Comic Papyrus: a summary
As I had the disastrous fortune to discover during my vessel assignment... humans are unique in their ability to contain such high concentrations of Determination. Without a human SOUL, DT is too difficult for common monsters to conduct and interferes with the body's ability to properly hold its shape... causing amalgamation.
Sans knows that... but in some AUs, the timeline deviates earlier than in other ATs, and whatever these deviations may be, they seem to affect his judgement... because sooner or later, he panics.
In this case, his brother was caught in the crossfire in a confrontation with the escaped vessel. He knew what would happen, but his sole focus was assuring he wouldn't lose Papyrus... and... maybe assuring Papyrus he wouldn't lose Sans either... because he injected himself too.
They would keep their hands clasped as an amalgamate...
...Though they were content with staying together, the brothers were still interested in helping me
Though they were content with staying together, the brothers were still interested in helping Alphys, keeping her focused on researching solutions for restabilizing amalgamates. Bringing them closer to having coherent expressions and solid outlines again. There were more setbacks, but together they did make a breakthrough.
The success' totality was partly due to Sans and Papyrus' relationship acting as a bonding agent, as the treatment would not separate them. In fact, it worked by advancing their coalescence.
They'd fused entirely, and when they reformed, they'd become someone new. Over time, Comic Papyrus' former identities as two separate people would become distant memories, but Sans and Papyrus weren't gone. They were both right there, staying together. As together as you can get.
Not to say that as Comic Papyrus, he had no further complications. His form would still exerience short periods of destabilization, and a chronic overcharge to the point of metamorphosis into a two-headed Gasterblaster, but these episodes are not permanent. It helped that supporting him through these difficulties were his companion Highway, his brother Halpy, the elemental Doppler, Curely and the rest of an adoptive family unique to this AU.
...This is just one example of what could be called a “Bromalgamate” AU, but the differences between each of its kind demand too much attention to elegantly fit more than one into a summary together. Sixbones for comparison to follow.
