hiiiii Your charisk intrigues me, thanks for drawing them :))
OMG THANK YOU EHEJEHFH This made me so happy (warning I love to yap.)
Usually people draw college Chara as a chill person who gets along with the human souls, but to me, if Chara was traumatized enough by humans to the point of attempting, Chara is traumatized enough to carry that fear and resentment into adulthood. I like to think they developed the rigid open eyed unnatural smile we meet them with as a coping mechanism to hide anything that might make them vulnerable, to the point they don't really control it anymore, their muscles tense up against their will in stressful situations.
Therapy exists but Chara is someone who doesn't really ask for help, do they? I like to think they moved/ran away to an area without that many humans, mostly monster-populated. It's intriguing because just when they think they've got everything under control, it turns out their new and first roommate is a HUMAN? WHAT were the chances, WHY is this happening to them. All their abilities to socialize (in a formal and unsettling way, that's just how they are), they're gone, they can't do this, so they avoid it.
But what happens when the roommate does not want to avoid it? In fact they try to interact (obviously), but even when Chara hits them with smiles that usually get others away, Frisk is chill about it?? Why is this one different, why does nothing work. They don't get angry at Chara spending most of their time alone, they don't laugh at them, they don't seem so cruel. In fact, Frisk acts as everything they do is normal, they don't question anything, they're just as friendly as the first day. Every day. Every time. They don't force them to come out, they don't force them to interact.
Isn't it ironic that Chara will eventually grow to feel safe with Frisk? Isn't it cruel that Frisk is a human? But maybe what they need is to be challenged, to gain strength, to feel safe. Even if the one who manages to heal their soul is someone they thought they could never love at first. Maybe they will manage to survive after all.
