In your Sonic au did Maria have a special nickname for Shadow?
In my au she calls him Star in any language she can learn ☺️
She did! Maria was ~12 when she got on the ARK and met shadow, and she was in a very rough patch being seperated from her family and being diagnosed with NIDS. She called him a lot of things (like you might a cat, like, a million different nicknames without ever saying their name) one of her favorites was 'Kieri', which is one of the names she was considering when naming shadow, having the pleasure of doing so. Gerald However, never really called him any nicknames, either his 'official' name of Shadow or his expiriment tag number, "005". (Which yes does imply shadow was the fifth of some line of experiments)
I've always headcanoned ink as disliking dream in certain aspects, finding him repetitive and boring (the same speeches about having to do everything in his power to make sure everyone is happy) since Ink knows not everyone is MEANT to be happy in the stories and AUs and it's literally ingrained into their code (which I also headcanon, he can just, like, see whenever he wants? Kind of like an EXE, I guess, he has access to all the files, but cannot delete them like Error can. He can only repair damaged ones)
He also just think dreams overly positive attitude is kinda boring. He is slightly sadistic (as well as masochistic, this guy is just fucked up) in my eyes, finding certain situations where people would typically suffer *very* entertaining. It's also why he likes error! Error can beat him up and he can beat Error up. Dream, however, is a big softie who says "fighting your own teammates is wrong!' (even in a sparring sense)
I think Ink likes Swap FAR more than Dream. Swap has a complex personality and allows himself to feel both happy and sad, which ink finds emotions in general very intriguing and the sheer variety other beings can have absolutely scratches the itch he has. And also Swap will happily spar with Ink.
He also dislikes nightmare for this reason, he's repetitive. Sure, some of the panic and negativity and pain he causes is funny, but, after a while it gets so repetitive. The only thing keeping nightmare entertaining for ink now is the bad sanses
Moving off dream
Since I headcanon ink to be this "god-like" being who's "purpose" (or at least what he thinks is his purpose) was given by even higher up gods (us, aka the creators) he obviously has far more knowledge about the inner workings of AUs and the such obviously from the script and all that, blah blah. Hes there to guard the stories, the ideas and the creativity that's kept him alive.
He is far older than other sanses (even classic), because, in truth, he *isn't* a sans. In my multiverse/headcanons at least. He facades as one because it allows him to talk to a lot of other beings like him (error for example, who *is* an actual sans but so far removed and corrupted he has gained access to the files as well) Ink is as old as creativity itself, and can't die until it's gone. It's why he's so afraid of being forgotten, for one, it would kill him, but for second, it would mean that every ounce of creativity would have somehow left all worlds, and there wouldn't be anyone to make more things.
Also off that topic bcuz I have another thing to talk about: he shapeshifts
I'm sure I've mentioned that before, but, yeah. Like my ink can shapeshift
It not only can easily keep him concealed while he makes his rounds in AUs, but keeps his form as a sans, because, nobody even really knows what he first came out as?
Like, yeah, he was a forgotten sans that ripped his soul apart, but that's just the story he tells people (imo) that's a half truth. I believe he did something horrible to himself to escape the confines that human creativity put on him- sure, there was thousands of cultures that all thought and made differently, but he knew there was MORE. if that makes sense.
Back on the shape shifting thing: he doesn't view gender or sexuality like a lot of the other sanses or beings in his current multiverse do. He waves people off with a simple "he/they aroace" but he doesn't really care all that much for labels. He just prefers to be him. Which, he could also mean being an it, or something else like that
He's never particularly connected to feminine pronouns though, so he mostly tries to stay away from those when regarding himself, but doesn't really mind when it's said to him by someone else. Call him a she for really all he cares he just likes being acknowledged. Though if he thinks on it too hard it does make him feel a bit icky inside if he's referred to as a girl too much or whatever (pushing my transmasc on this guy)
Nyway... Relationships...
Ink VERY much likes error. Like, maybe even to a romantic sense, but doesn't really care for the affection part. He absolutely adores fighting with error and arguing with him, it entertains him to not end when he successfully rage baits error. Though he does like the brief domestic moments they have too. Ink respects error, but not in the way he would an equal. He has seen countless errors in other multiverses die, and while he would prefer to keep this one from dying (this is the longest time he's had to be with an error) he can't exactly stop the script (even though he *can* if he reeeaallllly wants to...) He respects most of errors boundaries, with usually minimal touching and the such, but will absolutely piss him off and annoy him to no end. He doesn't see error as "less than" but, he is, inherently, "more powerful" than error
Blue, ink also likes. Hes always entertaining to talk to, though he's harder to rage bait, it's always nice to go talk to him. He also likes eating swaps food. He sometimes goes into Underswap purely to raid Swap's fridge. He also respects blue, but does see him as "less than" as he is a "mortal" monster.
Fresh, ink enjoys. They rage bait each other, which ink finds entertaining beyond what he could explain, and he also connects with fresh on a whole different level with technically being "soulless". Ink views himself as a sort of symbiotic parasite to the multiverse (as it is constantly imprinting it's code into him, and giving him access to files to protect them) and views him as a near equal.
Uhmm.... U can ask for more in my ask box if you want.... Tehee..
You can also ask more about ink/errors relationship because I find my interpretation of it very fun and entertaining. this was your local ink kin out
ok guys..... Big ask.... but like .. can u click on that interact with me box and like... Ask me specific or general questions about my AU (whether that be my sonic au or my undertale multiverse) or like... Doodle requests.... I'm trying to not relapse here I guys gotta help me....
RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then you post a snippet or tell them something about it.
hah, this is gonna be a long one
ink - in coloured lights
ink - lumière
ink - pitch black
ink
flicker
sweetened
sad jocks in love
festival au
venting my feelings au >:(
I'm too tired to tag, so if you see this and wanna do it, just take this as your tag :D
