#purpfell!sans

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I think giving Rant a friend in the underground would fix him, but it'd also make him worse in a completely different way. Like he'd be the most co-dependent, attached at the hip little freak you'd ever meet. He's still dramatic and hypersexual, he's just not as rude about it and doesn't emulate Mutt's behavior when he starts breaking hearts.

He'd also probably grow a small resentment for his brother in this timeline, he still thinks he's the coolest and wishes he was more like him- but with a bit more self confidence from a friend, that same someone else paying attention to him, and them dragging him out of his house, it's a small feeling of abandonment that festers as the years go on because this friend is physically there for him more than his so called brother ever has been. And yet Mutt continues to have the AUDACITY to hate his friend. Because Mutt would, legit, HATE them because he's ✨Overprotective✨ but only when it comes to lasting figures in their lives. If it's a random person he's taking home for a one night stand thats just fine but someone that stays? Mutt himself is uncomfortable with the concept because he's spent so long without anyone choosing to stay for him that he reacts negatively to genuine care. And because he sees Rant's social life as an extension of his own, because in his mind all they have is each other, Rant having a genuine close friend Also triggers that discomfort and makes him feel like Rant's being stolen away.

Anyways i've been reading those fics where reader falls into the underground and grows up alongside the skeletons and gets thrown into another universe with them and was wondering how it'd be for my boys and yeah... it'd be interesting.

Over time Mutt would soften up, the more he visits and sees the friend genuinely cares about Rant and that they Aren't Leaving no matter what, when they cement themselves as a constant in his mind he'll start being more teasing with his jabs and less hostile until they have a more friendly, affectionately insulting relationship. He'd gain a respect for them when he sees them helping Rant in a time of need when Mutt can't be there due to his job, and sees that they care as deeply for hir little brother as he does. This would also make the friend the first person Mutt's never seriously flirted with, as Rant would Actually Kill Him (Not really but it'd be a HUGE fight). He'd still mess around and jokingly flirt but it would never mean anything, because Rant would actually get jealous with this specific person. He's fine with sharing, just not this one. This is his person.

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So I've been thinking about Stratum; Alternate Route and I usually think about Ave and the kids but I haven't really expanded on how her loved ones might feel. Like just imagine you’re Rant for a minute, You’re 15 and you’ve lived isolated for the last 2 or so years in a heavily boobytrapped house with only your older brother who only visits sporadically due to his work (who you can’t even leave the house with in case someone sees you two together, for your own safety) and your best friend through those 2 years, a Human who has to leave regularly but has a scheduled visiting routine that you look forward to and rely on- walking with her being one of the only allowances for you to leave the house(Mutt didn’t let him at first but Rant was very convincing and wouldn’t give up- threatening to start telling people he was Mutt’s little brother and other such things until he relented, though he was totally already doing it regardless- he just didn’t feel bad about it after getting Mutt’s approval ^w^). 

And then she suddenly stops showing up

Rant Spirals

He’s trapped alone with his thoughts and wonders what he did wrong, if she’s mad at him- even though she seemed normal when she left, maybe something came up? Maybe she’s just late? It gets BAD, days pass, then weeks, then a full month passes until eventually once he’s cried all his tears and screamed his voice raw and is just so utterly exhausted- for the first time he feels resentment for his once best friend- in the second month resentment becomes hatred as he decides that she’s left him. He doesn’t know why but she abandoned him just like he’d feared- part of him whispers it’s his own fault but deep down he just knows It’s All Her Fault. She’s the one that fucked up, leaving him behind is gonna be the worst decision she’s ever made. And he’ll never forgive her for that. 

A year passes more lonely than ever, his resentment hardening into a hard shell around his soul that makes it easier to keep others away. He still gets quiet when he remembers that this time of the month is when Ave would stop by but he’s starting to stop noticing- only really feeling the stings of hurt when it hits the month she first left him. Mutt vows to rip her apart for what she’s done to his brother, stealing the vibrancy he used to exude despite the circumstances.

