People don't understand morality in Undertale

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Ok,its like 4% of the community who doesn't actually understand morality in Undertale but I like the title its cool.
    Anyways,TODAY WE ARE GOING TO ANALIZE EVERY CHARACTER TO PROVE THAT NOBODY IN UNDERTALE IS 100% GOOD OR 100% EVIL!!!
    Geno • Undertale (Genocide Ru...
    Paci • Undertale - Full Pacif...
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Комментарии • 381

  • @wrxtt
    @wrxtt 2 месяца назад +141

    "Is char evil?"
    "Is char good?"
    No, those are strings, char is a single data bit.

  • @Xenodrad5301
    @Xenodrad5301 2 месяца назад +242

    Undertale morality is "if you tiny skeleton, you are most popular character"

    • @GGUFSNAS
      @GGUFSNAS 2 месяца назад +6

      This is correct

    • @hybridvenom9
      @hybridvenom9 2 месяца назад +7

      Yep or "if you see two. skeletons one are small the other one is bigger trust"

    • @thisnameisbad3609
      @thisnameisbad3609 2 месяца назад +6

      If you design a game where a skeleton is stronger than me but dies faster than me you are praised for making videogames for eight years.

    • @TheMostDisabled
      @TheMostDisabled 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@thisnameisbad3609If skeleton you are praised

    • @Bengt2509
      @Bengt2509 2 месяца назад +4

      @@thisnameisbad3609stronger than you (undertale parody) reference???

  • @owengonzalez6819
    @owengonzalez6819 2 месяца назад +74

    I feel the best way to analyze Chara and Flowey at the end of the day is just as mirrors to the player. Flowey, like the player, has torn the world apart countless times just to see each outcome, and Chara’s erasing of this world to move on to the next is a clever way of saying “we’ve reached the end of the game. Let’s play a different game like [insert video game]”. You’ve literally reached the end of the game; there’s nothing left to discover.

  • @MiguelDCristo
    @MiguelDCristo 2 месяца назад +85

    There's something I don't like about D&D's character alignment system, how it often reduces multi-faceted characters to one or basic tropes.
    Undertale is a good example of that. If we were to follow the alignment system, pretty much more than half of the characters would fall under True and Chaotic Neutral. It removes certain layers of complexity that character has such as specific personality traits, some of their actions and how they're interpreted in the world they're in, reducing them to a basic character aligned to a very specific trope. Such as, "Sans is the judge", "Asgore is the misunderstood king", "Chara is the result of your actions", not as if those are 100% wrong, but there's always more than just that.

  • @owengonzalez6819
    @owengonzalez6819 2 месяца назад +39

    3:17 correction: in the neutral endings, sans doesn’t outright say he hates us. He does speculate that “maybe she’s not feeling well..?” but adds on to that if Papyrus is killed where he says “or maybe she’s not feeling anything at all?” So he only outright admits anger in any neutral ending where you kill Pap (unless you got the Dog ending of course and maybe the MTT ending)

  • @ilikecats24-ct5nx
    @ilikecats24-ct5nx 2 месяца назад +53

    Undertale is so neatly written that no character is 100% good nor bad, they have so much depth
    I dare to say Mettaton is one of the worst characters morally due to his neutral ending, i cant excuse becoming a dictator and forcing everyone to worship him

    • @mistahmcmuffin
      @mistahmcmuffin 2 месяца назад +13

      And yet even then, his morality isn't completely vile. He's always had the dream of being an icon, someone to be inspired by, so when he gets the chance, he takes it so as to be the best entertainer out there. He's so caught up in the thrill of entertainment that he hardly considers being a good person until large events force him to.(Ex: Alphys implied suicide).
      Not saying you're wrong, you definitely aren't, but it's a testiment to how solid Toby's writing is

    • @ilikecats24-ct5nx
      @ilikecats24-ct5nx 2 месяца назад +6

      @@mistahmcmuffin What i'm thinking is that as someone who focuses his life on entertaiment, he has no idea how to be a ruler. He doesn't know any better than to turn everyone into his worshippers

    • @sheogorath6834
      @sheogorath6834 2 месяца назад +10

      Tbf this neutral ending is after he, who cleary know nothing about how to rule (and he knows that, he tried to ask Alphys for help but... Alphys was no longer there) and just lost his best (and probably only) friend, just got put into power because there were litterally no one else. No wonder that turned out badly.
      But at the same time this is the same guy who put his life on the line to save everyone in geno.

    • @themustardman219
      @themustardman219 2 месяца назад

      Counterpoint: Jerry

    • @garrettfish8471
      @garrettfish8471 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@ilikecats24-ct5nx Very well said, although I think that's entirely the point. It's even a bit of commentary about putting celebrities in positions of power (it's all about them, even at the expense of others).

  • @ryanred1525
    @ryanred1525 2 месяца назад +51

    “She’s probably the most racist character in the game, which is reasonable.”

  • @Dandelion2-3
    @Dandelion2-3 2 месяца назад +53

    This video gave me an interesting thought. I don't think Chara ever really wanted to kill monsters. When YOU kill the monsters, you kill the only people they really cared about, and since most of the monsters are dead, they don't care about the rest of the world (the humans). Yeah, I know there are still monsters that evacuated and are hiding, but seeing so many monsters die probably drove Chara a little mad, and made them willing to wipe out everything. I know other people have said stuff like this before, but something clicked for me when the video said Chara erased the world you already destroyed, bringing you to justice.

    • @Charafromthehitgameundertale99
      @Charafromthehitgameundertale99 2 месяца назад +13

      Here is my take.
      Chara has likely…
      Not had the best experience with humans. So, they decided to…
      Y’know, die.
      But they lived, and were adopted by the Dreemurrs (Albeit, not legally.)
      … Now, there is this thing called “Sociopathy”.
      Basically a much less hidden, impulsive psychopathy. There’s also the small chance to feel empathy, and also how it’s not genetic. It comes from bad experiences.
      So, Chara ended up poisoning Asgore, and feeling actual guilt for the first time. So, not used to this kind of thing, they just laugh to cope with it.
      Later, they start to subconsciously manipulate Asriel into helping them with their plan to free them. But, when they get to the village, they start to get repeatedly shot.
      Remember, this is 201X. They’ve got guns.
      So, Chara urges Asriel to use his full power, yadda yadda yadda, they both die.
      When Chara comes back, they’re like Flowey.
      Still the same person, but unable to feel love or compassion.
      So, when they see the player (as Frisk) kill people, they just assume that they came back to help you get stronger.
      Not really having much else they can do, they keep track. They show your stats in menus. They count how many monsters there are left to kill. They skip all of the dialogue and puzzles, since you’d probably just want to focus on your goals. So, when you choose not to erase the world, they’re confused. I mean, they were going to help you get stronger as you supposedly wanted them to, and now you’re deciding to miss your opportunity for even more power?
      And then you try to go back to the world you’ve already doomed.
      So, desiring to feel again, they ask for the one thing they need.
      A SOUL.
      As they’re already too far gone at this point, if you do the No Mercy route again…
      They’re even more confused. They don’t understand what you feel for this. What kind of “perverted sentimentality” would cause you to do it AGAIN for no reward. So, if you do it again…
      They tell you to go do something else. There’s no point in doing it again and again. Go do another route.
      As the funny bone man himself said:
      “The more you kill, the easier it becomes to distance yourself.”
      Chara’s connected to you. You’re making it easier for them not to care.
      There’s also all my transgender headcanons and stuff, but those are mainly from the fact that Judgement Boy decided to point out the fact that in Kitchen, there’s someone who’s transitioned from male to female. And also the fact that there’s multiple similarities between that book and Chara. Which gave me ideas.
      NEVER.
      GIVE.
      ME.
      IDEAS.

    • @MrGamernova
      @MrGamernova 2 месяца назад +9

      However while YOU start the Genocide route & kill everyone up to Sans, just like with every final boss, you cant kill any of them all by your self, this includes Sans, Yes you might be evil enough to do it but without Chara Sans would just rest & make his fight an endless loop. However...
      Chara has finally gotten their one excuse to really really hate humanity, ironically at the cost of all the Monsters they wanted to free, and killing them like how they wanted Asriel to kill humans.
      Now Chara has a choice at the end of Sans fight all Chara has to do is literally nothing & either the player will give up or better yet reset to a better route. But in doing so they'll lose their one chance at killing the evilest human they've seen. But then after you miss your shot & Sans is ready to start the endless loop Sans is hit by another attack he couldn't read killing him not controlled by you.
      & to top it all off, they are now forced to constantly kill Sans in repeat Genocides in order to keep their hypocritical facade of Justice.

