Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-38131007-20190219012554/@comment-38557913-20190727204432

Teslamania91 wrote: I kinda changed my mind. Out of all the major characters, my least favorite has to be Sans. It is mostly the fanbase's fault for this because if it weren't for all the stupid comics I wouldn't have a problem with him. Also, the fact that you can basically remove him from the game entirely and have it change almost nothing says a lot. I wouldn't really say it's directly because of the fanbase (as in he's boring anyways.) but it helps. All he does is the Undyne the Undying fight but a little bit harder, and he does a horrible job protecting you from harm throughout the game (even though by protecting you from harm he was probably just saying he wasn't going to kill you as soon as he saw you based on what he says) and at the very least could help you during the Flowey fight since killing off characters during that fight doesn't affect the story and if Flowey got your soul he could end the entire universe. (which seems to be the only time Sans actually fights people since after you kill his brother who he has spent his life with, he doesn't do anything) And worst of all of this, like you pointed out, taking him out of the story doesn't actually make any differences other than Genocide being a little bit easier, and people are acting like he is the most important character in Undertale and the story couldn't move on without him, when literally every main character exept him is important. In fact, I'll say each character's role in the story.

Flowey: Without him, Chara wouldn't survive the fall, Undertale's story would fall apart, the barrier could never be broken, and Frisk likely wouldn't have met Toriel in time for her to tell you that monsters are kind and only attack because you move on to the Froggit rooms.

Toriel: Teaches you that Monsters aren't evil like most people assume, without her Chara would be dead, Asriel wouldn't exist, and without her the true pacifist ending would be impossible.

Papyrus: Without him, you could never befriend Undyne (and by extension Alphys), and there would be no mascot.

Undyne: Without her, you could never befriend Alphys, you could never get into the true lab, and you would be at LV 20 a lot sooner, for she stalled so Alphys could evacuate everyone.

Alphys: The reason Flowey exists.

Asgore: Without him, monsters would be peaceful, Asriel wouldn't ever exist, and Chara wouldn't survive the fall.

Chara: You would never beat Asriel, Asgore would never declare war on humans, and you would just be able too walk away from Genocide with no consequence.

LITERALLY MONSTER KID: Undyne would've killed you.

Sans: No use in the plot what so ever.