#undertale was emotional (in some ways) but sincere

[mbat]

i wish i could just press a button and fixate honestly. i miss fixating

[superkooku]

If you were to comment on what is attractive about OTPs, how would you describe those ships?

yes, this ask is just an excuse for those who received it to ramble about their OTPs

OK, I'm not the biggest shipper out here. I usually stick with canon couples and see if one of them particularly catches my eye. So don't expect much fanon.

Also, I love healthy relationships. Not perfect, ofc, but functional couples that bounce off each other either in a cute or chaotic way. Kinda like what @aliciavance4228 said.

And since I'm in a big Greek mythology phase, ofc some couples are included.

(finally, quite a few of of them overlap with @margaretkart 's post about it. We even ramble about them in DMs. By the way, the pretty fanarts come from her blog, so if you like them, I suggest you check it out).

Here's my list of OTPs and why they're amazing.

Dionysus and Ariadne

Let's get the most predictable one out of the way 😂.

First of all, I'd like to thank @margaretkart again for feeding me with absolutely beautiful art of this couple.

Then... what can I say ? I love the whole messages of second chances and healing behind them, their personalities, the fluff, the vases of them are adorable, Ariadne being involved in the cult (like as a helper in fighting off Perseus for exp), the crown of stars. Everything about these two makes me smile, honestly.

When I was younger, I just knew that Theseus dumped Ariadne and that was it. Kinda sad. But seeing her get a happy ending after everything she lost is so much better ! Especially with someone as interesting as Dionysus, who will certainly not be afraid of her darker backstory.

(I don't think mr. "I plotted Pentheus' death" will have a grudge over Ariadne betraying her family, lol 😂)

Also, there's potential to exploit some darker sides as well, especially about their backstories. Anyways, 10/10 romance. Next.

OdyPen

It's pretty obvious, seeing how many salty complaints I have each time Odysseus is shown as a cheater and Penelope as "boring" (no she isn't).

It's mostly the Odyssey version, since Penelope is more fleshed out in the original text, but the Epic version gave pretty songs about them so I like it too :3

I mean, LOOK AT THEM. They're so in synch, there's even a whole world describing them. "Homophrosyne". They think alike, they're literal soulmates. They're lying, scheming goobers who are so beautiful they attracted a lot of unwanted attention. They're patient, persistent, they carry everything on their backs, I mean, they're actually so compatible it's amazing.

Who doesn't like a good story of longing, trials and tribulations until the emotional reunion ?

Howl and Sophie (HMC)

Both book and movie versions for very different reasons.

The movie one speaks for itself. Many of us were touched by how beautiful this couple is. This movie is so full of emotions, sincerity and gives us fluffy feelings. Exactly like this couple.

The versions from the book ? They're just so funny 😂. They argue all the time, but not some duper toxic stuff like in some BookTok. They have married couple arguments, they bicker, they're both so beautifully flawed (especially Howl. If you thought he's dramatic in the movie, then he's that times 100 in the book).

Other couples I (really) like

And a quick explanation of why I do :)

Ares x Aphrodite : what can I say ? Love and war go hand in hand. Plus they bounce off each other well and can easily be a very interesting power couple if used well.

Undyne x Alphys (Undertale) : I really like their vibes, yk ? Very cute and fun little couple. Classical opposites attract and with similar interests. Undyne, the mighty and heroic warrior and Alphys, our favorite otaku scientist. Anyways, I like them, even though I don't talk about them that much.

Guts x Casca (Berserk) : the struggler couple. Seriously, after all of the horrors they went through, these two HAVE to get a happy ending, otherwise I'm gonna flip. Their rivals to lovers relationship was sweet and, although Guts' internal demons almost threatened the whole thing, he quickly got over himself and put her security first.

Maomao x Jinshi (the apothecary diaries) : first of all, yay season 2 will soon come out ! Then, I really like this slow burn and how each of them is fleshed out. They have similar vibes to book Howl and Sophie in some ways. Jinshi is a bit too much at times but other than that, it's pretty good. Especially seeing how many potential cringe stuff a setting like this could bring in a badly written story. Also I just love my poison queen Maomao so much :3

Also, their silly moments are so funny, especially when you think it's gonna be romantic. And nope, it's Maomao fantasizing about poison or herbs or shrooms or something like that.

Hephaestus x Aglaia : mainly because I rarely hear about them and I'm angry now because it's basically the healthy version of Hephaestus x Aphrodite

Zeus x Hera : ok maybe the most surprising entry in the list. They're kinda my biggest exception for healthy couples, but they're so hilariously disfuncitonally and intensely in love, it's impossible not to notice them.

Perseus x Andromeda : yes it's partly because of @sarafangirlart's posts about them, but the relationship is so simple yet beautiful. It's a match made in heaven.

Aladdin x Jasmine : three words : my entire childhood. Like in HMC, so many fluffy scenes.

I mean look at them :

(also I'd maybe add Hades and Persephone when done well. Or if a retelling shows them being mighty rulers and doctor haters together. NOW I'm listening 😂)

I'll probably go back to this post and add new ones if I find them.

[sweettjrose]

I really really like your writing and style of narrative (I am still reading your detective Mickey one, I am interested!), I have always wanted to write my stories and OC stuff like that , but it never turns out good.

Anyway, my question is if you any inspirations or reference when it comes to writing, and if so, what are them?

Thank you so much!!! 💕💕💕

It warms my heart so much to see so many people like my story and get invested. I always wanted to get into fanfic writing, but could never imagine seeing so many positive reactions. I worked really hard and I can't wait to share more of what I have planned for this series.

As for your question, it is a simple question, but I actually have a complicated answer lol. Because even though I am writing fanfiction, I feel like a lot of my inspiration comes from things outside of just writing such as tv shows, games, comics, movies, etc. There are so many stories that had such an impact on me like Undertale, Deltarune, Mob Psycho 100, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Gravity Falls, Pokémon Black/White, Steven Universe, Gurren Lagann, Kung Fu Panda, Bojack Horseman, The Great Mouse Detective, Beauty and the Beast (Tbh Disney movies in general), and so much more. I've always wanted to write something just as emotionally impactful and compelling as they were to me. I feel like I daydream of cool moments as well as fun story ideas but never really put them on paper. But one day, while hyper-fixated on Mickey Mouse, I couldn't take only thinking anymore and I decided to just start writing them down and that is how I got my start.

What has also helped is following other creators that have been making their own wonderful stories also based on characters in the whole "Mickey and Friends"-verse. I've been following "Everything is Blue", an incredible story that tackles the relationships that Bud Flud had before he became the Liquidator by @trishabeakens . I also love the amazing duckverse comics by @modmad that do such a brilliant job giving Magica De Spell and Gladstone Gander so much depth with beautiful illustrations. Also, my friend @skullsemi makes many terrific comics about her "The Backup Detectives" AU that explores Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Oswald, Clarabelle, and everyone in such a fun role, and even other people started to add their own take to their AU. That isn't even everyone. Just seeing so many people share their own fantastic work and take on these characters or any other characters are really big inspiration when it comes to getting the push to make my own stuff.

However, I can't talk about inspiration and references and not bring up all of the "Mickey and Friends" media that is the root of my story. The animated shorts, "The Three Musketeers", "The Three Caballeros", "The Goofy Movie", Ducktales 2017, "The Prince and the Pauper", "The Christmas Carol", the comics (Gottfredson, Barks, Rosa, Nucci, Topolino, etc.), Darkwing Duck, and just so much more have all been key references when writing my fanfiction series. Some of the inspiration is obvious such as "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" for the Pilot. But it is more than that. It is also the feel that all of these stories give. What I like about all of these stories is how well they can balance a fun cartoony comedic vibe, but also have strong emotional moments. In "The Goofy Movie" you can have a musical number where people dance on cars in the same movie where two adults have a serious conversation about trust and the best way to parent a child. That is what I am trying to catch in my story. And now that I think about it a lot of the previous stuff I mentioned in the paragraph above also have a pretty similar balance. I think there is something about being able to be goofy but also sincere that speaks to me. The idea of exploring the tough parts of life, but still holding onto hope and having fun along the way. It is genuine. I want to be genuine.

I know you mentioned earlier about how you don't think you're writing is good. I haven't seen it (mostly because I don't know who you are lol), but I think you are being a bit hard on yourself. The fact that you are writing is better than doing nothing and I would say just write what you want to. Write what you enjoy and find fun. Write what gets you to actually write. Because if I could be honest, I am really writing mostly for me. This is something I've been wanting to do forever and I am having so much fun.

[hanaphammoln]

(This alternate universe is inspired by the original Undertale by TobyFox

Underswap by PopcornPr1nce

Outertale by 2mi127

Futuretale by Rain149)

Find The Mood(FTMTale)

Once upon a time, there were two species on Earth: humans and monsters. Both live in harmony with each other, monsters favor strength and humanity favors wisdom. At first, the two seemed to get along well, but humanity was still afraid that the magical power of monsters might later dominate the world, so the elders gathered to discuss destroying monsters as well as finding them. Deep understanding of the kind of natural power that monsters possess.

Gaster - A monster whose intelligence and sharp intuition helped him guess people's intentions, he quickly tried to secretly create his own tools that could leave Earth and go to another place. somewhere that humans cannot find. Although he is very knowledgeable, he needs someone who can assist. Fortunately, a close human friend of his did not agree with the destruction of monsters and he believed that it stemmed from the selfishness and jealousy of the elders. He assisted Gaster a lot in finding fuel and creating short, simple magic formulas that were easy to understand. This surprised Gaster that humanity's intelligence and ability to learn is so good. He was also somewhat worry about human, but when he looked at his best friend, he let that thought go because of his friend sincere enthusiasm. For a long time after preparing everything, Gaster was afraid of war and had not yet prepared a way to retreat, so he did not inform Asgore, the noble king of monsters. Surely everything was fine, Gaster immediately informed his king.

Gaster: My king and queen, humans are afraid of our power. They are planning to break out uprisings to destroy what they fear.

Asgore angrily slammed his hand on the throne, frowned, stood up straight and shouted loudly.

Asgore: WHY IS THAT SO UNREASONABLE? WE MUST MAKE THIS CLEAR!

Toriel: Honey, wait a minute. If it's hot, it will cause war, costing so many innocent lives. Why don't we come to the discussion table?

.....The war broke out, although the magical power of the monsters was great, but with the magnanimity and strong solidarity of humanity, the monsters side was brought to a dead end... brought down into a pit. deep (the place to hide the spaceship that Gaster has prepared). Gaster's mouth muttered:

Gaster: 1

Human Mage: Kamrcha'dro ra

Gaster: 2

Human mage: Miloen'kro la samqra chre kin-

Gaster: 3

The spaceship suddenly flew away, with much surprise from humans and monsters. Everyone was surprised, the monsters were frozen by this shock. Asgore understood why Gaster didn't stop him, Toriel was still angry with Asgore for not listening to her and having to create a meaningless war. The spaceship flies in space, not knowing where it will stop...

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Frisk - a robot that is considered the hope of humans when they gradually lose their own emotions, scientists research and send them to space so they can find a certain planet. there is some life that can give them the emotions they are slowly running out of. (Frisk is the seventh robot that contains the fuel of determination.)

Because people are increasingly delving deeper into technology, their scientific passions help them have a treasure trove of achievements that create outstanding digital technology. The more popular AI becomes, the more humans are replaced by robots. It seems that there are only a few left and they yearn to rediscover emotions and come up with the idea of creating "emotional fuels" as described in books. It was helpful at first but it seems they need something more real than artificial. Created 6 AI each in turn with each type of fuel: patience, brave, integrity, perseverance, kindness, justice but they disappeared and did not contact them when they left Earth not long ago so the The type used the last remaining fuel determination to send one more time.

