Cas

so Horror decides to stay simple and just call him by his name.

Killer is wild, uncontrollable, and volatile more often than not, and not even Nightmare can really control him. he's vulgar and isn't afraid to say exactly whats on his mind at any given point in time, which is the exact reason Cross just can't seem to understand him.

speaking of, Cross is supposedly well-mannered and heavily disciplined. he doesn't fit in with the usual characteristics that make a sans, coming from the universe he did. he's more or less the perfect employee under Nightmare (if you ignore his morals, at least).

"A little help." - Part 6

on its own, this comic makes little sense, and specifically Killer's motives are probably pretty wonky without the broader context. however, it is a really small portion of a larger story idea i have, so...

anyways, this is the final part, so thanks for being patient and sticking around until now.

Dream by jokublog

Killer by rahafwabas

at least the the extent of "hey you're literally the only person who can actually see me in centuries that I don't hate for taking everything from me, so wanna be friends? :)"

"A little help." - Part 5

Dream belongs to jokublog

Killer belongs to rahafwabas

as far as I'm aware, it was never explicitly stated in canon when the villagers arrived and built their town around the tree of feelings, but we would have to assume it was pretty early on in the twins' life. that is, if it wasn't there to begin with. and when the villagers learned of the twins' powers, and Nightmare started getting bullied, Dream started being used by the villagers to do chores and overall be a busy body for a bunch of adults.

then the apple incident, and the subsequent 500-ish years he spent in stone. all of which probably left him with some heavy trauma that isn't really explored.

then, he's forced to fight what he maybe sorta kinda thinks might be his brother until he finds out that it isn't his brother and he has to come to terms with that. ALL WHILE he's an unpaid therapist for basically the entire multiverse as said not-brother is actively hunting him down to try to kill him.

Nightmare is selfish, and he likes to keep what is his. that mindset would only extend to his gang, then, right? because they are his mortals, and his alone, and he would rather die than have anything of his no longer in his possession.

whether you see Cross as one of the bad sanses or not, he's most definitely one of the most mentally and morally sound characters within the aforementioned group. and Nightmare is entirely aware of that fact.

so, he offers a position in his group for Cross, and promises that he won't have to do anything he's uncomfortable with, knowing full well how important promises are for the majority of sans variants. only, as time passes, Nightmare grows more and more comfortable easing Cross into doing tiny 'favors' for him that perhaps tap at Cross' morals. slowly, though, those favors turn to requests, then commands, and they only get worse as Nightmare gently assures him that he will only ask if he will be comfortable.

we've all mostly come to the conclusion that Killer was Nightmare's first mortal, the first one he took in and houses and 'healed'. then comes Dust, who was strong, maybe even stronger than Killer himself. and Killer was scared.

scared that Nightmare would replace him with someone new, and toss him out like garbage, or even kill him just to make sure no revenge plots would boil up. scared that Dust would inevitably become a better aspect to the growing group. scared that he would be left behind to rot away in Dust's shadow.

so, Killer was a big instigator for the first year or two that Dust was there, and they would bicker and fight like no tomorrow.