{discussing Undertale AUs}

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Me: Recently I peeked back into the Undertale fandom and it was just (laughs)... it felt like there were AUs of AUs of AUs—and I was like, "This is too deep (laughs). I can't do this anymore."

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Mandark: Yeah, there's too many layers. I got through... I know Blueberry and I know Error—

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Blueberry?

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Yeah, Blueberry! Well, I call him Blueberry. It's... I think it's Underfell? No, not Underfell. Underfell is where everybody is evil. There's that one, too.

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Oh! I know what you're talking about. Is this when Sans and Papyrus swap? Ooh, I remember this...

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Yeah, [in Underswap] their personalities are swapped. So Sans is the precious blueberry and Papyrus is practically a stoner, and it's great, and I love it.

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(laughs) Wait, I enjoy that. I remember that. That was so funny. Wow, it's all coming back to me.

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Right?

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{discussing Jasper's voice actor, Kimberly Brooks}

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She was also the voice for Allura on Voltron. It was interesting because it was before I watched Voltron and she was “advertised” as [Allura’s voice actor] and Jasper was kind of a secondary thing. Now that I’ve watched it, I’m like, “...Shit.” (laughs) It’s cool. She’s a cool person. She’s really nice and she liked my cosplay. We talked about how being plus-sized in cosplay means that most of the time you have to make your own shit. She understood that, and it was funny to connect with her that way.

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Man, if I ever met her, I’d be like, “I’m sorry for what happened to your character… for both Jasper and Allura (laughs).”

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(laughs)

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I was thinking mostly for Allura, because… (murmuring) yikes, I’m so sorry…

 

[Note: here is why I am sorry.]

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Yeah... Total tangent: Have you seen Steven Universe Future yet?

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I haven't. I just saw it was a thing.

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Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it.

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Is there more to it or is it just SUF?

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So there was the movie and SUF is the continuation of the show. They’re episodes. Steven’s like 16 and he’s dealing with new powers…

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Oh my god, babie...

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Yee… Right now, Jasper is a character in the show again, but it’s interesting where all the other gems are like, “Oh, hey, we’re all okay now!” and Jasper’s like, “You’re not my diamond.” And I’m like, “Oh god.” It’s interesting.

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Oh jeez... Jasper, please.

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I love Jasper. She's still my big buff cheeto puff and I love her.

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{discussing Hazbin Hotel's rating}

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Rated...

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R. Definitely R.

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Or E, whatever rating system we're doing here.

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(goofy voice) E for Everyone!

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E for EXPLICIT.

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(laughs) Yeah, there you go.

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(laughs) I was thinking AO3.

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Oh my god.

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Listen! I'm always on there!

 

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{extra regarding Hazbin Hotel AUs}

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With the new AU that’s recently spawned, I keep seeing the AU [version] of Alastor—and Alastor in the content is this evil “I’mma do what I want because I think it’s funny” type of character—and in the AU he’s a crybaby character. And (sigh) it’s so funny. [It’s a flipped personality kind of AU.] Charlie is evil and mean and corrupted, and Angel is straight-edged, [in a] suit, “Don’t touch me” kind of character.

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{on Homestuck}

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I sat down and read it for three days.

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(laughs) Only three days?

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Maybe it was more like three weeks. I think it was three weeks, because [S] Cascade was already out at that point.

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Oh... I wanna rewatch Cascade...

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Right? I think I rewatched a month or two ago.

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I miss it. I have to get into all the other extra stuff (laughs). All the new stuff.

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Yeah, I haven't read any of the epilogues.

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I just get to the one that looks like a fake AO3 page and I’m like, “I can’t do this.” (laughs)

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With all of the stupid tags (laughs).

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(deep sigh)

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{Chocolate Interlude}

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Mom: (entering with a box) Would you guys like a piece of chocolate?

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(gasps) Yes!

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Do you have to know what [kind each piece] is? I can tell you. (flips box for guide)

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No.

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Do you like coffee?

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I do like coffee.

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Mandark's s/o: Yes.

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Okay, just letting you know that these ones have coffee, because I don’t like coffee, so I’m like, “Oh, I’m staying away from those.” Let’s just see…

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[followed by a discussion of lactose intolerance I will spare you from and farewells from my mother]

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{more discussion regarding Voltron discourse}

 

Everybody’s like, “Oh, the last season’s so terrible, the ending is blah blah blah,” and “It was queerbaiting!” And I’m like, “Dude, just enjoy the content, I’m sorry! I get it, it’s discourse, and I get it, like… ehh…” I just wanna watch a good show (laughs). The animation is cool and the storywriting isn’t as bad as people make it out to be, but… they could’ve developed Lance and Allura’s relationship a little bit more, but that’s beside the point.

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That could be a whole rant on its own… thAT I WILL SPEARHEAD, but anyway.

