#void color

~Musical Anon

Yes, I love that. It’s the opposite of Muriel from the Arcana too, whereas Color’s is a horrible curse forced on him—possibly a sign of the Void’s lingering presence in his new life—Muriel wished for his ‘curse.’ That people would forget him and his existence as soon as he left their sight, only able to remember him if he allowed it via gifting them something—I believe it was a type of flower?

Also similar and in contrast to Killer himself, who if it wasn’t for Nightmare’s intervention, was perfectly willing to erase himself and allow his existence to be forgotten—believing that Papyrus doesn’t need him, and deserved to have a happy ending without him.

I also think the Void should have more effects on Color, too. Like maybe with time his “color” started to grey out, making him have a more monochrome like look—and maybe he still appears to have patches of lost color or something like monochrome on his body even after his escape.

Maybe sometimes his appearance flickers when people look at him—as if he’s not something of this world, and doesn’t truly exist in it. Or shouldn’t exist in it.

Maybe if he had stayed long enough in the Void, he would’ve even lost most if not all of his physical form—similar to the way that Gaster has a floating head in the Void.

A moot of mine even had a headcanon that, sometimes people look at Color and see something ethereal and otherworldly, whereas others look at him and see their greatest fears; something horrific and monstrous. In a blink and you’ll miss it kind of way.

I’d imagine having six human souls inside him, allowing a body that should for all accounts and purposes should be dust by now, to move and talk, definitely wouldn’t help the sense that people get that they’re looking at or talking to something that is not on the same reality or plane of existence as them.

Especially if Color himself sometimes doesn’t seem to be mentally on the same plane, either. Or at least often seems lost in his own head. For example, as if time doesn’t seem to mean much to him for a while, or as if he’s looking beyond and seeing something that others aren’t.

Some probably just write it off as trauma, the impact of having been separated from people and society for so long, others may be more suspicious or even knowing of any possible supernatural aftereffects that the Void could cause. Maybe something around that one quote, “stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss stares back,” something like that.

Had to look it up, but I can definitely see him having a tendency to lean towards longer hair.

I also have a headcanon that a human or humanized Color would have had hair as long as Jinx’s from Arcane, when her hair was let down and let out of its braids, in the Void.

Two decades without the means to cut it or take care of it means it grew extremely long—probably also thinned considerably due to the lack of upkeep, toxic amounts of stress, and lack of sunlight—likely grew very dirty and tangled, knotted and excessively frizzy and probably even heavy.

His neck still aches under the imaginary weight of it sometimes, and the feeling of hair brushing against his elbows and especially his waist or knees is massively triggering. He’d carry a comb around a lot, just in case, whenever he worries about it.

You and I are of the same mind here, I agree. I also think Color really hates feeling trapped or stuck, and he definitely hates feeling stagnant or unmoving in one place.

Which is why I firmly believe that despite Color’s need for some form of structure and routine, he needs to be moving physically—I do believe he’d struggle to actually put down roots in any one place for awhile.

He’s been trapped in place for what feels like forever, he doesn’t want to be stuck, he doesn’t want to waste time, he wants to live his life while he still can. It’s just he physically, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically would not be able to handle such change and new immediately off the bat.

Not after the predictably of the Void, despite how boring he might’ve also found it. It at least was familiar, and he knew at least what to expect.

Which is why I really don’t think that he’d be staying or living in the Omega Timeline by the time he’s decided he’s going to help Killer.

He’d stay in contact with his friends there of course, meet up with them when he can, but he’s either basically a nomad by the time he and Killer reach the point where Stage 1 actually asks Color to save him, or is becoming one immediately after.

Which I doubt was much of a suprise to Epic or Delta, they all might’ve sensed it was coming eventually, but i wouldn’t be surprised if this might’ve caused some big feelings on all parties—particularly if Delta, for example, expresses concerns that Color is uprooting his entire life for Killer.

I doubt it was an easy choice for Color either—he’d constantly worry about if Delta and Epic would forget about him if he’s not there, if they’d never call or text, and especially if Color feels like he’s abandoning them.

And in some part, I do think it might be necessary to stay on the move—not only to avoid being predictable and gaining Nightmare’s attention the more Color starts to become a problem for him, but to basically stay on Killer’s trail.

Because Nightmare is trafficking him, Killer will not be staying in one consistent spot, and it’s unlikely Color knows about or is able to gain access to Nightmare’s caste.

Which means Color and Killer will likely either only meet up or encounter eachother in person when Killer is actively working (especially if Color is fighting to defend this current AU Nightmare has Killer attacking), if they agree on places to meet up in private, or if Killer comes to or shows up at any temporary apartments Color is staying in. Everything else would likely be in coded communications or phone/text.

Which is also why I think Color would only go back to the Omega Timeline for longer is because—not only does he really miss his friends—but it’s mainly for Killer. He wants Killer to be safe, to protect him from Nightmare—and Nightmare isn’t supposed to have access to the Omega Timeline. He wants to give Killer the chance to heal, to have a home and to try and feel safe again.

Killer may be fine with the whole “him and color vs nightmare & the world”/“on the run” thing, but it’s ultimately unsafe and not beneficial in the long run.

Living in the Omega Timeline is a sacrifice Color is willing to make. At least until they’re all certain it’d be safe enough for them to leave and live elsewhere.

Patience will just sit there, patiently waiting to be found or remembered. And then as soon as whatever triggered it forward is gone, then Patience will retreat and Color will return.