i’ve been thinking about sans and god i forgot how fucking good of a character he is.
like i feel i’ve forgotten after a few years of various fandom interpretation but he’s like seriously such a good character. i mean good god. like, his entire existence is fucked up, being trapped in this world where he’s aware of the fact that the lives of the people he loves can just be destroyed and it’s out of his control. he doesn’t have any memory of these events but he knows and has become apathetic to the world around him because he knows he can’t do anything about it.
like fuck man that’s fucked up what the hell.
but it’s not just that. it’s the fact that he’s just a goofy skeleton who makes bad puns, stacks hotdogs on your head, loves his brother, and drinks ketchup, and despite all of the shit he endures, he’s still himself. depressed and nihilistic, yeah, but still himself. despite knowing that his efforts are literally worthless, he still keeps on for the people he cares about, especially for papyrus. sans enjoys being comic and he won’t stop doing so. he’s not just a quantum physics book hidden in a joke book, he’s a joke book hidden in a quantum physics book hidden in a joke book hidden in… okay you get it. does that metaphor make sense? idk man but w/e.
another thing i think is interesting is the way people see sans in the fandom is kinda meta. when undertale first came out and people began to learn about sans’s secrets, people started to see him as a badass with a messed up backstory who destroys you at the end of a no mercy run. everyone thought he was super cool and saw him as a really serious character. but then as time went by, the interest in his character became ironic. he was so cool that it became a joke. now he’s Sans Undertale, known fucker of moms and finger-er of asses. and i can’t imagine anything else being more fitting to sans’s character than that.
i apologize if this doesn’t make any sense at all, i just started getting really emotional about sans undertale and needed to post it somewhere lmfao
Quick poll, though I’m not sure how many people this will actually reach.
When reading Undertale fic, which side of the scale do you prefer when it comes to Papyrus’s dialogue? Is it more difficult to read all-caps, or more jarring to see plain text?
In short, which is better?
A) “NYEH HEH HEH! I PITY YOU, LONELY HUMAN! BUT WORRY NOT, FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS…”
B) “Nyeh heh heh! I pity you, lonely human! But worry not, for I, the Great Papyrus…”
The same can be asked of alternate dialogue styles, like WDGaster’s dialogue in “and the words so sweet”.
“I Worry Since He Speaks Like This It May Be Difficult To Read And The Reader May Feel It’s Easier To Back Out Of The Story.”
I absolutely love ALL CAPS PAPYRUS and am down for a normal text size when he’s using an indoor/whispered voice
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