Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190617222636/@comment-26006155-20190711100625

I found a very detail still-picture breakdown of a Let's Play of Undertale at https://lparchive.org/Undertale/Update%2004/

Toriel has an old calendar from "The Beginning of 201X" on the left side of the stairwell.

Ok, Toriels' house contains the passage: "Trapped behind the barrier and fearful of further human attacks, we retreated. Far, far into the earth we walked, until we reached the cavern's end. This was our new home, which we named... "Home". As great as our king is, he is pretty lousy at names." https://youtu.be/zNV2TOF2PC0?list=PLMBYlcH3smRzDtisspG0VIwJ0oZRakaIF&t=2429

And the Librarby has the passage: "Fearing the humans no longer, we moved out of our old city, HOME. We braved harsh cold, damp swampland, and searing heat... Until we reached what we now call our capital. NEW HOME. Again, our King is really bad at names..." https://youtu.be/2eHI4IE1knY?t=108

Ok.. here's what we learned from these two passages.

Despite behing behind the Barrier, the monsters were still afraid of human attacks.

The passage in Toriel's house comes before the one in the Librarby, because of the second reference to how bad Asgore is at picking names.

The first passage is actually talking about the founding of THE RUINS. The monsters began by where Asgore's Castle now is, then found the new home named, "HOME". Which is the name of Toriels' house.

The second passage talks about how the monsters left Home/The Ruins, because they were no longer afraid of human attacks, and how they traveled through the Underground (it's all in order from the cold to the swamps to Hotland) back to "New Home", where Asgore's city currently is.

So for some reason, the monsters were afraid of human attacks even behind the Barrier at first, then lost that fear and returned to where they had started.

So when the monsters originally were sealed in the Underground, it was through a doorway that links to Asgore's Castle.

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So why were the monsters still afraid of human attacks even behind the Barrier?

And why did they stop being afraid, and return to where they had come from?