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Author’s note: Hi everyone! Zally here.
so I had an idea for a Sans, and I love him ok.
His name is LoVer. And his AU had a glitch in it that prevented his or Frisk’s LV to reset along with the timeline. Frisk was protected (mostly) from the emotional impact due to the player making the choices for them.
But Sans wasn’t quite so lucky.
If I ever figure out how to post photos to Ao3, I’ll show some sketches of it’s design.
In the meantime, here’s my goofy goober!
Name: Sans
Multiverse nickname: LoVer
Distinguishing traits: a cracked neck. I usually wear the locket that the kid wore, ya know, the golden heart? It’s broken, though. I also have a hoodie that’s too big for me so I can whack Killer with the sleeves. And my eyelights are white rings
Pronouns: fuck if I know or care, I guess I’m a thing, so it/its or he/him
Crush: none, I literally don’t have any fucking emotions. Just give me some fucking cheesecake or something, idk.
Mate: none
Allies: Nightmare, Error, occasionally Fresh
Backstory: Small for a Sans, LoVer is emotionless due to a glitch in his multiverse that meant that LV didn’t reset along with the timeline. Every time he killed the kid on a genocide route, he gained more EXP. He didn’t realise until it was too late, and tried to hide it from Papyrus for several more resets. However, Undyne noticed something was wrong, and Sans seemed distant, and she CHECKed him, seeing his LV and assuming the worst. He was sentenced to a public execution, yet the world reset again just before he died, though he never knew if that was Frisk taking pity on him. Now he knew that if he tried to go to anyone for help, he would be killed.
Eventually, Frisk stopped resetting after LoVer killed them, as they were killing everyone too easily except for him, who gained so much health and LV after killing them over and over again. Yet he was broken somehow, and eventually he snapped, trying to commit suicide, only to get dragged back to the start of the game again as Frisk logged on.
That was it.
He killed them the second they left the ruins, and went on an absolute rampage, destroying everything. His AU died, and it was just him.
Every time Frisk tried to restart, LoVer would be there at the Ruins, painting the garden red with their blood, and increasing his LV each time.
He had no emotions anymore, he felt nothing. All he had was his mind. And when he found a rip in the world, he took the chance and left. Nightmare found him soon after, and LoVer agreed to ally with him, although he refused to stay too close. He comes if he’s called, and fights with his emptiness affecting his soul. It means that he’s slower than normal, but his blows hit twice as hard. He also loses one HP per turn.
Important quotes: "The more you kill, the easier it becomes to distance yourself. The more you distance yourself, the less you will hurt. The more easily you can bring yourself to hurt others." -Undertale
“I’m made of LoVe, right? Yet I can’t really love. Does that make sense? I suppose not. Yet on days like these, kids like you should dance in hell with me.” -LoVer
”Guess we’re both soulless, huh Smiley Trashbag? Yet here we are. The last souls standing. Funny how that works, isn’t it?” -LoVerTale Flowey