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[nochocolate]

Leaving was Toriel’s best option

(undertale spoilers)

After Asgore declared war, Toriel was disgusted with his actions and left the castle. She locked herself in the Ruins, leaving behind her title as Queen. It may seem like Toriel was abandoning her people and Asgore, but it was her best option for a number of reasons.

The monsters support the War

While Toriel was against the war, she may have been the only one who felt this way. After Asriel was killed by humans, the people lost hope. Asgore’s declaration of war and promise to destroy humanity and exact revenge brought hope back. The people supported Asgore’s war against humanity.

ASGORE | NEUTRAL ROUTE: I remember the day after my son died. The entire underground was devoid of hope. The future had once again been taken from us by the humans. In a fit of anger, I declared war. I said that I would destroy any human that came here. I would use their souls to become godlike… …and free us from this terrible prison. Then, I would destroy humanity… And let monsters rule the surface, in peace. Soon, the people’s hopes returned.

If Toriel had challenged Asgore, she would have been denying the people their hope. The monsters may have even felt betrayed by her, a possibility shown in some of the neutral endings. She would be the queen who defended the humans that killed Asriel and Chara. To take away the new hope from the monsters would be to make Toriel the bad guy. 

If Undyne is killed in the neutral route, the people start a rebellion to overthrow Toriel. Instead of trying to stop the rebellion, Toriel peacefully resigns and returns to the Ruins. She isn’t the kind of ruler that would force other monsters to see it her way, and frankly, even if she did try, it’s unlikely the rallied monsters would have listened.

Furthermore, it’s because of this hope that even Asgore is unable to stop the war he declared.

ASGORE | NEUTRAL ROUTE: Truthfully… I do not want power. I do not want to hurt anyone. I just wanted everyone to have hope…

She tries to save the humans from Asgore

After she left the castle, Toriel locked herself away in the Ruins. Toriel was not able to stop the war Asgore had already declared, so she tried the next best thing. She tried to keep the humans safe from Asgore.

It’s unknown how the other humans left the Ruins. Maybe they snuck away, or maybe they were able to convince Toriel to let them go. Either way, all the humans wanted “to leave so badly.” The fact that they did leave and die is not Toriel’s fault. 

While the other humans’ stories are unknown, it’s clear that Frisk is determined to leave even when Toriel tells Frisk how dangerous the underground is. Frisk was likely the first human Toriel tried to stop by force. If the other humans had been given the chance to defeat Toriel and were still killed by Asgore, Toriel may have not given Frisk the chance to prove themself.

Toriel could have kept Frisk from leaving by destroying the door without hesitation, but she still gives Frisk the chance to prove they can survive. She even holds back when Frisk is heavily injured and then finally gives up to Frisk’s determination.

Toriel did want to save the humans, but forcefully locking them up would not have been the answer. Given that humans are far stronger than monsters anyway, desperation could have driven a human to hurt Toriel in order to leave. Even in the neutral route, it’s easy for Frisk to kill Toriel once she lets her guard down.

She is NOT obligated to take care of Asgore

After the deaths of Chara and Asriel, both Toriel and Asgore were hurting. However, Asgore’s pain was destructive – he declared war on humanity, promising to kill any human who falls into the underground. 

Asgore may have acted out of anger, but that doesn’t make it Toriel’s job to take care of him. Toriel was a mother who just lost her two children. Her husband declared war that will result in more death – more specifically, the genocide of the entire human race. Her people were given hope from this war and supported it. Toriel was in no position to take care of her husband’s feelings when she was suffering from grief and betrayal. 

Many people mistakenly believe it’s the wife’s job to take care of her husband and tend to his needs, but this should never be the case. Toriel had every right to get away from her husband and the people that condoned a war as a form of hope. Knowing that not even Asgore could take back this war, Toriel had no place in a kingdom that wanted bloodshed.

She NEVER condones sacrifices

There is a common misconception that Toriel condones sacrifices because of her dialogue upon seeing Asgore.

TORIEL | PACIFIST ROUTE: If you really wanted to free our kind… You could have gone through the barrier after you got ONE SOUL… …taken six SOULs from the humans, then come back and freed everyone peacefully. But instead, you made everyone live in despair… Because you would rather wait here, meekly hoping another human never comes.

