(Note: I’m not trying to diss the creator for their au, I’m just some random on tumblr having fun revamping underlust. I do not agree with the subject of the au or anything the creator has done. This is all my own personal opinion and should not be taken to heart!)
(1/???) UnderLust Redesigns
(Trying to lean into more 70s theme with their designs since I feel like the 70s wouid be a fun aesthetic for them. Also the 70s kinda theme will be explained later for narrative reasons too)
Why am I posting about this? Well Eggs, ever since I got into UTMV, me and my friend have been discussing about UnderLust and our dislikes about it. Underlust is pretty disliked in the community already I believe. However, I couldn’t help but think of ways to redeem it. And the more I thought of ways to rewrite it, I realized I’m basically just remaking the whole AU. But I’ll get into rewriting the story of UnderLust later. This version of UnderLust I’m rewriting will be called ContraLust. I’m focusing on redesigning the characters before going into the story.
When it comes to UnderLust, one of my gripes about it was its designs. The designs of the UnderLust characters are interesting, however it doesn’t speak… attractive(?) to me. I am aware UnderLust is about sexuality and more heavy themes around it, but you’d think the characters would try to dress attractive to draw in partners 😭. I understand this was old fandom UTMV but the clothes are just NOT it.
Frisk having an asexual shirt is kinda basic in my opinion. Making Frisk asexual is fine, but it’d be better to show, not tell, especially very directly. Sans and Papyrus… they’re just a whole bag of bones. The designs of sans and papyrus is… fine? But there’s nothin screaming sexy about it, especially sans. And Papyrus, the theme of underlust Isn’t really in character for him anyways but the outfit doesn’t really fit him too. I know it’s to fit with the AU’s theme but it’s just not papyrus.
So the whole reason I did this was mainly cause of sans, I mean considering I’m into UTMV. The original outfit of Lust Sans is interesting at best, I can see the vision however it’s hard to pull off cropped outfits when you’re a skeleton. So I stuck to clothing that mainly covers his whole body. I instead gave Lust a cropped jacket with longer sleeves, a sparkly jumpsuit with an upside down heart opening, along with a heart belt and boots underneath the bell bottoms. And yes I gave him the heart glasses like everyone else cause they fit lol. The sparkly jumpsuit wouid fit more in my opinion than a cropped shirt. To separate the two, I’m calling the original Lust, and my version “Sugarplum.” Sugarplum is is stage name in my rewrite anyways.
Sugarplum in ContraLust is more ruder than OG Lust, honestly he’s his own character now than just a classic variant. Plus classic just doesn’t really fit into the AU theme anyways(in my opinion). Sugarplum still holds a judgement and guardian role like classic, but he’s open about not being thrilled about it to Frisk. I mean sans watching over you in the game was because he promised Toriel he would. Instead of being sex-crazed, I made Sugarplum more money crazed. Lust, although commonly associated with sexual urges, doesn’t inherently mean having sexual desires. It’s mainly a desire for anything. Power, money, etc. Sugarplum isn’t as lazy as Classic but he doesn’t share the same apathy like classic. I could go in about Sugar but the post is already too long, so let’s move on
So, papyrus. I’m not particularly a fan of how they portrayed Paps in the au and comics itself. Although I appreciate keeping his sweet nature the same, he’s still seems OOC in the comics. Since there’s no royal harem in ContraLust, papyrus in my au isn’t actively seeking out dates and one night stands to reach up ranks. Plus there wouid be no need for him to wear a suggestive outfit. So I went back to inserting a 70s theme with him. Personality wise, papyrus is the same as his classic version, however he’s more calmer and less confident compared to Classic AU.
Frisk’s design isn’t actually bad compared to the rest, however it’s a bit boring in my opinion..? But Frisk wearing the asexual flag is quite humorous I admit. But it’d be better if Frisk’s sexuality was shown, not told. Well it was shown but not directly shown. It’s be cool to where during a dinner scene sans is asking Frisk why they’re not interested in sex and all that and Frisk simply states, “Well I just don’t have interest for it. It kinda seems overrated in my opinion. What’s wrong with just holding hands or going out on dates? It’s still as intimate as sleeping with someone.”
But again I went 70s theme with clothing but I made Frisk’s clothing plain compared to the others, which is fine. In ContraLust, Frisk is a rookie journalist, venturing to the monster side to journal about the monster population. I’ll go into detail why I decided that in my rewrite post. But for now I’m more on focusing on designs.
Frisk is just… frisk idk there isn’t a change in personality. But ig compared to UL, CL frisk is more neutral.
So that’s all folks, see ya in my next redesign blog
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