What gets me the most about the Papyrus ending is that you know you left them all in a very shitty place, but Papyrus stays positive nontheless.

It's hard, and he KNOWS things aren't good, but he's playing it cool for Sans, and he's staying strong for the monsters.



I read a really good post about this once. People like to depict Papyrus in a 'genocide Papyrus AU' like he 'grew up' and 'stopped believing' when 'seeing what's really going on', but in King Papyrus ending, we SEE Papyrus grow up. And he did not turn bitter, or depressed, or lose hope, or STOP BELIEVING.

Papyrus will remain positive even when things look the worst, even when he is literally being decapitated.

Papyrus will never give up on anyone.



And THAT'S what gets me the most about King Papyrus ending. Just, the tragedy of this innocent little ray of sunshine, being put under so much pressure to keep the nation hoping, while he knows that things are NOT going well. The king is gone, the queen is gone, HIS ONLY FRIEND is gone, the underground's only star is gone. And the player was the one who killed them all.

And if a human was to fall down, it would be up to Papyrus to give out an order to kill them.. and he couldn't, and he wouldn't.