Well, I Want A Full AU Of This.

Board me strikes again in the form of another story idea after listening to the song "Stronger Then My Storm" by Citizen Soldier on repeat for ages while just being in a monkey king mood.

In particular, what if Wukong didn't go on the journey to the west, what if he was never freed from the mountain he was trapped under till a few years before the LMK show's Mk appeared, what if spending that long being stuck trapped with the weight of a mountain on his back and only occasionally getting "food" in the form of molten or red hot metal left it's mark on Wukong's body.

Note, if you like the idea after reading the basics I set up feel free to use it, all I ask is to link it to me later! I want to read other people's interpretation!

So, the way I am playing this is that Wukong got imprisoned under the mountain for the same reason as in the original tale (though it isn't yet shown why he was put under the mountain in the show, it is somewhat implied that it might have been his punishment for defying heaven and trying to take over with his brotherhood because there are no indications so far that the imprisonment under the mountain was related to the celestial horse stampede or the massive party crash and subsequent defeating of the celestial army... Twice if you include the havoc he caused after escaping the furnace... That in the original tale gets the Buddha called on him and leads to his subsequent imprisonment. Wukong had to have been punished for his and the groups attack on Heaven and we do not know when in the timeline this event falls, so all we can assume as of now is that the mountain was his punishment). However, instead of getting freed after 500 years to go on the Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor decided Wukong was too dangerous to be re-release into the world despite Guanyin's promise that she would give the Buddhist monk Tripitaka a method to keep the celestial monkey in check. Instead, the Jade Emperor "threatens" the Six-Eared Macaque, who at this point knows Wukong was trapped under the mountain (for how long, no clue, we don't get any tells when in the timeline Mac visited Wukong, so I'm going to say within the first 100 years) and had taken to being the Macaque King of Flower fruit mountain since he figured Wukong would never return, into being a member of the Journey to the West after basically getting a contract from the Emperor that at no time during his time away from his island may the Celestial army or any of its soldiers or denizens of the celestial realm invade and destroy their island in retaliation for Wukong's "crimes" and once the journey is complete this will remain in place since all crimes will have been paid for.

As such, Wukong never met Ao Lie, Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie, or Tang Sanzang and history would only know Wukong as the first king of Flower Fruit Mountain/the Monkey King due to the tales passed down of his journey for immortality and his subsequent imprisonment when he goes to far, using him mainly as a message for never letting yourself become so engrossed in your plans for the future that you stop seeing the harm your actions cause in the present. This also means that none of the deaths or imprisonment that would happen in the original tale/the demons and immortals that Wukong met along the way would know him or have happened. We would have to assume Mac helped imprison Lady Bone Deamon as well as extract the Sumadi Fire from Red Son and that whatever caused D.B.K.'s rampage (which I believe is somewhat implied to be LBD), at what I am currently assuming was just after the Journey to the West, never happened.

However, despite the winds of fate having shifted so far off course, the world will always try to align it's self with the intended path of history. As such, Tang (who I am imagining as more of an archaeologist instead of a pure historical scholar like he is in the show) would still be obsessed with the Journy to the West and the tales relating to it, particularly with the tales of the First King of Flower Fruit Mountin. As such, he takes many a trip out to find historical ruins and sights to try and find remnants of forgotten tales about this long lost King. As such, roughly 3 years before MK would be found in front of Pigzy's shop, Tang would find the the mountain range Wukong was trapped under and unintentionally find his was down into his imprisonment chamber, where he would find the comatose King still taped with roughly 260 billion (this is only an estimate of what Quora says an average mountain weighs) tons of mountain on top of him, with the magic spells keeping him locked up weakened (because time will affect anything, including magic as shown in the show), but still active. Upon seeing this and recognising who this must be Tang would rush to the nearest town, get some stone breaking supplies, rush back to the mounting and climb the mountain to remove the seal that was told in legend to be keeping the king trapped under the mountain. Tang would then go back down into the cavern of Wukong's imprisonment and spend many days slowly chiseling the comatose former King out of the mountain. After which he would take wukong to his vehicle and bring him back to Megapolis and checking the king into a hospital under the guise of being just a plain old Demon Monkey who he doesn't know the name of, since revealing Wukong as the lost king could end horribly for the injured and comatose King.

Wukong would spend a year within this hospital (with all bills being paid for by a donation fund set up for demons who have not registered or no not wish to register into modern-day identification systems that is funded by wealthy deamon families that want to help their fellow demons in this modern age) in a coma, eventually waking up after many centuries of unconsciousness. After which he has to learn how to speak, write, and walk again after many months of therapy learning during this time through talks with his savior, talks with the doctors, and self examination the true gravity of his current situation.

