#soul traits

[papyriasks]

Hey!

What would the main boys favourite soul trait that they look for in a s/o be?

Heyo! Love this question

Sans: Kindness definitely. He has a soft heart at his core and appreciates someone who can match that energy, he also has a few things he struggles with (such as depression) and really needs someone who can hold room for him and who he knows he can always find a nurturing and safe place in.

Papyrus: Bravery! (Just like himself) He is super into people who inspire him, and who he can admire as much as himself (lol). He likes people who he can count on for always being up for an adventure, someone who is exciting and courageous.

Stretch: Kindness, he has a huge respect for compassionate people, he definitely has a healthy distrust of humans and appreciates someone who he can know for certain is always holding good intentions and someone who looks out for other people and his brother.

Blue: Justice! Blue lives by his morals and refuses to budge for anybody else, he will always look for the good in people but will not allow himself to be blinded and ignore the bad, and he absolutely needs someone who matches his sense of morals and has a strong sense of character to stand up for what they believe in.

Jupiter: Perseverance! Having lived through incredibly hard times himself he definitely admires someone who can stand the test of time, who can get knocked down and find their way back to their feet. He wants someone who he knows is committed and doesn't give up easily. Jupiter has a very low self esteem and thinks of himself a lot like one big problem needing to be fixed, he wants someone who he knows won't bail on him, and will stick by him during the hard times.

Mars: patience! Mars isn't all like he used to be, especially after his head injury, in the process of his recovery he has taken upon a more slow, stable lifestyle and desires someone who can create a cozy, stable home with him and can be understanding of his disability- and loves him just as much for it and doesn't see him or his injury as a burden.

Mutt: determination/Bravery, Mutt is super attracted to people with bold personalities, people who know what they want and don't let fear rule them. Mutt himself has a bit of a coarse, icy exterior and can be quite intimidating to many, he's super into people that aren't afraid to challenge him and aren't easily intimidated.

Lord: integrity, coming from a universe where deceit and manipulation is all too common, he needs someone who he knows is reliable and sticks to their morals, he despises wishy-washy and unreliable people.

Red: Kindness, though he will never admit this (and honestly might not even be fully consciously aware of this either). Red at his core wants to feel safe, he wants someone who he can trust and will nurture all his wounds-both emotionally & physically. He has an incredibly hard time opening up and very little experience with kindness, but he's lived his entire life with a hard shell to protect himself from cruelty to cruelty- he just wants someone that makes him feel soft.

Edge: Integrity/Perseverance. Edge similarly to Lord appreciates someone who knows themselves and has the confidence to stand by what they believe in, someone who has a strong sense of character. He respects strength incredibly and has little respect for the weak-willed.

Razz: Bravery! Razz is all about the freaky eccentric things in life, he needs someone who is equally as much of a freak and isn't scared of the unconventional. He appreciates people who push limits and is all for exploring in uncharted territory.

Cash: Bravery/Justice. Cash is an absolute mischief maker and practical joker, he has strong morals and doesn't particularly care if those morals align with the law or not, out of all the main Skellies cash is the one with the least respect for any kind of authority and is going to be super attracted to anyone who can team up with him in his trouble making.

Coffee: Patience! Coffee is supppeerr socially anxious, and takes a long time to come out of his shell, his more mild and tame outer shell is often deceiving as he actually has major trust issues and tends to assume the worst in people, any potential s/o's would need to have the patience to get him out of his shell and reveal his more deviant & affectionate side.

Black: Determination, Black is incredibly cutthroat, he knows the challenges and cruelties of the world and knows them well. He's insanely ambitious and needs someone who is just as so, he very much is looking for an equal who is just as cunning as he is and is super attracted to people with a lot of prowess and big aspirations.

[invertedfate]

Fair enough, though it is worth noting that human souls in particular have their color defined by traits, so monsters thinking their souls might work in a similar manner wouldn't be that farfetched, especially in a world where determination alone can cause a massive anomaly in the timespace continuum.

We don't know if the colors are defined by traits- I personally treat the traits in ball game as personality traits for those specific humans rather than making "soul traits" a part of the lore in IF. I don't really like the idea of "soul traits" because it kinda pigeonholes characters into a sorta elements of harmony type vibe which, while I do think MLP handled it well (the characters weren't that one note), often times that focus on One Core Trait can overshadow the nuances of a person. So soul colors, to me, are just like eye color or hair color. The concept of "soul traits" as a big lore thing was always more of a fandom interpretation, albeit one that has basis in that there's the ball game. It's just not for me. Plus there are enough monsters that deviate from that that it's just yeah.

