#ao3 undertale

[papiliovolens]

Spoilers for up to Ch. 20

This drabble was written as an exploration for Nightmare's motives for Ch. 25, so it will have some hints as to how he will act.

it also hints at more multiversal mechanics going on in the background of everything

This is a glimpse at his interpretation and first impressions of Classic, courtesy of an evil overlord who thinks he knows everything :)

this also became a lot longer than i was expecting, so enjoy 1000 words of nightmare being nightmare

The multiverse was nothing if not predictable.

Regardless of its infinite multitudes, it followed specific patterns. Universes fed off nearby ones to fuel their creativity, forming clusters whose links became jumbled in a heated mess of wired connections. The universes' influences on each other were palpable.

Ultimately, universes could dissolve into basic templates through which each spread its roots into the larger multiverse to cement a place for itself. Thus, despite the multiverse's infinitude, it lacked any carbon copies.

It seemed everyone had a different idea as to why.

So, Nightmare relied on the patterns in each universe- how, regardless of their separation from other universes or how out-of-place they seemed, they acted in predictable manners. It made most missions comically easy once Nightmare conducted a little research. The current state of affairs between monsterkind and humanity, the existence and status of the Underground, and the presence of resets told him all he needed to know.

Even Dream's responses had become expected, although that was more due to his inherent benevolence than anything else.

So, yes- the multiverse was predictable to a reliable degree.

- Until a week ago.

Nightmare planned his missions meticulously. They did not fail. Perhaps delayed, and he occasionally needed to iron out minor kinks, but outright failure was never a factor.

The fact that Dream happened to be in the universe Nightmare chose that day was unfortunate, but it was an easy fix. He sent his men to the Capital with a single order, causing enough panic to draw Dream's attention away, and his plan was back on track.

It worked flawlessly for all of about ten minutes.

Nightmare's goal had been simple. Investigate one of the negativity spikes that plagued the multiverse as of late- the same that had Dream floundering like a fish out of water. For all his supposed wisdom, Dream had failed to realize that the emotional spikes were not the result of any 'affliction' or 'sickness' as he seemed to believe.

So when the spike Nightmare was tracking vanished completely, he had nearly gone into a frenzy, and Dream, unfortunately, sensed his sudden anger. His brother came like a moth to a flame, and Nightmare was happy to turn his frustration to his pathetic brother.

The battle had been going as he expected. The arrival of a Sans was slightly unexpected but hadn't even made a blip on his radar. He begrudingly gave the monster a bit of respect at how they managed to get Dream away from his for a few seconds, but it was child's play to find them and send the Sans off to the pits of whatever hell awaited him.

Oh, the way Dream's face had fallen felt heavenly. His face crumpled like Nightmare had not witnessed in decades, and- yes, he wanted to take a picture to make the moment last forever. The way Dream shook, his frown, the tears brimming at the corners of his sockets, the way his face twisted with the hopelessness Nightmare had always dreamed of-

And then the Sans, whose soul Nightmare had just shattered, threw a bone at his skull.

Nightmare was not ignorant of resets, but the situation screamed foul play. It had been nowhere near enough time for a reset or load to occur, especially since the Sans was from a different universe entirely.

Nightmare could not deny his interest as the Sans reentered the battle and somehow dodged him at every turn. Yes, skeletons tended to have a high tenacity for dodging, but few could bear to stand so close to his aura without collapsing.

Nightmare's memories toward the end of the battle were fuzzy. He remembered his brother finally releasing his fragile hold on his aura, enveloping the forest in its sickly sweet tones. Nightmare responded in kind- flooding the air with negativity to choke Dream out.

Then the Sans, somehow still standing despite the clash in auras, dared to grab him, and then-

Nothing.

Nightmare had not slept in a millennia.

He would have thought the same nightmares he inflicted on others on an hourly basis would fill his dreams, but his sleep was oddly peaceful. No demons nor haunting visages visited him, and he idled in the darkness of his mind for what felt like days.

The multiverse was meant to be predictable. It moved in expected and flawed ways, but ways that could be measured and recorded for future reference.

This Sans was an oddity—an anomaly. A strange mystery in a multiverse Nightmare had already scavenged for everything of interest to him.

There was no record of this Sans, Classic, anywhere until a month prior. It seemed he had fallen into the multiverse out of, quite literally, nowhere. While a universe suddenly gaining access to the rest of the multiverse was expected, what was not was the extent Classic had spread his influence in such a short time.

With Ccino's report, Nightmare wasted little time reaching out to the destroyer and protector. Error had appeared particularly peeved when Nightmare reached out to him, dismissing him until Nightmare uttered Classic's name. The destroyer had gone quite still, seeming to hover threateningly near a crash at the name alone, and a wave of nostalgia flowed over him.