The monster's side after they boarded the spaceship and went to another planet (unknown) but due to this new environment they had to change to adapt. The first time the ship landed, everyone was in the ship and tried to get a rock sample from that planet. Gaster and his assistants researched creating a type of energy when testing from a rock sample from that planet. They successfully developed a new energy called selium that can adapt to any place and any environment. The king, queen, and people were all happy to start building a world of their own, a world where they no longer had to fear being betrayed by humans.

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The 6 AI that arrived here were not destroyed but due to some errors while researching their journey. All AI as well as the fuel are carefully stored in Alphys's experimental basement. They are being placed in the charging frame as well as "something" that is in need of repair.

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Gaster's human best friend sent Gaster his child when the human jury found that he had betrayed humans. So he asked Gaster to raise that little child, telling him to take good care of the child and name Chara. Gaster also invited him to join the spaceship to leave earth, but he refused. He argued that he could convince, he loved the baby, so he sent his most trustworthy friend to take care of him when he fell into an unwanted situation. Gaster held the child tightly in his arms, remembering his memories and that of humanity.

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It was so happy because at the same time the kingdom was built, Queen Toriel was pregnant and she gave birth to a baby. Asgore, the people of the kingdom all happily blessed that baby.

Asgore: Asriel, that will be the name of our little prince.

Because Gaster is a scientist close to the royal family, he is always there to support his king. Of course, the human baby and the monster prince grew up together. Both are as close as siblings, the royal family and the monsters in the kingdom both admire and trust in humans again.

They do not discriminate against that humanity, considering it as their own members. Chara has human intelligence and senses that there is a scientific era on Earth, guessing that humans are gradually being replaced by robots. Chara grew up and successfully became a member of the royal scientific research team. Thanks to her intelligence and energy, she has also invented many useful things, written books to develop this world, and also mentioned that humanity is gradually becoming extinct. Find a way to restore the "emotions" of their fellow humans. Asriel has been with Chara since childhood. He also saw some unusual symptoms in his friend. Chara's health became increasingly unstable and she was gradually dying. Always giving her friend a lot of advice, Chara seemed to reply "thank you for worrying", but continued to look back at the documents. Asriel was helpless and could only sigh. Suddenly one day he went to his friend's office to ask, but no one answered. Feeling uneasy, Asriel immediately broke the door and rushed in to see Chara collapsed on the table. He tried to wake his friend but in vain, her body was cold. In her hand she was still holding a pen. He screamed in pain and angrily, hitting everything around him and venting his anger on his friend's documents. Suddenly, a red heart flew out from his friend's body. Asriel frowned and looked at it, then accidentally touched it and the two merged. Asriel was currently filled with "Determination", he stood still for a few seconds and then smiled painfully: "So it's true that human are afraid of monsters." He was haunted by his new power, his mind in a frenzy due to the shock of Chara's death, his mind pondering why humans fear monster power. "The better way is for humanity to come into contact with monsters legitimately when they no longer have souls", Asriel made up his own mind that humans and monsters would be better friends when they no longer had souls, meaning they no longer had emotions and should be replaced using the AI that Chara had mentioned, their appearance looked real but was fake. Before he could use the power next to him, it immediately had side effects. Asriel's chest was hot, he started vomiting black liquid, "Chara is stopping me?". "Even if I die from this new energy source, even if it goes in a different direction than you, I will not give up being friends with humans." Having finished speaking, Asriel's body disintegrated into small pieces that gradually disappeared. The prince turned into iridescent particles that covered Chara's body. Soon the monsters discovered them and informed the king. Together they buried the child. The king and queen were saddened by his children in turn. The emperor's anger boiled again and he declared, "Humans have once again taken away what is mine, my beloved son. FROM NOW ON ANYWHERE IN THIS KINGDOM IS THE SHADOW OF HUMANITY THEN KILL IT IMMEDIATELY!". The Queen of course also objected to her husband's unreasonable opinion even though she was very heartbroken, "For nothing, you blame humans? How unreasonable with your hot temper! I will contradict it with you!". Certain that one day there will be interaction between humans and monsters, Toriel separated from Asgore and went their separate ways. Asgore will kill them, Toriel will protect them.

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Frisk, after each time learning to face battles with monsters, seems to have a stronger fuel of determination flowing through the robot, it begins to feel something.

In the end it was able to overcome the obstacles, reaching the king's place it showed Asgore that the humans knew their mistakes, they were now apologizing to the monsters, wanting to do get along but it's too late. The monster king was no longer impatient after all this time, he realized his mistake in hastily blaming humans. He learned to empathize and said he would help humanity return to itself, regaining their souls. At this moment Flowey suddenly appeared, coils of wire from below the surface covered all over the kingdom, "There will be no taking back the soul", "I, the prince of this kingdom will show everyone that the fuel is good much better than the fragile soul", "I will kill them all if they dare to stand in my way", after saying that it is enough to understand that Flowey took 6 fuels that Alphys stored, he drank them and then had a new power, turns into something very large but the weak point that appears is the fuel tanks. Frisk faced Photoshop Flowey again. During the battle with Photoshop Flowey, the robot took back the fuel and drank it all. Absorbing the seven fuels caused it to be about to be released, but the monsters in the kingdom did not allow it to fail, together they used their own magic to try to break the law of Photoshop Flowey's power even if only just a few seconds to help Frisk, strengthening the friendship between the two species. There's something strange about that robot. It became human and once again the war happened: humanity and monsters, but it was not for the benefit of the individual but for both. Frisk now officially saves this world as well as the emotionally exhausted humanity on Earth. In the end, Frisk defeated Photoshop Flowey, he was helpless and weak and told Frisk to finish him. But now Frisk is no longer a hollow piece of iron, they hug Flowey and warmly say: "Can you hear my breathing? I have the feeling that I can do it and you can too.", Flowey was silent, standing still for a few seconds, then pushed Frisk away and he ran away. Frisk was silent in space, they returned to the monsters- no in their minds now there were no more monsters, back to their friends. In some dark corner Flowey looked at the flowers that Asriel and Chara planted together, whispering and asking, "Chara? What kind of person am I?" Frisk suddenly appeared "No matter how bad you are, there is definitely someone who cares about you, even if you have no feelings."

Flowey was surprised because he was thinking all this time so he didn't pay attention to his surroundings, opened his eyes wide and suddenly asked: "W-Why are you-". "Frisk is right, no matter what happens, there is still someone who wants to be by your side, I'm so sorry" - Toriel walked out from behind Frisk. Asgore, Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Alphys,... one after another, the whole kingdom emerged from the darkness surrounding Flowey. The flower looked at everything, those unapproachable eyes filled with tears. "I-I'm not everyone's Asriel, just someone who carries Asriel's wishes."

Asgore: Yes or no, you are still family to us.

Toriel: Do you accept us?

Flowey: Thank you everyone-so much.

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\\Finally, all conflicts between humans and monsters have been resolved, Frisk prepares to return to Earth by spaceship with the help of Alphys and Papyrus. Before leaving, they turned back to look at everyone, "I promise, I will invite you to visit Earth, it's just a matter of time as long as you still remember me.", everyone nodded and smiled that they believed them. Frisk boarded the spaceship and pressed the departure button, his hands gripping the chair bar as if his will was certain that he would do something and would not give up.

\\40 years later, at the scientists' office, only Papyrus was searching for documents because Alphys was busy with Undyne, the rest were missing, probably on their day off. their. A circle of light appeared, a middle-aged figure stepped out from that circle of light, Papyrus turned around and was stunned, that person said "Hello, we haven't seen each other for a long time, am I not the one who broke my promise?", Papyrus sighed and smiled, "It's been a long wait, but I'm glad you're safe." Frisk opened his arms wide, "We invite you to visit our homeland."

[rawbins-undertale-blog]

Hey! I was thinking about this at 1 AM, but how would the UT, US, and UF bros react to their S/O telling them that they love them even with all their flaws, and will always be there for them? Also, I just wanted to say that I love your writing and your art, and you're a huge inspiration. You're simply the best, and I hope you have a good day.

BHJAJBHHBJD THIS,,, THIS IS SO SWEET AAaAAaaa (and tysm!!!!!! mY HEART,,, hope you have a good day too!!! Even if this is extremely late sorry lol)

Hope this will do <3

UT + US + UF BROS WHEN S/O TELLS THEM THEY LOVE THEM DESPITE THEIR FLAWS

Vanilla (Undertale Sans):

Admittedly a bit awkward at first and will try to brush you off (because sincerity and being heartfelt isn’t something that comes easily to him)

“even with my ketchup addiction?”, he’ll joke and if you just keep being genuine with him, he’ll quickly melt and allow himself to be vulnerable with you

Gives you some kind of sappy speech about how amazing you are and how he loves you so much and while he doesn’t see why you love him, he’ll do his best to be what you deserve and be better for both of you. He promises to be there for you when he can too, and you know he doesn’t take promises lightly.

Might cry, depending on how far into each other’s insecurities this talk goes and/or how much you insist upon loving him even if he isn’t perfect.

Miraculously won’t include any jokes or puns beyond maybe the first couple of responses to you initial confession

After this, you’re having a LONG cuddle session

Cinnamon (Undertale Papyrus):

Ecstatic. Announces proudly that the same goes for you and then dives into a long-winded talk about every single thing he loves about you.

The things he loves about you include things that bother you, things that not even you were aware of before now, and things you thought he wouldn’t have picked up on. He’s actually very perceptive.

Either this ends up with the two of you having a cute movie-night or some other kind of goofy activity or it ends with crying as you hold each other after confessing to things you regret and/or are insecure over.

Blue (Underswap Sans):

Smiles softly, gently, before he also goes on a ramble about all the things he adores about you. It’s genuine and sweet and wonderful. He won’t leave you, he swears it on his own soul.

He admits to his faults he keeps hidden, how he’s afraid he’s not as good of a person as he likes to pretend to be and how guilty he feels about it.

But you still love him.

He internally doesn’t really understand why, but he accepts it. You’re the most wonderful and fantastic person he’s ever met, why should he question you?

Stretch (Underswap Papyrus):

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He’s blushing so much, he doesn’t know what to do or say. Help.

I mean! You too!! Uh!!! Of course he loves you!! He loves you so much!! He just!!! Doesn’t know how to respond, give him a second please!!!!!

After a minute of him stewing silently in his hoodie and blushing like there’s no tomorrow (and you’re pretty sure you can see steam coming from where his ears would be), he finally starts stuttering out an actual response (while still looking like he’s ready to explode any minute).

You’re- you’re so amazing and perfect and by the stars, he loves you more than he ever thought it was possible to love somebody (who isn’t Blue but that’s another type of love and also beside the point) and sometimes he thinks he could just die from how great you make him feel just by being there.

He’ll confess to having some serious anxiety about thinking you’ll leave him any day now once you realise you could do better (which you’ve probably picked up on already, Stretch isn’t the best at hiding things).

Let’s be real, this ends with at the very least him crying and it gets emotional my guy

Red (Underfell Sans):

Melts. Immediately.

He doesn’t know how to reply verbally, he’s not good with words for the most part, so he hugs you tightly and says something vaguely resembling “you too, i love ya so much” but he genuinely doesn’t know how to give you an actual response.

But you said you love him even with his flaws, which means you’re okay with that.

It isn’t much of a verbal conversation here, more just Red cuddling you because he can’t find words to describe what he feels.

But what he feels for you is good, and that much he’ll tell you.

Edge (Underfell Papyrus):

You’ve done it. You’ve broken down his walls and he’s not going to act all tough and brave. He’ll be sincere.

