#was listening to the undertale ost while making him

[cat-mermaid]

My boss today on a call: You're so good at multi-tasking! We got so much prepared ahead of time this week! You really give your full focus to everthing you do huh :)

"I try" I say humbly, smiling and nodding to myself while furiously lining up video game sprites on my computer screen, still durring work hours

So thats why he acted like he didn't have arms at first, i mentally murmur, eyes narrowing

"You solve that video game yet?" my boss asks in the same tone as the supportive "are ya winning son" dad probably did

"No, but-"

(theres like over 5 pairs of sneakers....)

(but just one pair of hoof shoes... in a box of stuff mixed up with other people's things...)

(theres a good chance none of these clothes on the hangers are even hers... they might just be here to make us think she has arms)

(Sans doesn't refer to Noelle and Dess and the "antlered girls", he only describes Noelle as having antlers, and makes a point of setting Dess apart from that description...)

"...I think I found somthing thats gonna make a lotta people mad"

boss: "Oh? Why?"

"cos all the signs are pointing towards a hidden character that has lots of fan art of her being a cool punk deer... uh... not. Not being a deer"

boss: "So what is she"

"Well I drew somthing, I can send it to you if you want"

Dess is the Goner Kid, she's a dragon version of Monster Kid, and this fucking game the whole time has been going:

so here we are :)

..............oh yeah! Almost forgot:

I posit that she'll manipulate objects with her tail but mostly her tongue, like Yoshi or like using the Rope Snake from Mother 3. I also suspect that in the grand scheme of things, Ralsei was created to take her place in this theorized re-creation of the prophecy that may be going on with the Fun Gang

I think people are right when they say that Ralsei only took off his hood because Susie told him too, he probably would have kept it on the whole time...

Interesting that almost perfectly round head peeking out of that hood huh...

I think that Ralsei was "created" to be identical in action to the Hero who's role he was given (disregard the "Prince from the Dark" thing for now) because of that he was walking around acting like he had no arms and using his scarf to manipulate things...

In the dark world I think she might have gained the ability to manipulate objects with magical hands, not unlike Unicorns in My little Pony

I truley do think the timeline we're on right now with the Fun Gang is the second one, the first one had 3 different heroes. In this second timeline, one has gone missing and the other two are languishing in boredom and feeling like they have no true purpose in life...

Its all there in the OST, if you listen to both Undertale and Deltarune its all spelled out. Its like that part in the chap 4 egg room talking about a drawing that had a painting made over it, the original adventure has been covered over but the music of the original course of fate still comes out

look how perfectly their "Ultimate form" costumes complement each other? How their two themes connect in battle? THE FACT THAT THEY EACH HAVE A GLOWING EYE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THEIR HEADS

They are the two heros who have had their grand destiny thwarted...

For good reason tho (Insert prophecy window THE FINAL TRAGEDY here)

Ask yourself, why did the Knight abduct Undyne at the end of chap 3? And take her to the shelter?

To protect her

.....from whatever is going to happen to Susie and Ralsei (Kris is probably gonna be fine but ain't gonna be happy about it when its all said and done). Noelle is getting sucked into the prophecy (if you weird route it), this couldn't have been part of the plan, not from the way Kris acts in the weird route. It might be dawning on whoever is involved that they might not be able to "brute force" fate into taking the new heros, so they need to take Undyne and Mettaton (he'll get nabbed chap 5 mark my words) and lock them up where fate can't follow

ANYWAYS (oh damn image limit) UH ALL THE YELLOW AND PINK IMAGERY REPRESENTS METTATON AND UNDYNE OK BYE

[3wisellamas]

Analysis: Spamton Kept Something of Tenna's, Too

(long post incoming)

For funsies, I threw together all three Deltarune OSTs into a playlist so I could listen to them back to back. But this led to me...noticing something, about NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A, BIG SHOT, and the audio version of Tenna's introduction VHS that Toby just threw onto the soundtrack for whatever bizarre reason.

So, I'm NOT the first person to notice that Tenna's got way more voice acting than any other character in Undertale OR Deltarune. He's got an entire 40-second cutscene where he's speaking the entire time! And he calls out his "IT'S!! TV!! TIME!!!" catchphrase every chance he gets.

When old video games around the late 80s-early 90s first started incorporating speech samples, they were often HEAVILY compressed, having very little resources to work with -- even on really good arcade hardware the speech quality was...not great, and it got even worse on home consoles like NES, SNES, and Genesis, sometimes making things difficult to understand. Not impossible, but difficult. Notably, there were two major issues this level of compression introduced: The first was basically Elmuh Fudd Syndwome, where Rs get distorted and basically drop out completely. A very famous example of this first type of compression error is the "Rise from your grave" sample at the beginning of Altered Beast.

The second, and I'd say more common type of error, is a distinct hissing sound on sibilants (S and Z sounds). The NES Ghostbusters title screen is a very good example of this one:

This is the one we hear HEAVILY in all of Tenna's speech (it actually gives him a pretty noticeable lisp!) Listen closely whenever he says "It's TV time!" and you'll hear that hissing from the compression on the first word, and during the VHS scene you can also hear it pretty clearly on "Coming Straight from your houSe!" and "The SenSation of your Screen!"

(This also applies to Jevil as well, since his voice samples are compressed in the same way -- you can hear it whenever he says "Metamorphosis"! I'm like 90% sure that all the voice acting in Deltarune is the same person, likely Toby Fox himself, using the same recording and compression so it makes sense.)

So, why am I talking so much about shitty 80s speech compression and Tenna's distinctive lisp from it? Because we've heard it before, in chapter 2. Specifically, in both of Spamton's battle themes.

You heard it here last, folks: throughout NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A and BIG SHOT, the phrase (what else) "Now's your chance to be a big shot" is repeated over and over -- in the former it's higher-pitched, sounding more cartoony, while in the latter it's pitched back down and sounds closer to a normal voice. But, in both songs, all sibilants (S sounds) have that same hissing error from the compression. And what's more damning, the "lyrics" in NOW'S YOUR CHANCE sound a HECK of a lot like Tenna's normal voice, while BIG SHOT's lower-pitched lines also aren't far off from certain lines in Tenna's intro VHS.

So, the gist of my theory is, the "singer" in both of Spamton's themes was actually Tenna the whole time. I like to think that, when the two of them first formed their partnership, it could've been something Tenna said to Spamton as part of his "sweet talk" in order to seal the deal -- "Now's your chance to be a big shot!" -- and even after taking off and developing his hatred of Tenna, blaming him for all of his misfortune, Spamton still remembers that one moment of encouragement. Or is just repeating it over and over in mockery. Honestly with Spamton you can go either way.

But I'm not done yet; I also own a talking Spamton plush. And one could reasonably assume that the voice "spoken" by it would be Spamton's canon voice, right?

Squeezing the thing usually plays one of the following lines:

"Now's your chance to be a big shot!"

