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Meth: Hello all, and-
Alphys, Meth, Frisk, Chara: HAPPY LGBTQIA+ PRIDE!
Meth: I hope this month has brought upon the finest greetings! May you be blessed with pride, and if such confidence has yet to make itself known to you, I hope at the very least, you know you are not alone, and that there is a community who supports you.
Alphys: I-It is also the month f-for PTSD awareness, scoliosis awareness, Caribbean American h-heritage, and N-national Indigenous history!
Chara: (Indigenous history month? Woah! Oh, um-) I have PTSD and scoliosis! So be aware of me, folks!
Frisk: (Pfft- Chara...)
Meth: Yes, and men's mental health month! Sam, if you are listening to this, I hope my gift basket has reached you and cleared some of the fog in your life, and-
Frisk: We wish you well, Mister Sam!
Chara: He sent a gift basket?
Frisk: And we wish the best for all other men whose neurodivergence or life circumstances have led to hardships on their mental wellbeing. I know what it's like...
Meth: ...
Chara: ...
Alphys: Y-Yes, absolutely...I-I think a-all three of us have probably had some, uh, pretty d-dark times in our lives. So we stand in s-solidarity with you. N-Now let's, um, n-not derail! The point of this post is-is to share our queer identities, and- and invite you to ask questions about them, about us, a-and about monsters involvement in-in queer history! Our history with queerness i-is very interesting and complex, I am sure it-it would be very interesting to humans! Erm, I'll- I'll share my identity first! I am a peritrans woman, bi-polysexual, panromantic, a-and ambiamorous.
Frisk: I am peritrans, non-binary - specifically pangender - pansexual, and polyamorous! Feel free to ask anything!
Meth: I am an individual of the masculine variant - non-binary xenomasculine, if one is to be specific - bi-polysexual, and polyamorous. I am perisex and altersex, particularly xenosex, transxenive, xenogonadal, and prenascian! My sex is quite a complex subject, and I would be incredibly DELIGHTED to share as many details as one's mind could handle!
Chara: I am non-binary - specifically agender - ambiamorous, and I prefer not to label my attraction! I am also...um, I am also intersex. I-I don't...know my, uh, specific variant, since...well...I never had a genetic test, died before chromosomes were even discovered, and when alive, my body was- uhh, perhaps its better I don't share that...an-anyways I-I could...erm...I'd be willing t-to talk about what I DO know, if you, uh...want.
Chara: ...
Frisk: (Chara...)
Chara: (Please change the subject.)
Frisk: O-Oh, and don't forget, you can ask us non-queer questions too! You can ask us just about anything!
Alphys: Y-Yes, absolutely! Ask away! Please...
Alphys: (I-I hope Frisk edits o-out those awkward pauses in-in final uploads...it's almost like t-they were waiting for s-someone else to finish speaking...)
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I've made some fake screenshots of my characters Ember and Sam if they existed in Undertale. These both take place in the pacifist ending, before Frisk leaves the Underground.
Ember is a big fan of Mettaton, but never had the chance to see him or even much of his merch. She begs her big brother Sam to take her to MTT Resort before they leave the Underground for good. He complies, of course.
These interactions between them and Frisk are unfortunately not canon to DH either, as the AU follows the game to a T. The characters and the event itself very much is, though!
(Defining Happiness belongs to @dh-dd-hivemind. Thank you so much for including my characters in your AU!)
So we got permission to share one of our dear friends SUPER AMAZING fanart for Defining Happiness!! Please do check out her deviantart and give her some love!!
How much progress have humans made in terms of queer acceptance? And what role do monsters play in queer history? Especially before the war since after the war, human and monster cultures likely didn't interact much.
The monsters do seem quite accepting of diversity of any kind and you mentioned their place in queer history, so I was curious.
Previous pride post [link]
Introduction post [link.]
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Frisk: When it comes to Human progress, we've come quite far! Same-gender and gender diverse relationships are legalized globally.
