Hello everyone! First of all, I’d love to thank everyone for all the support and just everything that you guys have let me experience being in the fandom! It’s been wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️
Now onto the meaty part! I’m going on hiatus! For one month exactly!
I’ve gone through a bunch this year, and now I can finally rest and take a vacation. Grieving is hard and I can’t wait to sit down and cry 😭 However, this means that I won’t post from now until mid January 😔💔 Thank you all again for all of the support 🥺❤️❤️ We managed to just hit 2.5k, I couldn’t be more grateful to all of you. Anyone have any suggestions on what I should plan when coming back?
I’d like to thank my friends, who have single handedly kept me in the fandom,. I’ve drawn their Sans’ above and crediting them below:
@elizakai with their son Rust from TAB au
@swiftmitsu with their son Moss from Overgrowthtale au
@tarobii with their son Spade from Underassociation
@cakesmelons with their silly sona
I had planned to delete my account by my anniversary date. A sort of thing because I planned it from the beginning. I just wanted a taste of the fandom and when I thought I wouldn’t make any friends and fall out of it,,, I got attacked by Kai and they let me meet such wonderful people that I love with all my heart.
As I slink off into a sunset with Afterdeath trailing behind me, I’d like to again thank you all for making my day always brighter. If you made it down here, I’d love for anyone to send asks about any aus, ideas, and just anything for me in my inbox! They may get turned into drawings if they seem interesting!!
In this post there will be some information about the characters Rust Sans and Rust Papyrus!!
(some things may be updated)
And something important to mention: If you have a question you want to ask about the AU, feel free to ask!!! I would love to answer your question about my AU, or you can interact with the characters through asks!
Rust Papyrus
History:
After Asgore’s death, Undyne became queen and appointed Papyrus as the new head of the Royal Guard. The people hated it — he had spared the human, and to them, that was treason.
When the CORE began to fail and magic in the Underground weakened, Undyne and Alphys discovered that Papyrus and Sans could power the reactor using the energy stored in their eyes… but they would likely die in the process. Papyrus refused. He didn’t want to die, and he refused to let his brother die for that place.
His friendship with Undyne shattered. In a surprise attack, she struck his skull and tore out one of his eyes, leaving him gravely injured. He lost his memories, his speech, and any sense of who he once was.
He was thrown into a pit and left to die. He doesn’t know how much time passed until a robotic figure appeared, feeding him strange meat and giving him new clothes. That figure seemed to remember him… but Papyrus remembers nothing.
Design:
Curiosities:
Rust Papyrus is the most peaceful monster a human will ever encounter;
He has a tendency to eat inedible things;
Due to the lack of interaction with other people, he is unaware that there are people with bad intentions, so he quickly trusts others;
His long fingers were inspired by the character Edward from Edwards Scissorhands;
He uses a type of fabric — someone put on him— to bind his arms. This is to prevent him from tearing or hurting others or himself with his claws;
Some of his clothes are still the same, such as gloves, scarf, pants and boots;
The human will be able to find Rust Papyrus and will be given a choice, whether to take Papyrus with them on their journey or leave him in the well;
Because of having consumed human flesh, he ended up having some things changed in his body, such as gaining long fingers and a bigger neck;
He likes the color pink... That's all.
Rust Sans
History:
After Papyrus became head of the guard, Sans helped the Underground’s people, thinking his brother was just busy with the new role.
When Undyne announced that Papyrus had taken his own life, Sans refused to believe it. He knew his brother was suffering, but he wouldn’t do that.
He confronted Undyne and discovered she lied: Papyrus was trapped inside the castle. In a brutal attack, she tore out both of his eyes, leaving him blind.
Before Sans could react, she threw him to the surface, expecting him to die alone and lost.
But Sans survived, battling blindness and a crushing guilt that ate him from the inside, almost driving him mad.
Eventually, humans found him and gave him a name: “The Howling Bone(Howler)” — a legend with a golden axe who crawls through the forest, wanting to be left alone.
(I'm sorry if the Rust Sans story isn't that good, I'm still working on it!!)