And then a froggit shows up at his doorstep

This Froggit immediately starts questioning him- but when he retreats and lets the traps do their work he finds that- while the first dusted- more take it’s place as his home is invaded by a wave of small froggits, all led by a lone distorted figure. A Froggit on two legs wearing a cloak of black feathers, just like Ave used to wear. And when it finally stands before him, looming over him as he cowers in the corner, it demands that he tell it where it’s sister is. The conversation that ensues Guts Him

Ave has been Missing for the last year and despite Anty looking high and low, sending their froggits to every corner of the underground and the forested mountain above they can’t find her. And now they need help, anything he knows about her whereabouts or any possible leads- or if he’s had her stowed away somewhere running from her responsibilities to her family. Which is what Anty had initially assumed, begrudgingly stating that if she had run anywhere down here, she’d run to him. And boy doesnt that sting? He’d honestly assumed the worst of her and come to find out she hadn’t abandoned him- she’d been taken… She’d Been Taken From Him. the words ring in his head as he numbly stared for a minute- letting it all process as the burning fury he’d felt at her betrayal is suddenly doused in gasoline. All that hatred and rage is now put towards a new purpose, making whoever Dared to steal his best friend away from him Regret They Were Ever Born. He decides that the only way to make up for all the time spent hating her rather than searching he has to be the one to find her. He has to save her or he can never forgive himself, he sometimes wonders what she’s doing at that moment as he falls asleep. He hopes she can sleep well but that same part that before had blamed him for her loss tells him that the longer he spends in bed the more she’s hurt, that at any moment he could lose her forever if she’s not already dead. And a secret third part tries to convince him that she really did run away, that Anty and the rest of her family were abandoned too- who in their right mind would stay underground when they could just walk through the barriers to freedom? It whispers that it’d be so much easier to hate her again than grieve her loss a second time

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Too Much and Not Enough; they’ve all known each other for about a year. Rant is working late and Mutt and Mimic are hanging out. They decide to go to a party- normal so far. (spoilers for the fanfic I haven’t written XD)

Disclaimer I have no fucking clue what real parties are like: so they end up in a circle of mutt’s acquaintances playing some kind of truth or dare or spin the bottle game. Mimic is in Mutt’s lap cause otherwise it Will be taken by someone else and it’s annoying trying to hang with your friend only to have someone all over them. Mutt finds this amusing and is just like ‘hell yeah cuddles’. Of course- inevitably someone tries to shoot their shot and dares Mutt to smooch the most attractive person in the circle for an entire minute… things to not go as that person had planned

Now Mutt’s already learned his lesson about randomly smooching Mimic at parties- he did it once and regretted it- so This Time he has a plan! He 1) asks permission 2) has her turn to face him and finally 3) Kisses Everywhere But The Lips up until the last second where they were hovering just over- and then the timer runs out and he snaps out of it and acts like the last one didn’t almost happen/it was all to fluster cause he Totally was keeping track of time.

By this point in time Mimic has caught feelings and whenever they feel them they immediately squash their crushes down back into friendlier feelings. The boys have seen this and have decided to let her come to them when she’s ready. After the minute is up Mimic is hiding in their hands and Mutt’s jacket- but he notices that for the first time Mimic hasn’t repressed her romantic feelings- and continues not to for the rest of the night.

They get back to the guys’ place, they figure mimic may as well spend the night since her apartment is in the other direction and she’s Mutt’s ride. They’re cuddled on the couch watching TV when finally it gets brought up. Mimic is unbelievably embarrassed that her friends had Seen Her Romantic Attraction For A Year and said nothing- she apologizes cause she figures that’s super weird but she really can’t help it, especially rn Cause no matter how hard she tried she just can’t stop Thinking About It and all the build up just hits them at once and in the heat of the moment they don’t care if this is just gonna be a one time thing they never talk about again or what their relationship will be like going forward- they just wanna go for it. Come morning the two decide to stop ignoring their feelings(coughMimiccough) and give this relationship thing a go. Rant gets home from his night shift and joins them for breakfast- and suddenly becomes Very Awake when they tell him. He will not sleep until he too gets a smooch, and is Very Happy when he does. He just about cries when Mimic calls him ‘My Love’. Mutt is ‘Darling’ but she uses any pet name, those are just the most common/the ones associated with them.

