Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31619784-20170328162322/@comment-31619784-20170402174641

When I was talking about the ending being "forced", I was referring to the "how-exactly-does-Chara-destroy-the-world" problem. It seems we disagree on how important it is. Oh well.

I wouldn't mind it as much if we were given some explanation beyond "something something LV something something determination". Even if it doesn't work in "real-life", an in-universe eplanation that isn't self-contradictory would be nice.

Bxcnch: I think Chara's line that they "are the demon that comes when their name is called" is metaphorical. I don't think they are literally a demon; then we'd have to explain why they have a human soul and all that. I think this was a nod, referring to when we input our name to play other games.

If Chara wants us to "feed" them stats, then why doesn't Chara take more control in say, really violent neutral runs? (I know the actual, real life reason is so that the genocide route is super difficult to find and do accidentally.) I don't think of Chara as a malevolent creature from hell whose sole purpose is to convince us to kill everything. If so, then the characterisation in the True Pacifist route would seem kind of pointless.

The idea that it's actually Chara that's saving and resetting has some merit. After a True Pacifist playthrough, when Flowey begs us(?) to not reset the game, he calls Chara by name. Though Chara does state that the determination is not actually theirs in the Genocide monologue. And the ability to SLR goes to the most determined being in the underground so...

Forget the plan with Asriel and destroying the world through vague means! Chara's TRUE crime is making understanding what's happening an absolute headache! It was all a plan, so that they may undo all of humanity! How can we have been so blind?! :D