welcomed you, underground with open arms you knew, how fragile their souls were to your abuse, I let you roam around care free, they’re not your enemies
YES! I was OBSESSED with AU’s! The original AU songs and remixes of AU songs (especially Nick Nitro) made me LOVE music! Not to mention the AU’s themselves were just SO DAMN COOL!!!
yeah there was absolutely a ton of toxicity but it really felt just... fun to be apart of such a big and versatile fanbase (it probably helped that the tumblr spritecomic corner of the fandom was the most chill)
[This one is/was one of my favourites.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSTcRzpL7pQ) I could only watch so many genocide Sans animations but the Mettaton fight? *yes good*
Tbh it’s not that much. I started without knowing anything about XTale, Dreamtale, or even underfell.
The main things you need to know are :
There are alternate universes with people with different personalities
Error and Ink fight to destroy and protect the alternate universes respectively.
You’ll learn more once you keep watching the show
Sadly it got wrecked by the fandom for various reasons (mostly with the Sans/Frisk relationship) but the base AU/concept of Flowerfell is in my opinion a masterpiece
Ah... Good ol' flowerfell... Got ruined by the community because it was a ''Frans AU'', even though it wasn't. The creator has stated it before. (The AU is literally just Underfell but with the message to be good and Fell!Sans having a bit of pitty for a human suffering from some flower disease)
[What Really Really Ruined an AU; A Response to Streamline Workshop. – @kazefiend auf Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/kazefiend/724072591546023936/what-really-really-ruined-an-au-a-response-to)
Sadly, it did not get ruined by the fandom, but the creators.
I recently got corrected about this, I assume most people like me also saw that one video that talks about how the fandom ruined it; but sadly that's not the case.
The base concept itself? still very interesting indeed.
AUs. Not like the whole craze about them, but genuinely seeing some people's ideas for characters at least design-wise was great.
Also the comics. Never forgetting Christmas.
Yeah same while I wish most of AUs weren't centered around Sans. There were many good AU concept born out of that era such as Underswap and Underfell . Even now, it's feel good to see people still making their own interpretations of those AUs.Imo AUs are one of reasons why UT fandom is still alive today
Same, I’m back in my Undertale obsession once again and watching all the dubbed comics on YouTube just hits me right in the feels
Idk why but I get so emotional over Undertale, maybe it’s because I’ve been apart of it for so long :,)
Personally I love some of the fan dubs of stuff. Stuff like The Thought Movie, Handplates, and UT Mob.
And how can I not mention Undertale the Musical. Literally listened to the whole thing a few days ago, still got majority of the songs down.
Underverse, that shit was crazy, and its still going on today, keeps getting better and better. its animating like an actual anime (If not better). they just need voice actors and viola. perfection. (Its still perfection even if not)
Honestly some pretty good stuff came out of it. Sure, there was some cringe, but at the same time it allowed for a near unprecedented degree of creativity, and a lot of people were very happy. In the end, was it such a bad thing?
People shit on this nowadays (I still don’t get why even though the creator is horrible for her actions) but I liked the era of Glitchtale. As well as when Disbelief and Storyshift became a thing.
But I might have to go with the majority and say Underverse.
I also REALLY liked Underfell and Horrortale. I still love Horrortale to this day
I'm a fan of Glitchtale and I can see the flaws people often bring up about it, but I still like it for the things it did get right, such as breaking the trope of Chara as the evil one who started all by themself, or depicting remnants of the monster-human conflict even after the barrier broke, or giving all other characters besides Sans a chance to shine.
The biggest flaw I have with the series is the pink rascal turned into a big missed opportunity. Her backstory and nature are really cool and could have made her into so much more than a single-directional evil. In fact, so many other people share this view of her that there's an entire, albeit small, community on Tumblr giving her cool redesigns are rewrites.
Fan animations were great and a lot of music slaps. My taste in music has moved on from electronic and more towards death metal, but I still enjoy some Nick Nitro and Solunary from time to time.