    • @narrativeless404
      @narrativeless404 2 месяца назад

      ​@@MrGamernovaCouldn't have said it before

    • @narrativeless404
      @narrativeless404 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Charafromthehitgameundertale99Yapping a lot
      And got a lot of shit wrong
      Go learn from the guy below you

    • @_Player123
      @_Player123 2 месяца назад +1

      chara is a soulless like flowey ghost, she wasnt like that when she was alive

  • @tituswaugh4367
    @tituswaugh4367 2 месяца назад +74

    mettaton's rank: C+
    ah I see what you did there, "C++", good one

  • @matoViva9
    @matoViva9 2 месяца назад +18

    Wasn't the whole 'eradication robot' thing for Mettaton just a pretext so HE could get his body, and Alphys could impress Asgore ?

  • @lamaoma
    @lamaoma 2 месяца назад +18

    14:20 I think he just cannot feel love. He can cry or be scared, he also murdered everyone few times over for a reson - to feel something. My theory is that he cannot feel compassion, and is less affected by other feelings

  • @1BeautifulDuck
    @1BeautifulDuck 2 месяца назад +56

    Sans actually DOES protect you. Him sleeping distracts Undyne in her chase, giving you more time to escape, he follows you around to keep an eye on you, and he never WAS gonna attack you, he's too lazy.

    • @Dragon_Aoi
      @Dragon_Aoi 2 месяца назад +15

      Also in a phone call, u find out that he lies to Undyne about there being no human. Risking his job. And/or etc.
      He don't know if he would have killed u or not w/o the promise though, what he said does make it seem like he would imo, but we don't know for sure if he would or not.
      Sans does protect u though, yeah, agreed. Though, sometimes he does so on technicalities (like, knowing about ur time powers, so u will be "fine" even if u die probably), and/or doesn't care as much anymore, due to nihilism and/or etc. to protect u as well as he could.
      But besides the thing u mentioned, the thing I mentioned above. He also gives tips, doesn't kill u in the first place or try to capture u, like a decent amount of monsters do (though, some are doing it by accident, because magic is just how monsters express themselves), even though he is a sentry.
      Etc.
      Sans is defin. morally gray/ambiguous. But he finds promises very important.

  • @user-mw3yg7bv5i
    @user-mw3yg7bv5i 2 месяца назад +54

    This is going to sound out of context, but if the next Smash game had a Subspace Emmisary and Sans was part of the roster, I don't think Sans joining the heroes (unless he was Crossbones) would fit his character since he only fights Frisk after commiting genocide. Plus, Frisk is a pacifist, so them fighting would be weird (unless their moveset incorparated pacifist and genocide) and the only ones I feel would join Mario, Sonic, Link or Kirby in saving the world would be Undyne or the Fun Gang (Kris, Susie and Ralsei).

    • @user-vl9qi3gh1r
      @user-vl9qi3gh1r 2 месяца назад +2

      Idk It depends on what threath the enemies oppose.
      If its like the brawl One then yeah, i can see him fight, if not then no

    • @dylanobrien3785
      @dylanobrien3785 2 месяца назад +10

      Nah he totally could join in.
      Remember that cutscene on Meta Knight's ship where Peach was casually walking through explosions, brewing tea cups of tea for allies and opponents alike, and befriending a Game & Watch moments after they attacked? Well, Sans would fit in perfectly.
      I can envision Luigi running back and forth from monsters terrified, and then Sans is casually standing around every corner offering handshakes and hotdogs as Luigi screams and runs the other way again. Sans then makes them team up, and the first duo is created. A terrified Luigi and an unfazed Sans would be iconic.
      Also I can't imagine Sans fighting much either. He would likely walk up and try to make friends with the enemies, and if they turn hostile they'd crush Sans and leave a gigantic crater of broken rubble in their wake, only for the camera to pan away and Sans is just shrugging in the background. _Then_ he'd let his allies do the work for him.
      He'd just be there to make friends, have some good laughs, and force others to get along together.

    • @user-vl9qi3gh1r
      @user-vl9qi3gh1r 2 месяца назад

      @@dylanobrien3785 i ain't readin' allat bro

    • @dylanobrien3785
      @dylanobrien3785 2 месяца назад +6

      @@user-vl9qi3gh1r _Me reading the instructions on the side of my medicine containers:_

    • @UlyssesK402
      @UlyssesK402 2 месяца назад +1

      Sans fights you in genocide because you are about to *end the entire world.* Bear in mind, he made a promise to keep the human safe, and Sans is the kind of guy to go to the infernal pits and back to keep a promise (provided he makes one in the first place), so given that between a breaking promise and allowing the destruction of the world, Sans opts to prevent the latter, he would *absolutely* face down a different world-ending threat that would show up, *especially* when there isn't *even* a promise in the way.

  • @Weirdo_89
    @Weirdo_89 2 месяца назад +19

    I personally think that Chara's personality depends on Frisk's actions or rather on the route that we, the player, take since we must keep in mind that even though we are in control, apparently Frisk's personality does change after everything like for example when he walks to attack monster kid in the geno he does it on his own but it is an effect of what we forced him to do before

    • @JacksonVoet
      @JacksonVoet 2 месяца назад +1

      It’s like reconstructing a being from the atoms of its corpse. A very, very difficult process that has a very low chance of accurately reproducing the specimen.

  • @Dragonfire-ir5ln
    @Dragonfire-ir5ln 2 месяца назад +25

    Theres ONE character that I can say for certain is 100% pure evil, that is muffet, maybe she doesn't eat her pastries, but she makes them out of other spiders for other spiders to eat, she literately serves spiders for other spider cannibals to eat, was going to literately kill you and make you into food, which frisk is a CHILD, and in general muffet basically solely cares about money, she only let's you go because you didn't kill any spiders, which is superbly hypocritical

    • @gamingtmans6692
      @gamingtmans6692 Месяц назад +7

      plus, if you don't immediately kill Muffet in the genocide route and let her dialogue run on, she'll say that Alphys tried to convince her to evacuate but Muffet refused and considered turning Alphys into a donut. She then tries to spare you once she learns you didn't kill any spiders, just a shit ton of monsters. Reason she's probably not in deltarune is because she's in a federal prison for various felonies lmao

    • @Napsta-blook22
      @Napsta-blook22 18 дней назад +1

      .....not really.....if you don't spare her... in the Geno route..... it'll says 0 gold.....she really did try to save her family from being broke......I don't think if the donuts are really made out of spiders .........and there's alot of characters that threat us THAT way.....(Also Metaton told her that we being bad with spiders)....not the best mindset BUT NOT PURE EVIL....she really cares about her spider family.......... I don't talk about her behaviour....but in the boss fight we learned how the spiders in the ruins can't leave there.... because of how cold snowdin is .......also...that one scene after beating her(no mercy) is quite upsetting.....

  • @user-mh5ue2oz5i
    @user-mh5ue2oz5i 2 месяца назад +164

    Morality debate in every comunity is awful and repetitive. People just don't get morally gray characters or plot points.

    • @inciniumz4671
      @inciniumz4671 2 месяца назад +7

      I think morally grey characters themselves are awful and repetitive. I'm tired of them, I miss just straight up good and evil

    • @fedethegreat88
      @fedethegreat88 2 месяца назад +23

      ​​@@inciniumz4671That's what cartoons are for. Otherwise, you HAVE to give a character some depth to not make them boring or "empty"

    • @floralfires
      @floralfires 2 месяца назад +18

      @@inciniumz4671 Every single person is morally gray. There is not one real person that is completely good or evil. Without any blurriness, the character feels flat and one dimensional in my opinion.

    • @TheSkyGuy77
      @TheSkyGuy77 2 месяца назад

      Because people are surrounded by propaganda that claims that there are no morally grey areas.
      That there is no nuance to issues, when there clearly is if you examine it with a critical eye.
      This all or nothing attitude is destroying society and it needs to stop.

    • @Nixahma
      @Nixahma 2 месяца назад +5

      And on the flip side, some people think they do get morally grey characters and think that that means you're wrong to criticize them for their actions.

  • @Omega_Sans12345
    @Omega_Sans12345 2 месяца назад +10

    6:00 Sadly it's not canon but what I liked that in a fanmade Mettaton Neo fight he said the reason that he didn't called Asgore to absorb the 6 human souls is because he knew that Asgore would destroy the humanity.
    Actually Mettaton was the saviour of the humanity.