This is not Toriel proposing an alternative plan, and this is not evidence of her thinking sacrifices are fine. The purpose of this dialogue is to answer an unspoken question – “Why didn’t Asgore go get more souls after obtaining one soul?” After all, even with one human soul, Asgore would have become a powerful monster “with unfathomable power” like Asriel was. With Asgore’s resolve to destroy humanity and the power of a human soul, Asgore could have easily retrieved six more souls. The monsters even know that Asriel had the power to destroy the humans who attacked him; Asriel just chose to not fight the humans. Despite this, Asgore chooses to make his people wait in hopes that he would never have to fulfill the promise he made. Toriel’s chastising of Asgore’s shaky resolve is an in-game acknowledgment of what was almost a plot hole – Asgore chose to wait for the souls despite it not being the most pragmatic option.

Even though Toriel allowed Frisk to leave the Ruins, she changed her mind and went after Frisk to stop them from killing Asgore. She is steadfast in her belief that no one should be sacrificed for another’s freedom. She values the lives of both humans and monsters. This is evident in both the pacifist and genocide routes.

Conclusion

tl;dr:

The monsters support Asgore’s war

Asgore is unable to put a stop to the hope-giving war he declared

Toriel never forces her kingdom to share her views on non-violence towards humans

Toriel tries to keep the humans safe from Asgore in secret

Toriel values all lives and never condones sacrifices

Of course, Toriel is by no means perfect. She has complexities and flaws – it is her unwavering belief in humans that ends her in some neutral routes and the genocide route. Regardless, leaving the kingdom was all she could do in the face of a war that would put monsters at risk and end in the execution of every human, including those not unlike the child she was still grieving for.

[ask-goatmom]

OOC Post, because Someone Got Mayud.

This is all one person, btw. I blocked one, and they all disappeared from my inbox. And for anyone who wants to point a finger at me and screech about my blocking someone, I didn’t open this blog to be harassed by someone, and I should think that it would be pretty clear that updates here are fairly infrequent and that questions are not likely going to be answered.

I’ve written out my reasons as to why the Toriel that I write here feels the way that she does. They’re some of my latest posts, and indeed, this tirade seems to be written directly in response to them without actually considering the content of what I was saying. All because, it seems, that I got in the way of their personal ship with an ask blog (not a roleplay blog, btw).

I’ve said it before, and I’m going to reiterate this; Toriel doesn’t have to be cold in order to not want to resume a romantic relationship with Asgore. She might tolerate him for a while, and could conceivably come to be friends with him if he earned her trust. But Toby himself has said that the two do not form much of a meaningful relationship:

There are some things that cut too deeply for certain people. For Toriel, it was the constant re-traumatizing of knowing each child that she came to care for (yes, by projecting her own loss onto every child, and I’m not ignoring her own unhealthy coping mechanisms in this, but this isn’t about who has the moral high ground, but why someone feels the way they do) was killed at his hands, that makes it hard for her to forgive Asgore. Because that was the thing that killed her the most; knowing that someone she loved had become a true killer.

He killed six children. Toby himself said that all the children made it TO Asgore, but not past him. The fact that people gloss over this in all of their arguments, or brush it off with “well but the circumstances were desperate” doesn’t change that the blood is always on his hands, and that it was his conscious decision to do so. It was premeditated. He calmly waited for the children to come to him, and then slew them.He regretted every one and it was NOT an activity that he enjoyed, but it was still murder.

And I’ve said before, I still like the character. He’s deeply flawed and shows compassion, kindness, strength, but also what happens when you put too heavy a mantle on someone’s shoulders and what they have to do to try and solve things. For him, he weighed his options and made a choice. No matter what, he was going to bury his heart in fresh wounds, and I have sympathy for him that it was not an easy decision and he did the best he conceivably could have.

This person here, is angry with me because I choose to write for a character who is established as having her own deep wounds that even if they heal, will always leave scars.Being deeply in love with someone can make feeling betrayed by them even worse, and even harder to forgive. “How about you act like it?” Buddy, pal, lemmie tell you a thing about having the things you care about the most betrayed by the person you love the most; it fucking hurts even worse than anyone else who does it. It’s even MORE painful to know that someone you’ve opened all of your heart to can stab you straight through it, even if that wasn’t their intention. In fact, knowing that someone you love that deeply can unintentionally hurt you makes it even worse.

And the inclusion of “Sans is a platonic bud” amidst everything else just amuses me. This is a person who attempted to debunk an entirely different ship all because, again, they very clearly ship Toriel and Asgore.

