Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190425222457/@comment-26006155-20190509213820

TheHumanAmbassador wrote: Alright. I came up with another paradox.

I call it.. "The Courage Paradox".

As we know from Earthbound, Ness is filled with "courage", and that is what helped him defeat Giygas.

If Sans is Ness, then he should ALSO have "courage". So what happened to it?

Sans has messed with the timestream in an attempt to fix one of his own mistakes, and thrown himself into a world filled with monsters who have orders to turn over any humans they find for execution.

All that's standing between Sans and death is a Scooby Do-class rubber monster mask, which he wears every day while walking through a world of monsters, trying to keep his human-hunting job with a skeptical Undyne by being exactly as lazy as he can get away with, but no more.

In order to carry out this plan, he's had to put his trust in Papyrus, Alphys, and Queen Toriel, any of which could choose to tell Asgore about him at any time. Or, through foolishness, spill the beans about him accidentally.

He's had to resort to sneaking midnight snacks as a main form of sustenance because it's the one safe time he can take off his mask to eat something other than ketchup. And even here, he'ds had to do it under the nose of The Captain Of The Royal Guard, who frequently crashes on his couch downstairs.

And even when Frisk, his early self, does turn up, there's a good chance that Frisk will be a serial killer who he might have to fight to the death.

Does Sans have Courage?

... Yes. Yes he does.