swappingswap

hello! this is my own version of the underswap au that i made with the help of my friends!! it isn't meant to tear down any other swap au or to make fun of the original, it's just how we envisioned the swap au in our minds. mostly just a place for us to put our ideas so they can all be together, but we will take any possible asks!! (art used in icon is made by @preshtagonist on twitter!)

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big blue made breakfast, you eating or are you making an excuse for why you cant eat it??

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big blue is not partial to any food! mainly because he simply cannot make a food like burritos or spaghetti. all he can really do is throw some stuff in a pot and call it a ‘friendship meal’. 

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I think I’m allowed to upload this doodle I did ages ago for @swappingswap now that they have a blog

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an apology!

so, firstly, yes, i WOULD like to keep the au alive, and it is still alive! sadly, though, i've been busy with real life issues that have been taking away a lot of my time and energy. however, i'll try to upload a few more things either today or tomorrow! probably little fun facts or random little ideas.

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character positions

this is what the characters do, or how they operate in the story, along with personalities. some of these are subject to change, along with designs! this is an ongoing au after all. 

sans: papyrus swap. his goal is to join the royal guard, but not really for himself. it’s more to prove himself to his little brother, who has been in the royal guard for years. instead of puzzles, sans sets up traps around snowdin for chara to trigger. also, he is not innocent, nor does he pretend to be. he’s a dumbass bastard and he fully knows it. he is nice, but if you make him angry, he will spit in your food when you’re not looking and then serve it to you. he is also a terrible cook. if he offers a friendship meal, run. your stomach will not survive it.

papyrus: sans swap. he’s been in the royal guard for so long that it no longer phases him, so he’s grown lazy about it. he loves his job, but it doesn’t have all the glamour that it used to have. he also likes to eat healthy, balanced meals, and is an amazing cook. however, his job keeps him so busy that he doesn’t have the time to cook. 

alphys: undyne swap. big and scary, but only really when she’s in the mecha. however, while chasing chara into hotland, she trips, and instead of dehydrating, she falls into a panic attack, which chara nervously helps her through, confusing alphys. she definitely fits into the jock archetype. she isn’t in the royal guard, but she is a hometown hero for waterfall. think vigilante for alphys. despite everyone clamoring for her, she excludes herself from any social interactions as she’s made mistakes in the past that cause her to believe she doesn’t deserve any of the attention. nervous out of mecha, confident in mecha. 

undyne: alphys swap. undyne is the royal scientist, though she generally enjoys thinking up things to destroy humanity or at the very least cause harm to them. once chara falls into the underground and undyne has sights on them, she begins to make passive aggressive comments on her account on the undernet about them. she’s very stuck up at first, but as chara progresses and undyne sees that they aren’t that bad, she slowly softens and starts to help, especially after chara meets and begins to deal with the eccentric nature of napstabot. she enjoys mech anime and kaiju movies, and helped alphys make her armor. 

temmie: flowey swap. temmie does go by she/her, though asriel goes by he/him and maybe even they/them. originally, before being taxidermied, temmie was the original royal pet. she was there around the time that frisk fell and when asriel died, his dust falling on top of her. a few days later, she died as well. undyne, instead of using buttercups, decided to use the taxidermied temmie in her dt experiments, causing temmie to ‘come to life’ and become a vessel for asriel. asriel/temmie is angry because frisk was an angel, and didn’t desrve what happened to them. there are also multiple other temmies, all in queen toriels throne room. 

flowey: temmie swap. generally kept as common pets. they bounce up and down and speak basic english. you’ll see one in almost every shop and home. however, some versions, like echo, aster or golden are not generally kept as pets for a very simple reason: they have a tendency to, on some occasions, predict the future. 

toriel: asgore swap. instead of demanding the death of humans, she demands that the humans be brought to her for her to raise. however, monsters have a tendency to over estimate their magic in battle or over estimate how much humans can take, or they’re just plain terrified of humans and kill them in a moment of terror. toriel weeps over the fallen souls that are brought to her, and instead of keeping them in capsules near the barrier, she keeps them in capsules close to her so that she can watch over them and make sure that they’re safe and secure at all times. when chara gets to toris fight, shes fighting chara because she’s admittedly terrified of going up to the surface, and she doesn’t want chara to leave just yet. what would the humans think of them coming up with a teenager? probably horrible things. 

asgore: toriel swap. he lives in the ruins. gardening every inch and making rounds to make sure every flower has been watered. that’s how he finds chara and temmie. generally, he rushes humans out of the ruins, trying to convince himself that they’re evil and bad. however, every time he grows attached, and cries when the human leaves. he grew especially attached to chara.

chara: frisk swap. chara falls into the underground because they’re angry at the human world and all of the hate inside of it. they’re a severely misguided kid with a tendency to lash out at those around them and to think the worst of everyone they meet, always assuming they have an ulterior motive or that they’re evil in some way, like they think they are. their journey is about coming to peace with themselves and the world around them, and learning that not everyone is bad or out to get them and that people can and do care about them. they learn that they can be soft and trust others and that freeing the monsters would be a good thing, because even if their is evil on the surface, there’s good, too, and freeing the monsters would add to the good of the world.

frisk: chara swap. frisk is the first human to fall and befriends asriel. they become best friends, but somehow, frisk manages to actually confuse buttercups with edible food, eating them and accidentally poisoning themself. frisk is a pacifist at heart, and believes that everyone is good.

mettablook: napstablook swap. he maintains the small snail farm while also being a struggling fashion designer. his wish is to create fashion for everyone of all shapes and sizes, though it’s hard with  low amount of money, so he works many jobs around the underground, even helping asgore with his plants. the different areas of the underground also serve as inspiration for him. 

napstabot: mettaton swap. the body made by undyne was perfect in many aspects except one, its low energy combined with his own low energy. to combat this, undyne made a special charger for him, giving his body and his soul an extra pep. he makes sick beats and seems super happy and charged up, but it’s all thanks to the charger. he can also only be out for short periods of time before his charger starts running out of juice and he has to leave or else he’ll ruin his star reputation. in battle, you would win by knocking his charger off. 

grillby: muffet swap. he still doesn’t talk very much, instead preferring to play an exciting game of charades to communicate. around the underground, he owns many food carts, all ran by his fellow flames. they sell the same foods as in the game. 

muffet: grillby swap. she runs a cafe in snowdin that papyrus frequents. it’s cozy and warm, and sells tons of sweets, pastries, and warm drinks. she does not do tabs, however, and if you try to open one you will be banned from her cafe. 

