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drawing-every-utdr-character · 1 year

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drawing every undertale character

17. migospel

#my art #undertale #drawing every utdr character #migospel

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98chao · 1 year

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bored so i doodled my favourite undertale monsters

#this was an experience... im not really good at inhuman characters so :]#undertale #ut #final froggit #astigmatism #vulkin #pyrope #migospel #my art #clip studio paint #2023

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crystallizedcheese · 2 years

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[*What a nightmare!]

#undertale #final froggit #whimsalot #parsnik #moldessa #migospel #astigmatism #Undertale hard mode #drawtober #october ink drawing challenge #october drawing challenge #drawing challenge #ink challenge #scurry #traditional art #my art

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ut-side-character-showdown · 1 year

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Round 1 Group D

#undertale #undertale polls #tsunderplane #migospel #tumblr polls #polls #utsidecharactershowdown2k23

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inbarfink · 3 months

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#Final Froggit #Whimsalot #Astigmatism #Parsnik #Moldessa #Migospel #undertale #under tale #utdr #ut #ut dr #undertale hard mode #undertale ruins #my polls #i love polls #tumblr polls #poll time #fandom polls #polls

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tcstoryfell · 5 months

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TC! Storyfell chapter 1 part 9 ( The dancing show )

Migospel: Nye ha ha this show will be a blast!

This seems like this may be a interesting battle

Loox: GO AND FIGHT

Nehemiah: * Uses act and selects check *

Migospel 7 attack 5 defense The dancing bug, seems to not be able to easily be spared

Migospel: * Uses a roach attack that droops from the upper side and a bunch of roaches come down and from all sides *

Nehemiah: * Dodge a bit but gets hit by 3 * O great 13/25

Metta: Use a heal

Nehemiah: O yeah * Uses items and selects 😑*

Nehemiah: I don't have any heals 😑

Metta: Use this

* You obtained the ghost fruit *

Nehemiah: What is this

Metta: Use this

Nehemiah: * Uses items and selects ghost fruit 🍓 *

It phases through you

Nehemiah: WHAT WAS THAT?

Metta: It normally always works with me

Nehemiah: You are a ghost

* You gained 15 hp and +5 inv *

* How did that work darling? *

Migospel: NYE HA HA * Uses a rock jumping all over and dancing *

Nehemiah: I would like to dance with that but seems like not

Migospel: You turn

The crowd is waiting for something to happen

Nehemiah: * Uses check and selects entertain *

Nehemiah: * Dances around and bows *

The crowd likes the dance

Migospel: The crowd likes it

Migospel: It seems you won't fight me

Migospel: Prepare for my dance

* A little roach goes around nehemiah's soul *

Your soul is orange now

Migospel: Now you will feel the brace of having to move through things

Nehemiah: Nothing happened except for that

Nehemiah: * Uses act and selects dance *

The crowds begs for something new

Migospel: Prepare for my attack * Uses roaches that come from up and down *

Nehemiah: * Dodges them all * What is happen- * Takes 1 damage every second *

Migospel: That is a surprise my power is to turn people's souls into orange, when they are orange they have to soom into my attacks and move through them to actually not take damage. NYE HA HA

Nehemiah: 😑

Metta: Hmm darling let's go something new

Nehemiah:...Alright

Nehemiah: * Uses defend and hits the bars 4 times * Behold

* Blocks the attacks of Migospel 4 times *

The crowd is in love with violence

Migospel: Nye ha ha thanks for the entertaining. Now behold guest

Astigmatism

Astigmatism: Hello there

Astigmatism: You seem to have made it far into the Ruins not any longer

* Uses an eye attack that goes close to the target and tries to hit it *

Nehemiah: * Dodges but gets hit by an eye and takes 5 damage * Great now 18 hp

Nehemiah: * Uses act and uses check *

Astigmatism 8 attack and 10 defense a bully that ALWAYS gets what he wants. He is very mean :(

Astigmatism: * Uses his body to roll around and hit you *

Nehemiah: * Dodges but is a bit tired *

Astigmatism: I will crush you

Nehemiah: * Uses act and chooses lecture * You shouldn't be bullying anyone 😡

Astigmatism: Shush up * Attack rose *

Nehemiah: O great

Metta: I told ya just to pick on him

Nehemiah: * Dodges a new attack and tries to calm him down *

Nehemiah: What should I do?

