Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32182236-20180430181620

Welcome! As you'd know if you looked at any of my my previous mini-theories, this series attempts to explain small details, but do so from the ground up, without having to reply on other theories. However, these theories can build off of earlier ones in the series, in which case I'll link to them. While small details may not seem like much, when all put together, they might just explain all of Undertale. (We're not NEAR that point yet, though.)

In this theory, we'll be discussing the nature of essence, how ressurection works, and be explaining just how Chara came back, and explaining why they're non-physical throughout the game. (And yes, they ARE with us. We prove that here.)

First off, how does ressurection work? Well, the common theme seems to be determination. Determination is how we come back. It's how Flowey comes back. It brought Flowey to life when injected. But.. Flowey is Asriel, isn't he? Why? What determines who something becomes when brought to life? That's where essence comes into play..

As this (pics 11-13) say, if dust of a monster is attaches to a thing, the essense lives on in that thing. As Asriel's dust was spread across the garden, his essence lived on in the flowers.. Like the one that was injected with determination..

So that's how monster ressurection! works-Just put someone's essence on a vessel, inject it with determination, and that's it! But.. Chara came back to life too.. We know that they're the narrator, as proven here, meaning they came back very close to the start of the game, if not the very start itself. But.. Why? What happened to cause this? Well.. Let's go examine Chara's speech, shall we?

"Thank you. Your power awakened me from death."

"your power"? So, Chara was awakened from a power, coming from either us or Frisk, depending on who they're talking to. (It could be both, if we are Frisk).. Hmm.. What power do we know that either Frisk or us has, that can bring people back from the dead..? That's right.. determination.

"My 'human soul'. My 'determination'. They were not mine, but YOURS.'"

Determination is what allows one to persist. If Chara's determination didn't come from them, but only ours, it must have been what brought them to life. Any earlier, and they would die once again, as they have no determination from themselves. It's OUR determination.

But, determination alone gives us the same problem as before. Determination alone doesn't bring a person back-In the case of monsters, you need their essence. What made it so that specifically Chara came back? And why aren't they physical? We don't even see their SOUL. And they even ask for one when they finally become physical, if we (or Frisk) want to restore the world! But wait, humans can't absorb other human SOULS! What could a human do with a human SOUL? Unless.. Just like Flowey wasn't a monster anymore, Chara isn't a human anymore... Brought back by pure determination.. SOULless..

"My 'human soul'. My 'determination'. They were not mine, but YOURS."

"Their" human SOUL wasn't theirs either.. They have none. They're SOULless. And, just like with monsters, SOULless humans cannot feel or understand certain emotions.

"Hmm.. I cannot understand these feelings anymore."

Like they could at one point.

So, it wasn't their SOUL.. What could it be? Well, we already know that monsters have essence.. What about humans? Could they have essence as well? And if so, how does THAT function? And does it explain allof these problems? The shoft answer to the last question is yes.. To prepare for the long one, though, we'll have to answer the first question.

In the case of monsters, essence is within dust, which is what their bodies turn into. The dust itself cannot be used as a vessel-It was the flower itself that became Flowey, after all, not the dust it was witin. Strangely enough, we don't see any dust on Flowey. Perhaps it, when injected with determination, the two fused into one, the very culimation of Asriel's being?

So, how can we convert that into human mechanics? Well, if monster essence is within dust, then human essence should be within the humans' bodies.. Which actually coincides wit exactly where we fall. Chara's body was once in a coffin, but it was moved. Toriel took the body with her.. As Chara's wish was to see the golden flowers, Toriel took their body to the dirt pile we first fall in, the only place outside of Asgore's castle with golden flowers.

Next, we need a source of detedmination. Chara already told us what that source is-Well, at least broke it down to us and Frisk. Our power. We know Frisk fell onto the golden flowers at the start.. They must have came into contact with the essence. Frisk's determination combined with the essence, bringing Chara back. This also confirms that Chara was speaking to Frisk for the duration of the conversation. Now, just like before, the body itself can't be used as a vessel. So, Chara's vessel would be... nothing. They don't have one. The essence wasn't placed into anything.

Being brought back to life without a vessel.. What does that mean? Well, it means you're alive, but not as anything physical. You just.. are. Just like the narrator.. We never truly see Chara until the very as they have no physical form. They never got a vessel.

As they have no vessel, they have nowhere to store any determination.. So, the only way to stay alive, to have a way to contain determination.. Is to latch onto something, or someone, that actually HAS a vessel, and can be used as one. It must have determination as well, as Chara has none. In this case, it is Frisk again. It's Frisk's determination Chara is feeling, not their own. Just as their speech stated.

So, now we know why Chara came back the way they did, and solved a LOT of mystery, confirming human essence all in one fell swoop. But.. There are still more mysteries. Mysteries that we will continue to be solving in this series. See you soon. 