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(laughs)

 

 

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{u know "train of thought"? meet "train of interest"}

 

Who made Mambostuck? Was it EmptyFeet?

 

It was EmptyFeet.

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There you go.

 

And then that got us obsessed with that song, [Nillili Mambo by Block B]. Love that song.

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Which led me to tell [one of my friends], which led her to get into Block B, which led her to go to Block B’s concert (laughs). But anyway. Where were we going with that?

 

“What do fandoms mean to you?”

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Oh yeah. I think we got it.

 

Yeah, I think so. Do you think we got it? This is your paper.

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I know—(laughs). In this moment, it’s your moment.

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{#givechristinaaswitch2020 i want it}
{8/20 update: i got it}

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And then the... the fish husband. Anyway. (laughs)

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Ay yo. Wait, Breath of the Wild? I sTILL HAVEN'T PLAYED IT. [Note: I have now played it.]

 

You need to play it.

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(groans) I need a Switch so bad.

 

You do! They were on sale, you should've gotten one. [Note: I should've.]

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I'm—an—I'm a dumbass!

 

(laughs)

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Well, on Black Friday, I looked at the sales, and they were just like, “It’s on sale! … … For $298!” and I’m like, “You’re such an asshole.” (laughs) I’m so tired. So I vehemently did not.

 

(laughs) Fair. Valid.

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{more BOTW woes}

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So I’ve made [a cosplay for] Kass from Breath of the Wild—the big blue bird with the accordion.

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(writing down to look up later) Sorry, say it again?

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Big blue bird from Breath of the Wild...

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(with increasing despair) I havEN'T PLAYED BREATH OF THE WILD.

 

I know, but the content is everywhere!

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AGH. I've barred myself from the content sO I COULD PLAY IT [unspoiled].

 

Oh, fair.

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{Majora's Mask woes}

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Do you know how long it took me to realize the two fairies’ names (Tatl and Tael) made up “Tattle-tale”?

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(laughing at my pAIN)

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Do you kNOW HOW LONG? I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME. (sigh) Anyway, let’s move on before I get heated.

 

(still laughing)

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{The Circle of Stupidity is complete}

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If that makes sense... Does that answer your question?

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Yes. We’ve come full circle. The Circle of Stupidity is complete! (laughs)

 

(laughs)

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I love that phrase, I dunno why. Where's that from? [Note: it's from Homestuck and i'm still mad about that.]

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I don’t know, but then I also remembered the… double something reacharound… from Homestuck.

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From Homestuck… Ah, I remember! It was in, like, the [fanmade] song. (hums to the melody of “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel) … Mobius something? No. … Who made that song? Not the original. “You Can’t Fight The Homestuck.”

 

Kayley... something?

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I dunno. She liked a post I made once, though.

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Nice.

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Or maybe it was a comment, I dunno. But I was just like (high-pitched scream).

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(laughs)

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(laughs) Ah, god, I forget. But anyway.

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[Note: the song was "You Can't Fight The Homestuck" by Kylee Henke, and the term was "mobius double reacharound."]

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{discussion Undertale jams}

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I remember I would listen to all the covers. Do you remember—

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Oh, yeah, the rock covers. The orchestral covers.

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Yes. I remember I bought a fan album of metal covers. [Note: Determination by RichaadEB and Ace Waters]

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{time doesn't exist, okay?}

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When I say “the other day,” it could be anywhere from last week to two months ago.

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Pfft. I feel that. I’ll say “the other day” for yesterday, and [my s/o]’s like, “That’s… yesterday.” Or I’ll say “yesterday” and I meant the other day, and he’s like, “That’s… okay.” (laughs)

 

(laughs) Not… at this moment right now. Some time in the past.

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Some previous moment that is not now. (laughs)

 

(laughs) There you go.

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{Deltarune discussion}

{we get it, you like Undertale}

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That, and the music uses these chord progressions and key changes that make you feel things because that’s how music is.

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It’s so good. It’s so smart with using previous themes in the game. There’s one bit from Toriel’s theme [aka "Heartache"] in “Hopes and Dreams,” right? Yes. Oh my god, that broke me. (laughs) … Thoughts on Deltarune?

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I like it, and I want more.

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I saw someone cosplaying Ralsei when I was at AnimeNYC, but I was going up in an escalator and I was like, (forlornly, hand extended) “Ralsei…! No!”

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(laughs) I do want to do a Suzy cosplay. Like, I do.

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Yes. I knew it (laughs).

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(laughs) I really like Suzy.

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(smol voice) I wanna cosplay Ralsei at some point… That cosplayer that I saw was really cute, I’m so sad that I never saw them again…

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We should find a trio. Get someone to do Kris.

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I was so thrown off when they called them Kris, because I put in my name… C-H-R-I-S, and then suddenly it went to K-R-I-S and I was like…

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(laughs) Shooketh.

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What happened here? You spelled it wrong. I don’t know how you did that.

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(laughs) Coincidence.

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