tl;cr meme

[savedbyasong]

STEP ONE: Post with your character!
STEP TWO: Respond to other people's characters with your characters. They will then tell you, in detail, what their character thinks of yours -- and as per the meme's title, tl;dr is encouraged, but not necessary! Don't be afraid to ask others for their characters' first impressions of yours as well.
STEP THREE: Write out tl;dr for whoever comments to you in return.
STEP FOUR: Chat with each other in mutual joy/horror/disgust/delight/confusion at where your CR has gone!
BONUS: Use this for writing up CR charts, or if you already have them written, link to them!

(Stolen shamelessly from the Far Shore)

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[souldeterminant]

AND THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT HONESTLY

It actually... really does mean a lot to Frisk that she does. Like, a lot. It's no secret that they and Chara have been doing everything they can to pull away from everything regarding their old lives, and Muffet is from a category that is about as Old Life as it gets: she's one of the monsters they encountered, and once killed, in the Underground. Aside from Sans, this automatically made her one of the most dangerous people to their plan on principle, and that's why they so adamantly tried to push her away at first.

It didn't take long for Frisk to realize what her tactic actually was, but it surprised them. She respected their sudden heel-face turn, gave them the space they were unable to ask for directly, and proved herself to be an ally to their cause without fully understanding it. Or asking for anything in return -- except the friendship they never wanted to give up with her in the first place.

This meant more to Frisk than they were willing to admit. On the one hand, they knew it wasn't good for the sake of their Plan, to keep trust in someone who knew their true identity; on the other hand, it was incredibly liberating to have someone who not only knew it, but accepted them regardless. Muffet presented herself as someone familiar and safe, and honestly, for a kid so starved for anyone in either category -- there was no way they wouldn't find themself latching onto someone who was both. Even as they reasoned that they had to deny themself those very things.

Muffet's willingness to be a supportive figure for them in everything that they did? It was such a relief that Frisk didn't know they needed. It brought them a sense of safe familiarity in the same realm as Chara does; not in the same sense, obviously, but in her own, important way. At the end of the day, she's an adult, and for the kids, adults are synonymous with people they want to rely on but have continuously been disappointed by. To have Muffet -- someone who strives to be the kind of adult they can trust -- in their corner, a determined reminder that they haven't truly let go of everything that they once had, only served to plant the idea in Frisk's head that maybe they don't have to force things to be this way.

They're still figuring that out. And Muffet is still helping.