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a whole bunch of my goofy school doodles, IDFC IF THEY AREN'T GAME ACCURATE 😭
The doodles where it's Poob and Flowey, it's me and my friend in vrchat!!
SORRY FOR THE BLURRY ASS PHOTOS
Math class is the best time to make doodles, and this is my first doodle of Blueberry/swap sans and I love it lots 😭 I took a lil bit of inspiration from @theskeletongames for the design cuz I loved their blueberry design.
(Lil late😅) HAPPY UNDERTALE DAY!!!
DREAMTALE!!!
Also, silly little "sketch" before, idk
Perler Beads are crazy man, so here's sans
:)))
Thoughts on portraying Sans as a character
Sans is obviously a very deep character with a mysterious backstory and complex motivations. And we know this from those few moments. Times where he doesn't get so friendly with you. When he judges you, fights you, scares the living crap out of you.
But I think the fandom often forgets what made them so memorable in the first place, was because they're so contrary to his normal actions and demeaner. Yes, they exist and are important. But in the end Sans is still a comic relief character. Even his name is a bit of a joke. And ignoring those facts is what I think make most fandom portrayals feel so inaccurate. He's not an angry skeleton who's constantly suspicious of everyone. Violence is/was an absolute last resort.
I would love it if the fandom gave a bit more time for Sans to just be like Sans. And I promise giving this aspect of his character more attention, and saving the lore-important, edgy stuff for when they'll matter will give those moments a lot more impact too.
To everyone who thinks that Asgore can dodge like Sans
This idea is based on something Undyne says to you on her date.
It never says that Asgore dodged Undyne's hits. She just said she couldn't land a single blow. This could mean any number of things:
Asgore wasn't moving at all. Undyne simply missed her attacks. Undyne was young and hot-headed and no experience, so this is very possible.
Asgore's DEF was too high for her to hit. In Undertale, your attack can "miss" a monster even if they clearly don't dodge and you hit your attack. When a monster's defence exceeds your attack too much, your attack does no damage and is labelled a miss. You can see this in the first Mettaton fight. Asgore could've just been that much stronger than child Undyne.
Asgore blocked the attacks. Undyne battles in a way that forces the opponent to stay still and attempt to block attacks. Asgore could have parried all of them with his trident.
And EVEN if he did in fact dodge Undyne's attacks, it doesn't necessarily mean he can dodge your attacks.
Monsters use magic offensively by launching projectiles in patterns. There's a difference between magical attacks and physical attacks. One fires moving projectiles that the target tries to avoid, the other just hits. Sans is not traditionally dodging, moving to avoid an incoming hit. He is fundamentally BREAKING THE RULES, which is what his entire fight is all about.
Now, I'm not claiming that Asgore definitely can't dodge. He may very well be able to, but I often see people claiming this is definitely canon when it's much more ambiguous.
What if Sans' invincibility frames were inspired by a hiccup during development?
Think about it: Toby programs damage into the game but forgets to add I-frames resulting in ludicrous damage during playtesting. While I have never programmed a game, invincibility frames are something the casual player never thinks about, so it seems like an easy mechanic to forget to add.
So Toby Fox realises he needs to add invincibility frames to his game and does so. But when it came to making the Sans fight, a fight against an character who you'd never expect to be strong but breaks all the rules, he remembered how the lack of I-frames made the even the easiest enemies do stupid damage and removed them again for this fight.
Now I don't believe this (I have no proof), but it's interesting to think about.
Opinion - Sans wasn't threatening you on that date
The iconic line. It's shocking, it's unexpected, it comes from the last person you'd expect it to, and it's fucking terrifying.
But I don't think Sans really intended it to be that way.
Look at where he's facing. He turns AWAY from Frisk when he says that. Sans wasn't trying to threaten you, as one person said he's just darkly stating what could have happened had he not made that promise to Toriel.
Afterwards Sans says to lighten up, which is likely in response to a negative reaction from Frisk. Wouldn't really make sense to do that if he wanted you to feel threatened. Then he tells you to 'take care of yourself, because someone really cares about you.' capping off the conversation with a reassuring message.
Unfortunately, he couldn't have accounted for the existence of sudden music cuts and talk sprites, which kinda ruined everything.
Here is the sans you guys built! I didn't know about tumblr's image size limit, so this file was originally 230 KB and had to be lowered to 1% quality and then compressed online to be lower than 20MB. Hope it isn't too awful??
Thought I'd try the tumblr thing that's been going on recently
My undertale soul colour headcanons
-Monsters have soul traits as well, but they are too desaturated to be visible. Determination is not a soul trait but a substance that saturates the colour of the soul. Humans, who have a lot of DT, have very bright soul colours.
-A human's eye colour matches their soul's. Since Chara/Frisk (Depending on who you think was to blame for the red eye colours in the soulless pacifist run), have red eyes, and eyes are the window to the soul after all.
-Hot take: If Sans had a soul trait, it would be Justice, not Patience
Most fanworks associate Sans with patience, but if you think about it not much about him relates to the trait. We give him that because he's blue, lazy, and doesn't do anything. But that's not really patience, just laziness, and probably depression.
Sans is much more intertwined with the concept of Justice. He judges the player for every EXP they've earned. His very magic delivers karmic retribution. He fights you only on the route where you kill everyone. The yellow eye is usually skimped in favour of the cooler (ha) looking blue eye, but I personally think it has a lot more lore importance.
(Note that the question is HOW aware, not IS he aware)
EDIT: I think my question may have been somewhat misinterpreted based on the responses.
The "all his knowledge is just based off observation" choice implies that he has LESS deja-vu than other Undertale characters. If you think that Sans has no more and no less deja-vu than monsters like Toriel (Remembering your pie choice) and Undyne (Getting a feeling you might have been friends before), pick the second option. Choose the first option ONLY if you think he has a weaker/non-existent sense of deja-vu compared to them.
this was just supposed to be a quick sketch 😭😭😭
i started experimenting with different coloring techniques and i was too proud of the jacket to not share
He's just sitting there....
...to be fair what can he even do back?
Training with Undyne!
Based off of The Mathematics Of Love And Loss by @fruitsofopal-blog . I will probably do a couple more doodles from this one since it just had a lot of moments I really liked!
The fic is completed and absolutely amazing so do go check it out <3