Except for for like half a second. He half-heartedly tries to brush you off at first like “OH. Y-YES, OF… OF COURSE YOU DO!” before faltering and going all mushy on you lol

Goes on a long ramble about how he thinks you’re so amazing and how he loves all these little things you do, like the way your face looks when you’re concentrated or how you act when you feel happy.

It turns into self-deprecating himself for being… not soft and nice, for being so rough around the edges (PUN NOT INTENDED!!!!!!!!!!). He doesn’t like who he used to be, nor does he really like who he is now, but you… you help him become something he doesn’t despise.

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

how do the skeleboys from ut, uf, ht, us (and maybe sf...if you want....) realize they're starting to fall in love? i love your writings very much, you're breathtaking ;-;

Undertale Sans - For Sans, it would probably be when you made him smile for real. It’s hard for Sans to be sincere about his emotions, so if he starts open more, it’s because he is slowly realising he can trust you for real. Not just like a friend, but more like he’s trusting Papyrus. If you are explicit enough about your feeling after that, he will definitely considered to ask you out.

Undertale Papyrus - Papyrus loves to bring snacks and lunch to S/O as work. One way to make him realise you are also caring about him is do the same. Little snacks, little attentions, a gift even. With time and long hugs session, he kinda realised he felt more happy those day and that you are probably what causing this. It won’t take long for him to ask you out after that.

Underswap Sans - Well, Blue is that guy that thinks he has a nice touch with everyone before his dreams got crushed by reality. So yeah, when he said he likes you and you doesn’t run away, he is pretty shocked. What if, just this once, you are really really like him back ? He’s too scared to lose you to ask, so he will wait to see as far you want to go with him.

Underswap Papyrus - It happens that one day during a Netflix night. He was hugging you as you were punning about that bad horror movie, and he realised he wanted to stay like this forever. The second after, he realised that means he loves you and turned orange. He won’t confess right now, but you can heard him screaming internally.

Underfell Sans - He understands there’s something. He doesn’t understand what this something is and gives up. Emotions are too complicate for good ol’ lazy Red.

Underfell Papyrus - You are telling him a story during a dinner and he realised he can stay here all night listening to you because you are too cute. Then he slaps himself when he realised what he’s thinking. I mean, he literraly slaps himself in the middle of the conversation. Now he felt stupid and became all red. Edge doesn’t want to assume his feelings, but his body is telling him otherwise. He’ll probably stayed two days cringing in his pillow after that.

Horrortale Sans - Just like an animal, Oak has pretty simple needs. So yeah, that day, you were about to leave when he just grabbed your arm, pulled you against his chest and kidnap you on the sofa because he doesn’t want you to go. All this big boy is looking for is someone who won’t abandon him. You’re here, he feels fine for the first time in a really long time and he wants this moment to keep going forever. He might confess immediately.

Horrortale Papyrus - You guessed his favorite kind of flowers and now he is crying because no one never took time to guess this sort of things to him. You broke the giant baby skeleton. He just let go a “you know I love you” before realising that god, that’s actually the case, and crying even more. It will take some time for you to understand he is not sad but actually overwhelmed by how kind you are to him.

Swapfell Sans - It’s just one day, you are on the sofa with him, and suddenly he just looked at you like “????????”. He just has that realisation that... You are still here ? Usually, people don’t stay too close from him, but not you ? Are you braindead or are you liking having him near you ? Oh god. Wait. Why is it even important ? ... Is he happy you are still near him ? Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Nox is having a panic attack. He never thinks any relationship that far. What the hell are you supposed to do when you like someone ???? HELP.

Swapfell Papyrus - He got caught stealing nuggets in a McDonald’s and his brother didn’t want to pay for his freedom at the police station. Then you payed ??? He was so confused to see YOU that worry when he got out he feels very weird all of the sudden. Were you actually scared for him ? Damn, no one ever cared enough for that. He just smiles stupidly, but it’s a very sincere smile. Then you held his hand and he suddenly felt guilty to have worry you. Oh god. Is he actually feeling guilt ? What is he even feeling anyway ? He is very confused now, but he still wants to pay you a McDonald’s to thank you for saving his boney ass. During the dinner, he realised that maybe he’s started to consider you more than just a friend.

[seventeendeer]

Yanno what I don’t think I’ve actually ever seen your personal take on gaster and I’m super curious! Like what do you think his intentions are with what information we have been given regarding the twitter posts, character creation dialogue etc.

Also what do you think his relation to the skeleton brothers are?

Ohh I have a deep love for Gaster, I used to make up a lot of headcanons about him back in the day when all we had to go on was Undertale!

Based on the little information we have, I think he's ... well, basically a very weird but very nice old man. I don't dare guess whether his motives are noble, but I at least think that he thinks so, or that he at least doesn't think his actions will harm anyone. His presence is unsettling, but I think it's just a quirk of his personality - he's so warm and gentle in his interactions with the player at the beginning of the game, it makes me think he has a kindhearted nature in general.

It's clear he has a corruptive influence on the world of Deltarune, but I don't think it's on purpose, I think he's just scatterbrained. He's clearly very single-mindedly focused on his plans and like many a mad scientist character before him, he just ... doesn't consider the consequences of his actions and simply forgets about the marks he leaves on the world. He might be a bit self-absorbed? But probably more in a shortsighted way than a malicious one. I think he sincerely likes other people a lot and values their happiness, he just doesn't realize that what he's doing has hurt people and might cause more devastation if he continues his experiment.

As for his relation to the skelebros, I'm not sure! Realistically, I wonder if they might be fragments of him (or maybe just Papyrus?), but I am completely selfishly hoping he's their father, either biologically or in a "science experiment treated like family" way. I just really, really like the idea of those 2 having a weird friendly dad who thinks the world of them, it's so cute

Gaster's character is still very mysterious to me, but if I had to take a guess at where he's going, I'm assuming he might serve as a foil to Kris and/or Ralsei - someone with purely good intentions, a lot of power and a calm emotional state contrasted against two characters who will turn out to have at least semi-selfish motives, only their wits and determination to influence the world with and who are driven by emotion. Gaster's actions might actually be what ultimately cause Kris and Ralsei to come back to the side of good if they ever stray, choosing to work together with their friends in order to stop Gaster instead of completing their own plans in order to save the world.

All just extremely loose guesswork based on some of my other theories, but it's fun to think about! I want everyone to be friends in the end, but I think there's gonna be a loooooot of conflict first haha

[1-800-hellraiser]

Underfell!Sans x Female!Reader

Hello! I'm back with an Underfell Sans oneshot! I'm an absolute S I M P for this man. Anyways, PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER BEFORE THE ONESHOT!!! Underfell is NOT my Au, it belongs to @VictheUnderfella. Undertale is made by Toby Fox, Sans and Underfell!Sans aren't my characters! The reader will use She/Her pronouns (sorry dudes and nb pals). Have fun reading :)

❗DISCLAIMER❗

This oneshot contains mentions of verbal and physical abuse, mentions of the aftermath of abuse, smoking, and swearing! If you are triggered by/ uncomfortable with reading about these topics, I suggest you don't read this oneshot. If you're not triggered by/ uncomfortable with reading about these topics, you can proceed forwards. 

     I also made a reader insert, your character is not a human. The character can be found here. I will write this in a way where it includes everyone, I just made the ref sheet so I can at least have something to go off of in terms of outfit/makeup/species of monster.

I Wanna Be Yours

Word count: 3,936

Song: I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

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"Secrets I have held in my heart are harder to hide than I thought. Maybe I just wanna be yours. I wanna be yours."

      Flick. Your lighter lights with a simple motion of your thumb. You hold the lit cigarette to your dark colored lips and take a puff. You developed the nasty habit of smoking when you first became a part of the Royal Guard. Being a Guardswomen is tough, considering you actually had a kid fall down into the underground a day ago. You never thought it would happen to be honest, maybe you can finally get out of this hell hole and away from the insufferable assholes that inhabit it. Except for Sans. Sans has been your only escape, your safe haven. You met him through his brother, Papyrus. When you first became a Royal Guardswomen, you met Papyrus and Sans. After having a somewhat awkward conversation with the smaller skeleton, you both hit it off instantly. You two actually share a sentry station near the Ruins.

      Both of you share puns and stories with one another. Stories about the good, the bad, and sometimes, the ugly. Sans isn't the most trusting person. It took you a while for him to open up to you about his past. About a year and a half to be exact. Once he told you a bit about his past, you felt so bad for him. Even though he doesn't want pity, you can't help but feel bad. His brother is a very verbally and physically abusive person, especially when things don't go his way. Papyrus usually takes his anger out on someone, and that someone is usually Sans. You want to take him away from this situation. You want him to live an abuse-free life. You want him to be happy. As soon as you leave the underground, you want to take him away with you, if he lets you, of course. But for now, you just have to be there for him when he needs you to be. 

      "Ay Y/n, you okay?" Sans says, waving his skeletal hand in front of your face. "Uh, yeah, I'm good, I just kinda zoned out." You mumble, taking another drag of your cigarette. Sans looks at you skeptically before returning back to what he was doing. Suddenly Sans turns to you "Ya wanna go to Grillby's?" He asks. "Yeah, I got nothin' else to do." You respond. He takes your hand and teleports into the small diner. You two take a seat at your usual spot at the bar. "I'll take my usual," Sans says to Grillby, you order your f/f. You and Sans just chill and talk while enjoying your meals. After cackling at Sans' story of Papyrus somehow getting his head stuck in a bucket, he goes quiet. You ask him what's wrong. "Can I ask you somethin' Bud?" He asks. "Shoot at me." You reply. "What would you do if you lost the person you love most?" He questions, you're a bit stunned at the serious question. 

     "I think I'd go crazy. I don't think I could live without the person I love most. Why do you ask?" You question the edgy-looking skeleton. "No reason, I'm just curious 's all." He says, shrugging. You nodd skeptically, you knew he was going to say something else, but then decided against it.  After your meal, you realize it's actually pretty late. About six pm, to be exact, both of your sentry shifts ended two hours ago. "Shit! I gotta go, Papyrus is going to crucify me if I'm not back by six. Same time tomorrow, Dollface?" You chuckle, "Same time everyday, Sans," You retort. "I wish he meant to call me Dollface." Wow, that thought came out of nowhere. A blush spreads across your p/f/c (pastel favorite color) cheeks. You and Sans always call each other pet names, platonically, of course. Sighing, you begin walking to your apartment. There was a small apartment complex behind Grillby's that you live in. You used to live in Waterfall, but moved to Snowdin once you got paired with Sans to your sentry station. Even though sentry can change in an instant, you and Sans mostly stay in Snowdin. 

       Arriving at your apartment, you fish your keys out of your pants pocket. You open the door and sigh a sigh of content. After chucking off your boots near the door, you trudge to your bedroom and change into a pair of black sweatpants and a baggy blue shirt that says "Big Dick Is Back In Town" on it in Times New Roman font. You turn out the lights and collapse on your bed. Within seconds, you're fast asleep. At seven thirty am your alarm rings in your ear. You proceed with your morning routine, you shower, do your hair, put on some makeup, and get dressed. When you go to get dressed, you realise something. "Fuck I forgot to wash my work clothes yesterday!" You groan. You literally have four of the same pairs of pants and shirts you wear for work. You sigh exasperatedly, you have to wear the same ones you did yesterday again. Grabbing your phone, you set a reminder to wash your work clothes tonight at six thirty.

