What if Papyrus's association with abandoned/forgettable means he was forgotten/abandoned and the reason he wants to be popular or get into the Royal Guard is that he thinks if he's popular, if he's important then they will come back, or perhaps he will never be abandoned again.
![A coloured sketch of both lovefell skeleton brothers standing in neutral poses. Sans, aka Cire, is on the left, wearing a dark jacket with a fluffy hood, no shirt, and dark baggy jogging pants. He is wearing black boots and several belts as accessories, including one across his chest that is attached to a small back under his jacket. The accents on the pants and jacket are deep, desaturated pink, and the metal accents are gold. Papyrus, aka Lace, is wearing a cropped leather jacket over a tight cropped desaturated pink tank top that leaves the center and sides of his ribcage exposed. His black pants are fitted and are tucked into knee high dark red-pink boots. He has a long, tattered scarf that ombres from pink to red. He also has belts and gold accessories, including a "ribcage styled" chain harness over his chest. The text around Cire reads Cire: 4'11 (5' in boots), sentry, bar assistant, conman extraordinaire, easy to get along with, likes leather, gold teen are just for decoration, "bag of tricks" never says what's actually in it, always has a box of smokes in his bigass pockets, not many scars due to Papyrus being a good healer, "Kitty" - non magic self defense keychain (gift from papyrus) The text around Lace reads Lace: 6'9 (7' in boots), lieutenant of the RG, dubiously trustworthy, flirtatious but cold, likes to accessorize, "shark tooth" arm band (gift from Sans), two tone magic red & pink, shifts more red when serious, even when relaxed, pink when excited, clothes get torn up frequently, dagger - a gift from [blocked out], added the stitch-work himself](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6cymgclntf7wbygqqmxhaxtu/bafkreihcdxdru3x76sbawzixgijasiethpnhaudun6mjudsk3iiydmhbsm)
