I listened to gimme! gimme! gimme! a man after midnight full volume on loop while drawing this. It took like 8 hours. 8 hours of ABBA and Target and now they're permanently associated in my head.
More yapping under the cut:
Thinking about how vulnerable she has to feel with her soul exposed like that ngl.
I'd imagine for skeletons like- messing with each other's souls has gotta be hella intimate (I say skeletons not monsters, bc skeletons don't have like- flesh and organs protecting their souls or anything) like it's gotta feel at least a little weird for it to not only be just OUT IN THE WILD but to have also had it like- repeatedly stabbed. Gotta feel kinda violating ngl.
With TYV!Target, the only "phase" that is directly triggered by NM!Chara stabbing her is phase 2, the others are triggered by certain intense emotional responses, which CAN be caused by NM!Chara stabbing her but also other things yk. She's also disoriented (and usually scared) for a few moments after a phase change before she crashes out (which is what's happening here, you got one chance to run 😭🙏).
Her fluffy part of her hood spikes up when she's startled.