Papyrus: STOP

Astigmatism: No one cares-

Papyrus: * Death stares *

Astigmatism:.......:(

Everyone: * Surprised Papyrus made Astigmatism :( *

Migospel: O-ok

Your soul turns normal

Papyrus: Let's go * Picks up Nehemiah and jumps into the sky *

Nehemiah: AAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA AAAAAA

Papyrus: WE ARE AT MY HOUSE

Nehemiah: I feel strange

Metta: I love when he does that

Nehemiah: Thanks

Papyrus: Your welcome

Papyrus: NYEH HEH HEH

* Goes to the house *

I remember so much. The house, the goofy Papyrus, everything :)

Don't hurt anyone I love ok =)

Alright let's get in

Nehemiah: O...k

Nehemiah: Wow this house seems....good :)

Nehemiah: Cool

Nehemiah: Great

Papyrus: NYEH HEH HEH WELCOME TO MY HOME. IT'S VERY ARTISTIC

Metta: Very nice

Papyrus: Alright time to show you rest since you have been walking a lot

@lazyasyoucansee

#papyrus #ufau #underfell #Undertale #Metta #Migospel #Astigmatism #Loox #Ruins #Storyfell #Storyshift #TC! Storyfell

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glitchthedemon · 6 months

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Stronger Monsters!

I've been meaning to draw this since i played Hard Mode but i got so busy with Inktobertale i didnt get the chance to until now ;-;

Not all the coloured designs are canon, they're either inspired from various google images or ones i made up. All names of the enemies are in the tags ^_^

#undertale #digital art #my art #undertale hard mode #hard mode undertale #froggit #whimsun #loox #moldsmal #vegetoid #migosp #final froggit #whimsalot #astigmatism #astigmatism undertale #moldessa #parsnik #migospell

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catboymiles69 · 2 years

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narrator chara is literally canon to me. and it’s not a stretch at ALL bc undertale is most definitely not the first game (or at least first game in a format like that) to have a secret narrator twist (ZERO ESCAPE 999,,, akane my bestie)

#migospel… how didi not know abt that #oh wait i know its bc other than the 2 accounts i trust in the fandom i stay the Fuck away from most utdr accs bc the amount of weirdos is -#So widespread

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invertedfate · 3 months

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Aside from the Geno Route which simply wouldn't fit the story you're trying to tell, are there any ideas you had for the AU that ended up being left on the cutting room floor?

I think the biggest one is Mettatown, which was gonna be a whole explorable area between Hotland and the CORE. I ended up cutting it partially due to pacing (it was ultimately filler) as well as the need for custom assets. The time it would've taken to make would've just been a lot, and so I decided to just keep it a background location that exists but never got explored. Before I decided to make the final dungeon an exploration of Asriel's psyche, it was gonna have aspects of the various areas of the Underground with spooky lost soul versions of regular enemies. This felt redundant after the CORE as well as the null section of the story, and so I decided to reevaluate the concept for the final dungeon and went for something more explorative of Asriel's psyche, which allowed for more creativity, too. At one point there was gonna be this recurring Temmie NPC who was like an explorer that was scrapped pretty early on because it didn't really add to the story. I also at one point planned a Monster Kid miniboss in Snowdin, but scrapped that as well because it also didn't add much. Before Fort Aquarius, I toyed with having the cut Doge NPC in Snowdin, but then another AU did something similar, and as I expanded the ideas for Waterfall to include Fort Aquarius, I decided to move her there. Even before I chose to make her Fours' iteration of the character, Dohj, his interpretation as a stricter and more no nonsense Royal Guard member influenced how I envisioned her factoring into the story. At one point, I was gonna have a Moldessa encounter in Hotland after the Astigmatism, Parsnik, and Migospel fight, but I cut it for pacing.

