#and to just generally fly but that's a passive constant lol

[feral-aether]

Being almost three months on T now, I find it very interesting just how much my singing voice is changing compared to my speaking voice. Like, I could start seeing the changes in my singing range like almost two months ago, maybe longer. But my speaking voice? There's only been a little bit of change.

Granted, I'm much quieter with speaking than I am with singing and I tend to sing more than I speak, so of course I noticed the changes in my singing much quicker. Like, just today on my way to work, I was listening to The Greatest Showman's song Never Enough, a song which I previously could match if I really tried, but now today I had to adjust my tone lower because my voice was peaking at a high note I can't hit anymore, so I sang it in a lower register which is definitely where my lowest range used to be.

I dunno, I just find this interesting and I'm curious how long it'll be before my friends or coworkers notice 'cause I'm 100% keeping this a secret from them lol. I wanna see how long until they notice something's different, and it'll probably be when I actually start growing beard hair XD

[pikachiee]

Holy shit, this is amazing!

Because of this, I have so many thoughts about what an au like this would look like. And while you didn't ask, I have to explain my little thoughts :)

Since it wouldn't make any sense for Charlie to be their daughter in this, I'd think it would make sense for Vaggie and Charlie to switch. Of course while in this universe it would Vaggie's idea to start the hotel ( since she WOULD be the princess of hell), I'd imagine she'd still be more low-key and less chokingly positive.

And I can see Charlie ( who would be an ex exterminator in this concept) would still be so positive, because she's desperate to help the sinners that she killed and harmed so many times. That Charlie feels so much guilt for what she's done, and now feels like she needs to redeem sinners, as well as wanting to support her girlfriend in every way. Which would explain why Charlie is so chipper and she'd probably still sing an excessive amount lol.

As for lute, I'd easily imagine her falling to a depression. For whatever reason Adam had dipping the both of them. If feel like lute would never be a "kind" parent, perhaps she feels guilty for causing hell to be hell. Perhaps in a way lute would still idealize heaven, and feel guilt, since both Adam and vaggie would never see it's beauty. I'd imagine her trying to teach vaggie how to be strong. Which in lute's mind, is being merciless and cold..

Lute saw just how her actions caused everything to fuck up, which I feel like would honestly drive a hatred for Demons nonetheless. While it wasn't as major as lute in the normal universe, however she sees demons as a constant reminder of how she fucked up. I imagine lute would be more distant and cold towards Vaggie in general ( and is a passive aggressive mother), she doesn't want Vaggie to rock the boat because who knows what happens if she did.

Also I imagine that the depression would take such a major hit for lute. Like she locks herself in her room, and just keeps waiting for Adam to come home. Like I can imagine everyone in the hotel ( aside from vaggie obviously), are all like " wow this is the queen of hell.. I remember that she was so commanding and powerful-"

And then the door opens the reveal, a shell of a woman. Her hair is unkept and messy, and she had the darkest eye bags in her eyes. And her face has a constant scowl, and her eyes a devoid of light and love.

Lute was probably a powerhouse of a ruler when her and adam were still a thing. ( Cuz Adam dips 😭) However after the separation, I'd imagine lute would be like Lucifer, and become depressed . However unlike Lucifer who's depression made him more absent, and way more anxious of a man. Lute would become even more aggressive. To others, herself, and probably even vaggie. Instead of clinging to her only child, she distants herself from her. Because she's terrified that she would leave her too, that and perhaps it hurts too much to see her.. since y'know.

Also I think that she really wants to remind vaggie, that's the fucking princess of hell. She has total authority against any demon in hell, and she'd often tell her to just get rid of anyone she doesn't like. ( Especially after they make up in whatever episode)

Lute: just kill those demons if they don't want to get redeemed.

Vaggie: that's the same thing as the exterminations mom-

Or like..

Lute:... Child, why don't you cut your hair? It's so much easier to fight with short hair.

Vaggie: we're not trying to fight the sinners, we're TRYING to rehabilitate them!

Lute ( in the most disgusted tone): oh... Right...

Like, I would find it so funny. If lute really doesn't give a flying f about her subjects are redeeming them, but just helps vaggie, because it's her daughter. And besides, she doesn't want to fuck up the already estranged relationship with her even more.

Would lute be homophobic? I personally doubt she was in that actual show, she just didn't like the whole demons and angels thing. ( That's why I firmly think), so I feel as though she'd just not like how happy Charlie is. She finds her annoying naive, and doesn't understand how someone could be so happy in hell. That and maybe she feels quite betrayed by love, since she loved Adam so deeply, and yet.. he still left... Or alternatively, I think it would be funny if lute is in complete denial like:

Lute: me and your father are in a long distance relationship.

