Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27907368-20160528162922/@comment-27620479-20160602055509

Let's see:

'''"Determination was extracted from human SOULs. Human SOULs have no physicality." '''

Sure. That's probably the reason why you have to kill the host - neutralize the shell that shields the SOUL, or something like that. It is outright stated, that you can't rip a SOUL from a living body. It's no stretch to assume you can't harvest DT either.

"When the monsters lost cohesion, Alphys says that "they weren't physical enough."" 

Yes. Since monsters are made of magic and physical matter, they have less, or in other words, not enough to contain DT, of the latter. It isn't much of a stretch to assume that DT, the stuff that does some things that resemble spell-like abilities, affects magical energies, that are incidentally the most significant part of monster bodies.

"This is illogical knowing that the determination came from the non-physical human SOULs."

While DT can't exist without SOULs, it can exist apart from SOULs. Remember Flowey? He can function without a soul, purely on DT and physical body. Or Chara? Chara can even return from the dead through DT that isn't in their body either - and isn't their own at all.

"That emblem actually predates written history. The original meaning has * been lost to time..."

Yes, the Delta Rune is ancient. It had a meaning, that no one knows. Like there is the Stonehenge. Do you know what it is beyond that it is a circular stone structure? Why was it built? Why there, in that shape and size?

"The bit about him talking about the monsters Underground is before he even mentions the Prophecy"

Yes. You ask about the emblem, not the Prophecy first. Gerson answers that question, and tells about it's speculated meaning, that is, the Prophecy.

"they assume the "monsters below" bit to be absolutely true. Even though this couldn't have predated written history, if that were the case."

Gerson never said that the current interpretation - which is the Prophecy - preadated written history. The original meaning did, and it was lost, probably due to predating written history. Gerson even confirms that the Prophecy as interpretation is the current one, and that it is already changing.