I originally wanted to have this silly sidequest involving a fetchquest with some NPCs that would eventually result in taking the Hot Leg and buying a "Cool Leg" from the Tem shopkeeper and taking them to Masa, who would forge them into the Ultemate Armor. This was also cut for pacing and due to lack of energy. That's also part of why I never showed Temmie village, tbh. Just not having enough motivation to do much with it beyond some very loose ideas like Sans wearing socks on the side of his skull and blending in with the Tems for the funny and I think we jokingly talked about Bob and the Temmies dressed as anime high schoolers with the joke being that Bob was their Tempai.

#asks #behind the scenes #cut content #inverted fate

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andreabandrea · 4 months

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migospel and negative man

this is going to be a bit of a disorganized post, but i was rereading my old "chara did not abuse asriel" post, and I thought of something interesting. none of this is 'new' information or a new theory-- it only supports a point in an essay I wrote years ago. but the ramble will talk about a cool enemy in mother 3, so.

in my original post about Chara, in the section where I made the point that Chara "laughing off" Asgore's poisoning was likely unhappy/nervous laughter as opposed to taking actual joy in his pain, I bring up a theory created by passivechara on tumblr.

the Hard Mode only monster Migospel "loves to laugh" when around other monsters, but becomes sad and talks about hiding their pain when alone. Migospel literally mimes Chara in this way. (the name 'migospel' likely drives from 'mime' and 'gospel', so the 'gospel' part may refer to 'truth'-- aka, Migospel miming the truth about Chara).

if we believe in the narrator Chara theory, then a monster reacting to Chara isn't even unprecedented-- napstablook responds directly to the narrator's comment about their lack of humor.

now, I would need to build this up more in a 'proper' analysis post, but since I'm just rambling on my blog, let's just accept that toby fox was majorly influenced by earthbound and the mother series as a whole. papyrus's starman costume, naming the player, flowey's "cry out into the darkness" line, and more.

bear with me, but I'm going to talk about the mother series and link this back to undertale.

so in mother 3, there's a one-time only enemy you encounter called 'Negative Man'.

negative man is a joke enemy of sorts. he can do a very weak attack, but otherwise, he just says a sad line and wastes his turn. although his stats are miniscule- making him the weakest monster in the game- his HP is enormous, making his fight a bit of a chore.

people sometimes speculate why negative man is in the game. the concept of a drawn-out and irritating battle with no real challenge is definitely a mother series joke, and some people believe he's just there to add another enemy to your checklist of monsters to find and defeat if you want to 100% the game.

I think, though, that there's another purpose to Negative Man. And here we're going to get into Mother 3 spoilers so, uh. if you haven't played a game that's nearly 20 years old, then play it now and come back to this later.

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okay? moving on.

so anyway, the interesting thing about negative man is that the music that plays when you're fighting him is 'Strong One', the same boss track that's used when you fight the Masked Man. this could just be a joke-- Negative Man is not 'strong' in any way, and the intentional complete lack of rhythm in 'Strong One' makes performing timed attacks to the beat very difficult, dragging the boss battle on more.

however, think about what's happening in the fight. you and your party are beating this creature to death who's crying and miserable, who has no will to fight, who isn't attacking (or can barely hurt you when he tries to attack), and so on. why are you doing it? because you have to. maybe negative man is just in your way, maybe you just want to fight him to 100% the game. regardless, this monster isn't fun to fight. the only reason you would intentionally fight him is because you have to.

you're probably thinking of sans's boss fight, where despite being the "weakest monster in the game" with only 1 attack and 1 defense, he has an extremely difficult and prolonged boss battle. i think that negative man could have potentially influenced toby in this way, too! but this isn't about mr. undertale himself.

now, there's another notable fight in mother 3 like this-- but the roles are reversed.

in the final battle of the game against the Masked Man (with whom the 'Strong One' theme is associated), lucas's party can't be used. lucas has just learned a devastating truth about the Masked Man's identity, and it's rendered him completely unable to fight. Lucas is likely miserable in this scene, and all he can do is pass turns while the Masked Man attacks him relentlessly-- not because he enjoys it, but because- due to his reprogramming- he has to. does that sound familiar?