[dryemiddi]

And tell my why you picked the one you did in the comments

[ask-sibverse]

My take on the SOUL traits

Determination- willpower. An "active" trait, focused on one's ability to do whatever they set their mind to. Is focused specifically on goal achievement and not external factors/situations

Perseverance - the ability to "weather any storm." A passive trait, while similar to Determination, Perseverance is focused on pushing through eternal factors outside of one's control. I put diabetic Reader as a strong Perseverance trait for this reason (other than Shattered Reader).

Patience- another trait similar to Determination and Perseverance, but more of the "watch and wait" type. The integral trait for monsters in the Underground to keep HoPe up, along with Perseverance.

Kindness- healing, general niceness. Desire to look after others. Can be a people pleaser or general pushover. (I swear, everyone who does X Reader fics either does Kindness or Determination traits...)

Justice- Justice I feel is not necessarily tied to obeying the law of the land, but more to valuing "fairness" and one's own personal ethics above all else. A negative side to this can probably bring entitlement, or seeing oneself as judge, jury, and executioner of all those around them

Bravery- can be thrill seeking, but mostly just the point of not allowing fear to dictate their life and decisions. Not always a good thing, as fear can be a justified emotion in many situations

Integrity- a "sibling" to Justice. While both traits value following their own person morals and ethics above all else, Justice is more focused outwards on making sure everyone around them follows those morals and ethics while Integrity focuses more inwards. Integrity would also more value someone who "sticks to their guns" in spite of everything.

[ashersbraincell]

You know what? In honour of Undertale’s Anniversary, I have some(funny/cringey) things to share: lo and behold, upcoming YEARS old videos/drawings my kid self made all those years ago. Feel free to point and laugh! (Post 10)

Yall ever made different soul trait oc’s?

CRAWLING IN MY SKINNNN/lyrc

[hellspawntale-rebooted]

HELLSPAWNTALE REBOOTED: SIDE STORIES:

“Different.” (Takes place before Hellspawntale rebooted)

[skullycandraw]

I don't agree with the thought of undyne being the kindness soul like yes she turns you green but she represents perseverance so much more!!!

[sin-content]

UH STH INTRESTING!

We all know the basic 7 soul traits right? And the basic monster soul white?

So here is something I want to show you all, its not finished so its abit of it :3..

But this is the main soul traits of my au's souls, the main 8 and a bonus 4 that are more of rare traits!

You may recognize some of the 4 bonus traits ofc- like Hate, Fear, maybeeeee Pain if you followed X-Cess38 before he deleted his account- Im still sad about that not going to lie, anyway um and the gray one is just Nutrality but you see in my aus, there are more, actually 5x as many, theyre special traits with special propatys per say but when I finish it Ill show you all hehe ^^

[generalfabulous]

This is something I’ve been really curious about for a while now from a writing standpoint, and now that we have polls, I’d like to find out!

Keep in mind, this is asking what soul color you think you’d hypothetically have. I know there’s a lot of fan theories about mixed soul colors, so if you’ve got two, pick the one you MOST identify with.

Also, I know my reach is fairly limited, so if you could help spread this so a larger part of the Undertale community sees this, I’d appreciate it! Thanks!

[ant1quarian]

Hey Raven! Figured I'd ask this here rather than risk it getting buried in the server:

I saw the specific magic/soul types; Are there specific monsters who exhibit those types - and if so, who has what?

Thank you again! Giving Eros a nuzzle.

Yeah! They do have specific SOUL traits.

Omega Flowey - All except Determination

(Formerly) Reset

Chara - Determination (Corrupted).

Reset.

Asgore - Deceased (Was Kindness and Justice. Kindness was Tainted and Justice became Corrupted)

Trident.

Fire.

Toriel -  Deceased (Was Kindness)

Fire

Green Magic

Gaster - Deceased…ish (Was Perseverance)

Gaster Blaster

Blue Magic

Orange Magic

Sans - Severely corrupted Justice (appears red), Corrupted integrity and non-corrupted perseverance.

Teleportation

Judge GAME OVER

Blue Magic (Mainly Gravity control)

Gaster Blaster

Papyrus - Kindness, Perseverance and Tainted Bravery.

Gaster Blaster

Blue Magic

Orange Magic

Undyne - Severely Corrupted Kindness and Corrupted Justice.

(Formerly) Green Magic - Healing

Green Magic - Offensive (Spears)

Alphys - Corrupted Justice and Perseverance

Yellow Magic

Electronic devices

Mettaton - Corrupted Justice

Yellow Magic

Riverperson - Freedom.

