Most and least interesting AUs?

[Tephlin]

Title.
And we're not judging them on how cute sans is or how many universes he can destroy in that universe.

[Tephlin]

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As good as some of the fandom might be, I just personally dislike how they interpret AU. I used to think Underswap was a great concept. I really liked it until I saw that the only attention it's getting is "SANS IS SO CUTE KAWAIII :333". They even depict him as a childlike squeaker rather than an accurate presentation of Sans with the personality of his brother Papyrus.

Look at storyshift, do you see sans being the thing to be talked about?

No, but it seems the same problem is on Asriel. I DO like that AU quite a bit, too.

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Publicado originalmente por tephlin.:

As good as some of the fandom might be, I just personally dislike how they interpret AU. I used to think Underswap was a great concept. I really liked it until I saw that the only attention it's getting is "SANS IS SO CUTE KAWAIII :333". They even depict him as a childlike squeaker rather than an accurate presentation of Sans with the personality of his brother Papyrus.

That's why Underswap is a bad AU, it doesn't even follow it's own rules.

[Kit Fulvas]

I mostly look for comic based AUs with stories, of course there are a few exeptions.
And I'm not going to bother "Spoiler" anything because if your checking out AU's, then you already should know the game.

Overgrowth/FlowerFell: One that sounded intresting, but doesn't exist anymore due to stealing content from the author. Basically Underfell with Frisk being cursed to grow a buttercup flower on them when they reset. (Indefinite Hiatus)

Playertale/Underplayer: The "Player" forcibly places their soul into the game, with the disire to get a "true happy ending" (Completed)

Aftertale: Sans faces Frisk in genocide, and injects himself with DETERMINATION, he gains minor control over the timeline and asks help from Sans in another timeline while Chara is in possession of Frisks body. (Completed)

Blind!Frisk: Undertale but with Frisk being blind, a more innocent AU compared to the otheres on this list. (Still Going)

Phone!Frisk: Post-Genocide where Chara is in possession of Frisks body, Frisk can only talk to Sans via phone. Simular to one of the Almaglamites in True Lab. (Indefinite Hiatus)

Core!Frisk/OmegaTimeline: One of the exeptions to the comics. Frisk is thrown into the Core by Sans for reseting the timeline too many times, their soul is then scattered throughout the timelines and deleted from their own (Like W.D. Gaster). They are Omnipresent and can/will interact with every timeline. They are quite simular to Ink!Sans and Error!Sans where they are more of a AU jumper. Core!Frisk also developed the OmegaTimeline where AU characters are able to interact with other AU characters, also serving as a safe zone for Genocide timeline survivors.

[Laati]

Publicado originalmente por tephlin.:

Title.
And we're not judging them on how cute sans is or how many universes he can destroy in that universe.

The most interesting AU for me is horrortale. For this simple question. What exactly happened after Frisk completed a neutral route. Well according to the AU undyne was able to apply martial law in the underground. Food is scarce. And they have been eating humans... and monster dust. Basically north Korea but 5x worse.

Least interesting AU for me is UnderFell. Which just turns the monsters more ruthless and less kind. Although some things are interesting like papyrus being the royal guard. There is no reason for them to be that way as far as I know.

[Blue-Moon]

i definately love underswap, but my fav is by far CHOCOTALE!!!! (srsly that is a thing XD) it is just so creative, I LOVE the art style that the main videos have and Sans freaks me out big time. (uugh the horror!) also underswap is adorable X3 my least favourite one is definately underlust. CRINGE X 20000000000

[DanEgbert]

I cannot convey my hatred for Underswap in words. Except that I can. So I'm going to. Like Edgy Asriel said, they don't follow their own rules. It's like they keep parts of their own personality, and mix it with their counterpart's or not even have either personality and make a whole new one. Even if they did follow their own rules, it would be the exact same game, just the characters' sprites are changed.

I would also like to point out some minor nitpicks. First, Papyrus is an alcoholic and smokes. We know that Sans might drink because of the running fridge call we get, but we've never seen him drink in game. The same with Sans and hyperactivity. This has to do with the personality thing, but those were some specific nitpicking.

People's obsession with the AU is ridiculous as well. I went onto an Undertale Google+ group and did a poll for favorite AU. The options were "Underfell," "Original," "Underswap," and "Other." The poll got about 250 votes, and the original came in 2ND PLACE! The orignal game, who without it none of the AUs would have existsed in the first place, got 2ND PLACE NEXT TO UNDERSWAP! Geez!

