how to ask the demon you've been smitten over for 6000 years to dance: an angel's guide
bonus:
if you ARE in New York, there were two very severe hoarding situations uncovered recently. One is in Yonkers and the other is in Westchester County.
Yonkers cat rescue: around 200 cats discovered in a house are being handled by the Yonkers Animal Rescue. They do not utilize fosters, but they badly need food, money, and support. They’re reaching out to other cat rescues in the area that DO use fosters. The cats appear to be social.
Those interested in fostering one of the Yonkers cats can call 201-981-3215.
Cat food can be sent to the Yonkers Animal Shelter 1000 Ridgehill Boulevard Yonkers NY 10710
To make a cash donation, call the shelter at 914-377-6730.
Westchester County situation: around 150 cats are being handled by the SPCA of Westchester. These cats were left alone without food and water for days after their owners passed away. These cats were called ‘abysinnian mixes’ by the folks I spoke to. They mostly need financial support.
I told my gf that I was having an episode earlier and she replied “is it the beach episode” and it shocked me so much that it grounded me immediately
12,000 people harmonizing Hey Jude at Pentatonix concert in Des moines
Fandom still characterizes Chara as a stabby, mean, out-of-control child even in life...
...but the fact is, Chara made monsters lose their fear of humans after thousands of years.
What kind of child could do that?
What kind of child could give the Underground hope it didn't have for millennia?
When Chara fell into the Underground, monsters still lived in the Ruins.
Monsters were so afraid of humans that they lived on the far side of the cavern from the barrier.
That's why Asriel has a chair and room in the Ruins.
That's why there's concept art of Chara and Asriel playing in the leaves under the tree in the Ruins.
Chara fell in the Ruins while monsters still lived there, too afraid of humans to venture closer to the barrier.
That's why Asriel heard them call for help.
And why one of their flower drawings is in Asriel's room.
Asgore was convinced there was no hope of leaving, since humans would kill them anyway.
...until one human child changed his mind.
There's a missing history book between these two passages:
The reason monsters stopped fearing the other side of the Underground was Chara.
This book is book 4:
The reason Asgore changed his mind about humans being remorseless killers is because of Chara.
During their life, monsters saw Chara as a beacon of hope and a part of the royal family.
Asgore in particular adored Chara and put his hopes into them.
If Chara were violent or mean, the Underground wouldn't have lost their fear of humans.
The Underground saw Chara as a playful, loving, hopeful child.
And to some extent, they were.
Chara wanted things to work out, too.
But I think they suffered some severe imposter syndrome, likely due to their hatred of humanity.
Hatred that would, naturally, include Chara themself.
I think after nearly killing their adoptive father, Chara decided humans were all evil and the only way they could be redeemed...
...was to shatter the barrier at the cost of their own life.
Chara lost hope. But the Dreemurrs still remember the person they were.
Asgore and Toriel remember their glass-filling habit fondly.
Asgore and Toriel take care of Chara's flowers.
And Asriel, who knew them best, and now understands they weren't really the greatest person in the world...
...still spends his last moments as himself at their grave.
He still fills the water in the glass the same way they did.
At the end of Pacifist, he talks to Chara and assures them everyone will be okay.
I think that says a lot about the kind of person Chara was when they were alive.
Chara was not the Underground's demon.
honestly even the highest concept sci-fi seems tame once you learn BioSteel™ Goats exist irl
truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.
your condom breaks
you feel a lump on your breast
your friends are ignoring you
you’re stranded on an island
you got rejected by a crush
you get into a car accident
you got stung by a bee/wasp
you got fired from your job
you’re in an earthquake
your tattoo gets infected
your house is on fire
you’re lost in the woods
you get arrested abroad
you get robbed
your partner cheated on you
you’re on a ship that’s sinking
you fall into ice
you’re stuck in an elevator
you hit a deer with your car
you have food poisoning
your pet passed away
you fall off of a horse
you or your friend has alcohol poisoning
you have toxic shock syndrome
your house has a gas leak