I don’t care for it because I know how to have fun! I love edgy-villainous shit, I’m all in for those cliches.

I have no problem with people looking at UF as an edgy AU

but edgelords who make it their identity to keep saying “ OW THE EDGE!!!  WHY is it so popular !!! its so edgy !!! UF ruined Undertale !!There’s nothing GOOD about UF it’s just EDGY !! THE DESIGNS ARE SO EDGY !!!” and just kind of ....brag about how much they don’t like UF have really got to let it go.

don’t let the AU I made as a teen inflict such damage and hatred in your life...

[yuckydraws]

Fic Recs

Okay I’ve seen a few people make these lists, and I wanted to make one! I have a lot of fics that I just adore and I know I’m always have trouble finding new fics, so maybe this list will have some that y’all haven’t read yet;)

This post is gonna be dedicated to monogamous Sans/reader fics, but I’m planning on reblogging this post with a list of monogamous Papyrus/reader fics, and then one with poly/harem fics. I might also do one with little ficlets or fics that don’t have a relationship in them but are super good and worth reading;)

I’m always looking for more fics so please let me know if you have one I should check out!!

Also these fics aren’t in any particular order, mostly just whichever ones came up first in my “marked for later” page;) and apparently you can’t make nice looking links on mobile and my computer is having issues so bare with the messy format.

First Round: Sans/reader’s

Despite Everything it’s Still You by @crusnikroxas https://archiveofourown.org/works/13461474/chapters/30859359

(Sans/reader)

I LITERALLY CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS FIC ENOUGH- People who have followed me for awhile may have seen me gush over this fic many times, but it deserves all the gushing! It’s a delicious slowburn, and has such a unique take on soulmates and souls in general. It’s an amazing read full of humor, mystery, fluff, science, angst, and amazing characterization! I can’t do a long summary without spoiling anything but: The reader falls underground where she finds happiness, but what’s going on with her soul?

(CW: female reader, violence and eventual smut, alcohol mentions)

Cadaverous by @crusnikroxas https://archiveofourown.org/works/21808357/chapters/52040893

(HT!Sans/reader)

Another Cru one because they are great;) this one doesn’t have as many chapters yet but it is off to an amazing start! It takes place in the Horrortale universe when monsters are still underground and there aren’t a lot of those, so it’s pretty interesting.

(CW: female reader, violence, gore, eventual smut)

These Are Our Days by @Rehlia (for some reason I can’t tag sorry! But they do have a tumblr account with that name<3) https://archiveofourown.org/works/7244671/chapters/16447825

(Sans/reader)

Another slowburn!!! It’s set on the surface after the pacifist route. I love the characterization the author does and how they really get into the integration of monsters in human society as well as monster culture! Also I think Sans is written beautifully in this fic;)

(CW: female reader, eventual smut, some violence, and depictions of terrorism against monsters)

Big Cats Like Bones Too by @kertneyk https://archiveofourown.org/works/28020429/chapters/68640615

(UF!Sans/reader)

YALL THIS ONE IS SO GOOD TOO ANJSKSMSM- it’s by my bro kertney! I’ve reblogged all of the updates so chances are y’all have seen it already, but if you haven’t read it you totally should!! It’s another deliciously well written slow burn, and this fic has such a kickass reader omg- The reader is a were-leopard who has trouble with impulse control, and Sans is emotionally constipated, what happens when they come together?

(CW: female reader, cop reader, violence, eventual smut)

So You Think You’re Good Enough for MY Human? by AstroWritesStuff (aka @und3rwat3r-a5tr0naut ) https://archiveofourown.org/works/29381988/chapters/72178977

(UF!Sans/reader)

Astro is blessing us with this fic!!! I love it so far I can’t wait to see where it goes! It’s great and y’all should read it;) Sans likes reader, reader has a bitty Sans that hates big Sans - I just know this fic is gonna be good-

(CW: alcohol mentions)

Lost in Translation by ladyarkytiorofdunans https://archiveofourown.org/works/15316746/chapters/35536638

(Beasttale!Sans/reader)

I binged this one awhile ago but I really loved it!! I haven’t been able to find a lot of good beasttale!sans/reader’s but this one had me on the edge of my seat the whole time;)

(CW: violence, kidnapping, violence against monsters)

Also check out it’s sequel!! 725K https://archiveofourown.org/works/28918452/chapters/70949985

Star-crossed by @alch3mic https://archiveofourown.org/works/29095785/chapters/71422581

(Sans/reader)

Only has one chapter so far but OMG WAS SO GRIPPING AND I LOVED IT!!! I can already tell the world building is gonna be amazing. Basically the reader is a cool mage and so far is a baddie ;P also in this fic Sans is a mermaid!!!! I love me some mermaid fics<3

(CW: none yet<3)

Lights like Stars by Sebbybear https://archiveofourown.org/works/9787064/chapters/21979091

(Sans/reader)

I’ve gotta be honest it’s been awhile since I’ve read this one but I remember binging it and liking it;) it’s set after the pacifist route and it another great slowburn!

(CW: depictions and implied sexual assault, female reader)

Curious Laughter by Spiffysiffy https://archiveofourown.org/works/25947901/chapters/63073864

(Sans/reader)

I’ve gotta be honest, I’ve only read a few chapters but this fic is so fluffy and cute omg- Basically the reader is part of Papyrus’ study group and Sans takes a liking to them;)

(CW: none yet<3)

For a Bad Time by Welpthisismylifenow https://archiveofourown.org/works/28816350/chapters/70673976

(UF!Sans/reader)

This one is super funny;) not a lot of chapters yet but I’m invested!! It’s based on the whole trope of “they are best friends online and know each other in real life- but they don’t know it’s each other”? I don’t think I explained that well lmao

(CW: female reader, eventual smut, alcohol mentions)

Modern Love by MissWolfinger https://archiveofourown.org/works/23939803/chapters/57571432

(Sans/reader)

THIS ONE IS SO GOOD AJJAKAHANM- it’s another “they are best friends online and know each other in real life- but they don’t know it’s each other”? And its so well done lmao. I also really like how independent the reader is in this one;)

(CW: none I can think of??)

In the Woods Somewhere by WelpThisIsMyLifeNow https://archiveofourown.org/works/27316066/chapters/66740269

(HT!Sans/reader)

Not a lot of chapters yet but omg I love it!!! The reader is a security guard at the library Sans is using the archives of for a project. It’s a pretty good premise and I’m excited for more;)

(CW: none I can think of)

Blueberry Magic by flamingburningfandomtrash https://archiveofourown.org/works/22894261/chapters/54720940

(Sans/reader)

Another one that I haven’t read that much of but I’ve heard good things so I thought I would put it on the list;) a soulmate au where the reader has synesthesia and perhaps another secret 👀

(CW: mild smut, verbal abuse, named reader, female reader)

Little Bab(ies) Mine by CreativePoptart https://archiveofourown.org/works/21711805/chapters/51789190

(HT!Sans/pregnant!reader)

This is a short fic (six chapters) but it is soooooo cute!! It’s about Sans and the readers experience with their first pregnancy, very sweet and fluffy;)

(CW: AFAB reader, description of labor)

Not Your Doll. by LadyAnatares https://archiveofourown.org/works/6087736/chapters/13953901

(Sans/reader)

Okay this one I haven’t read at all but it’s been in my marked for later and it seems promising? It’s set after the pacifist route and its a super slowburn with Sans having a history with Toriel. I’m hoping to get to it soon, it has a lot of chapters lmao.

(CW: implied child abuse, monster discrimination, eventual smut)

Pursuit of Happiness by outindaylight https://archiveofourown.org/works/14465631/chapters/33419772

(Sans/reader)

THIS ONE AHHAKAJ IS GREAT!! It’s set after the pacifist route, focuses on monster integration, and is a slowburn. Sans works to open up a human and monster nightclub to help monster-human relations, and he commissions the artist reader to help and romance happens;)

(CW: violence against monsters, violence, female reader, mild sexual content)

Fur a Good Time, Call... by @popatochisssp https://archiveofourown.org/works/15881328/chapters/37005171

(HT!Sans/reader)

THIS ONE ANNAJAKA- probably the best HT!sans/reader I’ve ever read. It’s so sweet and fluffy - obviously it’s horrortale so dark stuff comes up a little but omg this fic had me 🥰🥺 pretty much the whole time! Okay basically the reader and Sans work at an animal shelter, and once they get talking.... you get the picture

(CW: dark themes of horrortale mentioned)

My Monster (CanuckTale) by AuroraDragon1983 https://archiveofourown.org/works/18727231/chapters/44419780

(Sans/reader)

I haven’t read this one either (it’s on my reading list I just haven’t gotten to it yet) but from what I’ve seen it looks promising. Reader finds Sans passed out on a riverbank and helps him out by taking him home and tending to him, once he wakes up, interesting conversations take place.

