Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-27136653-20180721070510

"So the exact people who should be reacting to your being a human, and ordinary monsters not, equals everyone but that small group is an oblivious idiot? That is a MASSIVE stretch."

Yeah. But I have defaulted to this explanation after finding out that not a single non-rg monster figurerd out you're a human. And it's not that they're not trying to be a captain obvious. All rgs say that you are a human (with the exception of the Lesser Dog and Greater Dog, who are too preoccupied with being dogs, and Doggo, who cannot see you), which indicates they DO want to point it out. And why should that be an exception to non-rg monsters then? Why should non-rg monsters not have the need to point it out?

"For one, it's explicity stated that the monsters are the one initiating the fight."

Eh... nah. I mean sure, a Froggit may hop close to us, but in the end, we never encounter a monster by just standing still.

"Why in the world would you act anything but pleasant to them if you clearly have a surefire way of doing things peacefully?"

That's assuming all the monsters know you can't attack them in certain circumstances, not just Gerson and Sans. And maybe, they actually weren't told that there's a human nearby. They most certainly are told in the genocide route, but what would they tell them in other cases? "BEWARE OF THE OVERLY PEACEFUL HUMAN" - very important for their safety.

"Hold on a minute, don't the Temmies know you're human?"

Yeah. God knows how they knew.

"I can understand the younger generation, but definitely not the older."

Well, how do we know the people living outside New Home knew what Chara looked like? Also, if some monster that has never seen a human before knew what a human looks like, my guess would be that their parents described them to it in a great detail. After all, monsters come in all shapes and sizes, it's not that weird that they can't tell you apart right away. It is also possible that even the older generations met a human and didn't recognize it.