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"Well, somebody's gotta sit around and beg for food. Guess I'll take that one for the team."

Hopefully I'll expand more on this concept in the future (I have an idea for Papyrus's design too :3c) but for now please enjoy this sketch of a cute lil monk Snas -- he is indeed modeled on Budai, the Chinese monk/Bodhisattva who is often referred to as the Fat Buddha or Laughing Buddha in the West

Me joking around with @spookyflavors about how big boi Horror Skronk would react to finding out how many people are thorsty for him. 😏

(It's the second one but I really wanted to draw him looking smug.)

I dunk on him lovingly but Killer is my favorite AU Sans, after all. He's a good boy and after a long road home, he deserves a smooch.

When some weird, flirty, murder version of your cute dorkass boyfriend thinks he's hot shit.

(Recovering from being sick so I don't have the energy to draw properly, but I do have the energy to amuse myself!)

My friends make amazing AUs and it makes me want to drag Snyk over to play. :3c

Fluffyfell is @airi-mayumi ‘s Fell AU because it is *mwah* chef’s kiss :3

MafiaSwap Snyk was created for @archiarthur ‘s very fun MafiaSwap AU, and I decided to finally figure out Snyk’s SwapFell variant (lower right) because I love Archi’s SwapFell: Chain Bond AU so much. [Actually, I should make a Chain Bond specific version of her... though the design would be similar, I’d like it to feature a chain somewhere and maybe incorporate Chief’s, the FellSwap Sans’s, colors since she’s his ardently devoted lackey/simp personal aide...]

And priestess Snyk was created for @scrambledmeggys ‘s samurai AU which I also adore with all my heart!

"aw, snykerdoodle, what's a couple dead neighbors between friends? you sure we can't talk this out?"

last bundle of sketch comms I liked Special thanks to @zenko @whiteartblood @sendryl @veryangryhorse @nyktoon  Yall are the best and thank you for helping me out at such last notice and for being so so patient with me ;;; Sending you all my love to you through these drawings! Thanks again <3 <3

Concepts I would like to explore from Killer's original story:

The Metanarrative of the Player's choices and desires (i.e., our choices and desires, independent of “Chara”) shaping the universe that Killer inhabits, most directly on Killer himself, especially as the choices and desire of the Player are so core to the narrative of Undertale itself

Killer turning against Nightmare and working to try and “fix everything” while carrying the weight of the lives he’s taken, symbolized in him keeping the name “Killer”

Killer/Sans resisting the Player’s reprogramming, defeating Chara, and never joining Nightmare in the first place (which I imagine he’d do largely through the support of his brother & friends)

The clash of Sans's core character flaw/struggle being his resignation & nihilism, vs. the artificial Determination he gains, and how that could inform and shape the way I write Killer’s personality

This is the Something New timeline:

There is a Bad Ending -- a timeline where Sans helps r̸̭̽ȩ̵̈́d̶̫͘a̴̱̽c̴̰̓t̶̬̑ȅ̷̙d̶̹̾ or the Bad Sanses -- and a Good Ending, a timeline where Sans kills ŕ̵͓͗̀ë̵͈͕́̓d̷͉͐͛̓ȁ̶̳̳̥̚c̸̻͔̒̒̆t̵͎́͘e̴̞̬̝͌͂d̸̥͈́.

Let’s see what happened first:

Sans will of course say “No.” He doesn’t want to help ř̶̹͙̘̖̺͎̘̪̣̪́̎̚ͅe̶̡͙̫̤̳̗̜̰͕̟̽̿̓̔͝d̶̳͔͎̲̥̙̮͚̩͉̗͔̦̊̊̅̇̏̈́͒̈́̒̕͝a̷̪̐̃͂͗̃̂͛c̴̟͔̏̋̽̿̋͝t̵̡̩͎̱̘̝͙͔͚̑̏̽́̐̅̊ͅe̷̡͈̞̱͓̺̱̞͚͕̫̍̈́̇̌̀͗d̶̳̄̔̌̀̓̀̈̚͝ kill his friends.

And ŗ̷̘̲̹̂͝e̷͚͋́d̸͈̣̊ä̶̢̯́ͅc̶̲͍͆̓̇͝ṫ̷̩̫͔̝̊͆ḛ̴̗̫̫͝ḑ̴̣͒́̓ knows that whatever they do, he will say “NO.”

His code says that. He is “programmed” to be like this.

But “YOU” want to change the code.

Please let him say yes. Let him say yes! We want him to HURT THEM. We want him to KILL THEM.

Killer Sans is here because of “YOU.”

And you want him to love you.

“I have something special, just for you.”

Very rough concept sketch for another form of Nightmare to use in my own stories (maybe! eventually!) -- I like writing him as speaking very eloquently in a cruel, condescending way, but it’s a little undermined when he looks like our round snuggly boy Sans Undertale. 😂 I just don’t find him scary in a hoodie and basketball shorts. He can be scary in the way he behaves, but... well, it’s fun to play around with new ideas, too.

