#i thought

Let's not talk about how this took me more than a week to draw and over 23 hours, just hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh This is my homage to the Au's (and sort of a snowball from my original idea lol, which was a couple of easter egg books but......here we are?)

Alrighty!

Let's play the game of Which Au Is That?

Top Shelf On The Left We Have:

ALIVE by @tatatale

Undergrove by @pxnnk

Horrortale by Sour Apple Studios

Dusttale by @ask-dusttale

Something New by @rahafwabas

Underclysm by pxnnk

Blueberror by @loverofpiggies

Asylumtale by @furgemancs

Dreamscape Au by pxnnk

Second Shelf On Left:

Dreamtale by Jokublog

Xtale by Jakei (Jael Peñaloza)

Candytale by BabyAbbieStar

Gztale by @golzybladedee (now owned by @nyriatamare)

Third Shelf On Left:

The Souls by Toby Fox

A Sans and The Parasite by @strawboxyut

Paper Crane by Little-Noko

Wishtale by @p1nk-dem0n

Fluffytale by @black-nyanko

Limbo! Sans by @hijinxmayhem

Trickster by @yourloveaton

Nems by @maomaonao

Bartender Sans by @askbartendersans ( @resttaleau)

The Fourth Shelf On The Left:

Error Sans by LoverOfPiggies

Designer Sans by Rina (aka, Resttaleau)

Fools_Tale by @finchthefish

Underswap by The Au Community

Die! Sans by @augustminner (I wanted to do the other Au's in Dimensionverse but I forgor-)

Outertale by 2mi127

Therapist Sans by Resttaleau

___Tale by Comyet

The Fifth Shelf On The Left:

Casanova Sans by Resttaleau

Core! Frisk by @dokudoki

Unknown by Resttaleau

Sadist Sans by Resttaleau

Caretaker Sans by Resttaleau

Aftertale by LoverOfPiggies

Undertear by @eriscary

Sixth Shelf On The Left:

Undertale by Toby Fox

Farmtale by GuinongTale_Au

Neontale by Production Roxy

Sans Tumbles Through The Multiverse Headfirst by @papiliovolens

Reapertale by @renrink

Underlust by NSFWShamecave

Error 404 (from Alphatale) by @shadikal15-blog

Underfell by Vic and The Au Community

Dancetale by Teandstars

Top Shelf On The Right:

Epictale by @yugogeer012

Chesstale by mintysammY

Underfresh by LoverOfPiggies

Science! Sans by @talkingsoup

Flowerfell by Sanei (@peu-profond)

Second Shelf On The Right:

Naturetale by @naturetale-official

Hotarubitale by @siiversans

Anxiety! Sans by @heisa030

Echotale by Yoralim/Sansxs

Birdtale by Greyscales

Third Shelf On The Right:

Undergarden by @julia-jck

Quantumtale by perfectshadow06

Altertale by friisans

FellSwap by The Au Community

SwapFell by The Au Community

Storyshift by VoltraTheLively

Fourth Shelf On The Right:

Post! Sans by @ridgewell04

Undereats by @sui-imi (There's more Au's? It's going on the list....)

Othertale by @superyoumna

Fatal! Error by Xedramon

Petunia by @missingmoonflower

Mush Sans by MissingMoonFlower

Fifth Shelf On The Right:

Miracle's Tale by @miracle-negative

Undertone by ???

Jackpot! Sans by MissingMoonFlower

Determined & Just by @screwzara ( @determined-n-just-au )

Memorytale by Cylo

Sixth Shelf On The Right:

Abysstale by @metakazkz

Retale by @omero-megane

Enginetale by Red

Underhunt by notviceguns

Bill! Sans (from Gravitale) by Hwamyong

Ultratale by Animated Zorox

Revolutiontale by @alamort-blatherskite

The Books On The Floor:

Undertime Snas by me

Christmas Au by LoverOfPiggies

Chudlings Au by pxnnk

The Frisk Sleeping:

I talk all the time about communication and how important it is to express your needs, especially when you’re having a hard time. That lesson came up again this week, right in the middle of a depressive episode.

Last night my husband wanted us to decorate, because normally I love it, and he knew I wanted it done before I had company the next day. Instead, I ended up curled in a chair, sobbing, feeling completely crushed by this heavy, unshakeable sadness in my chest. I told him that, and he immediately tried to comfort me. He snuggled up, told me he loved me, reminded me it was okay. Usually that helps.

It made me feel worse.

Not because he was doing anything wrong, but because in that moment, sitting in my feelings wasn’t helping. I was anxious. I had company coming. Decorating mattered to me. I needed to be able to function, not fall apart.

So I took a breath and said, “I really appreciate that you’re comforting me. I know you want to help. But I think what I need right now is a distraction. I’m not in a place to process these feelings. I just want something to pull me out of them.”

And he adapted. No hesitation. He shifted gears instantly. And it worked. Within a few minutes I was laughing, and we were decorating the tree together. It didn’t cure the depression, obviously. The sadness is still there. But in that moment a distraction helped me get through something that mattered to me.

People sometimes claim that DBT is just about ignoring your feelings, and I want to be very clear that when I talk about it, that isn't what I'm advocating for. Processing emotions is important, but sometimes you’re simply not in a safe or practical place to do it. Maybe you’re at work. Maybe you’re around other people. Maybe you’re too overwhelmed to dig into it right then.

That’s when skills like ACCEPTS come in. They’re not about pretending you’re fine. They’re about helping you get through the moment so you can come back to your feelings later when you’re actually able to handle them. And sometimes the truth is that once you’re no longer overwhelmed, the feeling resolves on its own. Not every emotion needs to be dissected to be processed.

edit: GUYS I FORGOT LILIA