(CW: Soul intimacy)

A Bloody Meeting in the Woods by StickyGem636 https://archiveofourown.org/works/21911377/chapters/52299754

(HT!Sans/reader)

I personally had to stop reading this fic due to personal reasons/triggers but it’s really well written and I’m putting it on this list because I think other people might like it;) Basically, the reader lives in a remotely and they meet their skelebro neighbors through interesting bloody circumstances...

(CW: blood, female reader, misogyny)

Cave Bear by @llamagoddessofficial https://archiveofourown.org/works/26181586/chapters/63709984

(HF!Sans/reader)

Okay this one is one of the few horrorfell fics I’ve found and it takes place underground and so far it’s really good!

(CW: gore, broken limbs, cannibalism, violence, kidnapping, starvation)

Tangles by @popatochisssp https://archiveofourown.org/works/22458358/chapters/53663182#main

(HF!Sans/reader)

Another one of the few horrorfell fics I’ve found. This one doesn’t have a lot of chapters either but omg y’all it’s so sweet, it takes places on the surface and y’all hf!sans deserves all the hugs that man has been through so much-

(CW: none I can think of? The dark stuff underground might be mentioned eventually but as of now it’s pretty fluffy)

The Bystander Effect by Tinibopper https://archiveofourown.org/works/9533000/chapters/21556130

(Sans/reader)

I haven’t read this on yet either but it looks like a good one and one of my friends liked it;) the reader has a soul of bravery but she has extreme anxiety. Despite that, she can’t help but try to stop frisk from falling underground, I think y’all can guess what happens next;)

(CW: female reader)

The Skeleton Games by @poetax https://archiveofourown.org/works/8700787/chapters/19948357

(UF!Sans/reader)

This one is sooooo good y’all- basically the reader is a badass vampire and Sans is a tsundere little ass which leads to so many great comical scenes;) I could not put down this fic I’m telling y’all-

(CW: blood, heats, female reader)

Between Flesh & Bone by Darkina https://archiveofourown.org/works/5249321/chapters/12111500

(Sans/reader)

I binged this one awhile ago but I loved it!! It’s after the pacifist route and Sans is the night security guard where the reader works, the reader tends to work late.....

(CW: sexual harassment/assault, eventual smut)

The Mathematics of Love and Loss by OpalFruits https://archiveofourown.org/works/7898632/chapters/18042874

(Sans/reader)

This is another one I never finished due to personal reasons, but I’m putting it here because I think some of y’all might like it;) it’s after the pacifist route, war broke out again and Sans “recruits” the reader rebel to help the monsters...

(CW: blood, war, death, eventual smut)

Skeleton Kisses by docemoon145 https://archiveofourown.org/works/17428046/chapters/41029673

(Sans/reader)

Okay this one was so interesting and cool!! It really goes into the shocks that one my have while dating a skeleton and I like that it explores those instances in depth instead of skirting over it? It also led to a lot of laughs lmao and it’s a slowburn!! I like me some slowburns;) Basically the reader goes on a blind date to find that she’s set up with a skeleton. Sans the skeleton.

(CW: heats, eventual smut, female reader)

Teach Me How by bibliomaniac https://archiveofourown.org/works/6594973/chapters/15087157

(Sans/reader)

This one I’ve never read either lmao, but it looks good! I just don’t do great with the enemies to lovers trope, I’m more of a friends to lovers person;) but basically the Sans and the reader are teachers at Toriel’s school, they don’t like each other it’s a small school....

(CW: none I can see)

PAPYRUS IM COMING FOR YOU NEXT!!!!

[love101imagines]

Just good friends

(sinan | imagine)

request: hey, could you write a picture with Sinan and y/n have been best friends for years, and he's been in love with her, but he never counted, with the group getting closer, he feels jealous of her with Kerem, so he takes the courage to declare. please

tags: @sinanfalls @girl-looking-out-window @imtoolazytothinkofacoolname

You two met when you were thirteen.

His parents were still together and he wasn't as self-deprecating as he was when the rest met him. You were friends, talking every now and then and spending some time together because you were new and didn't really know anyone.

Then his parents abandoned him and he shut himself off, becoming a mess with dark bags under his eyes and his hair sticking out in every direction. But, you were the only one who still stayed at his side, even more than the flask he always carried.

You were a breath of fresh air in the middle of the people who either pitied him or were simply annoyed by his remarks. You thought they were funny, even if you got upset whenever he got into trouble or he turned up late to school, dismissing his teacher quickly before slumping on his seat next to you and falling asleep. There wasn't much you could do, only take notes for him and empty his flask when he wasn't looking.

It didn't take long for you two to be attached to the hip, your entire day was spent on his house or yours were you two would watch TV, force him to do his homework or eat, and simply strengthening your friendship.

It was the day he almost burned down the whole auditorium everything changed.

You were leaning against a wall in the hall, waiting patiently even if everyone had already left for their houses. The last time you had seen Sinan he had been standing in the middle of the stage with a fire behind him before being taken by a teacher to an empty classroom before deciding whether he would be expelled or not.

You saw Işik, another one of your classmates, leave the teachers' room with a frown on her face. However, you didn't have time to ask her what had happened when Sinan left the room shortly after.

"How did it go?" You asked walking alongside him, ignoring the three other kids who also walked out of the room.

He only shrugged, causing you to roll your eyes. "I'm not expelled. Yet." He stated like it was obvious.

You sighed in relief, your eyes softening while you two walked out of school towards the pier. Still, your calmness didn't last for long.

"Why would you do that? I know there was a fight but you can't just burn down the whole fucking auditorium, you idiot." You scolded him, each sentence punctuated with a slap on his arm.

He grabbed your wrist to stop you from continuing to hit him, a scowl on your face for how reckless he had acted while he only took a sip of his flask.

"I can't say I'm sorry for something I didn't do." He said emotionless, waiting for you to take a seat next to him on the ferry.

He glanced at you after a few seconds while you remained silent. "Why does it affect you so much? I don't care about being expelled."

"Well, I do." You admitted still frustrated. "I don't want them to expel my best friend, what would I do without you? God."

His cheeks heated up, looking down at the ground so you wouldn't notice. Even if you had said that he was only your friend, your best friend, it still felt nice that someone cared for him.

You could only stay angry at him for a few minutes, the ferry slowing down as it reached its stop. You turned to him with a smile. "Can we buy some baklava? I waited for you and I couldn't have lunch."

He nodded, the faintest of smiles on his face as you stood up from your seat and grabbed his hand to hurry and arrive at his house on time to feed his grandpa and dog.

It all started to go downhill the next day, when you two found out Miss Burcu would be transferring schools and he would end up being expelled. Even if he didn't care, you wouldn't allow that, so you went to his house to find some kind of solution. It turned out that your other classmates, Eda, Osman, and Kerem, also wanted to avoid their expulsion, so you all started working together to set up Miss Burcu with another teacher so she would marry and stay in Istanbul.

You got closer to the group, and even if you weren't sure why, Sinan didn't seem fond of the idea. He seemed to always be bickering with Kerem, only stopping once you elbowed him so he wouldn't get into a fight, already knowing that he didn’t care but you did.

Still, it puzzled you why he acted like that only with Kerem. He didn't seem to care if you became friends with Eda and Işik, who were quick to point that out.

"So?" Eda asked the day of the rock concert, Sinan nowhere to be seen and the other boys in the line.

You handed your ticket to the guard. "So what?" You asked confused.

She rolled her eyes. "What's up with you and Sinan?"

You shrugged, Isik approaching both of you while you waited for Miss Burcu. "He's my best friend. We've been for years, he's like a brother to me." You quickly brushed it off.

"You seem more than friends, (Y/N)" Işik pointed out. "You're always together, he never snaps at you and you care about him."

You groaned, dealing with those kinds of questions almost every day at school and even from your parents. “Uf, Işik, not you too.”

"One day I literally saw you two passed out on his couch with your head on his lap and his arm around your waist, that's not something just friends do. Spare us the bullshit." Eda carried on.

You bit the inside of your cheek, trying not to show how concerned you were starting to get when he didn't seem to show up. "I'm just really comfortable around him."