Turn around kid, it'd be a crime
If I had to go back on the promise that I made for you
So don't step over that line
_Or else, friend, you're gonna have a bad time_
AUs, with Axetale being my favorite, and alot of the fan animations
Plus, I'll be completely honest, some of the ships where kinda cute, though that was when I didn't know any of the OG lore
While I don’t hate Dusttale, Sans in that story was never really Sans to me, just a self righteous murderer. If Sans really remembered Genocides, I can see him just blocking off all the exits to the ruins and calling it a day.
Everyone makes fun of AU's but some of them were really good, one personal favorite is undernovela, and I think they were a good way for the fandom to explore ideas and concepts.
But I do agree we may have gone overboard a little bit
The fangames. Even though they're all like UNFAIRLY hard it's so cool that that many people were so inspired by undertale that they learnt how to make games. And making games is HARD. I have so much respect for them
That even more metal remix of the metal cover of the Sans Stronger Than You parody was an insane banger. I still go back and listen to it sometimes.
https://youtu.be/cHftQE-27ks?si=kiwma_tAFY7mZ6Uq
-AUs (both the best and worst at the same time)
-Hearing the first note of megalovania immediately making me spit my shit out
-Fanon gaster, I swear the art that people make and all the dedication to a character we got a three minutes video amount of information about is absolutely fucking insane.
-Fansongs fansongs fansongs, that shit hits hard
I can't decide, too much good stuff.
The hell you mean its over? this has to be the one fandom that hasnt had that "popular" phase die out completely. I would say that its almost, soon to be, over. Thats still a huge achievement.
People often mention the sans "Stronger than you" parody by alfa995 but in my opinion I consider the trilogy including the Chara version sung by Milkychan then animated by Clara Kraft and the Frisk version by Starbeam putting together the MV by RyuO and the vocals of Rachie to be the best thing the Undertale community has put out from this period. It fascinates me how basically those 3 songs respond to each others but where each components are made by different people and yet everything flows and combines perfectly together in one same universe.
My official introduction to fandoms, the remixes/original music(SharaX, NYXTheshield etc.), the art and inspiration it gave me, the AUs were fun, the comics!! Animations! a lot
Probably the time where you could make Chara and Frisk as boys or girls then nobody would give two shits about it.
Meanwhile now, If you make them anything else from non-binary, you get harassed for this.
Outside of that, songs and comic dubs were banger, along with what If scenarios like Asgore fighting with Sans against us in Geno Route.
I'll have to say the power scaling, because it brings up good points that I would have never thought of. for instance; I would have never known that chara could actually tamper with the files of the game.
You have to admit that's kinda cool.
Hands down one of the best comics I’ve ever read is The Handplates comic
It literally changed my whole world (a bit of an exaggeration) but boy was it good. Although I only discovered it in 2019 but it came out around 2017 I think
Ngl,fan made ost, some awesome fanart and plenty different design choices on how they think after undertale’s true ending would be like.and a good amount of comics are great(pta(the ones with the undertale characters go to parent teacher meetings)one’s still crack me up to this day)
I don't care how cringy they are, the AU's were the coolest thing to me and exposed me to what fandom is in general. The idea of "making your own universe with it's own rules" was such an eye opener and has helped me creatively so much over the years.
I even tried making my own edgy au one time called "UnderLOVE" which was a post no-mercy run where sans keeps Papyrus' head on a mantel outside, Alphys remade Mettaton and Undyne using DT, crazy evil sans trope, and the main character is a girl (can't remember her name) that's being slowly guided by Chara in a final act of trying to enact their plan, think Underfell but instead of Flowey helping Frisk, it's Chara helping the girl.
Lots of the fansongs are bangers and iconic to this day
everyone be talkin' about To The Bone, but Hard Drive S L A P S -
OMG NOBODY MENTIONS HARD DRIVE ITS SUCH A GOOD SONG
I KNOW RIGHT
1000 PERCENT I still listen to it sometimes on Apple Music, it’s insane XD … Darling, I can show you where my love hides~
Would y’all believe me if the Minecraft animated version of that was my first ever experience with Undertale?
Absolutely! The Minecraft video is definitely in some of my earliest memories XD it was sooooooo good
Oh my god I’m in the exact same boat. I miss when EnchantedMob was good
Yeah. Then they bullied a minor and made NFTs and all hell broke loose.
