why do you ship chara x asriel? no hate but like why do you think theyd make a good couple
To start, i should say that ever since i played Undertale, i never considered Chara and Asriel siblings. I never felt that kind of connection between the two of them.People migh argue with this because when monsters tell Frisk about the story of Asriel and Chara, they say “Asriel and the human child became like siblings.” and “The King and Queen treated the human like their own”.These two sentences and the fact that it’s highly believed that it was Chara who knitted the pink sweater for Asgore saying “Mr. Dad Guy” lead to many people see Asriel and Chara as siblings. And there’s nothing wrong with that!
But for me, those sentences and the sweater are not proof that they considered each other siblings.Two people can be close like siblings and still develop a romantic relationship later (My best friend in highschool was very close and looked very alike to her (now) boyfriend, people used to tell them they looked like brother and sister. And look at them now, they have been dating for more than 5 years.)
If Chara was the one who created the sweater, maybe they wrote “Mr. Dad Guy” because they saw Asgore as a fatherly figure and Toriel as a motherly figure, because the Dreemurrs gave them everything they never had on the surface. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they saw Asgore and Toriel as their dad and mom.
In fact, nowhere in the canon game or said by Toby states that Asgore and Toriel became Chara’s official parents, and that Asriel became Chara’s official brother.Asriel never calls Chara “sibling/brother/sister”, only best friend. And when monsters tell their story to Frisk in New Home, they are telling what they saw and thought, so we never really know the true relationship Chara had with Asriel and his parents.
Now, the reason why i like Chara and Asriel together!
To be honest, my first Undertale ship was Charisk. But the more i played the game, read theories and searched about the characters, my opinion changed, and Chasriel spoke louder. I started liking more and more the idea of Chara and Asriel growing together and dealing with their own issues, so i started drawing them more. Drawing them more made me love them more!
I think they would make a good couple because since they were kids, their relationship has been very strong (considering that they were extremely close and Asriel says he cares about Chara more than anything else).Also, i don’t see Chara as someone who is evil and manipulative. They proved to be mature for their age but we can’t forget they are also a child who made mistakes and went through a very bad life on the surface. They are a troubled little kid who needs to work out their problems and see the world in a different light, and sadly they died too soon to be able to do that.
I ship them because i like their chemistry and i like to wonder about how they would be like together and growing up together.Drawing them in several scenarios, developing their personalities, see how they would react to situations, all that is so interesting to think about and draw!!!
In short:Undertale is a game that deals mostly with the player’s interpretation. People see the events in Undertale differently because we all have different life experiences and points of view.Some people see Undyne as a lesbian, some people see Undyne as bi, and both these interpretations are okay and valid!So if there are people who don’t see Chara and Asriel as siblings, there’s nothing wrong with that. And to me, they are an amazing and very interesting couple to develop!
