NOT TO BE A SAP ON MAIN BUT IM. SO WEAK FOR HOW YOU WRITE SWAP SANS/CAELUM? like as somebody thats Been Through It and has the same kinda/a similar eldest child vibe goin on its. i wanna just? tell him he doesnt have to tackle everything by himself, that he has people in his corner that love him and that WANT to help him out, that him asking for help if he needs it isnt a bother and also just. throw in some goof-ery, in an attempt to cheer him up and be all soft at/with him nshit, yknow?
Oh heck yeah be a sap on main!! Sap On Main 24 hours here TvTb
Man I’m all about Caelum (US Sans) having that sort of depth/vibe - I know some people are really attached to... hyper smol happy go lucky US Sans? But that’s never really been my taste - I always liked the idea of really core traits carrying over between AU versions of the bros, more than just appearance things. Even if the personality is shifted, there’s still inner core things - and Sans not thinking he’s worth much is one that always gets in me in the heart. Puts up everyone else, particularly his brother, first... aspects of trying his all not exactly there because he views certain outcomes as a foregone conclusion... oof.
And I mean, basically I stumbled across Waving Through A Window several years ago and made a mini animatic thing feat. Caelum and... well, I’m still there with those vibes for him oTL with some bonus Shrike by Hozier vibes, The Green Gentleman by Panic at the Disco vibes....... and a bit of Non-Stop, a la Hamilton, ngl.
He absolutely needs someone like that in your life - it’s hard to get through to the underlying belief, though. One of those ‘logically, I can accept you, my friend, thinking that.... but I Must Hold Myself To A Different Standard.’ He’s definitely no easy nut to crack in that regard. But time, effort, and really showing it, believing it, and going through something similar...? That’d get through to that pretty geode of an inner level of self-belief, I think. <3