Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26905610-20160225224529/@comment-27701762-20160226000413

I could try putting up a lot of little points, but I'm not sure how much they could do to convince you, as your central argument seems to be that you want a complete reversal of Asgore's personality: he should act as a fierce defender when facing Chara and refuse to fight when facing Frisk.

Perhaps it'd be better to view Asgore as a tragic character: he does not and never wanted to fight, and in fact tries to do everything in his power to avoid fighting, but once faced with the reality of his own decision (i.e. to decree that any human who enters the Underground must be killed so their soul can be collected), he very reluctantly fights. In fact, every interaction you have with Asgore has to do with him forcing himself to overcome that reluctance.

I'd appreciate a link to the evidence about Asgore's attack power increasing over the course of the fight. The only information I've ever seen on Asgore has to do with the things that decrease his attack power (talking to him and eating the pie), and the fact that no attack from Asgore will take you from more than 1 HP down to 0. I am aware that the attacks become harder to dodge as the fight continues on, but it would probably be better to view this as a necessity of creating challenge to the fight, rather than an indication of Asgore's personality, since it would be rather boring if Asgore A) used the exact same attacks over and over, or B) used easier attacks as the battle goes on.