That being that he was isolated from the world for over 1000 years (having been in a coma for what the monkey can only guess is 500 years of that time span or so) and is now in a world completely different from the one he knew, he is now an enigma of history only really known for his cautionary tale, his throat and stomach had been heavily damaged from the centuries of being forced to eat molten metal leaving his voice quiet and gravely and his stomach paralyzed (though the doctors suspect over time it may heal), that so long with so much weight on his lower back has left him a paraplegic (with odds of him ever fully recovering being low by the doctors examinations), and that most if not all of his Chi (magic? mana? energy? who knows, the show never properly names this internal energy source) is blocked off and it could take year's for him to reopen all the ley lines in his body to use more high-intensity incantations and auras again for battle, if he can ever fight again.

During his time in the hospital, and then in hospice as he regains his strength, Wukong and Tang become friends, and Tang (after a chat with Pigzy who the partially broke archaeologists is living with) invites Wukong, who decided to hide himself in this new day and age under his old name "Shí Hóu", to come live with them. There are some minor issues in the beginning for the three due to needing to figure out how to work with a house member in a wheelchair the majority of the time, but they all make it work eventually and after a while Wukong finds a job in the animation industry and adds another income to the apartment dwelling household. Eventually MK joins the three after a appearing at Pigzy's shop and Wukong essentially becomes the babysitter of the group, what with having the least dangerous and most easily able to multitask job.

Thanks to MK Wukong meets Redson for the first time after a 6 year old MK runs off while Wukong and him are at a coffee shop and Redson, being much more kind-hearted due to not losing his father, helps Wukong out after the monkey man manages to either lose or fall out of his whealchair. And Red son, now curious about the monkey who somewhat reminds him of the Sun Wukong from his father's old tales starts to insert himself into Wukong's life. Leading to Red basically ending up as MK's big brother figure and leading to MK becoming friends with Mei due to Red and his family having connections with other mystical families like those of the dragon from the journey to the west. This could lead to DBK and Wukong meeting again early on, or much later then in the show depending on how you want to spin it, however I would do it as they meet earlier, but DBK does not know Shí Hóu is Wukong until much later. Though Wukong would know and be somewhat depressed thinking he lost his last brother to time because revealing himself could lead to DBK denouncing him (not that DBK would).

How the original show would progress from there would depend on the writer's interpretation, but I would still have Monkey king teach MK to fight and such, but with MK being more patient and understanding of not being able to get into intense battle-type things due to Wukong being a paraplegic. And without any Mac interference, because he thinks Wukong is still in prison, and would at most think "huh... This kid strangely has a lot of Wukong's powers and skills. Weird, but oh well."

So, I like many a person ended up randomly scrolling through videos and the like in boredom one day, and ended up on a channel called DissociaDID.

YouTube

DissociaDID

DissociaDID is a project dedicated to challenging the stigma surrounding Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and trauma-based mental illnes

And that got my mind a spinning after watching some of the media.

Specificaly, what if Wukong had DID?

I will note, I don't think this is an idea I would openly write a full story about for others to read because I don't think I could do this mental disorder the justice it deserves in my opinion.

However, I thought I might put out the idea for how it happened and my thought for alters and their jobs.

First off, what would lead Wukong to develop DID?

First thing I need to say is we don't know the timescale of Wukong's early life, all that is stated in his tale is that he came out fully formed. But that does not mean he came out fully formed mentally, so within the first 7 years of his life he could have developed amnesia barriers as a coping mechanism for all the trauma he dealt with, and then it developed into DID because of the separation of memories.

As of right now, my main thoughts for what lead to Wukong developing it are as follows.

Wukong back when he was just Shí Hóu (what is currently believed to have been his name or title before he went to gain his first immortality) the original dominate male of Wukong's tribe bullied, beat up, and generally tried to kill Wukong. Perhaps the leading male even put forth the "go beyond the waterfall to become the king thing" and enticed Wukong into doing it in an attempt to have Wukong die by drowning, with it partially working and almost killing the young monkey king, but instead Wukong found the temple and became king, displacing the old monkey as the alpha, but they would make continuous attempts to kill Wukong even after.

As time went on perhaps the former alpha male died in a very gruesome way in front of Wukong, with maybe one or two of the kinder monkeys in the group dying of disease, putting the fear of death through means that Wukong wouldn't be able to control into his mind, leading Wukong to travel potentially days alone on a raft with little to no food in an attempt to find immortality like he had heard of being possible from some demon monkeys.

Then once on shore Wukong met humans and they feared and degraded him for not being human, for their belief he was a demon or the like, perhaps even attacking him till he learned to hide and found a link to what would lead him to an immortal.

Then the immortal had the same beliefs as the other humans and shut him out from learning, but Wukongs persistence led the man to give him a chance to learn, leading to Wukong being in an environment where all those learning with him initially hated or despised him, perhaps to the point of doing things to try and get Wukong to leave but over time they just became indifferent to Wukong, still being racist but identifying that Wukong was dedicated to his craft.

I can't say for sure but that altogether feels like a pretty good recipe for developing DID.

Next up, Wukong's alters.

First up, the original Wukong Shí Hóu, he/they are a trama holder, and would have been the earliest host before a new one developed in the wake of becoming King and needing to not be fearful of the former dominate male or risk losing the better life he was gaining. Leading to them being a "little" in the sense that they no longer aged beyond the point of no longer being the Host of the body. Shí Hóu would act most like a young orphaned monkey.