"Now's your chance to be a big shot!" (lower pitched)

"Be a big, be a big, now's y- shot!" (I admittedly had to look up and copy this one from the wiki, I never could figure out what the hell he was saying before "shot" ^^; )

"Be a big, be a big, (laughing) shot!"

All four of these are clearly copied from his music, without any instrumental backing but WITH the heavy compression and hissing on sibilant sounds. Which means...Spamton is literally speaking in Tenna's voice. This likely means he's using Tenna's voice in the game, too -- I've seen others speculate that his bracketed adspeak text is actually supposed to be a failed / glitched attempt to copy Tenna's fancy speech quirk. If he's literally using Tenna's voice, then this is definitely plausible! As a walking advertisement Spamton is also clearly able to copy others, more or less word for word -- at one point during the Spamton Sweepstakes he even repeated something Noelle included in one of her blog posts revealed during the same event, complete with her XP emoji.

I would think that, if he's mimicking others' words, he can probably mimic their voices too, right?

And we already know Spamton LOVES mimicking more than just others' words/voices to try and get ahead. His current look -- black hair and suit and two-toned glasses -- was a blatant attempt to copy Swatch, according to his own shop dialogue, and some artwork (particularly that one air freshener) depicts Big Shot-era Spamton in a red suit and yellow tie, heavily reminiscent of Tenna's outfit.

So, if he copied Tenna's looks in the past to try and make himself a success, why not his literal words as well? Why not try to BECOME the Big Shot he saw his former partner as, in more than just taking inspiration?

One last thing to point out with this is that scene in chapter 3, you know the one.

So, Tenna doesn't recognize Spamton at all. That makes sense -- he's clearly changed a lot since his Big Shot days! But, something I find really interesting about this scene is how Tenna reacts, or rather DOESN'T react, when Spamton speaks to him. If you haven't seen someone in years, they're bound to look different, but still sound the same, right? And they were former partners, in whatever sense you want to interpret it. Tenna likely has tapes of their old shows and commercials together. He knows very well what Spamton G Spamton's voice sounds like...and in this scene, he didn't hear it. So, Spamton isn't just unrecognizable appearance-wise, but his voice has definitely changed since leaving Tenna behind too.

But what it's changed TO makes Tenna's overblown freakout so much more appropriate! Imagine if you walk into what you think is your own private room, your greatest secret lying exposed in the middle of the floor, and then suddenly this...thing appears, that kinda-sorta looks a little like your old partner but not really. And then it starts speaking -- "[Trash heap]!!! YOU KEPT IT!!!" -- IN YOUR OWN VOICE.

I'm with Tenna on this one. Foam that creature and GTFO.

[fever-project]

I AM OBSESSED WITH YOUR LU X UNDERTALE AU OH MY GOD THE MOMENT I READ THE LIST OF WHO WAS WHO I FLIPPED OUT AHHHHH

w.... warriors with the sans undertale glow in his eye your making me all giddy again AND FUCKING TWI AS PAPYRUS???? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME??????????? ough.... and time as undyne.... perfect....... I must listen to undertale ost and imagine all of this oh my goddd fever I AM HERE FOR IT

Neh heh heh! Thank you very much for the kind word Kai!

I really want to talk about Wars as Sans and Twi as Papyrus, but I still haven’t figured out all the kinks yet -~-“ Cause honestly, at first glance it makes more sense for Twi to be Sans and Wars to be Paps like, personality and clothing wise. At first, I just really wanted the Sans fight to be with Wars cause I just think him being the Judge just fits better. And Twi works better as a scolding brother type, while if Wars tried to scold you feel real bad. Idk how to explain it. There’s more to my reasoning but I feel like it would be better to get say, “Wars saying ‘Get Dunked On!’ goes hard and also Twi just has more Paps vibes. It’s all vibes.”

I was also just juggling the Links around in different parts to see what would stick tbh. Sky, Four, Legend, and Wind were all pretty much set in stone immediately tho. I originally wanted Wars to be Undyne, Wild to be Sans, and Time to be Alphys at first lamo. Wild is pretty carefree and he could totally work as Sans, but he also worked the best as Alphys to me. So Time had to be someone else, and Undyne was the best I could think of. He could also work as Asgore, but I deemed Hyrule would be better for that since he’s 1) prophesied to be a king in his 2nd game and that would be fun, and 2) he’s the OG Link, so it would be extra fun. Also, Time still has his girl, Malon, and Asgore must be a lonely guy.

Also the Zeldas, oh the Zeldas. I’m so excited to get to them. They’re kinda shoved off to the sideline in this AU since it’s focused on the Links(also LU is kinda focused on them as well lol), but they are incredibly important. They are currently “missing” in LT canon, however, as you can probably tell from the quotes, they aren’t actually missing. Someone knows exactly where they are…and the truth of what happened to them. You can probably figure out what I mean by that, hehehe.

Although I dunno what I want to do with the Shadow. Since this AU is kinda a dream Legend is having, I want it to be the Shadow’s fault, even if it’s unintentionally. Idk I just want him to do something. He can’t be Gaster, I’m thinking either the First Hero or the Fiece Deity would take that role. Also, the River Person-Spirit. He’s still wearing that cloak tho, so Legend would be none the wiser…not like he would care much, unless he happens to meet Spirit during his actual adventure with the Chain, in which it would be very weird.

ALSO I can say also a lot. And Legend doesn’t tend to remember the dreams after he wakes up. Maybe some extreme feelings(I so cannot wait to show what happens after a No Mercy run!!!), but no real memories. He does remember when he’s back in the dream, however-he remembers it all. There’s no way to delete a save file in that world. Player!Wind will be stuck with the choices he makes.

That’s enough rambling for now lol. If you want to know anything more specific, please ask! I’m so glad there’s so many people who like this AU =)

[thescaryhyperfem]

while I wait for people to send shit to me pinned post I will post sum queer + MAD + song SCP headcanons down below :3 (More to be added ^.^ request any SCPs if u want bc my memory shittyyyyy)

SCP-1471: Bisexual, wolfgender, nonbinary-agender-female (she/they/it/he). Would like Lapfox Trax- Specifically Truxton.

SCP-2521: Agender, loveful aromantic (he/it/thing), possibly neurodivergent. Would like Nightcore.

SCP-999: Xenogender-fluid (I see it as someone who really can't pin point to a specific gender that's "usual" to society due to not really understanding gender "correctly"), mainly joygender, nebulasexual (it/any/any neos), AuDHD (autism + ADHD). Would listen to any breakcore/speedcore it sees, and would probably enjoy goreshit and Mailpup. I also see it as a 100 Gecs fan.

SCP-096: Abrosexual (Bisexual-Gay), transman, twink (not in a fetishizing way, I just think it fits him), aroace (sex & romance oscillate, basically they change fluidly) (he/she), PTSD & autism & social anxiety. Would dislike breakcore, never listens to music, but secretly a metalhead.

