Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27524978-20160317154321/@comment-28182542-20160411042912

Oh, hey, cool, I got one.

Fanon Chara: Innocent misunderstood angel who did nothing wrong and had only the purest of intentions. Inexplicably considered the narrator of the game, despite the narration both knowing things that Chara shouldn't (like information about monsters that were born long after they died) and not knowing things that Chara should (like why Toriel keeps chocolate bars). Pretty much entirely championed by one person on Tumblr and Reddit who talks with such unwarranted self-confidence that tons of people buy it.

Canon Chara: Every single action they take is creepy at best and malicious at worst. Even if we for some reason ignore the Genocide run, the only route where they're explicitly stated to be there, this is still true. They laugh at Asgore's poisoning. They tease and bully Asriel. Asriel (freaking Asriel, their best friend, who loves them like a sibling and knows them better than anyone in the world) says they weren't the greatest person, and heavily implies they intended to wage war against humanity. And because this is just too good to leave out... In the Genocide run, Flowey is able to recognize Chara specifically based on their horrible actions, and unlike his mistaken identification of Frisk as Chara, it happens almost immediately... and he's actually right in this instance.

Stop getting which is fanon and which is canon confused. ;)