Next would be a Persicutitory Protector that would have formed to protect Shí Hóu from attacks by the male while making it clear to the little one that it is their fault they are continuing to be abused because he never fought back against the male. Their title would be Jingwēi and they would probably act most like a hostile male monkey, probably partially forming from a fragment of the aggressive male.

A soother alt would have probably formed around this time as well to help calm Shí Hóu down after traumatising confrentations with the dominate male. Their title would be Guānxīn and they would probably be most like a mother monkey Shí Hóu watched from afar, and probably later on would have gained traits from watching human and demon parents.

Formation timeline-wise, next to form would probably be a fragment with the title Shuî who formed from Wukong's water based trama and might be part fish. They would not have to major a personality and and be more a mindset revolving around being unable to drown due to being part fish.

Timeline wise the next personality to form would be Wukong, though he wouldn't have that name at the time and would have gone by Monkey King. He would be the main Host of the system from the time of becoming King to present.

Some time during Wukong's travels 4 more alts would form. Zhìzhê who would be the Gate Keeper of the system controlling who has access to what memories, who is in front, and keeping track of all alts within the internal space. Guówáng who would be a co-fronting primary protector to Wukong helping with protecting the body from harm and with fighting off trouble. Yêmánde being a faceless persecutor, repeating back the hate and fear spewed by the masses of humans (and later demons and celestial beings) towards Wukong, being a constant reminder of Wukong not being similar to anything at all. And lastly Liu er Miho, AKA Macaque, who at the time was a trauma holder persecutor like Yêmánde representing the fear of the unknown and those who speak and hide in the shadows.

Some time during Wukong's training under Pitu Zushi (though the show seems to be calling them Master Subodhi, but that could be a mixup on my part for the journy's immortal teachers name) or perhaps some time after Wukong's trip into the Diyu when taking the front for a moment Macaque used some of Wukong's power to create a clone for him to break himself off into that later became their own person sans memories of being part of Wukong.

3 more major alts and potentially one minor one would form from Wukongs learning immortality onward. First Lâoshī, Wukongs desire to be a protector and a caregiver/teacher to others, Huô forming from Wukong's traumatic experiences with fire and being a trauma holder who can disable the body unintentionally by making them temporarily blind (may also have some relation to the molten iron and copper fed to Wukong), Geisha who would be a sexual defender and trauma holder for the system (because you can't convince me that someone over the years wouldn't have tried to forcefully mate Wukong for power), and lastly Tang an interject persecutor protector that formed based off Tripitaka who would hurt or berate Wukong for his "violent" ways while reminding and suggesting less lethal methods.

My thoughts on how MK and his group figure this out is less certain.

As of right now, my main idea for how it happened is something involving fire triggers Huô sending Wukong into a blind panic running away with MK trying to follow with maybe one other behind him and they hear a difference in how Wukong is speaking or talking to himself and realise something is up. Later doing research and it clicking over enough time what is happening and leading MK and the others trying to get Wukong (as well as Mac (because learning you were a piece of the very person you hate can't be good for the psyche)) some professional help to at least partially recover from all the trama.

What do you all think? Have Ny ideas of your own to add? I would love to hear them.

*curious to read*

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This! This is awesome! It give creators a have to work with about the character!

I need to do this myself if I ever make an actual unique fan character!

INK!SANS

Ink!Sans is an out!code character who does not belong to any specific alternative universe (AU) of Undertale. He exists out of them but can interact with them. Ink!Sans supports the artists to keep contributing to the fandom and generally embodies an artistic aesthetic that even follows him in his combat abilities.

What is an AU? An AU (or alternative universe) is a spin-off of an official storyline/concept that explores the different possibilities of said concept by putting characters in a different setting, with different abilities, or in different social situations, etc. In this case, Undertale’s storylines and characters have AUs based on them. The entirety of the AUs is called the Multiverse.

The fandom’s production (mostly of those said AUs) are Ink’s essence of living; as long as it’s creative and productive, he’s healthy and energic.

Ink!Sans can appear everywhere in any AU of his liking from any kind of liquid. He uses them as portals.

His big brush gives him the ability to create anything he likes and make it come to life, with the exception of dead characters.

Regarding fights, Ink!Sans finds purpose in trying to limitate the damage done by other out!code characters who wish to disrupt the original scripts of AUs. That includes people who wish to undo the consequences of genocide timelines. Ink!Sans prioritizes the respect of timelines’ scenarios over emotional conflicts.

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- OFFICIAL DESIGN -

Check out this post for notes about his outfit and additionnal doodles.

(More drawings with details about his outfit - step by step of the layers, details of the gloves, etc - will be coming in the following days!)

The following bits of information are based on Ink’s lore and backstory. You can read more in the backstory section.

Brown overwhelms the palette because it is often the color gotten when all paints are mixed together.

Yellow and green being the first colors Ink experienced, they both have a tribute in the outfit.

Ink tuck in his overalls and wears them as pants.