  • @aureliamastergoomba1278
    @aureliamastergoomba1278 2 месяца назад +8

    Very true at 0:27
    Flowey is sadistic, but he hasn’t always been like that, and he either has a lack of soul or has PTSD/Depression.
    Toriel can be very clingy and while she means the best for the human, she needs to learn when to let go.
    Sans roots for ya, but he does say if he didn’t make a promise to Toriel, he would have attacked Frisk instantly.
    Papyrus in my opinion is the best main character, but even he has flaws, for example, he is full of himself and thinks about being popular, and does call you a weirdo for not liking puzzles in Genocide before offering you friendship despite the path.
    Undyne straight up lies to Papyrus about why he can’t join the Royal guard, but does what she does for the sake of monsters.
    Alphys has done a lot of messed up things, but it’s clear she WANTS to atone for the mistakes!
    Mettaton does a lot just to try to kill Frisk like hiring other to kill Frisk, but he did say he was saving humanity by not letting Asgore get your soul, and in a flawed Genocide run, he says he can rest, hoping you don’t destroy humanity and saying if you tried to be fully evil, you failed.
    Asgore, yeah he killed six humans, but he CLEARLY does not want to declare war, he’s just severely misguided.
    Chara is the last one that I should mention, yeah, they destroy the world of Undertale, but all they did was destroy your game, and besides in a Genocide run, you technically did it first, and Chara gives you consequences when you were originally lacking most of them. If Chara truly wanted to just kill, they wouldn’t have killed themself to let Asriel possibly being the one in control as they thought would happen, they would’ve just killed a Dreemurr and went on a rampage, they willingly tortured themself to death in order to spare their family, and the plan was only six humans (you need seven) as Chara was planning using their own soul so less would have to die. Asriel didn’t say they were evil, he said Chara did have flaws.

  • @IAmBored347
    @IAmBored347 2 месяца назад +9

    I feel the reason why people love Undertale is that everyone feels human. They may have flaws yet they feel endearing. Like how Sans is a fatalist who doesn't care for others but genuinely cares for you (if you're nice that is), Papyrus and Toriel. Toriel is a caring mother but she has frustrations against her ex husband Asgore for the loss of innocent children and overprotective to those who want to protect themselves. And even Mettaton who's probably the only "unjustifiable" of the monsters if you judge his actions especially his Neutral ending where he becomes a dictator he loves his fans and wants to make a difference, but his ego may have blinded him. Or how Asgore is a conflicting king and lost because of his actions of using violence to save Monsterkind with the loss of innocents. Yes even Chara my most conflcting character I ever see in media is not good nor evil. And speaking of Chara let's talk about Chara Dreemurr because they're probably the misunderstood based on writing and also the issues with people viewing him. The people who wish to eliminate Chara for being the one who "manipulated" Frisk to commit the No Mercy run or the people who defend Chara like if Chara is their holy god they must protect.
    So let's explain Chara Dreemurr, the most controversial character in Undertale and its fanbase. In my eyes, I originally felt Chara was pure evil all because of their actions towards their family. And how they dragged the Dremurr's into their mess. Originally I thought maybe Chara was misunderstood thanks to Fleur Marigold's essay titled, "Who Is The True Villain Of Undertale In Defense of Chara Dreemurr" but I do feel the video analyzing them made them too "good" in my opinion. A response video made by The Fiery Joker made an video essay on villainous characters becoming too sympathetic and that media is dangerous for allowing a tragic past or excuse to pass despite their actions being cruel. That villains who get away with it with a tragic story will make us excuse their actions too much that's it is a petty excuse, especially when they do it all over again. Now if I ever responded to both of their videos, I would say both of them are right and wrong. And let me explain them carefully.
    It's true Fleur Marigold's video on Chara misunderstood them by blaming the player for causing Frisk to do the No Mercy route, but in my argument I feel they might've defended Chara for their erasure of Earth too much. But as much as I agree with the Fiery Joker, that media needs to have the Freudian Excuse is No Excuse vibe but luckily we have media like that where some villains aren't forgiven for their actions. (High Revolutionary from GOTG Vol 3, Jack Horner from The Last Wish, DIO from JJBA, Belos from TOH, Nearly The Entire Cast of Bojack Horseman, Crimson from Helluva Boss, Mahito from JJK, etcetera.) Using Chara as an example is wrong because while it's true Chara isn't innocent their response to the Chara Misunderstood video essayist of defending Chara a bit harsh. Sorry I did like the essay he made and I agree with the message mostly, but to my eyes Marigold's argument on Chara is valid and while it didn't age well they shouldn't have been reduced as a "Chara Defender Who Loves Chara So Much". Yes Chara to him is inexcusable but what about other UT characters like Muffet, Mettaton, Flowey or Asgore's actions. Fiery Joker tries to say this but this is Undertale and if people despised Alphys even though she's most regretful of the cast, his argument kind of falls flat especially for Undertale's morality being complicated as well as other series that are complicated like most Ghibli's movies not having the traditional good vs evil. Undertale isn't about justification, it's about love and understand others. It's the video game version of Steven Universe! (joking) It doesn't help that Toby's writing decision was likely for Chara to be ambiguous and if you think Chara is this and that I don't mind people saying they're good or bad. However it comes to the point the forget that not everyone character is black and white, and Chara reduced to these moral tropes drive me insane to no end.
    So here's my take on Chara and agree or disagree. Chara is like the Player but unlike the Player they made a decision that ended up ruining their own life and cost of their family. I believe Chara did I enjoy the Dreemurrs but they wanted revenge against humankind so they slowly became more questionable like how they made Butterscotch Pie that made Asgore sick. They decided to trust in Asriel because they were the only one who cared and knew them. It's possible Chara hated humans possibly due to poor parenting or their family being toxic, so they ended up deciding to love Monsterkind...a little too much. So much so that I think Chara wanted humanity gone so that they can keep the Dreemurrs and live a haply life without any chaos or hate from man. I believe Chara is basically a dark foil to us the player. That if we love Undertale and its monsters, do we slowly become so attach it consumes us? That we love this thing so much we'll threaten others for not supporting what we like. After they failed and Asriel is gone, I imagine Chara being resentful and lost any hope. I think they were too caught up to swear vengeance against mankind they didn't feel care when Asriel passed away. Now for my view on Chara when they meet you after you're done with the No Mercy route. Chara basically feels connection. Care. Enjoyment over the monsters gone, yet at the same time they feel lost. Because that was only thing they have left. You took them away from them. I feel over the years as every children were lost, Chara became disillusioned by the world that he like Flowey (Asriel) treated everything like a game. They know the inevitable that every monster will fade away someday, and likely felt enjoyment when we commited this action yet they feel so lost they decided to destroy everything. Destroy everything is their new purpose now. So I feel Chara became this way because they're a child, a child doesn't know any better and because they possibly had a bad childhood Chara became a complicated mess of vengenace and resentment. Children are smart but they aren't fully developed and because of Chara made the family in disarray after Asriel is gone....they lost it all and its THEIR fault.
    Which is why Frisk and us are the opposite of Chara. We cared for monsterkibd and made everyone slowly connect, love, and facewith their problems head on. But for Chara because they wanted mankind erased their emotional baggage and the inability of prace caused them to snap and lose everything. They never learned of true love and only think of LEVEL OF VIOLENCE, and when the Dreemurrs tried to guide then to peace used their son for their personal vendetta against humans at the cost of everyone's lives. Chara is what happens when we let ourselves lose it and make things worse. And I feel Asriel may not like what Chara did but he never forget them supported them as a friend, that's why he thought Frisk and us was his friend. Because to him we and Frisk represent what Chara could've been...choose pacifism. Chara to me is a tragedy and that they're tragic because at least Flowey can return back to Asriel if Frisk can use their soul to help Asriel. Chara has noone now and whether you think they deserve their demise or not, I kind of pity them almost.
    (Also please do not attack Fleur Marigold and Fiery Joker. They made their essays years ago and please don't harass them for a single character....please...)

  • @NO.10162
    @NO.10162 2 месяца назад +7

    The thing about Toriel that bothers me is that she's an outlier in a way that makes her seem really pretentious.
    She leaves Asgore because of his stated goal to restart a war with humanity, but more importantly, kill any human who falls down for their soul. This in and of itself is fine, but the problem is SHE'S THE QUEEN.
    It makes her seem rather irresponsible to leave the underground without one of their rulers because of he personal distaste for Asgore's new policy.
    I get that she also grew resentful of monsters who had agreed with Asgore, but this isn't portrayed very well. From the start, she seems to be the only one who has a particular beef with Asgore, and I don't think she's wrong to be upset, but it's weird that she is the ONLY monster who seems to hold Asgore in a negative light because of this.
    If there was a specific "Asgore hate club" then it could be understood but instead it makes her beef feel really one sided, especially since in the final hours of the game, Undyne says that everyone's tried to kill Frisk at one point and Toriel has no reaction or concern for this despite having a strong dislike for Asgore over the same thing.
    This might've made more sense if Toriel and Asgore's relationship was already rocky before the final straw was broken, but as the VHS tapes show us, they actually had a very loving and understanding relationship. Wouldn't that mean that Toriel would be the most empathetic towards Asgore? Instead she acts like she just saw her ex from middle school.
    It's not about what Toriel did per say, it's more about what she didn't do. As the queen, she had the power necessary to at the very least rally some opposition to Asgore's tyrannical outburst, and even when she meets up with Asgore in the true pacifist run, she mentions a plan to use one human soul to cross the barrier and resolving the conflict peacefully and despite having this plan herself, she doesn't actually do anything.
    Yet here she is with her holier than thou attitude.