      After that, you put on your boots and leave your apartment. Taking a few shortcuts, you arrive at your shared sentry station, cigarette in between your clawed fingers. You sigh, Sans isn't even at the station yet. Anxiously, you wait at the station. About ten minutes later, Sans finally appears at the station, panting and shaking. "Are you okay?" You ask, concerned. "Does it look like I'm fuckin' okay to ya'?" He snaps back. Shocked, you stay silent. You know he doesn't mean to snap at you when he's mad, it's best to give him some space for a bit. You excuse yourself from the station, saying you forgot your phone at your apartment. "Make it quick, I don't want Papyrus to catch you." He says, your breath hitches. Oh, so that's what happened this morning. "I'll be careful, I promise." You reassure, taking a shortcut through the woods to Grillby's. You go in, and order Sans' usual and your f/f to go. As soon as you get the food you leave for the station again. You pop out the same way you entered, right behind the station.

     "I'm back." You announce, setting the plastic bag containing food in the front of the sentry station. "Where'd that come from?!" "Uh...Grillby's?" You say, "No-I mean-" sans sighs "I thought you had to go grab your phone from your apartment." He says, you chuckle. "Yeah, I lied. I thought you needed a little pick-me-up, considering the way you came to the station this morning." You explain, tail swishing a bit behind you at the uncomfortable subject. "Oh, well, thank you. I appreciate it, Doll." He says in a sincere manner. You love when he's soft with you when no one is around. In the Underground, it's considered "weak" to show genuine emotion outside of your home. You wish it wasn't like that, but sadly, this is the reality you have to live in for now. For now, you can only be there for Sans when he needs to show his emotions. He can't even show emotions in his own home, Papyrus will be a dick and judge him for it. It's not fair at all. 

       "Ya alright, Y/n?" Sans asks, pulling out of your thoughts. "Hm? Oh yeah." You respond, now realising how angry you must look. "Yeah, you looked pissed. Is somethin' up?" He asks, you sigh. You knew you'd have to bring this up eventually. "I'm just, so angry at your brother." "Why?" You look down at Sans. "Sans, he treats you like utter garbage! Why do you keep going back to him?" You sigh out exasperatedly. "Because I care about him, even if he doesn't care about me." He says sadly. Your e/c eyes widen. You get it now. He's the only one he has left that's his family. "Sans, I'm sorry. I know Papyrus is your brother, I'm just worried. All the scars he leaves you with. What if he damages you permanently?" You explain, biting on your black claw. Another habit you obtained from joining the Royal Guard. You look at Sans for an answer, you see a gentle red blush spread across his face. "I appreciate you caring Bud, I really do. But I can handle it myself." He says, looking you in the eyes. His red pinpricks aligning with your e/c irises. You sigh and avert your gaze down.

     "Okay, if you say so. But if anything ever happens, call me, I'll let you stay with me, okay?" You say, giving Sans your number, witten down on a tiny slip of paper. He says he will. The rest of the day goes off without a hitch. You and Sans finish your shift (on time this time) and part ways until tomorrow. You almost kick your boots off at the door before your phone starts going off. You quickly pull it out of your pants pocket, you sigh in relief. It's just the alarm you set for your laundry. You take your bin full of laundry to the basement of the complex and throw your clothes in one of the cleaner looking machines. As you put your laundry bin down next to the washer, your phone starts to go off. You check and Sans is trying to call you. You immediately answer the call. "Hey dude, what's up?" You say into the speaker. "Y-y/n, could I come over?" You hear his raspy, pained voice through the receiver.

      "Yes, of course! Do you need any help? You sound hurt?" You say panicked. "No Dollface, I got it." He says, you do not accept that. "Too bad. I'm coming over anyway." Before he could protest, you hang up the phone and speed out of your apartment complex. Thankfully, Sans' house isn't that far. After a short, speedwalk, you're staring down his front door. You rasp on the wooden door, waiting for a response. You were going to knock again, Sans opens the door, you let out a small gasp. Sans looks terrible, he was covered in his own blood. "Come on, you're staying with me tonight," you say, taking his boney hand. As soon as you start walking, you notice he also has a limp. If Papyrus were some random ass monster and not Sans' brother, you'd be covered in dust by now. You have a very motherly instinct, but only for Sans. You've never felt this way about somebody else before, you have no idea why either. 

       Once you and Sans reach your apartment, you bring him to your bathroom and seat him on the toilet (lid closed, of course). Grabbing your medical kit and some alcohol, you return to the bathroom and sit on the edge of your tub. "Could you take your sweater off? It'll be easier to clean your wounds." You ask, Sans slowly takes off his crimson red sweater. Suddenly, your bathroom gets really warm. You gasp at Sans' three cracked ribs, a bunch of cuts all over the others. You look up at him with concern written across your p/f/c face. "I don't want to talk about it right now." Sans mumbles, looking down. You take Sans' cheek bones in your hands, you tilt his head up to look at you. "That's okay, I'm just worried about you. You really don't deserve this Sans." You say, pulling your hands away from his face. You pour some alcohol on the washcloth and press it to one of the cuts on his ribs. He curses under his breath as you continue to clean him up. You'll have to call Alphys later about Sans' ribs, see what she can do about them. 

      "Alright Sans, just chill on my couch for right now. Uh, I gotta go real quick, I'll be right back," you say awkwardly, he gives you a thumbs up. Unlocking your door, you head down to switch your laundry. Once you come back up, you notice Sans wasn't sitting on the couch anymore. You panic and begin looking around your apartment, you stop in the entrance of your tiny kitchen, Sans was making something. "Sans, what are you doing?" You ask, he jumps a bit, then winces. "I'm making us dinner?" Sans says, the room starts to get warm again. "Sans, you don't have to do that. You should sit down and relax." You encourage, he shakes his head at your proposition. "Nah Dollface, this is the least I can do for you." He says, continuing to cook a mysterious food. You come up behind Sans, "Sans please, I appreciate the gesture, but you have three broken ribs, you need to sit down and chill out." Sans sighs "Fineeeeeee." He whines, you chuckle at him. "What were you gonna make anyway?" "Nothin much, just some Spaghetti and meatballs." "Okay, gotcha." You say, taking over the kitchen to make dinner. 

      Wiping your forehead of sweat, you finished cooking dinner. You walk into the living room, and set his and your plate on the coffee table in front of the couch. You sit next to him and start eating. "Holy fuck Doll, this shit's amazing!" Sans exclaims, shoving more pasta into his mouth. You chuckle and thank him, as you keep eating. After you both are finished eating you run down to the basement one more time to grab your laundry and return to your apartment. On your way. Back to tour apartment however, you notice that Sans has been calling you 'Doll' and 'Dollface' a lot more than he used to. You shrug it off as him being thankful for your hospitality. You return to your apartment for the last time with your laundry basket in your hands. "I'll be right back, I just gotta put away my laundry." You say, Sans looks over the back of the couch at you and gives you a nod of understanding. You quickly fold your clothes so Sans doesn't have to wait awkwardly on your couch. As soon as you're done, you put the basket in your closet and leave. When you return to your living room, you discover Sans asleep on the couch.

      A small smile forms on your face as you go get him a blanket. After that, you change into a red tye-dye pair of sweatpants and a tank top. Soon after you lay down, you drift into a deep slumber. A few hours later, you are ripped from your sleep by a scream. You pull off your blanket and run to the living room. "Sans?!" You say worriedly and panicked. You see him tossing and turning on the couch, he's having a nightmare. Sans has told you about these haunting nightmares before, it usually happens after a bad day with Papyrus. Not really knowing how to deal with this situation, you sit on the edge of the couch and try to reach for him. As soon as your hand makes contact with his shoulder, he pulls away and curls up into a tiny ball. "Sans, it's just me." You say gently, scooting a bit closer to his trembling and sobbing form. You try to comfort him again, and he doesn't pull away this time. You pull him a bit closer to you. He rests his head on your chest and clenches his arms around you. You massage his skull with your fingertips and whisper sweet nothings to him. 

       After a while of comforting him, he falls asleep again. So you lay on the couch, Sans' head resting on top of you, blanket draped over your two sleeping bodies. After a few minutes, you fall back to sleep. You awake to one of Mettaton's shows. You were never interested in the performer robot that much, but this episode was a (what looks to be) a well made CGI human defusing a bunch of bombs. After a while, you forget about Sans laying on your chest, until he wakes up and jumps off of you like a startled cat. "Jesus! Just scare the shit outta me why don't ya?" You say, sarcasm lacing your tone. "Ah, sorry 'bout that Doll." "You're fine Sans." You chuckle. Looking up at Sans, you notice a light red blush across his cheekbones. Your heart skips a beat as you look at him, then you get up not wanting to make this any more awkward than it already is. Opening the fridge, you look for something to eat. You have eggs, bacon, and pancake mix in one of your cupboards, you take out all the ingredients you need for breakfast and start cooking. Sans insists on helping, but you tell him he needs to to relax because of his broken ribs.

      After a half hour, breakfast is completely done. You fix you and Sans a plate and bring it to the couch. Sans looks very fixated on Mettaton's show. This was a rerun of a previous show. You set the breakfast down in front him, he immediately begins choking down food. "Holy shit Sans! Slow down your going to choke." You scold. "But we're gonna be late to work if we don't." He explains, scarfing down his meal. You give him a confused look. "Work? We're not going to work today, we have to call Alphys over to see what she can do about your ribs." You say, you can feel Sans look at you like you had just told him you had a death wish. "I can't, Papyrus would freak out-" "Papyrus can suck my dick!" You cut him off out of anger. "Your health is WAY more important to me than what Papyrus might do." You snap, Sans sits in shock. You've never snapped at him like that before. Looking at his face, you realise what you just did. "Sans I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you like that, I just got to frustrated." You explain, Sans' face softens at your words. "Nah it's okay, I completely understand where you're coming from." Sans sighs, and rubs the back of his neck anxiously.

      To defuse the thick tension, you tell Sans you have to call Alphys and you'll be back shortly. You shuffle awkwardly to your room to make the call. Pressing the contact "Weeb Lord'' with a picture you took off of Alphys' social media (it's a picture of a trash can with several red sparkly filters over it) and press the call button. "Yo Alphys" "What is it Y/n?" She says annoyedly. "So, I need you to come over to look at Sans' ribs." You say, "What? Why?" "Papyrus and him got into it yesterday and he's staying with me for a while." You explain, Alphys makes a noise of understanding from the receiver. "Alright, I'll be over in 10." She says, you can hear her shuffling around. "'Ight see you when you get here." You end, hanging up the phone, not really wanting to go back out and just awkwardly sit with Sans, you decide to have a smoke. Grabbing you cigarettes and lighter, you begin to head out of your apartment. "Where are ya going?" Sans asks, still staring at the T.v. "I'm just going to have a smoke, I'll be back soon." You reassure yourself as you leave the apartment. Maybe taking a smoke wasn't such a good idea. It's cold as balls outside, you shiver as you take drags of your cigarette. 

     After you're done, you are about to go inside, but a certain nerdy lizard shows up. She follows you up to your apartment and in through the front door. "Ay look what the cat dragged in." Sans teases, Alphys glares at him. "Nah I'm just joking with ya, how've you been?" "Okay, yourself?" She asks back, Sans shrugs. "Eh, could be better." "Yeah, I heard. Would you mind taking your sweater off for me?" She asks, he reluctantly takes off his sweater again. Alphys studies the three cracked ribs for a second. "Hmmm. I think the best I can do for you is to wrap you up. Other than that, there's nothing I can do." She explains, beginning to wrap Sans' ribs. "You'll have to not go to work for a few days, take it easy. No lifting, no fast movements, nothing." She drones on. "Your best option is to stay with Y/n for now so they can help you heal properly." She states, finishing up wrapping Sans' ribs.