all this to say-- the Negative Man enemy is a reflective of Lucas, and shows insight into his emotional state. the unwillingness to attack due to a sense of misery and the 'strong one' track associated with the masked man being used support this theory.

it's notable that Negative Man is, again, an enemy you can only encounter once. Negative Man isn't a prominent part of Mother 3.

this is to say-- what does this have to do with Undertale?

if we can accept the theory that the Negative Man, as a random rare enemy, could be a parallel to Lucas and reveal something about his emotional state (his misery in having to fight his own brother, the Masked Man), and if we accept that the Mother series was very influential over Toby Fox-- then it becomes even easier than before to accept the theory that Migospel is reflective of Chara and their emotions.

Migospel is only encountered in the unfinished 'hard mode' of undertale, again-- but Negative Man is only encountered once in mother 3. thus, even though Migospel doesn't have as much 'canonicity' as any other monster in the game, I think that there can be relevance to their inclusion.

this is to say-- as passivechara suggested (checks date) 7 years ago, I really do think that Migospel is more evidence that Chara isn't an evil sadistic monster when you consider the influence that the mother series had on toby.

#bandrea blabbers

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ganzdraw · 2 months

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Here I present my first part of the monsters of the ruins of my alternate universe- <3

These monsters are special since they have crystal inlays on their bodies. having a strange mystical energy and can only be found in the ruins of Emperor Gaster

It is known that those crystals on his body are the essence of his own soul. so if they were to break these would turn into dust. But if you try to attack them somewhere other than their glass. Their bodies will be useless since they are resistant so it will be difficult to turn them into dust.

Here their names:

- P!Migosp Crystals counterpart: - P!Migospel Crystals

- P!Froggit Crystals counterpart: - P!FinalFroggit Crystals

- P!Vegetoid Crystals counterpart: - P!Parsnik Crystals

Art By: @ganzdraw

#undertale au #undertale fandom #promisedtale #undertale fanart #undertale comic #undertale monster

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kande238 · 1 year

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Hi

I wanted to do that six fanart challenge for fun

Eeeeee yea that's all I guess

Tails doll and Whisper are from Sonic

Leorina and Tat are from Klonoa

Tinkaton is from Pokémon

Morgana is from Persona

Migospel (literally who) is from Undertale (just an enemy in hard mode)

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harmonydiaries · 23 days

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This theory is about how I think the Hard Mode versions of the Ruins enemies foreshadow the secret bosses of Deltarune!

After watching P-RiSe's theory video on the Human Souls (check them out BTW they were the one that inspired me to make this theory) I think all the Hard mode Bosses from Undertale are foreshadowing the secret bosses from Deltarune!

Reasons why are because since P- RiSe pointed out that each one of the enemies in the ruins & their hard mode counterparts as well parallel the 7 Souls. (I'm excluding the Bosses/Mid Bosses here though)

Vegetoid = Green Soul. It can heel you with green bullets (AKA the Kindness ability) and it's themed after a vegetable, (in Vegetoid's case it's a carrot) which are a type of food. This Parelle's Kindness with them having used to be a chef/cook. Heck Vegetoid even says, "Eat your greens!"

Whimsun = Orange Soul. It seems like the opposite of courage at first. But when you realize that facing your fears is an act of bravery. (and considered even braver than fearing nothing) It starts to make a bit more since. Epically since it's hard mode counterpart (Whimsalot) who is a knight that never backs down. One more thing Whimsun's end game text is "Braver Every Day!"

Loox = Magenta Soul. Loox is well…A giant eye, and since the Magenta Soul human was one that wore glasses (which a common insult/nick name for people that wear then are called 4 eyes) we can make a connection there. What helps is that it's hard mode counterpart is called Astigmatism which is an eye disease. (There are some themes of being a reformed bully, so I wonder if that ties to the Magenta Soul)

Moldsmal = Blue Soul. Its end game text is "Backup Dancer" witch ties to The Blue Soul since they were a ballerina. There are also themes of beauty here and since ballet is often tied to beauty & grace, this could be another theme that connects the two.