So I hc that while sometimes he chooses to look like Sans, specifically around people who know Sans because it’s extremely unsettling to see a warped, goopy, tentacled version of someone you know and love (or to see a warped, goopy, tentacled version of yourself!), his default form borrows more from the body he stole/corrupted -- i.e., from the true Nightmare. He’s chosen to make himself intimidatingly tall, though, with unsettling proportions. He wears the robe open and is just naked bones underneath because people are often spooked by skeletal figures... he’s SOL with skelefuckers, though, hahahaha~

Big Ol’ Doc of Killer “Canon” Content from his creator, Rahaf

I put this together for some peeps on Discord, but may as well share, right?

First, though, why I have “canon” in quotes -- Rahaf says herself in this post that “everything is canon. every ship, every personality, every design, it’s all canon. as long people are having fun drawing killer it doesn’t matter what’s canon, in the end, it’s just a silly au.” In another post, she encourages people to do whatever they want with him as long as they aren’t hurting other creators.

So I didn’t put this together for anyone to point to things and argue about how he should be portrayed. I’m sharing it just in hopes that people who are curious will save some time, and may find some things they find fun and/or inspiring to use in their own vision of Killer!Sans.

Anyway, here it is! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QEoeFpyCQBSMenw96TWjlfUohG4zNMoCA1PS3Ejhf74/edit?usp=sharing

If you find any missing content, feel free to DM links to me or reblog this post with a link, and I will do my best to keep it updated!

Rayne made an unofficial @bonelyheartsclub Killer already, but since it's not canon yeeeeet I figured I'd make my own for now :3c

In Killer's comics, he eventually leaves Nightmare, teaming up with Color!Sans from Othertale (who... I should learn more about and design a fan BHC counterpart for as well) to fight the "Bad Sanses." Now they've settled in the BHC verse with his two cats. His new name is River.

River has dedicated his time on the surface to helping others. He works as a firefighter (unless one of the canon BHC boys has this profession already) and volunteers, especially with disaster relief and teaching community self-defense classes.

Although River hopes for a peaceful life, he's still struggling with PTSD and hypervigilance. He's the kind of person who clocks every entry/exit whenever he walks into a room, and prefers to have his back to a wall at all times so he can't be snuck up on. His choice of clothing tends to be heavy-duty enough for some protection in a fight in case the need arises, including thick canvas pants and combat boots. River still has a deep distrust, even hatred of Nightmare, and it's hard for him to truly believe that the days of violence are all in his past now. He's developed a bit of knife anxiety -- seeing or handling one won't send him into a full-blown panic attack, but he can get queasy from it at times.

To deal with all of this, River has a pretty strict meditation and exercise routine. He likes working out with Blue and the more active Papyri, as there's safety in numbers and he enjoys the energetic company. He went through a period of near asceticism due to guilt, abstaining from anything that was for pleasure or indulgence, but he's finally coming out of his shell a little more and letting himself enjoy life again, eating junk food, taking naps, etc. in moderation.

In relationships, I'll die on the hill of Rahaf's "he's a very romantic guy" joke.  He can be over the top, but loves making his partner feel loved. 💖

Some cute, silly lil OCs I came up with today. The first one is an idea for the ghost that haunts the training dummy in the Ruins (Mad Dummy’s shy cousin). And the second is a design/character concept I’m just starting to play around with. :3c She likes math and measuring things, and seeing things from different perspectives, as an angel/angle joke.

Me then, after first drawing Big, Floofy Horror: I’m not gonna keep drawing Horror this way, I just wanted to try it

Me now:

Decided to see what the expressions from this post might look like on big ol' Hungy Horror. Cause sometimes... you just wanna draw some expressions... on some guys.........

Aaand together! I think the original Swap looks are iconic; I just wanted to play around with my own vision for “How would I Swap / mash Sans and Papyrus’s designs?” -- though of course I kept some elements / inspiration from the original AU versions.

I think I’m pretty happy with them~!

Personal Swap!Papyrus redesign all done! :D

Some more expressions with this skrunkly weirdo because... his face is just so wild alsdfjklsadjfjklsdaf I just wanna PUT exPRESSIONS ON it!!!

Dialogue is from some personal story stuff with an OC ^^;

“I’m actually supposed to be on watch for humans right now, but uh... I don’t have the appetite. Now my brother, Papyrus--”

The way the original Sour Apple Studios Horror Sans emotes [top frames]... the way he EMOTES... it makes me kinda feral. I had to draw.

In my first version of the final image, I really exaggerated the expression. I decided to go back and make it match the mood of the original more, but I kept the close up of the 1st version just because it looks so unhinged lk;ajdsf;jlsadjlf [Edit: Reworked the second image to be closer, too, so I’ve uploaded the new lineup, but I’ve kept the original at the bottom along with the one for the 3rd image. :3 It was fun pushing the expressions, and I like how they turned out, even if they ended up too different and I felt the need to do them over.]

Here it is! Finished piece for my redesign of Swap!Sans / Blue.

Please imagine his homemade not-actually-metal armor clattering hilariously whenever he moves.

