Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32182236-20180324175357/@comment-32182236-20180408235802

"I'm pretty sure that if you look closer and try to reconstruct and interprete the whole backstory, the way determination and SOULs work, SAVEing mechanics etc. you may find out a satisfying great unifying theory that explains everything."

While I haven't found it yet, this is what all my mini-theories are meant to lead up to. Lots of mini-theories, all compiled together for one GRAND theory. When that comes out, each and every main point will probably link to one of these.. Sometimes even sub-points.

"But determination...How did Chara come back?...What is Chara?...What does it/he/she want?...How does all of that work.... I don't think there's one definite answer to that."

The answer to the first one is simple, and you seem to have replied to it. I'll be replying to that as well back at theory 1. The second is answered here-They're the narrator. Really, I would say they're a ghostly narrator, as they have no body, and, as evidenced by the speeches, no SOUL.. Something I elaborated on as well in the replies.

"If Toby Fox had one to all these questions he would have made it more obvious."

No. He wouldn't. He set up a lot of the story to be full of secrets and easter eggs-We still have to put pieces together to solve the Gaster mystery. It's clear he was intending on making us theorize the answer, similar to Scott with FNAF. So let's all work together to find that answer, shall we?

"Anyway, I am quite happy to see that you think of Chara as a megalomaniac as well. Anything else always annoys me. I got the impression that you didn't think so when I read your theory and reading again I see that you were pretty neutral about your opinion on Chara's personality."

It's true, I was indeed neutral. After all, Chara's personality is a theory of its own, and since I haven't proven their personality yet, taking a stance at it would be making a huge lore-based assumption:Something that I've designed this series to NOT allow. As I say in Part 1, the goal is to find the answers from the ground up. The only thing it builds off of other than the game is itself.. Which was previously built from the game. The game is therefore the only foundation for all of this.

"I assume it will be part of another "Mini"-Theory."

It's more likely to be a full one. The evidence for each theory of their personality is quite vast. In fact, it might actually span across several, with each one proving one of the several points that are argued about. (Do they push you to do Genocide from the start? Were they evil in thier human days? Why do they want your SOUL? Were they corrupted by Frisk or not? What about the player? [Okay, those last two might ge merged depending on whether Frisk being the player comes first, and also, if that's even the result-I might end up proving they're different, after all.])

"But if Chara is evil then they can't be the narrator of Pacifist and Neutral. The narrator was friendly, they were making jokes about objects and characters and always "spoke" in a "tongue-in-cheek" way about everything that happened."

They seemed friendly to Asriel as well. Why can't this be just another case of that?

"Admittedly, somehow Chara became friends with Asriel and tried to trick him into believing they had good intentions."

Exactly. They could be doing the exact same thing with us. I do already have a Chara theory (which I linked to previously), but it dates before this series began, and therefore, due to not being built from the ground up, would be considered invalid to be part of this series. I won't be using that one.

"On the other hand Chara kept talking that way after an aborted Genocide Run and there they had already revealed tgeir true colours."

Even during the Genocide Run, they still try to be your friend. They want you to believe the two of you are partners. This partnership between us and Chara is further established in thier speech. It's all about how WE gained power TOGETHER. How we're a worthy partner to them. If we already want to be evil, that's a win-win for Chara. They're helping to guide us AND still pretending to be friends. Change our mind, well.. They can't exactly change us, and they'll have to go back to their Pacifist/Neutral approach. Maybe we'll be brought back to Genocide.

I just find it hard to believe that their wouldn't be more hints to this, if Chara was really intended to be the Pacifist narrator.

There are more hints. This post goes through many of them, though the author erronously states those hints PROVE Chara is the narrator:http://nochocolate.tumblr.com/post/134759853195/the-narrachara-theory-proof

I just didn't use them because I'm not one to use Toby as evidence-That would be breaking the very spirit of this series-To derive the truth by looking at the GAME. Besides, I've already proven Chara HAD to be the narrator in a different way, so.. Why add evidence that won't mean a thing anymore?