  • @Frisk.56790
    @Frisk.56790 2 месяца назад +24

    I just want to play Undertale in peace tbh like let me play a beautiful game in peace dawg

  • @NOTaNaBC
    @NOTaNaBC 2 месяца назад +123

    I always didn't like how the fandom considers Chara to be either a complete monster or a good person. Yes, Chara has good sides (for example, they tried to save monsters at the cost of their lives), but at the same time, Chara has a very... questionable sense of humor. Like when they put poisonous flowers in Asgore's pie

    • @1BeautifulDuck
      @1BeautifulDuck 2 месяца назад +28

      Pretty sure that was an accident that they laughed off but okay.

    • @secretconsumer8836
      @secretconsumer8836 2 месяца назад +19

      We don't actually know much about Chara, tbh. Only what we have, is just a small facts, which can be read in many angles and positions. I prefer to think what Chara sincerely desired the best future for the monsterkind, but barely knowing how to interact with other creatures, she manipulated Asriel and did some questionable things for her goals. It could affect Flowey's personality, and he started to act and talk quite like Chara would.

    • @fruitloops2058
      @fruitloops2058 2 месяца назад +5

      I just believe it was intentionally ambiguous so whatever the player sees The Fallen Child is what they are.
      Idk the years of debating have drained me.

    • @MrGamernova
      @MrGamernova 2 месяца назад +7

      @@1BeautifulDuck Nah, they had a reading level way to high to honestly make that mistake.
      Chara reading: "Two lovers over hells cauldron..."
      Also Chara reading: "Clearly this recipe requires butter cups."

    • @giasfelfebrehber12
      @giasfelfebrehber12 2 месяца назад +21

      @@MrGamernova I don’t think they knew that buttercups are poisonous. We see that they have an interest in botany through the water sausage flavor text, and the cause of that may be that they didn’t want what happened to Asgore to happen again, to anyone but themself.

  • @ASaycoB
    @ASaycoB 2 месяца назад +40

    We can't say someone is 100% good or evil, but we can say that Nubert is 100% awesome.

    • @narrativeless404
      @narrativeless404 2 месяца назад

      Nubert isn't even in Undetale...

    • @ASaycoB
      @ASaycoB 2 месяца назад

      @@narrativeless404 But he could be watching us while we go through the underground. He knows you're genocides.

    • @_Player123
      @_Player123 2 месяца назад +1

      thats papyrus

  • @Ultimafire1258
    @Ultimafire1258 2 месяца назад +4

    The thing I always liked about Papyrus is how despite having a gigantic ego, he still encourages his friends and tries to help out. In his own mind it's closer to: "You can't be golden like me, but there is absolutely nothing wrong trying to reach the silver!"
    Edit: Honestly most of the characters, even Asgore I feel are genuinely good people but are put in horrible circumstances. Papyrus, Undyne and Sans are the exceptions but they are the ones with solid goals as well. Papyrus wants to be famous, Undyne wants to free monsterkind and Sans wants to fulfill a promise. Overall the more I think about it the more it feels like a lesson of 'How much do you want to do something.' I might be reaching but the game potrays Undyne, Sans and Papyrus in a generally good light because they are 100% dedicated to their goal but are also willing to give it up for the sake of their friends. Toriel, Asgore and Alphys are in a bit more of a negative light due to the consequences of going too far for that goal.

  • @khaosinkorporated9493
    @khaosinkorporated9493 2 месяца назад +37

    Personally, I think Undertale is about understanding and compassion. Not necessarily about who’s justified and who’s not.
    Let me give you an example. Mettaton in my opinion is probably the most evil main character in Undertale. Wants to take Frisk’s soul to CROSS the barrier himself, not break it, all so he can entertain humans who’ll likely kill him. Admits it on live TV. He’s also not a good friend to Alphys, exposing her motives on live TV and not talking to her after she creates his body. Then he becomes a dictator in the king Mettaton ending.
    However, Mettaton still matters to people. Dorked made a great video on NPC reactions to major character deaths. Mettaton has by far the most changes.
    If I had killed Mettaton on my first playthrough:
    -Napstablook and Mettaton would’ve never reconnected (nor Shyren).
    -The MTT Resort employees would be out of a job.
    -The entire Underground would be left without an entertainer.
    -Papyrus would be robbed of his idol.
    Even if Mettaton does horrible things, and honestly, is just a plain bad person, even on Pacifist, he still matters to people. He still had the potential to have a positive impact, whether he intended to or not. Whether we like it or not, no matter how kind or cruel we are, we’re all still people.
    Also, I wish more fangames would let the player figure that out for themselves. Because in a lot of recent fangames (Undertale Yellow or Undershuffle Sans) the dialogue in battles becomes just a huge morality debate as well as exposition dump, which I feel like takes the fun out of a lot of battles and even characters in some cases because it’s just, in your face, you know? That probably doesn’t make sense, but hey, I don’t know how else I could’ve worded it.
    That’s a revelation about Undertale that I’ve come to recently, and it’s really effected my writing for my own AU. And I really want to show other people this perspective.

    • @assholes1.6
      @assholes1.6 2 месяца назад +2

      flowey is definitely the most evil main character

    • @sheogorath6834
      @sheogorath6834 2 месяца назад +4

      " all so he can entertain humans " Don't forget that he also wanted to save humanity from Asgore.

    • @assholes1.6
      @assholes1.6 2 месяца назад +3

      also in the king mettaton ending mettaton is very worried for alphys and he says "I TRIED TO GET ALPHYS TO HELP, BUT..SHE WAS NOWHERE",or something like that.

    • @khaosinkorporated9493
      @khaosinkorporated9493 2 месяца назад +3

      @@assholes1.6 Okay, you got me there. Honestly, it feels like Flowey just doesn’t play a major role that much aside from the beginning and the end. And the genocide run. Still, you got a point.

    • @assholes1.6
      @assholes1.6 2 месяца назад

      @@khaosinkorporated9493 ye, well all flowey does really is steal the human souls in the neutral and pacifist ending, and pretty much nothing in the genocide

  • @basedguy.4229
    @basedguy.4229  2 месяца назад +53

    Everyone deserves a second chance! Always remember!

    • @Xenodrad5301
      @Xenodrad5301 2 месяца назад +4

      Chara: ha ha, no.

    • @m4rqu1s
      @m4rqu1s 2 месяца назад +1

      bro pleas eadd outlines on ur text it looks very weird in moments like 3:50

    • @hybridvenom9
      @hybridvenom9 2 месяца назад +4

      See those words? NO SHIT!

    • @dev.1.1.1
      @dev.1.1.1 2 месяца назад

      Not flowey, i hate that shit

    • @Gunhatfriends
      @Gunhatfriends 2 месяца назад

      ​@@dev.1.1.1SANS!!!!!!!??!

  • @kamera1890
    @kamera1890 2 месяца назад +6

    Neat video! I think something crucial to morality in Undertale involving Flowey and the Chara we see at the end of the no mercy route is that they can’t really be judged in terms of morality. These two characters are intentionally paralleling and reflecting the player, especially Flowey, and trying to morally judge the player is a pretty fruitless endeavor.

  • @Mohamed-dx5yl
    @Mohamed-dx5yl 2 месяца назад +12

    You are one of the few underrated Undertale RUclipsrs.
    I really like ur content keep it up!

  • @NovaAeternus
    @NovaAeternus 2 месяца назад +3

    Papyrus isn't exactly selfish or anything like that, you can even skip his fight if you suck enough, he just doesn't have any friends, sans is noticeably more popular, and all Papyrus can confide in is a talking flower

  • @REDACTED504
    @REDACTED504 2 месяца назад +3

    something about how i feel about toriel leaving the throne and such:
    It’s understandable she would want to leave Asgore after what he announced, not arguing that. But people don’t understand that it’s not about just Asgore and her breaking apart, it’s the fact that she could’ve done better, like possibly trying to stop such things, not that I don’t personally believe she didn’t but it isn’t hinted to at all. It feels a bit wrong to leave your whole race at a time like that, after the ‘hope of humans and monsters’ died. After all, she could’ve tried to help her people. But then again, it’s understandable. Her children’s death impacted her in that such way, and people react differently to grief/grievous situations.
    Asgore:
    Definitely the most CLEAR grey (gray?) character, he’s done bad things, but it’s more of in a tragic sense. Deep down he is a good man, but you can’t excuse what he’s done, but understand them. That’s why Asgore feels well written. It doesn’t justify him, but makes him more understandable, while still allowing us to love him as a character.
    Flowey and Chara: Pure grey (gray?). Flowey’s perspective is that nothing literally has any purpose and that nothing matters due to the cosmic idea of resetting or timelines. He can’t even feel, and these reasons are why I feel Flowey is grey rather than pure evil. Chara is around the same things, bad ideas like hating humanity and potentially emotionally abusing Asriel, but there are clues that tell us that Chara was abused in some way shape or form, and that they really do love monster kind.

