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Published: 2016-12-20 18:37:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 28739; Favourites: 441; Downloads: 61
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Sans Comic TV did a dub !

I really love 's Handplates AU, as you might have guessed . And apparently, anytime I’m faced with a really angsty scenario, I have to immediately double-down on it. Or perhaps in this case, triple-down? Ahuhuhuhhu~

But yeah, this is an idea I’ve been mulling over for a while: Sans and Papyrus escape Doctor Gaster’s clutches somehow and end up in the loving care of Toriel. Meanwhile, Gaster decides to create a third skeleton so he can continue his work. But this time he does it “right”, without any of that pesky free will or sentience. Years later, the skelebros discover their unfortunate third brother and angst angst angst. This would most likely occur during the scenario I presented in that other comic , where Sans and Papyrus leave the Ruins and accompany the human across the Underground, buuuut the human isn’t actually in this scene because I wanted to focus on the brothers. Maybe the kid stepped out for a minute to get some popato chisps, I don’t know. 

This hasn’t really been explicitly addressed in the Handplates series, but the impression I get is that while in the lab, Sans and Papyrus only actually know how to speak “wingdings” and it's not until after they escape that they learn English (or whatever). (EDIT: Haha I am vindicated .) So Papyrus tries to speak to Subject 3 in wingdings at first. Of course, as they find out, speaking to 3 in any language isn’t going to be very effective.

I wanted to make 3 look a little creepy, and when I finished his face I realized he kinda looked like a Redead from Ocarina of Time…so that works! His handplate doesn’t have a letter because I figure he’s never spoken before, so Gaster doesn’t actually know what his font is (which suits Gaster just fine, much easier to think of him as a thing!)

WHY did I decide that Sans and Papyrus should both be barefoot for this comic. PUT ON SOME SHOES YOU DAMN HIPPIES. Skeleton feet are weird and hard to draw.

Don’t get confused here: in the game, monster souls are upside-down hearts. Zarla prefers to draw them as regular hearts, but I chose to draw them like how they are in the game.

Okay so don’t think too hard about the specific series of events that lead up to this moment, I sure didn’t. The bros arrived, there was a confrontation and probably a scuffle, and here we are. For various reasons, Gaster doesn’t have a whole lot of fight in him. He’s dealing with a lot of complicated feelings. Gaster this is an intervention, no more clones. And no more torture either, we’re cutting you off. I feel like at this point even Gaster is like “no offense but what the fuck am I doing” but he’s not about to admit it. 

I gave Gaster a cane because I wanted to imply that Gaster used one of his feet to make Subject 3, since Gaster’s feet are like his hands in that they’re fused bone. Much easier to hide than holes in hands, which is fortunate for him because I don’t think anyone’s going to buy that he “accidentally” punched a hole in his body a THIRD time. I realized that the cane should have a hook handle so that Gaster could comfortably rest his hole-hand on it, and then I was like “oh my god, I should give him a blaster top cane” so here we are. It’s very cheesy and probably OOC but you know, sometimes you have to follow your heart. Maybe it was a gift from Asgore, he’d HAVE to use it then, right?

"In many ways, Subject 3 is a marked improvement over the both of you. There's like 90% less crying, my productivity is higher than ever!"

When I was young I played a game called Tales of Symphonia and without spoiling too much, one of the characters ends up completely stripped of their humanity, leaving nothing but a mindless living doll that only reacts to protect itself from threats. When the character’s friends try to talk to them, another character says “You’re wasting your time. Not only did they lose their memory, but they have lost the soul to listen to your words. Now they’re only a puppet standing before death’s door.” That stuck with me, obviously, and was my thought process behind Subject 3. I just kept thinking, in a scenario where Gaster is forced to start the experiments from scrap and put himself through all that physical and emotional pain again, how far would he go to make sure there would be no risk of attachment this time?

Papyrus glows his eyes orange ("his" color) to comfort himself, following Zarla’s fanon regarding skeletons and eye-glowing. I thought having 3 glow his eyes in response would be a good way to show that there might actually be a thinking, feeling person inside that skull, since eye-glowing is a way for skeletons to communicate that goes beyond words. I picked pink as his color cause I thought it looked cute.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Sans smiling for real at the end there. His brother is so cool. That last panel of Gaster cracks me up - COME ON BUDDY DON'T SULK, JOIN THE EYE-GLOWING PARTY 8D

This whole premise is a bit on the heavy side so I tried to end it on a hopeful note because deep down I'm a big sap. Gaster is sent to Gay Baby Jail for the rest of his natural life and Sans and Papyrus take their little bro in and everyone gets cake and therapy okay!? ;_;

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Comments: 69

KiraraGirl101 [2017-01-06 03:37:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, I love this concept!

