Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27136653-20160926150813/@comment-27701762-20161109212207

Tsskyx wrote: Ok, one more update on this: Perhaps as Asriel absorbed Chara's soul, their combined power was so huge that even the dust left after Asriel when he died got something out of it. Perhaps that's where Flowey got his magic from, the powerful, magic-soaked dust :D I mentioned that possibility originally. Or more appropriately, I mentioned that the process of absorbing Asriel's essence gave Flowey magical powers (which would work regardless of whether it is Asriel alone or the combined Asriel/Chara soul). It works, though it is observationally equivalent to the explanation that living matter has the ability to manipulate magic innately, and so Flowey had access to magic simply because he is a plant. There's not really a way to prove which explanation is right. But it does provide a satisfactory solution.