#PSA'S : “ maybe it's enough the world thinks i'm a hero ! ”

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mini comic mainly on hc's about dust (transcript +rambles under cut) (as usual, I'll consider drawing/rendering the comic completely if it get's 30 notes) dust + phantom papyrus belongs to ask-dusttale horror belongs to sour apple studios nm belongs to jokublog killer belongs to rahafwabas

Rambles: I feel like Dust would be pretty horrible at taking care of himself- and that seems to be the general consensus of the fandom, but I think he'd also purposely dehydrate himself so he doesn't cry. Why? A) if he finally understands his delusional killing wasn't actually helping he'd probably think he deserves to drink water/cry and/or B) if he's still in the delusion. He doesn't want the others to think he's weak/ doesn't want to admit he DOES feel bad about everything, instead he wants people think he's fine and doesn't feel anything (kind of like Killer, in a way) . And I feel like he'd cry if he started drinking water- because if you're dehydrated enough you can't cry, but once you start drinking enough water it'll start flooding out and your body will try to regulate your stress with excessive crying. Another thing this does is make Dust and Killer a better foil to each other. I personally think they'd make great foils to each other! And I just haven't seen anyone do that (me personally I have not seen it- please don't cancel me..). I'm planning to make another minicomic explaining/showing why they'd be great foils to each other, but the main reason is because they share almost identical lives, but they see both the player and their actions very differently. I also generally feel like he's a smoker- I can't explain why, but it matches his constant dusty appearance, so instead of it just being dust (because let's be real- after a couple washes in the laundromat there wouldn't be any more dust since Nightmare's against killing and most people assume Dust's world is completely abandoned by the player/destroyed) it's also smoke ash. And it would help him seem less emotional. Hence, why I gave him some wobbly text, heavy smokers tend to have a more gravely/scratchy voice because smoking damages your vocal chords. PSA TO NOT SMOKE!

Another thing about Dust's world. I don't really get why people think it gets destroyed? Maybe it's somewhere in the cannon askblog that I haven't seen yet, but from what I know I don't think it makes sense- since it kinda seems like the human just gave up because he became too hard to beat, so he's just been waiting ever since. And it'd make more sense if he kept visiting every once in awhile to see if the human came back to reset the world or to have one last fight- because if such a goal driven person like him is suddenly stripped of the ability to fulfill the goal after so much sacrifice there would be no point to life anymore unless a new goal is reinstated to him. That's where I personally believe Nightmare would come in and tell Dust about the emotion balance that needs to occur for the best life for all au's (which is true, since he can only speak the truth) to which then he'd ask Dust to keep being a 'hero' in a new way- by helping him spread negativity. Of course, he'd keep the detail that he's actually way more powerful then Dream out of his explanation.

As for why I chose to have Nightmare transform into Toriel second/last instead of Papyrus- I think Dust would be a little more numb to Papyrus affecting him. While yes, that's what drove him over the edge and manifested into his main hallucination- he's been living with phantom papyrus for much longer and would likely have grown less susceptible to Papyri's (is that the plural form?-) suggestions/words. So, the second closest to Sans would be Toriel, firstly because in Undertale he spends the majority of the true ending dialogue with her as they playfully text each other. The other reason, the main one, is because the opening for the cannon (and I believe first?) dusttale fanfic starts with them talking to each other (unless I translated it horribly wrong :skull: .. i hope not).

Some other hc's I put in here is Nightmare knowing Dust has the phantom papyrus hallucination- that seems to be a general thing for most people in the fandom though. Building on that- because he knows he'd come to the same conclusion I did in the last paragraph. I also see a lot of people make Nightmare really nice????? I don't think he would be, personally. He wants to make people as miserable as possible to feed himself- he's also selfish (I mean he's as jaded as they come and jaded people are usually pretty self serving) and would probably treat everyone shitty enough that they feel annoyed, but well enough that they give him what he wants. You may argue that him scaring Dust into drinking water is tough love, but I think he'd do it mostly because he needs his subordinates to be able to do his work- and if they're dehydrated, they're not going to be able to do it. On a much sweeter hc, I think Horror would treat Dust like a younger version of himself (I mean he is in a physical sense- and also Dust is more Undertale-cannon adjacent then the other sans' in the gang in both looks and dialect) which would be somewhat brotherly, so he'd try to give him some water bottles if he notices Dust's feelin a little dizzy or if he's just passed out. And other sweet and cute stuff that Dust would greatly appreciate. Transcript: Horror: "ya passed out again. how bout some water so we don't dew that again?" Dust: "thanks, pal" H: "nah, no prob."

"drink up, man" D: "yeah...." shut -- tp---tp----tp wobble wobble

click click Nightmare: "Not going to accept his gift?" crunch- D: "i did" "just didn't want to take a splash

just yet." click click fwoooooo Nm: "well..." "Let's put it this way,

(mimics Papyrus' voice/font) SANS || HOW CAN YOU SAVE ME? || (mimics Toriel's voice) || * or even || ||* me?|| ||* If you keep passing out, old friend?||

waggle waggle

Nm (reg voice): "Your monthly visit 'home' is in a week."

D: ". . ."

"c#nt" ~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~

~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~ "yeah... you're worth the tears, bro." "you always are..."

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VISUALS : “ hard–drinking short–fused hell of a woman ! ” MEMES : “ i'm planning to sit here and drinking... ” PROMOS : “ it's people like you that give people like you a bad name ! ” OOC POSTS : “ talking and jogging.   two things that make me feel like crap ! ” MUSINGS : “ with great power comes great mental illness ! ” DESIRES : “ i usually like a little more romancing ! ” HEADCANONS : “ main street. birch street. higgins drive. cobalt lane ! ” PSA'S : “ maybe it's enough the world thinks i'm a hero ! ” IC ANSWERS : “ i don't get asked on a lot of second dates ! ” PLAYLIST : “ this bitch is in control of you now asshole ! ”

VERSE 001 : “ please don't say the h– word ! ” VERSE 002 : “ life will push you over the line ! ” VERSE 003 : “ not sure there's anything i won't do any more ! ”

TRISH WALKER : “ it doesn’t matter how powerful i am ! ” MALCOLM DUCASSE : “ a beautiful funeral doesn’t guarantee heaven ! ” LUKE CAGE : “ you live and die by your choices ! ” CLAIRE TEMPLE : “ you know the problem with martyrs ? ” MATT MURDOCK : “ i’m not seeking penance for what i’ve done ! ” DANNY RAND : “ always work from a position of strength ! ”

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