It was a plethora of information Nightmare had not been expecting, and he happily bid Error farewell when he recovered enough to threaten to decapitate him.

Ink, on the other hand, was a dead-end. Getting him to talk was easy enough, but he hardly reacted to Nightmare's probing about Classic, stuck with that annoying blank look on his face. Ink only muttered something about a metal chair, blinked at him, and then greeted him with a child's enthusiasm.

And, of course, there was his brother. From his and Classic's interactions on that day alone, it was not difficult for Nightmare to glean the burgeoning friendship between the two, and the expression that crossed Dream's face at Classic's fake death began to make more sense.

It seemed Classic had undergone a rather unconventional introduction into the multiverse. The more Nightmare heard, the higher Classic raised on his list of utter buffoons.

It was strange. Unexpected. Exciting.

Nightmare had not faced a new mystery in centuries. His studies were his first venture into the multiverse outside of spreading negativity, and it had successfully occupied him for most of his existence. But then things got predictable. Nightmare found that, with enough time, any question at all got boring quickly.

Classic presented a new project with novel results.

And Nightmare was very, very curious.

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

Which skeleton would be mad about not being able to read anything on AO3 for more than two days? Asking for no reason at all.

I feel you Anon.

Underswap Papyrus - He is probably the one writing ennemies-to-lovers fanfics between AO3 and the hackers right now as a way of not breaking down. He was in the middle of the best romantic reader fic of his life, and it was a big cliffangher, he saved it for his next session, and now he can only wonder what happened.

Underfell Papyrus - Him getting pissed off all day is the only hint you get about him being actually a very active fic reader. He will never tell you he's mad because he can't read that cool angst fic he saved yesterday and it's frustrating him.

Swapfell Papyrus - His sleep schedule is fucked up. He has insomnias for two days as he can't sleep without a good reading session before going to sleep. He is a zombie by now, wandering in the night, not knowing what to do of his life.

Fellswap Gold Papyrus - He's refreshing the page every 5 seconds, getting more and more emotionally distressed as it is not working. He is 3 hours late to post his next chapter now and he is scared his community will eat him alive for this. Please WORK.

Farmtale Papyrus - He fell asleep in front of his computer waiting all night to read the next chapter of Coffee's story. When he wakes up and sees it's still not working, he goes back to sleep in his bed and decides to fall into a coma until AO3 is working again.

Ink - He teleports in another universe where AO3 is not broken, but gets mad because his favorite romance author is all edgy in this world. How dare you.

Error - He keeps refreshing AO3, thinking it's a dream. Are they... Are they really gone? All the hentai stories about him and Ink? This is the best day of his life! He can finally have a day of peace! Some people saw him be happy outside and arrested him to ask him if he's the reason why AO3 is down. He's so mad.

[itchingdreams]

i haven't posted in how long?

anyways. i want to just hand all of you an idea

ink and nightmare being jealous of each other because both of them are trying to woo error.

okay, that's all - peace

[yulyy]

So, an idea for a fanfic with a reader: a universe similar to How to Train Your Dragon.

The world is not a continent, but a bunch of islands, and some of them are inhabited by dragons. When there was a war between humans and monsters, the mages banished the monsters to the dragons, which humans considered dangerous. No one had heard of monsters or dragons for millennia, and then dragons started attacking people's livestock. Mages still exist, but not as radical. They chose the weakest one to check where the dragons were coming from. It turns out that the monsters have become horsemen and they want the right to freely move around the globe.

(the people did everything possible to drive the monsters away from where they could not bypass the settlement unnoticed. Lately they suffered from bad harvests and natural disasters. When things were really bad they finally regained their strength, ready to compete with humans).

You have caught the meaning

[mesopelagos]

various flavors of mettatenna

[cpyal]

WOSJDNDNSJSH SANS 😍😍

More sketches of him lololb he's so pookie bro

[stanparkerss]

Please read tags of the fic on AO3 before reading “His Wish”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17397179

One animatic down, 2 more to go. Maybe 3 since I also want to make one for Perseverance.

Anyways, one of my favorite things added to this fic (His Wish) was Ink’s ability to absorb and feel the emotions of other people (not just the AUs themselves. His complicated relationship with “feeling” and being confused on wether he reciprocated error’s love for him or not were my favorite moments in this fic.

No this ink doesn’t get a soul that “fixes him” and this ability to absorb people’s emotions creates more of a problem for himself instead of helping him.

I also love error’s arc with him finally accepting that he does care for ink and my favorite moments with him was his deep regret and trauma of accidentally “ending” ink after taking his red paint (yes I know this is very not canon with official ink). So I made an animatic of both of these. Sorry if it doesn’t make sense, that’s why I added a description

Ink belongs to comyet

Error belongs to crayonqueen

His wish is by Elena Troitskaya (sariko-3) and translated by TGK Translations (TheGrinningKitten)

[fanartsandstuff]

I just love ao3 authors

We live in a beautiful era of people not giving a single fuck

[undertalefan-bogi]

Hell yeah!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58957105/chapters/150289555#workskin

Cross finds himself responsible for the death of his universe. After years in the white unending void, his tears summon Nightmare, who brings him back to the Castle.

