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My Sander Sides Enlightment

You know what’s always kinda bothered me? Those mean takes on the other sides. Like ‘Janus is manipulating Patton and isn’t actually trying to be friends with him,’ ‘Patton has too much moral superiority,’ ‘Roman never learns,’ So on and so forth. There is something bad to say about all the sides. No hate to anyone who's made one, you are valid and probably right in your own way. I think the only reason they bother me so much is because you can easily say the opposite. The most common phrase being ‘Nobody listens to ____’

“Nobody listens to Patton! He was trying to show the others that Virgil was good all along and only when Virgil was gone did they listen.”

“Nobody listens to Logan! He gets ignored constantly and he’s getting mad because of it.”

“Nobody listens to Roman! Every time he comes up with a solution, he gets shut down only to get blamed for not coming up with a solution.”

“Nobody listens to Virgil! He only gets listened to when he forces Thomas to hear him, and he doesn’t like doing that.”

“Nobody listens to Janus! Even when he has good ideas and arguments, they get pushed to the side because he is a dark side.”

“Nobody listens to Remus! That was the entire point of an episode. And all he wants is to be listened to, it doesn’t matter who.”

And all of these are valid points. But at some point, you have to wonder who’s not listening the most. Which is how I think the criticism posts of the characters came to be in the first place. But I don’t think any of them are to blame. Even when this new side gets revealed, it won’t be his fault either. The fault isn’t on Roman, or Logan, or Janus, or any of them.

It's on Thomas.

And of course I don’t mean ‘Writer Thomas,’ I mean ‘Character Thomas.’ Throughout the series, Thomas has always held himself high. You can’t be perfect, but you can try to be. And every time a situation comes up, he doubts himself, wondering if he’s even any good at all.

And in comes the sides, telling him that he can’t be bad and here's why. In fact, Thomas won’t let himself be bad at anything. Can’t be a bad worker, can’t be a bad actor or singer, and certainly can’t be a bad friend. Even in situations where he wouldn’t even be those things, he can’t even let himself risk it.

And so, the sides follow suit.

Logan becomes the perfect person for knowledge and learning, never letting himself be anything less than right all the time.

Roman strives to be perfect physically and materialistically, coming up with creative ideas that help Thomas move up in the world or, at the very least, make himself feel better.

Patton is the perfectly moral person. Make sure everyone is alright, help whenever and wherever you can, and always keep a smile on. Wouldn’t want anyone worrying for you, right? That wouldn’t be good.

Virgil is the perfect alarm system. Even false alarms are taken with the utmost seriousness. Just as long as no one else knows your anxious.

Janus is a deceiver. And Thomas lies often. So he needs to be the best at putting on a face and making sure nothing goes off without a hitch. Wouldn’t want people catching him in a lie. He needs to be the perfect liar.

And then there's Remus. The only one who tries not to be perfect. But that idea terrifies the others so much, Remus is left to pick up all of the imperfection slack. Maybe that's why Remus was offended when he was called ‘Scary.’

Trying to be so many perfect things all at once, you’re going to but heads with all of the different aspects of yourself. You're going to not listen. You're going to ignore. And in some cases, your perfectionism is going to make you look like the bad guy. And as someone with perfectionism, I relate a little too hard.

Thank you for reading.

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If I learned anything from this chart, it's that A) Prinxiety is still the most popular ship, and B) People love shipping Logan with the others.

Also if this was used as a building block for a fanfic, it would be a mess 😂

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Holy shit, The mind electric by Chonny Jash makes my Sander Sides hyperfixation hit DIFFERENT-

Especially if you look at the heart segment as Patton and Janus, The mind section as Logan and Virgil, and the soul segment as Roman and Remus.

To further my point, here are some actual lyrics from the song ((with notes by me)):

The Heart segment:

But as complacency settles, anxieties will rise

And part this Soul as Jekyll parted Hyde

Now I’m but half of a hollow man’s lies:

The love, the hate, the еmotional side

((LIKE BROO???? Janus and Patton talking about doing nothing will just make Virgil be anxious and talking about how Thomas has them seperated))

“I know I’m weak. I know that I’m vile

But sometimes that is needed to survive.”

That’s what I’ll say to rationalize

“I’m needed if we’re to stay alive.”

((Janus trying to convince himself he is needed))

And yet, here I lie with black, sunken eyes

My Mind’s consigned our sighs to a leaden void

The Soul remains tempered. I remain plied

Condemned ‘til we are both all but destroyed

((Patton sad that Logan and Virgil are convinced that emotion is not needed, convinced that this will do more bad than good.))

