Talk:Frisk/@comment-88.13.33.184-20151118005959/@comment-66.56.46.156-20151118114649

Here is my understanding:

In Pacifist/Neutral, the character you name (Chara) is not the character you play (Frisk), even though Asriel mistakes Frisk for Chara and even though there are deceptive moments such as the Game Over screen where it seems like someone is referring to you as Chara (or your chosen name) - when in actuality it is a flashback that does not refer to you.

The prompt says "Name the fallen human" which is ambiguous (probably on purpose), so that the player is fooled into thinking he's playing Chara, all the way until the True Pacifist ending when it is revealed otherwise. (I had used my own name, and it was a bit unsettling to learn that I was already dead before the game started.)

Regarding your question #1 - Except for Flowey/Asriel, every character always knew that the player is not Chara. I assume Frisk knows this too, even though a first-time player controlling Frisk doesn't.

Regarding your question #2 - You're right. Frisk & Chara seem to be separate characters, yet somehow they are linked in many ways. It could be just a coincidence - maybe they just happen to look very similar. Asriel does point out that they don't behave similarly if you follow the True Pacifist route, that Chara was not always a nice person.

If it is not a coincidence, I am not sure why/how they are connected, other than that you could think of Chara as a "player" like you - someone who chose to play by entering the underworld from above.

Genocide route is a different story - it seems that your bloodlust awakens Chara's soul which possesses Frisk, so in Genocide, Chara & Frisk are arguably the same character after all, right up until the ending when Chara confronts the player.