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Headcanon: Monomon, Queen of the Oomas/Uomas

Monomon is the “Queen” of the jellyfish creatures that inhabit the Fog Canyon, but not in the traditional sense. She does not have a monarchy that she governs—She is the “Queen” that her “hive” serves and protects.

Like normal jellyfish, the oomas and uomas are like a bundles of nerves. They cannot see or hear, but they react to changing stimuli in the environment. The only one among them able to think independently, to see and hear the world around them: their queen, Monomon.

Before the rise of the Pale King, Monomon was incapable of higher thought. However, she was clearly more intelligent than the primal beasts that roamed the depths. She had a very strong sense of curiosity, which the King learned when he’d found a hidden stash of tomes and journals in her possession. Inspired by her desire to learn, he granted her higher thoughts along with the other bugs of Hallownest.

With her mind expanded, Monomon began to learn as much as she could about the world around her, including the nature of her jellies. She knew that they would respond to her mental state, but she didn’t know the specifics. There was clearly a pattern they would follow depending on her emotional state:

When she was happy or excited, they would gravitate to her and cling to anything around her. Her theory was that they wished to partake in whatever was causing her joy.

When she was upset, they would grab anything around them and bring it to her. She believed they are trying to cheer her up by presenting her with gifts.

When she is scared/angry, they turn hostile and attack anything that draws near. This seems to be a primal instinct to protect the queen when she senses danger.

It wasn’t until she took on her apprentice, Quirrel, that she was able to learn more about their behaviors. Since they behaved in response to her, there was no way for her to see how they reacted without her presence. But with Quirrel able to study them away from Monomon, he learned that the strength of the reactions that the jellies had was entirely dependent on their distance from Monomon. The further they were from her, the weaker their reaction. This has led Monomon to believe that she is unknowingly emitting pheromones out into the environment that they are sensing and responding to.

With this knowledge in hand, Monomon began an experiment to see if she could teach any of the jellies to ignore her pull or think somewhat independently of her. This would eventually lead to the creation of Uumuu—a being that was created solely for security purposes. It would be able to ignore her pulls so that it could remain vigilant, and had been taught to identify threats without Monomon having to identify them as such beforehand.

When Monomon became a Dreamer and was sealed away, it turned the Oomas/Uomas completely docile. Without their queen to guide them, they merely drift aimlessly, awaiting the call of their queen once more. The only exception: Uumuu, who still spends their days guarding the sleeping Monomon from any intruders who dare try to wake her. But with the infection slowly overcoming it, and without Monomon’s guiding tentacle, Uumuu has lost the capability to differentiate friend and foe. Even in the presence of a familiar face, it can only follow what it was trained to do:

Protect Monomon at all cost.

Sharing a Monomon and Quirrel doodle I did a while ago that I never finished and I’m not sure if I ever will. I love my goobers being adorable, loll

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Team Snakemouth enters the fray!

I promise this is not dead, lol. Just took me a while to get to this. Eventually I will give this comic a proper "cover" image, but for right now, I'm gonna move ahead with the comic itself. Hope y'all enjoy~!

“You’re gonna have to try a little harder than THAT.”

More color palette challenges, this time with the Dreamers! Once again, the palettes are from @color-palettes and were chosen based on title

Monomon - Deep Sea Science

Herrah - I’m Sorry That I Left You There in the Darkness

Lurien - Are You Aware of My Presence, Watching and Unbreathing?

So I got an ask on my RP blog to draw Alphys if she’d encountered the same fate as Gaster, and it lead me to create my own Void Alphys! Below are some general ideas/headcanons I had for this new version of Alphys!

Void Alphys is completely blind in her left eye. She can still see out of her right eye, but not without some kind of seeing aid (Such as her glasses). Because of this, Void Alphys relies more on sound than vision.

Void Alphys does not have true arms or legs. Below her elbows and knees her body is nothing more than black, tar-like substance.

Void Alphys has no tail

Void Alphys has no color to her

The tar-like substance that makes up Void Alphys arms/legs are very sticky, and leaves residue wherever she goes. 

The black tar always gravitates back towards Alphys body whenever it drips off/is cut off of her main body.

Void Alphys has lost nearly all forms of communication. Because she has no hands, she cannot text, type, write, and so on. She can speak, but not for long. When she speaks, her vocal cords begin to ooze the black tar. If she speaks for too long, the tar-like substance will begin to obstruct her airway. Because it causes her too much pain, Void Alphys almost never speaks.

The tar-like substance of her arms and legs has elasticity, allowing Void Alphys to stretch and contract her arms/legs at will. She usually only does this with her arms, and only uses it to catch or ensnare anyone who threatens her.

The tar-like substance cannot be harmed in any way, but her main body can be.

Undyne is the only one who has ever heard Void Alphys speak.

May add more stuff or tweak things later, but that’s a general basis for my new AU Alphys~! Hope you guys enjoy it!!

Random palette challenge practice with the Conductor as my test dummy~ Because everyone could use more of Angry Scottish Grandpa™

I promised I’d upload more sketches then never did

So now I’m gonna drop this here with zero context

Enjoy

Fun little doodle of my version of Monomon without her mask/robes. I've decided to try and do the characters from HK a bit more stylized, and Monomon was definitely on the top of that list. I wanted to give her something more akin to a humanoid look, because I didn't really like the idea of her being Ooma-shaped. Looked very... questionable in my opinion.

Also, I have a headcanon that Monomon's mouth is not very visible unless she has it open. Which is often, considering I headcanon her as quite the chatterbox. Add Quirrel to the mix and you get a never-ending conversation between two nerds, lol

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