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EVERYONE READ THIS!!!

If you ever wondered why Ink/Error/Template and (not) Pale fear things, here's a very good interpretation to that!!!

I'm unaware if this has been asked before but i was thinking back to when we all found out who had the fear of physical contact((still love that lmao)) and i started wondering if pale had the fear of white emptiness, or is he just unable to notice the fear without his emotions?

(Please note that some of this might be based on my personal headcanons. I can not verify that any statement about Error or Ink I make is correct. ALSO LONG POST HERE WE GO!)

I’m gonna start with an observation: Character’s fears are an expansion of their personality and experiences they’ve made.

So in order to answer this, you would need to ask yourself why they even have those fears. And in order to answer that for Template and Pale, you should look at Ink and Error first.

Why is Error afraid of physical contact in the first place? While there is no canon explanation, I think it’s kind of understandable considering his situation. If you sat in a white void for god knows how long slowly going insane, without anyone to keep you company, you would probably be afraid of other people being too close, too. He’s used to this loneliness, not to mention that he’s unstable. Lastly, he’s super bad at dealing with other characters’ emotions. So my headcanon is that his phobia is an expansion of exactly the circumstances he had to live with.

So why is Template afraid of this, too? He’s a lot more sociable and nice, right? Why should he afraid of the same thing? Well, simply because he’s been through the same experiences. He also has been alone for so long that it’s still so weird for him to touch people. However, he is aware of his own fear and he decided to fight it. That is why it is NOT impossible to touch him. You can shake his hand (however his handshake is kinda hesitant OR disproportionately strong), give him a high five or fist bumps all you want (note he’s wearing gloves *wink wink*) and you can even hug him! However, you shouldn’t overwhelm him or he flinches back. Give him some time to mentally prepare, let him come to you and DO NOT SQUEEZE HIM! Let him work in his own pace and it’s gonna be okay to hug him. c:

And now, let’s continue with Ink.

Ink’s fear is not just the ‘white’ emptiness. Ink’s fear is the absence of things in general. While that doesn’t seem to make so much of a difference at first glance, it definitely is worth noting. I’ve seen people making the mistake of thinking that Ink is ONLY afraid of the anti void or similar stuff like that or that he’s afraid of the color white and while the anti void of course is THE WORST place you could ever bring him to, it’s not limited to that. I imagine that Ink would be afraid of standing in a wide field of some sort or stare into space. I also think that Ink could also get afraid of silence, like when in a conversation and the other one would suddenly stop responding to him completely. This kind of awkward silence everyone should be familiar with. (Maybe that’s the reason why he seems kinda chatty.) 

Why is Ink afraid of emptiness? Well, there might be several reasons. For one, it reminds him of his own emptiness, i.e. the lack of a soul. It also might be his constant drive to feel needed. He wants to help people to create and be imaginative, so the lack thereof is giving him the chills. Ink found his purpose in life in helping to create and without this, his existence is meaningless. It might be ultimately the fear of death that is connected to exactly that lack of creativity or absence or everything that makes him afraid. 

Lastly, let’s talk about Pale. Does he have the fear of emptiness, too? Pale is most of the time in the exact state that Ink is afraid of. The ironic thing is that fear is an emotion, and therefore Pale is not afraid of that state when he’s experiencing it. When Pale is in the rare situation that allows him to actually experience fear, he’s absolutely afraid of going back to his emotionless state, yes. (Then again, he’d be scared of almost everything in that moment.) But since his emotions fade away again, he’s not able to be afraid when it’s actually happening. So this fear is more surreal to him than it is to Ink. What Pale does have is this drive that makes him drain AUs in the first place. Pale knows that he is missing something, and he tries to gain that by gaining emotions. It’s not a fear, but maybe a desire(?) to be able to feel. Ink supports AUs, but Pale destroys them by draining them off their creativity. Pale literally creates emptiness in order to feel, which is the exact opposite of what Ink does, giving him a different ‘purpose’ in life.

So in conclusion: No, Pale is not afraid of emptiness because he’s not able to feel most of the time. He didn’t find the same purpose in life that Ink did since his way of obtaining emotions is entirely different. So there is not much reason for him to be afraid of that. c:

I agree on that for 1000001%! It’s the best ship that can be for me!

How much do you ship Error and Ink :v

Hmm I dunno. Is there are scale or something? 10/10 would ship again?

@lyoth737 what do you say?

My vote is on

AAAAAAAAAAHHH THIS IS SO AWESOME THIS THIS THIIIIISSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! #fangirls very hard# #needs to breath#

Imagine experiencing EVERY emotion at its fullest. AT ONCE.

Emotional overdose.

I’d also like to imagine that Ink already did that, too, at some point. Also emotional hangovers afterwards.

Since Pale never had enough of this stuff to be able to stockpile it, he’s used to use it all in one go. He knows no modesty when it comes to this. |D

I already replied to a similar ask, explaining that I think Ink basically consumes liquid creativity in order to feel, which is exactly the essence of every AU, which Pale drains off of AUs. But doing a comic is fun, too, I guess. c:

@unu-nunium  💕 💕 💕

You ship someone in Tumblr?

Yep @lyoth773 x @unu-nunium :‘33

Common, they’re WAY too good not to share!!! >;D

And gooosh hhh how you’re doing that magic with the textures!?? 

Two dumb doodles based on this by @602016. 

I blame @lyoth737 because she wanted me to share this mess. :’D

Template would pose in front of that mirror making poses while shit’s going down. Pale turned into a squishy thing that’s stuck to the ground, unable to move.

Hey, how many Undertale AU's could you possibly think of?

Uffz, tough question! I know a LOT of AUs…..

I gave up trying to count them. I know too many.

But I still think it’s pretty awesome that so many people got inspired to make their own AU and be creative with it!