And that was the truth. Or at least, part of it. Sinan mattered too much to you to ever try to pursue anything. You didn't want to lose him and you knew he wasn't the best with his feelings, so you simply brushed it off and tried to act as normal as possible. You knew something happened to you when you were close to him, and it was a different feeling from when you were close with Kerem or other boys. A better feeling.

“Hi! Sorry I’m late, Kerem passed by my house and I already waited for you for like ten minutes.” You said, a smile on your face as you sat on a desk in front of Sinan.

It was recess, but most days he didn’t go out in the courtyard and stayed on an empty classroom to sleep or read a book in silence. You usually did the same, even if sometimes you both talked until class started.

He didn’t answer you, his eyes fixated on a page you were sure he wasn’t reading or was taking too long to turn.

“Why didn’t you pick me up today? Did something happen?” You asked taking the book out of his hands.

“No.” He answered shortly before grabbing back his book.

His answer kind of relieved you, but you still felt unsure about why he hadn’t picked you up by your house as he had done for the last three years. The only times he hadn’t was when you were sick, you got up earlier than him or he was passed out on a bench on a random park.

“Anyway.” You started trying not to focus on the tension between both of you, the only ones who were in the room. “Are we going to have lunch at my house? I don’t mind skipping gym today. God, I’m so tired, the other day Kerem was playing basketball because he was kicked out from the team which sucks and...”

“Don’t you have anything else to do?” He interrupted you.

You frowned your brows, feeling your heart drop at his words. “What’s up with you today? You’ve been weird the last few days.”

“Weren’t you too busy with the caveman to notice?” He asked sarcastically, a scowl on his face as he finally looked at you.

“Why are you such a jerk to him? He didn’t do anything to you.” You insisted hoping to get an honest answer.

When he didn’t reply, you continued. “Are you jealous?”

As you stared at him trying to decipher his expression, he shallowed before turning his gaze back to his book. “No, why would I? Don’t be stupid.”

You sighed exasperated, fed up with his snarky comments. “You always do this when I talk to you about a boy.”

He shut his book, “Why? You want us to talk about boys and braid our hair?” He asked with a dry tone glaring at you.

“I don’t want you to act like an asshole whenever I want to have a conversation with you about someone I like.” You shot back, arms crossed.

When you realized his face softened at what you had said, you thought he would apologize for behaving like a brat in the last days. Instead, he avoided your gaze and continued speaking. “You like Kerem?”

“Are you fucking kidding me, Sinan?” You asked incredulously. “God, you’re so...”

You meant to say oblivious, not believing how the boy couldn’t realize that you could only have feelings for him, being by his side every time he needed it.

He scoffed. “Go with your other friends if you want to talk about your crushes so badly.”

“Fine.”

“Fine.”

His jaw clenched as you stood up from the desk, grabbing your bag next to his in anger before leaving it next to one of your friend’s and leaving the room.

Truth be told, your anger lowered during class, feeling a bit bad once you realized that he spent the entire lesson alone.

“What happened? Why’s he looking at you like a lost puppy?” Eda whispered to you.

You resisted the urge to turn around and see if Eda was telling the truth, so you only continued taking notes. “He’s acting like an asshole.”

She was silent for a moment before nodding, continuing with her drawing while you felt a pit in the bottom of your stomach.

Of course, you had a few fights with Sinan, but most of the time you two didn’t say anything and started talking back again after a while. The longest you had spent without talking was only one hour, but now you ignored him for the whole day.

Still, you couldn’t help a small smile on your face when you opened your door on your house to find him standing in front of you with a bag of food, possibly baklava.

“Everything’s fine now?” You asked.

He nodded, embracing you in a hug that caught you off guard, but you only stood on your tiptoes and hugged him back.

“Bit unexpected. And they say you aren’t affectionate.” You chuckled before pressing a kiss on his cheek.

You took the bag out of his hands before going towards your kitchen, not noticing how his cheeks heated up.

A few days passed and he tried his best not to snap at Kerem. The rest had already noticed the way he seemed to look at you, and even if they urged him to confess his feelings, he still felt unsure about it, feeling like he was going to fuck it up.

With the plan, you had managed to convince Burcu and Kemal to work together for the May 19 celebration, and after spinning around under the boiling sun, you left your umbrella on the ground before heading to your bag to drink water.

On the other side of the courtyard, Sinan took a gulp of his flask. It had to be now before he regretted it. After almost finishing his drink, he made his way towards you, grabbing your arm and taking you away while the rest of the students glanced at both of you curiously.

“What the fuck?” You asked confused once he stopped.

You were in the back of the school, the place were you had reunited with the rest for the last days, but now you were alone.

“I’m sorry for dragging you here.” He started, feeling his hands shaking before leaving them in his pockets. “But I needed to tell you something.”

You nodded, waiting expectantly for him to continue while you leaned against the wall.

“You’re making me nervous, come on. You can tell me anything.” You added, your hand going to his to try to calm him a bit.

He took a deep breath before staring at the ground. “I love you.”

You smiled. “Aw, I love you too, Sinan. You already know that.” You said like it was obvious, your voice trailing off once he sighed and looked at you in your eyes. “Why are you looking at me like that?” You asked confused, absentmindedly rubbing your thumb against the back of his hand.

“Because I am in love with you, (Y/N).”

You dropped his hand in shock by how serious he seemed to be, finally understanding his words. Before he could regret it, in one swift motion he placed his hands on your cheeks and smashed his lips against yours.

Your head felt dizzy with all the emotions you were going through. You wanted to continue like that for hours, but after a few seconds, he pulled away to allow for both of you to catch your breaths.

You leaned your forehead against him, your lips forming into a smile. “I love you too. More than a friend.”

[ginnyzero]

Publishing vs. Marketing Category

Okay, so book and writing community on twitter tends to have these flare ups of convos about books being shelved wrong and authors pointing out reasons such as their gender, or race, or even the content of their books being say, fantasy for them being placed on the wrong shelves in libraries and bookstores. Now, there is a human bias element to this. There are librarians and book buyers for stores who do see a female fantasy author and assume they must be YA no matter the content. Plus, everyone and their mother tagging things incorrectly on twitter or shelving badly on Goodreads.

Let’s dive into the INDUSTRY side of this though. The industry has two different and at times clashing categorizations of books, there are the publishing categories and there are the marketing categories. And while some, specifically some age targets and genres the marketing and the publishing categories will align, there are others that the age target and marketing target may be under the same “name” technically and then their aims completely clash.

Yes, I’m mostly talking about YA. (Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance can fall in here too.)

So, the publishing category of Young Adult, is pretty much what you’d expect. Young Adult should have protagonists of the age groups of 12 to 18, and most likely dealing with “coming of age” themes and “finding their place in the world” and quite possibly “being the chosen one.” I personally find theme categorization for age groups to be really limiting. But I read Brian Jacques from third grade on... so. .. yay fighting mice. (And I was into Star Wars at grade 7, like Timothy Zahn Star Wars. I am not the typical reader.) It’s just something to be aware of if you are querying agents because agents deal with publishing categories and not marketing categories. (And agents have biases too. Like, come on, Unicorns should not be limited to MG. How dull. Agents though will look for anything to clear stuff out of their slush pile, I guess.)

Young Adult publishing category books range between 40K words on the low end and 80K words on the high end. I’d aim for 50K words depending on age group. Remember, YA readers especially read upwards in age groups. So you’re 12 year old is going to be reading about 15 year olds and your later YA readers will have aged out into the adult category of books (supposedly. This is where MARKETING categories become a thing. More in a second.)

New Adult is not a thing. Until it gets a spot in bookstores. It is officially not a thing. Querying New Adult will get you nowhere. Don’t bother.

So, you’ve written your MS and it hits what you think are all the Adult markers, from age of the protag, to theme, to having ‘adult’ content such as sex, drugs, and violence. (Violence is so weird b/c we’ve normalized violence while keeping sex taboo. So, if your book has sex, it might be considered Adult, more than if your book has violence. Even then... marketing categories.) You’ve queried it as adult. You’ve got it through an editor and it’s been pitched to a publisher and they’ve picked it up and your marketing materials come out. And they, meaning the cover, and the blurb, all read Young Adult in their style and tone.

And this may be confusing because you wrote an adult book, why are they marketing it to YA? Like A Crown of Thorns and Roses? (Fae court romance is... err, dead on arrival btw.)