Vaggie: he's been GONE for 7 years... We have no idea where he fucking is!

Lute: and...?

That brings me to my next point, I don't comprehend a universe where vaggie thinks of Adam as kindly as Charlie thinks of her mother. I feel like vaggie would feel quite betrayed by Adam's disappearance, and decided to do things " right" this time. I could see them being close when she was a kid, he probably taught her how to play guitar. But.. then he left.

When lute was teaching vaggie to be "strong", I could see her going on a rant about how important loyalty was. ( Like come one, lute's so flipping loyal), and that's something that vaggie has engraved into her.

Perhaps if we continued with the route of lute, still being hopelessly in love with Adam. And being in such deep denial, vaggie probably would call lute out on that bs, because lute taught her to not show mercy and to not forgive. That one mistake was all it takes.

And now lute just keeps clingy onto Adam. Which is the opposite of her teachings ( which vaggie finds somewhat hypocritical), perhaps they would solely understand each other's perspective and be less hateful towards each other. Or some shit like that.

Now for Lilith and Lucifer. Lilith would start doing the exterminations due to Adam's sick guitar playing, as he ralies up the masses in hell. ( Though, me thinks it would be funny if Adam was still singing "hell is forever", and everyone just doesn't listen to the lyrics, and just dances along. Kinda of like " hey ya", where no one really listens to the song.) anyways, I doubt that Lilith would be as obnoxious as Adam in ANY universe. So I think that who she does things is more of a passive jab than anything. ( However that being said Lilith would be quite spoiled cuz y'know she's Adam in this universe. And loves getting her way) Though that being said, just like Adam she has a very quick temper.

Which could be the reason why Lilith would reveal that Charlie was an ex exterminator to vaggie in this said universe. Perhaps Lilith would get so fed up with how things are happening that she makes a strategical decision of revealing that information to fumble the relationship of the two.

Interesting enough, since this re draw doesn't have lutey with multiple wings. ( For obvious reasons) This means that lute wouldn't be a seraphim in that universe. Which I think is fucking badass, cuz like imagine just a normal angel trying to go against heaven. Like at least Lucifer had a very HIGH rank, lute looked pretty normal. ( Though when she becomes the queen of hell, I doubt her power wouldn't be normal lol)

So I guess Lucifer would STILL be a seraphim in this. Which could make sense, perhaps sera or someone higher up, assigned Lucifer to watch over Lilith as she does the exterminations. Since Lucifer is down bad, he's probably more than respectful to Lilith. He probably would tell her that he isn't supposed to be her boss in this, and instead volunteers to be her lieutenant. It works lol.

As for Charlie and Lucifer.. well, obviously they aren't father and child in this universe. Interesting enough this would show that that the army would have multiple sexes, which is interesting. But I can see that, perhaps Lilith likes to order anyone around and doesn't mind the gender all that much. That being said, it feels weird to imagine Lucifer having such a passionate hatred for Charlie. So I'd kinda remove that, I feel like Lucifer would still be quite an awkward person. So while he was the one that removed Charlie's wings, ( and eye), he doesn't have THAT big of a vendetta against her. That being said, he doesn't like her.

Like Lucifer awkwardly talks about hurting Charlie and it comes out all wrong, causally Lilith to tell him to calm down. I feel like Lilith would appreciate tact and elegance alot more, despite being quite hot headed in this. ( Like she wouldn't be a rock star, and instead sing like Opera or something like that for heaven... Which would be an interesting difference, because when she sings she's the sole focus, but Adam in our normal universe has a whole band. Then again, he probably hogs the limelight.)

Though, how about Lucifer's line about "fucking" Adam?

Well... If lute was in Lucifer's place.. then we could probably just think about her being extreme in Canon and just translate it in this:

Lute: how dare you harm my own daughter? Now.. I'm going to rip your cunt mouth out your ass.. and I'm going to rip your vocal chords and use it as a fucking whistle! And y'know what?.. I'm gonna skin you alive, and take your skin to fashion a coronation dress for my daughter when she get crowed queen-

Vaggie: m-mom-

Lilith ( whispering): now.. I know why Adam dipped, and went to heaven-

ALSO, my head also Imagined that it would be so funny if Lucifer STILL got Vaggie's name wrong. Like this.

Lucifer ( missing an arm, and is super emo and shit. As he throws a halo at Adam's feet.): Lilith's dead. Your deal is done. I'm in charge now, and if you want to stay in heaven, than you get your ass into hell and stop your brat... MAGGIE!