Ship whomever you want, man. This blog can’t stop you. Getting this irritated to send 5 messages in rapid succession, nearly three years after the game’s release, and being this mad still, is pretty fucking sad. Being creatively inspired, being able to have constructive conversations, being able to enjoy the content still after all this time, those are all good things to persist and I’ve encouraged them time and again.

But getting mad over ships? That’s SO 2015.

(Also I have no idea what this person is talking about with “dialogue between Frisk and Gerson”, but I’ll admit to not having the time to refute that. I don’t remember Gerson and Frisk actually having any sort of dialogue, even post-Asriel fight and taking a tour of the Underground, though.)

[ask-goatmom]

Now, tumblr is a little broken, so while I got notifications and these popped up in my “activity”, none of these actually landed in my inbox. So I got an insight into the fact that ooooOOO I apparently struck a nerrrrrve. XD Where did I pass blame? Please point to an example of passing blame. (Or don’t, because I’m not likely to waste the time on this beyond this post) I can’t see the rest of the “posts and screencaps”, but I feel like this might be referring to conjecture and speculation. Either way, I can’t refute what I can’t read! Blocking the anon didn’t wipe the inbox, because there are still other messages in there that I haven’t replied to. Tumblr actually does block all anonymous posts sent from a single person if you block just the one message from them; that’s why all of these messages never landed in my inbox. Because they’re still all from you, hon.

“Bodies can go places too”? The only thing that I can think of this referring to is “they made it TO Asgore, not past him”, but again, the question that he’d been asked had been to the effect of whether or not the other humans died along the way, and Toby’s response indicated that they survived to be killed by Asgore. I’m not, in fact, basing everything on a single tweet. That’s the Word of God on the matter of whether or not the two get together. Also for your consideration: Asgore asks “Can we at least be friends?” and Toriel saying “NO, Asgore!”. Every interaction the two have is civil and at a distance at best. She greets him with a fireball. She speaks with nothing but contempt for him the entire time. The first part of the game, whenever she talks about Asgore, it’s with trepidation and anger. Using game evidence, she does not like the man.

And honestly? I’m not even opposed to the ship? People will ship what they want to ship. That’s life. Getting mad about what someone else ships is so passe. But I find it hilarious that you have invested this much in refuting what I do with my own ask blog, to the point of ad hominem.

After this point? You can go ahead and keep trying to harass me. Tumblr will do the work of making sure none of your messages actually make it to my inbox, and everything you send after this is just going to keep making me laugh at how mad you are, if I see it in the activity feed like this. XD

Alternatively, you can find a way to let it go that someone out there doesn’t agree with you, and move on with your life. I recommend this option.

[ask-goatmom]

OOC Post, because Someone Got Mayud.

This is all one person, btw. I blocked one, and they all disappeared from my inbox. And for anyone who wants to point a finger at me and screech about my blocking someone, I didn’t open this blog to be harassed by someone, and I should think that it would be pretty clear that updates here are fairly infrequent and that questions are not likely going to be answered.

I’ve written out my reasons as to why the Toriel that I write here feels the way that she does. They’re some of my latest posts, and indeed, this tirade seems to be written directly in response to them without actually considering the content of what I was saying. All because, it seems, that I got in the way of their personal ship with an ask blog (not a roleplay blog, btw).

I’ve said it before, and I’m going to reiterate this; Toriel doesn’t have to be cold in order to not want to resume a romantic relationship with Asgore. She might tolerate him for a while, and could conceivably come to be friends with him if he earned her trust. But Toby himself has said that the two do not form much of a meaningful relationship:

There are some things that cut too deeply for certain people. For Toriel, it was the constant re-traumatizing of knowing each child that she came to care for (yes, by projecting her own loss onto every child, and I’m not ignoring her own unhealthy coping mechanisms in this, but this isn’t about who has the moral high ground, but why someone feels the way they do) was killed at his hands, that makes it hard for her to forgive Asgore. Because that was the thing that killed her the most; knowing that someone she loved had become a true killer.

He killed six children. Toby himself said that all the children made it TO Asgore, but not past him. The fact that people gloss over this in all of their arguments, or brush it off with “well but the circumstances were desperate” doesn’t change that the blood is always on his hands, and that it was his conscious decision to do so. It was premeditated. He calmly waited for the children to come to him, and then slew them.He regretted every one and it was NOT an activity that he enjoyed, but it was still murder.