  • @perrykv7312
    @perrykv7312 2 месяца назад +6

    Tbh, I've come to see Chara as moreso like Susie from how their character is described fron Asriel's experiences, as for how they act in the genocide route I think it's moreso influenced by LV at some degree, considering LV it is described to change someone who has lots of it, and considering Chara says that the player and them are completely they gained the same LV as Frisk

  • @giasfelfebrehber12
    @giasfelfebrehber12 2 месяца назад +42

    “There’s no truly evil character in Undertale.”
    Jerry:
    All jokes aside, YES! Thank you for making this video. I’ve seen way too many “Alphys bad” or “Toriel bad” or “Asgore good” takes and it really gets on my nerves, because… They’re not? Nor are they perfectly the opposite. Some people don’t seem to understand the existence of nuance… Looking forward to your Flowey analysis (I think you mentioned that, right?), your videos are really great.
    My opinion on Chara… Well, they were a manipulative person for sure. But their motives were definitely good, they just wanted to free monsterkind. And they sacrificed themself for it. If they really just wanted to kill humans, they could have taken Asriel’s soul, but they didn’t. Chara definitely hated humanity, but from what we know they likely have a good reason for that. I think they saw taking the lives of humans as necessary for monsterkind’s freedom.
    Post their death… Well, it really depends on your actions. If you follow narra-chara, they get to know a human in pacifist, and probably learn they’re not so bad. In genocide, I think they distance themself from monsters because of LOVE. Once they distance themself, it’s easy to basically just guide the human along. They develop the player’s mentality. So I’d rate them (goodness leve) around 65% pre-death, around 75% at the end of pacifist, and around 15% at the end of genocide.

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад +1

      Chara did take over Asriel to kill a human village. If you mean Chara could've killed Asriel and take his soul to do whatever they want with humanity, then it's probably because it's more troublesome to kill your own brother than poisoning yourself and getting your soul absorbed.
      Chara did want to free monsterkind, sure. And to eradicate the humankind out of spite. One doesn't cancel the other, the second one is an evil thing to do for sure no matter what that's also worsening Chara's character as a whole. Honestly I dunno how stubborn you must be to insist on convincing that Chara wanted to erase humans exceptionally because they wanted to free the monsters, and not because they also have a hatred for humans which exactly is the thing making their motives rather evil.
      And the fact Chara manipulated and fooled Asriel from the beginning, made him absorb their soul as a request to see village flowers again, hidden as an intention to do whatever they want is the key reason making this operation failure and making Chara's motives even worse imo.

    • @bunayogaming_q2841
      @bunayogaming_q2841 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Oleja2008the point he was trying to make was about how characters are morally grey. Chara isn’t perfect, nor are they a “good” person per say. They have some justified motives, but have done horrible things. That’s doesn’t mean they are pure evil (probably not what you are saying) but they aren’t that good. If that’s what you are saying, then I’m blind and stupid, and need some help, so don’t pay any mind to this if that’s the case.

    • @bunayogaming_q2841
      @bunayogaming_q2841 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Oleja2008(I’m not actually blind)

    • @Alt_DiegoBrando
      @Alt_DiegoBrando 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@Oleja2008I don't get all this debate around Chara, they're most definitely not evil just due to that, if that was the case Asgore would be evil due to the fact he murders children instead of absorbing one soul and leaving the underground.
      Alphys is evil because of the experiments she made on the monsters.
      But this is just not the case, because in Undertale morality matters and characters are intrisically complex, I won't deny that Chara trying to kill humans was definitely a bad thing, but the statement that Asriel was manipulated could easily be refuted if you try to look at their dialogues in another perspective.

    • @EmersonJS291
      @EmersonJS291 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@Oleja2008The argument you gave about mentioning that Chara didn't kill Asriel (or anyone else) doesn't make sense, If they were the "PuRe 3v1l", you make them out to be, they would have done this, and if they didn't it's a plot hole.

  • @EnzoGranzotto
    @EnzoGranzotto 2 месяца назад +5

    Fanon sans when you get 1 exp:GASTER BLAST

  • @xrn64
    @xrn64 2 месяца назад +3

    Love to see how you actually looked into this deeply, everyone has their problems, nobody is pure good or purely evil.

  • @AstraCrits
    @AstraCrits 2 месяца назад +10

    Personally I'd consider Chara a neutral character? Their morality shifts depending on what Frisk/the Player wants to do. In Genocide, they ultimately just point you in the right direction and finish what you started at the very end to make a point. In other routes they're neutral, or maybe even leaning slightly towards good in True Pacifist.
    If you subscribe to the "Chara is the Narrator" theory, there's also some evidence that the killing of certain monsters disturbs them in non-Genocide routes--particilarly during Undyne's neutral death, which has some pretty freaked out dialogue.
    They definitely don't have the best *reasons* for most of their actions, but neither do, like, half the characters in Undertale.

    • @NOTaNaBC
      @NOTaNaBC 2 месяца назад +1

      Chara does not exist in other paths, this has not been confirmed anywhere

    • @Alt_DiegoBrando
      @Alt_DiegoBrando 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@NOTaNaBC "Mmy human soul."
      "My determination"
      "They were not mine, but YOURS."
      Chara explicitly telling you that you revived them the moment you fell.

    • @NOTaNaBC
      @NOTaNaBC 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Alt_DiegoBrando No. These words say nothing about WHEN Chara was revived

    • @SadIsMe1055
      @SadIsMe1055 2 месяца назад

      ​@@NOTaNaBCPretty sure we do. Toriel's house in genocide "Where are the knives." written in red text,explicitly confirmed to be Chara.

    • @NOTaNaBC
      @NOTaNaBC 2 месяца назад

      @@SadIsMe1055 Don't you see the contradiction? This phrase appears in Toriel's house and only on Genocide. That is, it does not prove that Chara was revived exactly when we fell

  • @racoonwhocannotbekilled9999
    @racoonwhocannotbekilled9999 2 месяца назад +7

    So for Mettaton and Alphys, one other thing is that pretty much all of the conflict with Mettaton in Hotland was staged to make Alphys feel more confident in herself, and Mettaton was just going along with it.
    Frisk was never in any real danger until Mettaton started "going rogue" so to say, shuffling the CORE so Alphys can't help them navigate and hiring the CORE's random encounters to go after them (and maybe he put RG 01 & 02 and Muffet up to fighting them too).
    And the reason Mettaton "went rogue"?
    Because he wanted Frisk's SOUL so that he can save humankind from ASGORE and perform for humans on the Surface.
    I think this helps justify Mettaton even more!
    And for Alphys, keep in mind that in Genocide (also the Aborted Genocide Neutral Ending where she becomes queen), she also revealed the truth about the Amalgamates to everyone since she evacuated them into the True Lab. Suffice to say, this justifies her even more.
    Funnily enough, the events of Genocide help justify a lot of the characters. Toriel realizes you didn't need protecting. Papyrus shows his naive side, believing in you to the end. Undyne and Mettaton realize you're a threat to everyone on Earth, not just monsters. And they both fight you to try to save everyone (though Mettaton dies in one hit because you were just too strong at that point). Undyne really was a true hero. Sans finally stops being lazy and tries to get you to quit by fighting you using dirty tricks. And Alphys finally reveals the truth about the Amalgamates to everybody, and becomes a lot more confident in herself.
    Also, just a nitpick, but Sans doesn't really hate you for killing Toriel. He barely says anything about it, assuming she's just feeling sick (unless you kill Papyrus in which case he angrily reveals that he knows she's dead).
    Anyway, I love this video. Nothing is strictly black and white in games with well-rounded characters like Undertale's. I'm especially tired of people pretending that Chara is pure evil or pure good, as doing that ruins their character in a similar vein to how it ruins Asgore's.
    In making this video, you really did demonstrate your Basedness!

    • @headphonesaxolotl
      @headphonesaxolotl 2 месяца назад

      He makes a bit of a threat but doesn't actual confront you, unlike with Papyrus where he explicitly hates you.

  • @pipootkelter3289
    @pipootkelter3289 2 месяца назад +22

    Ive seen
    so
    Many
    Videos of evil chara
    And good frisk
    ...like buddy-
    Chara aint evil
    Nor is frisk good

    • @ThePr0_PL
      @ThePr0_PL 2 месяца назад +5

      nor is chara good
      and frisk bad

    • @keithflippers4429
      @keithflippers4429 2 месяца назад +3

      It also has to do with the fact the fanbase only views two routes the player can go on

    • @themustardman219
      @themustardman219 2 месяца назад +1

      I've seen so many videos of good Chara and evil Frisk

    • @keithflippers4429
      @keithflippers4429 2 месяца назад +1

      @@themustardman219 you sure that ain't underswap?

