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Here's the worst thing you'll see today

Sans skibidi toilet

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The anniversaries of 9/11 and Undertale are mere days apart and I can't help but wonder what life could have been if Toby Fox's quirky little RPG game released 4 days earlier

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Is it weird I've just grown uncomfortable with Undertale's murderous route being collectively referred to as the "Genocide" route -- given the very real ongoing genocides taking place for the world to see?

I'm not trying to take digs at people using the term "Genocide route," nor claim that using the term is trivializing the struggles of real people -- but I just think that, by now, there's a lot of better names that can be used to describe it.

For one, while Undertale doesn't have official route names, it does refer to the route as "murder" in the game files. There's also naming easter eggs for "Murder" and "Mercy," which give the response "That's a little on-the-nose, isn't it...?" With these two combined, it's entirely plausible that if there were official names, they could be "Mercy" (kill nobody) and "Murder" (kill everybody.)

Going off of this, there's a bunch of different names you can use:

Murder Route (simple, concise.)

Murderous Route (a little more flair!)

No Mercy Route (simple and concise, but problem: there's a Neutral ending with this name, where all encountered monsters are killed.)

Merciless Route (a little more flair, doesn't conflict with the former.)

Furthermore, there's names that other Undertale fangames use for their own "kill everyone" routes (albeit to better distinguish these routes from the original game's, and what you do in them.)

While these route names are more based on the contexts of their own routes' stories and content, they can be applied to Undertale pretty well!

TS!UNDERSWAP uses "Ruthless Route." I came up with this! It was originally an idea I had to replace Undertale's "Genocide Route" name, in a hypothetical "if I could have chosen the community-given route names" exercise. It's meant to best describe your actions: being utterly Ruthless, going out of your way to do things you shouldn't be -- and in the context of TS!UNDERSWAP itself, doing things worse than just killing.

"Eradication Route" is also something I've seen people use, given the route's journal status for eradicated monsters.

DELTATRAVELER uses "Obliteration Route." It's pretty to the point, and works really well with how Undertale's route isn't just about killing everyone, but draining the world of everything that makes it special -- until at the end, you obliterate everything.

Personally, I'm probably going to end up going with "Murder Route" due to its simplicity and in-game references. Let me know what you think!

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So I'm playing this one Halo: Combat Evolved mod, right?

I decide to check down the ladder at the start of the game.

The very SECOND that a pair of gay Marines making out in the fucking corner comes into view, the game INSTANTLY fatal errors.

And would you like to know why it did this, dear reader?

Would you, perhaps, enjoy to know the answer?

Because after this happened, I proceeded to load the mod back up.

I returned to this location, went down the ladder, and approached the two Marines passionately making out.

And then THIS FUCKING SONG played.

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ADDENDUM: This situation has been resolved privately with the creators of this document. Please refer to Paige's statement, and please do not harass her or anyone else.

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Hi. Before anything, please do not attack or engage with anybody mentioned in this post or related to other posts made. I'm excluding certain individuals' identities out of respect.

Earlier this week, a document was posted about me by a well-intentioned individual who was looking to warn people about someone dangerous. Unfortunately, this individual was greatly misled by someone -- and it resulted in nearly a decade's worth of personal trauma being publicly weaponized against me, and unsubstantiated accusations made against me, with my legal name and face posted alongside them.

I've since spoken with this individual and bear no ill will towards them, nor anyone else involved with the document, for trying to do what they felt was right. Despite this, it resulted in a great deal of distress on my end, and had taken a hefty toll on my mental health for a few days.

I'm making this post to clarify misconceptions that have resulted from this, and to make proper apologies as needed.

"IP Tracking" Accusation

First, I want to address a now-retracted accusation that I attempted to dox or threaten a person with their personal information. When I was younger, I was dealing with a situation in which I felt I was being stalked and harassed on Tumblr.

In order to gather evidence, I used a freely-available web analytics website called StatCounter, which provides basic statistics and public information on website traffic -- including the general location, IP address, and device type of a website visitor. This is information that I kept to myself, and never shared, in case I needed to contact the appropriate authorities.

Unfortunately, this was misunderstood as me using an "IP grabber" to retrieve a person's personal information to leverage against them. This did not happen.

I have not committed criminal actions, nor have I ever attempted to use a position of power to silence a person's accusations. This was a deeply upsetting claim, and one that the original document poster has directly apologized to me for taking at face value and publishing.

