Talk:Chara/@comment-27662517-20160123164242/@comment-26850898-20160229164433

basically this is what happened:

prior to the game, Chara kills themselves by eating the poisonous buttercups. the story goes that, unlike monster souls, a human's soul persists after death. along comes Frisk and, since their souls r similar (they both have red, "determination" souls), Chara's soul implants itself into Frisk. Frisk falls into the underground and, if the player chooses to do the Genocide Route, Chara's soul grows stronger the more the player slaughters, giving Chara the strength to take over Frisk's body completely (hence y a few times in-game Frisk/Chara seems to act on their own). at the end of the Route, Chara "erases" the world and basically leaves the player in a void; however, they give the player a choice: give them "your" soul (or more accurately Frisk's soul) and theyll reset the fabrics of reality. if the player accepts to offer the soul, Chara keeps to their word and resets the world BUT, technically speaking, Frisk is gone. by offering a soul, the player essentially "kills" Frisk and allows Chara to have COMPLETE and TOTAL control of their body (hence y u see Chara at the True Pacifist Route pro-Genocide's credits). finally, as for the jumpscare, Chara isnt killing Frisk or the player...theyre FORCEFULLY ENFORCING themselves onto the player and FORCEFULLY taking control of Frisk to destroy reality