There is nothing I hate more than not having control.
[That's a truth that comes out easily, because it's one of the most vehement truths they have. Why do they hate humanity so much? What did they feel on that bed of golden flowers? What drove them to help their partner eradicate all of the monsters they had once been willing to die for, to claim ownership of that vile, loathsome timeline? What makes their gut clench with mistrust and fear when faced with adults and all the abhorrent power in their too-big, too-warm hands?]
I think... I would rather be a demon than be a victim.
[Is there anything worse than worthless pity? Is there anything more painful than being a cautionary tale, an unavoidable tragedy, the sad little footnote that has to be left behind in the poor prince's story?]
[A single human who was willing to hear that monster in the flowerbed out. A single teacher or neighbour who was willing to ask the question that needed to be asked. A single person pointing out that the lesson that had been taught was perhaps not the best one to have learned. How many Resets were born of Papyrus believing in them? How many were born of choosing to spare the one and only monster who had been willing to stand up to another monster for you, and seeing the tension leave their face as they announced they KNEW it, they had to tell Undyne she was wrong about you?]
I would rather live in a world where cruelty isn't senseless or unavoidable. I would rather have a world with villains, because they can be stopped. An uncaring, hostile universe cannot.
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[That's a truth that comes out easily, because it's one of the most vehement truths they have. Why do they hate humanity so much? What did they feel on that bed of golden flowers? What drove them to help their partner eradicate all of the monsters they had once been willing to die for, to claim ownership of that vile, loathsome timeline? What makes their gut clench with mistrust and fear when faced with adults and all the abhorrent power in their too-big, too-warm hands?]
I think... I would rather be a demon than be a victim.
[Is there anything worse than worthless pity? Is there anything more painful than being a cautionary tale, an unavoidable tragedy, the sad little footnote that has to be left behind in the poor prince's story?]
I would rather be dead than be a victim.
[Anything is better than helplessness.]
I can't think of anything I loathe more than that... blasé passivity. There were a thousand points where it could have been stopped. Ten thousand points where someone could have spoken up or acted differently and diverted it all. Tragedies only snowball when people decide from the get-go that it's something that cannot be helped.
[A single human who was willing to hear that monster in the flowerbed out. A single teacher or neighbour who was willing to ask the question that needed to be asked. A single person pointing out that the lesson that had been taught was perhaps not the best one to have learned. How many Resets were born of Papyrus believing in them? How many were born of choosing to spare the one and only monster who had been willing to stand up to another monster for you, and seeing the tension leave their face as they announced they KNEW it, they had to tell Undyne she was wrong about you?]
I would rather live in a world where cruelty isn't senseless or unavoidable. I would rather have a world with villains, because they can be stopped. An uncaring, hostile universe cannot.