SCP-106: Gay (+ Insougay, a gay person who does not care who they get with), transman, hunk (not related to being queer but I also think he'd use his usual "hot" personality & appearance to lure people into his pocket dimension. Someone should make that an aroace label LOL) (he/him), PTSD & Questioning Cluster B disorder. Juggalo, big into Insane Clown Posse's old songs, even before he transitioned from juggalette to juggalo.

SCP-173: Nonbinary, mspec (unlabeled), femme (she/it/any). Listens to more casual and calm music, and enjoys songs related to romance in any way. Would probably listen to them with Dr. Clef.

SCP-049: Questioning sexuality, intersex (he/him). Also listens to calm music, would dislike breakcore or any fast/high bpm music in general.

SCP-049-j: Trans-ally (cisgender male, but questioning intersex), quoiromanic + quoisexual (he/they), Undiagnosed AuDHD. The same can't be said about SCP-049's son. The bastard would blast youtube poop remixes as loud as he can. Fucking Bastard.

SCP-913: Ally (cishet male) (he/him), Binge Eating Disorder & somewhere on the autism spectrum. He LOVES Weird Al, he thinks the "Eat It" song really fits him.

SCP-2396: Girlboss lesbian, transfem, futch (fem leaning) (she/any), neurodivergent but undiagnosed. LOVES Nightcore. Maybe candycore, if that's even a music type. Anything that's fast really.

SCP-3114: Xenogender (doesn't understand genders very well), affection/romance-craving, asexual (doesn't understand why they need to have sex), questioning sexuality (they/it/bone/skeleton/skull), Body Dysmorphia & depression. Really into game OSTs, especially Undertale OSTs. Also would listen to musics used in memes. Very funny lil skeleton I must say!

SCP-973-2: Pansexual, but doesn't really have time for figuring out his identity (any pronouns), autistic (struggles speaking) & PTSD. Listens to whatever is playing on the radio of SCP-973-1, EXCEPT Ed Sheeran. He hates Ed Sheeran.

SCP-079: Love is not existent (byte/bytes/neos). Really likes soothing music, computer/AI generated songs and 8 bit songs.

SCP-056: Identityfluid (basically, their whole identity like gender, sexuality, pronouns, etc. is fluid) (she/any), NPD. She would enjoy jazz music.

SCP-066: Agender, ericgender, aroace (repulsed sexually) (Eric/Ericself), probably depressed. Loves Beethoven. We don't like Beethoven. Eric doesn't care. Also likes Kevin Macleod. We love Kevin Macleod!

[0creativity0]

I love soundtracks and OSTs. Toby Fox was my fourth most listened Spotify artist this year, and I wholeheartedly believe that if Killua Zoldyck was a music, he'd be "Waterfall" from the Undertale OST. I listen to it a lot, and the thought of him comes organically to my mind everytime. I don't even like Killua that much, the music just sounds like him. It's layered the way I'd layer him, one step at a time, and it comes back full circle.

If I ever were to be asked one day to pick my favorite anime soundtrack without any time to think my answer through, I'd probably say it's 2011 Hunter x Hunter's. It's inherently good. It does some really good things when establishing the ambience, principally when it comes to the Zoldyck family theme ("Ansatsu Ikka no Yakata"), Leorio's theme ("All I Need Is MONEY!", hilariously fitting name by the way) and all of the background musics for the hunter exam arc in specific that are so spot on with the mood, and made me fall in love with the show. That and the amazing, showstopping, iconic "HUNTING FOR YOUR DREAMS", peak soundtrack, in my (and everyone else's) opinion. Most of the tracks from the Hunter x Hunter soundtrack though, really, I only like because they've grown on me, and not because I loved them from the get go. That's why it's not my favorite soundtrack.

I know that's a stupid argument, but hear me out;

My favorite album of all times, Portals by Melanie Martinez, I hated upon first listening to, because I was so used to her first three releases. It took me time to learn and appreciate it. It took me listening to it over and over again, imagining performances, learning to anticipate the beats. I didn't mind that process of discovery at all, in fact, it only made it better for me. In the same way, I haven't disliked listening to the Hunter x Hunter soundtrack as I get work done and coming across musics that I don't like that much.

While enjoying the show, though, I feel like it's sort of essential for the music to do it's magic immediately upon first watching. That's when I'll be discovering it, that's when I need for the atmosphere to captivate me, and there's nothing like good music to keep my attention on something. That's what the hunter exam themed musics did to me, and that's what had twelve year old me rushing out of bed all giddy at six in the morning to watch an episode or two before school. But the rest of the musics from the show lacked of that feel. Even those that were kept from the first season didn't feel as good afterwards, since they were so proper and attached to the first arc.

That said, I think there's only one anime soundtrack that ever pleased me right off the bat, and it's Puella Magi Madoka Magica's. Insane music. Everytime I hear "Sis puella magica!" I envision Homura, the witch mazes. I think Mami, I think Bebe, and I think this is so undoubtedly Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and it's why, despite not having any of my favorite anime characters, it's still my favorite anime. "Scaena felix" and "Postmeredie" make me nostalgic, like I was there with Madoka in that kitchen in episode one. And when I listen to the soundtrack, I have to stop any activity that requires reflection because even the most unassuming songs in there speak to me, bring me back to scenes and themes and feelings, and I can't focus in those conditions.

I've watched Hunter x Hunter many more times than I have PMMM, and I discovered it a long while before too, yet there a lot of musics on its soundtrack that are (IN MY OPINION) just so boring and, quite frankly, eh, so I don't remember them upon encounter. They do not elicit any sort of reaction out of me, and most likely never will. If they do, they'll relate to my personal life rather than the show, which is not what I'm looking for.

One thing that the Puella Magi Madoka Magica soundtrack does better than the Hunter x Hunter one in my opinion is the whole 'pretending this is a cute show and then breaking your heart' thing. Hunter x Hunter had more time to get those characters into your heart, so of course the impact was much more violent, but the music to go with it, in my humble opinion (please don't murder me), was kind of mid.

To be kept in mind is that, while in some aspects, its length was a disadvantage, Puella Magi Madoka Magica only has one season (twelve episodes, I believe), a movie, and a second one coming our way. They had it easy in terms of arcs in comparison to Hunter x Hunter, they didn't need to make as many songs with as many different atmospheres.

But overall, I think it's songs like "Signum Malum" that make Puella Magi Madoka Magica's soundtrack so special to me. The reusing of a now familiar melody with a fully different vibe and intent to fit the new narrative. Masterpieces, I'm telling you. Sort of links with the happy show facade that I was on about earlier.

Bonus points to PMMM because the cover for the soundtrack is a picture of our two lesbian queens, one so sentimental and heart shattering if you've watched the Rebellion movie.

