Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32182236-20190721003717/@comment-26907577-20190928134106

Hmm... Cui bono, cui bono. What does anybody get out of acting for Undertale?

But I think we have a workaround in the meantime.

If Hard Mode is canon, then our theories don't change. Because we just stop theorizing about Undertale... and start theorizing about a doubly-fictional universe with the same plot, history and events as Undertale. The game was never in reality to begin with, so a conspiracy is just another layer.

Under this interpretation, Hard Mode is canon to Undertale, but not to Undertaletale, where Toriel is out of character as the dying parent.

Still thinking about why they would want you to be convinced that the world is 'real' on some level.