Migosp = Red Soul. It has themes of being a jerk but it's not really since it's said to be with the wrong crowd. This ties to the whole gimmick of Undertale & even what Chara is actually like. It's Frisk's (and the player's) job to show monsters that not all humas are evil. Sure, there's an option to kill all the monsters in the genocide route but that's considered the bad ending. Chara is stereotyped by the fandom as evil because of the Genocide's route's ending but if you took the time to look at all the lore the true lab brings like the fact after the accidently killed their adopted brother, they sacrifice themselves to save monster kind.

Froggit = Cyan Soul. It's hard mode counterpart Final Froggit is royalty themed and the Cyan Soul's Golf discerption is "The dethroned "Ball" with a sharp attack" this could tie into them. There is even on Froggit that asks you to be Patient enough to not skip through its dialogue.

And The Dummy = Yellow Soul. The whole joke is that it's cousin (the Mad Dummy and later Mad Mew Mew) is out for revenge! And since revenge could be seen by someone doing said revenge is an act of justice. (Heck The Dummy's Overworld sprite is even yellow like the color of the Yellow Soul)

I noticed that the Hard Mode versions might have some Parelle's to the secret bosses! Which a theory is that all the secret bosses use a different Soul color in there fights!

Jevil = Migospel. Migospel is a clown just like Jevil. And Migospel has themes loneliness, like how Jevil is all alone in a prison cell since his best friend was the one who put him in there. Migospel is also known to be hiding it true feeling behind a mask of laughter like Jevil's nasalism about how he knows he's in a video game.

Spamton = The Mad Dummy/Mad Mew Mew. In Deltarune an item that is needed for his boss fight is a mannequin that has a resentence to Cat/Puppet attacks. And since for some reason Spamton has the Cat element this ties to Mad Mew Mew being a Cat Robot. Spamton even has the Dummy motif in his battle theme. Spamton also has these spirit-like attacks which ties into The Dummy & Mad Dummy/Mad Mew Mew being ghost that are just possessing Dummies & Robots.

With all this information out of the way we can predict what the 5 other secret bosses are like! (we can have some help from some other theories like seven deadly sins theory and the secret bosses also being inspired by the main bosses from Undertale)

If we fight, them in the Order of the Fallen Human Backwards then here is how I think it goes!

The Secrect Boss that utilizes the Kindness ability will be Greek mythology based and seems to have a bossy attitude! She'll be a girl that is selfish and has a corrupted since of justice. This will be the chapter 3 secret boss! (Since I feel like The Green Room is hinting towards the Kindness Soul)

The Secrect Boss that utilizes the Perseverance ability will have a theme of reforming and/or eyes. Since Chapter 4 will most likely take place in the church, this could mean the secret boss is based on a biblically accurate angel. She could be based of Muffet (not a main boss but is the only fight that utilized the Magenta Soul) and be apathic and lazy. And she is a girl as well!

The Secrect Boss of chapter 5 will be based off Papyrus, will use the Integrity ability, and will be another boy. He might be related to Jevil and have themes of he could be based off an Incubus and boss fight might have some Lovecraftian horror elements with rearranging his face. He could also be a known liar & have villainous intentions!

The Final Secrect Bosses could be based off Asgore and Torial and both can use the patients & bravery affects in their battle. They are a couple who are a king & his knight. The king is brash while the knight is a coward. The knight could have anger issues, while the king is power hungry and might be the face with the pink and yellow eyes.

Heya i’m so sorry for late response this was deffo meant to be answered earlier😭

This sounds cool, I see how the themes of the different souls are woven in and kinda perverse to make each boss antagonistic. It reminds me a bit of the recent-ish analysis video by Shayy on the ‘dark side of the soul traits.’

The fact we got Yellow Soul ability in two deffo convinces me of the Each Boss = Each Soul theory, if it does happen it would be interesting to know why, or what it will lead to. What’s its significance?

This is me just brainstorming now but we see how the Shadow crystals collected after each secret boss allows Kris to see some sort of alternate/mirrored reality by looking through them. I wonder if, similar to UT how collecting 7 souls break the barrier, if the 7 shards will break the ‘barrier’ between the light and dark world? Eh Who knows

I was wondering why you guess Chapter 4 will take place at the Church? Nothing against it i’m just curious. I need to learn from Church/Alan theories because I just haven’t considered it as much😅

This was a fun read Thanks for sharing!