      You let out a relieved breath you didn't even know you were holding. You had hoped that Alphys would tell him to stay with you, Papyrus would probably just hurt him more in all honesty. "I'm going to give you some morphine to help ease the pain a bit." She says, handing Sans an orange pill bottle. "Take two when you wake up, and when you go to bed, if you notice the pain going away, then only take one per day." She explains. You and Sans both nod. "Thank you, Dr. Alphys." you say, Alphys nods. She takes her tote bag full of medical equipment, bids you and Sans goodbye, then leaves. You sigh, and sit next to Sans on the couch. You begin to think, why do you feel so nervous around him all of a sudden. Your heart skips a beat whenever he calls you "Doll" or "Dollface", his laugh gives you butterflies, you want him to talk to you forever, just listening to his New York accent makes you want to kiss him. You can't take hiding your feelings from him anymore, you have an undying love for Sans. 

       "S-sans, I gotta tell you something." You stutter out, Sans turns to you. "Yeah, what is it Dollface?" He asks, your heart beats faster and faster every passing second. "I think I wanna be yours, Sans." You manage to get out. As soon as those words leave your mouth, you regret everything. "Y/n, I...I think I wanna be yours too." Sans mumbles, scooching a bit closer to you. You move closer and closer to each other until your thighs are squished together. Sans cups your cheek with his hand, you place one hand on his shoulder and the other behind him. Sans sets his other hand on your thigh, you lean in and give him a smooch on his sharp teeth. You pull away before Sans' hand moves from your cheek to the back of your neck, pulling you into a more passionate kiss. The passionate kiss turns into a makeout session. Both of your mouths moving in sync, tongues sliding over each other, soft moans come from both of your mouths.

       After a minute of missing, you two pull away, a string of clear and translucent red saliva connecting to your mouths. "Oh my god....that was amazing." You pant, leaning back into the couch. Sans nods his head in agreement. "I'm so glad you confessed to me, Sweetheart. I've had feelings for you since we were stationed at our sentry station together." Sans explains, your heart skips a beat at your new nickname. You blush. "I'm so glad I met you." You say, leaning your head on his shoulder. "Same here Doll." Sans responds, leaning his skull on your head. You're both finally safe and happy.

[maniacalmagician]

EVERHOOD: Pinocchio in Psychedelic Purgatory: the Rock Opera Adventure. OR: I walked backwards into hell, and felt euphoria as I became privvy to the Divine Truths

Hello tumblr people. I’ve been Away. I played a game recently and I wanted to talk about it.   damnit i really wanted to put pictures into this mini essay. ive been away from this garbage site for too long, i dont know how to do it lol.  ok anyway    First, I want to say to the developers and anyone else that this has quickly become one of my all time favorite games. Currently writing I have personally never felt a greater emotional attachment to an experience with a piece of software. Perhaps it is the extreme idiosyncratic nature of it, perhaps it is the deeply intriguing storyline, mostly however it is a combination of those in addition to some of the most outstanding psychedelic visuals I have ever seen, particularly in the finale sequence, and a killer soundtrack that combines many genres but focuses mostly to being as bangers as possible. I will be upfront and say this game comes with a boatload of trigger warnings, and thus the aforementioned idiosyncratic nature of it may not appeal to everyone, however I feel it necessary to indicate potential content warnings here as I would hate for people to be triggered: epilepsy is the big one, I myself have mild stutter based epilepsy and it didn't cause health problems or anything but my case is not universal. Anyway. That is a hard warning on epilepsy. I do it because The Incredibles 2 did not, lmao (that's an example of the kind of visuals that trigger me personally. An aside ) Other things include (spoilers): arachnophobia, misophonia (screeches, unsettling sounds), themes of death, immortality, suicide. Some game mechanics are not immediately intuitive and puzzles require some pretty clever but sometimes obtuse solutions. Direction is not always super clear either. People have complained of performance issues but I am leaving this review after playing the switch port, which played smoothly other than some awkwardly long loading times here and there. What I have played of PC so far runs smooth but as of writing, performance for me was fine (my pc is a lowend budget build). There is a difficulty to it. Even playing on easier modes, it can be quite unforgiving. If you're a fan of hard games (I am but I suck at them) and rhythm games (this is, uh, Not? That? Almost functions as half walking sim, half rhythm Game, dodgy shoot em up kinda feels. Truly unique gameplay I think. Constantly switches things up, too. But yes I also adore rhythm games, and yes i also do suck at those too.), half of it is that. The devs troll you with puzzles. It's truly a wild experience as it advertises, one of a kind. And yet, however.... This game wears, much like its heart,, its references, on its sleeve. If you are not into that kind of thing, you will probably be annoyed by this game. It also loves to delv into meta, as many puzzles and interactions are references to the UI of the game itself. Personally, I'm not wild about meta but I appreciate the ernestness here, so I'm willing to roll with whatever this game throws at me because every turn feels unexpected, fresh, funky, somber, and wildly intelligent, with boldly sincere ludonarrative choices, script and art direction. If you like Geno from super Mario Brothers, which, guess what, narrator here LOVES Geno from Super Mario Brothers, this is functionally the game you've always wanted that Nintendo could never make because Square has held Geno hostage in some kind of underground torture facility since 1995. Turns out they were rather right to do so, because when that puppet is out serving a higher authroity, he can be quite dangerous. Narrarively it borrows much from its sources but I would argue there's proof the writers have spent time thinking about the implications of their source materials worlds, and that reflection casts itself back to create this, experience that is wholly unique even if we know Red is Geno and "Gaster" (who was based on Uboa from Yume Nikki or princess mononokes forest spirits), and some kind of disco Marceline character who changes their identity frequently, skeleton brothers- well undead brothers, really - We have to remember in the creation and consumption of media sometimes, influences and archetypes are ever present and Everhood almost itself is a realm that would indulge in the idea of self referential material. It makes for this very Jungian experience of friendly archetypes we're familiar with, which works well with this setting of an immortal realm. Thats not to say the personalities we do meet aren't expounded upon - they are, heavily, and become uniquely their own. (Spoiler) if my theory is to be believed this world is a purgatory where people have made their own artificial vessels and as time has made them bored (though some seem to be having a good time) while typical strains of the Pinocchio myth are thrown in about questions of identity and death - and probably even more so towards Timothy Learys concept of the Ego Death, or the return to the collective soup of unconcious being. Undertale will probably always be a reccomendation even by its own reference to it so comparisons to it will be littered through here. It feels like the developers were emboldened by Toby Foxs spirit in game development (his creative energy is rather infectious) and shared many similar ideas, but this feels far more aimed towards a maturer audience (references to the things I mentioned in the trigger warning list) and focused on achieving this feeling that its predecesors have as well. Yume nikki. Lisa. Earthbound. Toby's games. super Mario rpg in its humor, Cat Soup in its psychedellic depressive vibes, all this cool indie cult classicy kinda mash up soup.  bizarre antics and then these characters who have surprising depth the further you go. It has been 6 years since Undertale came out, and the developers for Everhood have called a lot of the "what ifs" that fans of that game ask, an answer in their own game. (What if No Mercy was forced, for example? What if going against destiny is the wrong thing to do? Why is Death such a Bad Thing? etc!) And the further along you progress, the smarter the story gets, the more complex the narrative threads and characters. This game knows how to write compelling literature and that wasn't an element I expecting but god am I so glad for it. Literally my pea brain saw Red's design flipping around some frets on a streamers videocapture (shoutout to based fellow tampa native Charles White, thank you for being witty and having good taste and your Floridian comisery.) one night and went "oh i like." But the experience I got in exchange was, so, so much more than that (but the tetris effect won't let that image disappear from my eyelids quite yet haha.) I hear there are multiple endings and one requires a 3 hour long trek. I'm not done with the game at the time of reviewing. You bet your sweet ass I am going to find out the Ultimate Truth. I found a way to deal with some of the bullshit in other games, I may not be great at games but I want to see whatever imagery these guys put on screen so it compels me to seek out all the alternative routes. I am going to be following these developers projects very closely. If this is their debut, their next project will be ... ... I would hate to force expectations, like if you just made a magnum opus like this it'd be perfectly alright to retire, but I just once again want to say thank you to the developers for putting your heart on display for the world to see. I see it. I have dealt with struggles similar to the ones in the stories this game articulates about anxiety and depression, existentialism and dread, dissociation and all the heavy themes that were risky to include narratively - I'm certaintly glad you took the risks you did. May update this review as I get further along the story but yeah. Tl;dr: haha pinocchio myth done well make brain go brrr. 9.99999999999998/10. I am taking an infitisimal fraction of a point off because of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spider in the monster maze. that thing was abhorrent, but I won't let it deter anyone else who wants to play.

[fallens-jovustale]

hmm...looks like a lucky break for them. No normal tags due to slightly shippy content. ~ Please Read This For Concerns About Jakei, Joku and Myself. ~ ( Please note that I have no ill intention of using these characters as fannon wolves. Id perfer if Jakei nor Joku know about this, as I do not want to distrub or concern them. So please, Do not go out of your way to inform or show Jakei or Joku any content that involves their characters being shipped. I say this out of respect, as if they do happen to come across this, and request for it to stop, I will uphold their requests and stop posting things like this. As I would expect any other decent member of the Undertale Fandom to do. Even if they do not tell me directly to stop, they could always block me, although it would be kind of sad to not see their amazing art due to the fact that the blocking action would force me to unfollow their blogs. So please, for the better of everyone, do not draw attention to the creators. Think of it this way: If I had two of my characters of which were my own that I saw were being shipped and I did not like what was happening, it would be better if I hadn't known since some people tend to do over the top things. I want to avoid any negative conflict since i'm very prone to causing it when someone talks to me. Although I am very emotional and quick to make accusations im trying to have dignity and respect as best I can and prevent any emotional outbursts while still being truthful about how I feel, EX: If I think you're being rude I will say something like " That was kind of rude, did you mean it that way? " I am still an adolescent and have a hard time understanding my feelings, but I try to be smart about everything as long as im able to be since sometimes I get very foggy and cant tell what im doing or how im feeling or if im acting stupidly. The only other thing I ask is that if you know me in person, plan to meet me at some point, or have frequent conversation with me, that you remain patient with me. It is very hard because I do tend to get very passive aggressive and rude myself and wont stop until I know exactly what the other person is going through, which is almost always never clear to me. I also have a tendency to hurt people by making rude comments about personal things, but I must say that its only because I, myself am feeling hurt and want to end the conversation so I can cool down. I do this to protect myself and hopefully put a stop to the current situation since I don't have a good grasp of my actions and words while in a tense situation. I may act really bad but its really only because Im feeling hurt or upset, which can happen very easily. Most of the time when I get upset and don't want to tell the other person I will go quiet and stop talking, to not only try to cool down but to also spare the other person's feelings before I do something really horrible. I have hurt many people before and it always makes me feel bad knowing that I had hurt the other person, even if it may seem like I couldn't care less during the negative conflict, I always end up feeling guilty afterwards, to an extent that I will not share through this post. Thank you for your time when reading this, have a good year! ) Sincerely, Fallen.

[thomas-is-my-name]

1 and 7 for the writers ask

Edit: I have just realised that I was in fact looking at the wrong set of questions when I wrote these answers. I’m going to leave them up and go answer the actual ones now! Welcome to the circus folks. I will be your Head Clown tonight.

1. things that inspire you

The first and most obvious answer is “the stories I write fic for!” But there’s other things too.

When someone tells me my writing resonated with them on a personal level, that inspires me to keep going. When I have a point-of-view or experience that feels very personal and close to my heart, but that I suspect I might share with someone else out there, I try to put it into my writing in the hopes of finding people who share it.

When I’m reading/watching/playing something, and there’s some plot reveal or character moment that lands perfectly and makes me go “woah” I then want to try and replicate that feeling in my own work.

