Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28067574-20160905085918/@comment-27701762-20160906185700

Yfcnvwifeuv wrote:That's true, but imagine a school play is being held, and there's a boy and there's a girl. Unless both of the kids REALLY want to, the organisers are not going to independently cast them both as opposite roles. But it isn't a "school play." Nor are there any organizers described other than Mettaton.

If we want to use "real life examples" to explain events, then in plays where there is a hero and a damsel in distress, and there are major musical numbers, the ostensibly most important number is that sung by the damsel. Meaning that Mettaton, desiring the most fame he can get, would not pass up the opportunity to take the starring role for himself. Thus Frisk is forced to "play" the hero. How Frisk is "cast" has no bearing on their gender.

Sorry that I didn't make it more clear. That's what I meant. It's just an example of unnecessity. If it doesn't make sense that Frisk roleplays Alphys since she's right there, it wouldn't make sense for Mettaton to roleplay as a girl if Frisk is already a girl. Frisk roleplaying as Alphys makes it confusing, but it is a choice that Frisk gets to make. It is only confusing for Alphys in that specific situation. The "unnecessity" comes from the fact that Alphys pretends to be someone else while the person she is roleplaying with pretends to be her. There is no specific "unnecessity" that arises from Mettaton's musical number, as if the play has the damsel sing a musical number, it cannot be expected that Frisk will put on a dress and start singing in contrast to their behavior for the entire game.