Lack of shoes translate his carefreeness and mobility.

The light green color on his gloves simulates the tablet glove digital artists use.

The white undershirt speaks of how Ink attemps to cover his lack of soul, but his emptiness sometimes shines through.

The japanese-esque aesthetic comes from the fact that the idea of Ink came to me by coming across the picture of a brush made specifically for sumi and chinese inks in 2016. His outfit is also partially inspired from what samurais are sometimes depicted to wear in their ukiyo-e representations from the Edo period of Japan.

Ink!Sans often tries mixes of paints and scribbles notes on his scarf because of his bad memory.

His pupils change shape and color every time he blinks. It is speculated that they represent an AU with each shape and color combination, and each time they appear, it means Ink is watching the AU’s events unfurl through his eyes as if he was constantly observing. Ink claims that the shapes and colors are just random. They are never seen white.

The rainbow vials on his stash belt are paint bottles with heart shaped tops that cover the range of the rainbow.

His brush is most of the time carried on his back.

Under all the clothes, his bones are colored and marked by strange shapes.

♦ What are his heart shaped vials for?

His vials keep paints of color that are adapted just for him, and each vial gives him a range of emotion. He fills them at his Doodlesphere regularly. Ink needs these since he doesn’t have a soul and can’t feel on his own. Drinking a bit of all of them regularly allows him to maintain a normal constitution. If anyone else tried drinking them, it would just taste like paint.

♦ Which emotions do they all represent then?

Red is wrath/aggressivity, and yellow/orange is euphoria. Between these two colors, there is a hue of emotions for all the other colors, and it is up to you to think of their meanings :-)

♦ Why do his eyes change shapes and colors?

Ink has the tendency to drink a bit of all the colors at once to be able to balance the feelings and act as closely to a normal person who can control his emotions and react accordingly to most situations. Since all the colors are into his body at the same time, his eyes feature all of them.

♦ Do shapes have particular meanings too?

Not really, that’s pretty random. Two canon shapes do have meanings: his eyes shape like yellow stars when he’s excited or amazed, and one turns into a red target when he is fighting an enemy.

♦ Does him not having shoes hurt his feet?

Ink hardly feels physical pain like most skeleton characters. That’s what having bones for a body does! And being soulless plays a role in that too.

♦ Does Ink blush in rainbow?

Yes he does! He also happens to grow momentaneous rainbow freckles when he is deeply touched, or deeply perturbed.

♦ Does Ink have a rainbow tongue?

Yes, he does!

♦ Is there a human design for Ink!Sans?

No, you are free to make one up for him! :-)

Ink used to have an older outfit:

This design was heavily inspired from CookieHana ( https://www.deviantart.com/cookiehana )’s Pokemon trainer character Pen. The issue is the reason why the oufit was changed. Read this post for the whole explanation!

♦ Will I still be able to use Ink’s main old design?

I would ask you to please prioritize Ink’s new design, given the circumstances. I know I cannot stop everyone from using this old design, and I will not come for you if you use it. I would simply want my wish to be respected given I allow people to use him for so many projects, professional ones included.

♦ Will I have to scrap the artworks I made of Ink in his old design but did not post yet? Will I have to change to Ink’s new design in my comics/animations immediately?

You don’t need to scrap your artwork of Ink’s older design! Please feel free to finish it and post it online, I will absolutely not hold it against you. If you claim that your drawings were made before the announcement, I will believe you. You are also free to conclude your comics and animations with Ink’s old design if it was already started before the announcement and you can’t make the new design fit at all. I will only ask that if you can make the change of Ink’s design fit with your storylines and start using it from there, please do so as soon as you can. I would really appreciate it. <3

♦ Will the alternative versions of Ink (like Fresh!Ink) have to change designs too?

No, characters like Fresh!Ink or specific designs you made of Ink to fit in your AUs do not have to change!

♦ Will you revamp Fresh!Ink’s design?

At the moment, I don’t plan to! I would rather let the monstrosity be what it is! :-)

♦ Can we still draw the alternate outfits you made of Ink?

If you are talking about these two following designs, yes, you can absolutely continue using them! <3

♦ Will these two alternate outfits get revamped?

I’m not planning to currently, but maybe one day! Both previous and new versions would be totally free to use for Ink if that does happen! :-)

♦ Will all of the Ink fusions/fanchildren have to change designs too?

No, they do not require a change either at all!

♦ Which outfit do you like more?

I’m happy with what I did for the 2020 design, but Ink is still Ink and I honestly love him regardless of what he wears! <3 On that note, people are totally free to create outfits for him as they have in the past!

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- PERSONALITY -

♦ What’s his character like? (personality, quirks…)

Ink!Sans has a tendency to get too excited about things. He also has very short memory and will forget about different things - sometimes stopping mid sentence to try and remember what he just said a few seconds before.

He is very passionate about art and likes to motivate characters and creators. He’s able to change clothes on people just by a paint of his brush, and he loves to create the kind of outfit they like. Even though he uses art as a tool, no one really saw his drawings or paintings.

