Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27136653-20180228205701/@comment-27136653-20180310101206

"I already discussed why the CORE was created, rather than, you know, actual stairs? Ironically, it's actually more efficent, as the CORE gets to be hollow. (Stairs this high would probably actually collapse under their own weight.)"

I don't see any real-world mountain staircases collapsing under their own weight. I'm still not sure what the problem is here. Carving stairs into the side walls would be much easier and less redundant. And Hotland's heat effects are questionable, but the staircase probably won't be made directly above where the magma is, would it? That would be a stupid idea.

"By your logic, he couldn't have named Waterfall or Hotland either, for the exact same reason. But the monsters (except for Asgore) are too clever to name an area "Waterfall". Besides, Asgore's a fuzzy folk too. ...At least that's what Papyrus and Toriel seem to think. King Fluffybuns-The fuzzy pushover!"

No, by my logic, each great area they arrived to has received some name, and Asgore most likely named them all. And I don't think he like proclaimed it or anything, I think it was just generic nicknames he assigned to each one and then the names stuck. It would be pointless to name every single area like that, especially if that was their home. No need to assign them names, just call them by their dominant characteristics. On that note, we don't actually know the name of the area around Snowdin. But again, I will repeat, some 'fuzzy folk' has separated and founded their own city. Considering that many monsters cannot bear the coldness of that area, I don't think they stuck for too long. So someone had to lead them further. So Asgore did not loiter around for too long. Also, Asgore did not stay, obviously. So no, that argument is not valid.

In general, I don't see the problem here. Asgore and the rest of the monsters had to find a good habitable zone, and everyone was free to stay anywhere they wanted (since having everyone crammed again in a single area was an idea they already tried out), ergo, they could branch out and do whatever they want. The monsters in the quiet area in Waterfall also live in a tiny sort of home, and yet, it has no name. Temmie village? Doesn't seem like a name to me at all, but considering the stupidity of Temmies, it wouldn't surprise me if Asgore actually did choose the name for them here. But as for the Snowdin folk, they didn't ask for a bad name, no one would. I don't see anything wrong with "Snowdin", it's not as bad as "Home", that's for sure here.

"It was all in the past tense."

Well yes, because the action is done. But reading solely the first volume, it really seems like its discussing very recent events. Especially because of that last sentence. And if Gerson's memory is as fuzzy as he's saying, he wouldn't wait a thousand years to actually start writing all those books.

"Also, explain why Monster History 6-8 explain how the SOUL works? What does that have to do with ACTUAL HISTORY?"

No, because that's the volumes 6 through 8. They're the most recent ones, written by someone living in Snowdin who was just curious about how souls work, so he asked some educated individual about the topic. That's what I think that is. It doesn't matter that it's labeled "monster history", it still conveys the message. Also, there's no proof of a 9th volume existing. Toby wrote it all down and yet, decided to keep it in? Despite choosing to turn a half of those volumes into an actual narrative? If a 9th volume existed, it would be there along with the rest. But it is not, there's no part 9. This is further evidenced by the fact that the previous volumes talk about things we start learning only at the very end of the game, when we start to discover Flowey's origins. And that's way after we've learned that Frisk is not the person we gave name to. So no, Chara's story would be before these three volumes, not after them. Simply because of how Toby constructed the game. Since that's what we're using to analyze these books anyways.

"Why would they say a human will never come.. And still fear that a human will come?"

Yes. So why did they stay for so long in Home then? That's the issue here. Alas, there's no kind of evidence of any kind to tell when exactly was each plaque written. You cannot use their supposed datings that you drew based on how you think the story happened to prove how the story happened. That's circular logic. See, I never tried to date the plaques. And if I did, I never, NEVER drew conclusions for it, because I knew that it's just speculations, and you cannot found any argument on just pure speculations. Unless you're making a one big speculation chain, which is called a headcanon.