Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-32182236-20181115152749

"Is it impossible to kill Gerson, because the crystals of his cave are casting an invisible forcefield, preventing you from striking him, or is it because you literally cannot, due to some obscure exclusive mechanic?"

It's the latter. After all, what does Gerson have to say about it? "I know you can't here."

Gerson makes note of this law. All the other shopkeepers follow said law.

"Did I mention I hate nitpicking?"

Why? A flaw is a flaw. Even one inconsistency should be enough to say a theory is wrong. That's how science works.

"In summary, when it comes to obscure mechanics in UT, do you:

A) ignore them,

B) integrate them inclusively (i.e. no new rules introduced),

C) integrate them exclusively (i.e. new rules ahoy)."

A is the worst possible option. B usually works, and I use that in the Asriel fight. You are the one to use C in the Asriel fight. What's with that? You have an inclusive explanation right in front of you! If you mean the HUD, remember, they're integrated into the WORLD of Undertale. A simulation doesn't qualify as a world. Besides, that brings us right into the Sans paradox. You've mentioned time and time again that Sans should obviously KNOW he's in a simulation because he's not an idiot. I agree with that premise. He SHOULD. That is, if it actually IS one. I say he figured out it wasn't one by finding the real laws. And hacking CAN'T be canon, because that makes the Dirty Hacker Ending canon, where Sans DOES demonstrate knolwedge of there being a simulation, even as he acts AGAINST that knolwedge throughout the main game, creating a contradiction. If it wasn't for those two problems, I'd go rigt onto the simulation hypothesis. And I honestly see that as a real possibility for Deltarune.