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CYCLE OF VIOLENCE MASTER POST

Welcome to Cycle of Violence, a take on Underfell in which Asgore, after the death of his children, started a propaganda campaign against humans and encouraged as many people as possible to join the Royal Guard.

Archive

Part 1 - Mother's Home: Intro - 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12

Asks

01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05

To be continued...

Alternate Links

Reddit (Not recommended, but I'm putting here since it's where the comic's most popular)

MSPFA (Recommended a bit over Tumblr, since it has neat things like music and separate pages for suspense)

I hope you enjoy this comic as much as I enjoy making it!

Peace! (and feel free to ask the cast)

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This came to me in a dream

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This Game’s Winner IS...

It has been quite the few months, haven’t they? In spite of the current situation going on in the world, everyone still managed to turn out great comics! I would like to preface this by thanking everyone that participated in the sprite comic contest. 

I admit I had my shortcomings in managing it, and I feel I could’ve done things differently (and better) in general. But alas, we’re here now. It’s been a long journey, but now, I’ll proceed to announce the winners of this year’s sprite comic AU contest!

1st. Deflowered - By Subna

Deflowered takes a rather familiar premise; Asriel takes Frisk’s SOUL, and attempts to reset the timeline. However, unlike any AU (I’ve seen at least), Frisk takes Asriel back to before the events that led to Chara’s death. With his new knowledge of events to come, he tries to set things right and prevent their plan from coming into fruition, much to Chara’s disapproval. 

Graphically, the AU like most in this contest, it reuses some of Undertale’s assets, but it features original sprites for every character in the comic, along with a new battle UI for Asriel. It also features a “Once Upon a Time” intro scene, which is a great plus for contextualizing the AU. Some of the angled sprites do look a bit weird, but they don’t really detract from the comic (aside form a few exceptions).

Writing wise, it’s an interesting take on a post-flowey Asriel. And the story manages to push you through each of the emotional beats through the comic. Chara’s conflict with Asriel, and their resolution in the battle is what really makes the comic for me as well. 

I had a serious hard time choosing between Union of Two SOULs and Deflowered for the first place, but while Uo2S covers more ground story-wise, and arguably has a more intriguing concept, Deflowered tells a concise story without needing to take leaps across time to tell it. 

From what’s been implied with the “Chapter 1” subtitle, there will probably be more to come from this AU. I would highly recommend staying tuned, because if what’s to come is as good as its first chapter, then I am confident Subna has something special on their hands.

2nd. Union of Two Hearts - By @chaos-fantazy​

Union of Two hearts follows the story of Frisk and Toriel, the latter of which gives up her SOUL to ensure Frisk will be strong enough to leave through the barrier, and how said change affects the story at large. 

Writing wise, this comic covers the most ground out of any in the contest: it spans throughout the entire story, skipping to key points in the story that give a general idea of what the story beats are like, and how Frisk and Toriel react to them- as well as how they evolve. The writing itself for the characters is pretty top-notch overall. 

However, I think my main gripe is that for being one of the main characters, Toriel herself comes across as pretty… Unfinished. It’s hard to put into letters, but it feels as though because of how the scenes are set, there’s not much room to see how her point of view is changed. Though, one could fill in the gaps with enough imagination. 

The ending featuring Chara is certainly intriguing, but I feel as though there should’ve been someplace before where it was implied they were there, it feels like they come out of the blue.

It’s one of the longest comics overall, and it manages to pace through the story relatively quickly. I feel as though some of the scenes should’ve lasted a bit longer pre judgement hall, because as I stated previously, it somewhat hurts Toriel’s arc.

Graphically, it’s serviceable. The sprites created for Frisk are pretty neat, and seeing them grow up because of Toriel’s magic influence through the comic is a treat. Asgore’s sprites for his fight are also really good, along with the attack designs. It does use a lot of Undertale Assets, but it also does go through the entirety of the Underground, so it’s understandable they wouldn’t make all new assets for it. All the original poses made for some of the characters are neat as well, they add to the flavor of it.

Overall, I think the comic is fantastic, but the rapid fire of scenes and jumps across time kind of break it for me. The AU itself has a lot of room to grow, but this comic does a good job of establishing it and its story.

3rd. Undertale: ###### trial - by @nonsensical-questions​

This comic is also a rather intriguing one in concept: In Waterfall, Gaster invites Frisk to a series of ‘tests’, and they face off against his followers. The comic is essentially one long fight against the followers, concluding with a brief exchange with Gaster. 

Writing-wise, the character interactions between Frisk and the followers are pretty engaging, Gaster is also well written. The flavor texts and explanations are very well done as well, it does feel  like something you would see in Undertale, and overall the fight doesn’t feel like it drags one second, despite its length.

Graphically, it’s in an interesting position in which it has original assets for some of the fights, but it also borrows from UT’s unused elements for its attacks. The use of these are very creative. Overall, the attacks in general are more creative than a lot of the fights in the contest, not one attack is repeated.

The fight really is what puts the comic above the rest, I feel. The creativity on display with the use of UT assets, writing throughout the fight, and the build up to the meeting with Gaster is very good. I think that it legitimately earns its 3rd position in its execution alone.

I’d like to congratulate the winners for their hard work! 

That’s not all, however. More people put effort into their comics, and while they didn’t manage to win, they still deserve major recognition! Which is why they’ll be linked below

You can read the reviews for the runner ups here. 

With all that being said, I’d like to once again thank everyone for partaking in this contest, while we had our highs and lows, you guys made this a wonderful experience. 

Once the contestants post their entries, they will be properly reblogged and linked to in the blog.

With that being said, the discord server will remain up for as long as its active, so if you wish to talk with any of the participants, you can do so over there.

[vuristwo]

Hey, I made art.

So now that FMS’ comic contest is over I feel like this is a good time to finally post my entry onto Tumblr. I have shared it around Discord but it’s here now!

https://imgur.com/a/jReT59K

It is sad that I didn’t get to finish it, and I really want to in the future, but yeah... It just sort of ended where it ended because of the deadline. Other than that I hope you like the comic I made, I am for sure proud of what I managed to concoct in this time!

I also want to shout out all the other contestants they all did an AMAZING job and I won’t let that go unnoticed. You can read all the entries from this post. https://undersprite.tumblr.com/post/620564183335960576/this-games-winner-is

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 does this count as dialogue heavy?

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It's such a small detail, but i adore how chara puts their arms behind their back a lot. It feels very... them.

it does, it really does. i love it too, though it took a few trys to get it to look right on the sprites. but it was worth it

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im really enjoying ur utdr sprite edits n comics. keep up the good work. ill dm you if i draw fanart

thank you so much, i'd love to see your art if you draw any :D

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Toriel taking her humans out for their daily enrichment

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I thought i’d add an illustration to this one, let me know what you think. i might add some others occasionally going forward