Meth: Polyamory is legalized in 93% of countries. And marriage benefits are no longer a thing - benefits are simply given to those who need them, instead of forcing individuals who wished not to marry into a partnership. Marriage is now what it is supposed to be - an act of affection and dedication, and sometimes a cultural exchange. Not an act of legal necessity.
Frisk: Gender and sex transitions are fully supported in healthcare, t-though there is still the issue with, y'know...classism, and some people being unable to afford HRT and surgery.
Meth: Indeed. There is also some misfortune in how binary-centric manners of thinking have yet to be completely eradicated. Though things are looking up. Gender segregation is no longer present in a majority of countries, with gendered bathrooms being widely turned gender neutral in 81% of the Human population, and sports being sorted through standards such as physical mass and level of practice rather than gender or sex within 74% of countries! And the statistics rise with each passing year!
Frisk: Most countries still have "legal gender," so many children - like me - are still being assigned female and assigned male on birth certificates. However, legal gender can be changed without a fee, and gender assignments are starting to fall out of favor.
Meth: An estimated 66% of babies born within the last year have been unassigned at birth, and around the globe, there are debates to completely rid of the F/M markers on legal documentation altogether!
Frisk: And speaking of gender assignment...mutilation, hormone abuse, and other forms of coercive intersex medical interventions have been illegalized across 98% of the globe, widely recognized as cruelty. Which was a massive step in progress, considering how horrifically normalized it was...
Chara: ...
Meth: Intersexuality is also being taught within sex education and biology to the youth.
Frisk: A-And so are other queer topics!
Meth: And it is standard in a majority of workplaces to ask for preferred pronouns and names upon hire, and to be given badges with such.
Alphys: ...
Frisk: ...
Meth: ...
Chara: ...
Meth: You may proceed, now, Alphys.
Alphys: OH THANK GOD, I-I was about to burst! There i-is so much I could say! S-So, to begin, M-Monsters have n-never had the same issues with queerness that Humans have. T-This is because of our d-differences in biology. All Monsters begin primarily sexless, a-and only when w-we hit puberty d-do our sexes become clear. The only thing y-you can tell about a Monster's sex pre-puberty is their chromosomes. A-And since Monsters don't have any identifiable sex t-traits at first, we h-have never raised our young with a-any sort of gender roles. W-We've always let them d-decide what they w-want to be called on their own.
Well, I say "never" somewhat loosely, b-because in the past, back w-when tensions were high and our communities began to fall apart, there were some Monsters w-who'd assign their infants genders in order to "fit in" among Humans, b-but this was a rare practice, and u-usually the other way around would happen - Humans l-leaving their infants unassigned, I mean.
A-Anyways! Let me not g-get off track. Um, M-Monsters also have a-a very different form of reproduction than Humans. T-This means that our relationships h-have always been different, too.
We M-Monsters didn't create gender roles, and thus, relationship roles, be-because we never found a need to. And even though Humans have different a-anatomy to us, we tried our best to show them they didn't need to have these roles, either. A-And well, back then, it w-worked! Most Humans accepted q-queerness with open arms, because...well, because they also accepted Monsters with open arms.
B-But when the war began, Humans...they wanted to find a-as many ways to separate themselves from Monsters as they c-could. And that included queerness, because they...associated it with us. Gender diversity, intersexuality, t-these things were considered "too Monsterlike" because o-of our lack of gender and sex roles. Same-gender attraction was unacceptable, because it played against the b-binary they created in opposition to us. Polyamory was unacceptable, because it was common practice in our kind - fun fact, up to five Monsters c-can have a baby together, a-and in rare cases, more than five can, too!
An-And it doesn't need to be done through sex! It can be, but it's not required. I-In fact, soulmingling doesn't r-rely on intimate relations whatsoever! Any soulminglers can reproduce together without consequences, including siblings, cousins, a-and more! An estimated 37% of monsters h-have parents who are just friends or family, and it isn't inappropriate, b-because again, sex isn't-...oops, I am rambling again, haha-...the point is that-that soulmingling doesn't have the same limitations that sexual reproduction does. A-Actually, Humans c-could practice soulmingling, too, if-if they wanted! As long a-as all souls involved are fertile, a-and at least one of the minglers has a functional uterus-
Frisk: Auntie...