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Fun fact: If you refer to Rant as ‘My Love’ he will cry

Because of this all his love interests will choose that as his cute pet name

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Mimic: …Are you trying to seduce me with my own voice?

Rant- in mimic’s body: Is it working?

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On some angsty shit tonight, thinking about a confrontation between Mimic and the boys. They’ve been becoming better while mimic’s life has just gotten worse.

While trying to discover things about themself they end up backsliding- rejecting the femininity that they were starting to warm up to, rejecting all things sexy, flirtatious, and sexual (their humor, fashion, etc.)- becoming more repulsed with the ideas and internalizing that those things are bad and that any want for them is too- but only for mimic themself, these concepts are fine for others. All the confidence that they built in their body shattered- crop tops buried at the bottom of drawers.

Eventually things get brought to light when Rant- in Mimic’s body, gets sexually harassed by one of his and Mutt’s ‘friends’. He deals with it but what they said stuck with him, the next day (when he’s back in his body) he tells Mimic about it and that he’ll deal with it. He didn’t expect to turn around and find them crying. “I’m sorry.” “What are you sorry for- you did nothing wrong!” “I’d always assumed you wouldn’t care…”

Imagine that, your first real friend saying that they didn’t think you’d care enough to be there for them. That has to be absolutely Soul Crushing hearing that, your friend has been suffering in silence because they thought you’d dismiss their problems- which they only have because you’ve built a reputation as a player and, since they appear female and hang out with you, that must mean that they’re a slut playing hard to get. And somehow, despite being able to read a person’s very Soul, neither brother noticed.

I imagine they all sit down and talk about it and when the brothers remark ‘how could you think that’ all mimic can say is ‘I can’t read you like you read me’ ‘it’s impossible to tell what you’re thinking’

I can see Mutt blaming himself, he had thought that mimic and the guy at the party was a one time fluke. But really it was months of pent up aggression finally coming to a head- he should have known that there’s no way that someone would react so drastically if it hadn’t been built up to/been happening time and time again.

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Realizing that Amp and Rant have two very different responses to trauma- Amp’s line of thinking is more quickly accepting of whatever bad thing happened to her, quickly adjusting to her new normal and convincing herself it can’t be helped despite having ways to change it. While Rant focuses on where others failed because obviously if he’s in this situation then he did all he could. It’s a very ‘you weren’t here so there was no way for you to help’ vs ‘why weren’t you here you could’ve helped!?’

She retreats inwards and ignores her emotions while he lashes out at those around him

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Another Rant Thought(tm)

Rant as a Yandere- specifically in the context of Stratum with Ave (Tw; Yandere, Manipulation, Self Harm)

In my last post I established that Ave is his only other point of contact with the outside world other than his brother- both of which are only there for a very limited time before leaving him alone again due to their jobs. In this world Rant would have latched onto Ave after the attack that gave him his facial scars- trusting her to look after him while his face was covered in bandages alongside Mutt. Before that they had gotten close but she wasn't his obsession until he realized how warm her hands felt cupping his face while rewrapping his bandages- or how her care and genuine hope for his quick and easy recovery bled into her food through her intent when she cooked for him (accidentally making healing items, which she didn't even know was a thing she could do!). He loved being able to snuggle up to her on the couch and 'fall asleep', he found out after the first couple times that since she couldn't tell if he was actually asleep or not he could just slump onto her and she would just lay down and cuddle with him since she didn't want to wake him up. For one blissful week he was in heaven, before she had to leave again. Mutt still took excellent care of him but he couldn't ignore the dull ache in his soul when she was gone. He ate through the leftovers she left him with fast, not letting Mutt touch a single bit of it. She visited as much as possible, even running herself ragged to get back and check on him before having to run back to the level she had been in before on more than one occasion. But eventually he recovered and both went back to work, the loneliness stung more than ever and as time passes he slowly realized why- he initially felt horrible for his obsession over his best friend but over time he just couldn't help it. I've said before but Rant is one of the most emotionally intelligent skeletons, so he was able to figure out the nature of his feelings and how unhealthy they had to be... but the longer he ignored them the more sweetly these intrusive thoughts whispered to him. Wouldn't he like to have her around more? Wouldn't he like to have her Home safe and sound, not having to work herself down to the bone every day and stressing about the outside world? The more he came to terms with what he wanted the more her leaving hurt until finally- after months of their normal routine- he grabs her arm as she turns to leave.