    • @themustardman219
      @themustardman219 2 месяца назад +1

      @@keithflippers4429 I'm sure

  • @tacticalcyan
    @tacticalcyan Месяц назад +1

    i've been a HUGE undertale fan, tho I wonder if I should make my own undertale content, and basically you're pretty much right abt ALMOST everything in my opinion

  • @sergiorodriguez6719
    @sergiorodriguez6719 2 месяца назад +6

    Good video, but I think I disagree with a few points. First Toriel, I think you should mentioned that she abandoned the kingdom (reminder that she was the queen) in a really bad moment, like its not only that she divorced Asgore, is that she completely cut off with her whole race aside from a few people that live on the Ruins (that were scared of her by the way, that isnt a good look). Second I think Sans is on the good side and not true neutral, first of all I never took that menace he tells us seriously, like Sans never looks like that type of guy, but most importantly and I think you should've added is that the reasons Sans doesnt care to stop you on neutral routes is because he knows everything is going to be reset, he hates you with all his guts and if he didnt knew about our power he would end uh right there, but he knows it itsnt worthy because at any moment all could be restored. Now unto Undyne, I dont know how you were able to say ALL that about her and then clasify her as "neutral chaotic", come on she is clearly good chaotic. You literally explained everything made sense within her thoughts and the logic of the situation they were in. Onto Mettaton, it was a fairly nice section, but you should added the whole King Mettaton neutral ending debacle (which by the way it happens after the whole "redemption" he has at the end of his fight). He quite literally brainwashes the whole Underground and makes himself ultimate dictator, yeah he put on an Alphys statue and all that, but its clear he took the whole being adored by his fans too much to the point of makind everyone's lifes revolve under him, I guess at least Papyrus was happy.... I guess. And finally Chara well... destroying an already broken world really? The Underground has for sure at very least hundreds of inhabitants, very likealy in the thousands by Mettaton ratings, we kill "only" (is still a lot of course) a bit above 100, assuming the least case Chara killed ten times more than us to "punish" us, what the hell. Imagine I steal a phone and my punishment is watching someone else steal a bank, like whats the point. Also its pretty clear Chara had something planned for Souless Pacifist, is certainly not just a reminder of what yo done (like it is of course but there is more to it) and they had very probably something nefarious in mine, probably ending humanity type of deal. For the rest of charcters I didnt mention I agree for the most part.

    • @evilness3404
      @evilness3404 2 месяца назад +2

      Dude if I was Toriel I'd divorce his bitch ass too.
      My thought process would be :
      My human child died, and my monster child absorbed their soul and then also died. My husband declares war on humanity??? And my people (who loved the human child) supported them???????
      You also have to keep in mind that Toriel probably wasn't able to change the minds of her people back when Chara/Asriel died and so left, we know she didn't leave immediately due to Asgore's dialogue after defeating him and she does the same thing in a lot of neutral endings when she can't change monsterkind's opinions on hunting humans.
      Honestly, Toriel's worst flaw is her inaction, she could have protected the other 6 humans that fell and just refused to.

  • @inciniumz4671
    @inciniumz4671 2 месяца назад +4

    Also, in terms of Alphys, I think her flaws are more than just creating the amalgamates. She: hired monsters to kill you, spied on you (that part was part of her job but given she didn't really do much of the rest of her duties, yeah) used Mettaton and you to get closer to Undyne, lied to you and Undyne numerous times (set up stuff in the CORE to seem like your friend or lied about human things to looker cooler to Undyne) as well to as the families of the amalgamates. Had she told the truth about the amalgamates, both they and their families would've gone through a lot less suffering. But her hiding the truth wasn't about protecting others, it was about her and what others would think. Her telling the truth is important because she built up a habit of telling lies to get by. She hides during the events of the Geno route, maybe evacuating people but doing nothing whatsoever in her power to stop you. She didn't upgrade Mettaton for this, NEO was the original build. She could've sent out the amalgamates, who are completely invincible, or actually warned Asgore about you, or done anything else to stop you! She's not an outright malicious character but she's not good, either. I feel like Toby sees her better than how she actually comes off, given how she's treated by the story.

    • @sheogorath6834
      @sheogorath6834 2 месяца назад +3

      "hired monsters to kill you," No? Mettaton is the one who hired people to kill us, on his own. Alphys has nothing to do with that.
      "spied on you (that part was part of her job but given she didn't really do much of the rest of her duties, yeah" You says that she don't do her job, but then blame for doing her job...?
      "used Mettaton and you to get closer to Undyne" What the heck are you even talking about?
      "set up stuff in the CORE " She did nothing in the CORE. All that was Mettaton.
      "She hides during the events of the Geno route, maybe evacuating people" That's not "maybe", we know that she evacuated people.
      " She didn't upgrade Mettaton for this" She wouldn't have time to do that and evacuate everyone at the same time.
      "or actually warned Asgore about you" We know nothing about why Asgore wasn't informed. Maybe she tried to warn him, but he never answered. Or maybe Flowey did something to stop her.

    • @kuroyami9757
      @kuroyami9757 2 месяца назад

      ​@@sheogorath6834 she still lied to you by all fake mettaton encounters

    • @sheogorath6834
      @sheogorath6834 2 месяца назад

      @@kuroyami9757 Never said otherwise.

  • @SkylandPirate
    @SkylandPirate 2 месяца назад +4

    I agree with most of these points before watching the video. Id say that Frisk leans more towards good than true neutral, but still isnt just good.
    And Chara exists.

  • @aureliamastergoomba1278
    @aureliamastergoomba1278 2 месяца назад +2

    16:50
    I think Chara was good, they just suffered mental illnesses.
    The Faded Ribbon saying that if you are cuter monsters will not hit that hard, if you take it in a theoretical way, it implies Chara might have known people that to them, WERE MONSTERS, like, Chara was abused on the surface-monsters!
    The only one they trusted enough to even talk about their problems with, was Asriel because they trusted him due to how close the two were, this is also why they discussed the plan after accidentally poisoning Asgore, and poisoned themself to spare the other Dreemurrs to cross the barrier, and due to not knowing power would be split, due to Asriel agreeing on his own accord, Chara was entrusting ASRIEL with the task of willingly killing six humans. Chara also probably only tried to urge Asriel to kill more in self defense because Asriel was dying!
    Also, after Chara kills Sans and Asgore for you, the player gets control back and has to press enter to kill Flowey, which means Chara *hesitated* and gives you one last chance to reconsider!
    Overall, Chara was a good person, but like Asriel said, they weren’t the greatest person.

  • @KeefeRudyardDelaCruzDigital-Ar
    @KeefeRudyardDelaCruzDigital-Ar 2 месяца назад +3

    What I don't get is Toriel was treated as a Angel when we literally see her abandoned her people and Asgore because she had a bias towards humans more than her own race, have her plan both hypocritical and no worse than Asgore, and have her overbearing.

  • @mehmetaliaydin4912
    @mehmetaliaydin4912 2 месяца назад +3

    14:30 " flowey killed everyone"
    Sans:hold my kepchup

    • @tgea1800
      @tgea1800 2 месяца назад

      Yes he kill

  • @alexgreer6336
    @alexgreer6336 2 месяца назад +7

    People do not demonize Toriel for leaving Asgore, they demonize her for leaving the people of the Undergound (while we can see it, they are still her people)

  • @Yuti640
    @Yuti640 2 месяца назад +1

    The literal whole point of Undertale is showing kindness to people by understanding
    The monsters are completely different from you and seemingly attack you without reason, but thinking about it from their perspective, they’re the oppressed people who haven’t caught a break, so showing mercy is the least you can do, especially since you’re significantly more powerful and have the power to do so, even on an individual basis, the most reprehensible character, Flowey, is only the way he is because of circumstances out of his control (him lacking a soul).
    In this sense, I would say no character in Undertale is really evil, and more that the place you’re in is full of people who have been dealt an unjustly bad hand and understandably want to do what they can to make tomorrow a better day, even if those actions would seem cruel and unjust from a perspective that hasn’t been through the misery that they have.

  • @Shugunou
    @Shugunou 2 месяца назад +5

    Chara is not good, evil, or neutral. They are the embodiment of DETERMINATION. Like DETERMINATION, which can be used to take any path, Chara can take any path. However, they are somewhat selfish. They want your soul so they can take control and choose their own path instead of relying on you to choose for them.