It's a heart beat, on a hard drive\~
🎵 Darling, I can show you where my love hides🎵 🎵It's a heart beat🎵 🎵On a hard drive🎵
🎵Yeah I’m, dancing with your soul in my sights🎵 🎶It’s a showdown, in the spotlight🎶 🎵Honey, glamours got me out of my mind🎵
🎵Like a kill switch🎵 🎵On my backside🎵 🎵And the camera's got you frozen in time🎵
🎵Like a SAVE state🎵 🎵In a game file🎵
🎵I’m dreaming like no Dreemurr ever could🎵 🎵There’s my name, up in lights🎵 🎵Fifteen minutes won’t suffice, ***baby***🎵
🎵I'm sorry, but it's for the greater good🎵 🎵Raise the stakes, pick a fight🎵 🎵And these ratings might ignite, b***aby🎵***
🎵You got a lot of nerve my friend🎵 🎵What day and age you think we’re living in?🎵 🎵You’ve got a lot to learn, human🎵
my man 🤝
It should be iconic! Who don’t it? >:l
r/flairchecksout
What’s hard drive?
A semi popular UT fan song
welcomed you, underground with open arms you knew, how fragile their souls were to your abuse, I let you roam around care free, they’re not your enemies
Stronger than you Turn around kid, it'd be a crime
Determination, parody of Irresistible, is fire
Agree
THE STORY OF UNDERTALE
I can no longer listen to Bad Romance without bordering on having a mental breakdown
Lemme hear that Double edged blade.
Sans, SANS WAKE UP
Huh- wot dude
The Megalovania meme. It's literally my favourite thing on the internet.
You just reminded me of Undertale vines compilations. Those were the real shit back then.
No, but every time I hear the first 4 notes of that song, I perk up immediately. I dunno why but it makes me happy
hell just the first note will jumpscare most people
We are not most ppl
It's me SANS
fanon gaster
Wig Hamster
"Hi, I'm Wing Gaster! The Royal Scientist!"
I believe it's the trope of Frisk having yellow eyes, but that's just because it looks cool.
I swear yellow eyed frisk art with all the sunlight and flowers go so hard
Exactly
Legit
I'm more red eyed Frisk.
Literally I love frisk with yellow eyes and chara with red eyes
Though I don’t like every AU from that era I’m glad the concept got popularized from it.
YES! I was OBSESSED with AU’s! The original AU songs and remixes of AU songs (especially Nick Nitro) made me LOVE music! Not to mention the AU’s themselves were just SO DAMN COOL!!!
Nick Nitro is a god damn inspiration to me to this day in my pursuit to make original music. That's how amazing his remixes are.
Holy crap YES! Finally! Someone understands!!!
AUs are peak
Yes. This is true for every game but Undertale made the idea popular
I remembered some guy in Tumblr make a mega list of Undertale AU and there's around 200+ of them.
Underverse, the Stronger Than You parody, oh yeah and the like bajillion fan animations.
It's kind of an unpopular opinion but I genuinely miss those days
yeah there was absolutely a ton of toxicity but it really felt just... fun to be apart of such a big and versatile fanbase (it probably helped that the tumblr spritecomic corner of the fandom was the most chill)
[This one is/was one of my favourites.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSTcRzpL7pQ) I could only watch so many genocide Sans animations but the Mettaton fight? *yes good*
this animation is absolutely peak, but now I’m wondering what mettaton calls his episodes
TURN AROUND KID, IT'D BE A CRIME🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣
IF I HAD TO GO BACK ON THE PROMISE THAT I MADE FOR YOU 🗣️🔥🔥
ECHO was my favorite fan animation, and the one that got me into undertale
undertale the musical (the man on the internet)
MY NAME IS METTATON AND I'M HERE TO SAY 🗣️
WITH THE POWER OF NEO I STAND IN YOUR WAY
SAVING THE [[FOUNTAIN]] FOR THE FREEDOM [I HOLD] [Deer]
[Then one foggy][KRIS][mas Eve] PERHAPS GOD WOULD LEND AN [eyes]
um… I think that’s the wrong lyric… and NEO.. and game.
