Talk:SOUL/@comment-71.34.155.26-20151111064618

Something just hit me like a ton of bricks. Monster souls are said to be made of love, mercy, and compassion. Boss Monster souls are more potent and can persist for a moment after death.

Arguably, the two most loving, merciful, and compassionate monsters you meet in the game are Toriel and Asgore, the only two confirmed Boss Monsters (The strange case of Asriel aside).

Could it be that Boss Monsters aren't such at birth, but rather graduate to such through having so much love and mercy and compassion -- and then gain royalty status because of being a Boss Monster? Humans haven't managed to nail down a better way to pick leaders.