It’s because YA is also a marketing category which no longer equals the age group category. And there are some very popular book series you can thank for this, Twilight, Hunger Games, Vampire Academy, and Divergent are among them. These books were not only popular among teens. They were popular among their mothers. So, publishing quickly pivoted from YA being this age group category with certain things, to a marketing strategy to try and keep the attention of the moms of the teenagers with sex, and love triangles, and I dunno, forbidden romance. By the time ACOTAR came out, publishing decided maybe they should try for this college age, New Adult category so they could market these “sexy fantasy” type books to older readers and get the sex out of YA. So, they used ACOTAR to try and make New Adult happen as a marketing category for book buyers. It didn’t work. Because no one, like with Harry Potter, wants to split a book series across 2 sections. (And lo and behold Young Adult was kind of born because they didn’t want to keep the later HP books in the children’s section.)

And because it didn’t work, YA is now a mess. Because they still don’t want to give up those sweet, sweet, mommy dollars.

There is one very large aspect of publishing the author has no control over. Their marketing. Especially, their covert marketing done by the publisher. Covert marketing is the type of marketing indies salivate over, b/c covert marketing is basically the publishing house deciding where on the bestseller list this book is going to be, how much advertising it gets, does it get a fancy book launch, what is the advance of the author, when is it going to be published and will it have competitors in its genre that same month, who among the reviewers gets to read it, the style of the book cover, and more importantly, what, where, and how much book shelf space it gets in stores. Is the cover turned out? Is it at the front of the store? Does it get it’s own display? Or is it in the “new releases display?” Which book buyer at the chains gets to see it. How do Librarians get a hold of it and which ones? Because the buyer of say, romance, is not the buyer of young adult. The Adult scifi/fantasy book buyer is going to be different than say, mysteries. Same for librarians! There are more than one librarian in your system choosing your books! It is very important who your book gets to be put in front of, what they think of it to how it is going to be received and pushed on bookshelves. There was a very infamous romance buyer of a major chain store who refused to buy POC romances because she thought they didn’t sell.

If your book chain buyer, refuses to buy fantasy books or scifi books by female authors b/c they think they won’t SELL. Then, the publisher feels like in order to get your book to sell, they have to put it into a marketing category where it will sell, Young Adult. Because what do most of those “Young Adult” books have in common, women writers. (Urban Fantasy was almost an exception to the rule on SFF gendered authors. Then... UF became dead on arrival as they thought the market was glutted and yeah. Good luck on getting an UF published, you’d be better off writing paranormal romance. Same type of setting, different genre rules.) It’s not about the content of your book, or the age of your protag, or the theme of your book at that point, it is “What will make this book sell.” Publishing is an industry where profit is not a dirty word. Their job is to make your book sell and if they think it will sell better as YA, they will pitch it as YA.

Even if the book is written for, uses language appropriate for, and has content really intended for adults.

Be aware that Young Adult scifi is a very, very rare buyers market. For some reason, publishers don’t think they can market it? Dystopian yes. Scifi... no. So, if your YA is scifi, like either rewrite for adult or keep your eye open for that very rare time they’re willing to TRY and publishing YA scifi. Or, publish indie. (Dystopian is also I think DOA.)

Is this confusing? Absolutely! Because there are plenty of readers out there who are in the adult category, who don’t keep up with publishing trends, and don’t realize if they want vibrant fantasy books, they may have to look in the YA section of their bookstore. They’re adults. They want vibrant fantasy adult books. And I say fantasy because you see this happening MOSTLY with fantasy. It happens with other genres too, but it is a huge problem in fantasy due to, well, the combination of publishing trends (white, older, male) and the human bias. So, many times, if you want that cool marketed as adult fantasy book not written by a white older male, you are going to have to order it through the ‘zon because you aren’t going to find it most likely on your bookstore shelves. (Science Fiction is another kettle of fish. Outside of some very established authors, it’s not really publishing. It’s a very small category outside of indie. Like, Military SF was a thing for a bit in indie! Just... yeah. Sigh.)

Conclusion: Publishing category does not always equal marketing category. Even if the publishing category and marketing category are named the same thing. And it’s probably not going to change until something major happens that the big four are FORCED to change their current publishing and marketing methods. (Yeah, big FOUR now. Scary.) It’s a complicated system with the author having the most at stake and the least amount of control (and often the least amount of pay outside of agents.) I mean, when Disney of all corporations, doesn’t want to pay Alan Dean Foster his legal royalties for a book they acquired when they got Star Wars, there is a PROBLEM in the system.

Just be aware if you are going into this publishing game. I cover this and more in my FREE PDF “I Finished a Book, Now What? A Tongue in Cheek Guide to What Happens Next.”  Everything from editing types to querying to social media for authors.

It’s available for download on my website. https://ginny0.wordpress.com/books/

[nerdzewordart]

Aesthetic Tag Game

Tagged by @makebelieveanything rules: highlight and count your score for each section

➼ 𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓 : 3/20

baby pink | iridescent | glitter is always a good option | no bra | minimalistic tattoos | cherry patterns | sweet scented perfumes | wearing generous amounts of blush | doodling hearts | getting excited to pet an animal | fun nails | re-watching old barbie movies | hair sticking to glossed lips | heart shaped sunglasses | taking pictures of the sunset or sunrise | stuffed animals | protecting nature | stickers everywhere | teen movies | the light rain that falls from a clear sky at the beginning of the night |

➼ 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐀 : 11/20

neutral tones | masculine outfits | studying languages | worn down copy of books | grey skies | turtleneck sweaters | loose fitting pants | hair tied with a silk ribbon | trying to remember a cool difficult word you read somewhere to use in a convo | thick belts | minimal makeup | windows fogged by rain | vintage jewelry | blouses with cuffed sleeves | reading a murder mystery and trying to solve it | oxford style shoes | sweater vests | subtitled old movies in a language you don’t speak | leaves crackling as you walk | annotating books to express your emotions about the story |

➼ 𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐘 : 14/20

closet full of dark clothes | fishnet tights | makeup sweating off | neon signs | searching for unknown songs | chokers | band tees | doodling on old converses | finding smoking aesthetically pleasing but not doing it | weird humor | accidentally very dramatic | dim lights | layered outfits | chain belts | chipped nail polish | messy hair | low quality pics | piercings | combat boots | scribbling on desks |

➼ 𝟕𝟎’𝐒 : 9/20

colorful wardrobe | doodling flowers | wearing short shorts | using a bikini top or bra as a normal top | listening to ABBA | flowers in your hair | DIYing everything | jamming to songs alone in your room | drunkenly telling your friends you love them | patterned bandanas | mid heeled shoes | messy braids | flared sleeves | walking barefoot on grass or sand | bold sunglasses | the good kind of tired you get after doing something you enjoy for hours | feeding stray animals | fun patterned socks | room decorated with succulents and other plants | likes to go roller skating or skateboarding |

➼ 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐀𝐋 : 4/20

collared clothes | drinking juice out of a champagne glass | getting excited to see the met gala looks | thick headbands | small pastel cardigans | making your friends take your ootd pics | plaid mini skirts | tweed two pieces | watching reality tv to pass time | frilly tops | watching old hollywood movies | academically driven | long manicured nails | new year’s eve fireworks | colourful tights |layered golden jewelry | yearns for luxury brand items | decorating your room with fairylights | cursive and neat handwriting | lace details | I feel like half of this is because I still have the same wardrobe I did in high school, and the other half is because my shopping choices usually boil down to “It looked comfortable and was under $20″ I’m tagging @bamboo72498 @textbookwitharms @rosyredlipstick

[quixlebug]

Hmmm, do you by any chance have a good utmv fic recommendation please-? I ran out of things to read and boredom is taking over please halp- T^T

Apologies in advance for the mess, I'm on mobile and I don't know how to make the links look neat and pretty. I'd also put a "keep reading" if I could, but again… I don't know how and I'm on mobile...

Oh boy, do I have some fics for you. 