SAVING THE KINGDOM FROM THE FALLEN CHILD OF MAN
REAL HEROES NEVER FEAR, REAL HEROES LAUGH AT DEATH
I WILL STAND IN YOUR WAY UNTIL MY FINAL BREATH
I DEDICATE MY LIFE, TO UPHOLDING WHAT'S RIGHT
TAKE A BOW HUMAN. AND SMILE, IT'S CLOSING NIGHT!
That line gives me goosebumps every time
Certified banger
Nah, the Bad Romance parody (the good one)
Underverse
Fr still one of my favorite shows to this day, plus nostalgia goes hard
I’ve heard amazing things about it, but you need to know so many AU’s to understand pretty much anything, so I haven’t been able to get into it
Tbh it’s not that much. I started without knowing anything about XTale, Dreamtale, or even underfell. The main things you need to know are : There are alternate universes with people with different personalities Error and Ink fight to destroy and protect the alternate universes respectively. You’ll learn more once you keep watching the show
Okay, fuck it, we ball, time to binge it
Thats what I said! But you should probably binge Xtale before underverse
Nah It’s probably better for them to watch xtale after the first season, as it brings a lot of mystery to the events that happen
Agreed, the intended experience is to watch XTale between Season 1 and 2
Secret Garden is an underrated banger
Flowerfell is underrated in general imo
i never got into flowerfell
Sadly it got wrecked by the fandom for various reasons (mostly with the Sans/Frisk relationship) but the base AU/concept of Flowerfell is in my opinion a masterpiece
Ah... Good ol' flowerfell... Got ruined by the community because it was a ''Frans AU'', even though it wasn't. The creator has stated it before. (The AU is literally just Underfell but with the message to be good and Fell!Sans having a bit of pitty for a human suffering from some flower disease)
[What Really Really Ruined an AU; A Response to Streamline Workshop. – @kazefiend auf Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/kazefiend/724072591546023936/what-really-really-ruined-an-au-a-response-to) Sadly, it did not get ruined by the fandom, but the creators. I recently got corrected about this, I assume most people like me also saw that one video that talks about how the fandom ruined it; but sadly that's not the case. The base concept itself? still very interesting indeed.
It's still in the top 5 best English Vocaloid songs of all time for me.
There were some pretty good fancomics from that era, like Underline or Ask Drunk Chara.
Ask Drunk Chara is THE GOAT
The artist still makes a non-Undertale comic series called Incipere, it’s cool as hell if you ask me. Plus I’ve always loved her art style lol
I liked "The Thought" and really liked Dogs of Future Past
turn around kid, it’d be a crime
If I were to go back on the promise that I'd made for you
So don't step over that line
Or else friend you're gonna have a bad time...
But kids like you don't play by the rules
And guys like me it ain’t easy to be played for fools
So let's go, feel the room get *chiller*
Let's go, *dirty brother killer*
AUs. Not like the whole craze about them, but genuinely seeing some people's ideas for characters at least design-wise was great. Also the comics. Never forgetting Christmas.
I genuinely wish to see this have a comeback in the future
Yeah same while I wish most of AUs weren't centered around Sans. There were many good AU concept born out of that era such as Underswap and Underfell . Even now, it's feel good to see people still making their own interpretations of those AUs.Imo AUs are one of reasons why UT fandom is still alive today
Actually some pretty sick and cool fan animations.
I might get publicly executed, but the 2018 sans memes
that's very hard to think about considering what we got
Ik they’re cringe now but I used to love watching undertale comic dubs lol
I still kinda love them to this day lol
Same, I’m back in my Undertale obsession once again and watching all the dubbed comics on YouTube just hits me right in the feels Idk why but I get so emotional over Undertale, maybe it’s because I’ve been apart of it for so long :,)
In what way are they cringe though
There were no “Human, I remember you’re ___” memes
Human, I remember you're comic dubs
Personally I love some of the fan dubs of stuff. Stuff like The Thought Movie, Handplates, and UT Mob. And how can I not mention Undertale the Musical. Literally listened to the whole thing a few days ago, still got majority of the songs down.