Adam( in sunglasses and sunhat): what the fuck? I only got one little girl...

Adam ( in the sweetest tone): Vagasaurus...

And boom that was the last scene of the show lol.

Bruh, I'm so sorry that this was A LOT. This probably wasn't what you had in mind, but this was what my brain had made for some weird reason lol. I'm kinda want to draw some of my ideas lol, maybe.. when I get the energy.. anyways, that being said, I REALLY love that au concept. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING IT TO ME LOL.

( I'm too lazy to reread this, so uh, if there's any spelling or grammar mistakes don't stone me lol.)

AU where Adam and lute switch places with lucifer and Lilith

[kidhawks]

WAHHGUHFH.. FANTASY HAWKS.. I LOVE UR DESIGN FOR HIM AGHH!! and do u have stuff to say abt him bcos i would LOVE to hear it

YAY i’m glad u like him :’) fantasy au time hehe 😈 it’s still a work in progress but yes.. a few thoughts. i’m just spitballing here so if anyone has ideas of their own i’d love to hear them <3

hawks “”works”” for the commission (aka is owned by them) who still get to be a shady organisation whose goal is to maintain peace and order across kingdoms, which r probably ruled by important characters like endeavor, all might, all for one etc. no one likes the commission because they’re always sticking their nose in other people’s business lmao. they’ve controlled things from the shadows for a loooong time, assassinating leaders who get too power hungry, quashing rebellions before they can begin etc. they want things to stay exactly as they are, always, and so far they’ve mostly succeeded

quirks still exist but mutant discrimination is more pronounced—they only recently got equal rights in all kingdoms. it’s what allowed hawks to be basically enslaved the way he is. now the freedom laws are passed he could technically leave the commission but for a multitude of Reasons he stays. eg, his priority is also maintaining peace not because he thinks society is perfect how it is—far from it—but because upset peace means civilian death. he wants to see change but if innocents die for it then it’s not worth it. his goals align with the commission’s enough that he’ll continue to help them. however, other people, especially other mutants, can’t understand why he’d stay and he’s viewed with a mixture of “dirty commission dog too loyal for his own good” and “poor thing was raised to love the hand that hit it and can’t fathom the idea of freedom, so sad”

similarly to canon, hawks was sold to the commission when he was young and trained into a spy/assassin hehe (what’s the point of an au if it isn’t self indulgent?). the tattoos are added to with achievements. the diamond on his chest was immediately inked on him when he arrived, while the lines are added for things like significant kills, successful missions. i’m toying with the idea of them being a way of controlling him, like they cause pain if he disobeys, but i’m also fond of them just being a symbolic representation of ownership... hmm. oh!! maybe they give him power while also hurting him if he disobeys? i’ll have to think more abt how that works lol, i want him to be able to disobey at times, but knowing hawks he’ll find ways to sneakily work around orders while still technically obeying

his job consists of flying around the kingdoms and knowing everything that’s going on at any given time. there isn’t a rumour he hasn’t heard, whether from frequenting underground fighting rings or influential nobles’ bedrooms if he has to. for discretion’s purpose the tattoos can be made invisible for periods of time but never truly removed—everyone knows him now anyway, the commission’s pet with the bright red wings, so the tattoos are rarely concealed anymore. everyone thinks they can avoid letting slip any information to him but jokes on them because his wings don’t miss a whisper and he’s a charmer to the point that you don’t know what you’ve said until he’s saying “thanks, that was really helpful! great chat! bye!”

he’s also basically a messenger pigeon between kingdoms since he can travel so quickly. the commission “kindly” offered his services but everyone knows it’s a method of planting him in every castle to hear them juicy deets, and you don’t refuse the commission because you want to keep your head, thanks. so hawks is familiar with each ruler and their castle staff for good measure, and probably a fair few commoners too... he was one of them once after all. he’s originally from endeavor’s kingdom but the guy doesn’t need to know that

all might thinks he’s a charming young man but hawks is weirdly creeped out by the constant smile and actually prefers the grump endeavor who shoos him like a pigeon. all for one is terrifying and hawks knows he’s after war but he can’t prove it. if it comes down to it he might have to resort to assassination, but if done wrong that could cause more problems than it solves (plus, killing, bleaugh). he hates afo’s castle and leaves as soon as he’s delivered a message, though he enjoys bothering afo’s heir shigaraki first (hawks was eighteen when he first spotted shigaraki, fifteen, sulking around the castle like he didn’t have a friend in the world. well, maybe hawks could change that and get some info while he was at it... unfortunately shigs is surprisingly tight lipped but he’s good for board games)

