#reposting this idea from a couple weeks ago bc i feel less scared now 👍

[capricioussun]

Had a really strange idea for an au. It's sort of like a horror-au, except instead of starting off as a typical ut or uf and devolving due to circumstances, it's more innate.

I was thinking what started it had something to do with the core and the barrier, sort of like...monsters were never meant to be trapped in a magic enclosure, on top of what's essentially "magic radiation" that bleeds off of the core, monsters began to mutate over time.

I mostly thought about the brothers, Undyne, Grillby, and Asgore, but due to the gradual changes, their ways of life started to decay as well. By the time the seventh human would fall down, their once structured society would've broken down a lot. It's not a total free for all, but it's nothing organized even remotely efficiently. Undyne mostly only still obeys Asgore because he’s their best bet at freedom, while Sans and Papyrus are part of the "guard" to keep their own heads above water.

It's pretty fucked up and scary but also a little...silly? Idk, it's not as miserable as HF, I guess mostly just because that's how things are for them..? Hard to explain the tone I'm imagining, also haven't fleshed it out too much yet, still in its very early stages of conceptualization. Just thought I'd share bc Undyne is really big and scary and sort of amphibious? Like, she depends on water a lot more and she's messed up fr.

Papyrus is also massive but he’s friendly :*) he’s like hiii hi? Hello =<] though he miiight be a cannibal and Sans makes puns about that neither confirming nor denying it. He might also be a cannibal. He is also big but he acts purposefully scary. Asgore is like. Melting. He’s really fucked up rip divorce man ✌️😔