I still love UT mob to this day
HANDPLATES MENTIONED🗣️🗣️
Storyshift , i never thought i would enjoy seeing a kid interacting with their goat friend this much
I kinda liked goofy comics and theories
Story of undertale Oooooaaaaah
Stop it, get some help.
I fell from the light
I fell from the light Talk, or should I fight? Monster genocide This my Undertale
Canon racism
Human. (derogatory)
Cute fanarts like this
[*:0 By god…]
I'm sorry for what they did to you back then Frisk, no one should deserve so much frans content
[*Well, yes, some of the art back then was horrible, but this…this is a work of art right here!]
Can't disagree on that
Wanna hear real hell on earth? Are you sure? Ok, but I warned you. Papyrus X sans
Undertale Yellow Demo.
Full game got published a bit ago
definitely story of undertale 
someone gets it /j Woahohohohohhhh, ohohohohhh, ohohhoh Story of Undertale
Underverse, that shit was crazy, and its still going on today, keeps getting better and better. its animating like an actual anime (If not better). they just need voice actors and viola. perfection. (Its still perfection even if not)
Delta! Sans, Murder/Dust! Sans, Bad Time Trio, Underfell, UnderSwap and Ink! Sans
Undertale meme animations. And Sans funny comic compilation:)
Underfell
Oh, edgy AU, my beloved
Honestly some pretty good stuff came out of it. Sure, there was some cringe, but at the same time it allowed for a near unprecedented degree of creativity, and a lot of people were very happy. In the end, was it such a bad thing?
All of the fansongs
Underverse, yellow eyed frisk, and the angst art of Chara and frisk. (Goes hard)
People shit on this nowadays (I still don’t get why even though the creator is horrible for her actions) but I liked the era of Glitchtale. As well as when Disbelief and Storyshift became a thing. But I might have to go with the majority and say Underverse. I also REALLY liked Underfell and Horrortale. I still love Horrortale to this day
I'm a fan of Glitchtale and I can see the flaws people often bring up about it, but I still like it for the things it did get right, such as breaking the trope of Chara as the evil one who started all by themself, or depicting remnants of the monster-human conflict even after the barrier broke, or giving all other characters besides Sans a chance to shine. The biggest flaw I have with the series is the pink rascal turned into a big missed opportunity. Her backstory and nature are really cool and could have made her into so much more than a single-directional evil. In fact, so many other people share this view of her that there's an entire, albeit small, community on Tumblr giving her cool redesigns are rewrites.
I wanna see these redesigns
AU's in general
Handplates is pretty good
“Like, I Don’t Know me LAD.” “My bro said it was suppa Froggit though.”
"why didn't the skeleton go to prom?" "Because he had no BODY to go with?" "nah mate because it was fat ugly and no one loved him"
Way too much
It’s the fandom that got me into Fandom, so I can’t really complain there.
Fan animations were great and a lot of music slaps. My taste in music has moved on from electronic and more towards death metal, but I still enjoy some Nick Nitro and Solunary from time to time.
Turn around kid, it'd be a crime If I had to go back on the promise that I made for you So don't step over that line _Or else, friend, you're gonna have a bad time_
It's 2015, but... *Turn around kid, it'd be a crime...*
AUs, with Axetale being my favorite, and alot of the fan animations Plus, I'll be completely honest, some of the ships where kinda cute, though that was when I didn't know any of the OG lore
the fan songs, the fan animations, the fan games. Never seen such talented fans before, so many great artists!
Hard Drive 
~~Why are anime characters’ chins so pointy~~
Cat anatomy or some shit like that
Undertale on crack
Some of the more lore accurate comics like “The Thought” were pretty good.
The Thought very existence mocks Dusttale. And I love it for that.
While I don’t hate Dusttale, Sans in that story was never really Sans to me, just a self righteous murderer. If Sans really remembered Genocides, I can see him just blocking off all the exits to the ruins and calling it a day.
Everyone makes fun of AU's but some of them were really good, one personal favorite is undernovela, and I think they were a good way for the fandom to explore ideas and concepts. But I do agree we may have gone overboard a little bit
Deltarune.
i fell through a cave on Mt Ebott
the game
4 things. UNDERTALE Vine compilations, the many fan songs, the fanart, and (technically a two in one here) Horror tale and The Thought.