i’m thinking of making other top-ten heroes into rulers of their own kingdoms? queen miruko would be awesome, imagine!! the first animal mutant queen who’s loved for not being a passive leader but a fighter with a passionate love for her people. hawks doesn’t like how unpredictable she is, it makes his job harder, while she thinks he lets himself be walked all over and it pisses her off, but i think they could be great pals if they got to know each other. edgeshot the ninja king. jeanist is a peaceful, pragmatic leader who hawks actually gets along with. sorry, pb, i have no idea how to fit wash in. washing machines don’t exist in my self indulgent fantasy AU.

if i wrote this i’d probably have afo wage war after all and hawks kicking himself for not doing better in preventing it. shigaraki is at the head of the war, but after afo is killed/arrested like in canon, shigaraki labels it as more of a rebellion with his new generals by his side, one of whom is a powerful man called dabi who hawks has never heard of, and he’s meant to hear everything. it’s not a good time for hawks knowing he wasn’t enough to stop this. if he had tried harder to sway shigaraki away from afo’s ideals... it hurts seeing the lonely kid he once knew declare his desire for complete destruction. hawks doesn’t have “friends” but he cares for people—the commission didn’t take his heart, just chained it

anyway it’s basically canon but fantasy because fantasy is sexy and cool (it would deviate a lot from canon though i don’t want it to be a carbon copy lmao)

[ketchupfriesandfireguys]

First of all, I love your blog, bless this blog. Anyway, what kind of headcanons do you have for Grillby? One of mine's is that he can speak but it's very difficult to understand if you're not used to it (and Sans being one of those people that easily understands him--)

I love your blog too; your art is fantastic and I always try to put all your Sansby content I can onto this blog~

Firstly, I love your speech headcanon - I like that a lot, and it explains why he has translators in his restaurant, and why Sans seems to perfectly understand him without the need for his translator bird monster sitting at the bar!  It also makes his relationship with Sans real special, which I am ALL for!

I wrote out Grillby’s literal entire backstory here, but if you’re looking for just headcanons, skip to the last bit under the cut!

I’m going to separate this into sections because I love Grillby and spend too much time thinking about him, lol.  But here are all my headcanons!  Enjoy!

EARLY LIFE

Thanks to @sushinfood and his fantastic voice acting clips (which can be found here, at @sushistreams​, if you’re interested!), I share the headcanon that Grillby was not born, but summoned, in order to train up and fight in the war against humanity.  He did start out young, and he was at first extremely reluctant to fight in the war - he spent a lot of time training to fight, but was prone to tiring easily and becoming overwhelmed with the future responsibility to fight in an inevitable war.

In between intense training sessions, Grillby was taught by Gerson (the shopkeep in Waterfall) and King Asgore how to cook, as a method of diverting any fears he had into a constructive - as opposed to a destructive - manner.  And since then, he had always wanted to open a restaurant one day, after the war had passed, to keep up the morale of his comrades and friends, and to help his people (and himself) heal.  He also wore fake glasses at this time because he thought they made him look older and more mature.  (They didn’t.)

THE WAR

Grillby was deeply affected by his time as a soldier in the war.  Before the war, he was very talkative and could even be kind of goofy sometimes, similar to the way Papyrus jokes around in-game at times.  Smart jokes and passing comments that take a moment to digest before you have to turn away and snicker to yourself.  He was quite popular as well, being friends with a wide range of monsters - including but not limited to the king and queen, the royal scientist, and most of his fellow soldiers.

One monster in particular he was extremely close to was Sans’ mother, Arial, who was the previous leader of the Royal Guard.  Through a series of very unfortunate events, she perished in the war before Sans was born, and Gaster, Sans’ birth father, managed to save his newborn son.  (That’s a whole crazy story in itself that makes like -500% sense, but just roll with it for now.)

Losing Arial, the leader and front line general in the war, took its toll on the entire Royal Guard, and monsters were forced to retreat shortly after that, losing over half of their entire population - they retreated under the mountain and were sealed there, and the war concluded.

EARLY UNDERGROUND

Grillby, once underground, realized he could actually pursue his early dreams to open a restaurant - it took him a very long time to scrape up the money to do so, but he managed to get enough help to get a small, shabby bar set up in Snowdin.  (As for why he chose Snowdin of all places, he wanted to bring some warmth to such a cold part of the Underground.)  It was many years before it was actually running, let alone at all a popular hangout.

