Agere Asriel headcanons + art!
I’ve never seen anyone make an age regressed Asriel and today I’m just noticing his regression would make the most sense considering what he’s been through. So I’m going to start sharing some headcanons for regressed Asriel.
He’s a perma-regressor. When he dusted he was 7 or 8 years old, and when he was given the opportunity to have a soul, he came back in 16 (or 17) body, with a 7 year olds mind.
His little age fluctuates between 4 and 8
He’s a huge crybaby.
He’s somewhat sensitive and easily spooked.
He’s very attached to Toriel and his Asgore.
He bites his claws when he anxious or overwhelmed.
He likes to be held but doesn’t feel like he deserves to be held because of the things he did as a flower, so he just doesn’t ask. (Toriel knows to hold him anyway.)
When he wakes up from nightmares in distress Frisk climbs onto his bed and hugs him until he falls asleep. (Sometimes Toriel will have them both gather onto her bed and hold them close or read them a story)
His father doesn’t live with the 3 of them so every time Asriel visits he steals one of his father’s capes to take home with him so he can have his father with him. He uses it as a blanket sometimes.
Asriel sees a therapist twice a week and they are very much informed about Asriel’s regression. It’s something they discuss and with a lot in office.
On the surface, he’s in the same grade as Frisk because he technically never went got a 3rd grade education.