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Here's how I picture Safehouse Jon!

He doesn't need glasses anymore by this point, so he should just be wearing empty frames, but I drew this before I settled on my glasses headcanons. This drawing looks better with the reflection anyways.

He hasn't gotten a haircut since before his promotion to Head Archivist. He doesn't love the weight of it on his neck, but he also uses it to fidget, and he really doesn't want to go through the whole process of cutting it. He's disliked haircuts since he was a kid (People: Bad. Small talk: Bad. Touching: Bad. Loud sounds: Bad. People talking all at once: Bad) and since his time with the Circus he's only grown more reluctant to go and get it done.

At this length his hair is naturally pretty curly but he is. Not taking care of it. I actually put a lot of effort into trying to make it look brittle and tangled (I have a lot of experience lol, my hair is quite thick and I've always hated taking care of it. Yes I am also projecting my feelings about going to a hairdressers onto him why do you ask.)

The various scars were a bit of a strange task, but anyone who has seen my takes on The Bad Kids knows I'm not averse to selective realism in my fiction. Easiest one was the neck, I always pictured Daisy making a vertical cut based on "through the voice box". The larynx is longer than it is wide, so I think Daisy would go for the method that dealt damage across the largest total surface area. Yes I am aware that I'm speaking the same way Martin does when he explains his corkscrew.

The worm scars were easy because I barely drew any. There are a few marks on his cheek, but they're just surface bites. I picture most of his encounter with Prentiss showing on his legs, particularly on the right side, with enough damage there that he starts using a cane after the incident to keep weight off his right leg. More research to be done on this particular detail.

Finally the burn on his hand from Jude. This was the weirdest one to figure out just because of the nature of the injury. How do you quantify the damage done to an epidermis by a living manifestation of sometimes-boiling wax that can heat and cool at will? I settled on it being a second-degree burn that healed supernaturally fast, containing the damage to the space Jude had direct contact with. He'd probably have some mobility issues there as well. I know there are ways to help with mobility and pain after a severe burn, but I don't know how much of it Jon would actually. Do. Like I said, definitely further research to be done on these last two.

Hey so I'm gonna ask you to stop and consider the horror of the watcher. The helplessness. The guilt. The inherent terror of being a spectator, a participant by proximity but not by action. The horror of not being able to look away, of being a bystander. Jon forgets to blink sometimes. But wouldn't it be so much worse if there were no eyelids at all? That's how I interpret the description of The Archivist being "All Eyes" :D

I think that Undyne puts a lot of work into having good rapport with her subordinates, even if she doesn't particularly like them (if they REALLY bother her she just rants about it to Alphys later). That's her TEAM, y'know? Especially when they're close to someone she's close to. (can't stand Mettaton, but that's Alphys' friend so he's allowed in her house)

I think she would've put in a little extra to trying to get along with Sans because of her friendship with Papyrus. Only to be met with The most infuriating brick wall of a guy. This isn't high on her priority list, she probably doesn't think of Sans much beyond "Paps' brother" and "why the fuck is he assigned to so many stations". But at the same time, I think she did perk up at the mention of the two of them having something in common.

She hoped that she could get some energy out of the guy by trading scar stories (just like in anime!!) or talking about how cool eye patches are or commiserating over the trials of poor depth perception.

Unfortunately for her, Sans is the most guarded motherfucker on the planet who lives exclusively by the Mulaney Code: "I'll keep all my emotions right here, and then one day, I'll Die." The man is allergic to the concept of confiding things in others.

(For clarity of headcanon I like to think that Undyne is entirely missing her left eye and Sans is blind in his right eye. The pupil still manifests, but it's not actually doing anything. He doesn't, like, actively hide it, but like I said he is incredibly stubborn about not letting anyone know anything about him ever so he'll Not Mention Things for as long as possible until he literally has no choice.)

Putting these two in the same room is unstoppable force vs immovable object. "Feels things so hard she literally melts herself" and "Feelings can't get me if I keep dodging"