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As I said in the last one I hated to break this scene in half since it’s meant to be a self-contained scene. But I didn’t really have a lot of options, you see how long it got!

Been a while since we’ve seen someone get their arm broken or thrown violently into a wall . What goes around comes aroooound (in the face!)
Papyrus is glowing his eyes for Gaster - it’s his normal orange-y with a bit of purple. Usually purple is fear, but in different contexts it can also be a call to be brave.
Speaking in caps makes it hard to discern between love and LOVE, huh.
You thought Papyrus having googly eye blasters was a joke BUT NOW I'M COMMITTED

What was Gaster doing exactly that made this happen? Basically, he made a list of IDF weakpoints using the information he got from the brothers' TML files , then he set up something like a magic sonar to try and see through a weakpoint to the other side without opening it. He used the brothers as a power source/guide for it, possibly using principles from this - you can see them holding hands (which increases their magic output ) over a specialized hand-reader in the last one like the ones around the lab . He definitely did not think something like this would happen.

As for the strange tar creature itself, here are some things to consider:

-Gaster mentioned in his initial warnings about IDF that weakpoints could lead to other points in time as well as space or other dimensions.

-It knows who he is, how he made the brothers, what will happen to him, where he’s going, and the effect that will eventually have on the timeline, even though at this point in time, Gaster has no idea who it is.

-The only ones in the game that remember Gaster after he’s erased are his followers, all of whom do not exist until a certain value (Fun) is changed that brings them into existence. When that value is changed again, they disappear. They all talk about him in the third person, although that doesn’t preclude them possibly being pieces of his consciousness, since they say he was shattered. Anything related to Gaster himself after he’s erased (his theme song, his journal entry, the two sprites that might be him) also require changing values to exist.

-Sometimes in games, when you try to create something from a data value that doesn’t or shouldn’t normally exist or has been altered in some way, the game will try to create something out of things that do exist, resulting in strange, glitchy mishmashes of random sprites and tiles. Pokemon Red/Blue is a good example of this (our good friend MissingNo), as are the Metroid II secret worlds .

-An outsider unrestricted by the normal laws of life and death and time that toys with the weak out of boredom or curiousity... you could call it an anomaly.

-Fatigue and Fun both start with F.


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Edit - Check out Jamadub's dub! (Spanish)
And Starbot's!
And Phoenix Prime's!
And Puzzle Channel's! (Russian)
And Audiospawn's!
And Solros's! (French)
And Frank Hyuga's! (Spanish)


Translations!

Magyar
Português do Brasil
Español
Deutsch

Suomen Kieli

Polski

한국어


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uniclique In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 05:38:36 +0000 UTC]

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SmileyTheShibe In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 04:30:35 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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JordanRiskTaker In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 04:10:31 +0000 UTC]

*high pitched happy screaming*

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JordanRiskTaker In reply to JordanRiskTaker [2017-06-02 04:18:39 +0000 UTC]

San's smug little face made me so happy! Ahahahaha

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LeDerpu In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 04:06:55 +0000 UTC]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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firerulezz116 In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 04:02:00 +0000 UTC]

"I've always wanted to give a cryptic warning... I guess now's my chance" killed me!

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MiniMoon23 In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 02:46:45 +0000 UTC]

Wait.. wait wait wait wait waiT HOLY SHIT MYSTERY MAN IS THE GIANT GOOP MONSTER!!! THE FACE- THE FACE- "SO YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF- WAS IT WORTH IT?" THAT PANEL- THAT FACE IS TOTALLY THE MYSTERY MAN BEHIND THE GRAY DOOR!! ZARLA DIDN'T MENTION THE TWO SPRITES IN THE DESC FOR NO REASON!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

At first, i was really disappointed with the sudden shift in it being a danger of the future to a physical danger that he was forced to protect the brothers from, but now it's like- That's how he knows him! He's still closed off, he's not all of a sudden dadster, it's just- i feel like it work better now! That must've been why you didn't want to split it up, so it would make more sense to the reader!

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hellspawnz In reply to MiniMoon23 [2017-06-03 05:22:22 +0000 UTC]

better question, is it the thing behind the door, or is it mimicking how gaster will look once he is scattered?

