#utmv comics

You should always check that link to all the comics to see where in the timeline a comic I'm writing is being place given the amount I'm jumping around LOL.

Also, remember, even when I use another comic's plot as the basis, it does not make every single thing that happened in that comic canon to my own, but rather, uses your knowledge of those events to help me skip over some events in my own. From there on out it could diverge significantly.

Anyways, I truly have very little to go off for Color so I'm really just vibing, really just throwing ideas at the wall. Dream's aura helps significantly, but not being Ink also helps quite a bit too. Actually, the Dream getting called a kid here WAS accidental. Color spent too long isolated in no where talking to almost no one except a bunch of children in his head and Gaster LMAO. It will be funny to see whether I continue to stand by my writing of him as his comics progress or if I will look back and go, hm, should have changed that there and this here.

Though they're both friendly with each other, neither of them are particularly willing to share more than they have to. I keep SAYING Dream would likely keep his nature somewhat on the down low but all the characters he's been interacting with so far already know about it, so here's finally my chance to show exactly how he avoids revealing information he think could hurt his ability to help someone (like talking about his empathy powers). Color's ONLY hint here is that Dream is not a Sans, and he's 500 years old, but even then, Color thinks its a joke. Even though it seems like Color is being open with Dream, he's really just sharing what was immediately on his mind from his interaction with Ink. He is keeping the rest hush hush for now, too.

I would like to note for everyone, Dream in these comics will blush whenever he's happy (or embarrassed) NOT because he's romantically interested in someone. Call it my headcanon for how his positive energy works. The more it goes up, the more his face turns gold.

There is a somewhat interesting commonality between Ink’s perspective and your typical canon-adjacent Sans characters, which of course includes Swap Papyrus and that is the view of the game/character. As with such a belief, they can also echo Ink’s sentiments only from a self-deprecating and apathetic viewpoint rather than a empathetic-less one. Because Dream is somewhat forced to interact with universes to counteract Nightmare’s interactions, and his interactions must be significantly more known and personal than Nightmare’s due to the restrictions of his soul, a clever Sans-type can catch on very quickly to his oddities, made even more apparent by his vessel’s look, and because it is somewhat hard to lie to a person who knows, Dream is forced to confirm their suspicion over trying to convince them otherwise.

I typically try to draw small subtle variations between the Sans’s, but here, Dream and Swap are in some panels, perfectly identical copies of one another. Same height. Same head shape. Only different by their eye colour, clothes, and smile. His form is of course, a perfect replica, from a Swap timeline existing far before this current one.

I tried to pull as much of the original canon as I could for Underswap, though there frankly is so little it becomes a bit difficult and I was forced to lean more onto Undertale. I used to rp Swap quite a lot, though, so it came back to me pretty naturally.

I did not include their nicknames because they have yet to even suggest such a thing. I think this may come up in the next comic. And yes, I do plan another part for this comic.

Back on the topic of Papyrus, I hope he does not come off as too unlikeable. If you caught on to some of the expressions, you might notice Chara may recognize Dream from somewhere… they are deep in their timeline modifications. Now Underswap’s story is slowly being pulled off course by even more outside forces as Nightmare specifically targets universes Dream has visited and people Dream has spoke to with Killer, to send a message. He asks Killer not to kill them… that’s the only reason Sans stays alive ;)

this is kind of a double whammy on Papyrus’s psyche. As with Undertale, he knows resets are happening but doesn’t remember them. He actually likes Dream quite a bit, just has too much on his mind.

Required reading: Rahaf’s Killer v Swap comic and Comyet’s Ink/Underswap comic, both events will be considered canon, however, I imagine the Swap characters acted a bit differently and things occured for different reasons. For example: in my comics Killer comes here explicitly because of Nightmare and Swap does not know who he is.

i am not sure if Killer can control timelines he enters. It would make sense if he could. He has more Determination than his Chara and took control of his own timeline. It would only make logical sense any timeline he entered of similar capacity would relinquish control to him, which is a pretty neat concept, though I feel Rahaf could got 50/50 on me and say the game rejects him due to not being a player from the same game/code. For sake of these comics, I will go with my initial headcanon that Killer does override other human’s/player’s controls when he enters other timelines. We actually see something similar to this happen in the initial Killer v Swap comic. Though not explicit, we see Chara react to Killer’s determination. I like the idea Nightmare can use him to stop resets. It makes him even more of a valuable tool to be used. Make him a powerful as the story allows to be interesting, I say.

some more canon facts I pulled:

Papyrus wears sweaters with shitty graphic text on them. I thought it would be even funnier if they randomly changed half way through a normal day. Like every time he reappeared. Just a slightly different hoodie. Second part of that is my headcanon for it

Sans does in fact like puns, he is the one that tells them, Papyrus is more of a jokester and a prankster than a punster.

