So. I Had Free Time After Finals Today And May Have Gotten Just A LITTLE Carried Away With Dolls Design

So. I had free time after finals today and may have gotten just a LITTLE carried away with dolls design 👉👈

A Brief Analysis of the “Alas! Poor Papyrus!” Line and Why It Hurts Me

We’ve all got a favorite quote from Undertale. It’s hard not to, with how good the writing and story telling is. I can still quote many lines from memory.

However, one line in particular often goes over looked. It’s not all that surprising, as it really doesn’t seem like to much on the surface. Just three lines of amusing filler before the real shit hits the fans. I think it’s more than that.

In a Neutral route, Papyrus will say two things upon his death. Firstly, when in the initial decapitation he will say “Alas! Poor Papyrus!” while still holding his head. Next, he will declare “Well, at least I still have my head!” before finally dying.

The last quotation is going to need an analysis of its own, so we’re just gonna focus on the first one for right now.

(Screenshot credit to Fallen Rub from SomethingAwful forums)

So! First off, that’s a pretty weird thing to say. Imagine your head just for socked off my a homicidal seven year old with a god complex. Would your reaction be to smile- because he is smiling- and say something odd like that? What does that even mean?

It’s Shakespeare.

He’s reciting a line from Hamlet. To be specific, line from Act 5, Scene 1 of the play. The title character is given the skull of the old Court Jester, Yorik. Hamlet proceeds to lament to the skull, discussing the fond memories he has with it, as if it were still alive. He contemplates the nature of death and memory, declaring “Alas! Poor Yorik! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy....” (Hamlet, Act-V, Scene-I, Lines 160-162).

(Hamlet Pictured here is David Tennant)

Interestingly, Papyrus is not putting himself in the place of Hamlet. He isn’t just declaring his mortality, he’s also calling himself a fool. Yorik as a character is characterized as a comic relief. He is a fool, a clown. Someone to be jeered and laughed at. Even in his death, he is called nothing more.

This may allude to Papyrus’s view on himself. Under all of his confidence and flamboyant personality, the guy clearly has some insecurities. He’s well aware that not a ton of people like him, or even notice he’s there. That’s got to wear away at someone after a while.

It’s a bit of a stretch, but I think it’s interesting none the less.

Reblogging this because I have a fuck ton of WIPS now and don’t have enough time to awnser anything else in my inbox (or draw anything but mermaids)

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Tag Game!!!!

Thanks to @blaiddsumu for tagging me ^^

Rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you want to get to know better/catch up with.

3 Ships I enjoy: Papyton (lil bit of my OTP cause they’re real cute), Nice Pants, and Soriel! Though that last one is honestly more of a queer platonic thing. Truthfully, I’m not a super hard core shipper haha. Oh and Alphydyne, but that’s cannon so it doesn’t count.

Last Song: I actually had to scroll back on my history because I’m listening to music basically all the time lMAO. The Mind Electric by Tally Hall!! It’s real good and I’m considering a Gaster animatic :D

Last Movie: Well, the last disk I ran was my Jazzersizing CD (Sweating with the Oldies 2) which is about an hour long and on TV, so maybe that??? Actual movie wise... it’s been awhile haha. I’m normally a big movie person, but I prefer the theatre, so I’ve been out of luck this year :,) I think the last one I saw was The Fifth Element. It was really good! I highly recommend! The dude from Die Hard is in it!!

What I’m watching: Dnd horror stories. They’re my guilty pleasure :,)

Currently Craving: I really want fruit. I can’t eat anything solid for a couple of days because of stitches in my gum, but holy fuck do I just want to Cronin into an apple. My bodies solely supported by ice cream, eggs, and Jello at the moment haha

Currently reading: Nothing at the moment, as I just finished the massive hoard of hurt/comfort Toriel/Soriel fics my sister sent me! But, I’ll tell you about the one that’s still in the progress of being written cause its really good. It’s called The Lady in The Woods (by Get Dunked On (Little Known Artist))!

It’s a soft, sweet Soriel fic set in an alternate universe where monsters have always been on the surface. Kinda like Deltarune, but it takes place in an Alaska Canada hybrid state. Basically Sans takes up a job as a park ranger (his inner monologue is halarious) to make ends meet, and ends up meeting a lonely old lady in the woods. It’s a very sweet fic with gorgeous scenery. Also lumberjack Toriel. She big lady :)

Tags (the Hard part lMAO): @smollest-soul @sugarweregoingdownswinging @jnpie @harmonytre @risanaulita @serfuzzypushover @the-stray-snail @bone-ifiedcryptid @silverryu25

This just in, staying up way too late trying to figure out how the fuck it snows underground..... again

Ok but like if Dadster did happen, he cloned himself AT LEAST once to try and have someone who could stay home with the boys while he was at work, right?

Like, of course it ended horribly every time, and the question of whether or not the clone he’d terminated was the OG Gaster keeps him up at night, but also free child care-