Talk:True Pacifist Route/@comment-35030974-20191220212248/@comment-28707994-20191228074214

To quote my favorite page from Endertale:

Asgore: ''The chance to undo every single thing I've done, every atrocity I've committed erased... that would seem like an ideal power to have, wouldn't it? After all, I've done deplorable things in the past. Reversing that would've been something I wanted back then. But even from the sake of argument, that the ability was real... I don't think I could ever bring myself to use it. Right now, I am content. My people have finally reached the surface after so many years in the dark.... And now we have the sun and the stars, my family is safe and happy, and I have this cabin surrounded by nature and quiet. There isn't a thing I would change.''

Frisk: ''Not even if you could stop yourself from taking these human SOULs? But why?''

Asgore: ''Because, little one, I'm afraid that's not how life is supposed to work. I made my bed with these choices of mine, and now I must lie in it. These are the consequences of my actions. Not even an old kind like me should be free of those. Only looking at the past isn't healthy, Frisk. If you only think about what you could've done before, you'll miss the chance to decide on what to do now. If you have the determination to, you can learn from your past mistakes instead of running away from them. Become the person you want to here and that's really what matters.''

I think Endertale is really touching because it teaches that consequences aren't just to punish you for what you did wrong, but to make you a better person than before. The most important part of the experience is to learn a lesson and stick to it for the future, because ironically, beating yourself up with guilt won't make you any better.