Susan

## Susan Torres

Susan Torres is Frisk and Aidrian's biological mother. She was emotionally abusive toward them and their sister Aidrian. She makes Frisk out to be a martyr to further her anti-monster campaign.

By word of god, Susan is a clear example of a Karen with a massive victim complex, but if called one, she would be offended [14].

## History

Susan was raised in a bad household and her parents were controlling and hypercritical. As a way to get some semblance of autonomy in her life, she rebelled [9]. She and her husband are both from Kansas [4], but Susan moved to Canada because her parents disapproved of her marrying Armando because he was Filipino[6]. They also severed all ties with their other relatives and kept their children isolated from them [20].

They abused Frisk for a few reasons. Marriage problems was the primary one. Frisk was also born despite her and her husband using birth control. Finally, Aidrian was so wild that they couldn't adequately punish her so the additional stress was reflected onto Frisk [5]. The extra cost of living combined with her husband hating his job created a toxic environment to grow up in [1]. Divorce wasn't an option as neither of them could survive without the other [3].

Interestingly enough, Susan and Armando do actually love each other. When they married, both of them knew that they'd need to leave everything behind. Still, they are no longer the optimistic young people they were, with the responsibilities of adulthood making them jaded. Funnily enough, Susan and Armando were still better parents than the ones that raised them, but they still managed to traumatize both of their children [23].

When Frisk asked to be called Frisk, Susan shut that down hard insulting them for picking their own "nickname" and reminding them they had no friends [16]. Had Frisk not run away when they did, they would have become physically abusive [2]. When Frisk ran away and never came back, Susan and Armando did search for them [21] before eventually giving up and mourn and were guilty about the way they had treated them, but Susan projected this guilt onto the monsters, leading to her toxic views on them as a whole [12]. She is also convinced that the monsters had killed more children than just the 4th wall kids as well as Frisk [21]. When she, Armando, and Frisk went to see Aidrian's high school production of Cats, she found it somewhat confusing, but liked the music [19]. She held a funeral for Frisk, but didn't invite Aidrian and used Frisk's deadname [17].

When Armando confronted her about Frisk having run away because they couldn't stand living with them, they argued before separating, neither being able to stomach the idea of divorce. Susan is currently living on the couch of some acquaintances while doing "activism" [23].

### Sweet Dreams And Nice Creams

Susan is first mentioned (and partially seen in a flashback) by Frisk in this arc. Frisk explains that Susan is the main reason why they ran away to Mount Ebott. She was awful to Frisk, as treating her like a dog.

## Family

Unnamed Mother

Unnamed Father

Unnamed Brother

Armando Torres - Husband

Aidrian Torres - Biological Daughter

Frisk Dreemurr - Biological Child

## Trivia

* She still collects pig-related paraphernalia [8].
* Interestingly, despite her racism against monsters, she has only every said the n-word once [10].
* She doesn't smoke [11].
* Her taste in baby names tend to lean more masculine regardless of the child's gender [13].
* Susan believes therapists are "for crazy people" and thus never allowed any of her family to visit one because it would mean admitting she has a problem [15].
* There are times where she feels sympathy for other people [18].
* Susan rationalizes that being gay is a choice because she hasn't realized that she's bisexual and reasons that since she could have been kissing girls but chose not to, that that is the case for all women [22].
* She does not understand trans people, and understands nonbinary trans people even less. While her ideology leans into terf territory, in truth she has never put much thought into them [24].

## References

[2] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/152543856992/did-ass-hats-become-physically-abusive
[3] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/152544685362/y-didnt-they-just-get-a-divorce-the-parents
[4] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/184694166167/what-region-is-susan-torres-from
[5] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/168265625232/i-think-that-anon-meant-aidrian
[6] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/184700087757/out-of-curiosity-what-caused-susan-and-her
[7] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/184701605642/what-do-susan-and-uh-her-husband-i-do-not
[8] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/184714777387/did-susan-ever-replace-those-porcelain-pigs-or
[9] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/187425290122/how-was-susans-relationship-with-her-parents
[10] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/187739199232/has-susan-ever-said-the-n-word-once-when-she-saw
[11] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/187894535497/does-susan-smoke-no-but-her-husband-does-tq
[12] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/188116614382/so-when-frisk-went-missing-did-susan-and-her
[13] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/622493737861496832/if-susan-had-had-chara-what-would-she-have-named
[14] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/622493965878444032/is-susan-a-karen
[15] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/633631094260056064/does-susan-have-a-therapist-i-mean-she-obviously
[16] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/635835641948733440/did-frisk-ever-tell-susan-that-they-wanted-to-be
[17] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/636916496960978944/did-susan-have-the-decency-to-give-frisk-a-funeral
[18] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/637830516166590464/so-its-a-good-guess-that-frisky-biological-bit
[19] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/659452775371030528/how-did-susan-like-the-play
[20] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/668117238381985792/so-does-frisk-have-any-other-family-members-that
[21] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/682383391689146368/did-frisks-parents-ever-look-for-them-after-they
[22] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/686120660259553280/susan-psychobitch-torres-would-probably-argue-for
[23] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/686793114267123712/whats-the-relationship-between-frisks-bio