#So tired... Why did i do this again?

[magiuanum]

Good evening. Good night.

Me and my buttons have been thinking a lot about undertale AUs (and the game's world and themes by proxy) in those past months. And not the normal way, since it's becoming increasingly harder to not pour out those thoughts.

So, i am making this post. And maybe others so i don't just explode. (Got even my own AU taking precious space in my frontal lobe, but not exactly confident enough to post it...)

Anyways. To the point.

I have been in the UT fandom for quite some time. Not actively, but i did begin observing its growth around 2016, and with that time i have come to notice just how odd the fandom is, specifically the AU portion.

And i do not mean it in a bad light. (I'm not here to point out the rot.) What I'm refering to here is just how... Independent? The fandom's work is.

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• Maybe not the right word.

Undertale in itself is a solid game, a charming and simple one, who holds a place in the hearts of many. Mine included. And, naturally, it shares that charm with many of its fan works.

But, in a way, the fan work, the AUs in specific, instead of feeling like a continuation, exploration or expansion of the game's narrative and themes, feels more like its own thing.

Like its own tale. Or better, a collection of them.

The fluffy part of my brain wants to compare this to mythology, but that ain't it.

It's more like Undertale is the engine (or system) in which the AUs run on.

The more the creation of AUs expanded, the more the original story begins to feel more like a skeleton (get it?). A box full of archetypes of use, with variations (like classes in an rpg game) depending on specific sides of said archetypes the creator was most interested in.

Let me elaborate.

This is Sans. And Sans. And their human.

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This also Sans. But the murdery type.

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And this is also Sans but the murdery type. He's just more of a silly than the last guy.

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And this was Sans but with a crippling addiction to memes and Japanese cartoons. • May he rest in crusty peace.

But, really, none of them are truly Sans.

Does that make sense? (probably not.)

What i am trying to say is that the undertale AU community's multiverse is pretty unique and incredibly fun to explore. Both as a story of its own and a unique happening in a fandom space.

And if one day a crazy bunch just decided to free the whole collection of tales from this underground they were kept in, they would still have a solid narrative and solid characters. Maybe in the need of some added spice to substitute the few pillars we had been relying on, but interesting nonetheless.

In conclusion. I may appreciate a bunch of copies of the same funny skele guy a bit too much.

[chalkrub]

dinosaur in a lab coat - would you trust her with operating the centrifuge

[bluerosefox]

Waiting... Waiting...

So... This was inspired by listening to EPIC (FREAKING LOVE ALL THE ALBUMS, SO GOOD) and by @noxcheshire post of Tim being Odysseus reincarnated and Danny (maybe also reincarnated) being his Penelope (Here) so I had to turn it into a Dead Tired idea.

The song The Challenge is the main one here. (Cause I LOVE that song... along with Would You Fall In Love With Me Again)

So WHAT IF Danny IS the reincarnated Penelope, after becoming the Ghost King Danny's memories of his past life as Penelope returns and remembers how before dying/ or being reincarnated both Penelope and Odysseus promised to find each other in their new lives, no matter who they are, what new form they take, they will find each other.

So Danny/Penelope, just like before waits for their Odysseus to return to them, but also tries to find him in their new life (CW is laughing whenever Danny asks for hints and gets a 'In due time, just wait' answer, ugh Danny wants to smack CW for that)

However just like in his previous life with being in a high position of power, Danny is being pressured to marry/take a spouse (now its not just men/males though so its a huge headache, I head canon Ghosts don't care much for gender preference) mostly by the dang eyeballs that Danny is still trying to find a way to get rid of without upsetting the Infinite Realms delicate (but slowly healing) balance even if Danny wanted nothing more than to punch all of the suitors out.

So Danny decides to play the long game again.

And waits for their Odysseus return.

Danny's wait is over when they suddenly feel the Realms shift one day, as if welcoming someone familiar home, and the same feeling Danny had when he had been Penelope and saw the storm that was sign of Odysseus coming home, Danny decides its time to bring out The Challenge once again. (CW gifted Danny a few things from his past as Penelope as a coronation gift, like Odysseus's bow (now enchanted to be unbreakable), a painting of when he was Penelope, with Telemchus, and Odysseus, and the Marriage Bed/Olive Tree, AND the Palace Odysseus made that Danny takes to being in over being at Pariah's Keep)

-x-x-

Meanwhile

Tim Drake, aka Red Robin, always had strange dreams as a child.