 7. early influences on your writing

In terms of narration style, I was influenced a lot by the sardonic, self-aware tone of various different stories I read as a kid/teen including Percy Jackson, How to Train Your Dragon, Homestuck, and Undertale. These all have narrators/main characters who snark or poke fun at the tropes of their genre and the events that unfold. I try to balance that kind of thing with a healthy dose of sincerity in my writing, because constantly taking the piss out of your own story is a good way to kill any emotional impact it might have. But I definitely draw on it when it’s time to add a bit of levity – or when I’m in the POV of an emotionally repressed character.

On the technical side, Homestuck is what’s responsible for really immersing me in the second-person adventure game narration format, to the point where I can write in it quite naturally. It’s a weird convetion to be so used to.

There’s some things I’ve absorbed from Watership Down, another book of my childhood. Gratuitous use of pathetic fallacy, for example. I’m also a big fan of the story-within-a-story structure that it uses, even though I haven’t implemented it quite the same way in my own stuff.

For dialogue... again, Homestuck is the big one. Also Of Mice And Men, possibly? They both make a point of presenting vernacular dialogue in a very natural, unfiltered form, and not “correcting” grammar or phrasing to make it more standard, It’s modern-day internet chat in one case, and 1930s rural California in the other, but I think the principle is the same. I don’t commit to spelling out characters’ accents the way John Steinbeck does, but I try to capture things like interruptions, characters stumbling over words, hesitating, correcting themselves. I go over my dialogue during editing to try and smooth out any forced or unnatural phrasing. Unless it’s someone like Asgore or Toriel speaking, who deliberately uses a formal register.

That veered off a bit into just describing my own writing style at the end there, but I hope it was interesting!

[mxdreemurr]

Hi!! I'm sorry if this is out of nowhere. I just wanted to tell you, some years ago I saved a few of your playlists on spotify (and promptly forgot about them). Earlier this year I found them again, and they've quickly become my favourite fanmixes & some of my all around favourite playlists ever. Had to track you down to save some more playlists and also to thank you: you made my year, introduced me to folk punk, made me cry rivers. Thank you thank you! You have superb taste! Have a great day :D

Hi ! ! ! Asks out of nowhere are completely fine ! And this is just ! ! ! So nice and good ? ? ? It made me really really really happy to hear . Undertale playlists on 8tracks in 2015 - 2017 were something I really loved , a big way I enjoyed Undertale fan content , and introduced me to so much music that I love now and basically developed my music taste . I'm just so glad that the playlists that I made could be some of someone else's favourites , and that they could feel some of the emotions that I felt while making them . And making your whole year ? That's an incredible compliment and thing to say ! ! ! Thank you ! ! ! ! It's not a problem and thank you ! ! ! ! I'm so happy and touched that someone found my playlists and liked them that much and that they had such an impact . Thank you sincerely for sending this ask to let me know . I should really find someway to put all my playlists up online in an easy to listen format . . . I'll work on it . And seriously ! Thank you ! ! !

[rawbins-undertale-blog]

How do monsters age? Also how old are the brothers?

~ Sincerely, a very Library Anon ~

Hello! Thanks for the ask, and also sorry for you, my friend, who’s about to have pages of me rambling about my thoughts and headcanons that may or may not be entirely supported by the game for a socially unacceptable amount of time <3

HOW MONSTERS AGE

I’ve actually had multiple different headcanons when it comes to monster age! They all go into three different categories: “all monsters age slower”, “they age the same way (unless they’re a boss monster without a kid)” and “some monsters age like humans, some slower and some quicker depending on species”. But, I now have one that goes into a slightly different category.

Now, I think, “what if their aging is a bit of everything?”

Allow me to explain what I mean.

My first headcanon was that monsters age 10x slower than a human does. Just choose a human age for a character and then tack on a 0 to the end of the number and you’ve got the right age. A part of me still wants to go that route, simply because it’s easier…

… but then, a monster would be a literal child while being 100 years old. It would make it a bit awkward to write about human kids being friends with monster kids lol, ngl. (Also I don’t want to write Sans and Papyrus as being like 250 years old.) Not to mention, it’s a bit boring. So I decided to spice it up a bit, if you will.

Let’s start explaining this by taking a monster with an average mental state who is the most average of species. They’re not suffering from any mental disorders, illnesses, have no trauma or physical ailments and are overall just what you’d call an averagely happy person. There’s nothing special about this monster. They’re literally the most average of average monsters, maybe so average they don’t even actually exist - they are made up by the statistics.

At first, they age quicker than a human does. While they’re what would translate to 5 human years (AKA when they’re 5 monster years), they are actually only 2 human years. At age 10 in monster years, they are 5 in human years. Their aging starts to slow down at 16 monster years, and by the time they’re 25 in monster years, they are also 25 in human years. Then it slows down even more quickly and on a huge scale, so that when they are 50 in monster years, they are about 500 in human years. On average, a normal monster becomes 2000 human years old. (Keep in mind, that this monster is so average they don’t exist - this aging varies a lot between species.)

Now, let’s take another monster of this same statistics-made species who is more happy than the average monster. They’ve experienced many good things, and bad things happening to them are unusual, but not unusual enough to make the happy moments meaningless. They make sure to care of themself and take their own feelings into consideration, they know their own worth. A monster like this may become up to a staggering 4000 human years old with some luck.

Finally, here’s a monster who suffers and just… isn’t happy. They suffer from trauma, have gone through horrible things, overall just not a very good time. They’re very likely to only get to 800 human years or less, if things don’t start looking up for them.

However, these aging mechanics also get more complicated when we get into species of monsters and monsters having children. Gerson, who is a turtle-species, ages about 5x slower than the average monster, which is why he was alive during wartime (though he is near the end of the line now, he’s only maybe 20 years from dying by the end of the game). A whimsun definitely won’t live past 1000 years, even if they’re the happiest whimsun on the planet, because their magic isn’t strong enough to last.

A boss monster (Toriel, Asgore, Asriel) doesn’t age past 30 until they have a child. When/if they have that child, they age at the same speed as the kid does. If the child dies, however, they stop aging again.

Speaking of not aging when their kids die, the same kinda goes for every other monster to a much smaller extent.

A non-boss monster will slow their aging after their kid dies. If they survive losing their kid (because a lot of monsters would dust from the hopelessness they feel after losing somebody so important), their aging slows by about 150%, again depending on the species of the monster.

However, despite their slow aging, monsters are weaker than humans. Too unstable emotions or living in conditions that make the monster feel unsafe may fuck up thair aging, as mentioned previously. To go into more detail about this: the aging process is not messed up by the situation the monster is in - the monster could be in the most horrible position without their aging being affected at all - but it has to do with how their hope is affected.

If a monster loses hope, their aging is affected so it speeds up. If they gain hope, it slows down.

Taking this in mind, let’s talk about the skeleton brothers’ ages!

Let’s start with the Undertale brothers, since they’re the “base” for the ages.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what I think their ages are, but I would say that:

At the time the game takes place, Sans is about 24-28 years old in monster years and Papyrus is about 19-23 in monster years. In human years, Sans is about 23 and Papyrus has recently turned 18. This has to do with their experiences in life.

Sans only has 1 HP. Skeleton monsters are among the groups that age more slowly, which ends up with him aging a tiny bit quicker than the ‘average monster’. This HP is mostly brought on by his clinical depression (which is actually very rare to have for a monster).

Papyrus ages slower than the ‘average monster’. He’s full of HoPe and is one of the most compassionate monsters, which says a lot by the way lol. But, we can’t forget that he literally didn’t have any friends, which did deal a huge blow to his self-confidence even if he won’t admit it. He aged just a little quicker than a skeleton monster should, at the time the game takes place (though this does change in my fics and headcanons right away, all he needs is one (1) friend to age as slowly as he should, or well. Slower, actually).

So, now that I’ve put down the base for what the two brothers are, let’s just straight up say: all the AU brothers are the same age in human years and there’s only small differences for the monster ages. Except for in Horrortale, which takes place later than the base game does.

I can’t say how old they are here, though, not exactly, because it would obviously vary depending on how long we wait to see them after the starvation starts, as horrible as that sounds. All my headcanons are off the basis that they were left in the Underground for about five human years after Frisk left, so let’s just go with that. After five years in the Underground, Dusk (Horrortale Sans) is about 38 in monster years and Aster (Horrortale Papyrus) is about 37 (he caught up quickly to his brother, as the things that happened took a bigger toll on him).

I want to mention, however, that all my headcanons for ages are very loose and not entirely my “final decision” on how I think monsters age lol, and they may change in the future. Anyways, this is what I’m going for as of right now! If you want any clarification feel free to ask :-)

[gemraldkid]

Analysis and speculation on Bête Noire

Spoilers for Undertale and Glitchtale. Undertale by Toby Fox and Glitchtale by @camilaart​

You thought I was joking? Nope. Here it is: a mix of canon, headcanon, and speculation.

Of all the characters that people are obsessing over right now (Ronan, Jessica, Gaster, Rave, the prequel wizards), I choose to put all of my energy into making some sense of the one character that continuously reminds us that we should hate them. I could be thinking about the struggles of anyone else. I could be worried for Chara or Asriel or Asgore (he’s not dead until he starts turning to dust), but nooooo. This is what occupies my thoughts about this series.

This is basically most of my headcanon relating to Betty. I wanted to put these thoughts out there before the new episode since... well, anything could happen. 

Betty’s probably gonna mostly die from hate and stuff.

Imagine if we were actually supposed to end up feeling bad for this character? Right...

You shouldn’t take everything I say here as facts.’m pretty sure I made it clear enough which parts are speculation with the amazing power of verb tenses.

I’m open to corrections about currently available facts that I got wrong.

Glitchtale is a series that I’ve greatly enjoyed watching. I believe that it is one of the finest things to come out of the Undertale fandom. It is a testament to how good a fanfiction can be.

One thing that I find particularly praiseworthy is the way OCs are handled. They manage expand on the world without hogging the spotlight for too long. There’s a good balance between introducing new elements without ever forgetting about the old ones.

Of course, among many of the new characters, one in particular stands out: the current antagonist of Season 2, Bête Noire or “Betty”.

Betty is the character I have been the most fascinated with so far. She’s been a mystery to many ever since the punch to the gut that was the ending of “Dust”.

What follows is a look into the way that I perceive Bête Noire. I am not necessarily dead-set on a single possibility. While my views are backed up by certain facts, I acknowledge that they are also based on and influenced by my personal wishes for this character. Therefore, my words should be taken with a healthy amount of salt.

Betty was first introduced to us as an innocent 13 year-old girl, barely a year older than Frisk, physically. She was a shy, happy-go-lucky kid who became friends with Frisk after the latter saved her life from a fast-moving car.

Unfortunately, things were not as they seemed. The girl never was in any real danger as the car was an illusion created by powers. The scenario was merely a set-up to get her closer to Frisk and their family of monsters.

Illusions are likely a power granted to her by her trait: fear. With it, she is able to see the memories of others simply by looking them in the eyes. This grants her knowledge of their personality and, most importantly, their emotional weaknesses. Using that knowledge, she can create illusions to throw off her enemies. These illusions can serve a variety purposes even if they don’t directly involve fear. Examples include the aforementioned car and the illusion that caused Undyne to kill Alphys.

Bête Noire originally woke up when the barrier was broken, a month before the events of “My Sunshine”. This means that she spent a month doing “something” before starting her plan. She likely spent days and nights observing the humans and monsters. Through her observations and memory-reading abilities, she judged whether the monsters were truly as dangerous for human kind as she believed. This wasn’t all she observed, however. Betty also learned the ways and customs of this new time period. After all, the only memories in her possession belonged to someone who lived over 800 years ago...