But I know that one plus one can’t equal two

If happiness is both our truths

Our total sum must equal one if we’re to find that golden hue

((Basically like ‘Hey, guys! We need to be apart of this whether you like it or not!’ Also trying to convince the others that happiness is the ultimate goal.))

See how The Mind tricks The Soul

Into being something sickly, dead and cold

As you feel it start to tire and fester so, so slowly

Up until the point where it will finally die

Just in time to see what could have been

((Talking about Virgil and Logan trying to convince Roman and Remus to be on their side?? Also talking about how this is a bad idea because they could pass opportunities. God, I need an animatic and I need it now-))

Do what you want, you automaton freak

No, I can no longer bring myself to care

This hollowed out vessel’s beginning to creak

So take control, let’s see how you fare

((Janus being sassy before the Parts change? Iconic.))

The mind segment:

Resident Heart is feeble and frail

A scourge to purge; due diligence is all

Silent, sad outbursts, inaudible wails

Dictate he never does as he’s told

((Logan and Virgil talking about Patton? Mad he’s doing his job and has emotion, talk about projection.)

Fathers of fathers, brothers of sons

Deterred from being what they know they can

All because Heart refuses to run

This creature hardly resembles a man

((Once again, these boys trash-talking Patton, but now also bringing the ‘sons’ into this (R&R)))

My logic is the absolute

His pity parties simply harm these chances at an apt repute:

Esteemed regard in place of mockery

((Logan talking about the others and how he needs to be listened to more))

I’m sure it seems from his point of view

That I’m a simple, cynical machine

But is it so hard to see the whole truth?

I merely seek a Soul that’s pristine

((Virgil talking about Janus and how he only wants the best for Thomas))

See how The Heart plays profound

(See how he lies.)

But the depth is insincere

A pathetic, thin veneer

All the pain, regret and fear still resound

((Just more L and V talking shit, but more specifically critiquing on how Patton and Janus both think they know best when they don’t))

Though I seem harsh in all my assessments

We each seek a life lived in the light

Yet, there lies our Heart, engulfed in resentment

Stubborn, pale akaryocyte

((Logan being like ‘yeah, I was a little harsh, but I’m not gonna fucking apologize because something needs to be done.’ Also equated ‘having emotions’ as having a ‘virus’ because that's what akaryocyte means))

The soul segment:

Call me The Soul or call me my name

Oh, label me whatever you would like

Call me your host or call me insane

If that will help you stay in line

((Basically an introduction, but also why I put Remus as the soul because he would be like ‘Yeah, I’m insane, sure, but it works, doesn’t it?’))

Fathers of fathers, I know that I’m vile

Let’s see how long it takes to murder me

Neither is wrong, yet neither is right

Condemn him to the infirmary

((Remus basically knowing his job is to be terrible and telling Patton “hey, I’m the exact opposite of you. And if you hate it so much, kill me.” While Roman is like “both sides have points, but I don’t know who to choose”))

I. Am. Me.

((You can’t tell me this isn’t all of them shouting this at the same time. They a frustrated bunch.))

See how the brain plays around

And it splits what once was whole down into three

And you fall inside a hole, inside a

Someone help me

Understand what’s going on behind my eyes

Doctor, I can’t tell if I’m not me

((The creativity twins both mad at Logan and Virgil for digging deeper into the psyche, trying to make sense of things.))

See how they fight all day

The other half won’t hear what’s had to say

It’s just the game they play here in this labyrinth maze

((Do I... Do I need to over-analyze this line? I feel like this one does the job for me))

Tridential regicide

I won’t hesitate to kill my Heart and Mind

I will abdicate these deviants sat inside

I’ll take you down in tandem when this rope is tied

((Basically both of them saying ‘this fighting is gonna kill me and, in turn, us.))

And this was a lot longer than I intended. And there are parts I didn’t even get to! Please listen! God, it's so good.

“Bury your feelings” implies he murdered Patton, and I feel the sad feeling thinking about that

GET IT LIKE BURY YOUR FEELINGS???

...I'll leave

How I imagine a shit-talking session between Roman and Janus would go (an incorrect quote:)

Janus: (whisper) Her mom is f-ing her uncle

Roman: No way!

Janus: Even sent her pic of his dick, she showed me.

Virgil: She has it and showed it to you??

Roman: Thats gross, Jan. You can't unsee that.

Remus: Of all the dudes in the world, she fucked her brother?

...

Janus: God, No. Remus, Don’t be sick. The Dad’s brother. Not the moms.

