Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28175157-20160624105722/@comment-27620479-20160702043433

Let's not forget, that Chara and Flowey are soulless.

Also, that even though Flowey had that excuse, and probably intention, he soon started to have a bigger aim. He wants the souls Asgore collected, and in the Asriel boss fight, he is already going for destroying the world. On the genocide route, he is actively helping someone else kill, and he knows full well that he can't restore the world himself.

Finally, the player isn't soulless, and may already act as Flowey. They certainly act as him in other games, where pacifist options are limited, and no mercy is encouraged, but in Undertale, it is the other way round. The player, who can clearly feel compassion, who doesn't come close to abused-into-being-suicidal-, or turned-into-flower kids, didn't sacrifice themself all for nothing, is already playing with people who are, within the game's universe, living beings with friends and families, but for them, they are mere toys. This is a clear look who's talking situation.