hey, do you think Undertale Yellow Clover and Undertale Chara would actually get along? In what way and how would they get along, what would it take it to be in a relationship (of any kind that's not hatred incarnate)‎
I am going through the Tumblr tag and asking the same questions to people I see there.
I tried answering this a few weeks ago but because I wasn't really satisfied with it and stored it away. Now that I'm back in the trenches I feel I can answer this a lot better so here we go-
I'm honestly taking a couple things from UTRY (even if I have my criticisms about it, there are concepts that are Fun and it's my biggest frame of reference for thinking about those two as a copow enjoyer, so I'm inherently biased if that's not what you're looking for).
If those two ever get along, it would probably take a verrryyyyyyy long time. I'm talking in any non-confrontational circumstances months or maybe years. First impressions would not be great, mostly instigated by Chara and their whole hating humans deal. But I do think both of them hold so strongly to their own beliefs (Chara being very black and white, Clover wanting to see the best in everything) that butting heads would be the easiest thing for either of them to do at first.
They would need to be in each others presence for long enough that the two of them might see their similarities and end up with a begrudging truce to eventual understanding respect. Both highly sacrificial to the end and willing to put in the work to do so when it came to helping monsters. Going so far as to do what they did, to give up their own selves even if no one wanted them to. Again, probably very slow burn unless they were forced to work together, mainly Clover would try to get closer overtime to understand Chara. And the first few tries would certainly not be appreciated.
i could see the idea that Chara could exploit Clover having anger issues to intentionally antagonize them, push them away, or try to reiterate that humanity is bad. I can see Clover thinking Chara might be someone who's mind they have to change, becoming more and more frustrated with them making increasingly impulsive actions to try and change their mind.
Whether or not it actually works could be up to interpretation. It could depend on how far along they are in their respective arcs, if it's a revival AU or timeline switch, or whatever.
I think, the whole point of this is to have fun to imagine the what-ifs, rather than have a set in stone 'this is what happens.' Enemies, friends, partners, whatever you like is always on the table as long as you're respectful of other creators. I'd say I'm not picky, but that would kinda be a lie, and it isn't all about what I think.
