Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34762984-20180927183143/@comment-34762984-20181001195213

TheHumanAmbassador wrote: That puts our take on Chara's flaw to be quite similar indeed-We both believe Chara's main flaw is hatred, merely the kind of hatred varies. That bold quote right there is a big sentence of wisdom right there. My Chara just happens to hate monsters as well, because of Asriel, and the other reasons I stated.

You said they said that to see if you'd fall for the temptation, and they didn't actually want you to do it. That's what lead me to the conclusion that you saw them as good, not evil. At all. While I say they really DID want you to kill them all.

Anyways, here's what I found on anti-villain. (From the same site you got the anti-hero definition from!)

"In an attempt to add realism to their stories, many writers will try to create "sympathetic" villains, the antithesis to an antihero called an anti-villain."

Sympathetic villain=Anti-villain

"Some may wish to make the world a better place but go to antagonistic lengths to do so..."

"...or may employ a code of honor in fighting his enemies, even if it is to achieve antagonistic goals..."

"...Other sympathetic villains may be pushed to antagonistic lifestyles by society's mistreatment of him due to prejudice against something he is a part of (such as racism, as is the case in American History X), but goes to absurd lengths to achieve the equality he desires, like Magneto in the X-Men comics and films."

My Chara fits this third type when it comes to hating the humans, and is probably similar to this type as well when it comes to hating the monsters. (Technically, though, it might be their supposed "mistreatement" of the monsters by declaring war and sealing the monsters undergound that actually fueled this hatred, but the point still stands.) And of course, they go to absurd lengths-Literally trying to kill EVERYONE. That puts them strictly under the category of "anti-villain." Thanks for understanding. And I'm sorry I wasn't a little more clearer with why I saw them as an Anti-Hero. Looking back, I found the first part to be a little too sugar coated, and I sought to correct that in Part Two. They're less of a freindly neighborhood police officer and more of a vigilante. They fulfill the demands of the law while not exactly keeping the law themselves. They're willing to turn into something bad to get after someone who is worse (the player). They hate people who commit sin but are not afraid to encourage and even commit it themselves to screw them over. They're cause might look noble, but they don't do it for a noble reason, and they sure as heck don't use noble tactics to fulfill their cause.

P.S. And by the way, I do actually kind of like your take on Chara as an Anti-Villain. If I were to pick another Chara theory to support that's not my own, I would be you.

P.P.S. I would say were not exactly Cooperation theorists as opposed to Manipulation theorists. We do say that Chara cooperates with the player, but they see the player as less than a close ally and more of just a stepping stone to achieve their ends. We primarily differ on what those ends are.