Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-27136653-20180830171439

"It does, remember? The Undying, Omega, and Asriel fights that all show and prove that DT can increase and decrease within an individual."

All of those were monsters. We're talking about humans here.

"That's not suppression at all."

If you suppress them, it is a supression, and I never claimed they cannot be suppressed.

"You are aware that there are things that exist in our own universe with no logical explanation, right?"

They make sense to me, because I'm living it. UT doesn't make sense to me, because I'm not living it. Besdies, Toby didn't take any particle physics classes or anything, it's not like he has any deep explanation for the rules of his universe. If turns exist "just because", then that's an example of bad story building. Especially because they are just so nonsensical. I would understand it all a bit more if the monsters were to point to its presence more often, if the "laws" of this universe were trully addressed for what they are often enough.

"Also, it's less that there NO explanation, and more that we DON'T KNOW the explanation."

And once again, Toby has no explanation. He merely explored the concept, without putting much background thought into it. I'm positive about this at this point. Three years and no word from him? Man, either he's preparing a sequel or something in an absolute secrecy or he truly has nothing.

"Traits are the core/most abundant aspect of a person"

Even this is an assumption, you are assuming these magical traits combine. Or that there's only 7 fundamental ones to begin with. How do the combinations of 7 traits explain the incredible complexity of the human mind? What kind of scientific/psychological basis did Toby use for this? My interpretation is, that each human gets a specific trait, based on their aptitude. This trait is not a mixture, because the traits cannot even mix to begin with. They are not quantifiable, like DT is for example. But does that mean that humans with an orange soul for example are all the same according to my interpretation? No, they aren't, because their trait doesn't affect their behavior.

"Frisk has a red SOUL, DT is what they are most associated with throughout the whole game, and process of elimination."

All humans had DT and they could all reset (so probably save and load too by extension). The only thing they didn't have, was a narrator reminding them that they're filled with determination. Is that the reason their souls weren't red or something? Ofc not.