Aug 22, 2025
"She'll find another kid and instantly forget about you" -> "I'll never let you go again, Asriel"
"I don't think my father could rest well knowing I was... tarnishing his legacy." -> "Telling stories as a way to entertain his children"
#''tarnishing his legacy'' HE WROTE IT FOR YOUUUUUU HE WROTE THAT FOR YOU#THAT WAS YOUR STORY. BECAUSE HE WROTE IT. FOR YOU#LORD OF THE HAMMER GOT SO BIG IT SWALLOWED ITS AUTHOR WHOLE. WHEN IT BURIED HIS SON UNDER IT FIRST#and toriel and flowey... yeah. YEAHGHH. same thing#lord of the hammer is to its fans is to alvin what toriel's self exile and caretaker vow is to the fallen humans is to flowey#they're both things informed by#started because of#and continued in honor of their sons#but neither of them is able to realize it. they only see what those mean for so many people other than them#they don't see the shadow of their parents love and grief for them behind every pen stroke. behind every child taken in and lost again#they think they've been replaced. they think they found someone better#the only difference is that flowey hates his mother for it. alvin hates himself#undertale#deltarune#toriel#gerson#alvin#flowey#metanalysis
