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I WOULD TOTALLY BUY IT... IF IT WERE EVER IN STOCK For real though, this design is great

​undertale for the switch reminds me yall should buy this official undertale shirt I designed for fangamer a few months ago! :)

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Absolutely love it.

An Ori’s game fan comic 
Guardians of Niwen 
by Saran Kit.
Inspire from Ori’s game series. (mainly on Ori and the will of the wisps) For this comic. I focus on action scene, try to capture pace feel of the game. What do you think? I hope you guys like it !

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Neat and in-depth analysis.

Of Siblings and Ships:  An Altertale Examination

One might consider this a PSA to all Undertale AU writers, particularly role-swap ones.

I’ve written and worked with a lot of different characters over the years, and while this is probably a gross oversimplification, I find that if you want, you can break down a character’s personality into three big parts:  their interests, their experiences (Or lack thereof), and their relationships with other characters.

Viewing things in this light seems to make it clear to me why this fandom has gotten so into role-swap AUs—simply by changing the roles of the characters, you can transform the entire story, creating something new entirely (Even if derivative).  Of course, you have to make sure the end product resembles the original somehow, or else it becomes difficult to appreciate as a fan work, but a fair number of role-swap AUs seem to have a handle on this—while keeping the character’s primary interests the same, they imagine the ­experiences that lead to the character taking on this role, and how they would interact with the new characters surrounding them in their own respective new positions.

I could go on to make examples to demonstrate this, or I could point to some great existing examples of role-swap AUs.  But that’s not what I want to talk about today.  Today I’d like to talk about what happens when you ignore all that.

Today I’d like to talk about Altertale.

Keep reading

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Union of Two Hearts - An Undertale AU

Greetings. I know I have not used this space in some time. I know the posts I have made before now have not been the most pleasant. While I somewhat regret the time I spent on my Altertale critique, I will not be erasing my past.

I do have something new to share with you, however.

This is Union of Two Hearts, my entry to, and the second-place winner of, FMS’s Undertale AU comic contest.

You may click the link here, or the image above, to be taken to the full album. It is just over 400 images, so I recommend setting aside a significant amount of time to read it.

Regardless, I hope you will enjoy it. It took a lot of work, and I am rather proud of what I have produced, even if I escaped with only second place.

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Hey.

I try to avoid making rant posts, but something recently really made me feel like shit, and I wanted to take some time to address this issue.

Please stop insulting the Storyshift Reboot designs.

I completely understand that it’s impossible to please everyone. There are always going to be people who, for their own reasons, prefer preboot Storyshift over the reboot. It’s completely fine to have a preference!

The issue here, however, is that people are taking it way too far, and reacting to the reboot designs in an unhealthy manner. This has included:

Trash talking the reboot’s character designs in the comments of fan-art, which is completely unwarranted and disrespectful to the artists

Making posts flat-out insulting the reboot and its designs, without offering any kind of constructive criticism–just saying “it’s bad, the old one was better.”

Acting disrespectful towards people who respectfully disagree with their opinion, going as far as to marginalize others’ own opinions (e.g. acting as if number of followers = how much an opinion matters)

It’s possible to dislike something, but deal with it in a healthy way. It’s completely unreasonable to start slinging insults, especially when the content isn’t hurting you or anyone else in any way, shape, or form.

It’s important to recognize how your words affect other people. In the case of content creators, it’s incredibly disheartening to see people insulting your hard work, and the things that you’re passionate about. What finally bothered me, after seeing so many people insulting the designs I made for Chara and Asriel, was somebody flat-out stating they “genuinely hated” them. As somebody who was incredibly proud of the designs I made, and passionate about contributing to the Storyshift reboot, this made me… incredibly sad, honestly.

A lot of this I’ve seen is simply due to attachment to the original Storyshift, and not wanting to accept change. This isn’t to marginalize people who have had legitimate complaints, mind you–but there have been people complaining who are missing the entire point behind why the changes from preboot were made. Every change in the reboot has been done to more faithfully portray the characters’ selves, as well as create a brand new world which they interact with.