All in good faith, though. And in no way is this meant to shame people who like the Hunter x Hunter soundtrack, obviously so do I. Everybody does. It's just a random opinion I thought would be fun to share, and I'd love to hear yours back of course.

[beevean]

I get it that Omocat wanted to focus on the feelz over everything else. But games like Yume Nikki(a game that Omori was clearly trying to ape) don't have a big overarching narrative, and is a very simple freeware game that leaves much room for interpretation. Also helps that it's ost was made to be atmospheric, even if you hear a song for only a couple seconds. I can listen to an extended version of this track while working on something, despite it being a 22 second loop.

https://youtu.be/hlayu0pXLYU?si=srwyAuKuP3cKBs3-

And in terms of games where you beat the final boss by unconventional means, the Earthbound/Mother series(another game/s Omocat was obviously trying to emulate) does so in a way that ties in perfectly with the story and characters in all three games, making the emotional pay-off from them earned.

Omori really wanted to be those games, but missed the mark on why they eventually became cult classics, while a game like Undertale was able to perfectly capture the spirit of them.

I could compare OMORI to Silent Hill 2, which I don't know much in detail (@woodchipp is the one who made this comparison - I keep tagging him because he's the expert here :P) but I know that its big twist is that the protagonist actually killed his wife because she fell sick. Apparently many fans picked for James the ending where he kills himself because they did not have any sympathy for him. I know that the game itself did not paint him as a poow bapyboy, just presented you with the events and his understandable guilt.

I could compare it to Hereditary, which also has a brother accidentally causing his sister's death and (before steering into the paranormal side of the plot) was about how that death wrecked the entire family and destroyed the relationship between son and mother who could only blame everyone around her.

I could compare it to Bojack Horseman, which explores the themes of forgiveness with cruel nuance - we viewers relate to Bojack and want him to finally find happiness because we get familiar with his circumstances, but when he fucks up, the people around him are allowed to cut contact with him, which makes eventual forgiveness (like from Todd) be even more precious. Incidentally, Xerox of a Xerox is all about Hollywoo discovering Bojack's role in Sarah Lynn's death (pushing her to go on a bender that led to her overdose and deliberately waiting to call an ambulance to create an alibi)... and he more than pays the consequences.

I could compare it to Steven Universe, and how it shows just how many people Rose hurt with her deception, even if well intentioned - Garnet falls apart, Amethyst tries to protect Steven from feeling responsible, Pearl moves on from her after their final bind has been cut.

I could compare it to Evangelion, which, as @spinningbuster98 said, also has a depressed teen as its protagonist, but he's pitiable because the story actually fleshes him out and doesn't shy away from the worst sympthoms of his depression, self-loathing and deep desire to be loved.

And if you mention unconventional final bosses, then there's also Undertale and its three final bosses: Asgore removing the choice of MERCY because he really wants to be killed, the fight against Asriel where Frisk is so full of Determination to SAVE him that they straight up cannot die, and Sans cheating all over the place because you player are also a cruel cheater. Also hugging Asriel and him crying that he doesn't want to let go >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a shallow slideshow of Sunny and Mari being oh so happy together.

This story has been done multiple times, and infinitely better, giving all the respect necessary to every character involved, not just the cute protagonist. OMORI has nothing to offer if not a decent aesthetic.

[its-lukarian]

Ink! Sans

the Guardian of all Alternate Universes.

Ink is a skeleton-looking monster wearing painter's clothes, being a little shorter than its fainted variants and considered the great protector of all AUs.

Ink has black paint/ink on his right cheek. His eyes are usually a blue circle in the right eye socket and a star in the left, However, whenever he blinks, the color and shape of his eye sockets change, He dons a long-sleeved, white undershirt with a small brown jacket over it. His pants are overalls with the tops tucked into his waist. The legs are very wide at the bottom, with creases around the legs. He also has no shoes, instead, he goes barefoot with a pair of leggings.

He has a work belt crossing his chest, with rainbow paint vials (which have heart-shaped tops) on it. When Ink drinks the vials, he gets artificial emotions. On his back, he possesses his most powerful tool, an giant Inkbrush that he named Broomie.

"Let me explain how things work around here!"

He is a Sans variant created by Comyet (aka Mye Bi). He was a conceptional Sans from a conceptual AU that never got off the ground. He’s the first and only character with a true soul; yet despite his best efforts to improve and interact with the inhabitants in the AU, they never responded or showed any kind of reaction to his attempts. In a fit of despair, he destroyed his soul; accidentally causing him to stumble into the blank void. There he became an emotionless being alone in the vast space of emptiness, Becoming like the inhabitants of his old universe, but now alone.

Eventually, an ink brush along with different kinds of paint from an unknown artist fell into the blank canvas, each color imbuing him with feelings different from the last. After some time without color, though, he would revert to his emotionless self. Ink fixed this problem by filling vials with the colors that were splashed on him. It allowed him to pretend to have a soul so that he could feel it. Gradually, Ink used the colors from the creators to create the Doodle-Sphere, where his home would now be.

Eventually, he stumbles upon a portal that leads to the source code where all of the paints and colors go. It doesn't take long for him to discover their true purpose; to imprint the Creators' Emotions in the forms of Undertale Fan work (AUs, Fan arts, etc.). Seeing this he concluded that, for him to remain in this fulfilling emotional state, He have to encourage the creators to keep making and maintaining their creations so that the paint keeps flowing through the doodle-sphere itself. Thus, to keep a steady supply of emotions for him to harness, he dedicates himself to being the Muse of the Undertale Creative Community, while he protects their creations from those who wish to harm them; be it vandals or any other off-scripted out!codes, An example of a threat would be Error! Sans, maybe his greatest enemy.

"I can fight for you too!”

Ink supports all kinds of art, like painting, literature, dance, music, etc. He is very passionate about art and likes to motivate characters and creators, He is friendly and extremely witty and can hardly be put down, His memory is extremely random and he can remember things from millennia of years ago or simply forget some things that were said seconds ago, sometimes stopping mid-sentence to try and remember what he just said a few seconds before. This is why he takes notes on his scarf, in fight, he approaches enemies carefully. He will never try to attack them first, but will mostly focus on trying to discover their motives and talk them through it. Although he does come off as a jerk on first impression, he does know what to analyze to understand the issue so he can brush people the right way and hopefully have them listen. Ink in general acts wittily, optimistic and provocatively.

That is until the ink in his vials runs out..

If he ends up unwilling or wanting to let his bottles empty, he will be left without his emotions and just be someone empty, cold and cruel, without feeling any empathy and only doing what is for his own sake and objectives, And no, he doesn't mind hurting someone for that, fighting much more offensively or defensively, depending on the situation, they think he would even be a psychopath, but what do you expect from a person without emotions and souls?

"After all, there are thousands of alternative versions. Thousands of timelines in their own universes. Why even worry about a small fraction affected..?"

