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!!This page contains ''massive'' unmarked spoilers for ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', which is the sort of game best gone into blind. Unless you either have already played enough of the game to know Alphys's secret[[labelnote:Why that specific cutoff?]]At that point the vast majority, if not all, of the other relevant spoilers have already been revealed[[/labelnote]], entire Pacifist Route, do not ever intend to play it, or don't care about being spoiled at all, proceed with extreme caution!
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''you can only use your own'' is an AlternateUniverse ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fanfiction series by Feralphoenix. Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/series/369158
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''you can only use your own'' is an AlternateUniverse ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fanfiction series by Feralphoenix. Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/series/369158
org/series/369158 (There's lots of mental health stuff going on in the series, so do heed the tags!)
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** ''live inside a green moment'' has its own ArcWords: "you can't keep your hands to yourself."
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!!This page contains ''massive'' unmarked spoilers for ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', which is the sort of game best gone into blind. Unless you either have already played enough of the game to know Alphys's secret, secret[[labelnote:Why that specific cutoff?]]At that point the vast majority, if not all, of the other relevant spoilers have already been revealed[[/labelnote]], do not ever intend to play it, or don't care about being spoiled at all, proceed with extreme caution!
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!!This page contains ''massive'' unmarked spoilers for ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', which is the sort of game best gone into blind. Unless you either have already played enough of the game to know Alphys's secret, do not ever intend to play it, or don't care about being spoiled at all, proceed with extreme caution!
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: [[spoiler:Chara lives.]]
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* GratuitousCostumeDescription: Asriel lovingly describes his [[ErmineCapeEffect elaborate formalwear]] on several occasions.
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* AffluentAscetic: The Dreemur castles are both very simple, comfortable homes.
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* ErmineCapeEffect: Asriel is very fond of elaborately decorated formalwear, in contrast to Chara's more SimpleYetOpulent tastes.
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* SimpleYetOpulent: Chara favors this style (most notable in their wedding dress), in contrast to Asriel's preference for the ErmineCapeEffect.
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* WarriorPrince: All the royals can fight. Asgore and Chara wield the royal trident, while Toriel and Asriel use magic.
* WhatsUpKingDude: The Dreemurs all make a point of being very available to their subjects, and don't like to pull rank. MK even addresses Asgore as "dude" in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits''.
* WhatsUpKingDude: The Dreemurs all make a point of being very available to their subjects, and don't like to pull rank. MK even addresses Asgore as "dude" in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits''.
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* ModestRoyalty: All the Dreemurs, and later Chara.
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* ThereAreNoTherapistsThereAreNoTherapists: Mental health works very differently for humans and monsters, so there aren't any human psychiatrists in the Underground.
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* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Chara. According to WordOfGod, every time they have a near-death experience they get significantly more white in their hair. [[spoilers:By the end of the last story, Chara is forty years old, and their hair is almost completely white.]]
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* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Chara. According to WordOfGod, every time they have a near-death experience they get significantly more white in their hair. [[spoilers:By [[spoiler:By the end of the last story, Chara is forty years old, and their hair is almost completely white.]]
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-->''"You cannot use someone else's fire; you can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe you have it."''
* AllLowercaseLetters: The titles of each story, as well as that of the series itself, are stylized this way.
* DramaticIrony: In ''a wish you tell a star and no one else'', Chara telling Asriel [[spoiler:that they won't be able to bear his children]] becomes this when the reader realizes that [[spoiler:the really horrible period they suffered not long before this moment was actually a miscarriage, and that neither of the two ever realized it]].
* HandicappedBadass: As a result of the buttercup poisoning, Chara's mobility is somewhat limited, but this doesn't stop them from learning how to fight and eventually becoming Asriel's official honor guard. [[spoiler:Solidified in ''under my skin, there will be flowers'', where they successfully duel Holly (who is ready to kill if she has to) to a standstill.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Asriel and Chara, Chara after the events of ''you in your veil and your pale white dress'', and Asgore and Toriel.Toriel throughout the series.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The six souls in canon (Patience, Bravery, Integrity, Perseverance, Kindness, and Justice) are given the names Prase, Rufus, Innig, Liron, Astis, and Holly, respectively.