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hardmodetale · 2 months

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Hardmodetale part 4

Joseph: * Uses act and selects check *

Final Froggit 6 attack 6 defense why am I checking it again?

Final Froggit: * Uses a lot of flies to attack in a short direction*

Joseph: * Dodges it *

Joseph: * Uses act and selects check and Migospel *

Migospel 8 attack 6 defense seems evil but is just crazy for the acting and performance

Whimsalot: * Uses a attack that swarms moths that come up and down *

Migospel: * Supports that by using roaches that go from east to west *

Joseph: * Gets hit some times * 6/30 hp :(

Joseph: Why are these people so hard * uses item and .... there's nothing there but cinnamon pie *....;( * Uses mercy and selects flee *

I'M-

I facepalmed on my face.....

Migospel and Whimsalot do the same attack

Joseph: I dodge thankfully

Joseph: * Uses mercy and selects flee *

I'M OUTTA HERE

Joseph: * Goes forth ....*

Joseph: I am quite annoyed with these PEOPLE

Joseph: Alright time to go

Walk some more.....and more......until an encounter starts again

Joseph: * Uses act and selects pray *

I thank God that will protect me now.

Whimsalot:.......I am already forgiven

Joseph Dodges the same attack but there is one green heal

#undertale #undertale: hardmode #undertale au #Joseph #Hardmodetale #hardmodetale

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ut-side-character-showdown · 1 year

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BRACKET ANNOUNCEMENT

The bracket has just been finished! The Round 1 matchups will be released in the near future, with 4 groups of 8 polls. As of posting this, the poll graphics are going into production!

Zoomed in versions of each group will be below if you can't read the larger graphic.

Round 1 Group A:

Burgerpants VS Aaron

Moldsmal VS Whimsum

Punk Hamster VS Drunk Bunny

Astigmatism VS Dogaressa

Dummy VS Whimsalot

RG 01 VS Dogamy

Gyftrot VS Loox

Woshua VS Bratty

Round 1 Group B:

Chilldrake VS Mad Mew Mew

Snowdrake's Father VS So Sorry

Nicecream Guy VS Onionsan

Knight Knight VS Glyde

Gaster Follower 1 VS Shyren

Bird that Carries You Over a Disproportionately Small Gap VS Parsnik

Migosp VS Heats Flamesman

Ugly Fish VS Big Bob

Round 1 Group C:

Moldessa VS Gerson

Greater Dog VS Big Mouth

Pyrope VS Jerry

Hotdog Vulkin VS Ice Cap

Snowdrake VS RG 02

Loren VS Grillby

Vegetoid VS RG 04

Lesser Dog VS Catty

Round 1 Group D:

Doggo VS Froggit

Goner Kid VS Final Froggit

Vulkin VS Snowdin Shopkeep

Tsunderplane VS Migospel

Snowman VS Gaster Follower 3

Moldbygg VS Doge

Red Bird VS Madjick

Gaster Follower 2 VS RG03

After Round 1, some of the lucky (or, well, unlucky) winners will be placed against some new contenders in Round 1.5. The winner of these special polls will move on to Round 2!

#undertale #undertale polls #tournament #tournament bracket #utsidecharactershowdown2k23 #<- this is the tag for the polls by the way!

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unidentifiedflyingchoco · 2 years

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Chara Laughs To Hide Pain

“I should have laughed it off, like you did...”. One single line with so much misinformation surrounding it. This line is interpreted in many ways, but only one of these interpretations is accurate, the one that claims that Chara is laughing to cope with pain. Here are the reasons why this interpretation best reflects canon lore.

The Majority Of Undertale’s Cast Copes Through Laughter

While it may be easy to write Chara off as a cold and unfeeling child at first, we have to look at the other instances of laughing in Undertale.