Design:
Curiosities:
He hates crowded places, he relies heavily on sound to survive, crowded places make him disturbed;
Despite his history, he still has the same sense of humor as his previous self, just with an added dash of insanity;
He is blind🙀;
Alcoholic;
(not defined if it will be canon) if the human manages to take Rust Papyrus to Rust Sans, Sans will kill him. Sans believes his brother is in eternal suffering, thinking the best option is for Papyrus to turn to ash and rest in peace. This is a mixture of his concern for Papyrus and his madness;
He hates being known as "The Howling Bone" by humans, some people come to disturb or hunt him;
He is the first monster that the human encounters;
Despite his lack of eyes, he is incredibly skilled without them, able to handle himself in most situations;
He may suffer from delusions at times...
That's it! I hope you enjoyed learning about the Rust brothers, and also something important to remember: I AM OPEN TO QUESTIONS, WHETHER ABOUT THE STORY, ABOUT THE CREATOR (that's me) OR ABOUT THE CHARACTERS, or rather, YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THE CHARACTERS!!!
It would be a really fun way for me to develop the characters better!!❤️
(I want to record here that if they continue to treat Rust like shit, I WILL jump on someone's neck,,, more specifically on Dream and Ink's neck[swap is walking on a thin line] and I'm going to eat ALL the furniture in their house, including everything within them🧍🧍 and no, this is not a threat, it's a WARNING🫵)
I LOVE LOVE LOVEEE THE FANART. YOYR ARTSYLE AND SHADING?? ESPECIALLY THE BACKGROUND?! MWAH, PERFECTION.
also.. No feeding the boy. He shall starve
Also, Dream and Ink are gonna be massive douchebags, and Blue is definitely slowly joining them but change (probably...) :^)
Your warning is taken, i permit you to eat everything.
Okay, to update on the "will I make them found family bros or a polycule" sitch with the nightmare gang, they are in fact brothers, and that decision was made for two reasons:
One) the relationship they have with Thei and with each other that ive written so far, is very brotherly, to me at least haha
Two) I was reminded of RottenCrop and then got brainslapped by Outer/Horror and decided, WHAT IF ALL OF THE ABOVE?
So now they're a lil polycule of their own and I love them dearly just from what I've written so far akenekf
More under the cut about them/ adding to the writing on the page :)
I love the design for Star's jacket that I made, plus his shoesssss~
Star is at least autistic in this multiverse, if not AuDHD, but I'm not sure yet. He hyperfixates on stars, of course, and giving star-related things to people is his top love language. He also is very understimulated easily, and loves touch to the point he (like K) will regularly drape himself on top of Rust for comfort, as well as randomly climb under him and use him as a blanket like he's not twice/thrice his size lol
He also regularly picks up Sage and plops down with him in his lap to cuddle, which usually includes him massaging different areas while telling them (both Sage and Rust) what he loves about that area of them. (Ex, I love your hands because they're rough from work but still so gentle, or I love your shoulder blades because they peek out when you turn and you look like you're gonna sprout wings hehe)
Star can NOT wear pants, he hates pants and will shred them if they're put near him (much like Rust with shoes)
Star lives in the Castle with the gang part time, but spends a lot of time in his own AU as well, as he's still a scientist and keeps things going there, plus his brother still lives there. His Paps is his twin, and lives with Mettaton, Alphys, and Undyne in a big house now. (Papyton, baybee)
(Sage will pack fruits/veggies/meats for Star to take home for everyone)
Star is very extroverted on the Sans Scale, but despite being understimulated most of the time, he's easy to overstimulate when it comes to noise, seeing as he lived in space his whole life. Even when you could hear others it wasn't super loud, you know? He'll typically go mute or will get clearly agitated when this happens, or both.
He also covers any room he may sleep in (which includes the den of the Castle as well) in glow stars, from the walls to the ceiling. He hates the dark and will break down in it. He loves any and all vegetable (especially how Sage makes them) and will not touch soup with a ten foot pole (soup is so unsafe, you don't know what'll be in it and one little change and it's all different, and the temperature could be all wacky, and the textures-) (I'm projecting lol)
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Sage, or Farmer, was a bit difficult to decide on how I wanted to portray him, because I've seen him as Korean, as Japanese, and more. Oira is such a cute name, so despite choosing for him to be Korean in this world (though he's fluent in Japanese and English and learning Russian for Dust), I kept the name Oira as an option. He just has many options :) Ink calls him Parky because he saw his family name ONCE and jumped on it. K calls him Petals because he's always wearing floral pants and K jumps at the chance for wacky nicknames (like how he calls Thei Fishnets from time to time).