  • @funnypeashootercreature
    @funnypeashootercreature 2 месяца назад +1

    i may be wrong, but i recall that if you do the no mercy route over and over again, chara will try to reason with the player to do another route, which implies that while they were awakened by death, they dont really get enjoyment from it, its more so they want complete control over frisk's soul to feel alive again, and if killing everyone and restarting everything will do, so be it, and thus making the no mercy route more so a ritual to awaken them

  • @SpongeBob_912
    @SpongeBob_912 2 месяца назад +4

    9:53 little thing, you forgot to remove the lab music so it just overlaps with the other music.

  • @deesnyder8201
    @deesnyder8201 2 месяца назад +1

    Another thing about Alphys is that the families consented to the experiments and she was ordered by Asgore to do the experiments to figure out a potential way to escape the barrier. The whole thing was basically just like donating a person's body to science except it just happened to go horribly wrong. The only thing that Alphys did wrong that was kind of her fault was not telling the families sooner but that wasn't entirely her fault because of her severe anxiety issues.

    • @commonbridge4735
      @commonbridge4735 2 месяца назад

      I was considering commenting this myself. Blaming Alphys in this way really doesn't sit right with me. It's not like Alphys went about the experiments unethically or in a "wrong" way for as far as we know, right? She injected determination into willing subjects and it went bad. And I also think the whole not telling anyone thing isn't even just her anxiety, but really a lot of people would be afraid to talk about something like this if they were in Alphys' shoes. "Hey guys so your family member's been mutated into a zombie-like eldritch horror merged with random other minds and people oopsies" :/ And she still came clean in the end. Alphys hate boggles my mind

    • @deesnyder8201
      @deesnyder8201 2 месяца назад

      @@commonbridge4735 Yeah even without dealing with mental illness owning up to something like this is EXTREMELY hard for most people. Anyone who genuinely hates Alphys most likely just doesn't understand her there really aren't any other reasons to dislike her.

  • @UlyssesK402
    @UlyssesK402 2 месяца назад +1

    Each character in Undertale is at best a lighter shade of grey, and at worst a darker shade of grey.
    Unfortunately, common people will either see all white or all black. "People are either painted white or painted black," as I've heard in the past.
    If someone doesn't like a character, none of the good matters. If someone *does* like a character, none of the bad matters.
    It's honestly frustrating to see *wherever* this kind of thinking pops up.

  • @floofycupkim1197
    @floofycupkim1197 2 месяца назад +3

    My opinion
    Frisk - pure neutral (bc all the difference choices)
    Nabstablook - true neutral
    Toriel - a little selfish but isn't fully evil.
    Sans - neutral yet isn't exactly that smart.
    Papyrus - good. Isn't evil and has no malicious intents. It was flowey who tricked him. He is overly prideful and completely gullible. Think If you mixed silver the hedgehog's naivety with sonic's ego.
    Undyne - good but she was only following orders. The only willingly malicious thing she did was accidentally set her house on fire.
    Mad dummy/ mad mew mew - needs some anger management and therapy.
    Alphys - a clumsy nerd who actually makes mistakes.. her only sin is lying and hiding the truth. I kinda get it because she doesn't want people to think so little of her.
    Mettaton - he is egotistical and did go murder crazy against the player.. however her does care for his audience in pacifist after you win. He goes under lawful neutral for these reasons. If the genocide route proves anything. He wants to give his audience a show they won't forget. I get alphys screwed up and accidentally focused too much on attack and so little on defense.
    Muffet - evil.... she is the one who should definitely go to jail because she literally commits acts of cannibalism. I get she was made as the roles being reversed but her leaving the gate way open in the genocide route all for no reason... that's obserd! She could have sealed the gate way off yet she didn't.. what the actual hell!?
    Asgore - he is a broken type of antagonist similar to shadow. I actually feel bad for him and generally believe if he did live in the neutral route after you spared him. He'd make a pretty kind dad.
    Flowey - if you separate flowey and asriel. Flowey is pure evil. There's no way you can consider he is phyco... the no soul really adds to this.. meaning if asriel had no soul... then he'd end up like flowey. However the genocide route changes this...
    Asriel - he is someone who regrets what he had done as flowey in pacifist and does show more in genocide yet genuinely feels like he was upset. Suffered an immortal life with no soul is definitely a fate worse than death.
    Chara - they're chaotic neutral which is what I gathered from the tapes. They're a lil weirdo but hey.. I don't think all weirdo folk are evil.. chara pre death was the biggest example.

    • @floofycupkim1197
      @floofycupkim1197 2 месяца назад

      Other things I will say. If sans was willing to kill you in the genocide run. Shouldn't he have done it earlier?

    • @floofycupkim1197
      @floofycupkim1197 2 месяца назад

      Btw I'm an undyne fan. She is a badass yet she is the one character you cant call evil. More so chaotic good. She is funny and chaotic yet she does have boundaries.

  • @Wilson74120
    @Wilson74120 2 месяца назад +5

    Instead of racist dustdust, now we have racist undyne

  • @defnotanerdbro
    @defnotanerdbro 2 месяца назад +2

    i hop into the video and i see undyne and im like "woah my favorite character!!" and then i see "shes also probaly the most racist character in the game" wow. i wasnt ready for that...

  • @DC00Lidiot
    @DC00Lidiot 2 месяца назад +12

    i think flowey actually likes other people other than just chara, like papyrus, and even toriel in the alarm clock dialogue, taking care of her by giving a glass of water for her. and i think chara is just a person that has been crapped on society, and seeing asriel having a happy home probably made them jealous and acted asshole like the people did to them because that's what they know, but they learned that was a bad thing to do grew to be a better person, so i think lawful neutral

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад

      "Toriel in alarm clock dialogue" when?
      "Made Chara jealous" when?
      "Learned that was a bad thing to do grew to be a better person" when?

    • @Ryoba__chan
      @Ryoba__chan 2 месяца назад

      @@Oleja2008 not sure with other 2 points but" torial in alarm clock dialogue" not sure when it was but I heard other people talking about it so maybe it exists? but not sure

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад

      @@Ryoba__chan u're not sure about anything lol

    • @Ryoba__chan
      @Ryoba__chan 2 месяца назад

      @@Oleja2008 yeah! haha! I want to learn myself where they got the info but I heard some people were talking about this so I think it can be a thing

    • @Alt_DiegoBrando
      @Alt_DiegoBrando 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Oleja2008 The statemenet of "someone that Toriel knew filling the glass full", it implied that Chara and Toriel had some sort of relationship between them.

  • @Joker-0330
    @Joker-0330 15 дней назад

    10:14
    I like to think it this way:
    ASGORE Is rather a good person, but it is covered by a layer of bad paint

  • @inciniumz4671
    @inciniumz4671 2 месяца назад +1

    My thing is, just because characters are capable of good doesn't mean they will be. Some people in this world are just horrible, cruel people, maybe due to past issues or maybe because they grew up into the kind of person who enjoys being that way. It feels like so many villains today have to be sympathetic and nuanced to the point of having more depth than the protagonists. But sometimes we have characters like King, who's just a straight up bully: unreasonable, treacherous and cruel. He can't be dealt with in a normal way, all methods of kindness are repaid with more evil. His only redeeming quality is that he isn't THAT awful to his son. (maybe?) Flowey could've been like that if not for the 180 he makes at the end of the pacifist route. Just kinda goes "oh alright I guess I'm not evil anymore haha" despite killing countless people countless times including you, and I get that's the idea of mercy but that's never really brought up there or even a theme, mercy in UT is more of a refusal to fight rather than letting go and forgiving.
    On a different moral note, I find it funny how Undyne is perfectly ok with killing you and/or other kids, even if you've done absolutely nothing wrong. But as soon as you kill ONE monster, who depending on the situation in this point of the game is either an idiot or actively trying to kill you, suddenly you're the bad guy and she wants nothing to do with you. Pinnacle of justice.

  • @panetoneninjacanal2692
    @panetoneninjacanal2692 Месяц назад

    I never dove deep into the uuh morality debates of the characters but when you said "these following characters are generally considered evil" and instantly followed up by saying undyne i was shocked lol, doesnt she like.... protect the whole underground?

  • @YoshiLegend9
    @YoshiLegend9 3 дня назад +1

    the only real reason anyone hates alphys is pacafist/neutrel run she wont stop interupting your playthrough with constant messages... thats it, no other reason. you cant deny it!

  • @purpledshadow
    @purpledshadow 2 месяца назад +17

    I personally disagree on Frisk being a vessel because although it is kinda true, Frisk has been hinted at having their own personality throughout the game.
    Frisk is shown to have a childlike mentality of wanting to have fun at all costs even if they do something bad (prob because they’re a child). We know they lack fear, they have a strong fighting spirit (Undyne’s dialouge), & they’re very unserious.
    Also, (& sorry if I asked this before & I forgot), but can you make a video about your thoughts on Ink Sans (Fanon / The Fangame OP version of him, Canon ver by COMYET on Tumblr, Underverse Ink, etc?)

