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.
i like roleswap aus btu like. a roleswap au isnt one where u just switch peoples bodies around but the characters??
e.g. roleswap undyne passionately throws chemicals together in a lab and cherishes all her creations.Â
‘it’s a weird and drippy white mess undyne’
‘dont talk about endogeny like that! cherish them! cherish the dogs! they like to be pet’Â
like alphys, roleswap undyne gets very invested in the human’s story. when they meet, she has a huge speech memorised just like in her shounens
undyne was a loud and boisterous protector of waterfall and captain of the guard, but alphys isn’t like that.
She looks after waterfall, makes sure that the grasses are healthy, and sticks up signs telling people to be careful. She never explains why though
It’s this lack of explanation that gets her a reputation. People don’t see her much, and when she does appear she says one or two words then
disappears again.
She doesn’t interact with the royal guard much, she tells them what to do and sends them written instructions, but doesn’t
interact with them on a personal level.
People mistake her shyness for harshness, her nervous monotone for lack of emotion. Rumours spread that the grass could kill a human, and that’s why people need to be careful.
but, of course,
undyne the excitable royal scientist sees through this and discovers that alphys also really loves anime and with her help, alphys makes Many Friends
honestly just really like undertale 