Tag: chara

fooshfoosh:

You know how Flowey’s favorite “character” is Papyrus?

No one ever talks about Chara’s favorite, and BOY do they have one.
Who’s the one monster that they never disrespect, no matter what route you take? The one who’s death they lapse into almost complete narrative silence about, other than Toriel and Asgore? The one who always, ALWAYS, has the title of the Heroine? 

It’s Undyne. Undyne is Chara’s favorite, and that’s not all. 

Think about the similarities between Papyrus and Asriel. Both are kind to a fault, and would never kill. They stick to their beliefs, even when it meant their own deaths. They cared about their siblings, and pushed them to do better.
I think Flowey picked up on that, and that’s part of the reason why he liked Papyrus so much. It was a reminder of what he lost.

Now Undyne. 
Undyne is goal oriented. She is willing to kill if she believes it is for the greater good, and she ALWAYS holds people accountable for what they’ve done. She’s the first person to call you out on your kills, and all of her pursuing and attacking you is because she’s trying to free monsterkind. You cannot befriend her if you’ve killed one of the people she’s sworn to protect, and that’s literally everyone in the Underground! She is the protector of all monsters. And that includes Papyrus, who she won’t let into the guard. Papyrus, who she tries to protect and guide away from his dreams because she knows about a harsh reality that he hasn’t been exposed to- or willingly chooses to ignore. Guards sometimes have to attack. Guards sometimes have to kill. And the people you protect will depend on you to make that choice, however hard it is. She is, by all counts, a rude, crude, pushy, impatient, and stubborn person. … who is undeniably a hero.

Undyne is everything Chara would have aspired to as “the hope of humans and monsters.” She isn’t the best person… But it doesn’t matter, does it? People still love her. She can still protect what she has, and exacts justice no matter what, even if that means sacrificing herself in the process. That’s something that Chara would have looked up to, especially given that they tried to do the same thing, however fucked up their process got. 

Papyrus and Undyne- Asriel and Chara. They’re sorta parallels, aren’t they?
And you can learn a lot about their personalities from their “favorites,” because honestly, who doesn’t have a fav that we see ourselves in?

workin’ hypothesis: Flowey and Chara’s “favorites” reflect their ideals in life, or whose characteristics they shared or aspired to. I’m willing to bet both.

determinators:

Greetings. 

Uh, so I’ve been working on this meta post for around 3 months now, gathering screenshots, gathering feedback, gathering more screenshots. The result is what could conceivably be called thorough.

Compared to the animation I made as the header, the post’s content was much harder to put together and write; I consider the animation icing on the cake. If you liked the animation, and like Chara (or don’t like Chara) then please consider reading the meta. It’s finally done!

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I don’t think I agree with everything here, but this is extremely well written, absurdly thorough, and a good read for Chara fans.

(Oh! Almost forgot to mention- in Asgore’s fight you CAN get narration other than the ellipsis. If you go long enough refusing to fight, like I did, the narration eventually tells you that you MUST fight.)

draikinator:

It’s almost amusing how gungho people to absolve asriel of any wrong doing and yet still staunchly describe chara as evil……. For doing the exact same shit? Like hey maybe both of them are fucked up children who made bad decisions in grief snd pain and this is oneof those stories where true evil does not exist

judgement-booty:

 new video about chara, and how everyone deserves mercy! chara isn’t as bad as they seem. featuring music by helena ruth, made as part of the undertale fan album, songs from mt ebott!

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I’m very fond of this song, and several others on the Songs From Mt. Ebott album, though overall it’s extremely hit or miss for me. (One nice thing about a free album is there’s no reason not to listen to the whole thing and keep only what you like!) Another in this same vein that I’m particularly fond of is Asleep (Don’t Let Me).

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

buttercupcinnamonpie:

One last addition to this post:

I feel that in their heart, Chara always wanted to believe in Asriel.  They wanted to believe that he was right in sparing the humans on the surface, hence their optimism during a pacifist run.  Frisk is proving to them that no matter how hopeless or dire the circumstances seem nobody has to lose their life.

Think back to what happened in the past.  Chara desperately wanted to free the monsters who had done so much for them; these people were looking up to them as a beacon of hope.  In their mind that plan was the only option they had left and nothing else could possibly work.  Add in a huge dose of self-loathing and guilt over the buttercup accident and… well.  Perhaps they once wanted to believe in a peaceful solution, but lost sight of that after all that had happened.  They lost all hope.

Frisk’s actions during a pacifist run are showing Chara that there is always a peaceful solution, even when it seems impossible.  They’re showing them that Asriel never betrayed them.

Frisk is giving Chara their hope back.