Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27997069-20160317174518/@comment-27907368-20160408053706

I cut the piece explaining myself from the previous post. I have no want to be treated like a Smiley Trashbag again and it wouldn't enhance the message here.

First and foremost:

How is Chara a meta-fictive character? They offer no awareness that they are in a work of fiction which would make them meta-fictive. They know about loading and saving - big deal. They know about STATS as well? Whatever. So does Flowey. So does sans when he judges you. It's a part of the fiction itself for them, nothing above it.

Chara offers awareness of timelines and of the Player, but why would they not? They don't exist in the actual timeline or physical realm of the Underground.

A few traits of meta-fictive characters:
 * They must show awareness that they are in a fiction. This is oftentimes through commentary of the fiction's nuances (title, typeface, artistic style, attack system).
 * This commentary typically poses questions about the relationship between fiction and reality.
 * Commentary forces viewers to realize that they are looking at a fictional work and not reality.

I think you're grinding an axe way too hard, here. There's no commentary or enhanced meaning offered by Chara because they fail to recognize that they are in a work of fiction. They operate within their reality and make no attempt to tie it to actual reality.

Come to think of it, there is a lot of instances of metafiction in Undertale but none to be found in Chara. That's probably due to the nature of their character, though. All bosses explain attacks as if they can see your heart. Tem knows how often you've died. Turtle guy knows that you can't hurt him. Character's alter the name of the .exe.