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some basics, aka character designs!

sans, aka big blue: has a tooth gap along with freckles. we see him as the tallest sans, around 6′0″, and as buff as a skeleton could possibly be. very thicc. always wears a leather jacket to make himself look cool, jorts, and a different themed bandana everyday. on lazy days, he wear crocs, a sundress, and obviously a bandana.

papyrus, aka sticks: also has freckles, fake snakebites, and braces. the shortest papyrus, around 5′7″, very slender, and he’s actually apart of the royal guard, so he wears a suit of armor to work. however, when he isn’t working, he wears a hoodie, sweatpants, and socks with bunny slippers that throw their ears up whenever he takes a step in them. 

alphys: she wears a suit of armor similar to greater dogs, though it’s larger and functions as more of a mecha that she controls from the inside. inside of it, she’s wearing a matching mew mew kissy cutie set of shorts and a tank top.

undyne: she wears a slightly dirty labcoat, slightly dirty because its covered in soot from explosions, and she still has her tank top, but the jeans are replaced with capris, because her lab is in hotland and even though she keeps her lab at a comfortable temperature she doesn’t want to risk overheating. she also has goggle and protective gloves, also slightly dirty with soot on them. she also has random in stains on her clothes because she likes to chew on pens and sometimes, in frustration, she chews too hard or breaks them in her hands and ink goes everywhere. 

temmie: temmie, due to some lore that will later be posted, is taxidermy instead of a doll. very creepy looking, and sometimes, if you look to closely, she really does seem real. 

toriel: she wears a crown, but she has her ears set in a ponytail. instead of a dress or a robe, toriel wears a pantsuit, as its easier to move around in and she has the delta symbol on a breast pocket. instead of a cape like original asgores, she opts for something a little more flowy. think elsas cape. 

asgore: he’s an old man living in the ruins, and the ruins are covered in many kinds of flowers from his pure will alone. he wears a cape with a hood, and the hood is always up, covering his face and leaving nothing to be seen. under the cloak, he wears dad clothes, aka a hawaiian button up shirt with khakis and work boots. due to the many flowers he takes care of, there are always dozens of petals attached to the bottom of his cloak, causing him to leave an endless trail of petals wherever he goes.

chara: for the sake of edge and angst, in this au, chara is a teen. when thinking of their clothes, think a teen given a credit card and free will to buy whatever they want from hot topic. band shirts of bands like mcr or fall out boy, though chara does have their original stripped sweater always wrapped around their waist. at the end of their journey, they take it and put it on, symbolizing growth and coming to terms with themself.

mettablook: obviously a ghost, with the ghost sheet look. he’s link pink in color and is very into decora kei, so he has various little bows and cute items scattered on and around himself at all times. 

napstabot: either a light blue or navy blue in coloring, his legs aren’t that amazing but in bot form his arms are BUFF. in both box and bot form, he has a set of turntables attached to his body. he has a matching bowtie and tophat. an addition is a charger attached to his body, meant to give him energy. if removed, he starts to become sluggish and tired. it’s how you defeat him in his fight. 

grillby: more victorian in nature, but in a subdued sort of way. tasteful and not overdramatic, but he is a slight bit more eccentric as in his flames are brighter and bigger and dance with multiple different colors at the top. 

muffet: still gothic in fashion choices, but also in an aesthetic kind of way. wears a more bartender like outfit, but in a gothic lolita type of fashion. enjoys the cuter things in life. has a bun instead of pigtails. 

floweys: floweys come in all shapes and sizes, from roses, echo, golden, orchid, lily, aster, or any other flower type. 

now, these next things may seem a bit weird, but my heart says cringe culture is dead and also its my au so i get to give everyone a happy ending. in the end, the barrier breaking not only releases gaster from the void, but somehow they manage to bring back frisk and asriel. why? because i love them and they all deserve better. also, in this au, i decided not to switch asriel or gaster with anyone. there wasn’t really anybody who made sense in my mind to switch them with.

frisk: they have their iconic sweater, yes, but sometimes they like to indulge in more colorful fashions, like brightly colored sweaters and other baggy clothes. 

asriel: he has a sweater similar to frisks, blue with purple stripes. he wears slightly baggy pants and big rainboots. 

gaster: honestly? he’s got a mad scientist type of look. before falling into the core, he wore a labcoat covered in mysterious chemical stains, and was usually seen in his lab. he wore no lab safety items, meaning he has no gloves or or goggles. under his labcoat, he has a deep purple turtleneck and black slacks. after falling into the core, hes a big goopy mess, but sometimes, when he’s able to pull himself together, you can vaguely see traces of a dirty labcoat and a dark purple turtleneck. 

one last thing: sometimes, you’ll see us refer to a character called ‘twig/twigs’, basically, for my au, i made a oneshot set on the surface, and we named the reader ‘twigs’ to make it easier to talk about them. since they’re the reader, they can look however you want. feel free to send us your twigsona!