So I’ve been thinking about Light and his future as a muse… And I’m starting to think that maybe it’s time to remove him from “Errortale” and make him his own AU.
Well, he’d still be Dance plates ofc, but the Error part… IDK.
I’ve been thinking of new concepts for a “what if Light isn’t an Error but something else” AU and wanted to know what you thought.
The first concept is, of course, what he actually would be. I was thinking of making him a virus, like an ACTUAL virus. Something known to destroy it’s host. Something like that.
Then I thought: okay, then what about his attacks? The strings? And I debated on whether or not to wipe them from the equation. Still not sure.
If not, then I have an idea as to what the strings are. The strings would be white, and they’d be pretty much lines of code (a play on the term “string of code”) and instead of being a puppeteer attack, these strings would tear through the very fabric of reality, corrupting the code of whatever they touch. Temporary exposure to these strings will only have temporary effects (i.e. if Light gets you with his strings for a minute or two’s worth of contact, your arm might be weirdly colored for a day) but long time exposure can cause permanent damage. Object codes (i.e. a kitchen table) are much easier to corrupt than sentient, living codes (i.e. a human/monster/animal/wtfever Flowey counts as) but both can be corrupted severely if exposed got too long.
A place that could replace the Anti-Void I would call Corruption, or maybe The Graveyard. The latter title gives me a literal graveyard scene that has grey skies and there is no life growing in the earth. There are probably stone structures in ruins decorating the landscaping.
Viruses like BlackLight would be created by when a timeline becomes so corrupted that it suffers from a CRASH. You know, like when the game bugs out and crashes on you (Not when it’s programmed to do so) but living codes (i.e. Sans, Papyrus, ectect) survive through the crash and get stuck in the Graveyard. Living codes slowly lose their sanity over time from the dreary atmosphere, isolation, trauma, and the voices.
In this “what if” au, the voices aren’t from Those Above, but are from the dead living codes of the corrupted/crashed timelines. They can only be heard in The Graveyard, and cry out and whisper/shout at anyone they can, as they want to live again.
Viruses would have territories they call “nests” where they settle down and call their home. These Nests can be anywhere and are usually marked with the white strings of the virus that claimed the area.
Viruses can, like Errors, destroy universes. When their strings tear through the code of reality in a timeline, the code of that universe is stored within the strings used to destroy it. Viruses can permanently destroy these universes by destroying the strings, or roll them up into balls of string and keep them as trophies. Light did the latter and liked to suspend his from the ceiling of his nest.
Back to how Viruses are made: living codes are not supposed to be in the Graveyard, so with everything against those whom survive, they will become corrupt. Corruption of living codes can get very messy and spotty, corrupting different parts of the code.
A sign that tells someone how long they’ve been in the Graveyard for is how black their bones/skin/fur are. Their bones/skin/fur will be spotty with black and grey spots if their only in there for a short while (1 month - 6 months typically) and completely pitch black if they’ve been in there for a while (50+ years)
Monsters and humans can become Viruses easily. The Graveyard corrupts any and all living code.
The only way to get in and out of the Graveyard is through the strings of code (heh) as they can tear holes in reality. These holes can act as wormholes for Viruses to use to hop across the multiverse and get in and out of the Graveyard. Unfortunately, you need to have several years of corruption before your SOUL can make strings. At first, the strings aren’t even strings–they’re more like stringy slime that a virus needs to mess with in order to control.
I am not sure about how Viruses would go about summoning their strings. I know Errors tear their blue magic strings out through their eye sockets, and tbh I kind of like that horror aesthetic. But, ripping these strings out from the soul directly sounds morbid, or maybe strings can leak out of a Virus’s mouth (for skeletons: eye sockets and nose holes as well) on occasion.
I think that’s all I got for now, but whatcha think?
