Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27997069-20160317174518/@comment-27620479-20160407053857

Why do we actually have to pull meta into a theory that is about Chara and the player being the same?

If Chara is the player, it doesn't matter if they have knowledge that the game is just a game. The player does, and being meta-Chara and roleplaying as Chara is technically the same.

If Chara isn't the player, then directing their influence towards Frisk, an in-game character, or the player, doesn't differ in results. Eventually, even when they seem to talk to the player, they take Frisk's soul. Or take the player's soul, but still occupy Frisk's body. It is effectively the same. They destroy and rebuild the game world. But doing it assuming a physical in-game action or a virtual real-life one doesn't change the results regarding the player or the program.