#geometric thoughts

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People can get away with some mischaracterization but only if it's funny as hell

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I think the fandom doesn't use the meme potential of reblogging literally any textpost and tagging it spamton even if it has nothing to do with him. We could change that

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Imagine a secret undertale boss fight that's just like Grey Prince Zote from Hollow Knight but the Zotelings are AU Sanses and GPZ is whatever the Sans x reader fandom has conjured

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Not me projecting specific songs on characters again. But bear with me.

Anyways, this time it's Chara and the no mercy run, and how I can definitely see an animatic of this in my head so I must inflict it on you too. Here is a link to the song on youtube, I have translated the lyrics for you

I saved all my evil for you I saved all my evil for you

So, Imagine you, the player just finished the no mercy run after hours of trying. And this child shows up. The Fallen Child shows up. They greet you, but they won't lie, they want to hurt you (and they have every reason to want to)

(more under the cut because this gets long haha, and the song is 3 minutes long)

This was a wolf that filed its teeth In front of a sheep that sharpened its own [teeth] To stop being just another number In the dream of another animal

I like the idea that, in this scenario, Chara is the wolf, Frisk is the sheep, and you are the other animal. Because in essence this is saying that both Frisk and Chara had to change who they (think) they were in order to try to do the best to get through.

I think Chara works as the wolf because they were a kid with a pretty rough life who, from what we can infer from Asriel's words, has a lot of hatred for humanity, but they couldnt act on it when they went back to the surface. Frisk, on the other hand, is described as someone who becomes stronger as the run progresses, even if it wasn't out of their own volition. They had to toughen up to get through this despite the difficulty.

And you, the player, are the other animal that's caused this scenario. But the kids, especially Chara, do not just wanna be part of "the numbers" which is a metaphor that's been used before, when Chara mentions the feeling they got whenever your stats increased.

Look, at your mercy is all that I was told was wrong with me is all that I was taught to hide, as you were too

Chara has a weird relationship with mercy, but I think the main message here is "Look at what you've done, I get you. I was told what I wanted to do was wrong, I had to repress it, and do better. And you were also taught what's corrent, but what did you do instead?" In the end there is a defying tone in them, present in all their final monologue.

The truth, without moral Photoshop The truth, without so much bluh bluh bluh The truth, without moral Photoshop The truth, the good and the bad

But whatever, this is the end, so it doesn't really matter anymore to sugarcoat things, does it? There is no need to make this conversation long and complicated, let's just say the truth, good and bad.

And I know that everything I say Can be used against me And what do I care [about...]

What they'll say, a lot What they'll say, a little What they'll say, nothing What they'll say, it depends What they will say

I think this pasrt is fun, if you consider how controversial Chara tends to be in fan discussions. And they don't care. Yes you see them saying they could feel something when they progressed, yes they said they're not up to good, they know that they've thought of hurting others for a purpose. But they really don't think what others think is important. Let alone in this confrontation with you.

Give it all or else why try? Give it all or else why try? Give it all or else why try? Always give it all, or else why try? Never ungive it all, or else why try?

This is when they propose to you to end this world for good, and go for the next. You already did so much to destroy it and bring it to its limit, you better commit to the end. If not, what was everything else for? And then the last two verses reinforce this idea. It's the moment you as a player realize you don't have a choice in what's about to happen, because Chara wants you to see the consequences of what you did.

I saved all my evil for you I saved all my evil for you

And so this verses wrap things up, as you see what has happened. They had anger, hatred, pain, and so much grief over what you did, and they didn't want to simply let you get away with it. So now they're not restraining themselves and they're letting their "bad side" out.

Having said this, I personally hate takes that see Chara as a bad person or who demonize everything they do. They're a traumatized kid here, one that likely saw little worth in themself, and wanted to get back at those that hurt them and the ones they love. So now when THEY have the power to end things for good and stop you from getting away with stuff? They do something.

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Anyways, fun fact for today that I just fact checked:

In Russian, the hearts suit is called "черви" which means "worms"

Jevil's dialogue in battle is related to each attack. In English, the heart bomb's attack comes after the dialogue "My hearts go out to all you sinners"

In Russian the dialogue was translated as:

"ваша плоть достанется червям, грешники"

Which roughly translates back into English as:

"Your flesh will (fall to/be taken by) the worms, sinners"

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Hey so I mentioned this to @/anundertalesideblog (idk if they wanna be tagged) but: why and how the heck does Lemon Bread know what SAVE points look like and choose to mimic that when facing the player? Did they have the power to SAVE before Flowey showed up? The Amalgamates have DT after all, so it's not impossible.

Sadly I worry that since the Amalgamates live in the True Lab there probably wasn't much to do, and they can't take damage either so it's not like someone would trigger a reset or load with that method.

But also lines like "this is my special hell" and "I've heard this before"... Could be taken in a new context.

Anyways, what if the Amalgamates remembered resets like Flowey does?

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You know what would be hilarious and ridiculous?

If we got Toriel into the dark world and Toby gave her laser eyes like 3D Toriel. Even if just for a joke

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Frisk being a kid that swears a lot is mostly a headcanon I have to make myself laugh (and because I never censored myself much and will Project) but every time I think about it I smile a little.

Yes, they're the ambassador and respect that position; yes, they are a pacifist; no, they won't hesitate to absolutely murder someone with words, and if they're in the right mood they will use all the beauty that the language provides to do so. They do all of this with the most neutral face, or at most they grin smugly if Chara tags along.

And also yes, they say please and thank you because they respect what people do for them and aren't entitled.

Flowey, on the other hand, is an edgelord but can't bring himself to say something more insulting than idiot. He probably knows a lot of cool insults, or obscure words, but idiot is the furthest he'll go when he "swears".