She was born through very strange events. It was asexual reproduction—involving the tiniest imagineable blue string thing getting stuck in Outers soul when Error pulled them back and it snapped off. And boom.
Nebula.
The biggest eyes in the entirety of the multiverse; and she knows it. More importantly, she’s very monotone. Even as a babybones, she rattled it like it was—there is zero sugarcoating with Nebula.
She spends most of her time in Outertale—for..obvious reasons.
EXTRA INFO ABOUT HEADCANONS FOR SKELETON MONSTOR REPRODUCTION …!! This is very ‘scientific’ and analytical. And weird. You don’t need to read it LOL.
- While most common is sexual reproduction; asexual reproduction is also available. I personally think the skeleton monsters do not have a sex; and are all naturally unisex. It just happens they have a more female or male skeleton; and typically, whichever one they appear more as without the ecto-body; is what they go with.
- Asexual reproduction can be produced by SM (skeleton monster) A magic interacting and getting jnside SM B’s soul—think of it as a sperm cell gettinf inside the egg; or by close contact to the point the souls are infusing.
— The pregnancy itself only last 4 months. They really need to have enough time to form the bones. The soul is formed at the very start of the development process—taking about a full month to grow and develop magic—, and the bones grow around it.
— Feminine ecto/magical bodies are recommended to be used. Skeletons require a lot of calcium; and well..yeah. Breastfeeding. Etc. that.
I also agree that outer should be a star sans. I've been some art w/ him tagging along occasionally, but he kinda gets the same treatment as fell in the bad senses. Like.... if he had to be stuck with a group, he'd be with the stars, but he isnt a /star/ himself. But I think he should be!!! It's like people are scared to add onto the ink/dream/swap trio... but 37 senses get added to nightmare's group everyday, so like.. why not? Agh!!
this is exactly what i was thinking!!! you're so right
i think it would be a good evolution for the fandom after all these years to add another real member to the stars. like, wasn't there a time where people were unsure if cross should be grouped with nightmare? but then the possible dynamics started to be explored more, and now i see a decent amount of content with him included
of course, there's always the worry of oversaturating the "cast", but it's always a coin toss whether or not cross is grouped with nightmare. i think it could be the same thing. same three core members, but spice it up a bit from time to time
there's a lot of value outer can add to the dynamic too. i wouldn't call the stars imbalanced, but this is what we're working with: an unfinished sans, a technically-not-a-sans-at-all, and a papyrus. even if you make blue "more sans than papyrus," it's just not comparable against the murdertt, who all stemmed from the same au. it looks a little weird to me, personally. there's a gap there that could still be filled, you know?
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outer is literally just sans in space. outertale is generally an aesthetic au, but it could be so much more. undertale sans is already canonically implied to like space. maybe he dreamt about science and stars and the vastness of the universe. that would make outer a sans who has had those dreams somewhat fulfilled. murdertt probably would have been a little jealous of him, back then. hell, even error likes the au, going so far as to avoid destroying it.
it would also be a good way to revitalize an old character. outer has been around a long time, but let's be real, he's the fandom's punching bag. outertale is just interesting enough to use for plot, but too boring and peaceful to brew conflict. to fix this? one could turn that mundanity into a strength and contrast it with other characters who have more stuff going on
i see people make dream the "mature" one a lot, but i like to interpret him as someone who only pretends to be. mentally, he's probably the youngest of the three. if not, he's the one with the least experience being a normal person. trapped for five hundred years, then stumbling around as a child, stuck on figuring things out on his own... even ink has him beat on socializing, because at least ink found his own family he was able to "grow up" in!
outer, on the other hand? normal older sibling, got nothing else better to do, has some untapped magic potential a lot of people don't utilize, is as decently well-adjusted as a sans could be... he could help keep them in check. he could be the sane one without being unnecessarily overbearing. he already has experience with papyrus, and that is experience that the other three would completely lack if you consider blue the younger brother.
but does outer even have a personal reason to join the stars? aren't they fine on their own? he's still a sans, how could someone as lazy as him do such a thing as fight if he's not pushed to the absolute brink?
i don't know about anyone else, but if my universe was at peace, discovered the multiverse, and learn that you and thousands of other universes are prime targets for imminent destruction... maybe i would actually do something about it if i knew i could.
we know undertale sans isn't really lazy. he's just largely given up on striving for anything big because he lost his original goal and purpose. he made papyrus into that goal and purpose for a time, but if in a post-pacifist outertale, papyrus doesn't "need" him anymore, why WOULDN'T he join?
it would be really sweet if his papyrus was the one who pushed outer to go out and find himself too. he's always been interested in science and weird stuff, doesn't he want to know what's out there? travel the multiverse? make new friends, fight old enemies, let himself go for once without worry?
adding outer would put less pressure on each of the three to be the one who has everything together, and the new responsibility and purpose would drive outer into becoming a better version of himself.
and that's what it's always been about: being the best version of yourself. there are sanses who act like papyruses, but i haven't seen many classic sanses who take initiative to actually BE themselves. remember, sans isn't lazy on default. it's a defense mechanism. he sees no reason to try. that's why he's so passive.
outer can keep the main traits, but he can also be used as a tool to explore the side of sans we never get to see. a sans who becomes a symbol of HOPE. a sans who acts before it's too late.
for nightmare's gang, the reason why they joined is because they were at rock bottom. there was nothing left to do. this "work" is all they have. it's what they resigned themselves into doing. even if they started enjoying it later on, there will always be that thought of, what would have happened if things were different?
so, seeing someone who is practically a past version of themselves getting along with the stars they claim to hate so much, fighting against them and calling them silly for thinking they're in the right... there is so much potential there.
(and all of this are just what first comes to mind. imagine all the things people could make him become if he's actually given the chance to be part of the team.)
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