Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-27136653-20180709090452

MysteriousMalice

"I clearly and EXPLICITY say that anything meta should not be used unless it's mentioned to happen, have happened, or be happening."

Cool. So the entire game then.

"Everything else that's meta that's played for laughs, treated like a joke, or never mentioned in-game despite happening (Mettaton and Flowey changing the title of the game, and even messing with the intro in Flowey's case) is not and to be disregarded."

I bet there's someone out there that would disagree with you on that. Not me though. I find those instances laughable too. Just like I find laughable the idea of humans dealing invisible attacks, monsters being able to shatter your buttons, and fights being locked in a turn-based system.

"which is what people are doing and making theories about here, makes no sense."

'Making sense' is a subjective concept. As proven by TheHumanAmbassador's psychosis, which you honestly want to know nothing about, believe me.

"But as a world of its own, we're saying that it's a world with game-like mechanics and laws."

Ergo, that it's canonically a game. I've been over this already, like half a year ago. You all are just repeating TheHumanAmbassador's words.

"Use information from the game, and if something isn't clear, look that something up, find the most truthful information on it, and apply that to the theory."

Easy to say, sounds good, doesn't work.

"Throughout the game there are characters that reference and explain how different machanics and things work"

Technically, if you ever don't know how something works, just look at the game's code. That stuff explains literally everything about the mechanics of the game. And since the game's rules are canon, it explains the game's world too.

"Flowey himself even said that he would teach us how things work IN THE UNDERGROUND"

Yeah. The underground is his realm. And teach us he did. But technically, you're also right. The underground is the only place where the world works as game, ergo, where we can play it. Further proving my thesis, that the game is self-enclosed.

"Where's your explanation there, when even Toriel carries on that same explanation the psycho flower was doing?"

You mean about souls? I am not doubting the existence of those, if that's what you're saying.