Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37769157-20181212182938

For me there are three questions I ask before I invest time in an AU.

1. Does Papyrus exist in it? If the answer is No. I'm not really interested as Paps is my favourite character. There are a few other characters I like but not enough to invest heavily in a new universe. Maybe for short ones but the long ones involving Frisk put me off. I'm not a fan of Frisk. Especially not Frisk/Sans. Invariably those end up feeling like reader insert then making Frisk an actual character in their own right.

2. Is Papyrus evil? If the answer is yes I probably won't be interested. Papyrus will always be a cinammon roll to me. But I would consider if if there was nuance and Papyrus wasn't actually evil. Underfell is about as close to an evil Papyrus as I'm willing to take and even then I'm not really a big enough fan.

3. Does Papyrus smoke? If the answer is yes then my answer is NO! NO! NO! NO! Can't stand smoking. The ONLY exception is it's already established canon like Sanji from One Piece and even then it means Sanji will never be my favourite character. NONE of my favourite characters in any fandom smoke. It's just makes me ill thinking about it.

So in short I look for an existing Papyrus who isn't really evil and definitely doesn't smoke.

What do you guys look for or do you not have any prior values that would stop you from getting into an AU? 