Sage is from a "Genocide" timeline, which for him just means they got booted from their land. He and his Paps (who I can't decide a name for yet, maybe Kale?) live in the Castle and run a farm for the guys (Sage on garden, (Kale) on animals. Sage also cook when Rust doesn't, as it's absolutely Sage's love language to make food for people as well as take care of them. He's regularly making or getting things he thinks will benefit his partners, including every star themed item he ever sees for Star and all the blue things for Rust and Ink. He picks up books for Dust and Night, and will hunt down weird/wacky clothes for K because K loves to have stupid t-shirts or skirts with shitty patterns on them.
He is a gift giver, a carer, and an incredibly loving person that shows his emotions much more healthily than most other Sanses.
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Rust is one of my favourite characters to write so far in just the little bit I've had of him. Rust is a big softie type, but can and will throw someone (and has). Rust is almost fully nonverbal, but he'll talk rarely or make noises to enunciate his thoughts as he signs. This is mainly because the hole in his skull causes him some issues, and he gets extremely frustrated to the point of self hatred about his stutter, slurring, and struggle to find words. Signing is easier for him in general. He has a prosthetic arm, but it's linked to his magic so he can use it to sign as well, it basically functions as a normal arm no issue. But, when it's off for repairs or something, he tends to get frustrated signing one handed so will either be completely nonverbal entirely or if need be will write things.
His Paps, Paprika, lives in the Castle as well, as their world was destroyed very early on. Paprika cleans mainly, and Rust helps a lot, especially with dishes and laundry. Paprika also helps in the garden because she wants to learn, and she's going to uni in the OT for psychology :) (is called Rika by Ink when he's very young and it awakens something, she's trans mtf) (Rika to most everyone, but still loves being called Paps or Papy by her brother)
He loves blue because Ink loves blue, and Ink is his buddy. He babysits Ink more than any of the other brothers, because Dust can't handle it just yet and K is usually running around too much to keep an eye on a kid, and Thei is Dealing With Alot™. Sage and Star help as well, and Ink has many many many Star gifts he keeps in his room.
He loves food, of course, and he loves cuddles. He was not at all a touch person before Star, and Star opened him up a lot, but when Sage came along it really helped him learn that touch can be safe and even helpful and necessary, and he's now the snuggliest bug. He will randomly put (part of) his weight on people or pick them up and put them on his shoulder/back. (K realises this and immediately is always using him for transportation haha)
He hates the dark so appreciates Star's glow stars, and hates shoes with a burning passion. He has claws for feet and will use them against shoes. He wears loose slippers if he needs to, but hates it.
He watches telenovelas and other dramas because he knows Puppette wants someone to talk to about them, and he keeps a notebook of everyone's interests, favourite foods, colours, things, etc bc his memory is bad. He also lets Puppette cheat off it bc of his own memory being even worse.
All in all he just loves showing people he appreciates them, and he loves making sure that people are cared for. He loves giving long, soft, "you better know how much your loved" hugs.
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Firsts and Seconds by Skerb is my favourite RottenCrops fic (even if it's not done) so essentially, that's the plot of how Rust and Sage meet, in my mind. Sage ends up more than half dead in the fields, is nursed back to health slowly by Sage and with help from his brother, and they fall in love. Star is in desperate search for him while he's gone, and doesn't find him until Farmtale is Genocided and then destroyed, where Core takes them to the OT and Star and Rust reunite. They have an open relationship (or maybe not open, but fairly lenient, is the right words) then so all is good, and eventually Star and Sage decide to date as well after falling in love. The three of them close things up as a lil polycule :)
They don't have any plans to move out, or have kids, or anything like that just yet, they're just vibing. They probably won't eave the castle, as it's just home to them, and Nightmare adores having them there, despite how little he may say so. Their main goal is growing and helping raise Ink, and helping family.