xilluminax:

Doing another Pacifist Run and there was no way I was not going to call Pap in every room, but then…

Uhh, “jump”?

How dafuq could he possibly-

Oh…

Ohhhhh….

If Sans can call his weird physics-breaking abilities “Shortcuts” then I’m calling Pap’s “Jumps”, I don’t care if not all of them technically involve jumping!

…I need to go to bed, I’m looking WAY too much into this

But, hey, headcanons!

I mean, I’m pretty sure Undyne says something similar for one of the seed bridge puzzles, but I’m also preeety sure the jump wouldn’t be as big? I dunno if anyone has a screenshot of that call?

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Edit: Okay, so I am a dingus who should not be allowed to post at 3am and apparently missed the fact that, as some people have pointed out, Papyrus says the gap is what he jumps over, which…

Okay, yeah, an adult would totally be able to make that jump, heck, a kid might be able to, okay fair enough…

But I still think my headcanon could hold some water-

Wait, hear me out!!

When I realised I made a mistake, I was like “Whoops, okay, fair enough”, but because I’m annoyingly obsessive, I thought about it a little and something occurred to me…

Okay, so there’s a couple of things that can be inferred from Pap’s speech in this screenshot.

Now obviously in the game you don’t have to redo the puzzles when backtracking since it would be annoying af to have to redo them every time you want to go back somewhere. So when playing, I kinda considered this a bit of a Story-Gameplay Segregation as I don’t think an explanation is given as to why the puzzles remain solved (not counting Geno Runs as there is an in-universe explanation for the puzzles being done there in the form of Your Best Friend), although please correct me if I’m wrong.

However, Papyrus makes it clear here that the puzzles DO reset after some time and that the Monsters themselves have to solve them to get past, he also specifies that he jumps instead of solving it. So maybe they reset after a certain amount of time (though that would kinda render them pointless since they’re supposed to stop humans, but well, Monsters don’t exactly seem to know much about humans anyway)?

And obviously, Pap clearly states that he has to jump over the gap, that there is no hidden switch for solving this puzzle.

However consider this; this only really works if we assume he is coming FROM Snowdin TOWARDS the Ruins. If he jumps the gap then, he doesn’t need to solve the puzzle as it would be redundant (although he’d still most likely fall down onto the bottom platform as you can only slide across the middle and hit the button, but I’m about to get to that).

So what if we assume Papyrus is coming FROM the Ruins TOWARDS Snowdin?

Well, obviously if you haven’t solved this puzzle and you hit the switch or try to go around the sides, you’ll fall onto the platform below. As the screenshot above shows, the only way to get to the ledge that Papyrus jumps across is to go through the middle, you can’t reach it by going around the sides. And if you go through the middle, you’ll hit the button and it’ll just be a vicious cycle from there…

So to get to the point of my inane rambling; if Papyrus is coming from the direction of the Ruins, there is no way he could even reach the gap without first solving the puzzle as he would keep falling onto the platform below (and probs destroy his Snow-Papyrus in the process, God forbid!) but his phonecall makes it clear that he does NOT solve the puzzle.

Therefore, one could still argue that he could give the laws of physics a big ol’ “Fuck You” and jump across the whole thing!

Haha, yeah, I‘m totally not thinking too much about something that’s probably in reality nothing more than a Willing-Suspension-of-Disbelief moment.

I hope I’m being at least somewhat coherent here, I have a tendency to ramble.

But, hey, it’s possible I’ve just misinterpreted something again.

Probable even.

But, meh, I like my little headcanon.

Also, there’s soo many kids and teens in Snowdin and there’s a freakin’ ledge they could fall down right near the town, like Jesus Christ! I know there are other dangerous puzzles in the Underground, but at most those ones will just knock off a couple of HP, not sure the same can be said if you fall down a cliff! And it’s not like Papyrus just painted this one if he needs to jump over it.

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Edit Numero Duo: I originally reblogged from myself to add my second argument and amendments to this, but since the original ended up getting more notes than I expected, I decided I should do what I should have done originally and just edit the original since I’d rather people see the whole thing.

There is a reason my blog’s title is “Lily has no idea what she’s doing”.