Dark Side Squad + Roman HCs because I want them all to be friends

After having enough of Patton and Logan’s shit, the dark side squad decides to “adopt” Roman because he deserves better.

Through this, Janus and Virgil mend their broken relationship and become friends again for Roman and Remus since Remus wants them to be friends too.

Roman was more than happy to join because he gets to be with Remus and Virgil and gets to start over as friends with Janus.

Janus is the mom friend in this group. Everyone thinks it’s Virgil but Virgil has the sleep schedule of a walnut and his diet consists of doritos and gatorade.

The twins cause chaos almost every day. Remus enables Roman or often comes up with weird shit to experiment with. Roman loves causing chaos with Remus and it often brings them closer.

Sometimes Virgil joins them to watch the chaos unfold. It’s rare that he’ll join in. He’s fine with standing on the side, holding the big ass first aid kit they keep for the twins. Though secretly Virgil worries for the twins’ safety. Like, no Remus, you can’t switch heads with Roman and for the love of god doN’T EAT THAT-

Janus finds the chaos amusing but often has to step in when it gets too messy or noisy. He can’t be too mad at the twins. He’d rather see them happy.

Patton and Logan think Remus is a horrible influence on Roman. Roman changed up his outfit to something dark and scary to match his brother. Remus may or may not have convinced Roman to say a swear word or two.

Self care days! lots of them. Janus knows they all need it. Especially Roman. Janus plans every self care day ahead of time and makes sure there’s an activity for everyone. Spa day for Roman. Snack making and eating for Remus (with supervision). Nap time for Virgil. Reading time and tea for Janus.

Sleep overs! They have lots of those in the living room since Roman and Virgil often have nightmares and Remus’ thoughts won’t let him sleep. Janus is happy to keep them all company.

Sometimes, either after sleepovers or during nap time, Janus will find Roman cuddled up with Virgil and Remus in a small pile. Janus totally does not have a few blackmail pictures.

On Friday nights, Roman and Janus have drinks while they shit talk everyone else and gossip. Occasionally, Virgil and Remus will join.

Mom friend Janus also does most of the cooking, Virgil occasionally coming in to help. Janus knows everyone’s preferences and portions. Large portion for Remus and something with odd textures and flavors. Medium portions for Roman and something savory with an easy to digest texture. Small portion and something spicy for Virgil. Janus especially helps Roman when he has a hard time eating or has forgotten to eat.

The twins still have sibling fights and arguments but they don’t stay mad at each other for too long. Janus or Virgil usually help them make up.

Ever since Roman joined the squad, Remus and Janus and Virgil have all been very protective of Roman.

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW DEEPLY AND DESPERATELY I WANT A PATTON RENDITION OF SUGAR CLOUD BECAUSE THE IDEA OF PATTON RANTING TO THE SIDES ABOUT LOVING YOURSELF AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS FOR WHAT THEY ARE BEFORE GETTING INTO EMOTION BAGGAGE VIA SONG FEELS SO ON BRAND FOR PATTON AND SANDER SIDES AS A SERIES AND I WANT IT!!!!

GIVE ME A PATTON SCENE WHERE HE RUFFLES HIS HAIR AND MOVES HIS CARTIGAIN FROM HIS SHOULDERS TO HIS WAIST! GIVE ME A SCENE WHERE THEY ALL GOOFILY DANCE TOGETHER WITH NO SHAME!! GIVE ME A SOULFUL PATTON SOLO BECAUSE PATTON DESERVES IT!!!

RIDE THE CYCLONE AU?? YEAH

Janus - Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg

I mean, come on. She sang an entire song shitting on people she’s known her entire life, even throwing her best friend under the bus. Why? Self preservation. I rest my case.

Patton - Constance Blackwood

I feel like this is obvious but Constance is a loyal, kind girl who feels emotions deeply. Patton is the same way. Also, who else would have a song called “Sugar Cloud”?

Logan - Mischa Bachinsky

HEAR ME OUT. Who destroyed Roman in a rap battle? Logan. Who doesn’t show much emotion besides rage and passion (for Crofters)? Logan. WHO PUTS UP A FRONT TO NOT BE EMOTIONALLY HURT? PROBABLY LOGAN. Let him be a Ukrainian bad boy.

Roman - Noel Gruber

The most romantic boy in town… duh. Also, poem writing? The desire for a dramatic life? Gay? It’s all coming together.

Remus - Ricky Potts

Sexy cat orgy in outer space.

