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MagomaevaAmina wrote: "if a monster doesnt want to fight its defence will weaken"

monsters's defence is reduced when it doesnt want to fight,so since frisk cant kill them at a single strike before acting or hurting enough that mean monsters have intentions to fight you(when monsters doesnt have any defence Frisk can kill them at a single strike likely because of their desire to kill).A froggit even say that "if you act a certain way or fight until you almost defeat them they might not want to fight you anymore"confirming that monsters who attack you want to fight you and even Toriel says that monsters attack Frisk because they are a human "as a human living in the underground monsters may attack you"she even says that when Frisk encounter a monster they will enter a fight"when you encounter a monster you will eneter a fight"

i believed too that monsters dont have any will to fight you(mostly because of passivechara's theory)but....its seem like to be contradicted by many elements of the game Of course. Some monsters do know you're a human, so they attack you. As for the rest, fight means confrontation. That's what happens when they start launching their attacks at you for whatever reason. It doesn't have to imply that they want to kill you.