Why do you like the Fallen Human so much? Whether it’s their characteristics, thematic role, or just their backstory or lack thereof, what’s so intriguing about them?

imitationknife:

more seriously:

back when i first entered the undertale fandom in the beginning of october, well…you would be hard pressed to find anyone who didn’t think chara was an absolute demon. nowadays there is a nicely sized group of people who feel pity for this kid, but back then? nothing.

i suppose that’s what drew me to the fallen human in the first place, the widely held disdain everyone felt for them. it was just so jarring compared to the rest of the game.

flowey is my second favorite character and had been my first favorite at the time, and the way the game went so far to show that this flower, who was an evil asshole who seemed to be a being wishing nothing more than death and suffering for all…

…was actually a poor kid who had a suffered so, so much to make him the way he was by the time the game started, just fell apart if there was another character who was presented as evil and actually was truly evil.

so i would say their thematic role in the story was what piqued my interest. the disconnect between how they were treated by the fandom and what that would mean for the game’s themes is how i started trying to look at what was presented in the game without any previous biases the fandom had spread.

over time, they became very important to me. another reason i care about them so much is that i see quite a lot of myself in the fallen human? the story of a child who wanted to disappear is something that i could relate to, a lot.