Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4383275-20160827054600/@comment-26242189-20160828232602

Oobooglunk wrote: All good points! Two weak links, however, still remain.

1. Alphys knew she would be bringing the flower to life ("What happens when something without a SOUL gains the will to live?"), as assigned by Asgore. However, the Amalgamates, were contained in the True Laboratory. Mettaton had a giant OFF switch in his normal form, severely low battery power in his EX form, and comically low speed in his NEO form. Flowey, on the other hand, was planted in the garden of the king of the underground.

Any way you slice it, bringing a soulless being to life in the home of a royal figure is a bad idea and, regardless of her intent, Alphys deserves to be held accountable.

2. When the player discovers the Amalgamates, Alphys casually chases them off and casually remarks "sorry about that, they get kind of sassy when they don't get fed on time." When Mettaton first approaches, Alphys warns the player. However, before the fight with Asriel in the True Pacifist ending, when Papyrus says a "tiny flower" helped him, Alphys freezes in horror as a bead of sweat runs down her face and she chokes out "a...tiny...flower?." If Flowey is all that benevolent and reasonable, what could Alphys be so afraid of? Again, she may not have intended to release something this evil into the world, but something sketchy was clearly going on with her thought process and she should have taken responsibility. Quite incredible points you made there!

1: She didn't nessisary know the flower would end up evil. Even if she did know it was evil, it was too late to provide a failsafe. Plus, how was Alphys supposed to know it could go into the ground and pop out somewhere else? Plants can't talk dummy don't normally do that.

2: The statement doesn't nessisarily have a definiten conclusion. The extremely stuttering in the phrase could also mean she recognises it, and realizes that Flower is the one she didn't contain.

Not to mention, Flowey doesn't even do anything "evil" (besides the begining) until the end of the neutral route. It also says he give encouragement and kind words to Papyrus. While it might be for selfish needs, it's still a kind thing to do.