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Reblogging this again.

Today marks the first anniversary of the Sometimes series. As, in August 26th 2016 I posted the very first version of Falling Apart on AO3.

It was a great ride! Thanks to everyone who’s read and enjoyed it! :)

Moving on.

From the post neutral ending empress Undyne series Sometimes It’s Better to Take What’s Given to You.

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So, I replayed Undertale recently...

... and I started to write this really long analysis of why I think it held up after the hype and how good of a game it is, even if some of the flaws in its level design became more prominent over time. 

But I really hated how the text turned out and threw it away.

Anyway, after my playthrough I got this really fun idea for a ~kinda~ big fanfic. I don't really know how big it would turn out (I imagine it would be less lengthy than the Sometimes series though). The idea is not getting out of my head, and I started making an outline of it.

I hope I can publish it one day later this year, but I don't even know when I would begin writing it. Between college, internship and other academic projects I'm holding, I get less and less free time as each month passes by.

But hey, who knows, right? I really really really wanna do it!

Well, thanks for reading! Here, a fun gif for all of you who hear me ramble:

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So, I bought the N Sane Trilogy.

Damn, this game... no, these games make me cry. I feel like a kid again and it’s amazing.

Plus, it’s good to see how well the original trilogy aged (maybe less with Crash 1 but eh, it’s pretty bearable). 

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Oh, look, I’m handsome hikkimori too!

Tag yourself I’m handsome hikikomori

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As a big Metroid fan, this is awesome.

Also, Prime 4 is the game that’s gonna make me get a Switch. Heck yeah

I’m so so happy ^_^ 

Metroid Samus returns is the 2.5D Samus adventure we’ve been waiting for

The title will be a stylized remake of Metroid 2: Return of Samus chocked full of new gameplay elements like melee attacks. 

Best of all, it’s only months away. Help Samus end the Metroid scourge on 3DS on September 15. Check out the glorious reveal trailer here.

Buy: Metroid Games, Metroid Toys+Swag

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Video by J.P Beaubien. Check his Youtube channel clicking on the video above!

Yeah, I kept thinking the Sometimes series is more of a dystopian story than a war story per se, but I'm not posting THAT video here, otherwise what will be my credibility? :P

Also, this guy is just great.

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Okay, so I laughed in a weird way when I saw this and now I'm scared of myself.

G E T  O U T

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*reunited plays in the background*

*cries tears of happiness.*

Victory.

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If you've got a bit of spare time, I recommend checking out this short comic from Blackrazorbill. Short and sweet – but powerful in it's message.

And no, I'm not dead, I just haven't had the time lately to check Tumblr out. Sorry not sorry.

“Bleeding Heart” part 01 [next]

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Sad life.

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Undertale one-shot: All Your Fault

"Exchanging your soul for a happy ending is never a good idea. Nobody is above the consequences."

Link on AO3.

Link on ff.net.

So, this is the Soulless Pacifist fanfic that had been on my mind for a while now.

To be honest, I threw all subtlety out of the window with this one, and I'm not very keen on using Undertale as my "horror story outlet", so you shouldn't expect any other fanfics like this from me. Not for this fandom, anyway.

Maybe one day I'll write my own original short horror stories. Maybe.

Anyway, it's really really short, but I hope you enjoy it! 

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The face of productivity is my face.

Something's on my mind.

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Don't know why, but Ganondorf's theme from Ocarina of Time played in my head when I looked at this.

So awesome, though!

Shading/ fabric practice

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Trivia time! (about the Sometimes' series!)

With the ending of the Sometimes' main trilogy, I figured it would be nice to share some stuff about the development of the series – what changed, what has stayed the same, scrapped concepts, etc etc. I think it's cool to do this because when you write something you go through a lot of things that don't exactly show into the final product, and your audience often won't know about it if you don't tell. 

It's also nice because it shows not everything goes as you initially planned – and that's alright!

Notice there are spoilers here, including for Undying Wish – Act II, so consider this before continuing to read. So, without further ado, let's begin:

Falling Apart was originally going to be called "Overture". I changed it during the process of writing that fic because "Overture" was way too generic and didn't really say anything about the story. 

