In the hell of "Under the Legend", the most prominent monster is Sans. The monster's appearance is unremarkable, short and fat skeleton, wearing white underwear and blue hooded jacket on the upper body, and wearing a pair of sports shorts on the lower body, this kind of unremarkable, everywhere uncle wears a match, there is really nothing special.
He loves cold jokes, and he often sleeps, he is lazy and does not like to work, and he loves to tease his brother Papyrus, but behind this role is widely popular with players, what is the reason? First of all, the source of the name Sans is actually from the name of a font "ComicSans", which is a font that has been widely used since the early days and is one of the most commonly used fonts at Microsoft. Since the font design feels very casual and discontinuous, the font can also reflect Sans's personality, casualness, laziness, and disregard for the world.
Characters who also use fonts to name them include his younger brother Papyrus and a hidden character, W.D. Gaster, but let's focus on Sans. "Casual, lazy, and indifferent to the world", these are actually only the superficial personalities of Sans, and the real him will make people feel the awe-inspiring chill when he is serious. He often teases his younger brother Papyrus, but in fact it is just a pretense, he is a person who loves his brother more than anyone, and he will ask the protagonist to play with his brother's puzzles to amuse his brother.
And when faced with some serious things, he will discuss with the protagonist very seriously, and in the empty eye sockets, it can be seen that Sans this monster is not simple. He knew more than any monster, more thoughtful than any other monster, and these were places that greatly enhanced the charm of Sans, whose origins, like his brother, were a mystery, and this mysterious figure did not grow up living in the monster's territory.
Because in the monster dialogue in Snow Town, it is reflected that the brothers appeared suddenly one day, and this mystery greatly increases the player's interest in him. There is also a lot of speculation about the origin of the skeleton brothers, the most famous of which is GameTheory's "Sans real identity is Ness". However, these were all overturned by Toby Fox, the author of Under legend.
Sans's origins remain a mystery to this day. Sans's abilities are very attractive to players, and in different locations of the game, we will all see Sans appear in different places, his main class is sentry, but he is able to be a sentry in four places far apart at the same time.
In addition, he can do illegal sales in different places at the same time, and many times in the dialogue with the protagonist, he will tell the protagonist that he knows many shortcuts. Most importantly, in the battle with Sans, we can see Sans's unique attack mode, using the ability to move in space and gravity control, and force the protagonist to throw himself into different positions to attack, which proves that Sans has more abilities than other monsters. Behind these abilities, high-speed movement, spatial movement, and gravity control, I am afraid that he has the ability to travel through timelines, or in his research, he learned the concepts of "timeline" and "archival reading".
Because Sans revealed in different conversations that he knew about it. During the battle with Sans, he will tell the player that no matter how hard the monsters try to reach their ideal hometown, everything will be lost in silence when the protagonist rises on a whim. Moreover, he also revealed that "he gave up going back early in the morning", but what does "going back" mean? Does it mean "back to the world on the ground", or "back to the ideal world line of the past"? These are all a mystery.
Or, like Destiny Stone Gate, he has the ability to reset the world and still retain his memories, so he knows more than any other monster. In any case, the character is clearly able to break the game's fourth wall. He does this like talking directly to the player in the game, rather than just talking to the characters in the game. Sans can break through everything, which is also the main reason for the popularity of players.
In addition, he is also the strongest and weakest leader of the Under Legends massacre route, with only 1HP, 1DEF and 1ATK. However, due to the blessing of various powerful abilities, Sans can card (hit) many players to the drops, and he can remove the player's invincibility time, so as to slowly grind the player to death with 1ATK and poisoning ability.
In battle, he will not give you breathing space, but for the sake of victory, even if he cheats, he will kill you. At the beginning of the battle, the move will be magnified, and when you hit the middle section, you will pretend to reconcile to sneak up on you, and the later part will use the bones to secretly hurt you when you choose the command. In fact, this means that he will desperately kill the people who murder the underworld, and "the protagonist of no mercy should be obliterated by the means of no mercy."
The attraction of Sans is that he will no longer talk about his conscience with the protagonist who has lost his conscience, and in the final battle of this massacre route, coupled with the background music "Megalovania", the entire character's shape is pushed to the top. While Megalvania means arrogant people, this music is not actually about Sans, but about the arrogant slaughter of many players.
For these reasons, Sans is a man who keeps the promise from the outset that Toriel will protect the humans of the underworld. After this, no matter how scummy the protagonist acts, Sans is determined not to act on the protagonist, "If it weren't for the agreed relationship, you would have died here...", this statement reflects that Sans hates the player, he does not want to break the agreement, until the underground world begins to collapse, he only at the last moment.
Behind the laziness and casualness, but it is such a real man and a real man, this contrast has shaped this graceful skeleton - SANS.