A wild plot appears

[antitemporal]

 So just as a heads up, S-4 is officially getting canon renewed! And Sans-Serif is kind of going back with him, but also kind of not. 

See, I've always been a fan of a lot of the Undertale AUs out there, and as a result I've always liked the idea that Sans is at least tangentially aware of some of the variations, or else that the worlds interlock in some way.

So as Sans-Serif has gotten stronger, outside the controlled environment of the lab, he's been becoming increasingly aware of those AUs. And because he's basically a six-year old, that knowledge has started to overflow his head and on occasion start to make him lose track of "which" Sans he is. It hasn't been that that noticeable, since around S-4, he remains stable and everything's great! Without S-4, not so much. 

So while S-4 and Tauriel are gone, Sans-Serif is going to remain at the castle - most of his "personal" consciousness will wind up back in his old body at the lab. His body here will suddenly find itself with a mind switching between as many different AUs as amuses me, and hopefully shenanigans will ensue. 

TL;DR - prepare for a lot of Undertale AUs around the place for a little while, all crammed into the head of a tiny skeleton. If there's any particular one you want to see, let me know and I'll work it in there! Right now, I figure y'all can expect to see appearances from

-Underswap
-Underfell
-Storyshift
-Reapertale
-Altertale
-Trainertale
-Various iterations of the Neutral endings (so King Mettaton can have his agent back for a little while)
-And we'll probably see a special guest appearance by Error Sans when the crossing streams hits critical mass

Comments

[andthebat]

goddamn it

the six year old is having an identity crisis

[lightofthestars]

Her son is so precocious.

[antitemporal]

Mom, what does "precocious" mean?

[lightofthestars]

It means you are learning and doing things faster than other children of your age.

[systematicsupport]

Brother is so cool and smart! S-4 is very proud!

and also scared please be okay bro

So quick question! Is S-2 tagging along in mind at least, so he'll be able to interact with S-4? Because WHEE that'll be fun.

[antitemporal]

In mind, yes. He'll be there, he'll be waking up in his pod alongside his bro. The S-2 that's here in the castle will occasionally start babbling like he's back at the lab, because he kind of will be. Or at least, he'll flash over to that timeline the same way he flashes over to other ones.

Basically I really like his character development in the castle, but I don't want S-4 and Tauriel to get sent back alone, so he's going to be in two places at once for this event because I do what I want and timelines. I figure the castle tries to send him home but maybe he just gets stuck in between.

[systematicsupport]

WELP. At least maybe Sans-Serif can give a headsup to the CR stuck here that EVERYTHING IS OKAY, MOM'S TRYING TO STAB A SCIENTIST, WE'RE COOL

But poor baby. I'm glad he gets to be canon updated with his bro and gets to cause all this trouble here. Don't worry, S-4 will come back to fix this eventually.

[andthebat]

Mothers.

So is Tauriel getting canon renewed like S4 and S2?

[mediadarling]

Not actually! She's basically heading over with S-4, but she's going to be invisible and insubstantial to everyone except her kids. Her own canon status is going to remain unchanged.

[antitemporal]

He grows up so fast. Literally. It's how he was built.

I figure he's got four or five different names and has spent around half his existence by now around at least one older clone of himself.

So it was probably a matter of time.

[andthebat]

Bruce may end up coming to the conclusion that suddenly losing his brother and mom has made S2 have some sort of mental breakdown, jsyk.

[antitemporal]

Also not an inaccurate assumption, on some level.

This is a plot I've been playing with for a while, but I figure this is the perfect excuse to have it, on the basis that Serif is going to want to be any other Sans than the one who just lost his brother and his mom, and so is going to be less resistant to this than he might otherwise try to be.