Wanted to try drawing what I refer to as "Hunger Horror" -- when Horror drawn as Big and Fluffy and Round (but somehow in an intimidating way sjldf;jldsafj), more bestial and hulking than SAS's original Horrortale Sans. It's not how I'd keep drawing HT!Sans, but I like how it came out anyway and am happy I drew it at least once :3c

Sketches that I’ll never finish ‘cause, well, I got what I wanted out of them / got the concept out of my head enough to be okay leaving them messy or sparse. :3c

Here they are... just a couple a’ silly bros...

[Working on my own design for the Swaps... As I’m sure is obvious, I have no idea what I’m doing asl;kdf;jlasdfl;jsa]

Doing some practice drawing our friends the Papyri. 😌🙏

Wanted to try my hand at drawing some AU boys as inspired by their canon :3c (rather than specifically BHC versions). Obviously still took some creative liberties. I’m really happy with how they came out!

Designs for what I call "Post-Killer" Sans, inspired by thinking about @rahafwabas 's second comic on Killer's origin, where he's re-programmed by Chara. The one on the left from an "interrupted" Bad Timeline (a timeline where Killer helped Chara or the Bad Sanses), and the one on the right from a Good Timeline (a timeline where he killed Chara). More information about them under the cut~!

The "interrupted" Bad Timeline is one where someone partially undoes Chara's programming. Because this version fully became "Killer" and murdered his friends and family, the person who rescues him leaves him a little bit of Determination -- as Alphys describes it: "The will to live. The resolve to change fate."

If he were turned fully back into "Sans," he might destroy himself in despair after what he's done. However, the Determination is contained safely inside his soul now.

This "Post-Killer" doesn't feel that he is still Sans, and so he goes by Z now. When people ask him what it stands for, he'll give them a different answer every time. He dresses very differently to distinguish himself from the skeleton he used to be, and though he can manifest his eye lights, he prefers to leave them off, because it gives him an air of ~mystery.~ However, he'll use them when he wants to express himself in a more forceful way, and sometimes they'll appear on their own when he feels a powerful emotion.

Although he doesn't see himself as Sans, some of Sans's core personality remains. Z is still a jokester and a prankster who enjoys having a good time with the people around him. He's more of a chatterbox, though, as well as more optimistic and willing to do things in self-interest. Z likes to present himself with a certain amount of swagger and very much enjoys flirting, especially with his S/O(s). He's very romantic and wants them to feel swept off their feet even if they've been together for a long time.

The Sans from the Good Timeline never fully succumbed to Chara's re-programming and never killed anyone, although it was very difficult for him. With the help of his loved ones, he's able to either resist the urge to gain LV, or is restrained when he's overcome until he can get control over himself once more. Together, they come up with a plan to defeat Chara. After Sans kills them, he uses their soul along with the other six to break the barrier, allowing the monsters to return to the surface.

Before leaving, Alphys uses the DT Extraction Machine to remove the extra Determination from Sans's soul. It hasn't quite fully gone back to its former shape, and Sans still feels the effects of the reprogramming sometimes. He has trouble making decisions -- when asked what he wants, his mind sometimes goes blank, and he genuinely doesn't know how to answer. His emotions also aren't as strong as they used to be, but they're still present -- just quieter.

For a while, Sans goes through a period of wondering if he is "really Sans" again, aware that his programming was still changed and that he's just one of a version of various Sanses. [Art of him during his recovery period.] However, in the end he decides that yes, he IS still Sans -- it's who he wants to be. Now that everyone's free from the resets and have a future to look forward to, he also feels a little more optimistic and energetic, and likes to dress in brighter colors than he used to.

[Although he just calls himself "Sans," as a nickname I refer to him as "Sans Avec," to distinguish him from the other Post-Killer and from Classic Sans.]

Both Z and Sans Avec have stains from the black overflow of Determination that used to leak from their eyes. Sans A. sometimes likes to put cosmetic glitter over his to make it look more like an intentional style choice.

Rough design concept for a Post-Killer!Sans after a Good Timeline of Something New. We never got to see what @rahafwabas [Killer's creator] would have done, but I like to imagine that with the help of his loved ones, Sans killed Chara, and was able to have the Determination extracted from his SOUL with the DT extraction machine after using Chara's SOUL with the other six break the barrier. He's not completely back to the way he was before his code was tampered with, but he's recovering and looking forward to the future. (Yes that's basically a snuggie and cutoff sweats. He's probably not going to wear them forever as his new signature look, but the man deserves to be extra comfy for a while.)

@mmhinman ’s incubus Sans, nicknamed Vanilla. The minute she named him, I was basically contractually obligated to draw this.

Took one look at this goofass in boxer briefs & a turtleneck sweater with a tiddy window and knew immediately that he owned my heart and my junk forever. (You can’t see his boxer briefs here... but I want you to know he’s wearing boxer briefs.)

He believes in you!

Boss's design is from @bonelyheartsclub

Art from back in the 2015 - early 2016 Undertale days :’3 I really need to start drawing Papyrus again.

(The text on the Sans drawing says “bunp” but it looks like “burp” and I find that very funny)