Talk:Sans/@comment-27235500-20151117080509

My take on Sans is that he and Papyrus are sons of W. D. Gaster.

For starters, W.D. could easily stand for Wingdings. The river person warns you of a person who speaks in hands (Wingdings. Or writing text with your fingers, so I guess Frisk can apply), and only skeletons are named after fonts.

Also, people in Snowdin talk about how the skeleton brothers just popped up one day. They built/moved into a house in one day? Seems unlikely... Perhaps it was Gaster's house that he shared with his sons, and when he was erased from time and existence his sons were just 'there' as remnants of something that shouldn't exist. Only Sans (and Alphys to an extent) is aware of Gaster, but considering how Papyrus is so self-absorbed, this isn't too surprising.

Sans is also the most brilliant character in the game, just like Gaster was according to his followers. While he can't save, he's aware of exactly how the game works and abuses the hell out of it. He can also tell intimate details of Frisk by looking at his/her face, such as being able to determine how many times Frisk has died.

Maybe knowing how his father was erased from existence and peoples' memories is part of a reason why Sans is so lazy (aside from the timelines thing he mentions). What's the point if he could have an accident like that during his research and just vanish without being remembered?