"A Good Ol' Fashioned Hell-Raising" is one of my current favorites. I've never been crazy about either westerns or the Grillby x Gaster ship, but this story is just so fun to read. I read the first 17 or so chapters in one sitting, and when I was done I was sad there wasn't more. It's currently ongoing, and things are getting quite interesting. 11/10, highly recommended. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23756062

"Hey There, Angel Fins," is a longtime favorite of mine. Kustard and mermaids, what more could you ask for? The social and physical differences between shallow water and deep water mercreatures are fascinating, and the family and school dynamics are wonderful to read. There is a little bit of explicit content, but it can be skipped over very easily with no importance to understanding the rest of the story. Ongoing. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17948678

"Imaginary Friend" is actually one of the first works I read in this fandom, and it still has a very special place in my heart. The author has apparently orphaned it, but it's an Errink high school AU one-shot that managed to hit all of my feels in a very short amount of time. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17821253

"A Glimpse Into Forever" is another story I read when first coming into the fandom. There's a lot of NSFW, but the author's portrayals of Geno, Reaper, and some of the other characters who make an appearance as well, have strongly affected the way I interpret those characters in my own work. There's lot of feels- fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, pretty much anything you could ever ask for. Completed, although there is a kind-of sequel that updates occasionally. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18667033

"Beneath an Aurora Sky" is another story with some more mature content, but it's by one of my favorite authors of all time, who pretty much single-handedly made me love Spicyhoney. They've got a lot of different stories and AUs which I highly recommend  checking out as well, but this particular one is set at a North Pole research station. Although the story is centered around Edge and Stretch (UF and US Papyrus, respectively) my favorite character in the story might just be Red… or maybe Undyne, even. Ongoing. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18092474

"Despite Everything, It's Still You" is a modern-day human AU centered around Nightmare. Xunshine is a thing and it's nice, Killermare is a thing as well and it's lovely. Nightmare manages to get himself cursed, and life continues pretty much as normal, except with a few extra limbs he has to try and hide. Ongoing? Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22580569

"Scars Like Constellations" is a Cherryberry fic where the universes all know each other exist and visit quite frequently- unless you're from Underfell, because those in charge don't know how to be nice, apparently. Mind the tags- there's a chapter with self-harm which is pretty intense, but Red and Blue's dynamic is quite honestly adorable. I'm very excited to see where it goes- and while I was grabbing the link, I realized there's a new chapter I haven't read yet and now I'm very excited. Ongoing. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17196635

And finally, "It's Still You," is another favorite of mine. It's a slightly different take on Dreamtale, with Nightmare and Goopmare as separate entities… but not really. It's a tad confusing at times, but the writing is beautiful and the story itself made me cry, multiple times. There's also a sequel that's ongoing, focusing on Ink and Error. I need to catch up on it, but Flowey is involved and it's all very very interesting. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23899465

Hope you find something you like from this list! I've got plenty more I could add, but for the sake of keeping this post relatively short, I'll cut it off here. 

[creative-poptart]

Hiiiiii~ Um what about US Blue and Stretch, UT Sans and UF Edge reacting to seeing their S/O’s back for the first time and seeing that it has massive scars up and down it (from an bad childhood)?

Oh no, that’s so sad... I’m going to tag this as past abuse and past childhood abuse and put it under a cut to cover my bases, just in case. Read with caution, guys.

US Sans/Blue: He really doesn’t have a clue as to why you’re so afraid to show him your back, but he won’t pry. If you’re not ready to tell him, Blue will keep to himself so that you don’t get needlessly upset with him. When you finally show him in the privacy of your home, his eye-lights shrink into pin-pricks. So long as you’re not in any pain and you give him the okay, he’s going to run his hands over the scars, trying to be gentle about it. Blue knows that this kind of thing isn’t accidental, he isn’t stupid after all. However, he knows that it can be a sensitive topic, so he broaches the subject very carefully with you. If you tell him about everything that happened, from the beatings and bruisings to every single night you had to patch yourself up, Blue becomes very serious and makes a promise.

“I SWEAR ON MY SOUL THAT I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS AGAIN. IF YOU ARE HURTING, I WILL HELP YOU, BUT THIS SORT OF PAIN IS NOT GOING TO COME FROM ME, AND I PROMISE TO HELP YOU WHENEVER YOU NEED.”

US Papyrus/Stretch: As far as Stretch is concerned, you can keep your secrets for as long as you need to. There isn’t really a timer on being able to talk about trauma, both you and he know that for a fact. He’s curious but patient about it, while still letting you know that he’s open to talking if you need someone to chat about things with. When you finally decide to clear that hurdle with him, you pull him into your room and close the blinds. Stretch may try to make a pun to keep you relaxed, but once you reveal your back, he stops. Unlike his brother, he won’t try to touch any of the scars, knowing it may bring up bad memories, even if you’re okay with it. From that moment forward, Stretch is more proactive in asking you when you need something and checking in with you frequently.

“you doing okay in here today, honey? just wanna make sure. you’ve already had a pretty rough time as it is, and there’s no harm in asking if you’re going to be alright. showin’ you just a little love is all, okay?”

UT Sans/Vanilla: Much like Stretch, Vanilla is very chill about having you reveal all your deepest, darkest secrets to him. He’s got a few skeletons in his closet, full pun intended, so he knows the exact feeling that you’ve got going on right now. If you want to open up to him, he knows that it will be on your terms, not his own. When you feel like you’re ready to talk, he takes you somewhere the two of you won’t be bothered by others. As your shirt lifts up, Vanilla’s sockets go dark. Someone had to do this to you, and he almost wants to go out and provoke justice against them, but you explain what’s happened. He gets morose about that, knowing that your family is supposed to love you, not beat you up like this. After the chat, Vanilla starts opening up a little on his own and showing affection.

“look, what they did is by no means the right thing to have done. you should have been taken better care of, but since you didn’t get it with them, you’ll be getting it from me. should we go to get grillby’s tonight? my treat.”

UF Papyrus/Fell: Of course, he’s wildly curious to figure out why you don’t want to show him any part of your skin. Fell is naturally inquisitive and sharp as a whip, so once he starts to think about it, he begins to ask. When you tell him to back off, he’ll relax a bit, but there’s still some probing that happens. Once you decide to show him, Fell has actually already figured out some of the details. He knows you never talk about family and that the very mention of the word makes you somewhat upset. That being said, when you reveal your scars, he’s not surprised in the least about it. He’s surprisingly gentle about it, asking how long it went on for, and holding your hands all the while. Fell sees the scars as a sign of strength that you could hold on when everything was bleak and hopeless.

“I KNOW IT IS LESS THAN IDEAL, BUT I THINK IT MAKES YOU ALL THE STRONGER. YOU WERE ABLE TO OUTLAST THEIR LASHINGS AND WORDS. I’M PROUD OF YOU FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR.”

Thanks for the ask, Anon!

[dragonscanbeplantstoo]

Helllloooo from the grave

Firstly: if you’re a writeblr or booklr (bookblr?) please like/reblog/say hi so I can follow! I’d love to refresh my dash with some new faces!

Secondly: I have returned to this platform after an entirely accidental hiatus. Stuff has changed! My hair is black now! Storyteller Saturday is a thing! Somehow in my absence I have gained rather than lost followers...?

So, to everyone who is new, hi! My name is Sage, which makes me a plant, and I am mercurial, which makes me a dragon (see URL). Some more stuff about me:

I have a degree in creative writing and military history from the University of Washington, and I write pretty much everything. UF, F, literary, upmarket, romance, and of course, smut.

Check out my updated WIPs page to see what I’m working on right now. TL;DR: arty novel about muses and obsession, smutty story series about undergrads and obsession. If you’re sensing a theme here, you’re correct.  

By extension, I’ll read just about anything. Feel free to tag me in your writing, even if you don’t know me or like me. That’s ok. I want to see what your brain does anyway.

I’m a big fan of opera, heavy metal, horses, Maggie Steifvater, and making fun of William Wordsworth.

Thirdly: I really missed all my favorite people!

[popatochisssp]

Working Out the Kinks (Kinktober 2018) 16/31

Day 16: Nipple Play | Frottage | Body Worship | Sixty-nine

Pairing: UF!Sans/Reader

Additional Kinks: Jealousy, hurt/comfort (yes those are kinks)

I’m....gonna tag this as lime for some slight suggestiveness, but I’m not putting it under a cut because there’s nothing explicit. >.>

“hey. you gonna talk to me, or what?”

You weren’t sure what there was to say. You played dumb.

“About what?”

You heard Sans huff and knew he wasn’t buying it.

“ya’ think i’m blind?” he asked. “ya’ think i don’t see ya’ slinkin’ around like an alleycat? if yer mad at me, ya’ gotta say, you know that.”

It was one of the first big disclaimers Sans had given you when you’d started dating: if you had a problem, you needed to tell him, he was no good at little hints, never had been, he needed the words if you wanted something to get fixed.

But he hadn’t done anything wrong. So you hadn’t said anything.

“I’m not mad,” you shrugged. “Don’t worry about it. It’s…it’s a me-thing.”

It was completely and totally your thing to deal with and it made you feel like garbage that Sans had noticed; that he thought it might be his fault.

You jumped when Sans grabbed you, his claws curling around the back of your neck. They were razor-sharp but he’d never once cut you with them.