"Stay..."

She's surprised and confused- asking if anything is wrong, wanting to know why- and he tells her. He tells her he needs her, he can't handle watching her leave- how it hurts him to see her walk out that door. She tries to remind him that she always comes back but he counters, what if she doesn't? what if she leaves and never comes back? she sits back down with him and calms him down from his panic. He almost tries to Make her stay but he's well aware that she's stronger than he is. He can't make her stay in a direct sense, but he knows now that he Can make her Choose to stay, and honestly that's all he wants, he wants her to choose him and only him.

The next time she comes by he brings it up again, having had plenty of time to write up reasons why she should stay. It was safer here, she wouldn't have to work her ass off for a faction that would kill her the moment they didn't need her, they wouldn't be able to get her here in a completely different level, she wouldn't have to fight and scrape and kill anymore, and he Knows how much she hates that- he's the one she cries to when the nightmares and guilt become enough to suffocate her. He uses every possible reason he can think of to get her to see his side of things but she still rejects him. over and over they fight about it whenever she comes to stay with him- until he realizes it'd be best to back off and rethink his tactics.

And then he gets a devilish idea, a horrid and emotionally manipulative idea that he Knows she'll despise him for, but he's just so desperate and he Knows that her Kindness and Loyalty will always be her greatest traits and weaknesses. They're what he loves about her- and why he's so certain that he'll get exactly what he wants from his plan. He stages an accident that ends with him breaking something, and just like he expected Ave came running- always eager to treat him. It worked like a charm, with the side effect of Mutt coming home more too! And though they'd figure out his game after the first couple times he knows that neither would ever stop looking after him- and outright boasts that that was exactly why he was confident enough to go through with it when Ave tearfully asks him why he'd do such things to himself- they stay as much as possible for fear that he may do something worse should they leave him alone again. Ave and Mutt become much closer after Rant's plan is revealed- setting up a schedule to ensure one of them is home as much as possible.

Rant is the kind of Yandere that would kidnap his obsession, wanting their attention and love- but prefers to charm and/or manipulate them into falling into his trap staying with him of their own volition. He is an actor after all. But kidnapping is as far as he'd ever take it, he'd never harm his obsession- leaning more towards the worshipping type- though he typically prefers to be the one his partner worships, at least on the outside- he wants them to think of him and him only. He's clingy and demands attention and, while he'd very much prefer not to, he isn't above hurting himself to make them stay and keep their attention on him. He'd thrive with a Kind or Loyal soul, using their caring nature or their memories and prior relationship with him against them to keep them by his side

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Rant’s female counterpart would be called Rave, Mutt’s would be Tramp and she’d go by Ram

This is them

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Rant X Reader One-shot; Soft Things

Tags: established relationship, gender neutral reader, fluff

It was getting late as you settled into bed, Rant sliding in behind you and pulling you close. You’d already turned all the lights off, the dim glow of the moon and stars outside filtering through the blinds the only thing lighting the room.

Rant held you against him, your back to his chest as he hummed. His boney hand slides under your shirt at your hips and up your side, moving back down towards the mattress as he traces along your stomach, phalanges lightly pressing into you

It’s become a habit of his whenever the two of you cuddle like this. His hands would always find their way under your shirt and he’d pass the time caressing the skin of your abdomen. Sides, hips, stomach, lower back- anywhere he could touch without you getting onto him.

“Rant, love?” You whispered. In response he gave you a squeeze and hummed- tired but content “why do you like touching my stomach so much?”

“Soft” he mumbled into your shoulder, planting a soft kiss there. You thought about the times you’d felt your stomach, it was pretty soft… that tracks

“Hmm, yeah. I like soft things too” you immediately felt kinda dumb considering he already knew that. He huffed a laugh behind you

“Damn, guess you don’t like being with me very much then” You placed your hand over his

“Nah, just means I like you even more” you turned your head and kissed his skull, smiling as you felt him move behind you and catching glimpses of purple light shining over your shoulder.

