#refinedtale

DUDE THIS IS SO GOOD!!!

Basically, the author was thinking of what the "ultimate happy ending" for Undertale would be.

So Refinedtale was born! (and refined, if you will huhuhu)

It's a post pacifist route where Asriel is alive, Chara is alive, Frisk is alive and Gaster came back from the void.

Happy ending right?

INCORRECT MAH FELLA

(At least in the beggining)

While Asriel, Frisk and Chara are all kinda ok (if you don't count the pstds and the usual angst stuff lol),

Gaster is a dripping mess who seems like a lifeless doll and the bone brothers are extremely stressed with their new lives and weird father (especially Sans)

Now is the part where I put the link for the first chapter, right? WELL NOPE!

Everything about the AU is on the #refinedtale on @factual-fantasy account, there you will find a lot of headcanons and a few comics out of order.

But relax, cuz if you read the little summary of the situation on the beggining of this post, you'll understand just fine :)

But seriously I really recommend the read, the headcanons are SO FUN AAA

(Normally I put complementarity images that kinda resumes a bit of the AU, but idk, daddy Gaster trying his best gets me everytime.)

(Also, @factual-fantasy , if this counts as reposting your art I'll take it down immediately)

Edit: woah, it seems like this post gained some recognition (thank you for the likes and reblogs 👉👈 ).

So, I just wanted to say that if you enjoyed this post and is interested in Undertale and their fanmade universes, I invite you to check out my account :)

There's all kinds of AUs there, so maybe you'll find more stuff that suits your taste!

(kinda thought it was a good ideia to make this list if you are a new follower and don't know from where to start :)

Inverted fate - It's my favorite AU. I'm trying hard to control my feelings while I writing this so I'm just going to say: READ IT

Horrortale - The angst and the world settings are so GOOOD

Echotale - Actually, it was the first Frans AU that I read. The story is so cute and I love mah G! Sans

UT Mob - Every now and then I squeeze in my post how much I love this AU. Everything is perfect. EVERYTHING!

Soulfell - One of my favorite AUs that are Underfell like 👉👈 it's a really fun read

Dusttale - Forgive me Dust!Sans, but your AU is so INTERESTING AAAAA

Caretaker of the ruins - ROOTING FOR THE PROTAGONIST TO LOSE IS SO FUN!

Aftertale - the art style and the story are all so good!

Errortale - That's right bitches! I'm recommending an ask blog! NOW READ IT ALL MUAHAHA

Underplayer - it was my first time watching a fandub, im glad it was about such an INTERESTING AU

Burstale - Chara kinda going genocide for like the 100th time is interesting (And she hot tho 👉👈)

Playbacktale - The ideia is so FUN =) i love this

Epictale - THATS RIGHT! I love this solely because gaster is a hottie with a lil' hat! Don't judge me >:0

Dogs of future past - Everything this author makes is precious, bloody hell

Flavor text Chara - Chara I wuv u 💕

Sans the Seraphim - Sans kinda became a hottie after being possessed by seven souls 👉👈

Underline - THIS IS SO GOOD! It's like a headcanon for all the stuff we can't really explain in undertale

Mergetale - SANS AND FRISK ON THE SAME BODY?! HELL YEAH

Darker yet Darker - i love mah bone bros

Drunk! Chara - Chara I wuv u 💕 (but stop fucking drinking)

Handplate - one of my favorite AUs about the bone bros

Alterverse - THE CUTEST MULTIVERSE AM I RIGHT

Name the Fallen - oh, I'll take the extremely creepy Papyrus thank you very much :D

Bromalgamate - mah bone bros becoming amalgamates is so cute 💕

Underfresh - Fresh, i don't understand you at all... But I LOVE YOU

UT circus - it kinda reminds me of UT Mob, but it's circus lol

Burstale - CHARA IS A HOTTIE PROTAGONIST IN A MANGA UHUUU

Undertoad- the mix between Mario and undertale is so cute! But the sprites are the highlight of this AU for sure

Chocoblook - Choco and Frisk fighting kinda reminds of me and my bro lok

Littletale- EVERYONE IS SMOL AND CUTE! WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?!

Systematic restore - the concept of this AU is very interesting :0

Delta Experiment - for the fans of Deltarune and Undertale :D

Alive - ALIVE WAS MY HEART AFTER READING THIS BANGER

UT gangster Au - Yes. Another gangster AU. At least I got my priorities straight >:0

Refinedtale - What do you mean it isn't the "ultimate happy ending"?! Everytime I see daddy Gaster trying his best, my heart skips a beat >:/

The skeleton games- i didn't sleep and I have no regrets. The slow romance and fluffiness with the violent Underfell is a great combination. And the protagonist is one of my favorites of all time

Fatal error- the character is so interesting aaaaa Geno and Error is a nice combination. And the creepiness is top tier ✨

Fellswapx- Toriel is so mean, i love it 💕

Unexpected guests- UMM EXCUSE ME, DID YOU SAY DRAGON FREAKING GASTER BLASTERS?!

Underwar- Sans is so op aaaaa

Ragnartale- not really into the love triangle but the story grew on me SO HARD

Flowey-is-not-a-good-life-coach- ah yes, the angst is very tasty thank you

Growth Spurt AU - Asriel my beloved

Leaf gaster bros- ITS TOO MUCH CUTENESS BETWEEN THE GASTER BROS AAAAA

Reversed context - I LOVE THE CONCEPT! ACTING IS BAD AND FIGHTING IS GOOD

Ask the fallen royalty-OH IM OBSESSED EVERYONE IS ALIVE AND EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE

Eldritchrune- normally I don't recommend concept aus but oh my oh my so gooooooood

Over the void - MK, Frisk and Asriel enter a portal u.u LOVE IT 7AGAGSJWJWK

Shifter au- an Au where Papyrus chose to give his life to a parasite shape shifter when he was a child!