Ink is somewhat athletic and a martial fighter, being fast, agile, strong and skilled, as well as being extremely acrobatic and resistant, using his brush as a bat, using it to attack and thrust with the bottom of his inkbrush, which is made of sturdy wood along with his punches and kicks, His powers consist of all those of Sans but with a higher damage rate, so he can summon bones, blasters, telekinesis, blue and orange magic.. Along with his additional powers!

Ink Mimicry: Ink can manipulate the ink around him as he pleases! If you fight him, be prepared for a lot of ink in the arena!

Ink Hopping: Ink can appear everywhere in any AU of his liking from any kind of liquid. He uses them as Ink portals

Ink Bones & Others: Ink can solidify its ink to create things from it, creating bones or any other thing that, after using them, can reuse the ink from attacks for other attacks!

Ink Blasters: He can create Gaster Blasters that shoot a very hot ink that while burning the enemy, pushing him away, and can solidifies on contact.

Script reading: He can read the scripts of all of the Undertale AUs in existence, and thus knows the fate of all of its inhabitants, Of course, if the universe isn't an Undertale AU, he can't read

Ink can also use the ink on your body to transform his body into a human! He can have different colors and shapes!

And that's it! I hope you'll have fun if you want to interact with this silly boy!

Oh! And please read my RULES!

[saucy-mesothelioma]

Meso's Mixtapes: Handplates Gaster

In honor of the Handplates comic by @zarla-s finally coming to an end, I decided to finally get back to work on my Mixtapes and do one for their interpretation of W.D. Gaster as a sort of thank you. But before I do, I want to talk for a moment about what this comic has meant to me. I was around 12 or so when I first got into Undertale. I was a pretty sheltered kid and wasn't really allowed to play video games, so I watched playthroughs and listened to the ost all from YouTube. And it was through this that I came across the dubbed version of the comic. I was instantly captivated by the acting and the editing, but the thing that pulled me in the most was the emotion behind the storytelling. Even when I was younger, I had no interest in any sort of AUs, but this one not only caught my attention, but held it in a vice. I binged the entirety of what was available of the comic on YouTube twice, and didn't tire of it one bit. But of course, as the years went by and my interest in Undertale faded, I stopped watching. It wasn't until a few months ago while scrolling through Tumblr that I found the comic again and that it was still being updated. So I picked up the comic right from the beginning and read it all. And to my surprise, it was just as incredible as when I read it all those years ago. To this day, Handplates has been the only AU out of really any media that I enjoy, and I'm not even the biggest fan of Undertale anymore. The fact that an AU has captured my attention longer than the base game itself really speaks to how well written this comic is. I would (and have) genuinely suggest it to people who aren't even into Undertale, specifically for how this comic is written. Unfortunately, I was unable to interact with the community due to no access to social media as well as rediscovering the comic so late, but I've fully enjoyed looking through the archives and reading all the asks, extra comics, and posts about it; it really made me feel like a part of the community after all. I don't know what Zarla has planned for the future, but whether it be little one-off Handplates comics, other Undertale stories, or even a bigger project in something else entirely, I will be eagerly tuning in. This comic has meant a lot to me, and I couldn't be more thankful. Now, without further ado, the playlist.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Villain by Stella Jang (There are a few different ways you could interpret this song, but for the sake of this mixtape, I see it as the idea of "you can be doing something good, but doing something evil to achieve it still makes you the villain". As the song says, there are many shades of grey; "the person I love the most could be a dog to somebody else" and "the person you hate the most is somebody's beloved child" perfectly explain this. It's the basis of "the ends don't justify the means", which is the exact opposite of the ideology Gaster follows over the course of the comic. Although he does this for the better of monster society, he is still aware of the fact that what he is doing is deplorable; that's part of what makes him such an interesting character to examine.) Rule #27 - Drunk on Pride by Fish in a Birdcage Dying Day by Landlady Dentist! by Alan Menken (I had to include this after Zarla mentioned it in a post a while back, and I gotta say it really does fit in a hilarious way) Wernher Von Braun by Tom Lehrer (I debated on whether or not put this one on the list, but in my opinion the line "'Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department!' says Wernher von Braun" does sound like something he would say; sort of that mentality of "Hey, I did my job. That's not my problem." he showed during scene where the worker was requesting that handrails be added to the CORE. Plus it's Tom Lehrer.) Priest by William Crighton My Friends by Steven Sondheim (The only reason I included this song was because my headcanon voice for Gaster is Len Cariou. Although I will say that my friend also suggested Sam Neill specifically because of the scenes in Jurassic Park where Alan meets Tim and Lex and when he explains how the raptors hunted to that kid at the dig site since they both seem like something he'd do and I stand by that assessment 1000%. Both of those are perfect to me.)

Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo Euthanasia by Will Wood Alles im Griff (auf dem sinkenden schiff) by Udo Jürgens ("Ich hab alles im griff auf dem sinkenden schiff" loosely translates to "I have everything under control on the sinking ship", and the song is basically about all of these bad things happening to the narrator, and the narrator just bottling it all up and saying "This is fine. I'm totally fine." If that doesn't describe Gaster, then I don't know what does.) Zombie by The Cranberries (Considering what the song is about, I felt like it would also stand as a good representation for the hardships and trauma war can leave . And yes, I know that's not the main theme of the comic, but to me at least, that theme was crucial for how some of the characters developed. Not just Gaster, but Toriel and Asgore too.) Everything You Ever by Joss Whedon Total Recall by pragmaticNihilist (Ok, so this one needs a bit of explaining more so than the others. This song is one of the themes for the character Secily Iopara from the game Snowbound Blood, which is technically a sort of prequel/spinoff from the webcomic Vast Error. At least in my opinion, Gaster and Secily share several defining traits: both are easily consumed by work to the point where it takes a toll on their social life as well as their mental health, they push away the people that care about them in order to make things easier for themselves, they both basically devoted their entire meaning to one person [Asgore and Ahlina respectively], and their life's work was their downfall. I just thought it was really interesting how two characters from completely different stories manage to share so much, and how one was able to succeed in fields where the other character failed. Things like this in media have always been something I've enjoyed, so I felt compelled to include it.) Venetian Blind Man by Will Wood Arsonist's Lullabye by Hozier Good Old Days by Weird Al (I'm sorry but I couldn't resist adding this one. It was way too funny to not. I am so, so sorry. This is the last "not really serious one" I swear.) I'm Not Supposed to Care by Gordon Lightfoot (First off, the opening line is already perfect, but I can definitely see this song as the sort of the encompassing theme for the final pages of the comic when they're on the surface. The people who were Gaster's family have no idea who he is or how much they mean to him, yet he's still more than willing to devote himself to them and their happiness, which we see mainly with him and Asgore. My interpretation of Gaster's interactions with them are perfectly summed up by this song: He feels like he shouldn't care as much as he does because they're no longer who he knew, but he can't help it. They no longer love him, but he still loves them and will do whatever he can to make sure they're happy, even at his own expense [both before falling into the CORE and after]. Gaster sums up the basis of his own mentality perfectly: "As long as you will have me, I will stay.")

