Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31619784-20170328162322/@comment-33310970-20171117010141

This is a really old post but I had an explanation that maybe you would like better?

Chara doesn't destroy the world. They just make it look like they did to punish us. They don't have the power to destroy the world of Undertale but they do have the power to make the whole screen go black.

We instructed them through the "destruction" of this world and then change our minds at the end. It would feel like betrayal. 'I did all this for what then?' They want us to suffer like they have, to feel the taint on our soul. So they "destroy" the world anyway and ask for our soul if we want to go back. They can't actually do either of those things but how else can they make us accountable for our actions? That is the best they can do because they don't have power over us.

But everything is Chara's fault too. I think it is us influencing, instructing Chara and every action it's Chara's choice to do what we ask. The blame falls to both. We didn't make Chara do anything but we asked and they did it. Just like a general would also be responsible for the actions a soldier makes if the soldier is carrying out the general's orders. But it's a choice every step of the way for Chara, it is them in control of what they are doing and choosing to do what we ask. And sometimes Chara makes their own actions and we get hints of that. Sometimes Chara decides not to do what we ask (For example if you try to heckle the snow amalgam (wait, you didn't do that?) or if you laugh (but it's not funny).)

How does this explanation sit with you?