He’s a mischief-maker. Pranks are his guilty pleasure.

Ink in general acts wittily and provocatively.

With him hardly having a proper social understanding, he’s blunt in his teasing and mocking just like in his ability to give support and to be kind.

He’s really forgetful (which is why he takes notes on his scarf).

Ink approaches ennemies carefully. He will never try to attack them first, but will mostly focus on trying to discover their motives and talk them through it. Although he does come off as a jerk in first impression, he does know what to analyze to understand the issue so he can brush people the right way and hopefully have them listen.

He loses his pencils all the time.

He happens to sometime randomly vomit ink, mostly when he gets too emotionally shaken, whether from passion or shock.

Ink supports all kinds of art, like painting, literature, dance, music, etc.

He is afraid of whiteness, of absence of presences or shapes around him, loneliness, huge empty spaces…

Ink does not appear as a perfectly well behaved character. He can sometimes be inconsiderate in his mocking and cruel in his opinions, and deep down he sees other characters as story characters and not as people like him like a proper story would. He has a very special morality that sometimes shows to be really seperated from his emotions. He can be identified as chaotic neutral.

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- BACKSTORY -

Before asking any question related to this subject, please first check out the His Story comic which retraces Ink’s backstory.

♦ What is Ink’s original name?

The same name as his original AU. :)

♦ What is Ink’s original AU? Who made it?

_____tale. The owner does not have a proper identity, it could be anybody.

♦ Did Ink tear off his soul?

Yes, he did. And thus he erased himself from his AU, which had only one unfinished timeline with no possibility to reset.

♦ Where did he end up?

He ended up in what will become his Doodle sphere.

♦ What happened to his old AU?

It supposedly stayed exactly the same, unfinished and forgotten.

♦ Who is the artist that splashed him with colors?

It could be anyone in the fandom. You, your friend, or any artist ever. :D

♦ Where do those tattoos come from?

His tattoos are extremely tiny, nearly unreadable bits of binary. They are parts of the multiverse’s core code that stuck onto him and formed marks on him when he traveled from his AU to what will become his Doodle sphere. :-)

♦ If Ink runs out of those paints and is unable to refill them until the colors in him eventually fade, what would happen?

Ink would become a husk, like an empty shell. He will simply stop moving, responding, and will not have any of his senses working. Ink’s body can be completely controlled by someone else, but his ink abilities will not be available anymore. He basically becomes a corpse until he is refilled with paints. Surprisingly enough, it’s very easy to defeat him! 

♦ Why doesn’t Ink just make himself/steal a soul?

His duty to protect the timelines forbids him to steal a soul for himself. He also cannot make himself a soul because he cannot revive what is dead. Although he knows his emotion vials have a weakness, he believes it is a better advantage than a soul that can be visible and destroyed. Let’s say it’s less expected. :-)

- THE STATE OF HIS STORY COMIC -

♦ Are you going to continue/complete His Story comic?

Up to this day, I’m not sure myself. I love Ink with all my heart, but he is a vivid interest that goes back to 2016, and because of my growth and the changes in my life, my interests have shifted to something else. A comic is a lot of work, I am learning that much myself since I’m focusing on my professional project. The prospect of working on His Story is no longer appealing to me, unfortunately. :(

So far, everything that has happened in the released parts of His Story has been the most important. Ink is an abandoned project who managed to pull himself out of his situation to turn into this grand, known figure of protection and creation, and all this journey comes with its consequences and traumas. He is an insecure, self-centered character with abandonment issues and who has a hard time trusting his emotions. He is a very paradoxical spin off of the whole Multiverse fandom of Undertale, and thinking of it, I wonder if it truly needs more to it.

I might shorten the story and make a conclusion, so I don’t leave a bittersweet unfinished project behind me! <3 I will gladly keep talking, drawing and reblogging art or content of him. He’s been a big part of my life and he’s still the little miracle I cherish.

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- ADDITIONAL LORE AND FACTS -

♦ When was Ink created?

He was created in January 2016!

♦ How did you come up with the idea of Ink?

I was trying to find a new AU concept because I was very unsatisfied with my contributions to the fandom, and I really wanted to try my hand at an out!code character. I came across a picture of a brush made specifically for chinese and japanese ink, and it sort of clicked. I thought it would be fitting to have something that fit the incredible dynamic and power the newly AU Multiverse craze was starting to be, and that a version of Sans supporting the various creations that were appearing would be cute! :-)

♦ Why did you base yourself on Sans and not another character?

Sans was my favorite at the time, and the awareness he had on how he was part of a game that was bound to forever restart and trap him into silence was a groundbreaking character trait we had barely seen before, and it was what made him explode around the fandom. I merely followed the craze! :-)

♦ What is the Doodle sphere?

It’s basically Ink’s personal multiverse. If you know how html and CSS work, the multiverse’s core code is the html and his Doodle sphere is the CSS that goes with it (the core code is the mechanic and the Doodle sphere is the design that makes it pretty and possible to visit.) I imagine the multiverse’s core code as a portal that is very frightening and unsettling to travel through, and thus Ink would rather sugarcoat his little multiverse than go through the core code again.

