Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28898329-20160809202649/@comment-30526153-20170706090354

~AncientAmber~ wrote: I know, I just KNOW someone will reply to this and I will immediately feel stupid because this question had an easy answer I hadn't seen. Still, this has been bugging me for a LONG time and I have to let it go.

Up to this day, I am still not entirely sure of why Asriel fights you.

Once Flowey does his little number on our happy reunion, he has a soul. And Asriel is a loving sonofagoat who wouldn't hurt a fly. He sees us as Chara until the end of the battle, so if he regained his compassion and body, and believes that his long lost best friend is right in front of him, why would he immediately go into battle?

He not only battles us, but taunts us and doesn't seem to care about harming us. And at this point, he still thinks we're Chara, so why is he so nonchalant about hurting his friend? He wants to gain control over the timeline, that much I understand, but still... There is something about this that feels off. He only stops when he gets memories of him and Chara. Did he not remember that?

I'm lost here. T-T The reason he fights you is pretty obvious assuming you pay attention to what he says. He says stuff about feeling lonely and not ready for you to leave. This is because he knows that once you (chara from his perspective) beat him, he'll be left alone and forgotten, since you've basically finished the game. So him attacking you and gaining control of the timeline is his attempt at travelling back in time to when none of this crap happened, so that he can continue living his merry life with chara.