#inkling.asks

that is valid! and dw no worries :)

i honestly left the fandom in 2016 then came back at the start of 2021? so i dont have experience with 2018 errink but. from what ive Seen? yeah... it didnt sit right with me either

current errink is getting better, i think, as more people are taking error's trauma seriously... buuut people also have realized that ink is more "complex," and to them that means, "ink doesn't have a soul and lacks empathy so he's just manipulating everyone and is a dangerous untrustworthy person." which like. as someone with friends who have extremely low empathy, that is just so disrespectful. genuinely

AND GOD DON'T GET ME STARTED ON DUST AND HORROR... so many people do not know how to write characters with psychotic disorders. i mean from the get-go dust's mental illness wasn't portrayed the best (in general i think giving a mental illness like that to a hyper-violent murderer definitely deserves criticism). and yeah people definitely dumb horror's trauma down and make it something "cute" and "innocent." like ohh look at horror he cooks meals for everyone!!! ohh look at horror he's hoarding food!!! so cute!!! no it literally isn't wtf, he has TRAUMA, i feel like he'd be extremely averse to food and avoid it at all costs. to me it just feels very romanticized and i don't like it

...not to mention, everything else that happened in his au? fdgdfgjdf like man lost a whole EYE. his relationships completely fell apart. horrortale is such a good au it makes me upset all the time that people in the utmv fandom just disregard horror's circumstances or minimize it. it's super interesting

people also forget (or probably don't know considering the original posts are archived/deleted) that killer has some form of DID or OSDD-1... not that it was portrayed well at all, kinda similar to dust, but y'know.

*Actually feeling like you know what the heck you’re doing is not guaranteed.

HSJSJDJS true

Having ink around consistently, having that one constant in his life could really help stabilize error, both emotionally and probably physically as well since he seems to glitch worse when he’s upset.

Having error in his life would help ink feel SEEN, like he doesn’t have to ‘be useful’ or justify his existence. There’s someone there who loves HIM, and he never has to be afraid of being alone or forgotten or abandoned.

I just feel like they could both help heal each other, y’know?

NO I AGREE 100%

i think their differences complete each other too! to me i just never see people talk about their similarities - but then again, it's those similarities that make their differences stand out so much more in my mind!

they are definitely constants for each other, too. i mean, considering error remembers nothing about who he was as geno except for the sheer resentment and anger moments before becoming a glitch, it's no wonder he feels so conflicted about the multiverse. he's selfishly selfless, in a way, because he resents having all those ridiculous versions of him get a happy ending when he didn't, while also not wanting the same exact situation that he went through to be repeated.

and ink's whole relationship to the creators is something that i view to be both emotionally and mentally unhealthy, y'know? like, it gets into his head that he's "above" everyone else because he has this special connection - a connection made by being gifted paints that allow him to feel - and in response to that connection, he wants it to be consistent and reciprocal, so he feels like he owes the creators his entire existence.

their main differences are in these things - that ink feels like his existence can only be justified by appealing to the creators, which means to keep them around and keep himself from being forgotten, more AUs and conflict must be created. but then there's error, who feels like his existence cannot be truly justified, that everything has gone wrong for him - why him? he asks himself - and that stirs such a deep burning bitterness inside of him.

so yeah, while they could absolutely clash and have trouble seeing eye to eye in respect of their circumstances, it's also possible that such differences are what make them get along so well! because they're on totally opposite sides of perspective, yet on the same exact spectrum.

it's kind of like how i'm somewhat of an optimistic nihilist, and my best friend is a more pessimistic nihilist. we definitely don't see completely eye to eye on our outlooks on life, but we also understand that these things are littered with complexities and nuance and that's why we still get along. because there's so much variation.

YIPPEEEE!!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GENO

NOELLE :D

Sexuality Headcanon: lesbian!!!!!

Gender Headcanon: transfem :]

A ship I have with said character: kriselle, suselle, krusielle (in krusielle they are all dating each other)

A BROTP I have with said character: platonic kriselle!!!!! also noelle and berdly, i think theyre chaotic like kris and susie are but in their own way. their friendship is fun. ALSO NOELLE AND DESS they are for real sisters but i think their potential bond if we ever see it would be awesome...

A NOTP I have with said character: noelle with any guy

A random headcanon: even though noelle attends church with her family canonically, i dont think shes very religious. shes probably agnostic and her relationship to the religion her family practices is complicated