And I’ve said before, I still like the character. He’s deeply flawed and shows compassion, kindness, strength, but also what happens when you put too heavy a mantle on someone’s shoulders and what they have to do to try and solve things. For him, he weighed his options and made a choice. No matter what, he was going to bury his heart in fresh wounds, and I have sympathy for him that it was not an easy decision and he did the best he conceivably could have.

This person here, is angry with me because I choose to write for a character who is established as having her own deep wounds that even if they heal, will always leave scars.Being deeply in love with someone can make feeling betrayed by them even worse, and even harder to forgive. “How about you act like it?” Buddy, pal, lemmie tell you a thing about having the things you care about the most betrayed by the person you love the most; it fucking hurts even worse than anyone else who does it. It’s even MORE painful to know that someone you’ve opened all of your heart to can stab you straight through it, even if that wasn’t their intention. In fact, knowing that someone you love that deeply can unintentionally hurt you makes it even worse.

And the inclusion of “Sans is a platonic bud” amidst everything else just amuses me. This is a person who attempted to debunk an entirely different ship all because, again, they very clearly ship Toriel and Asgore.

Ship whomever you want, man. This blog can’t stop you. Getting this irritated to send 5 messages in rapid succession, nearly three years after the game’s release, and being this mad still, is pretty fucking sad. Being creatively inspired, being able to have constructive conversations, being able to enjoy the content still after all this time, those are all good things to persist and I’ve encouraged them time and again.

But getting mad over ships? That’s SO 2015.

(Also I have no idea what this person is talking about with “dialogue between Frisk and Gerson”, but I’ll admit to not having the time to refute that. I don’t remember Gerson and Frisk actually having any sort of dialogue, even post-Asriel fight and taking a tour of the Underground, though.)

[hdot-mokoriri]

I found a blue crystal.

青いクリスタルを見つけたよ

[mloreley]

Happy Anniversary, Undertale.

Two years ago, I discovered a Let’s Play of this game. I figured that I’d never play it, I thought the graphics were a little weird and I’d heard that there were ‘jump scares’, so I figured that I’d just sit back and watch someone else play. Watching them, though, I got intrigued about the writing of the game, the structure, and most of all, how familiar it felt to the things that I loved about older games.

I was laughing at the punny humor, and Papyrus’ antics had me enthralled. By the time the players got through the date with Papyrus, I was convinced I needed this game for myself.

From that point, I played through mostly blind, on my channel with my roommate. I hadn’t been on an emotional journey like that with a videogame in a LONG time; the tears and the laughter alike. The humor was spot-on, the tragedy was beautifully done, and the bittersweetness of even the best ending sat in my heart.

I was inspired by this game. Not only did I love the creative work that was emerging from the growing fanbase, but I was thrilled to find a character in a popular videogame that was within my voice range to attempt voicing– Toriel! At last a motherly figure that wasn’t distant or behind the scenes! (Or, uh, immediately dead! unless you played that way, anyway)

I got most seriously into voice acting because of Toriel. I found a few projects that petered out, but I still made wonderful friends. Then I auditioned for Alex’s musical. From there, it’s been the craziest, most wonderful ride I’ve ever been on, and I still can’t fully understand how this all happened.

Undertale is always going to hold a special place in my heart. It’s a game that espouses the values that I hold most dear; take the time to listen to someone and work with them while they’re at their worst, and you might see them turn around. What may feel like an attack on you might just be a low point in that person’s life. People might seem one way on the surface, but get to know them and you’ll often find a more comprehensive understanding of a multifaceted person.

Don’t kill, and don’t be killed. Protect yourself when you must, fight when you have no other choice, but if the opportunity for Mercy presents itself, take it. Be ready to fight, but be ready to STOP fighting.

And if you choose to kill, to linger and grind the life out of everyone you meet, then be prepared for how hollow and empty you will feel for it.

The community may fade and find new interests, the creative work may eventually slow down someday, and the game itself might get tossed aside, but I’ll always love Undertale. Its very existence changed my life for the better.

Happy Anniversary, Undertale. Thank you.

[ask-goatmom]

Hello Toriel! Or the girl who plays Toriel. (So sorry, I don't know your name!) So, I love Undertale the musical so so so so much that I want to gather people up to do it! So that being said, I want to be Toriel! I love her songs and I just in general like Toriel! Any suggestions on how to portray her character? Or just how to do her part?