Now, this isn’t to say that your opinion is “wrong!” You’re allowed to like or dislike whatever you want to (at least, as long as it’s not hurting anybody). All this means is that you should recognize the weight your words have on others, and be respectful to people with different opinions.

I may certainly disagree with people who suggest that the preboot Storyshift designs were “better” or “more fitting,” since that’s kind of rude–they’re part of a fundamentally different AU at this point, with the reboot essentially being what Storyshift was meant to be from the start, sort of. But this doesn’t mean that I’m going to be mad if someone has a simple preference, is respectful about their opinion, and acknowledges the reasons behind the change.

If for whatever reason you didn’t read through this completely, my only closing remarks are as follows:

Please stop insulting the Storyshift Reboot designs.

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My heartstrings. They have been plucked.

I just wanted to draw something bittersweet :’3 Chara waiting for Asriel, so they can finally rest in peace together….

it doesn’t have to make much sense. I just really like drawing grown up Chara and Asriel :’D

click this hehe

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Got inspired by this Frisk Megalo and thought it could be fun to sprite a Frisk-in-the-role-of-sans thing

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Pokemon crossover

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The Drunk Trio

Collab with @wyndos. They lined the kids, and I made the BG + colors.

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Papyrus looks REALLY intimidating. He’s giving me some serious Reaper vibes.

He’s coming for you…. Recommended listening - https://8tracks.com/drekkihawke/outlaw-mix

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Seriously, go and reblog this shit. They worked on it for a month, and the end result deserves some appreciation dang it.

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That “sleep paralysis” thing is kinda similar to something I’ve been writing on and off, where Chara was basically Frisk’s Personal Sleep Paralysis Demon(tm). These are indeed some god tier headcanons.

Frisk and ghost Chara living in the surface headcanons:

Only Frisk can see Chara, shenanigans ensue

Flowerpot Flowey being the only other person who knows about Chara hanging around, he can’t see them but sometimes it feels nice to know

And sometimes it doesn’t

“Chara says you’re an idiot.” “wELL WHO’S THE ONE WHO GOT BOTH OF US KILLED IN THE FIRST PLACE, H U H?”

Sometimes he goes out of line, but eventually he’s forgiven

Everyone thinking Frisk just….talks to themself…or has an imaginary friend….

“Frisk, who are you talking to?” “*Tell them you see dead people.” “I’m rehearsing for a school presentation”

Chara doesn’t need to eat, sleep, shower, etc. Doesn’t stop them from reminding Frisk to do so.

Because Chara doesn’t need sleep, they spend all night roaming around like a goddamn pained soul, being the nightmare in Frisk’s sleep paralysis

Sometimes they switch in certain situations (i.e Chara possesses Frisk)

Frisk mysteriously gets all As in tests

Chara pays attention in class for them, because they like to learn

Frisk inviting people over to play ouija except its Chara moving the thing around and trying to impersonate different types of ghosts/demons. The best time was when they pretended to be Satan

Chara narrating everything for old times’ sake and Frisk being so fucking tired of it

“*You tell Toriel to restock on chocolate.” “No I don’t.” “*You do.” “You can’t even eat, Chara!” “*I will steal your flesh.”

“*Stay determined.” “Shut up.”

Frisk keeping golden flowers in their room for Chara

Also Frisk keeping Chara’s heart locket safe; they never take it off 

Chara endlessly talking because being a ghost with only one person being able to see you gets boring sometimes

Frisk just sighs and lets them rant

Chara being able to interact with the world (or not) at will and by extent, knocking over stuff like a cat

The two of them knowing each other like the back of their hand

Their insecurities, their fears, their likes, their strengths, everything

They’re best friends

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Damn it, I’m such a sucker for detective stuff, heheh.

Give Darkriallet a follow or something. Their art’s awesome.

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Real shit. Give this guy some biscuits and tea from me.

* Things are hanging by a thread!

Ohh heck, new Paper Trail part is here! With BOSS BATTLE. This one was fun, but also a little tricky to do. Really kind of hard to depict moving bullet patterns in a static medium.