[evilmagician430]

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for VT/taleblr in general i think a lot of lemon demon's discography fits it well, especially the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny. and the next dimension. both of these songs are kind of homestuck-y too now that i think about it

sibling rivalry by pup is a really good acachalla family song, as well as kids by the same artist.

similarly i think touch tone telephone and ancient aliens are good P.I.E. songs.

i actually have full playlists for some characters- some on my youtube page, and some are kind of just in my head. if i had to narrow down the songs for each character it would be like this

toast - evacuate the dancefloor by cascada, i am not a robot by marina and the diamonds, kaleidoskull by lemon demon, ravers in the UK, take it off by ke$ha, are you satisfied by marina and the diamonds, so its like half sad amv music and half music i think he would actually listen to. people forget hes not just some prim and proper brit, hes also a hard drinking party boy.

ghost- problems by mother mother, bloodeater by mom/girls rituals/cats millionaire/devi mccallion, flight of the crows by jhariah, oh oh oh sexy vampire by disko warp, jerma meatgrinder remix??(if this also includes jimmy casket songs) haunted by laura les, and uh fuck it bad blood by creature feature. and ofc secret by the pierces.

maddiefriend - crazy town by marz mitzi, doktorspiele, best friend by toy-box, prescription by msi, bill watterson by lemon demon, weird science by oingo boingo, serial contraption of malice by ghostie-p, and magical doctor by maretu.

sally - the end by lil uzi vert and babymetal, gimme chocolate by babymetal, mommy's little monsters by creature feature, dead bodies everywhere by korn, IT GIRL by aliyah's interlude, ready to die by andrew w.k., chu chu lovely muni muni mura mura, little girls by oingo boingo, barbie girl, when i grow up by the pussycat dolls, etc.

sue - woof woof by arthur, i cant handle change by roar, 1989 by msi, entomologists (original version) by ghost/ghostie-p/marz mitzi (i forget how they went by at the time of releasing that song), good news by the garden, my alcoholic friends by the dresden dolls, bloody mary-kate and ashley by pup, and ummm no specific song but i think she would listen to korn

billy - fin fin come and see him, butterfly by smile.dk, girl you need a shot of b12, september dark planet by arthur, walking by steampianist, still feel by half alive, gangnam style nightcore by psy, lego racers ost main menu and also the building mode music, boyfriend by big time rush, tbh i just get a lot of eurodance and boyband vibes from him. there are SOME songs that make me think of him in like an amv way but not many

sadly i must admit gertrude and papa i dont imagine amvs of them often. to any songs. except maybe aim for the head by creature feature, i feel like thats a gertrude song. same w spooker chris and any other characters i didnt mention. i simply do not think of them that much while im listening to music. sad!

spencer (main course - i have an entire playlist for him but i'll try to trim it down in this post) - karkat's theme from the homestuck ost, black hole by steampianist, eighth wonder by lemon demon, cabinet man by lemon demon, evil me by arthur, september by the living tombstone i think? the brony song. welcome to kitty city by cyriak, cat hacks by lemon demon, the machine by lemon demon, the blind prophet from the homestuck ost, the 'you are an idiot!' song from that one computer virus, the first watamote ending song, want you gone from portal 2, waiting for the world to end by mother mother, buried alive by creature feature, stupid stupid world by talking kitty cat, weekly shonen bye-bye by pinocchio-p, alphys from the undertale ost, ode to crayola by lemon demon, just monika from the ddlc ost, not safe from the off ost, christmas kids by roar, here we are from the undertale ost, awoken by h8 seed ft woodentoaster, hole-dwelling by kikuo, amygdala's ragdoll by ghost, faget by korn, evolution by korn, and oxidation and dream monsters by ghostie-p. boom. thats basically the meat of my spencer playlist.

i just remembered i also have a cywren caster playlist but im gonna limit myself to gmod roleplay characters cause im tired of typing and i dont think anyone cares anyways. if u do though check my youtube channel O.K. much love bye

[undertalecheckpoint]

9 January, 2025: Entry #51

Song: 051 - Another Medium

One year ago, you planned to write an entry every week for two entire years. Now, you're halfway through. 50 entries are done; 50 left to go.

The new year fills you with determination.

This is the halfway point of a long journey.

For the entire year of 2024, I started a new, and frankly quite daunting, project that I started on New Year’s Eve of 2023. I would write a little journal entry every week, under each of the Undertale OST videos. I could talk about anything I wanted to: what I did that week, events that happened, or about the state of the world. Now, I finished half of that project. And, suddenly, I’m wondering what happens after all this. Do I start another journal, say, on the Minecraft OST? What would my life even be like without this? I’ve gotten so used to it at this point; it is solidly in my routine now. At the same time, though, I've already talked about most of the things I have to say about myself - will I ever run out of things to write about? We still have a year left of this journey, what happens after is a job for future me to decide.

I wrote most of Entry #50 around 10-11 PM, as I was waiting for the New Year’s countdown. The entire day I was scrambling to finish all my end-of-year projects, as I said then. And it turns out that I finished… none of them. So, I’m giving myself a two-week grace period to actually finish them properly. And I’m actually working on them! My 2024 Online Year in Review Collage Thing is almost finished, I’m working on my yearly predictions, and my Minecraft video… yeah, I’m still procrastinating on that,

Earlier last week, on New Year’s Eve, I went for a normal walk, like I do most days. I was hoping to make it a quick walk to get outside and get some fresh air and motivation because of all the things I had to do that day. I left the house and started walking down the block, before turning onto a street that I don’t usually take; it was a narrow road with a bunch of telephone cables going through it. As I kept walking, I saw a man on the street, washing a car with his mop. I nodded and walked past, but he said something that I didn’t quite hear right, so I turned around, and he repeated it. “How are you?”, he said. I responded normally, and he started asking some more questions. I did answer, though in a bit of a rushed way, in all honesty. He then says that usually, people don’t even bother to look at him, and just keep on walking. 

I don’t know what happened after, but we then had a conversation that lasted 30 minutes. I learned that his name was Ron, he was 83 (looked 60, though), was from Malaysia, and that he’d travelled everywhere around the world before he retired. He basically just recounted his life while washing his car, and I stood there listening. The longer we talked, the more I genuinely wanted to hear more. After he finished mopping his car, he decided to clean his neighbour’s dirty car too, even though they didn’t ask him. After quite a while, I did have to say that I had to go, but that I would definitely want to talk to him again. The rest of the walk, I felt… really happy. I’m still smiling thinking about the interaction I had with that man. It was so wholesome!