“hey,” he said sternly. “if it’s a you-thing, it’s a me-thing.”

In spite of his tough-guy appearance, Sans was always careful with you, always gentle and sweet. He was a great guy, really…

…and he deserved a lot better than you.

“Seriously,” you insisted, “it’s fine. Just…let it go? I’ll…I’ll get over it, it’s not that big a deal.”

Sans just frowned at you, looking very unhappy. He let go of you and took a step back.

“…yer really not gonna tell me. yer really gonna make me do this?”

“……Do what?”

He sighed.

“okay. i tried. ya’ forced my hand.”

Before you could say another word, the world around you faded to black.

And four orange boxes appeared in front of you.

An Encounter.

You paled, lashing out and hitting ‘MERCY’ to spare him and end it as quickly as you could, but by the look of shock on Sans’ skull, you knew it was too late.

He’d ‘CHECK’ed you, he’d seen, you didn’t know what, but it was more than you wanted him to know and you tensed, waiting for him to say something.

“……th’hell do you mean you ain’t good enough for me?”

You winced. “I…! Forget it, seriously, forget it, it’s not important, I’m…I’m being stupid, I know I am!”

Sans was right in front of you again in the blink of an eye, one hand on your hip and the other tilting your chin up, forcing you to look at him.

“you ain’t stupid, doll,” he said, “but y’ain’t makin’ sense either. where’s this comin’ from?”

You knew the answer. You were embarrassed to say it out loud, but you knew Sans wasn’t going to drop this now. If you tried to clam up, he’d just CHECK you again to get the next step in the conversation.

“I…it’s…that girl. The one that was…hitting on you.”

You’d had a front-row seat to it when you went to pick Sans up from the auto-shop he worked at for your date-night. He hadn’t seen you, but you’d seen him, and you’d seen the supermodel-gorgeous lady that was flirting with him while he worked on her car.

What killed you was that Sans had done absolutely everything right: he hadn’t given her a once-over, hadn’t stared when she’d bent over to show off her cleavage, hadn’t responded to her coy innuendos.

He’d even given her a gruff, “m’taken,” when she finally stopped beating around the bush and asked him out!

But you still just felt…bad.

“…I’m not…like her,” you said quietly, eyes downcast. “I don’t…have flawless skin and perfect boobs and a hot body… And I know, I know it’s dumb, I know you’re with me and you wouldn’t… I just wish…!”

Sans jerked your chin back up to meet your eyes, demanding, “who the hell says you don’t have a hot body?”

You opened your mouth…but you didn’t know what to say.

Luckily, it seemed like Sans did.

“yer the hottest fuckin’ human i ever seen,” he said.

His hand trailed down from your neck, claws skimming along your chest and belly and making you shiver.

“just lookin’ at’cha turns me on…”

You jumped when his hand curved around behind you once it reached your hip to give your ass a squeeze.

“yer so soft, baby,” he rumbled at you, pulling you flush against his body. “y’feel amazing on me, i can’t get enough of ya’…”

“‘Soft’ is…‘soft’ isn’t usually a good thing, for humans…” you mutter quietly.

He’s too close not to hear you. “humans’re stupid then,” he says, bending to nuzzle at your throat.

You’re sensitive there and he knows it. You start to squirm in his grip.

“y’know how rare ‘soft’ was Underground? everybody, everything, it was all just…hard an’ rough an’ sharp.”

He makes his point with the claws that creep up under your shirt, carefully petting at your belly.

“‘soft’ was a goddamn luxury…an’ i hit the jackpot with you, doll.”

“I…I’m not…”

“yer perfect,” he insists, “yer perfect for me, i love the way ya’ look, i don’t wanna hear another damn thing otherwise. yer insultin’ my taste, and yer insultin’ my date, them’s fightin’ words.”

That makes you giggle a little. He’s always been good at that.

“You’re gonna fight me?”

Sans pulls back just far enough that he can check you out, from head to toe. His roving red eye-lights make you shiver a little with their intensity.

From the look on his face, you think you’re starting to believe it for the first time—to him, your body is absolutely incredible.

“mmm, nah. got a better idea.”

He grabs you and in a swirl of void and color, you’re suddenly in your bedroom and he’s nudging you onto the mattress, pawing at your clothes.

“c’mon, off,” he tells you, “off, i wanna see you, no more hidin’…”

What else can you do?

You help him take your clothes off.

He looks at you once you’re naked, the way a starving man eyes a feast.

“heheheh…y’know, that chick was just tryin’ to flirt her way outta payin’ for an oil change. never thought her dumb scam would get me into bed with a sweet thing like you.”

You laugh a little. “Sans, we’ve been dating for three years?”

He grinned at you with delight. “yeah…i gotta be the luckiest fucker on the planet.”

You blush…but hell if you can’t stop smiling.

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Definitely 18+ content in either direction of this, read responsibly please!!!

[undertaleowl]

I just read your imagine with the S/o gets kicked out because of depression and I'm really glad you did that, I'm not the one who wrote that, but I do have depression and it did bring a level of comfort and I thank you for that. I was wondering if you could also do the UF and SF skelebros too by any chance?

I’m very happy that I was able to help. I know, Depression is a bitch that’s constantly whining in your head. So if there’s a drabble or scenario I can do to make that whining shut up for a bit, I’ll do it. Comforting UF and SF skelebros underneath the cut, strong anon!

NOTE: this will be tagged tw: trauma. Just because this ask covers a wide variety of things that may be triggering to certain individuals, even if I can’t immediately identify them. Thanks.

UF Sans

“WHO THE FUCK?” were about to be the first words out of his mouth as his protective instincts reached their peak. However, when you stared at him, the complete despair made the primal part of his mind take a seat. Not knowing what else to do, he sat down on the couch and opened his arms to you, silent. If he spoke, he would make you worse, he just knew it. When you launch yourself into them, he formed his body with magic so that would have a cushion to squeeze as you let yourself cry into the crook of his neck, his sturdy body weighing down your body’s shudders and flinches.  

He didn’t say anything, but he pet the back of your head lightly, using the tips so he wouldn’t get your hair tangled in the joints. Occasionally, he’ll bump the bottom of his jaw on your head gently as a reminder that he was here. That was probably all you needed right now. While promising to kill whoever hurt you would have been comforting to a distraught monster in the Underground, it would probably just be something to pile on to whatever intense panic you were feeling.

It seemed like hours to Sans, because he was so worried for you, but eventually your waterfalls of tears faded into rivulets. You finally looked at Sans, only to see him still hugging you, his chin resting on your shoulder. With how he was holding you, it didn’t seem like he was going to let go anytime soon.

“What happened to ya, doll?” he asked as gently as he could. His voice was still gruff despite the softness, but it’s warm baritone shine gave you a small amount of comfort. When you revealed that your parents kicked you out, his grip on you tightened protectively.

“What do you want to do, sweetheart?” he asked softly. It doesn’t matter what you answer here, because he will be behind you all of the way. You may have to stop him from at least maiming your pathetic excuses of “care-givers”, but it’s all for you. He’ll do anything for you, if that means he never has to see you like this again.

UF Papyrus

He does ask, “WHO THE FUCK DID THIS TO YOU?!” when he sees you practically dying an emotional death on his couch. Your cries have worried Doomfanger, who is meowing  concernedly and curling around your ankles t to comfort you. Papyrus growled, not at you, but it isn’t as if you were calm enough to understand, so when you try to leave so that you’d stop “bothering” him, he pulled you back by the wrist.

“No! Please, you don’t seem to be injured, so tell me who has made you become like this?!” he demanded, but even you can hear the quaver in his voice. He is so worried for you, there is no way that he can leave you with how you are. If you were in the Underground like this, you would be dead. He knows that he’s not there anymore, but some habits die hard, and his ultimate goal is to protect you. He knows that sometimes your depression can make you feel overwhelmed, and maybe this was an extreme case of that? He raced up the stairs after commanding you not to move. He grabbed the noise-cancelling headphones and his old MP3 and rushed back to the couch. He pressed play and pressed the headphones over your ears, trying to be more stable for you than he felt.

He didn’t know if this method would work, so he sat down next to you and pulled you against his chest and draped his arm protectively around your shoulder. The two of you wait out these intense emotions causing you so much pain. He almost hoped that you would fall asleep against him, just so that everything would seem brighter for you tomorrow. You don’t fall asleep, but your tears subside and your hiccups become sniffles and whimpers. Papyrus took off your headphones and gave you a worried glance.

