Badeline

Badeline (fanbase and internal name, referred to in-game as Part of You, see Trivia) is the main antagonist later turned deuteragonist of Celeste who haunts Madeline from Chapter 2 onward, trying to stop her from climbing the mountain.

Appearance
Badeline is petite like Madeline and has long purple hair, pale skin, and red eyes. She wears a purple jacket with black pants and boots, resembling, in Theo's eyes, a "goth version of Madeline". In game, she generally appears levitating in the air surrounded by a purple aura. In her official art she has no aura, but is still depicted levitating in the air. Like Madeline, she has one wayward curl in her hair.

Personality
In Chapter 2, Badeline states that she considers herself Madeline's "pragmatic" side. Madeline states in Chapter 6 that she is paranoid, controlling, and cruel. Badeline is sarcastic and her anger is often provoked during the storyline before she and Madeline make amends. This is seen at the beginning of Chapter 6, when Madeline is nearing the top of the mountain.

Badeline seems to be the insecure part of Madeline, embodying, among other things, her fears: loneliness, inadequacy, failure, hopelessness, etc. She thinks in a more logical way rather than following her heart like Madeline is seen to do throughout the story. Badeline hates being incriminated, and this provokes her anger in the Mirror temple. She believes in dealing with her problems beforehand rather than making mistakes and sorting them out later. Badeline is a powerful magical entity, capable of breaking through multiple feet of hard rock when in an excited or depressed state.

Quotes
"You are not a mountain climber." (Chapter 2A-2) Madeline

"Let's go home together." (Chapter 2A-2)

"You think you're above me!?" (Chapter 6A-1)

"Take one more step and I'll make you regret it!" (Chapter 6A-3)

"Can I take partial credit for this?" (Epilogue)

Trivia

 * She is only referred to as Badeline internally and in the game's Steam trading cards. Throughout the entire game she is only referred to as "Part of You/Me".
 * She is also referred to as "ghost" in the graphics folder.


 * Badeline is the only character who sticks herself out of the speech textbox ingame. [citation needed]