The Doodle sphere is a colorful world where big-sized buckets float. Each bucket is an AU. The liquid in these buckets is a portal inside the AU.

Ink doesn’t exactly live to a designated area, he travels all the time. The Doodle sphere just happens to be his “base” to come back to.

♦  What are Ink’s weapons?

As written above, Ink is not one to attack first for two reasons: he would rather solve conflict rather than attack someone, and fighting uses a lot of ink out of him. The vials he drinks are not only used for emotions, they are also what enables him to manipulate ink and summon his various capacities. Although not necessary for him to manipulate ink, his big brush is a vessel to concentrate his powers and have more precision and range. This brush feels light to him, but is relatively heavy for anybody else.

Out of this ink stored inside him, he can create different moves, implying Sans-like attacks, like black colored bones and blasters. Those blasters shoot ink that can boil or solidify.

♦ What are Ink’s hobbies other than his role as a guardian?

He plays the flute! He also enjoys learning how to sew so he doesn’t always rely on his powers.

♦ What is Ink’s assigned font?

His assigned font is Note this! (https://www.dafont.com/note-this.font) but there’s absolutely no obligation to use it! <3

♦ When is Ink’s birthday?

It’s on April 15, World’s Art day! :-)

♦ What is Ink’s canon gender?

Ink is a male.

♦  What is Ink’s canon height and weight?

Ink is slightly shorter than original Sans (Comic Sans = 4 feet, so Ink Sans = 3.8 feet).

He doesn’t weight much since he’s all bones and fabric, but he does look “big-boned” (meaning his bones are wide, literally lmao.)

♦ Is Ink ambidextrous (meaning he uses both hands to draw and write)?

Yes he is!

♦ What is Ink’s canon age?

Ink doesn’t really age, but he categorizes himself as an adult who almost has his life figured out (which is a lie).

♦ Is it okay if I draw him / RP him with another gender, age or height?

Of course, as long as you don’t force your opinion on others. If people blame you for not respecting his original gender, kindly link them to this FAQ to show them that I see no problem with my character being portrayed this way. <3

♦ What is Ink’s canon sexuality?

Ink is aromantic and asexual, meaning he is not interested in being in a romantic or sexual relationship with anyone.

♦ Is it okay if I draw him / RP him with another sexuality?

Of course, as long as you don’t force your opinion on others. If people blame you for not respecting his original sexuality, kindly link them to this FAQ to show them that I see no problem with my character being portrayed this way. <3

♦ Who is Ink canonly shipped with?

Ink isn’t and won’t be canonly paired with a partner.

♦ Is it okay if I draw him / RP him with a partner?

Of course, as long as you don’t force your opinion on others. If people blame you for not respecting his original situation, kindly link them to this FAQ to show them that I see no problem with my character being portrayed this way. <3

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- INK!SANS & OTHER AUS -

♦ What are the AUs he visited?

Possibly as much as he can!

♦ Are there any other Ink!Characters?

There are currently no other official characters related to Ink!Sans or what we could call the Inktale AU.

♦ Are you the one who designed Fresh!Ink?

I am! This is the post I made about his design!

♦ What are Ink’s relationships with Undertop!Gaster and Zephyrtale!Gaster?

Undertop Gaster ( @under-top ) is one of Ink’s father figures. They slowly bonded over the wisdom and experiences the reality of knowing of the out!code world gives. Although Gaster has two sons (Undertop Sans and Papyrus), he does consider Ink as part of his family. Gaster is a charismatic ringleader who plays pretend as an in!code, but he has a lot of insomnias, hallucinations and nightmares from his past as an out!code as well as the genocide timelines of Undertop following him. He often talks about it with Ink. Ink is very curious about Gaster’s unending desire to refuse to embrace his out!code state and purposefully blend in his AU, but he relates about the idea of wanting to have a concrete place in the world. They allow themselves to have cynical talks about the Multiverse quite often, but they also manage to nurture a tender familial friendship through it.

Zephyrtale Gaster (or Aster) is part of one of my first Undertale AUs, Zephyrtale! Aster has been an in!code all his life until he met Undertop Gaster, and a little while later, Ink!Sans. He has ever since slowly been confronted to the knowledge of learning about the Multiverse and all that it implies, and develops a passion for studying it with Ink’s help. They progressively develop a friendship, and thanks to Aster, Ink grows fond of learning how to do things without relying on his creative powers, like building machinery, creating blueprints and studying astrophysics. Although they did not bond the same way, Aster, just like Gaster, sees Ink like family too.

♦ What are his relationships with Underswap!Sans, Error!Sans, Dream!Sans…

It’s up to you to decide which types of relationship you think fit the most! :-) As long as you don’t force your opinion on others or claim any of them to be canon.

Know that Ink is not canonly paired with anyone and that any couple including him is fan-made.

♦ What do you think about Error!Sans x Ink!Sans?

It’s cute! People are creative with their dynamic. I’m glad you guys are having fun, that’s the whole point! <3 Any shipping is welcome!

