PJ (If you know him) which of your parents is your favorite?
(Unfortunately, Paperjam is still too young to really answer questions… if he could, the answer would be Error simply because he doesn’t know Ink.)
To explain:
The way ship children work is that when a monster’s magic comes into contact with another monster’s magic, it may deem the other’s magic compatible with its own. Typically, this will be a strong and independent monster with the ability to conceive, though exceptions can be made; monsters do not conceive using sexual reproduction if they have no parts to do so and instead will rely on magic. For skeletons, this means that one of them could “get pregnant” (not exactly how it works that would be a little strange) during a fight- thus, most of the ship children are accidents LMFAOOO. PJ is no exception. He was conceived from raw magic during a particularly intense battle, formed in Error’s soul, and just kinda. popped into existence later on. Error was mostly surprised that he’s ABLE to have a kid, with his fucked up magic, but he’s less than a fantastic father.
Btw, siblings and other family members cannot have kids from fighting and kids between monster species are impossible. Also there are ways to prevent or terminate a soulling, Error just. Didn’t notice.
Anyway, in this timeline, PJ is still quite young. He’s also autistic and so while he can generally function on his own he can’t speak.