I love the idea of tenna kidnapping you but like - not in a particularly creepy/violent way like nah hes gotta make sure your restraints arent uncomfortable. anyway will you draw some more? :3
Problem: I'm heartbroken over a fictional crush. So basically, I liked Sans from a very young age, and practically consumed so many Reader/Sans fanfics that I could qualify as an encyclopedia for it. So when Deltarune chapter 4 came out and the ending cutscene is Sans and Toriel dancing together and she is having the time of her life with 'Mr. Sans', I felt crushed. Like there was a froggit in my throat.
Also Sans makes a joke about 'Befriending' Kris's mother aka Toriel. Not to mention, Undertale seems to hint at a deep friendship/potential romance between them (The promise Sans made to Toriel, the puns, "She's the best audience I've ever had." and pacifist-endgame texting, the fanletters and so on.) So now I feel like crying and my heart hurts because Soriel being semi-confirmed canon (even if not outright stated.) I'm actually heartbroken and it's pathetic. I'm the queen of pathetic losers.
He likes her, because c'mon, Sans is DANCING. What else could it be?
Before, Sans' feelings for her were left up for interpretation, heck, even Toby said that Sans is too lazy for a relationship. But now I feel like the next coming chapters are going to end with Sans as Kris's stepdad and I don't know what to feel but upset.
How do I deal with this? I feel like I can't read another fanfic or draw or see another artwork about him without a voice in the back of my head whispering that 'This isn't the canon pairing...'
The worst part? Is knowing that I'm never going to be as good as Toriel. I'm just a normal person, so why even bother?
It's okay to be heart broken
Here are my rambles? Tips? idk (warning: IJAG SPOILERS bc I thought of Sans x whoever being canon before and im lazy to rehash it, also i am a yapper lol):
Everyone's allowed to be upset.. I mean I was upset at him cause why he was so uncaring? and incompassionate 💀 not the personalitty I like in UT? xDD
3 ppl who like him romantically told me they got upset. one cried for a week,
the devastation is felt across the fandom LOL even though I wasn't jealous of s/riel, (cuz I see my partner in toriel anyways) I was super angry at Sans like wtf lol
I drew this thang first moment i saw it (i just posted it a month later)
But I dunno. It seems you are hung up on Sans and Toriel being the canon pairing than the image of them being together(?)
Cuz I am trying to find the source why you are jealous. Like you don't really give me much insight about it- so I reaally doubt I can help?
Like- Is it because you think no one actually loves you including a fictional character?
Or are you seeking approval from others (the community) and the authors (Toby and the team) themselves
Or is it bc you are having an existential crisis that sans/reader is "real"?....... But like.. so is Deltarune and Undertale- so that doesn't help- T_T
IF you are seeking approval from community and the creators. you must ask questions:
"why do you seek peoples approval for something that is between you and the fictional character named Sans" o_o
Because I dunno the answer cuz I'm not you.
If you think no one loves you, is it The shame? Repressed anger/hatred towards others? Why do you think that?
You need to ask these questions, and observe your emotions
"why does this Symbol of Sans or to be honest LITERALLY ANY CHARACTER who is resembling to the equivalent of a real person make you feel bad when they are with a fictional character?"
Like I know it seems like super obvious but it's not. Like really- WHY?
Because to me, they are not real, like of course I was mad at the cutscene, but I am sure that was the intention... (I had to do a double take if Sans was ALWAYS an asshole or not. I felt I was crazy-)
And it didn't make me feel me making fics or reading a waste of time(?)
Honestly I kinda find the rage super funny, lol, any time im mad at sans it's not serious
Once you observe and know what is happening to you- then you can pack those emotions again once you understood what is happening when you feel that way.
Anyways for my next (hopefully helpful) advice(??????) I will assume you are having an existential crisis.
Because the existential crisis of Sans/reader not being canon HAD gotten me, and I will ramble about it- lol
So.
I have thought about "what if Soriel/Other ship is canon?" while writing IJAG
I mean the 'literal' main conflict is a (monogamous) ship being canon-
I have thought that Sans would never technically like us. And all the x readers are "fake" (well all of fiction is fake but y'know what i mean)
What does this mean for people who love Sans, who he doesn't even know they exist?
Is THE SANS FROM SANS/READER still valid?
Well, I'mma just use past me's words in IJAG (again im lazy.)
I will link the chapters so you can read it yourself errr spoilers i guess?
END: (Save file 2)
The answer is that it doesn't really matter. Well. Sort of.
End 7: Cut short
Maybe the sans in Sans/reader isn't the real sans after all.
End: What does it mean to be Sans
(I reccomend reading this first you dont even need to read the chapters before it works as a one shot lol)
But does it matter?
I mean can we truly make Sans canonical? Cuz the only way to do that is if I am Toby fox-
End 4: No choices
I have written and read, with the same doubts that the real sans in fics isn't in fics, that this isn't canon.
But maybe for a reader who doubts they truly love them, there is an author who believed the same.
