PAPYRUS IN PRACTICE

Ah, there you are! Welcome to the office of the Great Therapist Papyrus, the first monster psychologist. Come in! Take a seat, help yourself to some tea and spaghetti by the door!

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Next: Hiatus time! (see below)

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Hey y'all! Thanks everyone so much for sticking with me through this! I'll be taking a hiatus to finish up the rest of the chapter and focus on preparing for my next licensing exam(NCMHCE). I may also be doing some Ask Blog or other fun stuff in the meantime so keep your peepers peeled!

-Meemie

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There are a lot of reasons why family members don’t make good therapists. From a clinical perspective, it can cloud your judgement and discourage the challenging that occurs with a therapist who isn’t family or friends. This is a lesson I learned early on. If you’re constantly in therapy mode, even with family members, you’re not only gonna burn yourself out, but you’re doing your loved ones a disservice too. When I was in school, I had a hard time separating my therapist identity from my home identity. It was difficult to discern the difference between being supportive and being a therapist. Looking back, I'm remembering that was also around the time I wrote the first chapter of Papyrus in Practice and I've learned a lot since then.

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BTW, Happy 10th Anniversary, Undertale! I watched the stream and it was so awesome to spend it with y'all. I love when Toby told chat to go ahead and make 500 skeletons, so many chatters in the stream were like "YES SIR!"

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So. The 10 year anniversary is coming up. The big one zero. We only have 3 weeks.

Honestly? I'm really bad with deadlines, and I'm low on ideas. I think i May have it in me to get something done, but my first big idea isn't feasible in the remaining time left, and I don't think I'm going to get my second idea done either. I usually skip the anniversary because of this, it's intimidating to try to meet deadlines and produce quality content, and it saps a lot of the fun out of something that's supposed to be great. And i think I'm probably not the only one who feels like this.

And that sucks! Because it feels like missing out when community is such a big part of what's kept this fandom going for so long.

So, here's something I'm thinking about: when Toby was first coming up with the game, a lot of his notes and early concept art were just silly things scribbled on regular lined notebook paper. Or they were done in MS Paint, presumably with a track pad.

And it's awesome, right? It built into something bigger over time!

So what if we do a little side event for the anniversary? Anyone who wants to can join in and post a quick doodle or a lined notebook drawing, or something of that nature. If you've never done fanart before or you're regularly creating masterpieces, whatever.

I have no idea what to call it and only thought of this a few minutes ago, but maybe we can have some fun with this

(And obviously if you're already working on something else you can still do this too if you want! This is for everyone!)

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So, I went through these sketchbooks I've had over the past seven years and pulled a bunch of Undertale sketches I've done over the years and put them all here

Some of them are concept sketches of Papyrus in Practice or ideas that I've had that haven't made it(yet). Others are sketches of different fanfictions or AUs including Underswap, Underfell, Dancetale, Faithtale, Paring, and Rubble and Ramparts. I've also included a comic I made for fun in which Meemie, a character from an old webomic I used to write, moves in with the skeleton brothers. I'll probably add more to the folder later since I'm still looking for a couple sketchbooks that I know have Undertale sketches in them.

I don't see today as just a celebration of Undertale(though it is definitely that), but also a celebration of the fandom that's expanded on it so much over the years!

Thank you to Toby Fox and thank you to the Undertale Fandom for continuing to inspire me!

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Welcome to my Personal Comic Production Purgatory for the past FIVE MONTHS!

Here's the picture without the dialogue for the convenience of your phone backgrounds: link

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In other news, thanks y'all so much for your patience in this! I've been working on the next page and another separate project on top of doing Art Fight and this page kind of went under my radar for a while so I really appreciate the extra time.

That being said, the next page still isn't done. It's definitely getting there and I managed to get over a big hurdle that I was facing for a couple months, but I've still gotta finish the rest of it. I think, once y'all see it, it'll make sense why it took so long. Right now, I'm hoping to have it done in a month, but I'll keep you posted if that changes.

EDIT: We're SO BACK!

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Hey y'all. I'm gonna need one more week. The page I had in mind to post today, turns out, isn't done yet either. I'll be posting the next page on August 9th.

Sorry about the delay!

-Meemie

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Hey y'all. I wanted to update everyone real quick. I've made the decision to move to an every-three-weeks schedule for the time being. The page I'm currently working on has been a tough one(hopefully, the effort will show once it goes live) and it's been eating up a lot of time I'd normally space out between all future pages so the shading on the pages after that isn't done yet either. That's why I'm moving to an every three week schedule to buy myself a bit more time so I can keep updating regularly. I may move it to monthly depending on how progress goes. So, the next page will not be released this Saturday but next Saturday instead.

Also, we're starting to near the end of the current section so I'll be going on hiatus once it's done to prep for the next section which will be the last of the arc.

Thank you all for your patience and a super "thank-you" for all the messages, favorites, and comments I've been getting. It's been so wonderful getting to hear everyone's voices, their unique experiences, and how the arc has been resonating with folks so far. All of y'all are awesome and it's felt really fulfilling for me when I interact with y'all. I'd like to do it a bit more in the future.

