#what is that stance!

[deadscell]

[agentravensong]

thinking about how the extra area added on to a pacifist run of undertale, the true lab, is about alphys's past mistakes. how it ends with the story reaffirming that, despite the pain she's caused, the thing that matters is that she has now made the choice to do the right thing. she's still worthy of her friends' love.

thinking about how undertale doesn't expect the player to get a pacifist ending for the first time. how it's more likely than not that the player will kill toriel the first time they battle her, how lots of players don't initially figure out how to end undyne's fight without killing her, etc. what it expects — not even expects, really, but hopes — is that the player, if they care enough, will use their canonically acknowledged power over time to make up for those mistakes.

no matter how many neutral runs a player has done before committing to the pacifist run, the thing that matters to the characters, to the story, is that you've chosen, now, to do the right thing.

compared to alphys, the player honestly gets off lightly, in that you're the only one (other than flowey) who really remembers any harm you might have caused. and any direct guilting the game could have done about it is long past at this point. instead, as undertale often does, it makes its point via parallels: alphys caused harm, and she knows it. she has committed to being better. in doing so, she has unlocked for herself a better ending to her story. and she deserves it. she's forgiven.

those structural narrative parallels are all over undertale, if you know where to look. and that's one of the things that makes it so fuckin' good.

[arunneronthird]

true friends don't judge each other yadda yadda

[tomshivbaby]

[snapscube]

Hi Penny, I’m wondering what is your stance on Game Preservation?

i think all video games are bad

[harbingersecho]

READY AIM FIRE

[femmesandhoney]

"republican-coded woman" and it's just a white lady wearing a sweater being happy with her kids. like what? be more normal about how yall speak about women enjoying things in life

[mikakuna]

the body of a slut

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

are you really besties if you can't share a joint

[kindgreenape]

i think kim is just as complex of a character as harry, but i think a good amount of players (not all, but a chunk) choose to unflinchingly characterize him as “the Good Cop” and leave it at that.

[seriema]

what wonderful sons you've got there, mr. geppetto!

[hayaku14]

KAISHIN STANS WE EATING GOOD

[soapdi-spencer]

This is how sims look when they stand around pets and toddlers

[statisticalcats2]

How Tony "suave playboy who can charm you into his bed within 10 minutes" Stark handles himself around Peter Parker

[ihatebrainstorm]

Percy and BS on the same hoverboard together kksdkfd

MTMTE 18

[quillkiller]

all im saying is ive never seen someone criticize those marylily or dorlily fanart/fics where they’re harrys mothers and theres no james in sight