ARM CHOPPING IS NOT A LOVE LANGUAGE

And I don't mean it's not like the Evangelical church, I mean he's not interested in convincing anyone to be a believer or a church goer. When the woman at the construction company starts talking to him about her mother, he doesn't tell her that God is there for her. He tells her that he's there's for. She already knows she can go to church, maybe she is even a Christian and feels like she has her God's love. But Jud knows that what she needs is another human being, because she's talking to him.

And that's such a better way to welcome people to your church than telling them to go. He's letting her know that there's fulfillment and safety and love there beyond just the religious side, because he's there.

Abled people really don't understand how big that is. Like just having an ambulatory wheelchair user is big!!! (I cackled at the scene where she gets out of her chair and someone says it's a miracle and she just goes "I can walk, it just hurts.") But also having her angry that she's in constant pain and trying anything to feel better is so realistic. A lot of disabled people, especially newly disabled people, fall into the idea that they need to be "cured" and that they need to get back to "normal".

RALSEI HUGGING HIS LITTLE PLUSHIE IN HIS SLEEP (Does this imply that Ralsei carries it with him to every Dark World? Or did Flowery somehow know about his comfort toy and gave it to Ralsei after tucking him in?)

“I…won’t always be there to take care of you.”

“Please…stay out of trouble, okay?”

aughhh do you want to know what the most awful disgusting heart-sickening aspect of this situation is? Flowery did not have to do this. Any of this. It is so clear that Flowery cares about the physical and emotional wellbeing of these three teenagers so damn much. It goes far beyond just being an extension of his care for Asgore (i.e. his family and those closest to him) as Flowery extends the same level of care not only to Kris, but to Susie and Ralsei as well. He may be infuriating about it, but oh how he cares.

I adore the ‘antagonistic mentor figure who secretly possesses a heart of gold’ character trope, and I think it is used brilliantly here. (literally a golden flower lmao)