Spoilers.

[achievementhunter]

 

The Omniscience Meme

You now know your entire canon! All of those things that happened before you were born, when you weren't in the room, after you died... it's all there, in your head.

...And in the mind of everyone else, for that matter. Now what?

• Comment with your characters. They now know everything that went on in their canon. Hooray for omniscience!
• Others comment to them ALSO knowing their canon. Oops.
• ????
• Profit.


Example: The Drifter now knows that at the end of their quest, they really will die. And so does Guzma. And Osomatsu. And-

Comments

[prettypurpleparlor]

[She should not, she thinks, know this truth in this manner, without their permission. It is not something to which she has a right.]

[But it is foolish and pointless to say that something should not happen, after it has already occurred. The fact of the matter is that here and now she does know. Therefore, she has a responsibility.]

There are many things for which an apology is woefully inadequate- and yet one still must be made, because a wrong cannot be addressed until it is acknowledged.

The apology I made to Frisk before was more inadequate than I realized, since I didn't know the full extent of the wrong I did. I will be addressing this with them.

I had not made any apology to you, because I didn't know you were ever there at all. But you were, and you were harmed and wronged as they were by what I did.

[Her tone is calm, even- not uncaringly happy, or dripping with guilt, merely... stating a fact. She knows the truth, and must therefore speak the truth.]

So: for all that you have suffered at my hands, and for all I did not prevent, I am sorry.

[achievementhunter]

[Of course she would have something to say about this now. In hindsight, it's so much simpler to apologize for what you've done- sixteen deaths on your conscience, even if you can't remember them.

By contrast, Chara never forgot.

The fact that she addresses Frisk first- they close their eyes, for a moment, and though they're no less scornful when they open, something in the child extinguishes.

They are, for all the world to see, far too old. And far too tired.]

I suggest you discuss it with Frisk, then.

As for us- I would have killed you eventually. And I assure you, ma'am, that unlike my Partner, I am hardly sorry for my own actions.

[So are you really sorry?]

[prettypurpleparlor]

[It is easier to look back at things with the comfort of time and perspective than to deal with them in the moment... but, then again, if she had remembered, had known from the start, would she have even done it in the first place?]

[Muffet, at this point, is fairly certain of two things: Time travel is a damned pain in the ass. And no child should ever have to look that weary.]

At the first available opportunity, I intend to.

And yes, I... remember that too, now. But your actions don't cancel out mine, I think, any more than mine cancel out yours- what I did was still wrong, and I am still sorry for it.

If one has to be entirely pure in thought and deed, in any timeline, to deserve to live... I'm not sure any of us really make the cut. ...Well, possibly Monster Kid. But it seems rather unfair to leave the poor child all alone.

[achievementhunter]

Then you're a fool.

[Their actions cancel out everything. It didn't take a genius to see it; that the Underground she was born into was wholly and utterly warped due to them. Hers may not cancel out their own.

But at the end of the day, who's to say what her choice would have been, had she not grown in a world devoid of hope.]

That child hardly makes the cut either.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Perhaps, yes.

But even if it turns out I'm making a foolish choice, I'd prefer to stick with it long enough to find out. There's a reason I've always tended towards purple magic, after all.

[Persistent to a fault.]

[And if Chara thinks that her world was entirely without hope, she'd say they're not paying attention- or perhaps, understandably, paying too much attention to the wrong things.]

[She grew up in a world that was much harsher and sadder than it might have been, yes, and that was partially a result of their own foolish choice... but it was far from hopeless. Asgore's plan was hopeless, right from the start, but when it came to saving her people from their own, smaller trap, she'd never tried to put that burden on him in the first place. And even without him, she would have succeeded.]

[No, maybe one of them grew up without any hope... but she wouldn't say it was her.]

By the skin of their teeth, perhaps- which must be quite strong, the way they use them to grip like that.