Ok, so this post is kind of a Fan Theory post, and kind of a “does anyone have anymore info on this” post, so bear with me, but. Is anyone really familiar with the constellation “Canes Venatici”? and if you are, are you also familiar with Undertale? I think I’ve stumbled onto something that is either a huge coincidence, or it’s this not-very-well-known inspiration behind Asriel and Chara. I’ll try and make this as concise as I can. “Canes Venatici” is a constellation depicting two hounds. The Astronomer who named this constellation (Johannes Hevelius) attributed the two hounds to belonging to Bootes the Herdsman, although no hounds were really included in any myths of Bootes. The two hounds were named Chara and Asterion, where Chara is Greek for “Joy”, and Asterion means “Little Star”. On today’s constellation maps, the two brightest stars of the Canes Venatici belong to Chara, one marking its eye, the other marking its collar, although it seems that originally, the star marking Chara’s eye had belonged to Asterion. Asterion’s region in the constellation is now, essentially, a void in the night sky.  I feel like this is pertinent information somehow, maybe as a parallel to Chara using their own soul in addition to Asriel’s when they crossed the barrier, or of how Asriel essentially became soulless as Flowey. Furthermore, a little over 30 years after the initial naming of the constellation, an English astronomer named Alpha CVn (the star marking Chara’s collar) “Cor Caroli” in honor of King Charles I, which means “Charles’ heart”. Which means that Chara’s collar holds the king’s heart.  I think this is an obvious parallel to Chara’s heart locket, which makes me wonder: if this constellation really is the inspiration behind Chara and Asriel, would that mean that the locket was a gift to Chara from Asgore? I think it’s possible, since the locket was found in a gift box, and in the in-game images of Chara being found by Asriel after they fell, you can’t see their face or chest, so it’s possible that the locket wasn’t something they had before falling into the underground. This is all I’ve got for right now, but if anyone has additional info on the constellation that’s applicable here, or wants to add onto this theory, go for it.

oh, also, sorry if this is annoying, but I’m about to kind of... post something of an Undertale fan theory here in a second. And I know a looottt of you didn’t follow me for Undertale things, but I’m posting it here to maybe try and get it seen as much as possible, so others might be able to add any additional info they have. so, yeah. sorry in advance!!

Just a tiny update on how I’ve been doing with writing and everything else lately: -this past week and a half or so, I’ve been scrambling to find all my outlines and rough drafts for various writing projects (mostly for LAD though). So I went through alllll my notebooks and carefully organized everything, and now have a nice thick folder full of ancient, almost forgotten LAD information. -I’ve been working on rereading my own fic and writing down all the ideas I get or remember while reading, but I’ve fallen a bit behind on that due to Life. I suspect I’ll be done with that in the first few days of next week. -I plan to spend the later days of next week re-outlining and planning chapter 8. -that weekend I’m going camping with friends, so no progress then. I’ll try to start the writing process the following week, and we’ll see how that goes. c: As for not writing, I don’t really have any interesting news to report. I’m still mentally stable and well medicated, I’m still in a very happy relationship with me bf, still earning money as a life guard...... I’m still easing my way into being at least a little active over here, too. You can also find me on twitter @ownlylownly, and a lot of you already saw me live-tweet some of the process outlined above. Well. I think that’s all for now!