Please do not go after anyone related to this situation, or hold them to actions of the past.

"Proshipper" Accusation

Next, I want to address the accusation that I support "proship" content. This is not true.

I've made multiple posts on Twitter discussing my distaste of "proship" content, and "proshippers." I strongly believe that creating and sharing content which glorifies inherently harmful and/or illegal content (incest, abuse, etc.) is wrong, immoral, and provides an easy avenue for predators to groom minors with by normalizing them to illicit material. This is a stance I will not change.

I have also expressed my feeling that if a person has gone through a traumatic experience and chooses to cope with it through artistic expression, it is their choice to do so -- as long as this is being done in a healthy manner that does not reinforce unhealthy behaviors, and is kept to one's self and not shared with others.

The problem arises in my wording. When trying to stay within the confines of Twitter's character limit, a post I made expressing this feeling was grossly misunderstood -- and instead, my words were taken as "proship material is okay as long as it's not public."

This is a misunderstanding of what I was trying to say, and something that does not align with the ideals I hold close. There's a difference between one's healthy means of coping with their own personal trauma, as advised by a professional -- and something illicit, immoral, and illegal being kept out of the public eye.

I apologize for my poor wording on this part. I can see how this would have been easily misunderstood, even though I feel I've always made my stance on this very clear.

This misinterpretation of my words has been paired alongside a recent situation in which Voltra, the creator of Storyshift, was under fire for calling herself a "proshipper." While this statement makes me uncomfortable, I have not yet taken the time to fully look into this situation, as I have been preoccupied with personal matters. While I was formerly a member of the official Storyshift reboot team, I have not been since 2023, as the project is on indefinite hiatus.

I have also seen people misunderstand the claims made in the original document as me being a predator, or a groomer, or having "victims." This is not true. I have a strong hatred for individuals that prey on the vulnerable, and there is a special place in hell for pedophiles and sexual predators.

"Groomer Defender" Accusation

Finally, while I've apologized to Salh behind the scenes and we've resolved everything amicably, I still want to make sure this apology is public. I am sorry for causing you harm and being unnecessarily unkind to you. I should not have involved myself in that situation, and acted strongly on my sense of justice based on what other people were telling me. I am sorry that when I originally apologized, it came off as defensive and dismissive. I genuinely did not mean to sound like this.

I am sorry to her friends that I accused of being alt accounts, and doing so based on what other people were telling me. It was a mistake to trust these words alone, and it's one I will not repeat.

I did not mean for my original apology to come off as dismissive or defensive. I felt driven to involve myself because of personal trauma related to an underlying situation, and it was not the right thing to do. I've since been attempting to come to terms with newly-recognized trauma that resulted from this underlying situation in an earlier period of my life, and work through it as best I can.

I am sorry for the hurt that I caused you without meaning to. I acted out of frustration and it was not okay. I do not want you to feel I was attempting to defend somebody that groomed you, or that I was trying to come to their aid -- there's a lot of complicated feelings I have, but at the end of the day, I was not the person to get involved.

Conclusion

I've said this before, but again, please do not harass the original creators of the document made against me. It was not okay for them to have made the claims that they did, and they have acknowledged that -- they were attempting to do something they felt was right, even if they were ultimately being misled.

This situation has taken a heavy toll on me, and I've also been dealing with health issues and personal matters. It was not fair for me to have had personal trauma of mine framed in a public setting as me being a dangerous individual. I've attempted to commit myself to helping others around me and striving to be the best I can be. Life has been difficult for me at times, and I've made mistakes -- but I always try to acknowledge, learn, and grow from them.

This does not excuse the times that I've harmed others without meaning to. I've been unnecessarily rude at times, and it's something I've attempted to do better from and identify root causes -- including potential traumatic reactions to certain stressors. I will always try to do my best, and make up for the wrongs I've done. I will not hide from my mistakes.

As the leader of Team Switched, I've taken on way too many responsibilities while leading the project -- because of this, we're shifting away from having a sole "team leader" position, to having the existing directors all exist as project leaders. That way, it better conveys that no one person represents the team's work as a whole, and is instead a collaborative effort.