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* SexyDiscretionShot:
** After Chara and Asriel become adults, their relationship starts becoming physical, and from then on some scenes end with a fade to black when things get heated between them. Averted in the side stories ''live inside a green moment'' and ''seal our lips until we're found'', which show the act in detail.
** Liron/Astis and Rufus/Innig get scenes like this in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits''.
* ShoutOut: Among others, Chara and Prase are established to be fans of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and the novel ''Kitchen'' by Banana Yoshimoto[[note]]a passage from which is quoted in the canon game, during the Genocide route encounter with Royal Guards 01 and 02[[/note]] is shown to be one of Chara's favorite books.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Chara and Asriel, due to Chara surviving the buttercup poisoning and Asriel thus never absorbing their soul and getting attacked by humans, as well as the owners of the six human souls, due to Asgore never declaring war on humans in this timeline.
** After Chara and Asriel become adults, their relationship starts becoming physical, and from then on some scenes end with a fade to black when things get heated between them. Averted in the side stories ''live inside a green moment'' and ''seal our lips until we're found'', which show the act in detail.
** Liron/Astis and Rufus/Innig get scenes like this in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits''.
* ShoutOut: Among others, Chara and Prase are established to be fans of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and the novel ''Kitchen'' by Banana Yoshimoto[[note]]a passage from which is quoted in the canon game, during the Genocide route encounter with Royal Guards 01 and 02[[/note]] is shown to be one of Chara's favorite books.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Chara and Asriel, due to Chara surviving the buttercup poisoning and Asriel thus never absorbing their soul and getting attacked by humans, as well as the owners of the six human souls, due to Asgore never declaring war on humans in this timeline.
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* ThemeNaming: All six of the other children are given five-letter names that relate to the concept of joy, to match Chara and Frisk's names.
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* CommonalityConnection: Chara gains Frisk's trust by showing them their SelfHarm scars, proving that Frisk isn't alone in their troubles.
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* TroubledFetalPosition: Chara spends a good deal of ''under my skin, there will be flowers'' curled up in a chair.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Every single fallen human.
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* SelfHarm: Chara struggles with this for the entire series.
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Played more positively than most examples. The only humans Chara can stand are the other fallen.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Played more positively than most examples. The only humans Chara can stand are the other fallen.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Liron.
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* FriendVersusLover: Asriel and Prase do ''not'' like each other, primarily because they met when Asriel's relationship with Chara was turning toxic. [[spoiler:While they've somewhat patched things up, Chara will still spend time with Prase when they need some space from Asriel.]]
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* SignificantHairstyleChange: Prase has one in every book in which they appear (that's ''somebody out there needs you'' to the end of the series, minus the side stories).
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* ArcWords: Variations of "it wouldn't be so bad, being your heart".
* BigEater: Frisk.
* BigEater: Frisk.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Chara considers seeing their blood family again, even in passing, to be this. No exaggeration whatsoever. They actually ''attempt suicide'' to avoid any risk of it.]]
* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:Chara tries to put Asriel in one in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'' to force him to allow them to commit suicide: either let them die or take their soul. He manages to TakeAThirdOption and talk them down.]]
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* TheLastDance: [[spoiler:Chapter 8 of ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'' is supposed to be this for Chara. Subverted in that they end up surviving.]]
* TheLastDance: [[spoiler:Chapter 8 of ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'' is supposed to be this for Chara. Subverted in that they end up surviving.]]
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The books of the series are:
1. ''someone else's fire'': Chara is dying. Asriel has a secret to keep.
2. ''somebody out there needs you'': Chara is suffering from a mysterious ailment. Another human recently fell, though, and they might have some answers.
3. ''love does not make me gentle or kind'': Asriel is worried about Chara. Prase thinks this is going too far.
4. ''the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul'': Chara has something to prove to Asriel.
Side story: ''live inside a green moment'': Asriel and Chara celebrate having patched up their relationship.
5. ''a wish you tell a star and no one else'': Asriel prepares for his coronation, and something else as well.
6. ''you in your veil and your pale white dress'': Chara figures some things out and prepares for their wedding.
Side story: ''seal our lips until we're found'': Asriel and Chara enjoy their wedding night.
7. ''under my skin, there will be flowers'': Chara makes good on their promise to protect Asriel.
