This isn’t saying you shouldn’t write bad or sad stories or anything, but from Gaster’s perspective as a character in those stories of course he’d want “happy” endings, haha.
But anyway, I kept telling you guys that when Handplates was over I would tell you. Well... here we are. After seven long years, here we are.
When I started I never thought I’d make it. To be honest, it doesn’t feel real to me at all. My brain still expects to do another page in about two weeks as it always does. I assume it’ll take a while to sink in. There’s a lot to say but this post is already incredibly long (sorry), so it’s probably suited to its own post.
But for all of you out there who read this story, whether you were there from the beginning or just came in now, thank you so much. And for all of you that were inspired by this comic, who created things for it, who blessed me with so many amazing gifts of art and fic and music and dubs and videos and so much more... I don’t know how to thank you enough. I never dreamed that an idle idea could have come this far or had such an impact on my life and so many people, but it did.
I kind of feel at a loss for words... again it’s very surreal. But I will say that Gaster wondering whether the kid is an actual human or not has an unintended level to it since my avatar is a fox but it’s TOO LATE NOW I GUESS lol.
( About how it’s a long, long, long journey that we’ve been on
And it’s a long long long story that shall be told
And it’s a long long day, and we’ve come a long long way
But there’s still a long way to go
It’s a long long long way
It’s a long long strong way
It’s a long long long way
Forward - [x] )
Handplates has finally reached its conclusion and I am BAWLING. I feel both happy and sad to see it end (mostly happy) So I made fanart!
I decided to draw my favorite moments in Handplates and organize them by event. I'm really proud how this turned out and I LOVE it (and i hope y'all like it too)
I still remember discovering Handplates on youtube and watching the whole dub. This comic was actually the reason why I really got into Undertale, so it has a special place in my heart. Thank you @zarla-s for making the BEST comic ever, it's sad to see it end but y'know what they say: good things must come to an end, and that makes it special.
This down here is just the background. It also looks great so imma put it lol
Anyway yea! So this absolute beast is drawn on a 2ftx3ft piece of newsprint and had two near all nighters to get it done because my professor decided to assign it during finals week with no preparation jdhfj
I have a ton of favorite little pieces in it but these are some of my absolute favorite little bits 🥺🧡
after years of being my favorite undertale comic of all time @zarla-s “handplates” came to an end, so naturally i’ve reread the series more than i’d like to admit.
in honor of it’s ending, i decided to redraw one of my favorite frames from the comic- gaster’s first cigarette after he returns✨
i read that page, laughed (alone, in my room at 4 am, way harder than i should’ve), and immediately went “i need that on my wall.” so i drew it.
side note: why do people never talk about how awkward faucets are to draw? i never in a million years figured the most frustrating part about this would be figuring out how i wanted the damn knobs to look lmao
this was the most fun i’ve had drawing something in a WHILE, and i think it was simply because of how much i love this comic. i pulled up my old undertale playlists (on soundcloud, ofc), got cozy, and my cat fell asleep giving me emotional support (such a good boy). before i knew it, i’d accidentally pulled an all nighter because of how sucked into drawing this i was.
from watching a few youtube dubs and making cringey comments to finishing it here on tumblr, i’ve loved this comic since the day i started it- “handplates” will forever hold a special place in my heart, and i cannot thank zarla enough for this story.💖
Just thinking. Gaster had been in the void for quite a long while, surely long enough to where he was used to not seeing anything. So when Sans teleported him out, I feel like suddenly having light in his eye would've left him hissing in pain as he shields his eye, and all the dialogue that's in that scene gets put on hold for several long minutes XD
TRULY THE GREATEST PUNISHMENT OF ALL assuming eye sockets work for skeletons like that, haha.
Gaster swearing is like :o but I was thinking about that one older comic where he swore in front of the brothers and they started copying him, much to his dismay. Not a common thing, but sometimes!
tags/creators:
Fell(red): @underfell
swap(orange): @underswapped3
classic(yellow): tobyfox
handplates(green): @zarla-s
outer(blue): (i have no idea)
storyshift(purple): @voltrathesparking (i think)
This comic introduced me to Undertale. I discovered it when I was around 14yo a year after I made DeviantArt (I'm 20 now). You influenced my style a bit since one of the first fanarts that I made was for your AU (tho I never posted them).
At the time I was in a rly bad place too and this comic helped me in a way. I could finally relate to someone. I remember waiting for you to post a new chapter every day.
Rereading it still brings me some type of comfort, and I do it every few years. I know it ended few months ago. So I just wanted to thank you for all the good things/impacts that your art left on me. :)
Yall ignore whatever spelling mistakes I made, English isn't my first language and I mix up letters a lot (I don't feel like checking all this more than twice)