Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28262674-20160606011530/@comment-27701762-20160606014105

Okay, so here we go:

1) To my knowledge, the way enemies "fade" in Earthbound is quite different from how any monster (including Papyrus) "fades." In point of fact, it appears that enemies in Earthbound disappear entirely, whereas in Undertale they just disintegrate, such that the dust of monsters can be collected (see: monster funerals).

2) Papyrus is indeed eager to capture a human, but there is an explanation within the story itself for this. This piece of evidence itself would lead to a vast number of enemies in varying games being akin to Starmen. And given that Papyrus fails and decides to make friends with the human, that initial motivation dissipates incredibly quickly.

3) Except Papyrus's armor disintegrates as well. If there is something special about having the armor versus not having the armor, then there should be something special about the armored versus non-armored parts of Papyrus. But it all disintegrates alike.

4) The claim that Papyrus is just acting normal (and everything that follows) is begging the question. You first need to prove that Papyrus is definitely a Starman before going into how you can re-explain Papyrus's character using that conclusion.