#error analysis

I think Error's puppets are also super interesting and I don't see many talking more in-depth about them. Yes, obviously he is so fucking nuts and lonely he started talking to inanimate objects. But the way he uses them? He has (in the canon story) two main puppets who he talks to. The Sans puppet and the Fell puppet (he does have a chara one, but they're not integral to this analysis). The gag of it all is obviously his hatred to Fell, but I think this can be interpreted more deeply. The Sans one, his supposed "friend" rejects him ironically. Mind you Error is the one controlling what they say and do. The Fell one is usually always there saying how "well I am still your friend!", but Error rejects HIM. Obviously, unlike actual relationships, he CAN control puppets. So why does he not make all of his puppets be utterly smitten with him? Those puppets are more reflections of himself than anything else. He masks his low self-worth through self-grandeur, which he sometimes accidentally reveals (think "abomination #1", or even the instance where he admits to putting Papyrus above him. He sees himself as lesser). His puppets also showcase this self-loathing behaviour even further. Even though he is the one in control of them, Sans rejects him. He imagines having a friend (Sans) and then he ruins it himself. His self-worth is so low, he can't imagine anyone actually wanting to be his friend without eventually leaving him. This can also be interpreted as self-sabotaging behaviour. Since he is the one in control, him rejecting a version of himself, is just further instilling the idea that "no relationship lasts forever". The Fell puppet is basically just another version of this "rejection". This time the "friend" is the one offering companionship, but Error rejects it. It is at the same time to assert control, as in "I CAN reject him, I have the OPTION to" (which he really doesn't but don't tell him that). But it is also again self-sabotaging behaviour. In his mind it is either: 1. People will eventually leave me because I have no value. 2. There is no way anyone sees value in me, therefore said "friendship" must've an ulterior motive behind it. He WANTS friendship (as he does see the Sans puppet as his friend) but he basically predicts this friendship falling apart. I also think this might be "comforting" to him in a way, because he has been isolated for so long he basically has no idea how actual relationships function. He can't think beyond "rejection", "rejection" to him is predictable and expected. He doesn’t just lack relationships, he can’t conceptualize one that doesn’t end in rejection.

I do think people tend to confuse Error's social cluelessness and disordered thinking for stupidity. Which feels really wrong to me. Error might come across as "stupid" because he doesn't grasp the idea of "sarcasm". When a voice tells him "good luck with destroying every au" (as in, yeah buddy, you are not gonna get there) he just responds with "Thanks for your support" and gets all giddy about it. Or the instance of someone wanting to get "boned" by him lol, he takes it literal and "stabs" the person (they were just a part of his imagination but my point still stands askjdhaksd). He has been isolated for a super long time, you really think the guy will be able to grasp the basic concepts of social conversations when he hasn't seen a real person in who knows how long? (and besides a lot of people don't get sarcasm so like lol what) We see him often make irrational decisions (due to his disordered thinking), his thought process isn't really linear it jumps from one thought to another. Obviously his decisions are "questionable" he often can't think clearly especially when he is overwhelmed. (Again white torture has a huge effect on people's minds and their thought process). Even then, he is still able to make strategic decisions such as getting rid of the Flowey equivalent as well as the Player so he can destroy the world without interruption. Him not knowing "Basic stuff" is all a consequence of his crippling isolation. Why would he know how to "properly eat" if he didn't have the need for that for decades. Why would he know what a fork is for, when he probably never sees one. Everything is basically new to him because he has to practically relearn everything. Everyone has something like that... something that they don't know how to use etc., in Error's case it is more extreme. Idk it makes me feel really icky because it's something that he can't do anything about lol. It's not like he can also just learn about it....Where in his day to day life does he have the need for forks or anything "normal". On top of that he is literally alone, there is no one to show him the ropes. He is not going to be able to figure something out, that he himself also doesn't have a clue about. It’s like making fun of a grandma with dementia for not knowing how to use technology. Only I guess this grandma is also homocidal, but that is not the point of this post LMAO.

"your gf is a scientist"yeah but is she a "when error is slight enough that it starts to enter the territory of the bleedthrough phenomenon can be seen by the naked eye and thus improvable by technology" scientist?