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abimee · 10 months ago

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hey I just wanted to say that b&g is one of my favorite pieces of undertale art in general. I'm muslim and the way you depict toriel reminds me of my own mother and other older muslim women that I meet a lot. It's very comforting. I don't see a lot of depictions of middleaged muslim women with dignity and respect that often. Of course, I love everything about your au and how you write all the characters, but toriel specifically really hits home for me

aww im really happy to hear that anon thank you :,,---( i remember Toriel originally wasnt supposed to be that big in my B&G world but with other characters getting their own time to shine (Kris and Susie about being teenagers trying to handle their struggles on their own, Undyne in being in her 20s but stuck in the past, etc) Toriel started developing in my mind, and her story is sort of an amalgam of all sorts of mothers and women ive met through babysitting and my own mother (though my mom isnt muslim as im a convert, so its all in just personality) so hearing someone else sees a little of their own mother in her warms me heart :,---] ty again

#i really wanted to tell a story with toriel of how often mothers feel like they have to give away their life for their children #not in that their children are burdens but in how isolating it can become to be a mother especially in the boomer/millenial era #my own mother talked a lot about how she didnt regret having us but she just couldnt pursue things about herself after being a mother #and toriel was going to be about how society and the culture around parenthood is so isolating and demanding #and her divorce from asgore was freeing her up to all these experiences she thought she was never going to have #because even though she lost what she thought was her support she was going to find it in the people around her #like undyne looking after her children and her making new friends in her older age #and her just finding community and realizing she has so much of her life ahead of her #it all just sort of comes back to watching my own mother grow through her divorce and how much it never really affected me #because while my mother Was struggling she was still her own person and not just My Mom or my Dads Wife #and she had a life she wanted to live And children she wanted to care for #boys & girls #fanart

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