I feel like this has become a very repetitive question asked of me. And I'd rather be blunt than beat around the bush with them. Tell you what I think.

So I’m gonna hold your hand when I say this, ‘kay?

Casper and Thatch will never be friends. Not in the same way Casper’s friends with Wendy & Inferno. (Also an automatic for Kat too)

The bond they have is something meaningful. Something they all put the effort into making. Keeping it strong through trial and error.

Casper and Thatch however would not have that. And if you hope, by some miracle, they would? I'm sorry. They won't.

At best, Thatch can come to a realization that Casper and his family are nothing like J.T McFadden. The mad mortal who almost ripped the world apart. Maybe he'd offer less insults to the boy and his loved ones. But that's it. He'd still be who he is.

A brat who doesn't like the spirit's, nor anyone else’s, good nature. Believing it's an act to get something out of him. It isn’t.

The idea of them forming a friendship is not here. Simply because Thatch would never put in the effort for it. That's just not him.

Why be in a relationship, of any capacity, like that? It's empty. Torturing even. You get nothing out of it if only one person is trying.

They're better off as acquaintances. With Casper going on with his afterlife. Uncaring of how people perceive his actions.

I’d say that if Thatch was in danger? Casper would still save him. It’s in Casper’s nature to help. Humans, monsters… anyone really.

After all, he did die saving his cousin. Who now calls himself Spooky.

Thatch can’t understand it. Can't understand Casper. And I don't think he ever will.

“Why? Why do all this? Why be nice to me?”

“… I'm not. I just don’t like seeing anyone suffer.”

“…”

This kind of thing is way more interesting. Because you need to understand something. You can’t be everyone’s friend. There are people who will just not like you. And even if they understand where you came from, they have a choice to be more respectful. Or not. Thatch has free will to think and act how he pleases, and much to that effect, so does Casper.

Alice Chen after encountering some human racists:

the last thing i see before choking on compliments

you’re goddamn right.