Toriel laughs when we kill her,

Undyne smiles as her body is fading away,

Mettaton smiles right before he explodes,

Sans jokes around as he’s dying,

Two npcs in Snowdin comment on how everyone laughs to cope,

Snowdrakes Dad laughs about being a terrible father,

and this isn’t even every instance of this happening, this is only the main examples. Now we need to look at when Chara laughs and analyze why they were laughing.

Every Instance In Which Chara Laughs And The Context Behind Each One

To truly understand why Chara is laughing as a coping mechanism we have to look at every instance of them doing so. The first being in tape #3 in the true lab.

Chara and Asriel are talking about when they accidentally poisoned their father, Asgore. Asriel comments on how he should’ve “laughed it off like Chara did”. Chara is laughing in this instance because they feel terrible for getting their Dad sick. They’re trying to make light out of a hard situation. This is proven by the fact that Chara chose to die the same way they poisoned their father, which from a psychological standpoint shows that they felt guilty and thought that the only way they could redeem themselves is through dying the same way someone they cared for almost did. It’s also worth noting that “laughing something off” could simply mean not taking something as seriously as it is.

Whether or not they actually laughed or not it’s clear they were trying to make light of a hard situation, and likely trying to make the rest of their family not worry as much by doing so. The second instance is during the encounter with Snowdrake’s Mother in the true lab.

What’s happening here is that due to immense distress from seeing the mother of someone who Chara is implied to have known in such a poor state they disassociate and assume Frisk is laughing. When they realize that Frisk isn’t laughing they say “you didn’t do that?” and then follow up with “But it’s not funny”. As you can see Chara directly states that it’s not funny after they realize what’s going on. This is also meant to be a direct parallel to the previously mentioned dialogue with Snowdrakes Dad.

The last instance of Chara laughing is during the no mercy route. Chara smiles during encounters,

Chara laughs during the RG01 and RG02 encounter,

Chara laughs at Flowey,

and Chara smiles when we meet them.

While this may look bad at first, the actual reason Chara is laughing/smiling during this is quite depressing. As mentioned in this post Chara doesn’t actually enjoy killing. They’re in mental distress during this entire route. They’re watching their friends and family die after all. They start smiling when we encounter a monster because they have no hope left, they realize that we aren’t going to stop so there’s no point in trying anymore, they have to follow us. They laugh at RG01 and RG02 because they’re watching us tear apart a couple. It’s also a reference to the book Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto.

(This book seems to heavily inspired Chara’s character as well, as it deals with suicide, depression, knives, golden flowers, tea, and a trans character.) Chara laughs at Flowey because they’re watching us try and kill their brother, and we know they don’t really want to kill him because they hesitate before killing him later on.

The smile Chara adorns when we meet them is the same one that the red demon npc who talks about coping through laughter has.

In both cases this smile is a mask, hiding the fact that the one who wields it has given up hope, they’ve surrendered to a cruel world and would rather hide themselves than deal with the pain they’re experiencing. In the case of the no mercy route, Chara has given up hope for a happy ending, for a way to stop us on our killing spree, and they’ve submitted to their purpose, power.

The Migospel Truth

So how do we definitively know that Chara laughs to cope? Look no further than the enemy, Migospel. This monster is a hard mode exclusive that is a replacement for Migosp. It acts differently in private then it does around other monsters, just like Migosp. The catch is that its way darker than you’d think it’d be.

Migospel laughs to hide its pain around its friends and then when it’s alone it drops its ruse. Here’s some of the other lines it can say via the Undertale wiki.

Now let’s take a closer look at what the name “Migospel” actually means. It appears to be a combination of the words “Mime” and “Gospel”. The “Mime” half of their name suggests that they’re mimicking something, or rather, someone. While “Gospel” would typically have religious connotations it also refers to a hyperbole for something that is true. So essentially Migospel is “A Mimic Of The Truth”. They are emulating the true behavior of another character. That character is Chara. Still not convinced? Look no further than this parallel:

TL;DR

In conclusion Chara laughs to hide the pain, this is evident by the other uses of laughing as a coping mechanism in Undertale, the situations in which Chara laughs and the context behind them, and the fact that Migospel is a parallel to Chara.

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