I was going to write that there are good people everywhere, it’s just up to you to find them. But, later on on my walk, I met some more… unpleasant people. People on the street randomly yelling at me; a person in a car driving past holding a yellow thing (?), asking (screaming) at me who I was before calling me some not-good words. I know better than to interact with people yelling at you but not at you, but that also stayed on my mind the rest of the day. So, I thought about scrapping my nice and positive message because of the other encounters I had, but… I don’t see why I have to, now. It wasn’t wrong, it’s just that there’s both good and bad people everywhere. Sometimes you’ll run into bad people. Sometimes you’ll run into good people. It’s still your choice to find your people.

One last, very important, thing: Fire. A lot of fires in LA county. I haven’t talked about where I live yet, but I will say it is in LA county. I am luckily far enough to not have the fire be a serious concern unless anything terrible happens, but close enough where I can see the fire’s smoke billowing from the horizon, leaving half of the sky grey. Watching all those videos of the fire has been absolutely heartbreaking, just looking at what looks like a warzone and knowing that thousands of people have had happy lives there until now… What a way to start off 2025.

[thymeskip]

A cat as Error. It’s his true form.

your wish is my command i think he looks very elegant

[notesanddreams]

Oh, hello, my name is Max, or better known as MaxO'Bunn, I wanted to ask you how I can make songs like Toby Fox, I really feel very worried and sad for not being able to make songs like him, I started composing 7 months ago, My biggest dream is to be one day like Toby, he is my biggest idol, and that's why I wanted to ask you if you could give me some advice or tip that would help you to make songs like Toby, I would be very grateful... sorry for the inconvenience

If you ever figure it out, let me know.

I'm kidding.

Now, I'd really like to kind of set the stage here by saying I'm probably not the most qualified person in the world to answer your question. Like, I'm probably not even in the top 100, or even the top 1,000. BUT, I do care about this subject a great deal, having spent roughly the last seven years asking the same question you've just asked me: "How do I make music like Toby?"

Alright, so you wanna make music like Toby Fox. If you can read sheet music/have a basic understanding of music theory, you can never go wrong with this post. It's super informative and breaks everything down in a really digestible way.

If you wanna go one step farther, you can even use the same soundfonts that Toby Fox used to compose the OST of Undertale--it's all in this convenient google doc. The people that put this together have no doubt worked tirelessly to try to track down EVERY soundfont used in Undertale, even all the unused tracks. It's pretty damn impressive.

Toby also has some good advice about composing that he posted on his twitter that's worth a look.

But you probably wanna familiarize yourself with the OSTs that inspired the dog himself. He made a post a while back about that exact subject here.

To create music like someone you wanna sound like, it helps to listen to that person's music A LOT. Here's every single Toby Fox song ever (at least up until a year ago). I've listened to this more than I care to admit, and there's some GREAT tracks in there that most people overlook.

Okay, now that I've gone through all that, I would really like to address one thing you said in your ask. You said you're sad that you can't make music like Toby. While it's admirable to want to draw inspiration from the artists we like, I just want you to know that your music doesn't have to be exactly like Toby Fox's to be great. You said that you started composing seven months ago, and buddy, let me tell you that you should not be ashamed if your music doesn't sound the way you want it to at seven months in. Hell, I've been a composer for seven YEARS and I'm still unhappy with the way my tracks turn out ALL THE TIME. And that's okay. Your music doesn't have to be Toby Fox level to be worth doing. Just work on creating your own voice.

If you have any more questions about composing, I'd like to let you know that my IMs are always open. I hope this was all at least somewhat helpful. Thanks for the ask!

[fever-project]

fever i genuinely hope you don't mind me asking this but like. im actually utterly obsessed with linkedtale wars it's not even funny, is it fine i come into your ask box and just. scream because h my god

this whole au has made me listen to remix after remix of the undertale ost because i forgot how special it is and UGHGHHHHH THIS AU IS DOING THINGS TO ME I JUST WANT TO YELL AND SCREAM but not cause too much of a disturbance to you........

im shy and do not want to overwhelm you but i am just. thinking of the guy. that fucker you've got him stuck in my head now get him outttttt

ALSO IM SORRY THIS ISN'T A REQUEST OR ANYTHING I FEEL WRONG SENDING THIS WHILE YOUR PROBABLY FULFULLING THOSE I APOLOGIZE </3

You don’t get it, I LOVE asks of any type, especially if it’s someone rambling about how much they love my stuff 🥹🥹🥹 This ask made me so happy, thank you for brightening my day!

And if you want some Undertale remixes, there is no better place to get those(to me) than from the legend, the icon SharaX. Ough there remixes are bangers. She’s still making remixes to this, blessing us all…this is a lot of praise I’m giving lamo but she was a part of my childhood. Not to mention she makes original(utmv fandom things) stuff to!

[mysteryman-17]

Due to the sheer length (plus wanting to preserve the format,) you can find the accompanying dialogue for this post on Google Drive.

Time’s End is an AHIT/Undertale crossover AU of sorts, taking place in the aftermath of a timeline where you lose the final boss fight against Mustache Girl. You can find the write-up here! In addition to the AO3 link being updated with lots of new material, you can also find the write-ups for the Neutral Endings and TimeWarp Route requirements over on Google Docs! The incredible art in the thumbnail was made by @asterofthedeepforest. Be sure to support his Ko-fi and/or commission him! I commissioned this music track from Nick. Be sure to check out his YouTube as well!

Motifs:

Adventure's End (Mario & Luigi Dream Team, sample of 0:00-0:10)

Death Wish

Collapsing Time Rift

Main Theme/Title Screen

Your Contract Has Expired

Original

SO! Definitely will be having more tracks for this AU coming down the line, updates included, but let's be real folks. This is DEFINITELY the track a lot of you were looking forward to the most (especially in my SC audience.) Well, thanks to Nick's incredible talents, it's now a reality at long last -- and at a really convenient time too! Not only is the OST account on SC close to breaching 50 followers -- thank you all for your support by the way! -- but A Hat In Time, one of the two games this AU is based around, will be 5 years old on October 5th!! So ye, consider the timing of this release an early treat for both occasions! ;) Anyhow, I'm incredibly pleased with how the track turned out. There was a somewhat different idea pitched initially (hence why the Adventure's End sample is there,) but Nick took the notes and ran with them in a MUCH better direction for the piece, while still being fitting for what I had in mind for the AU. It was really nice working with Nick, and I'll definitely be using his services again, should they be available. Anyhow, I hope you guys enjoy the track! (P.S. Just a quick note: I put together the motif list for this post using notes I sent Nick, so it might be slightly inaccurate on my part.)

You can also listen to this track in high quality on the AU’s SoundCloud here! Due to their length, the character blurbs are underneath the Read More.