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MiniMoon23 In reply to hellspawnz [2017-06-03 13:40:59 +0000 UTC]

.... shit. shhhhhiiiiitttttt......

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AweCraftBlox In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 01:49:17 +0000 UTC]

I love this because it's literally pure angst with occasional fluff or deep thoughts, which is exactly my roleplay style. It makes it feel like I'm inside the comic... Don't ask who, don't ask why. (Or do, I don't control your life) But anyways, I love your work!!! ^-^

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Wuilll In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 01:46:05 +0000 UTC]

One of the last faces of Sans and Papyrus made me laugh in this one

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GingerDarkness In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 01:27:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow...

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robynred In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 01:24:19 +0000 UTC]

YES HELLO I HAVE AN ORDER FOR A KARMIC ASSKICKING FOR A DOCTOR W.D. GASTER??? SORRY IT'S SO LATE, TRAFFIC IN THE NINTH DIMENSION WAS HELL.

Honestly, everything about this update was so satisfying. What a ride. This whole idea of the player being an eldritch abomination to the characters within the game is 10/10 I love it. It's like, sometimes people will say about the whole morality system in Undertale "Well the monsters attacked ME, why shouldn't I fight back? I'm just a kid who into the Underground and they're trying to kill me!" But of course, it's not that simple. YOU, the player, are not some innocent kid. YOU, the player, are in no danger and can literally never die by the hands of these monsters. YOU, the player, are literally doing this as a GAME. And understanding that is so important to understanding the narrative of Undertale and what it's trying to say. It's like if an alien came to earth, and it was all powerful and could time travel and was basically immortal. But it pretends to be human and plays with the lives of the people around it for fun.  

And of course, considering all the parallels that have been made between Gaster and the player, it's even more appropriate. I just...ghhhh!!! You put so much thought into these stories, I'm constantly amazed.

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gmstone1998 In reply to robynred [2017-06-02 14:24:05 +0000 UTC]

This made me laugh so hard! XD

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LeDerpu In reply to robynred [2017-06-02 04:07:32 +0000 UTC]

Lol

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IssyBitty In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 01:17:28 +0000 UTC]

cuteeeee!!!!!!!!

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GallifreyanGirl15 In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 01:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Nice...this is probably my favourite part so far.

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GreyrainDraws In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 00:44:32 +0000 UTC]

*unhuman screeching*
Yasss!!!!
*wipes tear from eye*
Beautiful 
(CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT PAGE!)

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Sonictale101 In reply to ??? [2017-06-02 00:05:22 +0000 UTC]

On panel 36, or somewhere near that, DID ANYONE ELSE THINK IT LOOKED LIKE GOOPSTER!? OR IS IT JUST ME!?

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hellspawnz In reply to Sonictale101 [2017-06-03 05:26:11 +0000 UTC]

it's not necessarily him. read the description, this is an error in reality, building itself out of things that already exist. the example given is the infamous missingno of pokemon, which can randomly appear as a number of existing sprites, or as a glitch shape. 

which means it's head isn't actually a blaster, it's using a blaster as a head because it's actual head can't load in.

so, it's more likely that it's making itself look like that as a mocking message, after all, it wants to be cryptic.

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LeDerpu In reply to Sonictale101 [2017-06-02 04:08:45 +0000 UTC]

It IS Goopster. It's his future self, I thought you knew that the monster was made of people who fell into the core.

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Sonictale101 In reply to LeDerpu [2017-06-02 11:14:48 +0000 UTC]

Well, That's something new. I didn't know he was basically an Almalgimation of everyone who feel into the CORE. Thanks for telling me that x3

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LeDerpu In reply to Sonictale101 [2017-06-08 04:29:22 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! >w<

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GreyrainDraws In reply to Sonictale101 [2017-06-02 00:43:45 +0000 UTC]

yas

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Sonictale101 In reply to GreyrainDraws [2017-06-02 00:48:58 +0000 UTC]

*Dabs* Am not alone!       