Magda's first name was Linda. I actually wrote the entirety of Falling Apart calling her Linda, until I discovered there was also a character named Linda in an Undertale PTA AU – she's like this rude, racist, obnoxious mother who nobody likes (which was funny since Frisk in my series doesn't like Magda either). I thought people could confuse things and decided to ultimately change her name to "Magda". Her final name, by the way, is just a short from "Magdaline".

Still about "Linda": this is really embarrassing, but as I needed to change her name to "Magda" in every instance she was mentioned in the revision, I actually missed one right in Chapter 1. Yes, there was a "Linda" lost in the middle of the fic, and I only noticed that three months after I had published the story. So, if you read Falling Apart just as it was published, my apologies for that. :(

I always knew I had to kill someone from the main cast. Keeping everyone alive was not an option. Yes – I am that evil.

I considered killing Papyrus and MK first though – because I was really reluctant in killing Sans, since he's my favorite character and all. Decided to do it anyway because it made more sense plot-wise than to kill Papyrus, and I figured it would make way more of an impact on the audience than if I killed MK.

A long, long time ago, when the series was just an idea in my head, I wanted to leave the reset plot device out of it. Well, we all know where that got me.

Sometime when I was writing Undying Wish, I considered killing Frisk in the end, too. I'm such a lovely person, right?

Phantom Memories had an entirely different concept. Before it became what it is today, the plot from that part revolved around the Gaster's followers – you know, those gray little dudes who you can only see in Undertale if your FUN value is at specific points. The basic idea was that Frisk and crew would encounter each one of them, and each one of them would die a bizarre death – but not before giving a little clue to help Frisk remember his involvement with the resets and the timelines. I changed my mind before I even wrote that, however, because I felt that 1) it didn't focus enough on the war and the survival aspect I wanted to convey on that part, 2) it felt way too horror-themed for the series, 3) it would leave little to no room for the characters to develop in the way I wanted them to develop.

I also wanted to include Mettaton in the story – my plan was to make him part of Bonnie's, Berna's and Boone's group, but I ended up scrapping that because I couldn't think of a way to introduce our sexy robot in the plot convincingly. 

What happened to Mettaton in the Sometimes' universe, you ask? That story is for another time...

Ever wondered where I took the generic names from Eileen's and Leonard's group members? Look no further – they are just character names from the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series. 

In Undying Wish, the chapters "Polaroids and Keys" and "Silent Promise" were originally a single chapter. The same goes for "Still You" and "Futures" in the end. I split them solely for the sake of not making the chapters too long. 

Frisk's and Undyne's fight in Undying Wish was going to be way more violent – moreover, Undyne was going to be the one to stab Frisk in the back, and not one of the guard dogs. Ended up changing that because it felt out of character to Undyne to stab someone in the back – even in her Empress form.

I actually began writing a scene between when Frisk passes out in Chapter 7 and the Mt. Ebott scene in the beginning of Chapter 8. It's hard to describe, but it was like Frisk going on a spiritual, metaphorical journey to reach the reset button. It also had some meta elements, as a nod to Undertale itself. Discontinued it because it felt too pretentious and didn't add anything on the bigger picture of the series, despite being "cool".

I had planned a scene for the epilogue in which Papyrus would visit Undyne in prison. Scrapped that because the idea felt too ridiculous, considering the state of things by the end of the series.

And I think that's pretty much it. Thinking back about it, it's actually really cool to see how things evolved – and I like the way the series turned out!

Thank you for reading!

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I really really really need to use number 7 someday. Heh.

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This is looking pretty cool! 

MAY 31, 2017

Final trailer before the big update on May 31st! Just in time for Ink!Sans’ birthday, too. Enjoy!

Read more about UNDERFELL here: https://underfellfangame.tumblr.com/underfell

Play UNDERFELL’s demo now: http://gamejolt.com/games/UNDERFELL/196935

Ink!Sans is owned by @comyet.

Error!Sans and Fresh are owned by @loverofpiggies.

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Sidon is the new Papyrus.

And yes, I finally got my Breath of the Wild! 

(that's why I haven't shown up around here) :P