Bow Kid is still Frisk... but that hardly matters anymore. The bright and cheerful, yet nervous Bow that first landed on the planet is gone. Her original desire of going home has long been forgotten, and only one goal drives this emotionless shell of her former self forward: finish what she started. Hat Kid takes Sans' place. With Bow's killing spree pushing everything to the brink, Hat Kid realizes that she just can’t stand back and watch time and space be torn asunder. As much as she doesn't want to do it deep down, she signs a new contract with Snatcher, selling her soul in exchange for WAY more power. Harriet is deadset on protecting what's left of this timeline and correcting the cataclysm Bow Kid caused, not wanting a repeat of her failure to with Mustache Girl before, and she doesn't care how much of herself she has to give up to accomplish this goal. Snatcher is in a (heavily expanded) Napstablook role. Given that you have killed off everyone that Snatcher could have possibly roped into working for him, and maybe a part of him that he won't acknowledge caring for Hat Kid, he offers his "contractually obligated BFF" direct assistance in addition to the power boost. As far as he's concerned now, Bow's contract expired a long time ago, and it's time to make her head pop off like all the other contractors before her.

[mockingbirdshymn]

giving camp camp characters a favorite song(s)

specifically camp campbell campers because i dont know enough about the other chaacters to really get a grasp of what their music tastes would be, and david and gwen are enigmas to me

preston: meant to be yours from heathers the musical. he appreciates everywhere at the end of time, too though, and the symbolism behind it. he's a big "what's the hidden meaning of this song" kinda guy. he definitely is the type for horribly romantic songs, i hear a symphony by cody fry and dramatic songs like that, and every single song from every single musical he's ever seen.

harrison: viva la vida by coldplay is his favorite song. it's probably his ringtone too. he likely listens to it on loop while doing homework. i like to think he likes the good part, 100 bad days, karma, and bud like you by ajr as well as high hopes by panic! at the disco, though. he probably really likes those songs but is the type to look into what other songs his favorite artists have made, so hes stuck listening to only those songs from ajr/panic! at the disco/coldplay.

nerris: tavern background audio music from youtube. you would think she was joking but she listens to it in their free time. just sitting there listening to wordless medevil tavern/festival music. they probably like critical hit by ghost mice too.

max: loved by fein. it's edgy but he'd blast it. he probably liked mccafferty before mccafferty turned out to be a shit human being. he likes the front bottoms and set it off too, but loved by fein takes the cake. he probably celebrated when mcr got back together, too.

nikki: doesn't often listen to music with words- it distracts her easily and she doesn't focus well with lyrics. so she usually listens to karaoke versions of songs.

neil: video game osts, minecraft, undertale, random obscure underground games, he has a playlist.

space kid: he likes whatever songs his mom likes. plain white ts, taylor swift, all of it. he hasn't branched out to many types of music other than what he's heard his whole childhood.

dolph: he's open to any types of music, but because he's literally nine years old (in my hc at least!!), he hasn't discovered many songs besides what comes on the radio in the car when he goes to school.

ered: similarly to max, she likes set it off and mcr, but she also likes rare americans (ryan & dave being her favorite) and lincoln (person who made saint bernard and smokey eyes)

nurf: i dont like him im going to add him in every one of these "giving camp camp characters X" lists just so i can make that clear. nurf hate club. eggs benefits ruined him for me im sorry

[weirdagnes]

aight so uhh lil spontaneous positive rant about OFF rpg bc it’s 1AM and I’m having feelings

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bro OFF has that magic that makes me fall for it all over again even if I have,, rewatched it gazillion of times. I religiously rewatch it every year (hush it’s my comfort game), yet it never fails to amaze me and punch me in the gut. Reading theories and fan interpretations of the story and the characters is always fun to read, they’re all absolutely valid and mind-blowing every time.

And every time I take a lil check back in the fandom, I find there’s ppl who still make animations abt it, who makes song remixes with other vgm (undertale x off ost is such a king-to-king crossover), and I learn new stuff like Papyrus was inspired by Dedan’s design? Batter is apparently a beast in battles when in Auto and the Player is probs just holding him back bc he lets you control him? the Bad Batter was confirmed ace?? Batterie is possible in “an alternate universe” confirmed like BRO??? (so does that mean Batterie in fanfics is canon and is validated by the creator bc fanfics are technically kinda like AUs if we treat the game as the canon verse and fanfics as alternate universe -)

Anyways, one thing that blew my small little child brain when I was younger and I just first discovered OFF was the idea of an “unreliable narrator.” I felt so betrayed then, and tbh rewatching it yearly, it still blows my freaking mind. Bad Batter reveal was PERFECT, and it wasn’t some random twist in the end, it was a long build up and the game was dropping hints - it gives the Player ample time to think for themselves. When you return to the purified zones, that’s when the Batter’s motives become questionable, but you still put faith in him bc while purification of the zones seems like a shady mission, he isn’t wrong about eradicating spectres (who ARE hostile) and the Guardians aren’t good either so whatever the Batter is doing still seems like the right decision. The game makes you think it’s a black-and-white “hero vs. villains” when really, everyone is in the grey area, and it becomes especially clear that it is when we found out about the whole Hugo situation. It’s like, every character, including the Guardians, had good intentions at some points but they’re also flawed, and I think the flawed characterization is so beautiful because it made the characters complex and it makes you understand why they’re acting this way or how did they become this way. Tbh there’s so so much to say about each character and their symbolisms but i dont have the brain capacity for deep thinking and analysis like other OFF fans (bless yall btw)

And bro,, the art? the music? Straight up FIRE. The spectre designs are so cool I based off my whole personality off of it at some point when I was younger. But no joke, I was super influenced by Mortis’ artstyle. My love for sketchy pencil art style and concept art; my preference of colorless drawings; my fascination for surreal/body horror, foreshortening and perspective all started with my little caveman brain discovering OFF. I straight up saw OFF art and said “wow. I wanna do something like that.” And lord, the music - someone hold me back. It just as influential to my music taste as the art did to my art style. I never really stopped listening to the soundtrack throughout the years, even if I never check back in the fandom, I still listen to it. My appreciation for percussion went really high after hearing the OFF ost. My habit of checking out video game ost after seeing a game also started with OFF ost, bc what if I miss out another bomb soundtrack like OFF, right? Pepper Steak was my first exposure to Electro Swing, and man I’m so glad bc now Electro Swing is one of my fav genres. Brain Plague ost is very brain (heh) stimulating, it’s literally addicting to listen to?? And the music also did very well in complementing the areas of the game, it added a whole new atmosphere and god don’t you just love it when music does that little magic. The game’s aesthetic is solid and coherent in both the art and music, like what a teamwork! I defo want to do something like that if I create my own game (possibly, I hope my future allows it)

Tbh there’s so much more I can say about this game, but I’m not very good at constructing a professional and coherent analysis or whatever. And this is all first draft so

TL;DR : OFF is very iconic and definitely one of the best rpg games ever bestowed upon Earth, and I love it forever no joke Im having feelings for it again