From now on, I'll be the Project Manager / Creative Director of TS!UNDERSWAP. Not much is going to change, besides I should hopefully be putting less strain on myself to do certain tasks. I'm really looking forward to working more on Crystal Springs when I'm fully ready -- making people happy with our little fan-game has been important to me, and I want to continue giving that same joy.

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felt a little quirky and made cosmic sans but fucked up and evil, tee hee

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UT/DR: The "Determined Monsters" Crackpot Theory

Okay, so I'm going to make a crackpot theory regarding the relationship between determination and monsters in both Undertale and Deltarune, based on some observations I made.

Full disclosure: UT and DR are two entirely different universes -- with UT as a finished game, and DR incomplete with only two chapters thus far -- hence why I'm calling this a crackpot theory, as it's based on assumptions and doesn't intend to be anything concrete or definitive.

That being said, here are some observations I've made!

I feel like it's been widely accepted that monsters in Undertale carry no determination, whereas with humans it's an intrinsic quality -- considering human SOULs have significantly higher concentrations of DT, and only certain monsters (i.e. Undyne) are noted to have it naturally.

But what if this was all based on a misconception?

I propose the following:

ALL monsters have determination, just at a significantly lower concentration than that of humans (a miniscule amount.)

The "Fallen Down" state is caused by a lack or absence of determination.

Due to monsters' bodies and SOULs being in tune with one another -- and inherently magical-based forms -- a monster's level of determination can directly correlate with their actual willpower.

My reasoning and further proposals:

(These were originally a bullet point list, but I separated them for improved readability. If these seem like scattered points, that's why.)

Determination is a substance which gives human SOULs the ability to persist far after death of the body. Likewise, boss monster SOULs can persist just briefly after death -- indicating potential determination, even miniscule.

Boss monsters (Toriel and Asgore) appear to have a stronger sense of déjà vu than regular monsters (excluding some of the main cast.) Coupled with Asgore's strongly implied knowledge of resets (nodding in response to you telling he's killed you), this could be also in part due to boss monsters having a higher concentration of determination than other monsters.

It'd be incredibly odd for Undyne to be the only monster with determination. I feel that because of how naturally determined she is to seek revenge on humanity -- and in the Geno route, to stop you from killing everyone she loves -- she has a MUCH larger concentration than other monsters, allowing her to persist after death.

It would make sense if monsters naturally had determination in small quantities, as a means of maintaining their physical forms. They think, therefore they are, and magic plus determination equals something solid.

If I recall correctly, it's stated that monsters who grow old or lose hope enter the "Fallen Down" state -- essentially, they lose their determination from natural causes, due to their bodies being attuned to their emotional state and willpower.

The reason the monsters injected with determination melted in Undertale wasn't the presence of DT, but rather the significantly high concentration of it. These are monsters who would have lost all of their DT and entered a comatose state -- suddenly reintroducing DT to them, and in a quantity much higher than they could even handle, would cause their forms to melt.

Additionally, the reason the amalgamates combined together, rather than just outright melting, is because they required stability to their forms. Because their magical forms cannot sustain themselves with this much DT, they needed to condense themselves into forms that had more physicality to them to handle this quantity.

In Deltarune, it's outright stated by Queen that all lightners possess determination -- humans and monsters. *1 It's also implied that monster biology rules from Undertale carry over -- humans having physical forms of flesh and blood, with monsters being made of magic. *2

Footnotes and Clarifications:

Like I said before, Undertale and Deltarune are inherently different universes. This isn't exactly a concrete point, and I don't mean for it to be -- just pointing this out, since both universes share a lot of similarities when it comes to their basic rules and such.

In Deltarune's Weird Route, Berdly does not die. He's effectively left in a comatose state, where his self in the Dark World is frozen -- and that Dark World subsequently destroyed, which could potentially leave him trapped in this state permanently.

Curious to hear people's thoughts on this!

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Sans if he was AWESOME

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"Cosmic Sans" (AKA "Wrinkle Sans," "Overly Detailed Sans," and "Foreskin Sans" is this guy. He's been an inside joke for the past half a decade in certain Undertale communities (TS!Underswap, Inverted Fate, etc.) and nobody has any clue who made him. We only know that his creator posted this to DeviantArt, and ended up getting banned for selling prints of his dick.

Now, he's gone viral, and people think that I made him. I did not!

I did make this, though -- a remake with Undertale Sans proportions.

Enjoy!