Undyne speaks to the part of me that was obsessed with fighting games. I felt like if I could just get strong enough, then people would have to take me seriously. This fucker can't say I don't exist if I can perfect-KO him, right? But that's not how the world works. And it made me fucking miserable when I lost.

But Undyne is the positive side of all of that. In her strength, she doesn't have to care what people think. She's respected, mostly, not feared. She fights to protect, not to destroy.

A better role model than Marisa Kirisame, anyway. But without a body, you take what you can get, I guess.

@Dauntless It's telling how Monster Kid at first imagines Undyne beating up their teachers but then they take it back: "Nah, she'd be too cool for that."

You have to wonder though just what she had to fight. Other monsters? Cave-critters? How'd she lose the eye?

@kara_dreamer Y'know, that's a good question, and I think it speaks to kind of... the storybook nature of Undertale as a work. A royal guard exists, despite there being nothing in the universe for it to guard against, right?

I think I like the thought of "amorphous blob shadows that periodically show up" more than anything. Other monsters? Infighting? Then suddenly you've introduced Game of Thrones politics, and that feels... more than just wrong to me. Like violating something sacred.

Course, that's just my take.