I think that's about the jist for now. See y'all later!

-Meemie

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Trigger Warning

The following pages will contain discussions of self-harm. I won’t be showing any scars nor describing details or discussing how the injuries were done. It’s only talking about self-harm and why it might happen.

I don't wanna deter anyone who's experienced self-harm in the past from reading this next part. I think it’s important to have some representation in media instead of shying away from the topic and that’s what I’m trying to do. If you’ve experienced triggers from NSSI-related content in the past, I’m encouraging you to connect with some professional supports and discuss the topic with them to ensure understanding and safety before engaging in the following content.

List of crisis hotlines by country: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Site that refers you to a more specialized list of helplines based on your needs: https://findahelpline.com/

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Trigger Warning

The following pages will contain discussions of self-harm. I won’t be showing any scars nor describing details or discussing how the injuries were done. It’s only talking about self-harm and why it might happen.

I don't wanna deter anyone who's experienced self-harm in the past from reading this next part. I think it’s important to have some representation in media instead of shying away from the topic and that’s what I’m trying to do. If you’ve experienced triggers from NSSI-related content in the past, I’m encouraging you to connect with some professional supports and discuss the topic with them to ensure understanding and safety before engaging in the following content.

List of crisis hotlines by country: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Site that refers you to a more specialized list of helplines based on your needs: https://findahelpline.com/

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Happy Let Papyrus Say Fuck Day! @theamazingavagrace has finally convinced me to participate!

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Presenting my submission for Let Papyrus Say Fuck Day by @insanelyadd ! For this year's submission, I worked off of the prompt of Papyrus having a career. This was a prompt used for a previous year.

I like the idea of Papyrus being a psychologist because that career choice would involve a mixture of personal and professional growth. It also expands upon two canon moments in Undertale: the first being when Papyrus used reverse psychology on Undyne to get her to make friends with Frisk in the Pacifist Route, and the second being when Papyrus talked to Frisk instead of fighting them in the No Mercy Route.

Ultimately, the idea of Papyrus being a psychologist was inspired by the work of a good friend of mine.

Overall, I hope that anyone who sees this enjoys it.

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I FUCKING LOVE IT!!!!

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Trigger Warning

The following pages will contain discussions of self-harm. I won’t be showing any scars nor describing details or discussing how the injuries were done. It’s only talking about self-harm and why it might happen.

I don't wanna deter anyone who's experienced self-harm in the past from reading this next part. I think it’s important to have some representation in media instead of shying away from the topic and that’s what I’m trying to do. If you’ve experienced triggers from NSSI-related content in the past, I’m encouraging you to connect with some professional supports and discuss the topic with them to ensure understanding and safety before engaging in the following content.

List of crisis hotlines by country: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Site that refers you to a more specialized list of helplines based on your needs: https://findahelpline.com/

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I realized I've never posted this. When I was in grad school, we had the assignment of creating an information sheet about a therapy methodology. I chose CBT and made this.

After many years, I FINALLY got to use it today when someone said they liked Undertale!

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Trigger Warning

The following pages will contain discussions of self-harm. I won’t be showing any scars nor describing details or discussing how the injuries were done. It’s only talking about self-harm and why it might happen.

I don't wanna deter anyone who's experienced self-harm in the past from reading this next part. I think it’s important to have some representation in media instead of shying away from the topic and that’s what I’m trying to do. If you’ve experienced triggers from NSSI-related content in the past, I’m encouraging you to connect with some professional supports and discuss the topic with them to ensure understanding and safety before engaging in the following content.

List of crisis hotlines by country: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Site that refers you to a more specialized list of helplines based on your needs: https://findahelpline.com/

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Trigger Warning

The following pages will contain discussions of self-harm. I won’t be showing any scars nor describing details or discussing how the injuries were done. It’s only talking about self-harm and why it might happen.

I don't wanna deter anyone who's experienced self-harm in the past from reading this next part. I think it’s important to have some representation in media instead of shying away from the topic and that’s what I’m trying to do. If you’ve experienced triggers from NSSI-related content in the past, I’m encouraging you to connect with some professional supports and discuss the topic with them to ensure understanding and safety before engaging in the following content.

List of crisis hotlines by country: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Site that refers you to a more specialized list of helplines based on your needs: https://findahelpline.com/

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Trigger Warning

The following pages will contain discussions of self-harm. I won’t be showing any scars nor describing details or discussing how the injuries were done. It’s only talking about self-harm and why it might happen.

I don't wanna deter anyone who's experienced self-harm in the past from reading this next part. I think it’s important to have some representation in media instead of shying away from the topic and that’s what I’m trying to do. If you’ve experienced triggers from NSSI-related content in the past, I’m encouraging you to connect with some professional supports and discuss the topic with them to ensure understanding and safety before engaging in the following content.

List of crisis hotlines by country: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

Site that refers you to a more specialized list of helplines based on your needs: https://findahelpline.com/