happy midnight! y'know making new official dreamswap refs wasn't exactly on my list of things I planned on doing in 2026, but here we are APPARENTLY.
design notes:
miles's cape has a blue fade on the ends now, and his cape pin has been changed from a moon to circle. there is also a crescent moon on the back now, as its length has been extended to fit this.
as always, the moon shape on the end of miles's staff can change size and shape. only one side has a moon now.
vicky's hair is an extremely light blue; almost white. it is bleached. her eyes are gray. she wears dark eyeliner and black lipstick. it took me a while to figure out her features, but I wanted to keep some elements of her original design after removing the monochromatic (xtale) element of the old one. she is also three inches taller than she was before.
vicky's weapon is an axe now instead of an enormous knife.
when ellie is using her powers, discolored veins similar to the ones on her cheeks should appear all over her body.
crystal just has guns now. since JR bans guns, the bullets are made of her own magic, which is a very convenient loophole. she should also have a pistol at her waist, but I neglected to include it. she does not have a brush anymore.
on the back of crystal's leather jacket is a spray paint-esque pair of angel wings. also, it's not visible, but there should be a JR pin on crystal's left sleeve.
blue is one inch shorter because funny.
both blue and ellie have glitch effects on their capes/scarves. where blue's scarf is glitching, the colors are a bit warmer.
arthur has armor under his cape. his wings can also now be procured at will. his cape has pretty much the same design as his old (cursed) jacket, with as much fluff as possible.
rather than just being yellow, arthur's color palette should be iridescent in nature. he should always have this imposing atmosphere of not being completely human, and his perceived youth should feel uncanny.
side note, these are in fact based directly on the poses from the 2020 refs!
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Credits
Dream!sans belongs to Dreamtale
Ink!sans belongs to @/myebi
Swap!sans belongs to the undertale comunity
Killer!sans belongs to @/rahafwabas
Color!sans belongs to @/superyoumna
additional Dream!sans writing tips from @/xxtha-blog
when I told myself in june 2025 that I was probably going to write the entire next chapter of ibvs before the end of summer, I had no idea that I was going to be hit with an enormous sledgehammer of creative amnesia and forget what the story was supposed to be about and how to write my own characters. let it be known that I've finally remembered how this story works and I actually wrote 1500 words these past few days and it took me making an anniversary print, rereading a huge chunk of the story and looking through all the fanart I've ever reblogged of it in chronological order. I also think that watching toilet-bound hanako-kun helped somehow
and happy birthday isaac beamer himself i gfuess 🙄🙄
i do need to give my thanks to ky for creating a silly story that i originally thought was a musical and not a fanfiction; which my first read was like someone discovering light for the first time even if i was really stubborn. it wasnt something i thought id be personally interested before it (shockingly) took over my dreamswap interest I had since 2019, which honestly doesnt say much lol; its a good story is what im trying to say
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this wasnt supposed to be an emotional post, but still. i give my utmost respects to the big G, the big A, the A dude, big V, big M, and big K. some of these i dont really speak to, but theyve got good hearts, and especially the big G and the big A have definitely helped through a lot of hardships, thanks OGs and GIRL. whatever.
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