#i js think theyre more complex than “completely good” n “completely evil”

[zeldareference]

one thing i hate so bad is how the fanon and the canon of undertale have mingled together so much that sometimes when ppl try to remove the fanon from the canon they accidentaly remove actual canon too 😭😭

like, i feel like this could apply to most characters, but as usual, the main victims of this i think r sans n chara

with chara for example: since most of the "early" fanon for chara was basically "theyre the most evil corrupted malicious being ever, they can do no good, and r filled with HATE 😈😈" when the fandom grew out of that and tried to remove all the false info that had plagued chara's character (aka: negative traits chara did NOT have in canon, like forcing frisk to do the geno route for example) they accidentaly removed ACTUAL negative traits chara had in game, like hating humanity, manipulating asriel, wanting to kill the humans at the village, etc, and we instead ended up with a (somewhat) fanon chara in the opposite end of the spectrum from the last one: chara has no flaws and is an innocent angel

this, of course, happened with sans too. his fanon went from "super emotional about everything, especially during his fight" to "he could honestly care less about anything, even his own brother's death"

like, i feel like the complete rejection of ANYTHING that leans even a little bit into "2016 type fanon" is what created this newer fanon that also completely misunderstands the characters

not wanting to paint chara into a bad light at ALL, bc thats what made the cringey 2016 fanon happen, IS what created the "unflawed chara" fanon; bc ppl took away all the REAL flaws chara actually had

not wanting to make sans be emotional about ANYTHING, bc thats what created cringey 2016 fanon, IS what created "completely careless apathetic sans" fanon; bc it boiled down into making sans not care about anything at all

anyway!! dis whole rant was inspired by an actual convo i had where someone said i had been "playing fanontale" bc i mentioned that chara did, in fact, hate humanity n also werent really described to b the best person...... when this is all told to u by asriel himself in the game...... n then i had thoughts abt why this whole "they would not fucking say that" thing happens with characters that would, in fact, fucking say that..... yehahh