Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34798955-20180310144518/@comment-35615238-20190120212355

I don't believe Chara is evil for a number of reasons.

- I'm a firm believer in the Narrator Chara theory (which is pretty much canon). Because of this, Chara helps you to spare monsters and gives you advice, such as saying that Aaron's attacks are harder to dodge at the bottom. If Chara were evil in this situation, they would simply urge you to kill monsters instead of sparing them.

- Chara's love for the Dreemurr family is evident. They hated humanity, most likely because of abuse, and the monsters were the only people that loved them. Chara was never shown to hate monsters. They even knit out a sweater and make art of a golden flower for Asgore.

- Chara sacrificed themselves for their plan. As we know, Chara and Asriel accidentally poison Asgore with buttercups. Seeing this, Chara made a plan to poison themselves with buttercups and let Asriel absorb their soul. One thing that must be known is that Chara did not manipulate Asriel into this plan, as the dialogue in the True Lab shows that Asriel accepted the plan on his own. If Chara wanted to go with this plan so soon, they could have just killed Asriel for his soul and done it that way.

- The plan was specifically to get 6 human souls, not to destroy humanity. Asriel states in tape 6: "Six, right? We just have to get six..." along with "We'll be strong! We'll free everyone." This specifically shows that the plan was to get 6 human souls and free the monsters, not to destroy humanity. If the real purpose was to just kill humans, then Asriel would not have accepted the plan, along with the souls revolting just like they did with Photoshop Flowey.

- Chara states in the Genocide ending that it was you who killed everyone. Most people seem to believe that Chara takes control and is the main reason for the Genocide route. This is not true in the slightest. The only reason Chara acts evil in the Genocide run is that your constant killing consumes them with violence and hatred. You keep pushing them on until that's everything they know. This is what LOVE is for. As we know, killing Sans brings your LV from 19 to 20. At that point, Chara is so violent and kill hungry that they kill Asgore and Flowey without a prompt, but that doesn't make them entirely responsible for it. Here's why: when Flowey begs for his life and finishes his last sentence, he stops. It's you who has to press enter or z to kill him, while at the same time, you could just quit the game, reboot it, and reset to avoid any consequences.

- The Soulless Pacifist ending is not a signifier that Chara killed everyone that reached the surface. What it's truly supposed to be is a reminder that you killed all of them. Chara was designed to teach players that you can't get away with killing everyone that doesn't have to die without any consequences. In other words, they teach you that killing the entire race of monsters for fun means that you don't really deserve a truly happy ending.