Another tiny grudge I have with Underswap is Alphys the """"""Alpha."""""" My main beef with that name is that it sounds retarded. Undyne the Undying has a really nice ring to it, it fit because Undyne reforms, it was just a good fitting name. On the other hand, Alphys the Alpha just sound like a mentally disabled person nicknamed Alphys as she was saving the Underground. It's petty and stupid, I just really like Undyne and Undyne the Undying is my favorite boss battle I have ever played in Undertale (might be ever, I haven't played that many games).

Favorites? I don't know... Flowerfell and Horrortale has a really cool concept? I'm following the development of the game Don't Forget since I really enjoyed the multiplayer demo? Not sure to be honest, I can't think of anything to be "favorite" worthy. Just doesn't suck worthy.

[Casual Amateur]

Oddly I remember that some one made Underfail. That just for comedy. If you think that I made that one up. Just check it on youtube.

[Sans the Hedgehog]

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a lot of them have wonderful art.

And on the other end of the spectrum...

https://www.deviantart.com/art/Undertale-Cringe-FC-671486238

This is why I'm proud to have a deviantArt account.

[King Narwhal]

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And on the other end of the spectrum...

https://www.deviantart.com/art/Undertale-Cringe-FC-671486238

This is why I'm proud to have a deviantArt account.

Ah, deviantart. The land where the words "Quality" and "Copyright claims" don't exist!

[dat_potatoe]

Alternate Universes are terrible in general, they're usually just nonsensical and creatively lazy. This is the only fandom in existence that fails to realize that and obsesses over churning out as many as possible.

All you have to do is swap around some aspect of the game, sprinkle on a few convoluted plot points, and shove "Tale" or "Sans" at the end. Voila, you have most AU's.

Example:
NegativeTale: All characters have inverted colors and the heart colors are inverted as well, meaning the characters now stand for different things. I expect tons of fan art and a crappy unfinished fangame by the end of the week.

The only fan fiction I have any remote interest in is extended fiction that builds right off the source material in a sensible way (Dreemurr Reborn, HorrorTale, etc).

[King Narwhal]

Publicado originalmente por dat_potatoe:

Alternate Universes are terrible in general, they're usually just nonsensical and creatively lazy. This is the only fandom in existence that fails to realize that and obsesses over churning out as many as possible.

All you have to do is swap around some aspect of the game, sprinkle on a few convoluted plot points, and shove "Tale" or "Sans" at the end. Voila, you have most AU's.

Example:
NegativeTale: All characters have inverted colors and the heart colors are inverted as well, meaning the characters now stand for different things. I expect tons of fan art and a crappy unfinished fangame by the end of the week.

The only fan fiction I have any remote interest in is extended fiction that builds right off the source material in a sensible way (Dreemurr Reborn, HorrorTale, etc).

Honestly, it'd be easy to make an Undertale AU Generator. You just need a list of about 20 prefixes, such as Under, Swap, Mob, Horror, and the like, then about 20 suffixes, such as Fell, Swap, Lust, etc.

Just have it randomly grab a prefix and a suffix and stick them together for hundreds of "original AUs" that are just as empty and unfulfilling as the ones we already have!

[Kit Fulvas]

Publicado originalmente por dat_potatoe:

Alternate Universes are terrible in general, they're usually just nonsensical and creatively lazy. This is the only fandom in existence that fails to realize that and obsesses over churning out as many as possible.

All you have to do is swap around some aspect of the game, sprinkle on a few convoluted plot points, and shove "Tale" or "Sans" at the end. Voila, you have most AU's.

Example:
NegativeTale: All characters have inverted colors and the heart colors are inverted as well, meaning the characters now stand for different things. I expect tons of fan art and a crappy unfinished fangame by the end of the week.

The only fan fiction I have any remote interest in is extended fiction that builds right off the source material in a sensible way (Dreemurr Reborn, HorrorTale, etc).

I agree there are certain AUs with terrible ideas like "A color on the character shows their mood" or something like that, but there is still some pretty good ones.

For example, I heard alot of stuff about Overgrowth/Flowerfell (though I never personaly seen it, though I wish I had) where Frisk gets a buttercup flower everytime they reset, which is alot due to the Underfell like universe with more agressive monsters. I belive Frisk even eventually goes blind in that story. Most people say its a really sad story,

Sure your right that some (if not most) AUs are dime a dozen rip-offs of the same theme (So many "Swap"/"Switch" AUs for example). But you also said it yourself, there are some hidden gems.

But then again, you have to remember, AUs are fan-made content mostly comprised of "What Ifs", so there will always be more rehashing and more hidden gems