#growthspurt

Well, it's not like afac is over yet. They probably will go back and resolve those feelings. Because I don't think it can be left like this. But also remember: that Chara also possessed Sans and tried to use his body to hurt his loved ones. It's a little more personal for him. And it's not like he saw the redemption scene the askers saw. It's really hard for him to trust them just with a snap of his fingers. I think they will have to really prove themselves.

That said, thank you! Going in to this, I really thought it was important that Papyrus still has certain standards. It's hard, doing a swap and trying to maintain important aspects of the original personalities. But I think it can be done. I will at least try. Good to see that it's paying off.

Goldy: (WARNING, TEXT WALL)

Holy hell, I’m glad this ask came. Yeah, we all know how messed up the whole Dreemurr Saga is, but Sans doesn’t fully grasp the stakes here, and like it or not, he is, to borrow Breaking Bad’s terminology, “In the Game,” and has been since he got with Toriel. He may be justified in his distrust of Chara, but at the same time, that doesn’t change the fact that everything he says and does from this point onwards is going to have an effect on the Dreemurrs as a whole.

For example, here, in Growthspurt, (I absolutely recommend reading, the only real flaw is yet another evil Chara [tm]) we see the kind of potential drama where Asriel confessed to his murder spree after Toriel refused to budge from her judgmental stance on Asgore, pointing out that if there’s no chance of redemption for Asgore, then there’s no way in hell he could ever move forward, forcing Toriel to realize that she was indirectly hurting her son through her aggression towards Asgore.

That same collateral damage could happen with Sans and Chara in AFAC, as well as anyone being judgmental towards Frisk here in ACAF down the line. I’ve also noticed that in AFAC, Asriel’s murder spree as Flowey, which was much much worse than the Geno Run or anything Chara did after in AFAC, has been seemingly handwaved or otherwise sidelined, at least for the time being... While Chara is getting the evil eye from Sans. Odd, and extremely so, considering Flowey and Sans were mortal enemies. 

Point is, I can see Asriel getting really pissed at Sans and Toriel about this double-standard. And it IS a double-standard. Heck, if he’s been told “all is forgiven,” then it’ll be even worse since that’ll just look like a big fat lie in retrospect. Thus, we’d have Sans being the villain (at least in part) despite having his feelings be justified. Worst case scenario, Asriel could lash out in a way that makes things worse, or the Soriel Ship could even be sunk. Now, I don’t see the worst happening with the Askers around, but if all perspectives aren’t considered, there could very well be a reckoning and SOME kind of point of no return being crossed.