Also sadly, there’s probably gonna be a pretty big gap between this update and the next one. I’m still working on getting my drawing wrist better. While it’s improved a lot, it’s still not there yet, and going back to work full-time means it’s tougher to do outside drawing. Also, I’m VERY close to finishing all of the artwork for my other webcomic that has a more set schedule, so I decided I wanted to focus on getting the rest of that done first.

However, once I finish work for my other webcomic and when my wrist is healed, that means I’ll have a lot more time for Paper Trail and updates will be much more frequent! So, just hang in there for awhile, more PT stuff will be coming along eventually!

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Testing out color palettes

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Those sharp, clean lines make me so envious. Cool shit my man.

Here is an official drawing of Care, themself.  Feel free to make some fan art or meme or something. Surprise me! -TReZZY

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Theory: Spades King is an allegory for Toriel and Asgore’s marriage.

This theory popped into my head out of the blue, so I thought I’d share it.

So, the Dark World seems to be referenced a lot in the Light World, correct? What with the checkerboards and stuffed toy and playing cards and yada yada.

So, I was thinking: What if Spades King is an allegory for Toriel and Asgore's dysfunctional relationship in Deltarune?

Spades' anger and brutal side is Toriel's animosity towards her husband for reasons unknown, thus why Spades appears to be a 1-dimensional villain with the only motive being "FUCK LIGHTENERS". His softer side at the end of the fight (though it may be a ruse to attack you) is Asgore's wish for Toriel, Azzy and Kris to be a family again (Spades claims he still wishes Light and Dark could co-exist).

As for the Queen, I'm not exactly sure where she comes into this. For all we know, the Queen may never come back. Or maybe he was talking about someone else? I dunno, Jevil's post-battle dialogue needlessly cryptic for the most part. 

I imagine Spades' threat to drop Lancer off of Card Castle was an empty threat to play on your sympathies towards Lancer (as he does tell Lancer he's been "poisoned by their sentimentality"), because he doesn't even move. All he does is pick him and say "yo im gonna drop him if you don’t kneel". He doesn't even dangle him off the edge, which you’d expect. Though I suppose if he moved, Susie would've instantly attacked him. However, there’s a better explanation: He’s not only playing on your sympathies, but also gloating. He’s parading Lancer in front of you because he knows you’ll kneel, because he knows you care about him. Which makes Lancer, in this situation, the Divorce Settlement Trophy.

When divorces are messy, and they often are, the child is often considered a "trophy". For example, a husband hates his wife, so he decides to get sole custody of the kid, so she’ll never see them again. The wife is sad, the husband has his revenge, profit. Toriel has sole custody from what we can tell in Deltarune, because Asgore lives alone, in a building clearly made for one person, and the family doesn’t go to QC’s together anymore, implying Asgore doesn’t get visitation rights, or that Kris and Asgore spend time together behind the scenes.

Rouxls Kaard, on the other hand, could represent Asgore in some ways. He is referred to as Lancer's "Lesser Dad", which isn't so crazy, considering Spades is most likely negligent or rarely around to spend time with Lancer, as he is solely devoted to the Knight. Thus, Rouxls Kaard is Lancer's only father figure for the most part, though he has mixed feelings about it. Kris and Asriel are obviously now Toriel's kids, because she has sole custody. The family used to go to QC's together, but then only Kris and Azzy started showing up. It's implied that Kris and Asgore still have some interaction despite whatever happened between Tori and Gorey, so that could play upon the "Lesser Dad" element.

In short, Rouxls represents Asgore being only a slight part of Kris's life because of Toriel getting custody. Rouxls may be Lancer's only attentive father figure, but I feel that for the sake of this, he doesn't fully represent traits of Asgore's relationship with his children. Just to a slight extent.

Might expand upon this theory. If I can find a way to make Rouxls’ role in the allegorical theory more suited to him, and see if there’s a way the Queen would fit in.

EDIT: Thanks Goldjim for this little titbit:  “Maybe the spade King and Queen represent how Asgore and Toriel see each other. For instance Spade King represents how Toriel views Asgore, while the Queen will represent how Asgore views Toriel.”

Now, that doesn’t make it part of the theory, since we don’t know what the Queen is like or if she’s even still around, but hey, the possibilities are endless!