(( Hello there!Actually, while the enthusiasm is definitely appreciated- all of us on the Man On The Internet team are grateful people love the musical so much- please Do Not Perform The Musical. Alex is expressly uncomfortable with people performing the musical for right now, especially as there are a lot of folks attempting to do so without asking permission first. He may change his mind on this at a later date, but you will still have to contact him and ask. ))

[ask-goatmom]

What's your actual opinion on Asgore? This one is for Lindsay. (Did I spell that right?)

(( Ahahah, goodness. This is a complicated question, even if it seems simple on the surface.How do I, Loreley, the person who runs this blog feel about Asgore? I’ve got a mix of feelings about the character, because just like EVERY character in Undertale, he’s a character with both a lot of strengths and flaws. Just like Toriel is blinded by her grief and trying to cope with incredible loss, just like Papyrus is hyper-focused on becoming Popular, just like Alphys hides from her mistakes instead of acknowledging them, Asgore is a character with flaws that, in a weird way, stem from the very things that make him likeable.He is kind, compassionate. He works hard to not just be a benevolent ruler, but to be among his people, to ease their pain and suffering, determined to give them hope. He is a (goat)man who wears silly outfits to give out gifts to people, who tends his garden so well that it thrives. He’s a gentle soul who means well.He was overcome by grief, and in his grief, he declared war. And this is where my opinion on him gets divided. On the one hand, no one should have to experience the kind of grief he felt, and it’s sympathetic that he would want revenge, that he would want a way to relieve the pain. On the other, it’s one thing for a private citizen to declare they want blood in return for their loss; it’s an entirely different scale when a King does it.He’s in a position of power and visibility. When he does something, the shockwaves affect everyone. This did two things; it shattered Toriel’s trust in him, and it gave the monsters hope: If they can break the barrier and be free, they don’t have to suffer anymore. I’ve already had Toriel explain her viewpoint when it comes to leaving Asgore.The thing is, when his anger cooled, Asgore couldn’t just rescind his declaration, even as much as it pained him. He couldn’t just “take it back”, because now the Underground had hope. They had something to look forward to, and him taking that away would have CRUSHED them. But he didn’t want blood; he was too kind of a person.It was never in him to go out and kill people, but he couldn’t face doing such great harm to his people by going back on his word. So he hid. He tried to find alternate solutions; recruiting Alphys to experiment with DETERMINATION and the Soul, and probably other things we don’t know about. But he didn’t admit his mistake that he committed while wrapped in grief, and he didn’t commit to his declaration, either.The result was a very, very long time with people living underground, a period where humans fell down and were eventually killed by Asgore. It’s worth noting, the time that passed between even just the last human and Frisk is significant enough that there are many monsters who have never seen a human before. So there could have been entire lifetimes between each human that fell- lifetimes that Asgore spent waiting and hoping that the problem would go away.That inaction caused a slow death. I don’t know if anyone reading this has ever despaired to the brink of death.... it’s torture. It’s literally torture. People ‘fell down” from their pain, during this time.Asgore didn’t have many options, none that wouldn’t have resulted in further agony, pain, or death. Each human’s death at his hands invariably killed a part of him, too. This is evident when Flowey doesn’t interrupt the battle, and Asgore falls to despair himself; he can’t live with himself anymore. Even Toriel’s suggestion of “taking one soul, returning to the surface alone, and gathering 6 more above ground” would have been brash, and could have sparked another war with the humans.But a fast death from a war might have been preferable to a long, drawn out death. And there are ways that he might’ve been able to make it work; collect criminals, or willing souls from humans already dying. It would’ve been taking action instead of hiding from everything.For all my criticism of Asgore, it’s because I know that he is kindhearted and gentle. That he genuinely cares for everyone and everything so much that it pains him every day that they suffer. I love his character, and I believe that he absolutely can take steps to redeem himself for everything he’s done.I like Asgore. I like his character arc. I like how the game subverts what we think “the Final Boss” is at every turn. And I would’ve loved to see him fleshed out a little better in-game.But, I will repeat this; Toriel is NOT going to hold a favorable opinion towards him, even if I understand very well where he’s coming from. She has her reasons for not trusting him anymore, tied to her own grief and who she is as a person. So questions about Asgore directed towards her are probably going to be met considerably more.... coldly than I personally feel.and no you cannot ever get me to ship Asgoriel, I’m sorry but she literally says ‘no’ to even being friends with him, she’s moved on aaaaa(legit, I love you all, but goodness this argument comes up so much. XD)I hope this sheds a LITTLE insight into the workings behind the author of this blog. ;D ))

[ask-goatmom]

Did you ever point out the irony of Asgore declaring war on all humans when one of your children was a human?

