User:PeridotThePerky/Blog:Is Chara Actually Evil?

There seems to be a general consensus that Chara is evil. I don't think that's true. In fact, I think Chara is actually a fairly good person, unless you do the genocide route. Why? Well, heres my evidence:

We don't know much about Chara. First, how did they fall into the Underground and why? We know that Chara hated humanity and according to Asriel, that the reason that they fell down "wasn't a very happy reason". That leads me to think that Chara attempted suicide. We know that Chara hated humanity, but there is no mention of them hating monsters. If Chara had killed a monster, wouldn't others notice something wrong with them? If you kill ONE person while playing Undertale, both Undyne and Sans will notice. And if you've killed everything up to a certain point, almost every monster will notice.

But Chara had a family who loved them a lot. Nobody has really mentioned Chara being bad. Asriel says that Chara "wasn't the greatest person". What does this mean? Well, some people think that means Chara is evil, but I think that's quite stupid to think.

Before I answer why Asriel said that, let's go back to the buttercup situation. Chara "laughed off" Asgore getting sick. Think about it. Is that really evil? Many people, including me sometimes, use laughter as a way to hide being upset. It's not uncommon for someone to pretend they're okay when they're really upset so they don't upset others. I think this is what Chara was doing. And when Chara consumed the buttercups, they only wanted to do that so the monsters that had made their life worth living could go to the surface.

Unfortunatley, that plan went horribly wrong. When Asriel, the person Chara cared about more than anyone else, was attacked, they wanted to kill the humans that had tried to hurt their brother. Those humans had almost caused Chara to kill themself, and they weren't going to let the humans take freedom away from the monsters again. Asriel did not want to kill, so he ran away and died.

Not seeing a connection? Think Undyne. She wanted to kill Frisk so that the monsters could go to the surface. Was Undyne a bad person? No. Undyne just wanted to free the monsters. Chara probably felt the same way.

Then Chara awoke when Frisk fell into the Underground. Chara starts out as a voice in Frisk's subconcious, as a narrator of sorts. As you continue on the pacifist route, they don't really want to kill anyone or anything. But as you continue on the path of genocide, they become bloodthirsty, changed by the player's actions. At first Chara does not want to kill everything, but once you have emptied the Ruins, that's when they start to enjoy murder. That's when the counters start, too.

And when Chara is brought back to life, they are completely and forever changed by the player's actions. They now want to kill, no matter what Frisk wants afterwards. Frisk and Chara are forever changed by doing the genocide route, which explains the post-genocide pacifist ending.

So, what do you think of my first Undertale theory? Please leave a comment about what you think!