“Are you back?” he asked. Sniffling, you nodded, and you revealed everything to him to the best of your ability. He is furious and he offers to destroy your parents for you, which makes you cringe even more, so Papyrus takes that as a “no”. He sets up a room for you that night, and magically, the next morning, all of your belongings are there waiting for you.

SF Sans

He is the most prepared for your emotional upsets than any of the other Sanses. It was second nature to him to have a mental health pack prepared for you when you became his datemate. He sighed sadly before walking over to you calmly. He touched his teeth to your temple in a skele-kiss to get you to at least acknowledge his presence.

“I am here. I am going to go get the pack for you, and then I will be right back. Please wait here, and I will be right here next to you,” he promised. He took a hold of your hand. “Squeeze once if you understand what I just said.”

You were not in a full-fledged panic attack, thank the heavens, so you squeezed back. Good. That meant that he didn’t have to bring the panic attack care package down as well. Not that he minded doing that for you, but the longer he spent gathering materials to make you feel better, the more time he spent away from you when you clearly were in distress. You needed him, and he was not going to disappoint you.

He brought down the box titled “Y/N Depression Kit”, which consisted of your favorite small snacks, pain relievers for any aches that the Depression might have triggered in your too-fragile body, a bottle of water, a mobile CD player with a mix CD of your favorite soft songs, headphones, a blindfold, and a back massager. He held the blindfold in front of you, asking if you wanted it or not. If you were feeling overwhelmed, it helped to take some of your senses away. It doesn’t matter if you said yes or no to the various items, he was there guiding you through all the same.

He doesn’t react when you tell him the story, but he’s staying his happy place in his head, throwing bombs at your parent’s house as he laughs maniacally at their pathetic faces when everything is destroyed. That spare bedroom in the house is now yours, and you will be staying with them until he deems you fit to be by yourself. For the night at least, you will be under the love and protection of the fierce Bomb Berry.

SF Papyrus

He felt his soul stop thrumming when he sees you crumpled in on yourself on his couch. At first, he thought that he’s the one who made you this way. It’s a reasonable assumption that he was the one who caused it, because otherwise, why were you at his house? However, that assumption goes out the window when you look up and just see him staring at you. Instead of wincing back because of guilt, you went to the only comfort in your life at the moment– Papyrus. 

When you hugged his midsection tightly, sobbing, Papyrus feels pissed at himself for assuming that you were that cruel to sob in front of him if he were the problem. You would have just told him if you had a problem with him without manipulating his emotions like this. Instead, he shushed you as calmly as he could, even though he was positive that his voice was wavering and shaking like it was when he confessed to you for the first time.  

“I’m here, muffin. I’m here, I’m here, I’m here, and it’s all gonna be okay,” he assured. “I’m right here, and I’ll stay with you, okay? For as long as you need.”

He didn’t know if you had even registered what he said, but he kept up the mantra. You were clinging to him like a sloth, so he had to be that source of strength for you when you couldn’t be strong for yourself, just like you were for him. You wouldn’t have come to him if you didn’t think that he could help. He had to make you feel safe. He had to. His mantras stayed steady, even when he realized that you both had been standing like this for forty-five minutes.

He gently shimmied the two of you back over to the couch when he felt your breathing even out. He guided you away from him so that you had room to lay your head on his lap. He laughed softly when he saw your beautiful eyes staring up at him.

“Hey there, cutie. You come here often?”

That succeeded in getting a small laugh out of you, and the sound made his soul soar. From there, you told him everything. He didn’t interrupt, and you got everything off your chest. He didn’t say anything after your explanation is over. Instead, he just picked up your hand and places a skele kiss to the palm.

“Stay with me.”

Only three words, but they meant more than just the command.

[geminijackdaw]

Fanfic Author Asks

Tagged by @bereft-of-frogs​! 

I... have a really hard time being positive about my own writing, but I tried OTL 

Author Name: I’m KiwiMeringue pretty much everywhere! I might change it to this one sometime? But I’ve changed it before and I don’t want to keep like, switching all the time OTL I should probably just have called it like KiwiWrites or something, but the thing about this username is I just thought it was cute and unintentionally led a bunch of people to assume I was from New Zealand which is patently false advertising and very disappointing when it turns out I’m Canadian xD; 

Fandoms you Write for: I’ve got stories published for the MCU, and Naruto!  Uhhh I’m blanking on things I’m famiiliar enough with to write for but there are a bunch? Critical role, the adventure zone, Good omens, netflix she-ra., maybe? Homestuck, but more @mr-alice and I’s fantrolls and kids, who still have a huge place in my heart, more than canon.  

Where you post: I’m kiwimeringue on AO3 and FF.net, and then any like small prompt fills I’d probably leave here, 

Most Popular One-shot: Hands down, it’s Therapy Dog.  In which a young Hatake Kakashi deals with grief, survivor’s guilt, or PTSD by acquiring an irresponsible number of dogs. (Disclaimer: this does not work irl if you’re not a magic dog whisperer with a large property out of town) 

Favourite Story You Wrote:  This is as far as I got and this has been sitting in my drafts for days because I really, really struggle with this. I have a hard time being proud of anything I write. I guess it’s Therapy dog, becuase it’s definitely the one that’s resonated best with people, and probably my best example of “Look, I wrote a fanfic!” without having to qualify it with a bunch of asterisks. 

I have given myself a self-imposed deadline of from October 1st to halloween to finish a prompt that I got from @portraitoftheoddity​ in her discord server, (it’s not SUPER spooky, but it’s tenuously thematically appropriate enough that I’m making it my project for the month xD) if I can pull this off, it will be this one. It should be fun. 

Story You Were Nervous to Post: ALL OF THEM. Time I had some Time Alone (TIHSTA) is like a self-indulgent au of a self indulgent au, and I;m amazed anyone enjoyed it xD It got more of a response that Undying Fidelity (UF), the fic from which is is derived, did, for a while, which surprised me. I sort of what to qualify that I started this before I found the incredible corner of the MCU writer’s fandom that I currently frequent, so uh... this is very much Disney Grandmaster. This is Jeff Goldblum in space. Which is what I’m comfortable writing, but feels really pale and inconsequential in contrast to the horrifically vivid and rich dark carnival of twisted Grandmaster fan content that exists, like welcome to fucking weenie hut Jr’s, population: me. 

How Do You Pick Your Titles: With great difficulty and much waffling! Kintsugi is named for thematic relevance that... I haven’t actually gotten to yet but it’s about to become stupid literal anyone who read version 1.0 knows how I mean this. But the idea of things history, and damage being inextricably linked to them, but that the thing can go on anyway, changed but not ruined, there’s recurring imagery and points of fault lines, places where things have been weakened, but that these are important and necessary. 

I don’t feel like I have to explain Therapy Dog xD it’s about coping with grief... with dogs. 

Undying Fidelity is like, painfully obvious, but it’s what I had started calling it, and it just. stuck. Obviously from Loki’s like... second last line in IW, and Sigyn’s title in the Marvel Comics. I’m kind of wishing I’d chosen something else, because there are definitely other fics with the same title, and it’s the name of a song from the IW soundtrack that is... less than fun. For obvious reason. I mean it’s perfect for what it was used for, but it’s not a “ahhh gonna pop this one on for a listen” kind of piece. I still can’t think of anything better, though we’re kind of in a weird place because I don’t quite have all the cards on the table, yet. On Loki’s end though,I’m hoping that I’ve sufficiently established this like... tenuous vestigial little flicker of affection that he’s been able to more or less ignore, but that simply would not go out, despite how much easier that would have been, that’s been given a little room to breathe now. (I could definitely go on trying to justify this for paragraphs, so I’ll stop now xD). Thematic chapter naming is another thing I love to inflict on myself and I always regret it, though I love it so much when other people do it, ahhh. UF’s chapters are all named after cards of the Major Arcana in the Tarot. I’m going to get to one eventually and you’re all going to see why I did this, and you’re all going to hate me and I deserve it xD 

Time I Had Some Time Alone is the thing that’s repeated at the end of REM’s :”It’s the end of the world as we know it” and does sort of describe our reluctant hero’s state at the beginning xD Thriving in his completely self centered backstabbing Littlefinger party hellscape. (I went off on a huge tangent here that I have removed, I may make it its own post). Anyway, more thematic chapter naming, everything’s based on some apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic story. So 21 Days later (since for Loki it felt like three weeks) instead of 28, and chapter two is now titled “beyond thunderdome” because of course it is. (it was “the man come around” for like, THE ARRIVAL OF DEATH  but that uh... that’s going to be a later chapter now). 