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Agate Lightvale was best known as the wizard of bravery who helped seal the monsters underground. She lived in a medieval time. While she was born into a common family , she didn’t live a common life. Her twin brother, Copper, was lucky enough to be born with a soul of determination, a trait so rare that only one person can possess it at a time. It elevated the Lightvale family to a noble status.

Growing up, Agate acted like a big sister to Copper even though they were the same age. However, this changed  as they grew older and trained to become wizards. Copper became more independent while his sister started to develop a few insecurities. 

Agate spent most of her time training in combat. She was always looking to improve, to get stronger, to surpass her limits. Unfortunately for her, being the twin of the soul of determination meant she was often overshadowed. 

Her brother was essentially a “chosen one” of sorts. As a result, he got most of the attention. Agate would execute a spell flawlessly while Copper stumbled at the same task. Yet, he would be the only one to receive praise.

In addition to being the rarest trait, determination is also the strongest. Agate was confronted with the reality that, no matter how hard she trained, she could never surpass her brother.

Still, it didn’t stop Agate from being a kind and respected individual. True to her trait, she was know for her bravery in the face of danger and resistance to physical pain. In addition, she and Copper both stayed strong for their younger sister, Amber, who’s birth resulted in the death of their mother. Agate and her siblings were extremely close.

After the war between humans and monsters ended, she, her brother, and five other wizards created the barrier, trapping the monsters underground.

After a certain amount of time, Copper proposed the idea of releasing the monsters from captivity. He believed that humans and monsters could still live together. Agate opted against this. She believed it would be better for both races if they lived separately. The discussion got extremely agitated to the point where Agate spontaneously challenged Copper to a duel that would decide the future.

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If I may break the flow of information a little, this part seems a tad off to me. I find it notable, at the very least. In the official depiction of this moment, Agate looks smug, as if she knows she is going to win. Isn’t that odd considering what we know? I believe there was more riding on this duel than the fate of two races.

Recall that Agate had a bit of an inferiority complex with her brother. Isn’t it possible that she also challenged him to prove she was stronger, to finally break out of his shadow by defeating him in front of the entire kingdom? If this is the case, I believe that the “confidence” she showed might not have been entirely sincere. Surely, a part of her knew that she couldn’t win. Yet, she still instigated a fight.

I think it’s possible that challenging Copper was not an act of hubris on Agate’s part; it was an act of desperation made in the heat of the moment.

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Ultimately,  she lost. Her brother was victorious. Agate was overwhelmed by her loss. While she had an abundance of physical bravery, she lacked it emotionally. Due to these factors, she lost her trait then and there. Completely humiliated, she fled to parts unknown. Still under the intensity of the battle, Copper didn’t think to go after her.

During this period of her life, Agate made many poor life choices. She searched for a way to break her limits more than ever before. She came across at least two forbidden spells. She used one of them to reverse her souls trait from the orange of bravery to the dark orange of fear. The process completely eradicated the last shred of sanity she had. After being absent for an unknown amount of time, Agate rejoined her family, who welcomed her back in spite of the changes she had gone through. 

Driven by her obsession for victory, Agate furiously demanded a rematch from Copper. He refused, knowing it wouldn’t bring about anything good. Seeing that he wouldn’t move on the issue, Agate threatened the life of Amber, her own sister. Copper attempted to protect her, but was ultimately forced to watch as Agate stabbed her through the chest. This horrible sight caused him to lose his trait, allowing Agate to easily finish him in the same manner. She relished the victory as all life left his eyes.

Unfortunately, she would soon be forced to join her siblings. Inverting one’s trait is immensely stressful on the soul. With her time running out, Agate performed another forbidden spell to ensure that her will lived on: the Bête Noire spell.

The Bête Noire spell consists of creating a powerful, nearly lifelike golem called a “bête noire”. While the golem itself is powerful, a bête noire’s true strength lies in its longevity and ability to form complex thoughts. 

Most spells typically act in very basic ways. For example, a simple fire spell will simply follow a chosen path or pattern before disappearing regardless of whether it hit its target or not.

Bêtes noires, on the other hand, can not only accomplish much more complicated tasks, but also think about how they will go about doing so. They are even be able to improvise if things don’t go their way. In addition, they can exist for several weeks before fading. However, if they have a way to replenish their magic (such as harvesting it from souls), they become virtually immortal. A bête noire is essentially a living spell. 

Of course, to craft such a being, the cost is extremely high. It requires the caster to use their own soul for the conjuring. Then, they must also have a vessel other than their own body that can be merged with the soul to create the golem.

Agate was willing to sacrifice the life she wouldn’t have for much longer and she had two perfectly good vessels. Still spiteful towards her brother, the wizard chose Amber’s body over Copper’s. Her soul turned pink as it absorbed Amber’s body. With the deed done, Agate lifeless body fell to the floor.

The soul remained sealed and hidden for over 800 years until the barrier was broken. At that moment, it awoke, transformed into the being that would be know as Bête Noire.

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Bête Noire knew her purpose from the very start as she possessed some of Agate’s memories as she possessed some of Agate’s memories. Unfortunately, the goal her “mother” left her with was no longer as good-natured as it once was. In Agate’s twisted mental state, it had gone from “Keep humans and monsters separate for both their safeties.” to something akin to “Kill all monsters so that they will never live in peace with humans. Do so by any means necessary, even if it means killing humans who oppose you or using the power of hate.”

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Gathering hate is stated to be the universal purpose of a bête noire. It’s fitting when considering the name. “Bête noire” is a french term that literally translates to “black beast”. Black is the color (or lack there of) of hate. In addition, the term “bête noire” is used to indicate a person or object that someone particularly dislikes.

I originally found it ironic that Bête struggled to keep her hate under control, but the solution is simple. She likely only struggled to keep it under control because she wasn’t in her complete form at the time.

Nonetheless, I can’t help thinking that maybe bêtes noires are supposed to succumb to the hate they collect. Perhaps they are meant to serve as vessels for the stuff. After all, Betty still requires a large surplus of magic to keep it at bay. One would think a creature made to collect hate would do more than just resist it a little better than others. 

Yet, if bêtes noires are supposed to succumb to hate, why has this one been shown fear it? Perhaps because, as a creature made purely of magic, it would be akin to death, something that she fears because fear is built into her nature.

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In order to accomplish her mission, Bête had to gather information on both her enemies and the era she was in. She separated herself into two beings in order to hide her monstrous appearance and blend in with the humans. She dubbed the part she separated from herself “Akumu”, the Japanese word for “Nightmare”. Under the nickname “Betty”, she spent a month observing and planning. 

It should be noted that she must have done so 24/7. Bêtes noires don’t need to sleep. It could also be for this reason that she is so unfamiliar with the concept. Agate’s knowledge about sleep was mostly omitted because it had little relevance to the mission.

As previously stated, Betty used her power of fear to look into the memories of the monsters. From the information she gathered, she judged that monsters were in fact deserving of death. This may seem strange to many since, as seen in Undertale, most monsters are innocent and kind-hearted people. How could she possibly think so poorly of them even after seeing their past? Is she blind?

I believe so. Betty may, in fact, be blind to certain degree.

Any normal person would most likely have seen that monsters didn’t deserve what was coming to them. Why didn’t Betty? Because she isn’t a normal person. Highly advanced or not, Bête Noire remains a spell, and spells exist to carry out the will of their caster. They are tools.

If magic bullets could miss because they took pity on the opponent, few people  would use them.

Keep in mind that Betty isn’t just a bullet that uses up 0.001% of the caster’s magic. She’s a bête noire. People had to die for her creation. If a person poured all of their life force into a spell that would carry on their will, they would be pretty upset to learn that they failed because the spell didn’t want to do the one thing it was created for. 

All this to say that I believe that Betty is unable to go rogue either physically or mentally. She has no choice but to believe she is in the right. After all, if she realized that her only purpose for existing was objectively wrong, it could make her a less effective weapon.

When she looked into the souls of the monsters, it is likely that she was never going to come to any other conclusion than “They are dangerous.” 

She did see some of the good in them, but most of what she retained were parts that would prove her right. These included Asgore killing the 6 humans (even though it was the only way to save his kingdom), the horrors Asriel committed as Flowey (even though he was soulless at the time), and Frisk’s many resets (even though they aren’t even a monster). These actions were obviously horrible, but there were nuances that made them more understandable. Context was important.

Betty, who I believe was unable to pick up on such nuances, may have simply taken the most basic message from this. “These monsters did bad things, therefore they are evil and the same must apply to all of monsterkind.” She is blind to anything that doesn’t fit into the way she is supposed to see the world.

(Of course, this doesn’t mean she is unaware of Papyrus or Undyne’s heroic and selfless acts. It just means that can’t see them as proof that monsters are good people.)

As such, Bête may not be wholly responsible for her actions. Some of her malicious acts can be blamed on her creator. After all, her contradictory objective of killing humans to protect humanity was given to her by Agate, who’s mind was far from clear at the time.

However, other aspects are harder to justify. The pleasure she seems to take in her victims’ emotional suffering could have come from Agate as the wizard displayed something similar shortly before casting the spell.

The fact that Bête wouldn’t care if the world ended as long as it was by her hand definitely makes her seem incredibly hypocritical (which she is) and entitled, not to mention evil. I suppose that by annihilating everything she would technically accomplish her goal of killing all monsters. With her one purpose in life fulfilled, she would have no more reason to live. The idea of ruling humanity afterward is likely more of a bonus. Assuming this is the case, it’s a testament to how much important the mission is to her.

Finally, I would like to bring up the debate of whether Betty and Agate are the same person or not because, if they are, most of what has been written here will be completely pointless. There are two ways to look at this.

This post tells us that Agate is technically Betty, but it may only refer to them in the physical sense. Betty’s body is physically Agate’s soul. The debate is about whether they are mentally the same.

This comic is likely the largest piece of evidence to support this. To my knowledge, it is still canon. In it, Bête finds the remains of Agate’s body. Her reaction is quite interesting because she acts and talks as if the body was once hers. She also has to reassure herself that she “can’t die now”, implying that she was once mortal. She also mentions ensuring “our race’s survival” in reference to humanity. For that sentence, she includes herself with the human race. This implies that she was at least human at one point.

This evidence certainly appears conclusive, and it very well might be. However, it directly contradicts this conversation which, to my knowledge, is also still canon. Here, she refers to Agate as “mom”, indicating that she thinks her as a separate being. Why is this? Is one of these sources outdated? Possibly, but I have another proposal.

Betty’s mind appears to be all over the place. One moment, she laments the fact that she is meant to be hated and, at another, she takes joy in torturing her victims. She doesn’t want to die, yet she wouldn’t mind if the world ended at her own hand. She is hypocrite.  Sometimes, she believes she is Agate’s creation; at other times, she acts like she is Agate herself.

Bête Noire’s first memories came from Agate. Surely, It isn’t too far-fetched to say that her mind was likely derived from her creator’s. If that is indeed the case, the solution is clear; Betty might be insane just like Agate was before casting the spell. Agate’s insanity could have rubbed off on her creation. Thus, it’s possible that Bête’s thoughts are meant to be hypocritical and contradictory.

In the end, is Betty Agate? She may not even know herself. I believe she is more of an imperfect copy or a “simulacrum”. The things that make her “Agate” are the incomplete memories of the wizard’s life and the similar way of thinking. In my opinion, these don’t make an entirely different person, but they also aren’t enough for her to be considered Agate. She is merely a being in possession of her creator’s memories.

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Also, these hints might still be relevant today.

“Steven Universe logic”? You mean the show where almost every problem is solved by talking and all the villains end up becoming good? Sure, that could just be referencing Sans and Asriel getting talked out their states, but you never know. Maybe Betty’ll regret her actions too before dying. Eh? EH?!