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Cloverleaf-Palette In reply to Sonictale101 [2017-06-02 01:37:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm also here dude

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Veritaserum394 In reply to Sonictale101 [2017-06-02 00:10:45 +0000 UTC]

I kinda wonder, if that anomaly was gaster from another time, maybe he's literally beating himself up about his actions towards papyrus. Maybe this being still feels bad about his actions even then. Maybe. At least its a thought. Lol I did love how Gaster protected sans and paps, but then he tried to cover it up. I think we all know he has to care about them somewhere in his soul. I can't wait for the next one

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Sonictale101 In reply to Veritaserum394 [2017-06-02 00:14:27 +0000 UTC]

Good theory. The Dadster is slowly setting in there x3 I just can't wait for it too be set in stone...

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Moondusted-Arts In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 23:21:35 +0000 UTC]

I love the googly eyed blasterssss <3 Papyrus is a smol precious childdd 

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Aerin-Kayne In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 22:55:44 +0000 UTC]

It's like a matrixy wyrd wide web comic.  
You don't see those every day.
Or...
do you? 

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animatedrose [2017-06-01 22:48:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh man. So much foreshadow. Poor guys...

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KittyKatArtLuv In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 22:47:39 +0000 UTC]

You know you're starting to get attached, Gaster, don't deny it, you softie =w=

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Hell13Fire In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 22:33:04 +0000 UTC]

sans's face on the sixth to the last panel is everything XD

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WineRedArrow In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 22:25:48 +0000 UTC]

This..

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envandrare In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 22:19:32 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!!!

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geeklingNo1 In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 22:11:18 +0000 UTC]

You're so talented at both art and storytelling! I NEED MOAR!!!

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Wintercat96 In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 21:23:49 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry, but I laughed when Sans couldn't find F1 XD

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hellspawnz In reply to Wintercat96 [2017-06-03 05:26:44 +0000 UTC]

he's like, 1. give him some slack.

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Phoenix-Prime-3000 In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 20:53:43 +0000 UTC]

What I want to know is, who's going to heal him? Alphys? Asgore? Maybe Papyrus? Definitely not Sans.

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hellspawnz In reply to Phoenix-Prime-3000 [2017-06-03 05:27:13 +0000 UTC]

food and sleep. because he ain't accepting a healing from nobody.

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SlickClaw In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 20:33:59 +0000 UTC]

Well shit, that happened.

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UneFilleManuelle In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 20:32:34 +0000 UTC]

What I wonder is why after this "thing" attack Gaster, he says "not ... not again ...". Why ? He already lived it?

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Phoenix-Prime-3000 In reply to UneFilleManuelle [2017-06-01 20:50:52 +0000 UTC]

He's most likely thinking back to when he lost his family to the humans back on the surface.

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UneFilleManuelle In reply to Phoenix-Prime-3000 [2017-06-02 04:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, maybe, I had not thought about that!

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m1dnightst0ne In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 20:22:02 +0000 UTC]

And papyrus sucks at dodging.

and when gaster's arm snapped it was amazing. i guess this could be considered karma.

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alchemychick22 In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 20:18:29 +0000 UTC]

WOW! I have chills. The demon was so utterly cryptic and creepy. I have loved every minute of this comic. You gotta love Handdplates Gaster even if you don't agree with his methods. Marvelous job! Also I think deep down he does love Sans and Papyrus although he tries not too. The more he tries not to... the more Papyrus sees through him. I can't wait to see what happens next.

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Knockoutking626 In reply to ??? [2017-06-01 20:02:48 +0000 UTC]

We'll never know what that thing was will we?

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hellspawnz In reply to Knockoutking626 [2017-06-03 05:28:58 +0000 UTC]

you can make a pretty solid guess if you read the description. if you can't figure it out, i'll give you a hint.

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Knockoutking626 In reply to hellspawnz [2017-06-03 18:42:48 +0000 UTC]

The only thing I can think of is perhaps the (or a) anomaly (The Player) that controls Frisk in the game. That or perhaps a post-wiped from existence Gaster, since wherever that thing got pulled from time is irrelevant. 

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hellspawnz In reply to Knockoutking626 [2017-06-04 04:24:04 +0000 UTC]

it's probably not gaster, since it treats gaster as a separate entity from itself. what it seems to be is something acting like a player, something like an anomaly given form. whether it's actually a player, or just something akin to one is the question, and unless we know it can alter data in their world, we probably won't know for certain which of those options it is.

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