Things were quiet for a second as you surrendered to the peace of night.

“Turn around” Rant’s voice suddenly broke the silence. You responded with a half hearted groan, hiding a little smirk. He intertwined his fingers with yours, pressing your hand into the mattress as he pushes himself up. “Darling…? Dearest…? Beloved~”

“Hm?” You chuckled a little while he tried to get you to respond, softly kissing the knuckles of the hand he’s holding

“Turn around” you couldn’t hide your grin

“But I’m comfyyyy~” you whined dramatically, not even opening your eyes to look at him

Instead of trying to get you to open your eyes he launched himself over you to lay on your other side. Finally you opened your eyes, giggling

“Ah, well hello there my love- didn’t see ya there”

“Cheeky” you hummed happily, waiting to see what he was up to “Say it again”

“Say what? Which part?”

“That I’m better than soft things. I want you to say it again for me.” He held you close, nearly forehead to forehead with the space between you illuminated by his eye lights. You felt your heart squeeze at such a simple request, chuckling as your cheeks grew warm.

“That’s adorable” you watched as his face tinted purple and blue- but kept his expectant smile. You looked him in the eyes as best you could as you spoke “ I love you more than soft things”

You kiss him on the forehead, right between his sockets and his eyelights dilate, glowing brighter and becoming fuzzy at the edges. His gaze moves from your eyes, to your smile, to your chest where your soul is no doubt swirling with love and affection.

You can see him melt into the mattress with a lovesick grin on his face, feeling much the same yourself as you fall asleep in each others arms.

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You ever realize you’re in love with your best friend when they’ve got a sword to your non-existent throat? yeah me neither.  Rant and Jack my beloveds <3 Text-less version under the cut~

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Rant and Traveler on a picnic! It’s their first time on the surface together- why not make an event of it? I have a whole mini-fic written all about this scene that isn’t finished but BOY am I ready to post it. These two have a relationship where they say they’re friends and then turn around and look at each other like this. 

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OH MY STARS I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL- so Rant and Mutt can see souls 24/7 and have learned what each little change and reaction means. But in Stratum Rant wouldn’t know as much as Mutt does since he doesn’t go out much. With this in mind- when they’re older He would SEE that Traveler is in love with him BUT SINCE HE’S NEVER SEEN ROMANTIC ATTRACTION BEFORE HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT IT MEANS- only that it’s a warm/positive reaction to him. And since he sees her all the time he didn’t notice the slow shift from platonic love to romantic love- it’s just ‘how she feels about me/when she sees me’

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I’m reading my WIPS for fun and wanted to share one of my favorite paragraphs I've ever written. 

Though I couldn’t help my curiosity over what they must look like if I’d tolerated this kind of setting. Strangely enough I couldn’t remember anything that would have this kind of result- if anything I remember going to sleep in my own bed… stars don’t tell me I’ve been kidnapped- swept away in the night like some amatuer, but how? I’m sure I’d have woken up, on top of that there's no way that Mutt would have allowed such a thing to happen under his roof, not to Me. No, there has to be some logical explanation behind this change in scenery.

This is from Rant’s POV in a story where he suddenly switches bodies with someone he’s never met before, this is their first switch and I love this paragraph in particular because I feel like it perfectly shows how he thinks. It starts with him immediately assuming he had a one night stand and that the person must’ve been hot cause the room he woke up in is messy. So that bit is more about him and his habits whereas the last bit of the paragraph he’s confused about how he got there and immediately throws out the idea that he could’ve been kidnapped. Sure it’s because he would’ve woken up- but the real reason is that he is so confident in Mutt’s ability to protect them, he has so much faith in his brother that the very thought that anything could happen to them with him around is illogical.

I don’t touch on it often, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever even mentioned it out right but Rant thinks the world of his brother, he looks up to and admires him so much. And all it takes is this one paragraph to realize that. 

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Fuckboi 2; Electric Boogaloo

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When your own brother doesn’t believe that you got isekai’d into the dnd game your new friend dragged you to play even after you recount the awesome story of how you became the king of theives. Smh my head Mutt