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heheh, no worries! I actually made a post about how this works a while ago, so here you go ^^

This version of him, no, as I finished the main plot of Unexpected Guests before it came out (though not too long, I finished it earlier in 2018). I've since edited his dialogue so it matches the way he speaks officially, 'cause that was easy enough to do.

But, since we don't know exactly how Deltarune relates to Undertale, what role gaster has in it, or what he'll really be like, it'd have been a lot harder to retroactively incorporate stuff relating to deltarune.

Once we get the full story, I know my works won't be canon-compliant anymore, which does hurt a bit--i worked really hard to fit them with what we had before DR came out. But at the same time, I want to know what Toby's had in mind this whole time :'D

I don't actually think they would!

I'm pretty sure kneading (making biscuits) is related to nursing behavior--basically the cat feels as safe and comfy as when it was a kitten nursing on its mom, so it repeats a behavior it associates with that feeling--kneading the mom's belly to get more milk. So it ends up kneading whatever it's sitting on. Basically if your cat is making biscuits it's feeling very cozy :>

Now, as animal-like as the blasters are, they're not animals, and don't have a lot of the behaviors a real animal needs to survive--they don't need to eat or reproduce (and can't), so they don't have any instincts related to those activities. So, no instincts for kneading because they never had mothers to nurse from; I'm not even sure they count as mammals XD

But! That doesn't mean the blasters don't have ways to express similar feelings. You already saw sans' blaster 'purrs' when it's feeling content, and i think in line with its more birdlike nature, papyrus' blaster makes happy little clucks and beeps when it's relaxed. If they find a texture they like, they'll pat at and nuzzle it, or roll around on it if it's big enough, like a clearing of deep soft grass or a big fluffy blanket. They might like... grab at it and squeeze it in their claws a few times, which could look similar to kneading, but it's not instinctive the way a cat's biscuit-making is.

Honestly it's probably for the best they don't. Cats are small. The blasters are not. If they decided to knead one of their friends, it'd be a full-body massage performed by someone with no experience and claws upwards of 5 inches long............ :'D

(old ask, don't mind me)

Don't worry, Papyrus will keep you company while you don't sleep!

Even if Papyrus not taking off his gloves is something toby meant as a joke, I find it fun to imagine why he's like that. Maybe he hates getting his hands dirty, maybe he just likes how wearing gloves feels or thinks it's fashionable; or maybe he has something to hide or the sight of his bare hands is upsetting to him (which is what I went with in UG). There's many ways you can go with it that don't seem too out of place with him.

While I did go with an angsty reason as the core of it, I also headcanon that he doesn't like getting his fingers sticky or greasy, and I also occasionally change out what gloves he's wearing because Papyrus does like fashion--so i make use of multiple options :>

But I've just about always wanted to have Papyrus involved in what happened to gaster because it offers a lot to explore with his character. him not knowing what his hands look like or never taking off his gloves--when hands are such a motif with gaster--feels like a very clear connection to make.... :>

As well as Papyrus being "forgettable".

Ah, do you mean the split in their snouts? They don't really have markings, so that's the only thing I can think of...

If so, then.... kind of? In a roundabout way, due to headcanons XD

See, sans' blaster is just based on the sprite from the game, so I can't take any credit for that. But in designing papyrus' blaster, I looked at both sans' blaster and the other skull-based object in the game: the DT extraction machine. It has a long split going up between the eye sockets like the original gaster blaster, but the gap also continues through the tip of the snout. It's this part of the design I referenced for papyrus' blaster! It has the excellent effect of making the shape of the attack's nose look like both a heart, and half of a cartoony bone, which feels extremely fitting, while also giving it the uncanny anatomy the original blaster and the DT extraction machine both have.

Where the connection with gaster comes in is that I headcanon that Gaster's blasters (lol) look like the DT extraction machine, because he based the machine's form on his attacks.

So I didn't directly reference gaster himself, but the link is there. :>

All I'll say is that toriel won't be the only one getting in on the fighting, but who exactly will join in will remain a secret for now :>

As for reset-proof therapy, I mean, they've always needed that =u=;;

But, well. That's why frisk promised not to reset, right? So everyone can look forward to the future.

Lol, yeah, he's very annoyed that his very important work keeps getting interrupted by extremely hot fire magic. Once he saves the world, then he'll have time to explain why he had to do it.

But of course, toriel wouldn't accept that...

Oh, well, technically papyrus can swear any day he likes, we just celebrate this fact on the 16th

As for the blasters, neither of them can actually speak, but they can either roar or [beam attack] to express the same sentiment, which is arguably just as good. :>

I feel like disobeying the laws of physics is the right answer when it comes to gaster XD

(Finally answering this old ask)

1st question: essentially, yeah--wingdings is incomprehensible to most creatures, so he uses sign language to communicate with other people.

2nd question: I mostly try to abide by the mechanics, yes! I sometimes fudge it a bit though in favor of cool action scenes or better storytelling XD

3rd question: as for Chara, they've largely stepped back and let frisk live their life while they enjoy some semblance of peace. They're not gone, but they haven't felt the need to make their presence felt. At least, not very often...

Hope that (finally) answered your questions ^^

Works for me!

Well, tbh, I don't know how cars work well enough to say exactly what he did XD

Maybe he deleted the gas, maybe he fried some critical electrical component--whatever it was, it wasn't something that would cause a catastrophic failure immediately. He may want frisk dead, but that's the only person he intends to kill. So simply disabling toriel's car was all that was necessary.

And yeah, cars have been around for over a century--so gaster likely would have found at least some materials about how they work or referring to parts of them over the years. Sans has car magazines, after all! He would've had a basic understanding before his fall, and after a chance to see one in person, he has a far better idea of how they work. It was no issue to find something that would have the effect he wanted.

Hope that answers your question :>

Ah, not anything extended--they have some brief interactions later, but flowey has his reasons for not telling his parents the truth--which I have explored in a scene that still needs some polish (and doesn't come until a fair bit later anyway).

So, the topic gets touched on, but it sounds like it's not exactly what you're envisioning. Hopefully you still find it interesting when the time comes :>

Heheheh, thank you!

While Toriel clearly prefers peaceful solutions to conflict, she's still a capable fighter and surely a force to be reckoned with when given good reason. I'm not immune to cool fight scenes, and I also like showing off every character's strengths when the opportunity arises. So I definitely wasn't going to pass up a chance to show Toriel being the boss monster she is, taking charge and defending the people she loves.

Toriel is kind and nurturing, but she is also stern, and isn't afraid to throw out the first attack if that's what's needed to prevent further harm. While the CHECK monster stats might technically be [shrug emoji], I like to think her 80 ATK and 80 DEF aren't completely meaningless.

I wasn't about to have he go down in one measly hit :>

i've always drawn her with a station wagon in unexpected guests! here it is in chapter 8:

it was @singing-robot who drew her with a minivan, which is definitely a valid choice; i can also see her having one of those soccer mom SUVs. Anything that's good for hauling kids, friends, teaching supplies and so on makes sense for her ^^

I mean that is kind of his goal, at least regarding frisk :"D

Oh yeah, mettaton's waaay too busy building his pop star empire to be involved; I can just imagine he'd get back from touring, hear about all this, and immediately want to make a movie out of it that he stars in somehow XD

And thank you, we're finally getting to so.e very fun action scenes and I can hardly wait to finally share them with everyone :3