Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26173722-20180625135942

So, stop me if you've already heard this before. I've seen people say Frisk is Chara reincarnated but I haven't seen anyone explain how that's possible, so this is my explanation.

Remember when Alphys brought Flowey to life? Flowey is Asriel reincarnated but without his soul, but when Asriel died he had both his own soul and Chara's. It's not specfically stated how Alphys brought Flowey to life, but it's likely she did so by injecting the flower with determination which not only affected the remanants of Asriel's soul but also affected Chara's soul.

Humans aren't like monsters. Their bodies are made of water not magic, and their souls persist after death. I purpose that Chara's soul, after Alphys created Flowey, returned to her own body which was burried in the Ruins, in the exact spot where Frisk woke up.

Of course, bringing back the dead doesn't necessarily bring them back exactly the way they were, as seen with Flowey and the Amalgyms. This is why Frisk isn't exactly the same as Chara but why Frisk can still be controled by Chara sometimes and has their memories.

However, Frisk is not the same as Chara. Frisk was brought back used by being injected the determination from the six souls. Those souls don't seem to be as vindictive as Chara, and made Frisk a much kinder person than Chara was.

Frisk, however, is mostly being controlled by the player and your actions influence who gets the most control out of the two of them.

The one thing that most people have the most trouble with when it comes to the Frisk is Chara theory is that Frisk has their own name. This I can also explain.

Frisk goes by the name of the fallen child for most of the game. Nobody ever calls them that, except for Asriel at the end, but it's on their status screen the whole game. As far as Frisk themselves are concerned, they are the same person.

They only start being called Frisk at the end of the journey after completing the pacifist run. This is when Frisk completely seperates themselves from Chara and become their own character.

As for where the name comes from, I have a few ideas.

Just like how LOVE and EXP are short for Level of Violence and Execution Points, I believe Frisk is short for something too.

Perhaps Friendly Soul Kid, or Friendless Soul Killer, depending on what ending you go for.

There's more I could say but I haven't figured it all out yet. 