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having finished deltarune ch4... is THAT why people hate toriel now???? an adult woman whose youngest child is in high school isnt allowed to get a little wine drunk on a worknight and dance with a spooky skeleton man???? you people expect a woman to be a gentle selfless caregiver 24/7 meanwhile Asgore is running around stalking his ex wife and rummaging through his neighbor's bathroom. fucking fandom madonna whore complex.

she doesnt know kris and susie are Doing A Deltarune all she knows is that her oldest is in college, her youngest has a new friend and is developing independance, she's had two decades of being a good caring mom, her ex husband is stalking her, and this nice young man from the grocery store likes her jokes and wants to dance with her. let a woman fucking unwind for a night!!!

SO MUCH THIS.

Like don't ya'll think if she knew the context of the plot she'd put things on hold to support Kris and Susie, if not try to handle the situation herself? Only relenting when she's informed they've got "Chosen One" status and have to do the Deltarune?

And on the other side of things, OF COURSE Kris is allowed to feel upset and embarrassed! They're a teenager dealing with the divorce and their older brother leaving the nest too! It's incredibly common for children of divorce to hold onto hope that their parents will get back together, even if the marriage was as toxic as Toriel and Asgore's!

Toriel isn't a bad parent for moving things along in her personal life and Kris isn't a bad kid for holding onto a wish for resolution and being embarrassed she got tipsy! If anything the entire scene is extremely good at making them actual "people" as characters. They have so much depth- and Toby is a master of writing characters that seem like this!