♦ What are your thoughts on people using Ink for RPs / shippings / their own AUs / NSFW pieces / etc ?

I don’t mind, I’m glad people are having fun with him. It’s his purpose after all! :-) As long as no one feels harmed in the process then it’s fine with me. The only thing that wouldn’t be fine is using him without credit!

♦ I’ve been hearing about Ink and a Loveball event, what is that about?

Somewhere in 2016 if I recall correctly, I participated to an Undertale community roleplay event called the Loveball where I was invited to roleplay as Ink!Sans. It was basically a lot of multiverse characters grouped in a big mansion for one evening, dressed up for a fancy party. This event was very popular and marked a big step for the development of the Multiverse part of the fandom.

♦ Are there comics about Ink?

Ink in Underswap (cancelled, it will not update anymore)

His Story (on hold)

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- INKTOBERTALE -

♦ What is Inktobertale?

#inktobertale is a spin-off from the very famous Inktober challenge. During the month of October, a list of prompts for drawings about Ink!Sans will be released: each day will have an assigned prompt people can interprete and draw out! The challenge will continue every day until the 31st of the month. The point is to come up with creative ways to respond to the prompts using Ink!Sans and to manage to draw something everyday until the end of the month!

♦ Is it only about Ink!Sans?

This theme was created and voted as an Ink!Sans challenge, since there are a lot of other Undertale Inktober challenges. Inktobertale will focus on the character of Ink!Sans. However, you can include other characters to interact with him!

♦ Does it only have to be traditional and inked?

No, you can work with any medium you want, even digitally! :-)

♦ Am I obligated to do all the days / do the days in the right order?

You are free to skip, swap or alternate days as you like. Feel free to even swap between different Inktober challenges! The point is to have fun and experiment this month, so make this challenge a fun experience! <3

♦ How many Inktobertale challenges have been organized so far?

Inktobertale has been organized every year since 2017. The next Inktobertale challenge will be organized in the upcoming October of 2020! 

♦ What are the tags for Inktobertale?

#inktobertale

#inktobertale(insertyear)

#inktobertaleasks (this is the tag I use when answering questions about inktobertale)

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- INK & DREAMERS -

♦  Does Ink play a part as an original character in your Dreamers project?

He does! We have settled for his role in the story, but I don’t want to say too much about it so far. Know that he is very secondary and is in no way a main character. He’s more a cute cameo.

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- INK!SANS TAGS -

♦ What are the tags for Ink!Sans?

I will always use either all or some of those tags on my posts:

ink!sans

ink sans

inktale

ink fanart

inkechos (this tag is for any post related to Ink that isn’t official or fan work)

/!\ #inkechos contains mostly secondary headcanons about Ink. If you have time to spare and want to know more about him and his interactions with other characters, I’d recommend you check out this tag on my blog!

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- USING INK -

Please be sure to have read the “Official design” section before reading this.

♦ Do I have to tag you for credit every time I make Ink content somewhere!

Yes! You can mention @myebi , but if you don’t mind putting both @myebi and @comyet I would really appreciate it and certainly be grateful. <3

♦ Can I draw/write fan art of him?

Of course! Feel free to do so! <3

♦ Can I add him in my comic / Make him interact with my characters?

Sure thing! :)

♦ Can I pair my OCs with him (romantically or not)?

Yes, you can.

♦ Can I design Inktale characters on my own, canon or OC?

Yes, you can!

♦ Can I roleplay as him?

Feel free! It’s okay to make a RP blog for him as well!

♦ If I make merch (plush, bookmark, keychain, poster…) of him, am I allowed to sell?

For now, I am okay with people selling art of him for conventions or for online stores as long as:

the merch does not go beyond A3 format

the merch is not produced massively by your company

the merch is sold for personal use of the clients only

the merch only includes artworks you made or have authorization to sell

I might stop allowing the sale of products including him in the future!

I am always available for discussion through asks or on my deviantART account! (preferably on my profile page and not through notes, thank you very much.)

♦ Can I commission other people to draw him / Can I accept commission orders including him?

Of course! :-)

[ FAQ ]

Ok, I'm going to update my thoughts a bit on Friday the 27th's lore because someone was confused by me calling Phil's seeming dream scene with the skull and the book minor lore.

I'm not saying it was of minor importance, I was saying it in the context of everything this is as of now going, that it is only a minor piece of the puzzle that does not yet connect to anything beyond the isolated Bird House situation. It does not give us a lot of room to speculate the truth of what is going on.

Yes, it points to someone from the outside trying to contact Phil, someone who has to be powerful like Kristen, who I did speculate on being the person to send the message. But that is all it is, speculation. We do not have enough clues to say that is likely the truth or a most likely situation and it not just be the federation somehow messing with Phil, i don't think it is them messing with him, this seem outside their methods, even the bird house scene seemed outside their methods.

The other reason I called it minor is because it was such a small part of the stream and was somewhat swept under the proverbial rug like the Bird House.

