Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27907368-20160506131212/@comment-26347196-20160513170739

Isthereaplace wrote: No, Flowey is Asriel minus the soul, plus enough time to get bored, with the power to avoid consequences. Flowey isn't exactly Asriel, but he is the closest that you can get.

If you have problem with his ideology, it evolved from Asriel's. Even if the two couldn't be more conflicting, Flowey didn't just become a murderous asshole overnight. You have probably missed that he recalls starting with helping everyone. Or that Asriel feels responsible for Flowey's actions, and considers them his own. I get where you're going. Every action that Flowey made would be what Asriel made. Thing is, in the flower form, Asriel lost the ability to really use his morals and emotions to judge what should be the right thing to do because he's soulless now. If you think about it, the person that Flowey has become is much different from what people would think about Asriel.

Physically and ideally, they're the closest thing. Mentally, they're the farthest.