Talk:Chara/@comment-31945328-20170507152725/@comment-26432906-20170507154512

Well, I'm sure you know that Chara is the true name and all that, of course. You're wondering how anyone came up with the idea of typing "Chara" into the name box, right? I have a theory.

So I'm sure you already know about forbidden names - as in the names that the game does not allow you to input for the fallen human's name, such as Gaster, Toriel, Undyne, Flowey, etc. People noticed this pretty quick, and some of the video game nerds decided to see if they could dodge the blocking. They decided to try making the game file with an allowed name, and then go into the games files to change the name to a forbidden one. Well guess what.

It worked.

Of course, now that it's proven that changing it in the game files will ignore what you put in (even ignoring the maximum characters allowed for the name) and throw it in game. So some genius is like, "Hey, you know what would be funny? If I just cleared the name entirely, and just leave a blank space. XD That would be so funny LOL The best screenshots ever HAHAHAH...haha....ha...huh."

Because upon clearing the name, it, by default, changes the in-game to "Chara."

Then of course, someone put that name into the game legitmately, it says "the true name," you know the rest of the story.

But that's my theory on the matter, and I don't see how it could have been discovered otherwise. Toby Fox hides his clues well. :)