avesastra:

THINGS WE KNOW ALPHYS IS A GENIUS AT:

  • Computer science/programming
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
    • If you’ve ever looked into engineering these are completely unrelated fields which require radically different skillsets and knowledge bases
    • Alphys would’ve needed, not just a functional, but a stellar knowledge of all three to properly design Mettaton’s bod(ies)
    • Also, she made a PHONE that turns into a FUNCTIONAL JETPACK and ALSO A RAYGUN
  • Magical engineering
    • Alphys definitely understands the inner workings of the Core, although she holds herself back from infodumping about it (alphys bb no i wanna hear everything)
    • This is more spec, but: Alphys altered Mettaton’s soul, making it more humanlike, to enable him to inhabit a material body
    • When his SOUL appears, it’s a right-side up heart icon like the human ones, not upside-down like a monster SOUL
    • ALPHYS CHANGED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A MONSTER’S SOUL
  • Soul science/DETERMINATION
    • ALPHYS DID THE ORIGINAL DT RESEARCH
    • CANONICALLY
    • Y’ALL CAN FIGHT ME

not to mention that thing where she uses the tall grass from Waterfall to make her own ice cream which is pretty heckin’ rad

tl;dr: Alphys is a brilliant and incredible scientist and deserves more than anybody else to be the Royal Scientist, she earned that post by being good at her job

tl;dr2: ALPHYS IS A BETTER SCIENTIST THAN GASTER EVER WAS OR WILL BE SUCK IT