So ... Handplates is over.
I had a (really sad) theory about how the series would end, but I'm so, SO happy to be proven wrong.
I really can't thank @zarla-s enough for creating the comic. I found Undertale during a crazy, very uncertain time in my life, and I was close to falling out of it when I discovered Handplates. Reading the series, seeing others' fanworks, and, of course, making my own, gave me something happy to focus on in a job I hated, and a sense of stability as I moved from that job into studying for and starting an entirely new career. And I came back to it as life was getting crazy again and I needed something familiar.
I made friends thanks to this series. Grew as a writer and a person. Made my first AMV and discovered a love for video-editing. I wouldn't have written any Undertale fanfic if not for Handplates, which inspired my first.
Heck, in a bit more of a real-life example: I wrote my first bit of code (the CSS to style Sans and Papyrus's fonts) for Butterscotch and Bones. That inspired me to do a bit more coding in my admin assistant job, which inspired me to quit that job and learn to code properly. I'm now a senior software engineer.
And to end this sappy post, have a photo of the Momplates tsums I commissioned from @plushea back in 2017! They have a place of honor in my display cabinet, an adorable reminder of a part of my life I'll treasure always.
Thank you, Zarla, for all the time and effort you put into this series and for sharing it with the world!
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