8. ''to rest in crypts and wake in gardens'': Chara and Asriel meet Frisk.
9. ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'': Asriel prepares to change the world forever. Chara has a secret to keep.
1. ''someone else's fire'': Chara is dying. Asriel has a secret to keep.
2. ''somebody out there needs you'': Chara is suffering from a mysterious ailment. Another human recently fell, though, and they might have some answers.
3. ''love does not make me gentle or kind'': Asriel is worried about Chara. Prase thinks this is going too far.
4. ''the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul'': Chara has something to prove to Asriel.
Side story: ''live inside a green moment'': Asriel and Chara celebrate having patched up their relationship.
5. ''a wish you tell a star and no one else'': Asriel prepares for his coronation, and something else as well.
6. ''you in your veil and your pale white dress'': Chara figures some things out and prepares for their wedding.
Side story: ''seal our lips until we're found'': Asriel and Chara enjoy their wedding night.
7. ''under my skin, there will be flowers'': Chara makes good on their promise to protect Asriel.
8. ''to rest in crypts and wake in gardens'': Chara and Asriel meet Frisk.
9. ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'': Asriel prepares to change the world forever. Chara has a secret to keep.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Chara. [[spoiler:Twice.]] Asriel ends up saving them [[spoiler:both times.]]
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* PlotDrivingSecret: Chara's illness being the result of poisoning themself is this for ''someone else's fire''. [[spoiler:Asriel ends up telling the secret and saving them.]]
* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Chara. According to WordOfGod, every time they have a near-death experience they get significantly more white in their hair.
* SayYourPrayers: [[spoiler:When Chara is about to attempt suicide in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'', they say a Hebrew prayer that's traditionally used as last words. Subverted in that they survive.]]
* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Chara. According to WordOfGod, every time they have a near-death experience they get significantly more white in their hair.
* SayYourPrayers: [[spoiler:When Chara is about to attempt suicide in ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'', they say a Hebrew prayer that's traditionally used as last words. Subverted in that they survive.]]
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* EternalLove: [[spoiler:Chara suggests that they and Asriel could have this in the last chapter of ''we light ourselves up from the deepest of pits'' if he absorbs their soul. He refuses.]]
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* InterspeciesRomance: Asriel and Chara.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: One of Chara's objections to marrying Asriel is that they'll continue to grow old while he stays young forever. It doesn't end up stopping them.
* NotBloodSiblings: Downplayed. Chara was raised by Asriel's family, but considers Asgore and Toriel too loving to think of as parents, since their blood parents were abusive.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: One of Chara's objections to marrying Asriel is that they'll continue to grow old while he stays young forever. It doesn't end up stopping them.
* NotBloodSiblings: Downplayed. Chara was raised by Asriel's family, but considers Asgore and Toriel too loving to think of as parents, since their blood parents were abusive.
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!! ''you can only use your own'' contains examples of:
*AbusiveParents: Most of the fallen humans had them.
*AngerBornOfWorry: Asriel is prone to this, invariably directed at Chara. [[spoiler:It eventually devolves into codependency. He gets better.]]
*CastFullOfGay: Most of the characters are LGBT+. Justified in that less-than-privileged people are far more likely to climb the mountain.
*ChildhoodFriendRomance: Asriel and Chara.
*CoupledCouples: Astis/Liron and Innig/Rufus, later on.
*DeclarationOfProtection: Chara becoming Asriel's honor guard.
*GoodParents: Most of the families in the Underground, as a deliberate contrast to the AbusiveParents most of the fallen humans had.
*GrowOldWithMe: Chara angsts about not being able to have this with Asriel.
*HappilyAdopted: Chara, by Asgore and Toriel, and later Frisk, by Asriel and Chara.
*HappilyMarried: Asriel and Chara, Asgore and Toriel.
*OfficialCouple: Asriel and Chara.
*ParentalAbandonment: Frisk was abandoned on the
*TeamMom: Astis.
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''you can only use your own'' is an AlternateUniverse ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fanfiction series by Feralphoenix. Read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/series/369158
(Currently working on the page, just wanted to get something posted ASAP. Reload in a bit!)
(Currently working on the page, just wanted to get something posted ASAP. Reload in a bit!)
