Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28175157-20160624105722/@comment-27620479-20160912151526

SilenceOfAStatue wrote: So? Why does Chara start referring to themselves in the killing everyone route but not in any other routes? Point me to a part in the thread that shows the answer. Let's make this that point. It probably is already in the thread somewhere, I won't look it up.

The point at which Chara starts referring to themselves is after the player went in too deep. There is no other option than to quit, or to kill everyone. The player's behaviour implies that whatever the problem is, killing is an applicable solution. It is not only right when you are threatened, because by then the player was literally hunting down monsters. We all know what does it look like when either Chara or Frisk take control, so it isn't either of them who decided to walk around and have a little slaughter.

Chara died, because they thought that killing is an applicable solution to at least some problems - and Asriel insisted that it never is. If killing is applicable to all problems, then Asriel, who agreed to it, but had second thoughts, betrayed them. They no longer see him as their best friend, but get attached to the player - whose actions reinforce that they were right. It shouldn't be surprising, people tend to befriend those with similar mindset, to feed their ego, which is a really good and powerful feeling.

Chara has no reason to reveal their identity to a stranger, especially given that there is indirect evidence in the game that they are reserved and have suicidal tendencies. They also have no reason to hide their identity from their new friend, who more than agrees on their idea about killing as a possible solution.