#undartale stuff

chara --> frisk: + power mad, + cunning

frisk doesn’t have much personality in-game, and a lot of it can be influenced by chara already in a no-mercy run, so deciding what they’d be was hard. in the end, i decided uldertane frisk is just defaulted to “no mercy”, and has to be convinced by chara and the npcs to go through a good or neutral route. they’re very conniving - even more so than frisk in canon - and have an insatiable desire to destroy everything around them. an ulder!frisk that’s been convinced to go the True Pacifist Route would probably act like a bored cat in a room full of knick-knack covered tables. they’ll be your friend, but you might not want to put anything breakable near them. or valuable, for that matter - they’ll probably steal it.

asriel --> chara: + compassion, + resolve

chara is a devoted and delightful friend who would do just about anything for the people they care (care-a lmao) about. they try to put faith in the people they love, which is why they might let frisk go on a rampage through the underground, but they will ultimately try to intervene and get frisk to abandon their no-mercy route. chara encourages frisk to notice people who are trying to be their friend, and gives them gentle nudges towards companionship to take care of the void frisk’s trying to fill with violence.

this alludes to the really common scenario of people who try to play a “bad guy” in rpgs ultimately abandoning the idea because they don’t want their companions to disapprove of their actions. chara’s the spiritual embodiment of those “___ disliked that” approval messages that pop up in the corner of the screen when you're a jerk.

frisk --> asriel: + neutrality + goofiness

as flowey, asriel is pretty chill. he’s played through so many routes - most neutral, some pacificst, some no mercy - that he’s gotten tired of it all, and doesn’t even see the appeal in bothering anymore. he just watches as frisk trots around the place, offering occasional blunt comments/advice. in spite of his typically indifferent attitude, he does still enjoy silly antics, as they alleviate his boredom - even if he can’t feel much in regards to actual “joy”.

instead of toriel saving frisk from flowey, flowey saves frisk from toriel by popping up to warn them that the pie toriel is baking for them is poisoned. he follows and helps frisk out of a soft spot for chara, who he knows isn’t frisk, but can’t help wanting to think is still alive. flowey seems mildly disappointed anytime frisk does un-chara-like things, like slaughtering everyone they meet.