My dear.... that was one of the reasons I was so appalled at his declaration.He had known, possibly better than most, that humans were capable of so much more. That they were capable of great evil, yes, but that they could absolutely be steered towards great kindness and great love, as well.That he could love a human, and then turn that love into such vile hatred was abominable to me. We had lost two children to an unnecessary tragedy... and I was angry, too. I was furious, heartbroken. But I could not condemn all of humanity for the failings of the few.But I saw my husband become a monster that I’d never known before. He let hate change everything he’d touched, and I could not bear to be around him; I had lost my husband just as surely as I had lost my children, and I needed to leave a place that was no longer my home.He has since allowed his anger to abate, but he chained himself to murder, and I cannot abide him. So, yes, I have spoken to the hypocrisy of his war many times.

[hdot-mokoriri]

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かたつむりの眼

[ask-goatmom]

What other content do you produce? You mentioned it in the anon reblog, I want to see.

(( c:Other than content for my own channel, I also work on things for Man On The Internet.  ))

[ask-goatmom]

(( Look at this passive-aggressive little shit.

They can’t even say something off-anon, because then that would mean owning being passive-aggressive towards me while I’m busy with making other content.

Toodles, anon! ))

[jigglybuff]

[waffleperks]

This is amazing

[beyondthemoor-deactivated201812]

(You’ll need the sound on to hear it; it’s a music box)

It sounds like magic. *^_^*

[ask-goatmom]

Today I found a little snail in my garden. I know how fond you are of snails, so it made me think of you. :3

That is very sweet, thank you! ]=) I hope they tasted wonderful!

[ask-goatmom]

Hi goat mom, question. Why is it you can't forgive asgore? Yes he made mistakes but he was lost in his grief and you left him in his moment of weakness, so I wanna ask who's more pathetic the one who powered through their grief for his people bearing the weight of the crown or the one who ran away when the people needed her the most

Oh my, I see that someone’s education has been neglected! I should establish a curriculum to help you learn how to read.I have already explained this multiple times over the course of replying to curious individuals such as yourself. I have done so at great length, and I have done so through a wounded heart as I recount the things that pain me the most.If you are incapable of reviewing those on your own, then I cannot help you. If you are contacting me now in grievous, self-righteous anger in an attempt to antagonize and provoke me, then there is nothing that I could say in response that would satisfy what you are looking for.

[ask-goatmom]

Do you ever wear shoes? Stepping on surfaces like concrete with bare feet can be painful, and I wouldn't want you hurting your feet. You'll also want to watch out for Lego's. Those can be very painful when stepped on, you know. I'm sorry to worry too much, by the way.

I appreciate your concern, my dear! But trust me, I am fully equipped for being able to walk on most surfaces, especially as my feet are padded to protect me as I shuffle around. I will be careful, do not worry! ]=D

[ask-goatmom]

So ooc question, I'm asking a bunch people who make a lot of stuff involving toriel this: so I'm trying to get better at writing for toriel, and I wanted your opinion/headcanon on how she interacts and talks with friends of her "age"- adults, that is.

(( To be quite honest, if there were no children around, I could see her relaxing into something FAR more casual. A lot of swearing and inappropriate jokes, even if she still sounds sweet while she’s saying them. We see hints of this in the True Pacifist ending with how she jokes around with Sans.Plus, I know a lot of people who behave one way around children, and entirely saucy/riddled with innuendo and inappropriate conversations when with people their own age. Given that WoG says she also enjoys her wine, I can see her being a bit of a social drinker, too.But mostly, while still perfectly capable of being polite and formal, when she has a chance to relax I see it being one of those, “Woah, mom, I didn’t even think you KNEW those words!” moments. XD ))

[ask-goatmom]

Are portmanteau names for children common in monster culture, or is that just something that you and Asgore decided to do?

Asgore is... not very creative at naming things. Not even children.He tried to name my school, “New School”. I put my foot down.Though, I suppose that was better than Sans’ suggestion to name it, “Tu-Toriel Section”. ]=/