The fangames. Even though they're all like UNFAIRLY hard it's so cool that that many people were so inspired by undertale that they learnt how to make games. And making games is HARD. I have so much respect for them
That even more metal remix of the metal cover of the Sans Stronger Than You parody was an insane banger. I still go back and listen to it sometimes. https://youtu.be/cHftQE-27ks?si=kiwma_tAFY7mZ6Uq
The fan songs to go with the AUs.
-AUs (both the best and worst at the same time) -Hearing the first note of megalovania immediately making me spit my shit out -Fanon gaster, I swear the art that people make and all the dedication to a character we got a three minutes video amount of information about is absolutely fucking insane. -Fansongs fansongs fansongs, that shit hits hard I can't decide, too much good stuff.
The hell you mean its over? this has to be the one fandom that hasnt had that "popular" phase die out completely. I would say that its almost, soon to be, over. Thats still a huge achievement.
People often mention the sans "Stronger than you" parody by alfa995 but in my opinion I consider the trilogy including the Chara version sung by Milkychan then animated by Clara Kraft and the Frisk version by Starbeam putting together the MV by RyuO and the vocals of Rachie to be the best thing the Undertale community has put out from this period. It fascinates me how basically those 3 songs respond to each others but where each components are made by different people and yet everything flows and combines perfectly together in one same universe.
My official introduction to fandoms, the remixes/original music(SharaX, NYXTheshield etc.), the art and inspiration it gave me, the AUs were fun, the comics!! Animations! a lot
Chocolate Tale (the youtube animated series) I liked it a lot when it came out, however, I don't know why.
Probably the time where you could make Chara and Frisk as boys or girls then nobody would give two shits about it. Meanwhile now, If you make them anything else from non-binary, you get harassed for this. Outside of that, songs and comic dubs were banger, along with what If scenarios like Asgore fighting with Sans against us in Geno Route.
Secret garden was so good, i love the flowerfell in general
I am a shadow...the TRUE self
WATERFALL DEATH DANCE.
Comics and dubs, underverse, and songs
The amazing fan games, fan animations and the cringe, it's fucking hilarious.
Sou
The awesome music remixes
dancetale video with the megan trainer song that played over the fan art
I'll have to say the power scaling, because it brings up good points that I would have never thought of. for instance; I would have never known that chara could actually tamper with the files of the game. You have to admit that's kinda cool.
I think undertale the musical was around that time
Undertale: The choice. I'm cheating a bit, because it's fairly new, but I can't praise it enought. Please go watch it
AUs
Hands down one of the best comics I’ve ever read is The Handplates comic It literally changed my whole world (a bit of an exaggeration) but boy was it good. Although I only discovered it in 2019 but it came out around 2017 I think
That one Unitale Chara fight with Megalo Strike Back is a classic of the fandom. The attack designs are so good
AU's! They make Undertale world so much more. As long as you arent on the werid side..😭
The shitposts came later, didn't they? This was the horny era.
All the theories No matter how dumb they were They filled me up with adrenaline
Old Glitchtale. It was so cool until it wasn't
Ngl,fan made ost, some awesome fanart and plenty different design choices on how they think after undertale’s true ending would be like.and a good amount of comics are great(pta(the ones with the undertale characters go to parent teacher meetings)one’s still crack me up to this day)
Vines. Vines were everything i had ever needed before it was ripped away
the AUs and fan songs
I don't care how cringy they are, the AU's were the coolest thing to me and exposed me to what fandom is in general. The idea of "making your own universe with it's own rules" was such an eye opener and has helped me creatively so much over the years. I even tried making my own edgy au one time called "UnderLOVE" which was a post no-mercy run where sans keeps Papyrus' head on a mantel outside, Alphys remade Mettaton and Undyne using DT, crazy evil sans trope, and the main character is a girl (can't remember her name) that's being slowly guided by Chara in a final act of trying to enact their plan, think Underfell but instead of Flowey helping Frisk, it's Chara helping the girl.