Virgil - Jane Doe

They both don’t fit in and tend to scare the people around them, even if they don’t mean to. Also, one could argue Virgil’s lack of concrete identity after leaving the dark sides could fit Jane Doe’s identity. ALSO ALSO, Virgil would want to be Jane Doe.

I have more shit!!

Headcanons

Remus and Roman fight. A lot. But not about anything serious (usually,) but things like the best pop-tart flavor or could they what if imaginary scenarios. It gets heated in the funny way. When this happens, the other sides say ‘the girls are fighting.’

Logan is the only person to own multiple, metal, labeled rulers

When Patton gets very invested in a person and is convinced they could do no wrong, their glasses are tinted pink.

Au ideas

Roman switches place with Roman and confuses the fuck out of everyone. Yep, I spelt Roman twice. Somehow, SS!Roman and RwR!Roman switch universes which confuses the fuck out of everyone. Yungblood is very aware that something is wrong while Virgil (at first) thinks Roman is playing some sort if weird trick on him. While RwR! Roman is trying to come to terms with being stuck in a universe where six different people look exactly like him and is unsure of how real he is, SS!Roman is going on an epic adventure, hopefully on how to get back to his world (yungblood regrets wanting him to sing)

I’m going to call this one “the hollow au.” Long story short, Thomas no longer has access to his sides or vice versa. A group of Thomas’s friends come over to find him in a weird, dazed state. Like autopilot but... Worse. Like he’s not entirely there. His friends go around the house to try and find something to inspire him or get him back to his old self. One of the friends go into the front yard and find this crystal. When they pick it up, they reveal Patton sitting in the grass hold in his knees and hiding his face. The person gets Patton’s attention, Patton rushes to check on Thomas, yadda yadda yadda, bit of expedition later and now these group of friends have to find the different parts of Thomas and basically put him back together. That's all

If you want more of these, lmk. If you want some more explanations on the au because you wanna write it, also lmk and I’d be happy to help!

Sorry for only posting about the Sanders recently, but here's some more shit that has been rattling in my brain:

Headcannons

When Patton gets mad, he stomps on the ground like a rabbit. This has given him the nickname ‘Thumper’ by Roman and ‘Stomper’ by Janus.

Janus can't smell, at least not normally. Janus has licked a flower before.

Remus doesn’t actually like the taste of anything he eats, but he powers through it because he knows Thomas doesn't either.

Virgil can sometimes be tricked into thinking he has purple eyeshadow, which will in turn make him embarrassed and give him purple eyeshadow.

Roman has one of those mirrors that's covered in sticky notes telling him how great he is. Most of them were written by him, but some we're written by Patton. One was written by Virgil.

Logan has a mysterious hole in his wall that he covers with a Star Trek poster. How that hole got there is unknown.

Au ideas

Virgil, but he’s based on fight instead of flight. He’s punk instead of emo, he’s got red on him instead of purple, he’s definitely more willing to throw hands, and the flirting with social anxiety video goes WAY DIFFERENT (Going up and talking to him? No problem. Not insulting him? That's the new issue.)

Normal Sander Sides, but everyone tolerates each other a little more. Virgil realizes Janus is annoying, but also the main reason why people lie is fear. Patton, after every severe disagreement, makes each of the sides something to eat because he just wants them to know they're loved despite the disagreement. Remus will throw earbuds at Patton when he’s about to say something SUPER heinous. Logan and Janus have conversations over books. Roman will, periodically, write a note apologizing to some of the sides if need be. Sometimes all of the dark sides bother Thomas at once because it's funny. They still fight and argue over things, but the only real issue between them is Roman being mad at Remus because he keeps eating bathroom supplies, which wouldn’t be a problem if THEY WEREN’T MY BATHROOM SUPPLIES YOU DICK

If I come up with anymore, I’ll let you know

Sorry for only posting about the Sanders recently, but here's some more shit that has been rattling in my brain:

Headcannons

When Patton gets mad, he stomps on the ground like a rabbit. This has given him the nickname ‘Thumper’ by Roman and ‘Stomper’ by Janus.

Janus can't smell, at least not normally. Janus has licked a flower before.

Remus doesn’t actually like the taste of anything he eats, but he powers through it because he knows Thomas doesn't either.

Virgil can sometimes be tricked into thinking he has purple eyeshadow, which will in turn make him embarrassed and give him purple eyeshadow.

Roman has one of those mirrors that's covered in sticky notes telling him how great he is. Most of them were written by him, but some we're written by Patton. One was written by Virgil.

