Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4504826-20160426040035/@comment-5629290-20160511001957

How do you define a person? It's implied that Flowey's consciousness is the continuation of Asriel's consciousness, so from his perspective he's been both. But then people are also defined by how they think and feel, and by that metric Flowey and Asriel are very different individuals. But not completely different; they share some memories and some desires. There's no clear answer, which explains why people's feelings vary so wildly on how it felt to kill Flowey.

My take? Flowey was part of Asriel, a pathetic and spiteful part of him, but still a part. There was a certain amount of satisfaction in seeing him realize his enormous mistake in siding with Chara, but regardless of whether he deserved what he got, it was still sad to watch. He didn't have my sympathy for what he did, but he had my pity, I guess is what I'm saying.