Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31619784-20170328162322/@comment-29855659-20170402114806

I think you can't really answer these questions yet, because there are still a lot of other questions. I think you said, that you can't believe that "a little child can destroy the world just because it's determined". Apparently you assume that Chara is a little child. But no one really knows what exactly Chara is. Chara says they are a "demon", Asgore seems to think of the possessed Frisk as a monster ( probably metaphorical ) and most others think of Chara as a human. I think we can all agree that Chara is some kind of undead creature. What powers do these have?

I think Chara's claim to be in control is actually true. After all they are "the demon that comes when their name is called". When do you call their name? At the beginning of the game! If you want to access the world of Undertale you need to call, i.e. awaken the human child. And everything you do causes your stats to grow. Even on pacifist you earn GOLD and this is a stat too. Chara lets you play so that you can "feed" him stats until they are strong enough to actively take control of Frisk. Gold is apparently not as "saturating" as EXP, since they don't take over in True Pacifist or Neutral Runs. So they are, from a certain point of view, in control. You might think "Wait. I can SAVE and RESET, so I am more powerful!". Well if you save you still can't get every ending. And you want to know what happens if you kill one character or befriend another character. So you have to reset. And if you reset you call Chara's name once again. You can't reset. Chara can. And they allow you to reset because otherwise you won't get the Genocide Ending. Also, humans can survive death with their determination. If you get stronger in the Genocide Path Chara somehow is resurrected. So everything you do in the Genocide Run gives Chara more determination.

Would you still say that you are in control?