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Soriel is the het ship between Toriel and Sans from the Undertale and Deltarune fandoms.
Canon[]
Undertale[]
At one point, Sans describes how he used to speak with a woman on the other side of a wall. They enjoyed telling puns and jokes to each other, but one day she just disappeared. The woman made Sans promise to protect any humans who exit through the doors, one that Sans keeps unless the player chooses to do the Genocide Route.
On the True Pacifist Route, Sans and Toriel see each other for the first time. They recognize each other as the ones they talked to before as they know each other's voices. It is only at this moment that they learn each other's names. After the Barrier breaks, Sans sometimes uses Toriel's phone to text her.
In the Exiled Queen ending, Sans and Toriel move in together if Papyrus was killed. Sans cannot bear to tell Toriel what Frisk did. If Papyrus is alive, the two brothers frequently visit the Ruins and play board games together. They sometimes convince Toriel to leave the Ruins, as long as one of the brothers stays behind to look for fallen humans.
Deltarune[]
In Chapter 1, Kris can ask Sans about Toriel. He mentions that he recently "befriended" her, then says that she bought chocolate kisses from his store and mentions to Sans about locking them up so Kris cannot steal them.
In Chapter 2, Toriel comes to Sans' store to pick up her eggs on the counter, then exchanges egg-related puns before being interrupted by Asgore.
Fanon[]
People like to pair Toriel and Sans due to the fact that both of them like puns, and are relatively lonely characters who don't have many relationships but are friends with one another. In Soriel fan works, the two characters typically enjoy puns together and often annoy others by doing so.
Something else that gives the ship fuel is the way the two characters look at each other during the True Pacifist Route interactions before Flowey abducts most of the monster SOULs, as it can be interpreted as romantic. Asgore also reacts in canon to the two talking and seems broken hearted, suggesting their relationship is read as romantic by others. Undyne comforts him with the words 'there are plenty of other fish in the sea'.
Its biggest rivals ships are Asgoriel (the ship between Asgore and Toriel) and Frans (the ship between Sans and Frisk). Soriel shippers usually point out that Toriel refuses to get together with Asgore at the end of Undertale, and some Soriel shippers usually complain against Frans due to Frisk having no known age other than what seems to be a child, Soriel fanworks commonly include Toriel rejecting Asgore in favor of Sans, leaving Asgore sad. Other Soriel shippers think Asgore deserves better and pair him with someone who isn't Toriel.
The ship also has its haters. Aside from getting in the way of Asgoriel, Frans and other Sans popular pairings, the two characters also have an unclear age difference. Some see Toriel as being too old for Sans, especially chronologically, though many shippers and even non-shippers of Soriel point out that they are both completely consenting adults and see this argument as treating Sans like he's some freshly turned adult or teenager despite it being most likely that he is in his 20s or 30s (in terms of Human Age). It's even a common joke saying that Sans is into "older women" and/or "milfs" along with bone jokes being featured in many fancomics regardless of which context the bone joke can land in.
Another reason people choose not ship them is because some see Sans as too lazy to commit to a relationship. Some think Sans and Toriel are simply just friends, and shouldn't be anything more than that.
The ship is a common target of shipping wars, as it has intense fans and haters who insult the opposing group.
Trivia[]
- Toriel's joke book opens on a page about a lonely skeleton, suggesting the joke reminds her of Sans as the two exchange jokes through the door.
- Sans in canon has started to try to bake. It's implied that the reason he's taken up baking is because of the conversations he has with Toriel.
Fandom[]
FAN FICTION
- Toriel/Sans on FanFiction.Net
- Sans/Toriel tag on AO3
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FAN ART
- soriel tag on DeviantArt
- sansxtoriel tag on DeviantArt
- soriel_undertale tag on DeviantArt
- Sorihell fanclub on DeviantArt
- Toriel-and-Sans fanclub on DeviantArt
Gallery[]
Official: Undertale[]
Official: Deltarune[]
Fan Art[]
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Undertale Ships • Undertale Characters | |||||||
❤SHIPS | het | Alphore • Asgoriel • Dogamyressa • Dunkin Donuts • Mettalphys • Muffgore • Soriel | |||||
slash | Asgorudy • BouquetShipping • Bowsgore • Papyton • Royal Guards • Sansgen • Sansgore • Sansmaeda | ||||||
femslash | Alphiel • Alphyne • Bratcat • Mewdyne | ||||||
non-binary | Annoying Tem • Asrid • Chans • Charisk • Chasriel • CocoaPowder • Frans • Frisk Kid • Friskriel • Red Justice • Shyblook | ||||||
poly | MewAlphyne | ||||||
family | Blook Cousins • Chasgore • Clovgore • Corporeal Cousins • Dreemurr Family • Fallen Humans • Ghost Cousins • Goat Dad • Goat Mom • KFC • Skelebros • Smad Cousins | ||||||
friend | Boneheads • Bones N Pellets • Flowisk • Frisemmie • Friskablook • Friskaton • Friskdyne • Kidyne • Nyechtar • Papyrisk • Undertale Trio • Undyrus • WesternFlowers Duo | ||||||
CHARACTERS | male | Asgore • Asriel • Flowey • Mettaton • Papyrus • Sans | |||||
female | Alphys • Mad Mew Mew • Toriel • Undyne | ||||||
neutral | Chara • Frisk • Monster Kid • Napstablook |
Deltarune/Ships • Deltarune/Characters | ||
SHIPS | het | Alphore • Asgoriel • Berdsie • Clovsei • CyberSpade • QueenKaard • Ralsusie • Soriel • SpamQueen |
slash | Asgorudy • Berdsei • KingKaard • Royal Guards • Spamvil | |
femslash | Alphiel • Alphyne • Bratcat • Suselle | |
non-binary | Annoying Tem • Kralsei • Krerdly • Kriselle • KrisTeen • Krusie • Seavil • SnowyKid • Swatchton | |
poly | Kralsuselle • Krerdsei • Krusielle | |
family | AddiSpam • Dreemurr Family • Ghost Cousins • KFC • Lesser Dad • Spades Dad | |
friendship | Baddie Buddies • Cat Petterz • Dark Fun Gang • Deltarune Trio • Fun Gang • Lightnerds | |
CHARACTERS | male | Asgore • Asriel • Berdly • Lancer • Papyrus • Ralsei • Sans • Spamton |
female | Alphys • Noelle • Susie • Toriel • Undyne | |
neutral | Kris • Monster Kid • Napstablook |