Fic-in-planning stages will be called some variant of “Again, from the Top”? Take it from the top? ugh I’m trying to evoke like... redoing a scene. 

There was also Errant, my NaNoWriMo story from like 2012 or something? xD It was about a bunch of idiots that were basically an RPG party in a shitty High fantasy bullshit setting. So like, as in, “a knight errant” wandering in search of adventure, but also in the sense of like like... they’re a bunch of dumbasses making mistakes. 

Do you Outline: Yes! I definitely need to be more organized about it because my outlines are like these stupid irreverent event sequences that involve me remembering nuance way too well. Like for Kintsugi especially I’m scared I’ll have forgotten important minutia that I didn’t bother including becauyse oh pfft, of course I’ll remember that. And then I ...dont. My initial outlines for UF were an excel spreadsheet with scenes in various tiem periods that I dragged and dropped all over the place xD It was SUPPOSED to be thematically relevant paired scenes, with one part of each chapter being zset in the past and one half on the statesman and it just... did not work out that way. 

How Many of Your Stories are complete: One! And it’s the one-shot! FML!

In-Progress:  Undying Fidelity: Currently working on chapter 10 out of 22 TIHSTA: 2 out of... probably 4+ epilogue? Kintsugi: 13/Mayyybe like 30 something?

Coming Soon: From the Top is in its planning stages~! 

Do You Accept Prompts: Absolutely! I can’t guarantee that a prompt is going to like... spark writing? in me? But I’m always open to the idea. And that doesn’t mean that an idea is bad or anything! Just like, can I, personally, take this idea and run with it somewhere. 

Upcoming Story You’re the Most Excited For: Probably from the top, though I am two chapters out from part of of UF I am reeeeeally looking forward to writing :D 

Tag Five Fanfic Authors to Answer These Questions: I don’t know who’s been tagged already, I’m so bad at this, so uhh~ If you have been already, or if you just don’t feel like it, please disregard this! And if I don’t tag you but you feel like it, go for it!  @teleris-night @malicemanaged @cosmicmewtwo @not-so-terrible and @ramblingredrose 

[fourmargaritasmonkeys]

21 Questions

RULES: ANSWER 21 QUESTIONS AND TAG 21 PEOPLE

I was tagged by @what-am-life​  I really appreciate you for considering me as one of your fav blogs, like I wouldn’t have expected it, and please know that I’m always free to talk <3

NICKNAMES: Lala (all of my family and my sibling’s friends call me like that), Iva, Cherlo (1 sns name), Leito (1 sns name), Iviz, Mana (a shared nickname between me and one friend), and all of the different nicknames my brother can come up with using Lala (Lalo, Lolo, Lola, Lulu, Lili, etc)

ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio (I don’t believe in astrology tho but yes) 

HEIGHT: 5’1 I think?? Idk we use meters (1.54 KDFVGTOYOKPJ yes, I’m small)

HOGWARTS HOUSE: Hufflepuff

LAST THING I GOOGLED: -5′1 in m- OPAPSDFGKHKYO

FAVORITE MUSICIANS: UFF I’ve got so many. The libertines and Arctic monkeys were my favs when I was a teen, but I’m also a big fan of 1D and EXO. Those were and are like the bands I would listen to all the time, but I just love music so I love way too many bands and genres to write them all. 

SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: Everybody wants to rule the world 

FOLLOWING: 902 (I’ve been using this since I was 16-I’m turning 24 in less than a month- so)

FOLLOWERS: 234(and most of them are not even using this website anymore)

DO YOU GET ASKS: No :’( tho I used to talk with some people over here a few years ago)

AMOUNT OF SLEEP: Uf :’( Even though I’m not working nowadays, I still have sleeping problems, so I think I sleep like 7 hours each day but at what cost? OKPDFGKPOTYKPOHP (I go to sleep really late)

LUCKY NUMBER: 7

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING: a white t-shirt, black sweatpants, and baby blue socks

DREAM JOB: Writer (: I’d love to write at least 1 book

DREAM TRIP: I’d love to see the northern lights, so anywhere I can do that 

INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: I don’t play any instrument :’(

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK: Spanish and English

FAVORITE SONG: Magic ways by Tatsuro Yamashita <3 

RANDOM FACT: I have synesthesia! I realized this when I was 20 when I was talking with two uni classmates about music and I told them I could see certain colors with some songs, and one of them told me not all people could do that and that I had synesthesia. After that, everything made sooo much sense, like why I named certain songs as the “haunted house songs” with dark purple colors everywhere or why I could recognize a long musical piece at any part just because the first time I listened to it I named it as the “castle song” with pastel colors. When I listen to Xiumin’s voice from EXO, I always see gray, and his voice is air for me. and many other examples

CATS OR DOGS: DOGS. I’ve always felt fascinated by animals and nature, but I love dogs to the point that I have to coo at every single one I see on the streets and I feel bad when people don’t do the same okgtykopkopj (my city is fuuuuuuuull of stray dogs)

AESTHETIC: I don’t know what this means, but if it is about what kind of person I am? I don’t know? I love books and stories, nature, animals, music, and love. I think everyone has way too many characteristics to label themselves, but I’m an INFP, and that describes me almost perfectly.

I’m very lazy to tag people, and I don’t know who is still using Tumblr these days, so if you see this feel free to do it! I’d feel glad to read your answers 

[tyranttortoise]

Hello! First I want to tell you that, your fics are so amazing!. I'm in love especially with the way that you write about UF and SF bros and I want to know if you could recommend me fics about them? Thank you for your time! Please, keep it up!

Oh man, I don’t read many fics these days, and when I do, they’re usually Hancock/Sole Survivor fics or Charon/Lone Wanderer fics because I’m Fallout ghoul trash.  I could recommend Fallout fics all day.  

I’ve done a few fic rec lists, so lemme link them first.  

As always, be sure to mind the tags when you’re checking out a fic rec.

Wonderful sin from wonderful writers.Fanfic rec list 1 Fanfic rec list 2Frans fic rec list

And now I’ll tack on a few others:

Skeleton Code by @gallathegallaYou get a ukagaka Sans, but it turns out he’s more than just a program.  I love everything about this; G’s great. 

Love YourselfThis one is on one of the lists I linked, but I feel like it deserves way more kudos than it has.  Sans helps you through a variety of issues, and it can be really comforting.  Just pay attention to the tags, and check the chapter titles to find which one you’d like.  Never Walk Home AloneHorrortale Sans stalks you, and from the summary, I think he locks you up in his room.  Either way, count me in.  I haven’t read much of this one yet, but the premise is promising.

Send Help ASAPHorrorG!Sans.  I haven’t read this one yet, admittedly, but HORRORG!SANS.  That’s really all I need to know.

Remedy by @thefloatingstoneSansby fic where Grillby and Sans have just started dating, and when Grillby gets sick, Sans has to find the cure.  I highly recommend it; the characterizations are spot-on, and the insight into Grillby is fantastic.

Anything by @nihilismpastry.  I know I linked The Devil’s Brand of Humor in one of those lists, but just look through her Undertale fics because they’re sinfully good. (*NSFW warning)

Follow the Rules by @ladyanatares (NSFW)Reader/Mutt/Edge sandwich that I highly recommend. ;D

Bestiality by @sheewolf85  (NSFW)Frisk/Sans  – Horrorfell-ish AU where Sans is literally the monster under Frisk’s bed.  I loved the hell out of this one.  

ain’t this the life  (NSFW)Kustard smut with a really amazing characterization of both Sans and Red.  

Double Shot of Fireball (NSFW)Mutt/Reader, smutfic, and incredibly well-written.  I’ve read this one like five times, honestly.

Shiver Me Tinders (NSFW)A collection of Reader smut pairings, including Doggo, Grillby,  Red, Vegetoid, and Blueberry.  There was a Sans one, but I don’t see that chapter anymore??  Anyway, I can’t stress that you should read these enough.  Blueberry’s in particular is phenomenal.  

And, of course, you guys can browse through my bookmarks and see what else catches your eye.  A lot of them are ones I bookmark because I like their hook, but I haven’t gotten around to reading them yet.  

@melodytext44All the reverse harem stories I can recommend are in the Inspired By section at the end of my fic or in the Inspired By section at the end of 6S1M.  =]

I actually don’t know of any that have a strictly-male Reader, but Bones, Picked Clean by @skelezbian has a gender-neutral Reader, as does For some reason, you were expecting skeletons by @ut-stuff.  Both of them are fantastic stories.