After this rough and straining transition, Grillby had a sharp shift in personality due to a severely negative morale of monsterkind as a whole, and was quite negative while not in his restaurant.  He dressed less formally, and while not on the clock, would smoke outside his restaurant.  (I like to think this was sort of a punk phase, and he may or may not have owned a motorcycle.  Might’ve styled his flames into a ponytail.  Definitely fought with the Canine Unit of the Royal Guard.)

MEETING SANS

Grillby met Sans during this not-punk-phase, during a smoke break.  He was not very keen on speaking with many other monsters (unless, of course, he was picking a fight, as noted above), and he mainly spoke in sign language after the war.  Sans, also knowing sign language, introduced himself, and quickly set up a tab at the restaurant, immediately getting on Grillby’s nerves.  Sans kept the tab open, even if just by 1G, in an attempt to rather smugly get to know Grillby a little more...intimately.

They started out as a sort of flirty “we’re not dating, what are you talking about” sort of couple.  Many of Grillby’s regulars took bets on whether or not they would ever actually date, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, Sans stood up on his stool after having probably one ketchup bottle too many and leaned over the counter and stole a smooch from the then-absolutely-flustered-bartender.

DATING SANS

They dated for a while during this time, even if the relationship was more physical than emotional at first.  As they began spending more time with each other, though, they learned more about one another - Grillby began to speak with Sans without signing, and Sans learned to listen a little harder.  Grillby grew to be a lot more formal as his restaurant grew much more successful over the years.

The two of them stayed in a steady relationship for a long time, until Sans suddenly stopped showing during the day, and only came at night, to either get handsy with him or to pass out miserably after getting absolutely wasted.  This, as one would expect, did not fly well with Grillby.

Grillby was the one who broke things off with Sans, but it was only after a lot of rather passive aggressive fighting that they actually did anything about their wreck of a relationship.  Sans didn’t take it very well, as he was dealing with resets at this time and was in a pretty deep depressive state, and Grillby was angry for a while - the kind of quiet angry that just sort of burns in your gut with a constant ache.

AFTERMATH

After the resets stopped, and monsters managed to get to the surface and stay there, Grillby was the very first monster to fully integrate with humans, because he (of course) had to open up a new restaurant.  Monster currency was worth a lot of human currency, and he could open up a nicer place than he ever could have dreamed of while in the Underground.  And, of course, Sans was one of his first customers there too.

They were tense at first, but there were eventual apologies, and they became extremely close after they were finally freaking honest with each other, who would’ve thought?  They began dating again after that, and they’re super dumb and flirty and punny with each other today!

MISCELLANEOUS HEADCANONS

Grillby lives not with Sans, but with Fuku - who is simultaneously like a younger sister and like a therapy dog to him.  Though, Grillby does stay over with Sans very often, and vice versa.

Grillby suffers from PTSD from his time serving in the war, and because of this, he is afraid of thunder and lightning.  Whenever it storms, Sans teleports over to his place and helps Grillby through it.

Grillby will do extremely un-Grillby-ish things, but only if he’s alone with Sans.  (Ex - screaming profanity after whacking his shin on something, telling the occasional Extremely Dirty/Inappropriate Joke, ugly laughing at something that really isn’t all that funny, etc.)

No one believes Sans when he says Grillby does these things.  Absolutely nobody.

Grillby is actually his last name!  His first name is Kindle.

He hates it.

Sans teases him about it all the time.

Grillby’s flames get brighter with stronger happy or angry emotions, and more dim with sad or upset emotions.

He used to cry a lot when he was younger, but he has sort of learned to repress emotions as he got older.  Sans hates this, despite doing this same exact thing himself.

Despite this, he does have big emotions sometimes!  Sans is usually not there to witness them, unless they come in the form of a panic attack.

Frisk calls him “Uncle Grillby” and won’t leave until he’s picked them up and given them a hug and held them on his hip for a minute or two.  Frisk has Grillby absolutely wrapped around their little finger.

On that same note, Grillby usually doesn’t particularly love children.  Frisk is a definite exception to that rule.

Grillby does need his glasses to see - it wasn’t from any particular incident or anything, though, he just needed them as he got older.

Grillby doesn’t have any teeth!

Despite being a chef, Grillby does not eat normal foods.  He tends to eat things that would kindle a fire!

He eats herbs during the holidays to make his restaurant smell like cinnamon or nutmeg.

If he is shirtless, you can see his soul through his body!

OKAY I’M DONE THANK YOU FOR READING