Talk:Chara/@comment-33949897-20171213021920

I don't know if it has already been posted, but I am pretty sure that I am not the only one that has thought about this theory. Anyway, my theory is that Chara actually ate all those buttercups fully aware of the consequences, i.e. they actually wanted to commit suicide.

Why would Chara want to committ suicide? Well, it's all pretty obvious. As Asriel states at the end of the True Pacifist route, Chara (for whatever reason) really hated humanity, that being the reason they climbed Mount Ebott. It's also clear that Chara wanted to free the monsters from the underground, the only way to do that is by breaking the barrier using seven human SOULs. But to collect the human SOULs you would either have to wait for more humans to fall, or exit the underground.

To exit the underground either a human would need to absorb a monster SOUL, or a monster absorb a human one. But Chara didn't want to kill any monsters, since when they were alive they didn't hate monsters, the just hated humans, and since they themselves are a human, what better plan than to kill yourself and let your best friend (Asriel) absorb your SOUL, exit the barrier (since you can also control the host's body) and find six other humans, kill them and take their SOULs?

Of course all of that was spoiled by having Asriel take control and stopping Chara from annihilating the villagers, while also causing the villagers to kill both Asriel and Chara (well, Chara had already died, but I digress) in the process.

TL;DR: Chara intentionally kills themselves by eating the buttercups, allowing Asriel to absorb Chara's SOUL, so that they both could cross the barrier, take 6 more human SOULs and free the monsters from the underground. Ultimately this plan was spoiled by having Asriel take control of his own body to prevent Chara from killing the villagers, causing the death of Asriel (and Chara for a second time).

TL;DR the TL;DR: Chara took the Suicide route.