Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26515138-20160608222348

On a genocide route, you kill everyone, right?

WRONG.

Alphys evacuated most of the monsters, and don't forget that you can't kill any NPCs you see. We can't kill Alphys, we can't kill NPCs, and we can't. Kill. Evacuated. Monsters.

So how is it that we awake Chara?

Well, Chara gets their DETERMINATION from hurting people. So Chara was awakened when they felt Frisk's killing spirit. Once you spare somebody though, they think Frisk betrayed them and goes away. Chara wants to kill EVERYONE. But they can't, due to not knowing where all the evacuated monsters have gone.

The only way to kill Alphys and everyone else alive is to ERASE the world. Chara knew there was more for Frisk there, but they also knew it was a waste of time to try and kill everyone else. Why Chara wanted Frisks SOUL to bring the world back? They wanted to kill everyone themself, along with not wanting Frisk to RESET and ruin everything.

Genocide isn't True Genocide until you actually encounter Chara and ERASE the world, then give them your SOUL. 