Also will my freakin’ grammar app stop flagging up the way I spell “realised”? I’m British, that’s how I spell it dammit!

uselessundertalefacts:

There are a few lines that hint to this, besides his “battle body” costume, which he and Sans made together.  He painted a rock formation to look like a bridge:

He built a really well-done snow sculpture of himself in a presumably short amount of time:

He built his sentry station out of cardboard, but he also used screw-shaped pasta to hold it together, which implies that it’s more cleverly crafted than just being a cardboard box:

xilluminax:

Doing another Pacifist Run and there was no way I was not going to call Pap in every room, but then…

Uhh, “jump”?

How dafuq could he possibly-

Oh…

Ohhhhh….

If Sans can call his weird physics-breaking abilities “Shortcuts” then I’m calling Pap’s “Jumps”, I don’t care if not all of them technically involve jumping!

…I need to go to bed, I’m looking WAY too much into this

But, hey, headcanons!

I mean, I’m pretty sure Undyne says something similar for one of the seed bridge puzzles, but I’m also preeety sure the jump wouldn’t be as big? I dunno if anyone has a screenshot of that call?

batter-sempai:

fandomhop:

lethotep:

The Annoying Dog and Paps:

During his battle, when the dog steals his attack:

Then when the dog “helps” Paps out during then normal attack:

Then afterwards on the date/hangout, when the dog gets into Papyrus’ bones again:

On the abandoned genocide route, when the dog makes off with Paps Special Attack, and then Paps expands a bit on his interactions with the dog on the hangout. 

Namely; that it sleeps in his bed with him (cute):

Poff zone phonecall:

Papyrus: THE STATION OF GREATERDOG. HE LOOKS A BIT LIKE A CERTAIN DOG I DON’T LIKE. BUT GREATERDOG DOESN’T COLLECT ANYTHING. HE’S ONLY A KLEPTOMANIAC FOR AFFECTION!

The Dogroom:

Where Papyrus can sense the dogs existence in the room (the dogs, ah, residue. If I may phase it as such). And while he calls it annoying, he also voices affection. Similar to him letting it sleep in his bed.

Papyrus: HMMM… THERE’S SOMETHING ANNOYING ABOUT THIS ROOM.

Papyrus: BUT I CAN’T QUITE PLACE MY FINGER ON IT… THEN MY PLACE MY WHOLE HAND ON IT… THEN PET IT AFFECTIONATELY

Elevator l2 in Hotland:

Where he expands once more on things the dog takes without asking. First his bones, then his lasagna! But he also then gives the cute image of the dog sleeping (in a Garfield reference).

Papyrus: THE ELEVATOR SAYS L2. BUT WHAT DOES THE L STAND FOR? LASAGNA? I HOPE NOT. I DON’T MAKE LASAGNA ANYMORE. THAT GLUTTONOUS DOG ALWAYS EATS IT FIRST! FIRST MY BONES, AND NOW THIS

Papyrus: THEN IT RETREATS INTO A SHALLOW BLUE BOX. COVERS ITSELF WITH A BLANKET, AND SLEEPS

 

Around the Hotel, with Undyne:

Papyrus: CAREFUL. I’VE HEARD THAT HOTEL HAS A DOG PROBLEM. 

Undyne: Oh? No pets allowed, huh? 

Papyrus: I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT PETS. 

Undyne: What’s the problem? 

Papyrus: THE PROBLEM IS… DOG. 

Undyne: What’s wrong with dogs!? 

Papyrus: NOT ALL DOGS. JUST THAT ONE. 

Undyne: What’s WRONG with it!? 

Papyrus: EVERYTHING.

Conclusion: Anomalous characters just really like Papyrus… Flowey, Frisk, Sans, the Dog…

Other reality breakers all treat Papyrus as unique, and the arguable “god” of Undertale itself spends the majority of its time with him and getting Papyrus to focus on it. 

I just kinda think that’s important to note tbh.

[Is it completely understandable to compare the Annoying Dog’s relationship to Papyrus as a TV sitcom friendship?]

I think it’s adorable how Annoying Dog/Toby Fox has such a fascination for Papyrus, but yet expresses that fascination by continously stalking and irritating him. There’s just something hilarious but cute about it.