(Collecting this information to later be used in future theories, for now, we can only compare how different these 2 universes are from one another)
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Parallels 2
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Note: Gerson’s full name is “Gerson Boom”, and the books he wrote in this universe were about his “dreams” where he was the “Lord of the Hammer” and had adventures.
In UNDERTALE Gerson is known as the “Hammer of Justice” for fighting in the war against humans
sometimes I think about how Undyne’s magic was the color of kindness, and what that means for someone who chose to go into the guard and who thinks about her friends and pounds the ground in anger and who loves so fiercely and has undoubtedly taken a life, someone who says, “do you think it’s funny when people don’t come home?” and who teaches you how to cook
undyne who taps into the earth so deeply she can feel the hearts of others beating as one
I really like the idea that Undyne being kindness shows you that “kindness doesn’t mean you’re a pushover.” That’s also one of the reasons that Papyrus being orange/bravery has grown on me so much, because it shows that bravery isn’t just about beating your opposition into the ground, it’s about having the courage to stick to your morals even in the face of death.
AND THEY’RE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS
UNDYNE HAVING THE KINDNESS TO TAKE PAPYRUS UNDER HER WING AND NURTURE HIM AND ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT HIM WHEN HE SO CLEARLY NEEDS IT
PAPYRUS BEING BRAVE AND LOYAL AND WANTING TO STICK TO HIS THINGS AND IT INSPIRES UNDYNE RIGHT BACK AND HE’S ALWAYS SO READY TO HELP AND LEARN THINGS BECAUSE NOTHING WILL KEEP HIM DOWN OR INTIMIDATE HIM
absolutely nothing in a video game has set a tone as well as asgore smashing the mercy button at the start of his fight and thats just a fucking fact
Please elaborate. I want to hear more about what you think of this.
not to be serious about epic divorce man but like. the asgore fight is more or less the payoff of the advertised theme of undertale – “you don’t have to kill anyone”, and he does the most to challenge this theme, not just to the player but on a personal level, since the running motif of undertale’s monsters is that they don’t want to kill you either, but they have to or less they will never be free.
the scene beforehand, where small shock plays, is given additional context on replays and knowing how chara, flowey, asriel, and frisk all relate to each other – asgore is looking at someone who looks identical and acts identically to his child who, from his perspective, died of an illness that he could not prevent, and he has to kill them again
it is as equally “you cannot spare me” as it is “i cannot spare you”, which when juxtaposed against how asgore never uses attacks that are aimed at the player directly, creates the mood that is “neither of us want to be here but we have to be for there to be a future at all so someone needs to fucking die already” and its really fucking good
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