Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29788596-20160906011125/@comment-30479380-20200220004017

Some evidence I believe Chara may be corrupted:

Frisk is joined with Chara since they fell into the Underground, after the encounter with Flowey.

Sans/Asgore and many other characters state that either Frisk or Chara do not seem human.

If Frisk has been corrupted, Chara, who psychologically is similar to Frisk, and with an attachment to the Dreemurrs, their foster family, which Frisk murdered, is traumatized and also corrupted. Supporting evidence includes that Chara reacts with a "..." while looking at the picture of the Dreemurrs, showing some sort of feeling for them.

On an unrelated note: reasons for Chara's change include:

- Chara becomes pessimistic after murder, I've explained this in a previous post.

'''- Chara may become sadistic, depending on interpretation. Even if they don't become sadistic, they find the dog-food bag to be interesting enough to comment on, even though merely killing Doggo would not trigger this response on a non-genocide route. Genocide causes something to change in them.'''

'''- Asgore no longer sees the kindness in Frisk/Chara's eyes, this could be interpreted as Frisk being corrupted or Chara being corrupted. If Frisk is corrupted, Chara would most likely also be corrupted since Frisk has been shown to be similar to Chara. If Chara was corrupted, this supports the statement.'''

Chara was not in the same situation as Flowey. Chara turned sadistic because of what Frisk taught them/what they learned. Chara learns things. They learn the new name of the water sausage. They can be incorrect. Chara learns from Frisk. Frisk is a murderer in the genocide route, Chara most likely follows in their footsteps. This is supported by the fact Chara calls Frisk "partner", implying the contributed to Chara's new view.

Even if Chara is not corrupted, there is sufficient evidence to prove they're not evil in at least the pacifist route. There is inferred evidence to support the Chara-corruption theory, however.Also, your argument is correct. Flowey did feel feelings of panic/fear when he was resurrected. But panic/fear are not feelings included in monster or human souls.

I personally believe that Chara is corrupted in genocide, but that theory is based off inferences, therefore I think neither side is able to use it as an argument. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.