Talk:Sans/@comment-27973696-20160313230110/@comment-27701762-20160313234936

I'm a bit lost. By "Omega Flowey" are you referring to saving the souls during the fight against Asriel? That is my assumption. Maybe you're referring to just before Asriel, when Flowey has all of the other characters trapped. But what indication is there that Sans isn't helping? The argument, I think, is that Sans can teleport and thus should be destroying Flowey, but this argument would assume that Sans can escape. If he can't escape, then it doesn't matter how much he might want to help, he just can't. I don't quite follow with "he doesn't even throw one bone attack at you." I suppose you're using his "why even try" line as an indication that he isn't attacking, but this line of logic would lead to other problems in the same fight (namely with Alphys). I think the better interpretation is that the "unsaved" souls represent the characters before their interactions with the player, and in the case of Sans the "why even try" line is meant to be an indication of his...well...apathy.

I take the point that Sans may very well be sacrificing his life in the hope of stopping the Genocide route, but this wouldn't be "suicidal," as the point would not be to die, but to stop the player. If we are going to call him "suicidal" because of his fight, then we would need to argue that he would prefer to be dead, which is rather difficult to show given his claim that he "can't afford not to care anymore."