Hello Author!! I wanted to ask, what are your canon heights for all the Sans and Papyrus alternates in all your fics? Are they shorter, taller? Any height difference between the sans alternates and papyrus alternates? And any distinct facial features for the sans that sets them apart (like gap tooth, acne, dimple, etc…)?
Gosh my headcannon for these things... hmmm
(Incoming, this is a long one folks)
That's hard to answer honestly because when I write my fics I don't actually put down how tall the reader is and when I describe the heights of the Sans' it all just depends on what height I think fits the most for the fic. Usually he's slightly taller than the reader but sometimes he's equal height or slightly shorter.
Although, I am very biased when it comes to a few AUs. Unless I state otherwise in a fic, Swap!Sans (as well as Swapfell/Fellswap) will always be slightly shorter than the reader, between a few inches to a foot max, and Horror!Sans will always be a big boi. Something about Horror being a freaking bear of a skeleton just scratches my brain in the right place. His height usually varies between 3ft-5ft taller than the reader 😅 As for the Swap variants, it is actually cannon that Swap!Sans is a short fella and I've always liked that for some reason so I try sticking to it, and for Swapfell/Fellswap, well... I love writing me a small angy guy with a god complex :)
Now as for the Papyrus', they're always a couple feet taller than the reader, doesn't matter who they are. Unless it's Horror!Papyrus. Can't have a big Horror!Sans without having a big Horror!Papyrus.
Anyway, I do this so that I can leave some things to the reading person's imagination based on their own height.
As for having any distinct features, no, not really? I mean, their eyelights are all different colors but that's probably something everyone writes at some point. Also sometimes with the harsher AUs, I depict those guys having deep knicks and cuts on their bones, like scars, or sometimes some of their bones would just be missing small chunks.
Now as for their VOICES, I have a handful that I can speak for that have people I can point to and go "That person." One of them is Error!Sans. I don't care who you are, AudioSpawn has the PERFECT Error voice, hands down. Now I don't know if you know about a little dating sim game in the works called Bonely Hearts Club but the people who voice everyone in it I absolutely adore. Love their voices and almost every one of them is cannon to me. The only ones who aren't are Ash and Poplar (Horror!Sans and Paps) but that's because of personal preference. No hate to the guys, love the voices still but just not my cup of tea.
Now the next couple I'm upset about because the channel who used to fandub Underverse no longer exist on YouTube but whoever fandubbed Killer!Sans, Fresh!Sans and Nightmare were my absolute favs. If you don't know what I'm talking about it's fine. Currently though, Killer's voice has been replaced by CJDoesVA on YouTube. He does a GREAT Killer voice as well as other impressions.
Unfortunately for the rest I cannot give examples to what I think they sound like because sometimes the voices I'm thinking of just don't exist. Accents on the other hand I can do.
Now I know I said CJDoesVA makes a great Killer!Sans voice but sometimes it's not his voice that rings in my head and that's okay. When I think about the different voice, this Killer has a bit of an English(British?) accent. Don't know why, it just seems to fit him for me.
Now I don't think you can call it an accent, more of a tone of voice, but Lust!Sans and Lust!Paps, to me, will always have a bit of femininity to their voice. They sound... lighter than the others if I was to give it a word.
This was fun to write out! I hope this gives you some idea of what goes on in my head when coming up with and writing my fics!