Tra la la… beware the man who never fails to meet demands…

Grillby - Corrupted Integrity and Perseverance.

Fire

Purple Magic

Napstablook - Corrupted Kindness

(Formerly) Green Magic - Healing

Muffet - Perseverance

Puppet Strings (Purple Magic)

Web-spinner (Purple magic)

Burgerpants - Corrupted Kindness and patience

Sneak (Cyan Magic)

Doggo - Corrupted Patience

Sneak (Cyan Magic)

Track (Cyan Magic)

Greater Dog - Corrupted Kindness

(Formerly) Green Magic - Healing

Green Magic - Offensive

Blue Magic

Lesser Dog - Corrupted Kindness

(Formerly) Green Magic - Healing

Orange Magic

Dogaressa - Corrupted Kindness and Non-corrupted Perseverance

Axe (Purple Magic)

Sword (Purple and Green Magic)

(Formerly) Green magic - Healing

Annoying Dog - Kindness and corrupted integrity

Cross-region (Green Magic)

(Formerly) Blue Magic

Green Magic - Healing

[homestuck-ghoul]

UT fanfiction writers I'm begging you to please stop only using green souls for the MC 😭🙏

Please use the other soul colors, man I have never seen anyone use the patience or courage soul traits yet. Perseverance gets SOME love out here but come on now I know you want the MC to be kind and empathetic but they can still be that way with other soul traits I promise

[keferon]

Biblically accurate Blurr~

Blurr's Spotlight was actually the very first Transformers comic I ever read. I remember looking at the first pages and being like, holy shit, dude why are you so ugly?? Ahahjcmgmg

[akanemnon]

Clearly the correct answer

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[im-here-homie]

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[scarlet97531]

Someone remind us to talk about why we think that red is freedom sometime cause we have a lot of thoughts about it. I might need to make a diagram.

red souls aren’t determination souls

so we know the colors and souls traits are linked because of the ball game

but note, red doesn’t get listed as determination.

GOLD is what actually is the color for determination.

(ignore how things are orange tinted, i have flux on and its 2am) determination is listed in yellow text.

it flat out says you’re filled with determination every time you use it.

note there are no red flowers, but a very distinct golden flower instead.

and golden flowers are frequently connected with determination. flowey is one injected with dt, chara is buried under the patch of flowers, they’re here underground purely because of chara’s dying wish and desire to use their will past death. one could say it represents that will to live despite everything else, even death itself. which. again, is what determination is.  The will to keep living. The resolve to change fate.

more evidence DT is yellow:

selected text is yellow, not red

as is the SAVE point. hell, even frisk is yellow. the golden heart lockets are yellow. (though, how canon that is up to debate, as we only see it in the collector’s edition as a merchandise, not ingame. but alas.)

yellow/golden is frequently and constantly used to refer for determination. and again, there isn’t a red flower, but rather the golden flower taking it’s place.

now granted, chara does use red text in no mercy and has a red soul judging by their empty casket. but that just means chara had a red soul, not that they were a determined soul! remember, the other humans souls have determination.

“I’ve extracted it from the human SOULs.”

if you go back without using a true reset, toriel will comment this upon your butterscotch/cinnamon choice. that she feels deja vu with humans, as if shes met them before

RED souls can’t be determination, determination is a trait shared between different soul color humans. to further this, the red soul we control in deltarune is the one we use yes, but we don’t USE determination to save. we use the “power of” something else, like fluffy boys and mean girls. it’s distinctly not a yellow light, its distinctly not listed as the feeling of determination. now, if the red soul was determination, than shouldn’t the power/save be the same?

now, what is the trait or red souls? i speculate below because this post is already fricking so long. i don’t have a concrete answer, but at least i have something?

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[demigods-posts]

luke fumbling in recruiting percy has to be one of his greatest failures. a beautiful thing the show does regarding luke and percy's relationship is building rapport between them through shared moments like settling into camp, eating meals together, but especially through swordfighting lessons. the swordfighting scene at the beginning of episode 8 not only reveals that percy and luke already share similar beliefs about the fear-based system the gods have cultivated, but it's clear the conversation stays with percy when he fights ares and later calls out zeus on his waning skills as a father and a king. however, luke's plan fell through the moment percy learned that the winged-shoes were meant to drag him to tartarus. not only that, but the shoes nearly killed grover, a friend percy cared for deeply. if nourishing loyalty and trust was the key to ensuring a partnership with percy, then it was luke's faulty planning, arrogance, and impatience that cost him the greatest ally he could ask for.