Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4383275-20160827054600/@comment-4383275-20160827205517

Mabian wrote: I wouldn't ascribe the name "villain" to Alphys. One can definitely fault her decisions and actions, but at no point does she actually act antagonistically toward the protagonist (any barriers that she puts up are specifically made so that she can knock them down), nor does she do anything that is actually evil. She sends Mettaton to kill Frisk. Mettaton himself says as much prior to his boss fight, and his intentions are benevolent, as shown by his quote "my only desire is to entertain."

Mabian wrote:While Alphys is the cause of Flowey's existence, the responsibility for it is not cut and dry, since she did not and could not have any idea that the experiment would actually work or what would come of it. She still deserves to be held accountable for the actions of her creation. As a scientist, she should have had a failsafe planned for Flowey's rebellion, and the fact that she had a failsafe for all her creations except Flowey seems, like I said, almost intentional. GetYourFix wrote: I don't think she was prepared for it to be a SOULless, evil being. She did know that it would be soulless, though. Besides, it was irresponsible for her to plant it in Asgore's garden rather than keep it contained with the rest of the Amalgamates.

GetYourFix wrote:Alphys created the anomaly. This anomaly becomes the boss of Neutral and True Pacifist Routes... The idea of Flowey being the anomaly is fairly vague. I always thought it was the player, as Sans says "I always thought the anomaly was doing this because they were unhappy." Flowey wasn't motivated by unhappiness, nor could he feel emotion of any kind. Regardless, yes, Alphys did grant existence to two out of the game's three final bosses.

GetYourFix wrote: For me, Alphys's status depends on how evil Flowey is. Ultimately, he's reasonable. He leaves the protagonist alone for the majority of routes and doesn't mess around with other characters willy-nilly, even though he remembers everything. Flowey manipulates Papyrus in all routes but Genocide, as indicated by Sans at Grillby's.

GetYourFix wrote: He also (I believe) unlocks the True Pacifist ending because he coerces Alphys into showing others the True Lab. Recall the trash can note... Flowey probably wrote it.

I've seen no proof of this. He does tell the player how to get the True Pacifist Ending in the Pacifist Ending credits, but as indicated in your forum thread, this may be another one of Flowey's evil schemes.