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Silver-The-Hedgie [2017-01-06 02:56:46 +0000 UTC]

That was really great, I hope we get to see more of Sans and Papyrus teaching 3 about their newfound freedom!

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mightygamer64 [2017-01-06 02:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god! This is so cute and sad!
I dunno what's 3's name, but I love him already :3

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Birdy-Bee [2017-01-06 02:20:41 +0000 UTC]

ROBYN YES! Okay this is definitely painful but at the same time I want like, a full-length fanfiction of Three's recovery and eventual bonding with Sans and Papyrus and Toriel. Because that would be amazing, oh my word.

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robynred In reply to Birdy-Bee [2017-01-06 02:42:18 +0000 UTC]

Dude, same. I doubt that will happen, but I AM currently working on a few little comics about Three and adjusting to his new life. It's the least I can do, since I basically created him to suffer. 8P
...Oh God, I'M Gaster! I WAS GASTER ALL ALONG   

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4Fandoms1Person In reply to robynred [2018-11-24 01:15:21 +0000 UTC]

I could write a story about what happens to 3 for you! free and you don't have to credit me, I just like writing! X3

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Jenna-Dreemurr [2017-01-06 02:20:29 +0000 UTC]

I MOREEEE

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Nanenna [2017-01-06 02:13:50 +0000 UTC]

This is equal parts completely awful and super sweet!

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SakuraKoiIshi [2016-12-30 07:33:24 +0000 UTC]

OH GOD MY HEART 

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Fairydust07 [2016-12-28 19:39:35 +0000 UTC]

Aw, this is actually really sweet! Also, yeah, angsty, but in a... good way? I like the idea and have a feeling this would make a pretty good, albeit sad series.

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kayanne21 [2016-12-24 22:27:44 +0000 UTC]

What's his name?

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robynred In reply to kayanne21 [2016-12-24 22:46:39 +0000 UTC]

I haven't decided. Papyrus and Sans aren't sure what his font is either, so for the time being they call him Little Brother and Lil' Bro, respectively. 

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spritelessperson In reply to robynred [2017-01-06 04:55:12 +0000 UTC]

I want to name hem 'Emote.'

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robynred In reply to spritelessperson [2017-01-17 05:02:28 +0000 UTC]

Okay I'll be honest with you, I really love that idea. xD Like he speaks entirely in emotes? It's really silly but it makes a weird sort of sense, he came from Wingdings after all!

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HanakoFairhall [2016-12-22 06:26:37 +0000 UTC]

"In many ways, Subject 3 is a marked improvement over the both of you. There's like 90% less crying, my productivity is higher than ever!"

Oh Gaster...Gaster Gaster Gaster...I know you're dealing with a lot of complicated feelings, but you're such a brilliant man...why don't you see that what you're doing's so wrong?...;n;

Yeah, Three does look a bit creepy, so you got that down pretty well...but I can see why the Skelebros can't just leave him behind.

It's gonna be alright now, baby bones...it's gonna be alright ;u;

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zarla [2016-12-21 06:46:24 +0000 UTC]

POOR SUBJECT 3

6_9

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caitlin52 In reply to ??? [2016-12-20 23:43:23 +0000 UTC]

Aaaah this is so angsty and beautiful...I LOVE IT! Tbh I've loved every handplates thing you've done so far, right down to their little tooth gaps :3 I just love the idea of the momplates scenario, too. It's soooo wildly different from handplates in so many ways, but it's fun to think of the same characters dealing with that new scenario. And yeah a lot of it isn't happy...but tbh, with what we have to start with, I really don't think there's ANY completely happy way to end the story, lol. That's what makes it such a compelling story, I suppose. If things could so easily solved it wouldn't be as great.

I wrote a fanfic where Gaster gets caught and has to own up to what he did to Asgore and Alphys, and like Momplates in spite of it being one of the happier possible endings, it's still pretty sad. And I'm working on a continuation where the boys get the plates removed, aaaand it's still pretty sad, lol. A little happier in some ways, but I think what makes it sad is that as soon as Gaster puts those plates on them there's just really no way to completely erase that or take it back. From that point on, they're no longer a compatible set that can all be completely happy at the same time, no matter how much we want them to be. ANYWAY getting rambly, lol. I guess TL;DR: great job, and I love the "backstory" and cane!

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LoumunVersen [2016-12-20 22:02:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god, this is adorably angsty! 0A0 I keep hearing little brother WDG-3 making cute unintelligible noises when he starts to glow to Papyrus <3 It's soooo adorable!

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