It does not yet connect to the major lore beyond Philza. For now it is just a small piece of the puzzle, but one or two pieces does not give us a look at the big picture.

It is the same as my thoughts on what is going on with the eggs, we know they are alive and based on the federation sending Forever to the nether that the are likely in a different dimension, but that is it. While the black concrete initially linked back to the Egg's movements, it is now seems not to be the case with how it has spread to the federation buildings. As of now, what I think is the most likely speculation is the comment Tubbo made involving the upslidown. However we do not have enough clues for linked between clues to tell what is the truth of the situation.

Below is my exact reply to the person who was confused in case you are wondering what I said. If you want to put forth speculation to me or want me to clarify something, go ahead and ask, I will happily reply.

QSMP Philza update, go watch the Wednesday the 25th and Friday 27th updates if you don't want to be spoiled.

Nothing really major happened Wensday, philza went exploring for a bit after getting on to see if there was more black concrete, which there was.

He then spawns in his Minime who he later names Little Twat (not a joke).

Then he spends an hour and a half with Fit and Tubbo talking to the new Cururucho AI at spawn, occasionally getting flirted at, told stuff that could not be true and such, and trying to exploit the AI.

They then went to lucky duck before returning to spawn because Tubbo needed to get his minime Kitkat back after it randomly disappeared. So a random fed. worker came, had Tubbo dance then Phil got board and decided to work on leveling his minime, leading him to dig down under spawn to tr and find iron I believe leading him to drop down into a massive wold edit hole. Cucurucho then joins Phil stares at the strange area before giving Phil a quest to build an aquarium.

Phil then went off to gather materials and mobs for the aquarium, was joined by Fit for a while before Fit leaves, after which Phil spends a few minutes exploring before returning to spawn near the nino to "build the aquarium," if you count an outdoor aquarium with 5 tanks and no other infrastructure. However it counted so Cucurucho have Phil his requested building block rainbow glass or at least the components for it. Phil then went to gather sand for the glass, spent time looking at glitched terain for an hour or so. After which he headed home, hat a none cannon chat with BadBoyHalo and Royer about whether the Brazil or Vagus trips were better, before Phil went off to do a few cores before getting off for the day at the nest.

Friday had some lore happen, but it was nothing major or egg related. If anything it related back to the bird cage with the "wise crow" comment.

To give a better flow of events, Phil woke up, decided to work on upgrading his now 2 mini me's, affectionately called Little Twat, and Little Shit (normally, I would censor a curse, but the name is the curse word so...). With Little Shot asking for a weird mushroom (twice.). After doing some of the Minime quests he went home, had an existential crisis due to the black concrete at his face spreading, then went inside to check the message chest, finding nothing. Then while doing further checks he found strange vines on the inside walls of Tallulah's seed garden, which he followed to the back wall to find a picture of a skull with vines on it and a book asking if Phil remembers his time before the server and promising help.

Side note, I personally want to say that that is Kristen, the goddess of death, trying to communicate with him. It seems to out of place to be the federation, and with how different Phil's ticket is from the rest it has to point to outside interference. And one of Kristen's main ways of talking with Phil previously when lore related back to his wife revolved around crows. So her leaving a critic crow book? Seems plausible.

Plus, sleep is often described as the line between life and death.

Phill took some pictures then called Fit to come see, with Pac joining along, only for when Phil brought them to the area of the message to find it gone like it was never there and all his proof gone. This sent Phil into a minor panic that he tried to brush off, even though booth Fit and Pac believed Phil had seen something.

To get his mind off that, Phil joined Pac and Fit's dungeon crawl, during which he lost his shield, before the group separated after completing the odd triple dungeon with Phil exploring a bit to find materially to replace his shield, followed by minime item collection, a brief dungeon raid, raiding egg backpacks to get the means to get a minime item (a type of mushroom), before he goes hole, does a brief check of stops the eggs loved, ended up back at the dream spot, before going home and getting off.

Also, on the 29th, two messages's appeared on the QSMP Twitter involving the 4th, one involves the train station, one seems to involve Cheyanne.

No clue what it means, other then something happening November 4th.

Good night all.

Well, this is very, very interesting.

I am curious to see what the writer does next.

Chapter One: Doctor’s Notes

To have three versions of the same person among her, Toriel looks over her notes trying to process everything and hopes to gain answers from Error due to his ability to feel and understand emotions before he embarks to another AU with Ink to continue their on-going bet of how many bad AUs there are compared to good ones.

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... Cute.

he knit

he's not familiar with human sizes so they end up a bit large but he's learning

Thank you to everyone who got me to 500 likes!

Umm...

Huh.

IV DONE IT

I know my science sides been kinda dead but I was getting so frustrated trying to differentiate all artistes 'avians'

...that's it, please use freely and don't feel the need to credit me, JUST USE.

It'll be fun to see arrests look at their avian OCS and going *That's you bud! See?*

Adding this because I forgor

I love this, because it feels to true withing the Minecraft multiverse.

[attempts to communicate my mulitverse spanning species lore]

ah damn it i've just made more inhuman keralis propaganda