Logan has a mysterious hole in his wall that he covers with a Star Trek poster. How that hole got there is unknown.

Au ideas

Virgil, but he’s based on fight instead of flight. He’s punk instead of emo, he’s got red on him instead of purple, he’s definitely more willing to throw hands, and the flirting with social anxiety video goes WAY DIFFERENT (Going up and talking to him? No problem. Not insulting him? That's the new issue.)

Normal Sander Sides, but everyone tolerates each other a little more. Virgil realizes Janus is annoying, but also the main reason why people lie is fear. Patton, after every severe disagreement, makes each of the sides something to eat because he just wants them to know they're loved despite the disagreement. Remus will throw earbuds at Patton when he’s about to say something SUPER heinous. Logan and Janus have conversations over books. Roman will, periodically, write a note apologizing to some of the sides if need be. Sometimes all of the dark sides bother Thomas at once because it's funny. They still fight and argue over things, but the only real issue between them is Roman being mad at Remus because he keeps eating bathroom supplies, which wouldn’t be a problem if THEY WEREN’T MY BATHROOM SUPPLIES YOU DICK

If I come up with anymore, I’ll let you know

You see, I originally thought that too, but they are evenly matched! Almost down to the kind of sides they are!

There are six Sander sides (Roman, Logan, Patton, Virgil, Janus, and Remus)

And there are six septic egos (Jackie, Henrik, Chase, Marvin, Jameson, and Anti)

(Also, I’d pay money to see Anti and Remus fight alone)

Okay, I can’t keep this in my brain anymore, Who would win in a fight?

Sander Sides or Jacksepticeye’s Egos

@ax3-e0ns Yes, yes, wonderful. Counterpoint: Superhero. One with canonical lazervision and super strength. They also have a doctor, health advantage (also knows the quickest way to immobilize someone (at least.)) One dabbles in dark magic which will definitely throw off some of them. And all of them have some experience with knifes (in one way or another.) And I haven't even dabbled on Anti’s ability to POSSESS PEOPLE

Just some food for thought 👍

Okay, I can’t keep this in my brain anymore, Who would win in a fight?

Sander Sides or Jacksepticeye’s Egos

Okay, I can’t keep this in my brain anymore, Who would win in a fight?

Sander Sides or Jacksepticeye’s Egos

Sanders Sides as Alice of Human Sacrifices.

Based off of listening to the song, I have determined that the sides can represent each of them, with the exception of one extra in one of the categories.

The first Alice. This one I feel like everyone thinks is Virgil or Janus, but personally I believe it would be Remus. I know everyone puts him and Roman as the twins, but Virgil being the first one isn't logical at all, he's fight or flight. Janus could possibly be the first one, but I still believe that Remus fits the role more.

The second Alice. This one I had a hard time deciding between Logan and Janus. I initially thought this role fit Logan more, but ultimately decided that this one could both of them. The song speaks of the man "spreading evil slowly with his voice" This, seems much more like a something Janus would do- and nobody would think he's doing anything bad. This also seems like something Logan would do, whether intentionally or not, and Logan was a harder one to place.

The third Alice, I came to the conclusion that this one would either be Patton or Roman. Roman, although more knight like, seems as though he wouldn't be very fit to be a king (Or queen, as the song goes). Patton seems like he could be a natural leader, with the correct guidance of course. Patton also seems like he would more likely be "lost within a crazy dream" As the song put it. I chose Patton as this Alice.

The last Alice, or Alice's, the twins. There are only two Sides left, Roman and Virgil. Roman seems to fit the role as the "stubborn older sister" While Virgil would seem to fit "the clever younger brother" Role more. Virgil being the clever younger brother, because of him being 'fight or flight" Making him able to determine which situation requires what, and being anxiety would make him think through most if not all of the possible outcome of each situation. Roman being the stubborn older sister because of his stubborn nature.

This is just what I believe all the sides would be in this song. I took like 10-20 minutes thinking up the idea (not original I don't believe), and then another 25 ish minutes typing and figuring it out which side would be which Alice and figuring out the evidence or reasonings.

Thomas:

Fanders:

Roman: In every group of gays, there's the human being.

Sides: *Point to Thomas*

Thomas: Really?

straight friend groups be like: *blonde girl* *chad* *the funny one* *kyle* *brunette girl* *frat boy*

gay friend groups be like: *physical embodiment of logic* *physical embodiment of creativity* *physical embodiment of morality* *physical embodiment of anxiety* *physical embodiment of deception* *physical embodiment of forbidden creativity* *physical embodiment of—

my unwanted opinions and Logan