Maybe the denial is just a form of self sabotage? Or punishment for having emotions towards a story?
End 5: Death of the ______
Sans is a fictional character at the end of the day, and he can be whatever you want him to be.
I mentioned before: if Sans got a backstory I'll be sad cuz I love the mystery, I just hope I am able to make it into a multiple choice
I think treating them as fictional characters and not a person helps? I find that I switch between 2 modes.
My analysis mode and delusional mode. Its really hard to switch one or the other..
But I dunno. Not being delusional at all sounds not fun-?
I mean whats the point of analysing your blorbo and be serious all the time with ur shit? (Well okay analysing itself is fun but ya know its gonna become boring)
And also I like to imagine, that even if you dont believe that sans cares about you and won't do romance/platonic,
Theres like around at least a thousand times where an author believes that is the case, I mean I believe it, Idgaf
YOUR LOVE IS PRECIOUS!! Just think of what Gerson had said! Stories can be retold!
Anyways I hope you like me rambling about IJAG! Congratulations!
Btw since youve read this far.. i might be making something related to this.. maybe a game? Probably not. But. i am cooking on it.
Your art and stories make me feel INSANE they're so good! However I am a big wonderer, and I'm wondering how Nick and Tua would react if the other passed away first. Either Tua from #mortal human body shenanigans or Nick from #flawed synth body shenanigans
lol i fear because i insist on figuring out every aspect of this project, i also know what happens in the end, and i’ve even considered writing it… more below bc it’s sad ⤵️
in essence tua does pass first. she lives a very long time due to her time spent in cryogenic storage, but after a brief bout of pneumonia one winter she passes away in her sleep and nick enters spring alone. by this point mira is in her early twenties and working in new vegas (as she, like her mother, insisted on leaving home as soon as possible) where things have taken a turn politically. after nick delivers the news that tua has passed away, mira asks for help getting back home. he ends up traveling across the US to get her. there is a mutual understanding that nick does not plan to live very long, as he doesn’t want to wait to lose his memory entirely.
on that note, nick in his old age is very afraid and forgetful. after burying tua (beside her sister, at kingsport) he is very reluctant to leave the house at all. especially toward the end he becomes a little more religious in the sense that he believes people go somewhere when they die, but he can’t reconcile that with the fact that he’s a machine and he might not go where his loved ones go when he dies. it’s a heavy thing for him to process and the journey to bring mira home helps him do that.
if nick died before tua did - technically we’ll see this in gen4 au. in short, tua becomes very lost. despite her lack of desire to be a parent, she doesn’t want mira to have the same fate that she did as a child, and without nick tua is very unsure of themself and afraid of hurting mira. she is also recovering from the events of act iii in which she is bed-bound for a bit of time with a significant knee injury. i do think tua would be able to bounce back, but long term i think she would become more reclusive and possibly have no relationship at all with mira once she left the commonwealth.
@htsan I saw this post and i couldnt help but think of spinny sans and when you show him during streams...spinny sans literally lives in my mind rent free XDDD
consider: tenna casting you as the damsel in distress on his show so he can see you tied up and helpless :3
I LOVE this idea!!! Yes yes yes!
I just keep having this hilarious vision that other darkners wouldn't agree to this cuz.. they don't trust him at all-
But it DID made me think..
y'know what I think works PERFECTY well for Tenna, and (I think) other darkners would 100% participate..?
Anon-maly... I humbly request
Consider² : TENNA as THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! he wants you to save him because it makes him feel SPECIAL :3
(Long rambles in read more.)
I mean, all that attention and tredging through hard Physical Challenges just so you can SAVE him?! You must think he is worth it right?
Who even needs to say 'I love TV' when he is getting all this validation for free?!
He makes you say I love TV anyways. Gotta say it 99 times on a puzzle!
Not ONLY that, if YOU'RE having fun because of HIS game?! He would be SO happy! He would extend the game for as long as he can, so you can keep trying to save him!!
Doesn't matter if you need a break!! What do you mean you need one?
You can do a 24 hour gaming sessions!! Or FOREVER!
Game ENDING? The game is never ENDING!
He would loudly announce his hurt if you if you reject, or try to take a break from the show.
To the point it may come across as manipulative:
"oh.. of course no one would keep going to save a TV like me.. I mean who would want to save a TV that's cold..? (sniff) out in the rain.. (sniff) shrivelling and.. d-dying!!..."
Also yes I may or may not have been listening to 74 by toby fox for this lol--
PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME IM NOT CRAZY IT'S SO TENNA- I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USING THIS ASK TO BE UNHINGED OF PRINCESS TENNA!!
I NEED HIM.
I just love Tenna being casted as what people associate to be powerless positions, but he's 100% control of the situation, and wants to play the victim-
He will punish you for dying/failing his game.. in that.. princess outfit..
Also. if I have a nickle for every character Toby has written that doesn't want the game to end I would have 3 nickles.