It’s the aftermath of a more brutal XTale au, where Cross deals with PTSD and OCD, while trying to make a place for himself in the gang. It’s difficult, when you make mistakes left and right.

(I think this one is a really good one,it's not finished, but i'm waiting for more)

Thanks for the fanfics!!

Hey! Do you have any Cross fic recommendations? I mean where he is in the focus. I would be so DAMN HAPPY.

Oh boy, do I! Your wish is my command :D

1. The Newest Member by FangirlsLeader (not complete)

(I mean, you know, it says it in the title. Cross, the newest member)

2. Stray by Psycho_Chair (not complete)

(Where Cross is a cat boy and humans are disgusting beings. Oh gosh poor Cross. )

3. Boiled Care by saelcords (complete)

(Cross does have conflicting emotion about his father but Horror will always be there to help :) )

4. Nightmare’s gang as a family drabbles by Estel_dreamer (series)

(Mostly Cross centric)

5. Soulless by ItzZaira (complete)

(This one is actually so said)

6. You'll be okay by Nestle25 (series)

(This series is how Nightmare's gang became well Nightmare's gang, but if you just want to read the Cross chapter, here it is: A world of his own by Nestle25)

7. Flowery Flattery by SkylerSkyhigh (complete)

(Let's just say this is ABORABLE.)

8. Xtra Small by Warriorstale001 (not complete)

(Cross galore. Cross turning into a child.)

9. Follow His Footsteps by ElementEmerald (not complete)

(Cross and Chara:3)

10. Down With the Sickness by littlebuzz (complete)

(Cross is down with a sickness, and the gang is here to help.:D)

11. Breaking Point by Kaz_MJ (complete)

(This isn't Cross-centric, but it has to do with Cross getting kidnapped with Dust and Horror. If you don't like reading about characters getting tortured, then don't read this one.)

12. It Never Happened by Thepepinpurple (complete)

(Nightmare is a bitch here. Wow, Cross deserves so much better.)

13. Wings by DriftingDeadlocks (complete)

(Ahhhhhhh, Cross, my baby T^T, don't be like that; you can tell the gang will do anything for him. They will always be here for you! Oh, and Fuck you, Xchara.)

Alright! Here are all the Cross fics I have! I hope you find some that you like!

[papiliovolens]

this is how I imagined it

also extra because Dust was watching

I cannot stop laughing holy fudge how did you nail their faces-

also, it's very kind of you to remember that killer still has a pending invite to go drinking with classic sometime~

[fazsion]

wip of the sexy tumblr man of the year, i need to short his circuit.

[ambriolett02]

A commission for @bonesgalore where I draw the amazing skeletons for their fanfic on AO3 Replanting Roots! For a cozy story with many lovable characters, give it a read!^^

I have one other commission to complete, and then on to answering two requests, then something original. 🫶🏻💜

[aylish91]

This is already amazing! Go give it a read!!!

To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of me writing fanfics again, I've started another new story!

Sugar, Spice and Monsters are Nice?

Monsters are on the Surface. You were amongst the first volunteers recruited by Frisk to reach out to extend that olive branch of friendship. You baked food and brought it up to the mountain.

Once monsters have settled on the Surface five years later, you find that your shop is being frequented by a rather flirty skeleton. The guy really makes you nervous! Can you work through some self-confidence issues to give love a chance?

It's a swapfell Papyrus X Reader! My first Pap centric story!

Sugar, Spice and Monsters are Nice? - TeaSnarker92 - Undertale (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

[akanemnon]

You dont need to respond to this but your works are very popular in the undertale and deltarune community and i thought that if somebody more known made a post then maybe other people will see it and know.

Ive informed as many authors that i could but i was hoping that authors who follow you will be more likely to read about it if you make a post.

Many A03 stories that arent locked for users without an account have been stolen and fed to an AI. The website hosting the ai seems to have been pulled from public view but they still have the thousands upon thousands of stolen works in thier database and not many people know this.

Here is a reddit link explaining the situation a bit further.

To authors using AO3, this might be VERY important to you.

[sunnymainecoonx]

I know damn well I misunderstood the assignment but we roll, I'll understand it some day

It's killer and dust btw. If you couldn't tell. Which you probably couldn't.. forgor to say but shhh 🤫 Killers having a convo with himself..

..I kinda wanna change my url but idk to what

[ruelin024]

✨need to re-read, rewatch, and re-everything this fanfic 😭💖