“Never assume things”? No kidding. Words to watch by.

[popatochisssp]

Surprise!

Have you ever heard the phrase, “April showers bring May flowers”?

Well...the boys have! And they have some lovely bouquets for you, their favorite human!

Sans (Undertale): He’s rustled up some hydrangeas for you! He really appreciates you, so he picked out pink and purple ones, for heartfelt emotion and a desire to understand someone--you, of course! ;3

Papyrus (Undertale): He has some tulips for you-- to make up for his lack of...well...actual lips! He wants to declare his love for you and what better way to do that than with passionate red flowers to show you how perfect you are and how deeply in love with you he is?

Sky (Underswap Sans): Hyacinths for you, dear datemate! He’s sincere about his feelings for you, and don’t let his playful attitude convince you otherwise, so you get blue and pink to remind you of both. (Don’t tempt him to throw a white one in there, for your loveliness! He’ll do it! He’s smitten!)

Paps (Underswap Papyrus): He’s in it with you for the long-haul, loyal and loving to the end of the line. Guess that means chrysanthemums...? Expect some real nice red and white ones from him to cover both of those bases!

Jasper (Underfell Sans): Ah hell, he doesn’t know much about flowers but... can’t go wrong with the classics, right? Roses are for love and desire, at least the red ones are, and apparently if you put ‘em in a dozen, it means, “I love you, be mine.” Yeah, that sounds about right...

Pyre (Underfell Papyrus): His feelings for you are too passionate to be summed up in a simple bouquet of flowers! ...But if anything could do it, it might be carnations-- for love and pride and admiration and beauty. (Just don’t give him a yellow or striped one back: those are for rejection! D: )

Mal (Swapfell Sans): You, datemate, are wonderful and magnificent and exciting in so many ways, and you bring such joy to his life. It should be no wonder at all that he’s picked a Bird of Paradise for you! It’s a little unusual-looking, to be sure, but isn’t that part of its charm?

Rus (Swapfell Papyrus): You’re...real special, to him... You make him so happy and he wants to be with you all the time, but even when you do leave his side he can always remember you fondly until you come back. Some pink sweet peas oughta send the right message for that!

Slate (Horrortale Sans): He thinks you’re beautiful. But you’re more than that, too, you’re strong and good and just...so amazing, especially once he’s put in the work to get to know you. He has an amaryllis to give you, and he...he really hopes you like it...

Papy (Horrortale Papyrus): He’s all about beginning anew, especially if it’s with someone he regards as highly as you! He’s always happy when you’re around and nothing suits the feeling you bring him so well as some bright, sunny daffodils--maybe they’ll bring as much cheer to you as you do to him!

[gottagobuycheese]

Tag Thingy

Thanks @silent--sonata for indulging my terrible sleeping habits XD

(fyi this will probably be unnecessarily long and rambly, so it’s going under a cut (EDIT: whelp the song list got a little out of hand, I’d apologize if I were even remotely sorry)) 

Rules: Answer 17 questions & tag 17 people you want to get to know better  

Nickname: Cheese (or Lactose Wedge, or Dairy Product of Unspecified Origin and Purpose)

Zodiac Sign: Gemini! 

Height: 160.5 cm/5′3″ (Bubbles I refuse to believe you’re actually that much taller than me) 

Hogwarts house: Somewhere between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff allegedly, both of which I’d be honored to get sorted into, but honestly I’d just be stoked to get sorted at all 

Last thing I googled: I think it was something along the lines of “how to speed up audio playback in GarageBand,” but but my train of thought was derailed before I actually looked at any of the results so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (and on a related note, thanks again for the magical audio editing @imperiousheiress!)

Song stuck in my head: The end credits to Legacy of the Wizard (which is SUCH a jam, thank you for enlightening me @jessicafish) Following and followers: 227 (goodness just looking at that number is stress-inducing) and...104?! When the HECK did you all get here??? I think just last summer I was happily floating about in the 50′s. Anyways, to anyone I have not said hello, hello! Hope you enjoy your stay, and I am sincerely sorry if you expected Quality Original Content, or even just regularly scheduled other people’s content. Sadly, neither of these things tend to happen here. 

Amount I sleep: During the school year it’s usually anywhere between 30 minutes and 6 hours (DON’T EVEN START BUBBLES YOU HAVE NO RIGHT), usually landing in the 3/4 hour ranges if I’m smart about it, but now that I am on Unofficial Break, it’s usually at least around 6 hours (except today was 3 because Avatar is an excellent show and the weirdos in this house have regularly scheduled breakfast at 9-something every morning). Sadly my sleep schedule can only be forced to tolerate normalcy for so long before careening back in the other direction, so we’ll see if this is just a blip or if we’re back to normal mid-Atlantic Ocean hours!

Lucky number(s): I wouldn’t say these are necessarily favorite numbers, but I do like 2 and 9. But come to think of it, second attempts at Official Things do tend to go better for me than first attempts, so maybe there’s some merit there after all! Dream Job: Don’t think I’m really cut out for dreaming anymore, haha (unless you are a theoretical future employer in which case I am Extremely Full of Ambition and Passion). The bed-adjacent metaphor has been made, and not to brag, but I can sleep on pretty much any surface. Currently studying my Not Favorite aspect of STEM (was there ever a favorite or did I just like being good at things sometimes) and learning how to People™ properly (and also learning a gazillion convoluted drug names like what the heck dude, did you just fall asleep on your typewriter coming up with these), so I’ll take whatever place hires me and pays me enough not to depend on my parents for everything, I suppose. In an ideal world, that would entail a job where I could make friends, and even more importantly, a job where my shortcomings would not cause Massive and Irreparable Harm, but I don’t think this line of work really meshes with that last one, so I guess I’ll either have to get my shit together™ extremely soon or fake my death, adopt an alias, and flee to a completely new place with no ties whatsoever before trying to get another, less high stakes job. 

(Though I guess, less cynically, I like helping people well enough? And stories are fun! Maybe there could’ve been something with that. Not that there still can’t be, mind, but there’s still a long way to go between Here and There)

Wearing: Black shorts. Navy t-shirt. Brown some-specific-kind-of-jacket-I-forgot-the-name-of jacket. Is it summer? Is it fall? Am I in middle school? Who can say, but they are COMFY so sadly I have no cares to give

Favourite song(s): way way WAY too many to list here, and I do not have them all organized in a handy playlist separately, but to name a few (and these are not necessarily the MOST favorite okay, it doesn’t mean I don’t love stuff not on this list, it means you can’t force me to pick between my children and I am going to find at least one quick thing from a few things I like before I need to hit post and go back to looking like I’m being studious, and also things I think you should listen to right now, but for everything I’ve linked assuming I mean the whole OST), here’s a spam of links in no particular order: 

LoZ Wind Waker - The Great Sea (aka the epitome of optimism) 

Undertale - NGAHHH!! (I was about to link more but then I realized it’d be the whole soundtrack lol) 

LoZ Breath of the Wild - Hateno Village (Night) 

A:tLA - Peace (bad call BAD CALL NOW I HAVE EMOTIONS) 

Legend of Korra - Final Scene/Ending Theme (MISTAKES WERE MADE MISTAKES WERE MADE) 

Kung Fu Panda - Oogway Ascends (I feel like I’m taking you on a whole little album journey now XD) 

PMD: Explorers of Sky - Dialga’s Fight to the Finish (aka the Gotta Shower Fast song) 

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Pursuit ~ Cornered (aka the HURRY UP AND PACK UR SHIT YOUR FLIGHT LEAVES IN THREE HOURS song) 

Apollo Justice: A New Trial Is In Session (very underrated soundtrack imo) and also Apollo Justice: Telling the Truth (because these two are very closely associated in my head and it’s getting harder and harder to narrow things down so maybe I should stop lol) 

Your Name: Katawaredoki (in which I am forcibly thrown heart first into the bedroom of my second apartment at approximately 12-something A.M.) 

Digimon Adventure 01: Butterfly (MASSIVE 90′s childhood anime feels, and also Last Summer Before Everything Went to Shit feels (on a general scale I mean, not personal)) 

Pokémon: Lugia’s Song multitrack cover by Jordan Moore (would that I could have a talent of that musical talent) 

Pokémon the First Movie: Tears of Life (great now I’m on a Pokémon music spiral GUESS IT’S CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA HOURS NOW) 

PMD: Blue Rescue Team - Farewell and Run Away/Fugitives (you CANNOT make me choose between these guys okay, my brain WILL explode, and whoops now I want to link the whole ost) 

Palette by A Dear Friend (wink wonk) 

Pokémon: Alpha Sapphire - Fortree City (wow talk about mood whiplash)

Detective Conan: Main Theme (I can’t find the specific version since there are so many, but it’s a Good Theme) 

Super Smash Bros.: Brawl - Opening Theme 

Pokémon Colosseum - Relic Forest 

Song for Lindsay by Andrew Boysen Jr. (oh great now it’s time for marching band feelings I guess)

Mt. Everest by Rossano Galante 

Deltarune - Field of Hopes and Dreams and A Town Called Hometown (orchestrated) (aka the Lots of Work To Do song) and You Can Always Come Home and Don’t Forget (hey guess what I wrote a bunch of fake extra verses for) (also it looks my pathetic attempts at narrowing things down are getting even more pathetic so I’ll wrap up soon XD) 

 Guild Wars 2 - Fear Not This Night (never actually played this myself but my friend got me addicted to the music) 

Lord of the Rings - May It Be (Enya) (aaaand now I miss choir, THANKS BUBBLES) 

Lion King - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Multilingual) by Travys Kim (aka how I remembered how fun these things are) 

Original Song by Anonymous  

(The urge to add all the other songs I’m not adding is so strong but I’ve got so much work to do so just assume I mean all Nintendo music from any game I’ve played, all Ghibli movie music, every musical I’ve ever heard, and even more) 

Random fact:

Apparently as early as the 17th century, you could guess that a child would have a shortened life span if their foreheads tasted salty. Yes, there is a specific reason, and yes, you may already know what it is, and thankfully no, that life span projection no longer holds true, assuming access to Modern Medicine! 

Favourite Authors: Okay I have not read enough various books of enough various authors to be able to answer this, so I’m just gonna go with a few books instead. They are not necessarily all-time favorites, but I enjoyed reading them very much at the time and more often than not go back to them for comfort reads: The Martian, any of first three Harry Potter books, and The Rise of Kiyoshi. (That last one’s not really a comfort read but I am drowning in Loving Kiyoshi juice so here we are)

Favourite Animal Noises: Certain kinds of birds (UNLESS it’s some ungodly hour of the morning and you’re trying to sleep)? Ooh, and crickets! 

Aesthetic: A slob, but like...a comfy slob. An incredibly disorganized hermit who is happy to mill about in the uncontrolled entropy. (Are we talking about what aesthetic I give off, or what I like to look at, visually? Because I like space, and water, and mountains, and forests, and forests ON mountains, OOH and forests on mountains at night where you can see space, perhaps reflected in a body of water. Or just water, idk. Different things are pretty to look at at different times)

WELL THAT ONLY TOOK FOREVER SORRY FOR THE OBSCENE LENGTH 

@pachelbelsheadcanon @averybritishbumblebee @shingeki-no-korra @sailorlock @yeswevegotavideo @soultheta @queenerdloser @ifeelbetterer @rogueofdragons @peppervl @amadness2method @mutalune and anybody else who wants to do this! This isn’t seventeen, and I don’t know if any of you have already done it/been tagged, but I hear people moving around upstairs so that means this break is over XD. And ABSOLUTELY no pressure to actually do this, this is pretty much just me wishing you well! (and YOU of course, my dear reader! I hope everything’s going all right, or if it’s not, that it does soon)