#boatmaster

There is one in her wallet and a couple that used to hang up in her house but Papyrus had to put any photos with her in them away. It's not that she was blurred out of the photos, but if someone looked at them their eyes refused to focus on her and she always appeared blurry and it would give them headaches. The more someone kinda remembered her, the stronger the headaches and sometimes a sense of loss and sadness.

Papyrus endured it for a while, because they helped him remember what she looked like, even if he had trouble seeing her and he had the worst headaches. But he started to notice that Sans was suffering too. though Sans never admitted it and put on a brave face. So he put the photos away quietly. Sans didn't say anything, but his mood and health improved.

Boatmaster (Hermann's nonbinary, surviving Parent) had many family photos of the three of them- Salsa, Arial Ravi (Hermann), and Boatmaster- but had the same problems and had to take them down for their mental health.

This effect no longer happens when looking at the photos. So perhaps Papyrus and Boatmaster can bring them out and look at them again.

Salsa Hermann Died of sickness when Dr. A.R. Hermann was a teen. (That's what happened to Century Gothic in AFAC) Boatmaster is still Alive. I picture Boatmaster becoming withdrawn and melancholy after the death of their vibrant partner Salsa. Thus becoming a little colder than normal.

But unlike Semi, Boatmaster warms up to Gaster quickly and enjoys his comedy sketches. After finding out that Gaster is an orphan, Boatmaster treats him like a son and takes him under their wing with the whole river person deal. Boatmaster was a robotics engineer but did the ferry thing as a hobby(I mean with a name like that I had to keep that a thing, lol) Boatmaster is retired and left the science to Hermann and the Boating to Gaster.

Except, you know. Gaster "died" and Hermann got "erased from memory." Before that, Boatmaster knew Sans and Papyrus, their grandkids. And spoiled them like any good grandparent does. But when Hermann was erased, Boatmaster forgot what their connection was to them.

Furthermore, Boatmaster, feeling something essential missing, became very depressed. Normally, they would have taken Sans and Papyrus in, even if they didn't remember why. But, in their condition they knew they could not properly care for two young skeletons. That's why they're not a part of Sans and Papyrus's life right now.

The memories will start to return and maybe Boatmaster will come find them. But there is a certain level of guilt holding them back. They will feel guilty for not being there for Sans and Papyrus (even though it's not Boatmaster's fault).