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what are your thoughts on asriel's death in UT's no mercy route? both in a, viewer and kin way, if appropriate.
Interesting to do a view on both!!
from a viewer perspective, external from the Asriel mind: POINTS AND LAUGHS AT HIM!!! he's such a stupid animal, isn't he.. I love that Asriel's imitation of Chara is only skin deep, it is a roleplay, it is a silly performance, it is only something he THINKS he can be... he does not truly share Chara's philosophy, or emotional spectrum. He's Asriel, to the core... he's a coward, he's needy, pathetic, he is unable to follow through on anything, he can't commit, he can't keep a promise, and he does not think things through (again he is stupid). He's attempting edgelordism as a spectator and fetishist of it ... his chaserism... the object of all of his affection, his obsession, he is trying to Become it, but in truth, he is a fearful little thing. I adore how ill-prepared he is. He really goads and goads and goaaaaaads Chara, and you can definitely feel that desperate ramping up of anticipation, adoration, submission, shrinking to something more and more simple, childish ... as Chara is Chara, he becomes more Asriel, he becomes a sycophantic pet... returning to simply wishing to be with Chara. You can really tell that the extremes of things, are just a facade... oh he's like a sub begging their dom to go harder, and then screaming and crying when the flogger comes out. It's a kind of charm point of his ... Chara is, utterly familiar with him, aren't they? Oh Asriel ... you can't finish anything ... in his heart, he wants simple, sweet, soft things. But there are things that cannot be in this world ... Undertale is a game with no 'good ending' (if you care about Chasriel). But, I think the no mercy route, is much more satisfying, for them. I like that Asriel gets some catharsis in some sense, able to describe his experiences to, his beloved ... how he's changed ... he wants to, be, impressive, interesting, captivating, to Chara, like Chara is to him ... I don't think he thinks being Asriel is captivating at all HaHa ... well, he looks like a little boiled egg, doesn't he ...
from the Asriel perspective: this is so humiliating ... searing, awful, painful, endless disappointment, you can live so many lifetimes and make the same stupid mistakes of your personality over and over and over. Can't be what I want to be, can't become anything like Chara, can't touch what Chara is, will always lose faith and grip, will always fail Chara!!!!! Will always walk us step by step by step, according to Chara's lead, Chara's example, desperate for approval, and will always be the one who trips, who can't manage aaaanythiiiiingggggg!!!!! USELESS meaningless, die die die die die die die .... should be grateful to be killed by Chara, BUT can't be, feel scared, why so graceless, why so disloyal, why so unable to do anything impressive ever!!!!!!! THIS IS WHY EVERYTHING WILL ALWAYS BE BAD FOREVER!!!!!!! MY OWN LOVE IS SO IMPOTENT!!!! It can't alter anything, Chara's can alter everything (amazing) (terrifying) ... it's difficult to reflect on the sheer unbearable amount of failing, I don't want to accept it but with so much repetition, it can't be changed, it can't be fixed ... the most merciful thing to do is kill me, so I won't perpetuate dumbassery into infinity ... useless, useless, useless.
The asriel mindset, it's so terribly displeasurable ahahaha, so awful when he's at the wheel, he's so unhelpful in every single way, he truly shoots himself in the foot ... there's so little positive effect ...
SEE YOU IN THE NEXT HELL!!!
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