Alphys: R-Right! Okay! U-Um, if you have any further questions, p-please ask!
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Chara: Back when I was alive...it was when the war between Humans and Monsters had just ended, when Monsters had been freshly locked away. I was...I was, um, deemed "too monstrous" on basis of my magic, race, and-...and being intersex...everything about me was considered wrong in that era...
Frisk: ...
Chara: I am glad that there are less kids suffering the way I have.
*The camera is snatched up by long, slender fingers, partially covering the lens.
Meth: Does my soul deceive me? Is it not my dreams, but truly you?
Frisk: Hey, give back the camera, I was talking first!
Chara: …Wasn't he supposed to be home today?
Alphys: M-Meth, you can't-
Meth: You've not been well? How dare the stars in the sky not treat you with the radiance of a thousand angels! How dare their feathers not brush the contours of your face!
Chara: Oh, brother…
Meth: Heaven should twist itself down to you, bow upon the sound of your voice, bow like grass in the wind! The wind - oh the wind, has it carried my heart's whispers to you? Do you hear its every beat, the pulse of desire, the-
Alphys: Okay, okay, enough! Enough!
Meth: Do not dare to silence me when the cursed waves of the dark sea have befallen an individual such as-
Alphys: Meth!
*Alphys attempts to take the phone from Meth's hands. It is of no use, as he is much taller than her. Instead, it leaves her jumping on her tip-toes. She looks like a puppy whose owner is holding out of reach…
Frisk: (This is kind of pathetic…)
Chara: …You don't say.
Frisk: (Should we do something about this?)
Chara: I think he might kill us if we don't let him finish.
Frisk: (I think he might kill HIMSELF with lack of airflow if he keeps talking faster than he's breathing.)
Chara: I see nothing wrong with that.
Meth: The sea, do not allow it to drown you! And the sirens call, do not give in! There is a lighthouse ahead, hidden in that deep fog! Mark my words, the light will bask you!
Alphys: M-Meth! Frisk had first dibs!
Meth: There are no "dibs" in desire, my dear friend!
Frisk: Chara...please...
Chara: Ugh, fine, I'll take care of it.
*Chara floats up to the two tussling adults and does the unthinkable. They tug the camera out of Meth's hands, dropping it right into Alphys's claws. So they can interact with objects, then? Alphys immediately sprints with the camera. Meth, on the other hand, seems...frozen.
*Frisk is trying hard not to laugh.
Chara: Satisfied, princess?
Frisk: (Yes, my angel. Extremely.)
Alphys: A-Aha! You-you dropped it!
Meth: I would never release my grasp on an opportunity such as-...
Meth: ... *Frisk clears their throat.
Frisk: A-As I was saying! I would not consider myself the "savior."
Chara: You are far too modest.
Frisk: Most of that credit is owed to someone far holier than I.
Chara: ?
Frisk: ...
Alphys: U-Um...who-who are you referring to?
Frisk: My angel...
Chara: !!!
Chara: F-Frisk!?
Alphys: O-Oh, I...I didn't realize you were the-the religious type, Frisk!
Meth: ...I would have never placed you as such, either.
Frisk: And I would have never placed you as the type of man who loses all rationale at the sight of-
Alphys: OKAY, this r-recording is long enough! Th-Thank you, Sam, for the response! I-I assure you, you a-absolutely deserved every c-compliment!
Meth: You deserve worship! Perhaps I shall add you to my religion!
Frisk: Please play music for us someday!
Meth: The gates of my mind will stay open for you, and your presence within my dreams shall-
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I assume only you can see Chara in recordings, Frisk. How did you discover that was the case?
Introduction post [link.]
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[Note: Monster Kid uses they/he in this au!]
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Frisk: Considering you can also see them, I don't think I am the only one, right? I just am unsure of why everyone around me is incapable. I thought maybe it was that only humans could see, but my sister is a human, and she never commented on it when I sent her photos that have Chara in them, so I dunno how some of you askers are capable...