Side note, I find it funny the underswap document says Sans’s eyes aren’t stars as a point, and while they certainly aren’t all the time, so this is technically correct, we know he can change his pupil shape, and there’s really no reason to think that means they can’t also be stars. I consider this a bit of a misleading statement… nitpicking lol

Finally: Swap and his 1 HP ass ain’t ever joining Dream on any adventures or missions ever, sorry, another Star Sanses L 😔

Okay A TON TO TALK ABOUT:

So for this comic the central idea was: how existential of a threat is the concept of Killer to Dream. And my answer was, incredibly so. Everything about him is perfectly made to torment him. No emotions, off putting, invisible. Works for Nightmare but not in the usual, does bad things for him way, instead DIRECTLY with him. The only person other than Dream that can withstand DIRECT interaction with his overwhelming aura that drives basically anyone else insane. Horrible. Mortifying. Dream’s worst fear. Someone who can help Nightmare hurt him. He got lucky in this fight, but barely escaped by the skin of his teeth. Literally. He will develop his knives specifically because of this fight.

This is also my interpretation of the destruction of his cape. We know in canon at some point Nightmare destroys it, and afterwards, Dream gets his new outfit. This is also where he stops holding onto the past, accepts Corrupted is someone else, and marks his transition into a more mature person with a clear mission.

it’s also quite literally the last item Dream has that Nightmare ever touched, ever interacted with. The only memory of him torn into little pieces. That’s what Corrupted does to him. He tears all his good memories of his brother to shred, burns holes through them, kills them. Incredibly rare for Dream to shout, but this moment will be our one exception.

Nightmare does not have a singular design for me. He can shapeshift. He shapeshifts. When he fights Dream he takes a vaguely skeleton appearance, but even then it’s like his features are always changing. He purposefully dawns Night’s face and clothes when he wants to be extra cruel. He only has 2 tentacles because we know when Dream is around it becomes hard for him to form anymore. Usually he would have 4.

Killer only got hit because Nightmare didn’t give him a chance to understand how Dream fights. He will start trying a little harder, for next time. He knows one thing for sure now! Dream is very very clever. Much more than Nightmare. We know this is canon. Dream is smart but not knowledgeable, and Nightmare is knowledgeable, but kind of driven by his desires. He can still be smart too, just not as fast on his feet as Dream.

this happens after Ink has confronted him once. Dream worries he may take advantage of his injuries to stop him himself. He can no longer trust him.

i genuinely don’t think I’ve seen another person talk about Dream’s aura. Not really. It is one of the most interesting and kind of scary parts of his powers. It is canon that he can effectively overdose people on positivity and they can become obsessed. It doesn’t happen all the time because he is constantly on the move, but it can happen. It can make them fall in love normally too. We also see Nightmare do very similar things in the opposite direction, only his aura, much stronger, turns people in mindless killing things rather than people. Dream’s aura is much more subtle. Maybe you wouldn’t even notice it while he was there, his presence is always a calming sensation. A mood lifter from any stage of mood. But when he leaves, all that disappears in an instant. Love for him can never be guaranteed as “true” or just a hallucination of his soul. All of this weighs on him.

Color is not immune to its effects, though, I don’t think every person necessarily would act crazy because of it. I think it depends on how well a person can manage their reactions to their emotions, and how they process them mentally. I think Color doubts himself a little though, because he doesn’t like to be alone, and Dream’s departure is the most poignant loneliness one could ever feel.

Stole the angel joke straight off Renrink’s page I hope you know

Not much commentary for this one, I feel like it speaks for itself. Next part will be… what happened 😉

This takes place a bit after Reaper and Dream’s first meeting, and very soon after the Ink fight hence why Dream did not go to find Ink. He does not trust him not to use the opportunity to ‘stop’ him when he can’t fight back. Maybe I will put them all into one sequential timeline once I’m done, but it’s too sporadic right now.