Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27907368-20160506131212/@comment-27907368-20160519175050

Chara and Frisk both had a red SOUL, so they should share a key trait. The assumption has been "determination," but this may not be true knowing that the "Determination" from the True Lab is represented by yellow and not red. This is why Flowey introduces himself in yellow font, perhaps; he is "Determination."

However, think of it this way: what did Chara ultimately do? Well, their actions alone lead to the entire game of Undertale. They dragged their corpse to their human village and dragged it back Underground. They wanted to use their full power, which ultimately lead to Chara/Asriel being killed. Chara is the one who set up the entire situation in which Undertale occurs.

So, how is Frisk's SOUL, one that is controlled by us, similar to that? Frisk does not rebel against being controlled like the other SOULs do. Frisk obeys the player and Chara. This is because they, on some level, are us. They are fate. The reason the protagonist names themselves at the end of TP may very well be to distinguish themselves from the player.

Flowey does the same thing. He won't call himself Asriel. What is a name, anyway? We know that human SOULs retain memories - Frisk's SOUL could remember all the times that we've killed their friends and may want to separate themselves from the being that did those things.


 * D Yay, ambiguity! It adds to the moral of the story, I know, but sometimes it's just so meh.