Preview: Alpha Charlie Echo
I wound up penning some of this at lunchtime.
"IS EVERYONE READY TO HAVE A FUCKING GOOD TIME?!"
The crowd below them reacted with a mighty cheer, some throwing up the horns, still others bouncing to show off their own horns in a monster equivalent. They were largely oblivious for the moment to the comparative dead silence that had occurred ON the stage. Three sets of eyes, one individual eyeball and one set of six were all trained on Papyrus. Undyne's mechanical arm saved her guitar from smashing on the floor. Jerry had abandoned his bass for his phone, evidently hoping to get something Internet worthy and Muffett seemed unconcerned but interested. Sans found his voice first and being at mic level alerted the crowd to the situation. "Uh. Bro. I don't think you should..." Papyrus reacted by cutting him off with mild but obvious annoyance. "WHAT? JUST BECAUSE I'M THE YOUNGER BROTHER OR THE ONE WITH MANNERS, I CAN'T SAY FUCK?" "I was going to say enunciate. You swear at a rock show, you don't need the -ing." There was a minute's pause, wherein Papyrus nodded sagely. "I'LL FUCKIN' KEEP THAT IN MIND." This time Undyne came dangerously close to choking on her own spit.
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Hotel Room Antics for @prismportrait
Happy Belated birthday.
In which Dustmetal!Grillby and Sans get up to more embarrassing Hotel Room Antics. Embarrassing for Grillby. For @prismportrait
Warnings for alcohol and implied drug use.
I swear this was more or less all about Grillby being dramatic about cake.
Fic: Beerios
In which a few things are resolved, a few things aren’t and some stuff changes…. Also in which Undyne is not an Inventor or a foodie.
(Please note in the grand tradition of DustMetal AU fics written by me - yes, have had Beerioes, No you never want to; they are that vile, Undyne’s probably right that they do taste like Sans’ slippers do.)
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I would be willing to do some Dustmetal-based requests....
Subterranical and Glamour Bomb team up for a 22 Hour Long Nazi-Punching Video
*That pile of Nazis isn't dead, they just have 0.0000000001 HP. *Collectively. *ACTL:Most Watched Event in World History This, Trump! * Imagine the Ratings *ACT: Jerry Complains at them for hours about having to stand around and punch the bastards. It hurt his hand *Blue Magic or Stop Punching Yourself. *Blue Stop Signs or Spiderwebs. Either way, no one's going anywhere.
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Fic: This Is Not A Test of the Emergency Broadcast System
In which the long awaited awards ceremony comes to pass.
Author’s Notes: Thanks for readership, loyalty, kindness and making this a fun overall writing project to do. Hope you’ll stay with us in the future…for now Frank is going to be taking a long overdue hiatus from Tumblr.
Fic: This Is Not A Test of the Emergency Broadcast System
In which the long awaited awards ceremony comes to pass.
Author’s Notes: Thanks for readership, loyalty, kindness and making this a fun overall writing project to do. Hope you’ll stay with us in the future...for now Frank is going to be taking a long overdue hiatus from Tumblr.
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Anonymous asked:
Dustmetal - who are your favorite characters to write?
I usually write Grillby and Papyrus as my viewpoint characters because both of them allow me to bring a certain amount of personal experience to the table. My favourite character is hard to pin down - I enjoy the opportunity to write for ones I don’t know as well because it’s a great thrill I guess when I get it right.
Asking a favourite is like asking a parent with more than one child to pick a favourite
Why I have Papyrus and Grillby as the viewpoints - I can point out what my favourite parts about writing each are:
Papyrus is fun because I identify with him a lot - canonically in-game and also here - I wrtie his transition from Rhythm Guitar to being thrust into Lead as a way of venting my frustrations on the Royal Conservatory of Music and not only that but my background as an academic writer and some of the frustrations I have over it. Papyrus is someone who is incredibly technical and (like myself) has great keynote and pitch memory and can learn things very easily. Where he - and I - falter is knowing how to put those things together but when it’s a creative way not having it come off as what I consider a visual representation of the gauntlet Original!Papyrus comes up with - just a bunch of components tied up together with ropes.- a bunch of technically great ideas executed perfectly but just strung together on the same rope.
With Grillby it’s definitely all about using my experiences doing my PhD as a basis. Um let’s say my family wasn’t thrilled when I wanted to be an English Major as it stands: I have 4 degrees actually - one’s in business. I have an HMBA. That was the only way I could get my degree in HELL (HonEngLangLit - yes yes yes it IS the best joke ever - very intended) and I just stuck it in their faces with the MA and the PhD.But um, no, my family was never super big on the things I actually wanted to do - I suppose it’s a good thing for me now that I know how to code and write for websites as it got me a job but happiness it does not provide. That having been said, I love writing for him because it was some of the most thrilling parts of that. Saying ‘fuck you’ to what your parents wanted, doing this thing that somehow you do well and even being a little grateful - I made the money to go to school via being a student loans officer. It meant I couldn’t ever apply myself but doesn’t prevent Grants and scholarships does it?.Nope it doesn’t. That rant about the hardest/best part of my life aside - it makes him so much fun to write for because I’m writing this person who is navigating a space that is so right for them but it’s also new enough that they’re still narrowly avoiding the various minefields.
To cap off - I don’t usually write Sans for this AU; that’s @prismportrait ‘s character but I love almost any scenario I write where Sans deliberately does a death metal growl or if I get to write anything expository on the subject as anyone who has heard me doing dramatic readings would well know.
Fic: Scars
For@stuffedart
Prompt #41 from this list - “You’re so embarrassing...ugh.”
In which Grillby isn’t as comfortable with the aftermath of his brush with death as he projects...
Papyrus' early attempts at songwriting abuse the eff out of the Whammy pedal
This cause I was accused of it and I said it was cause rhythm guitarists never get to use it. And then I thought it'd be a very Papyrusy thing to do
Request Fic: Where stuffing a turkey is really referring to Sans and less about what's for dinner
I wrote this for @stuffedart. It’s frankly the most explicitly undertum thing I’ve written, so it’s tagged appropriately. It’s also Grilsoriel
It’s also a huge reminder I’m a Canadian. Plus one of the perks of writing Grillby as a viewpoint character allows me to show off my cooking chops a bit.
The story title was decided by @prismportrait
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Inktumber day 3! I missed it because I was bad and not taking care of myself but after lots of naps and eating something, I am back! And happy to bring you the first inked thing I’ve been really happy with in at least a year.
@dustmetal AU black belly Sans and Grillby! I couldn’t resist after talking with @frankpanioncube yesterday lol. Can I emphasize how much Sans secretly loves twirling his fire hair? Cause he really does.
what would their group name even be
Glamour Bomb
In case anyone has any interest in it:
A handful of the original notes I had for ‘Season 1′ of Dustmetal: It is a list of things that I wrote down and tried to remember or follow. It's not the whole list, but I don't know how much writing I'll be doing anymore so, enjoy.
Fic: The Thunderstorm
In which Subterranical finds themselves having to perform a concert on Opposite Day due to inclement weather.
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this is the best headline i’ve ever seen in my life, i was just gonna post it w/o comment bc i thought it couldnt possibly get better, but it did
[Spear of justice intensifies]