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Personally I think he is my favorite character BECAUSE of what happened to him. The beginning of the game we can pretty accurate guess that he is leading the monsters in the beginning of the game. Literally same horns, weapon(being his trident), body structure all look extremely similar if not the same as Asgore. Not to mention he is still immortal at this point so it's not hard to believe that this is him. The reason I bring this up is because he has seen war and with most who have seen war wants to avoid it at all cost. He is no exception to this as he avoids fighting you even giving you time to see the rest of underground multiple times supporting this more.

The reason he fights is he has a duty to his kingdom and that he wants the best for his subjects. As seen almost all monsters in the underground love and respect Asgore for what he is doing for them. The price to this being Toriel disgusted with these actions and leaves him and as a result he falls deeper into despair. This is seen when you kill him he is happy you kill him he HATES what he is doing and doesn't enjoy fighting you. However for the sake of the rest of monsters he fights to free them putting his people before himself even if it means he is hated by the one he loves(and he still cares for Toriel even though she hates him evidenced by when they meet in the pacifist run).

I think he is the best because he has suffered probably more then anyone in underground. First witnessing and losing a war that caused his people to be trapped underground for a couple of centuries at this point. He starts a family and adopts a human child that he loves just as much as his own son in a point to escape the pain and loss of the war. Even going so far to say Asriel and Chara are the "future of humans and monsters". He wanted peace not another war. But yet again he suffers at the hands of humans who kill his only son and the adopted child dies losing what little hope they have left. In a fit of rage he declares war and who's to blame him for all he's lost and what he has seen humans have taken everything away from him.

Again this is my opinion but I think he's the best.