War, Death, Monsters, Gods, Goddesses.

His dreams were more like nightmares, haunting him and he sometimes woke up in cold sweat.

He hated storms. Hated being in the water for to long. Hated how he felt both tense but also at home when around Greek heroes, as if he was afraid to 'disrespect' them (Cassie was the only one he didn't feel that way around, mostly cause they had been somewhat friends before their heroing since their parents knew each other) but also knew how to appease them should he insult them. He also had a strange hatred for the CoO with a burning passion because he felt like they were mocking real Owls.

The worst part of nightmares that always pop up are of what feels like should be his home is being invaded by unwanted guests (they aren't guests), how they are angry over trying to string a bow and shot an arrow through axes, of the terrible terrible things he hear them saying they were going to do to his loved ones (two names that keep getting muted out).

How it ends in bloodshed with echoing of begging, pleading, mercy, and screams.

However in those nightmares at the end. He also finds himself looking for something in them.

Or rather he always found someone waiting for him at the end of the nightmares. Calling him by the wrong name but it sounds just right coming from them.

The dream always ends with the person asking 'How long has it been?' and before he can answer he wakes up.

So yeah Tim has horrifying nightmares/dreams he could never explain.

And the urge to find someone. To go home to them.

It isn't until he and his friends from Young Justice are hit by a spell from Klarion (who may or may not had a visit from a certain chaos encouraging Time Keeper) and sent to a place called the Infinite Realms in the middle of their fight, that Tim is hit hard with déjà vu when he spots a certain Palace in the distance and overhears some of the 'people?' (they glow and float and some don't even look human?! where are they?) talk about how the 'King' has issued a new 'Challenge' for his 'suitors'.

A Challenge involving a bow, and axes.

And Tim, feels like he knows this all too well and needs to do it.

[manchesterau]

[chipper-smol]

[yoinkschief]

Every time I finally start feeling some sort of blissful about the Eddsworld fandom and how cool it is Hargreaves starts hating on the fandom again

[apollos-boyfriend]

i've compiled all the data from the past three years into one slideshow for easier access! a full spreadsheet can also be found below :]

full slideshow: [link]

full spreadsheet: [link]

[0xeyedaisy]

Aw man...

[ef-1]

🍷<3

[tubbytarchia]

Jimmy: looking for a thumbnail artist :D

Me: omg cant wait to see the result

It's Cherri again

[6-epigraphs]

Have we ever seen this old man being affectionate with drivers or other juniors? Or just Yuki? I don't even think I've seen him this close to Max and Seb (off the podium at least)

Brother.

[tartrat]

Idk i was bored and did these. I'm going to actually start work on the Si'ha Nova Bejeweled concept, i should also mention that i may have started shipping her with Mothigan. Take this to mean i might do a concept for Better than revenge in the future as well.

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

i realized they had the same birthday (dec 21st) so i was like "yoooo i should draw them together"

silly bonus:

[hacksawboy]

this post had a theme but i dropped it . anyways im listening to a bunch of childhood songs Good morning and goodnigghttt i wake up at teiiilightt

the warrior cat is meant to be scout. you cant tell. sorry hes a bengal i was just too lazy to color him. i was too lazy to finish the three cheers thing too cuz i didnt like it. sorry

[dailypokemoncrochet]

Okay so we're at 623/1025 Pokemon done right now that's 60.78%, and did you know that each 1 (one) new unique crochet brings us .09% (NOT EVEN A /TENTH/ OF A PERCENT) closer to 100%. That's 402 more Pokemon to go (currently) (not including ones that have different variants/forms). That's so many. Whoa. Wow.

[rogerdeakinsdp]

forgot how annoying people can be in the tags. "the set is almost perfect except..." "op you forgot this" how about you make 20+ gifs and you'll include everything?? yeah i forgot some movies because i don't think about them, they're not relevant to me, and what about it???