A-Anyways! I figured it out because Chara kept photobombing me.
Chara: I deserved to be in those photos.
Frisk: I didn't think anything of it, but when I looked at my phone, I saw them in the pictures too! I tried to show them to MK, asking if they saw it too, but they just laughed it off as me pranking them and trying to scare them with stories of hauntings. Now he keeps trying to get me into spooky urban legends and prank scare me...they...aren't very good at it. (It's really cute.)
We won't give any comic spoilers for DH, but might be willing to share some level of information about the characters!* You can ask about their identities, backgrounds, likes, dislikes, etc!
(*You will not be sending asks to the characters themselves, you'll be sending asks to us. We are planning to open an ask series for the characters sometime this year, though.)
We are also very very very willing to share facts about this AU's history, the magical system, monster biology, human biology, hybrid biology, etc!
You can already read the lore we've shared about intersex monsters & hybrids here.
Ships involved:
Chariskriel (Chara x Asriel x Frisk)
Flowiskra (Chara x Asriel x Frisk)
Friskid (Frisk x MK)
Tuffet (Toriel x Muffet)
Sansgoriel (Sans x Asgore x Toriel)
Sansby (Sans x Grillby)
Papyton (Papyrus x Mettaton)
Mad Alphyne (Mad Mew Mew x Alphys x Undyne)
Chara and Frisk both use they/them in this AU. Napstablook uses they/them. MK uses both they/them and he/him. Mad Mew Mew (Maddie) uses she/her.
Do not deadname Mettaton or Maddie.
Also, in this AU, Flowey and Asriel are headmates, not the same person. They have shared memories (and a shared body/soul), but they are separate boys with their own thoughts and feelings.
(If you struggle to read the boxes, the text of the dialogue is written at the end of the post, below the cut!)
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If you wish to send questions, see the introductory/rules post!
Credit to @starfact0ry for the Meth, Frisk, and Chara sprites.
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Frisk: (Is- Is that...?!)
Chara: It's...it's...directed at ME!?
Alphys: O-Oh! Wow, y-you're all so c-curious about us as people!
Chara: I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! THEY CAN SEE ME! THEY CAN HEAR ME!
Frisk: ...?!
Alphys: I-I'm surprised...I expected more, um, scientific or-or cultural asks...erm! N-Not to say that I am surprised in a-a bad way! I-It's a pleasant surprise.
Chara: I TOLD YOU, FRISK! I TOLD YOU!
Prometheus: Love the most? My, what a nuanced question. It's hard to narrow down...I jest! I know the answer right away! Loyalty, I love loyalty the most. There is nothing I despise more than people who will stab you in the back and watch the life leave your eyes.
*Chara continues dancing around, clearly delighted by the acknowledgement. Frisk is too stunned to pay attention to Meth's antics...*
Alphys: ...
Alphys: ...I-I, uh...I agree with Meth about l-loyalty, eheheh...but I also l-love p-people with p-passion!
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Alphys: U-Um...Frisk are you...okay?
Frisk: Huh? The question, erm, the question was- right, yes, sorry, zoned out for a sec! W-What I love most in a person is...protectiveness. And maybe even...a little bit of possessiveness?
Meth: How interesting!
Chara: Well, what I love most in a person is open-mindedness and resilience!
Alphys: T-Thank you for another lovely question!
*Frisk and Chara step aside to answer the second half, which only they received.
Chara: Finally, some well-deserved recognition! This is for you, splendid viewer! My absolute favorite thing about Frisk...is that I can always prove them wrong!
Frisk: Chara! C'mon, answer seriously!
Chara: Alright, alright! My favorite thing about Frisk is that...even when they are angry and tired...and the world is against them...they find a way to win with kindness.
Frisk: Chara...
Chara: Don't get hung up on it, it's your turn now!
Frisk: A-Ah, right...well...my favorite thing about you...is that you always think of others first. Your inability to read people never stops you from trying...