Ghost switch - LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THE DEAD KIDS EXCHANGING THEIR ROLE DAAMNN

Spitetale- love that even Chara be like "yo frisk chill the fuck up* on a genocide run

Pedia's Clover - absolutely fun and adorable au with takes of Clover from Undertale yellow!

I would be grateful for any feedbacks or even list ideias :)

So apparently today is Undertale's 8th anniversary. I found this out like 2 hours to midnight so I scrambled to draw something quick and post it XDD

(In response to this post)

I specifically wanted to respond to this because I’ve always been secretly embarrassed by HOW MUCH I add at the end of my posts!

The thing is.. I usually put a lot of thought into the scenario or story behind my drawings. So when I post them, I really want to tell the story I built behind it! Cuz usually that’s the longest/hardest part! Is making the story! 

I always try to make them as short a possible, but sometimes they just drag on and on.. and I think, “Aw common, nobody’s gonna read those huge blocks of text under a pic if Gaster eating a dandelion”

But seeing this? I really made me feel a lot better about all those paragraphs I write. And it encourages me to.. well, maybe not make them longer, but to at least keep them up. :} It felt super cool to read those tags you wrote, so.. thank you. Thank you very much <:}}} ❤

Also “now to hope the artist never sees this” HA! I CRIED over this sucker! XD

Ever since Papyrus was made he’s had this.. “weird biological glitch”, as Gaster called it.

His eyes would glow bright white and he would space out really hard for seemingly no reason. Sometimes it was just for a moment, one time it almost lasted an hour. It never used to be anything to worry about though, because it happened for no concernable reason, never lasted longer than a few minutes and he was always completely fine after. 

..But.. one day, when Papyrus was about 7 years old.. something horrible happened to Sans, which mentally scarred Papyrus. It was a soul shattering experience, and it completely changed how these strange blank outs work and why they happen. Now a days if Papyrus is stressed out, or ill, or just tired in general.. He can have these weird breakdowns where he just.. spaces out and silently panics. His hands usually glow green as he desperately tries to heal his dying brother.. who usually isn’t even in the same room when this happens..

Sans used to think he knew what exhaustion felt like, but that was before he moved to the surface.

The stress he’s been dealing with up here is unlike anything he’s ever dealt with before. Everything from his back breaking jobs, to Papyrus’ wellbeing, to Gaster’s return and his recovery.. there’s just so much to process, so much he has to do.. He tries his best to keep going and keep that smile on his face.. but its getting to be impossible. And one night, Sans came home after a horrible day at work and.. it was impossible.

He’s usually able to find the energy after work to spend a little time with his family. But he just couldn't do it tonight. He walked right past Papyrus, right past Gaster and went straight to his room. He sat down on his bed feeling completely drained. He was so overcome with all this stress and exhaustion that he felt like he was going to dust. He tried to silently sort through his thoughts but it was just.. too much.

As he’s sitting there, Sans notices movement in front of him. He blinks and focus’s just enough to register that Papyrus is now sitting in front of him. He expected Papyrus to say something.. but he didn’t. Papyrus knows Sans better than anyone. He didn’t have to ask, he already knows what’s wrong and what he needs to do. Sans is overwhelmed, and what he needs is for everything to just stop. Stop moving, stop touching him, stop making noise. Just.. stop.

This is about the underdeveloped concept of Sans and Alphys’ broken friendship in my AU. Its still a work in progress.. but so far my idea is that Alphys and Sans were Gaster’s lab assistants a long time ago. And actually, they were really good friends.. best friends, even.

..But.. when Gaster fell, and everyone’s memories of him were wiped.. everything changed. Over the span of a couple days Sans started to mentally break down hard. He was talking about a machine, a person, someone that was lost. Nobody believed him, nobody knew who he was talking about. After everyone doubted him, he finally snapped, he up and quit his job and vanished. He cut himself off from the lab and stopped talking to Alphys. A few days later some tools, machinery and blueprints disappeared.

Alphys was so heart broken. Sans was Alphys’ best, and only friend. And although she knew that something had happened to Sans.. she was still really upset that he just cut her off like that. Her self-esteem definitely took a hit.. Alphys was hurt by it for a long time.. all up until Gaster was finally was rescued. Sans would bring Gaster to Alphys for soul check ups.. and one time they started talking. Sans finally broke and explained in full detail what really happened back then. He apologized for completely ditching Alphys, and asked if there was anything he could do to make it up to her. This whole thing between them was so confusing, and it hurt for a long time. But in the end? All she wanted was to be friends again.

As you’ve probably already guessed, this is just a hypothetical scenario. Its uh, not cannon to Refinedtale.. (yet) 😅

This is Frisk. The story here is that one day Papyrus got sick very suddenly and totally crashed. He was so tired that he couldn't get out of bed. This was particularly concerning because at this point, Gaster has just started becoming very curious about the world around him and has wandered away from the house a few times already. Basically, It was very important that someone keeps an eye on Gaster 24/7, and Papyrus suddenly couldn’t do it.

Sans was stuck at work and wouldn’t be home until late into the night. He called Toriel for help but she had an important meeting the next day and couldn’t make it. But Frisk, Chara and Asriel didn’t have school tomorrow and wanted to help. So Toriel quickly dropped them off at the bros house to watch over Papyrus, the Dog, and most importantly, Gaster, until Sans came home.

That’s when this whole thing goes down.. Frisk had gone down stairs to make Papyrus a sandwich when she absent mindedly picked up a knife. When she realized what she grabbed, she just froze instead of dropping it. My version of Frisk so far in cannon has committed at least one genocide route. She now has this weird thing about knives, she cant hold one without breaking out in a cold sweat.