Ever since Undertale started gaining traction- which was like a few hours after its release -the fandom has been turning out AUs left and right: some good, some meh, and some just plain awful.
Somehow Underswap fits under all three categories. Now don’t get me wrong, Underswap is an interesting idea when done right, but very little people seem to be able to. Now I’m sure everyone knows what the basics of Underswap is, everyone swaps roles and personality. Now the first is interesting, but once you introduce the second element, Underswap loses all originality.
Lets use Sans and Papyrus for example here. If you have them swap roles, not only do you have to think how they’re canon self would act, but also how and why they ended up in that place along with how it would effect them. However, when you have them swap personalities as well, it loses all interest.
Instead of the question being how would Sans act in Papyrus’s role, it’s now how Sans would act in Papyrus’s role if he also had his personality too. Well, exactly like Papyrus would.
See what I mean? You won’t be adding anything by having Underswap being both a role and personality swap. All you’re doing is creating a re skin of Undertale. Now not everyone does this and there are some good underswap stories and comics such as the ASK!MTTBlook blog that I really like mainly due to how they portray their characters and even though it isn’t exactly Underswap, but it has the same general idea, Storyshift. I’m not talking about the good ones though, I’m talking about the most popular and bland version of Underswap.
The one where people think by having US!Sans eat tacos and say myeh heh heh instead is somehow original. Why tacos? Why not hot dogs?
Anyways, there’s my rant, I have a few other problems with Underswap, but pretty much it all ties back to that idea. Well peace out
Holy shit, Loki just made every other marvel film and TV canon to the now Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. We can have the Fox X-Men show up In the MCU and have it be canon without having to retcon either timeline.
When looking at Jimmy's rape of Anya and Curly's failure to address it, I think it's important to recognize Pony Express's own role in it. Like with other workplaces, Pony Express's policies not only enables but encourages and protects Rapists. Within the opening scene, when Jimmy steers the ship towards the asteroid, the entire crew has their pay docked despite being completely unaware of what Jimmy is doing. Just like the crash, Pony Express's policies forces the entire crew to bare the consequences of Jimmy's actions. Rather than discourage Jimmy's actions, all it does is punish the rest of the crew as well. Anya was afraid to speak up about Jimmy raping her not only because the power he held over her as Co-Captain and him being Curly's best friend, but also the fear that if she speaks than she and the rest of her crewmates would be punished as well. She, along with everyone else except Daisuke and maybe Curly, were all struggling financially as well. If Anya's rape was reported to Pony Express, then the crew's entire pay would be docked. They would punish Anya and the rest of the crew for her pregnancy. So instead, she remains quiet and is forced to endure Jimmy's abuse and sexual harassment until her pregnancy puts her in a place where she can longer hide it. Furthermore, asides from Curly's own enabling of Jimmy's horrid actions and his own misplaced empathy, Pony Express policies discouraged Jimmy from taking action. Yet unlike Anya, Curly's ignorant to just how awful Pony Express is. While we don't know exactly how long Curly's been working for Pony Express, like his friendship with Jimmy, we can assume it's been for a while. And like his friendship with Jimmy, Curly is not only ignorant towards, but also downplays and excuses Pony Express's harmful behavior.
Anya: "Why do you think Pony Express puts a lock on the medical room doors but not the sleeping quarters?" Curly: "I suppose for the same reason they put a lock on the cockpit. Safety." Rather than recognize the lack of privacy for his crewmates as a problem, he instead tries to excuse and rationalize Pony Express's actions. Similar to how he tries to rationalize Jimmy's awful character. Curly's employment with Pony Express mirrors his friendship with Jimmy where his passivity enables their abusive behavior and hurts those around him as well. Not only does Curly refuse to speak up or do anything about Anya's rape or the lack of locks, but he also: 1) Fails to object when they're forced to take in an intern despite only having enough resources and cryopods for 4 people. 2) Doesn't say anything about the unsafe working environment for both Swansea and Daisuke. 3) How Anya's not only the nurse but also women on the ship while everyone. Like with Jimmy, Curly's blind loyalty and passivity towards Pony Express, enables their awful abuse. Instead of doing the right thing and accept the consequences that come with it, he instead chooses to remain blind and takes the easy way out. Now none of this excuses either Jimmy's or Curly's actions or lack thereof. Jimmy's still responsible for raping Anya, trying to kill everyone in a suicide crash and forcing everyone to suffer. Meanwhile, Curly's the one who decided to hire Jimmy as Co-Captain despite being aware that he's an Ex-con, not Pony Express. Yes, they allowed it when they shouldn't of, but it was ultimately Curly's decision to hire him. And Curly still holds the blame for placing his friendship with Jimmy over Anya's safety and the rest of his crew. However, Pony Express's policies and workplace culture created an environment where Anya is forced to remain silent, Jimmy's sexual abuse of her is enabled, and the only person able to help her, Curly, is too submissive towards them both for him to be of any of help.
Undertale, Jerry, human!jerry, humanization, human au,
I think it needs to become common knowledge that "inability to read social cues" can show up as overcompensating.
You don't know how much misbehaviour is allowed, so you become the perfect child who never tests rules.
You don't know if someone is irritated with you, so you'll be extra generous and self-effacing.
You don't know how much is expected of you at work so you'll kill yourself in a minimum-wage job and not notice that nobody else is working like this.
"Hardworking and quiet" should be as much of an autism red flag as "ignores rules and doesn't know when to stop talking". Or why don't we just start using words to communicate so i can stop tracking everybody's eyebrow twitches, that would be great.
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Congress has set out a bill which would prevent the FCC from taking away net neutrality. Please spread this link to as many people as you can whether it be through email, facebook, tumblr, twitter or in person, just get the word out. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4585 If you want to not only protect net neutrality but keep it safe for good, this is your chance Here’s the reddit link which I obtained it from https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/7j6kn4/congress_has_set_out_a_bill_to_stop_the_fcc/
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