    • @basedguy.4229
      @basedguy.4229  2 месяца назад +6

      I dont know if ill give ink his own video but when ill be talking about underverse and "op" sanses he will definitely be one of the most talked about chars

    • @ifuckingloveeatingtoilets
      @ifuckingloveeatingtoilets 2 месяца назад +1

      @@basedguy.4229 *cough* *cough* godverse

    • @Magma-Idiot-2001
      @Magma-Idiot-2001 2 месяца назад +7

      I wouldn't say Frisk lacks fear, when approaching the shower in the True Lab, they're movements become sluggish, and when moving away from it while the curtain is still drawn, they immediately gtfo

    • @purpledshadow
      @purpledshadow 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Magma-Idiot-2001 I think that Frisk does lack fear (from right before the Omega Flowey fight where Frisk approaches Flowey without the player doing so), but they’re not completely fearless.

    • @Magma-Idiot-2001
      @Magma-Idiot-2001 2 месяца назад +3

      @@purpledshadow it's more like they're more brave than they are scared.

  • @user-nj7be1ws7i
    @user-nj7be1ws7i 2 месяца назад +1

    I believe that pre-rebirth chara is at least neutral. Because I dont think neither Asriel nor Chara know that they will split control in the body. The only reason we know about this is asriel personal experience. So when chara sacrificed themself, the plan was really to get 6 human souls and break the barrier which was stated by asriel. This also means Chara is willing to sacrifice themself for monsterkind. I mean, the buttercups accident is still pretty questionable but I still believe it was an accident. Their hate of humanity might also be justified, I mean they did fall down into the mountain where no one returns with not good reasons. And the line that Asriel said, not the greatest doesn't mean that they are bad, but I still question if they are good. So I think its at least neutral. Post-rebirth on the other hand is like more complex and I dont want touch it but I still think they are neutral, even a little bit more to the good(except for you know, the no-mercy route).

  • @yomama9390
    @yomama9390 2 месяца назад +2

    toriel only left asgore because he didn't immediately go out and kill more humans to open the barrier. how do people keep missing this very obvious and spelled out fact
    mettaton was only pretending to try and kill you up until the core, before he apparently decided that what he wanted more was fame and
    Asgore declared war in a fit of rage, sure, but he also realized basically immediately that he didn't actually want to do this, which is why he decided to bide his time and only kill the fallen humans, instead of breaking out (see above)
    Toriel is objectively the least moral character on this list because of that. The motherliness is selfish coping, she's generally deceptive about what life is really like outside the ruins, and she left her husband over what is essentially just damage control on what would have been a big mistake in the heat of the moment. Still not mega evil but the safest character doesn't have to be the most morally good character.
    Chara exists as a stand in for you (you use your chosen name), and it's basically only when you reach the highest extreme that the character takes on its own life and decides to finish what you eagerly started. You are your own version of Chara, until you aren't.

  • @Napsta-blook22
    @Napsta-blook22 18 дней назад

    Oh....that was truly a very good video.... your analysis were great.......i almost...catch something in my eye when...you mentioned Asgore.....he said that he and Toriel will take care of Frisk as long as they're in the underground.....which is quite sad.........would Toriel even give him another chance after what happened...? He's deep down just a broken father.... that's just...sad...so sad...it almost makes me want an ending where Frisk can stay down there with...him and Toriel (true pacifist duh)...the fact that he will....do THAT in...a second natrual route when flowey does not interfere is just....oh god.............(Although it wasn't a very...nice decision spacially in front a CHILD) i guess....he really couldn't take it any longer huh..?

    • @Napsta-blook22
      @Napsta-blook22 18 дней назад

      Also about Sans.......WHY WOULD HE BADTOM™ US WHERE WE STAND!?!? (Yeah he's REALLY NATURAL BUT...) ...but...would he do that because Frisk is a human...or...HE KNOWS... although he admitted that he did considered Frisk as a friend in Geno route......the way he fights...like...HE KNOWS....not everything...BUT HE KNOWS.... THERE'S ALSO ONE THING THAT, I BARELY SEE ANYBODY TALK ABOUT, in Geno route Undyne fought for the whole earth both humans and monsters in ("human....no whatever you are") ahhh dialogue...is this just because of our power..?(Frisk is after all just a child so that's understandable) BUT NO, I saw alot of memes about Geno route Asgore... HOWEVER not only absorbing the humans' souls to fight us was very out of his personality........I think he did not recnogize us as a human....ok...Frisk is literally -_- always, that's how we see them....but...what if the other monsters see them differently in Geno route!? (This one really reminds me of the game 'OFF') BUT THAT'S TRULY VERY VERY INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT

  • @oliverjkulig7373
    @oliverjkulig7373 2 месяца назад +2

    I will never understand how a fandom can look at a game where one of the central themes is "hey, none of these characters are black/white, they're literally all incredibly flawed and it's up to you and your willingness to show compassion to set them on the right track" and then that same fandom can look at characters like Chara and say "oh hey, pure evil" or Asriel, Papyrus or Toriel and say "oh hey, ultimate good".
    Love this game but it genuinely baffles me how terribly it gets misunderstood by its biggest fans

    • @mariotheundying
      @mariotheundying 2 месяца назад +1

      I don't think we ever set anyone on the right track tho, other than Undyne, Alphys, Mettaton and Flowey, we don't do anything for anyone else, Toriel on her own realized "oh maybe I should be with the human, and Asgore doesn't deserve to become dust" by thinking for some time (you could say we helped her by sparing her but... c'mon that's just being a person), Papyrus is still Papyrus, Sans is still Sans, and Asgore still is Asgore
      We helped 4/8 of the main cast at least, the other 4 really didn't change anything from the start of the game

  • @SansINess53
    @SansINess53 2 месяца назад +1

    chara is hyper-chaotic neutral, or a psychopath who doesn't realize they are one.
    but then again chara was shown time and time again to be linked with frisk.
    also! based_guy could you watch the deltarune-undertale theory about sans?
    there is an interesting one. about sans

  • @Strxngstxrxxxn
    @Strxngstxrxxxn 2 месяца назад +3

    Chara definitely isn't neutral or good at all, recall that in the videotapes; She influenced Asriel into doing the monster soul-human soul mix, leading to her death, and her Death forcing Asriel to finish what Chara started.. and fullfil her desires, leading to Asriel's death too.
    - -
    Which also affects Asgore too, so that's another point for immorality.
    In Conclusion; Pure Evil.

  • @calebdemosthene284
    @calebdemosthene284 2 месяца назад +1

    i would count chara and resurrected chara as 2 different people atleast when it comes to morality.we learn that love is based on your williness to hurt others and just like the power determation is connected to the feeling of determination exp and love can change some one moral.we even see this with frisk,the stick provide evidence that frisk is good but in the genocide run as it continues frisk becomes more sadistic and even smile when they encounter someone.chara is connected to frisk and it likely the same thing happened to them

  • @baxelbox313
    @baxelbox313 2 месяца назад +3

    The demonization of chara needs to be studied i dont think ive seen a community go this far into making a charachter a demon out of like 5 dialogues and one action
    I think chara had good intentions just didnt have the best ways of expressing them

    • @glschrauben
      @glschrauben 2 месяца назад +2

      Actually, Chara has a lot more dialogues and bad actions in no mercy, everyone just ignores them because they either don't know, or because they go against their point.
      Example: Chara actively _telling_ you how to kill Sans. (Check dialogue for Sans after he dodges for the first time)
      Chara is _generally_ good pre-death and in pacifist/neutral, but if you actually analyze all of the no mercy narration dialogues and other details from a non-biased perspective, you'll realize quickly that no mercy timeline Chara is the closest thing the game has to a pure evil character.
      (Unless you deny narachara even in no mercy but in that context Chara only has a bit more dialogue and background than _Gaster_ so there's not much to analyze)

  • @citiwongful
    @citiwongful 2 месяца назад +1

    Your videos are so good man! You need way more subscribers! Btw I like the Dimentio pfp.

  • @youyououmf8200
    @youyououmf8200 2 месяца назад +2

    Chara is a kid. They've been most likely maltreated by their family, zo they despise every humans.

  • @jojonono2679
    @jojonono2679 2 месяца назад +2

    I think "Chara" is two different people, with the fallen child and the demon being different versions of Chara. The fallen child version is neutral to good in my eyes, as even though they hated humanity, their actions where ultimately selfless with wanting monsters to be freed, even sacrificing their own life to get it. The demon Chara is evil, but not pure evil. It doesn't care about anyone or anything other than strength or power, but it isn't cruel. Like, the demon wouldn't torture someone or abuse someone, not unless it gets stronger from it or something. For example, the demon wouldn't pick an evil path in a video game unless it was needed for 100% completion or if it gave you better mission rewards. It's selfish, but it doesn't find joy in hurting others, it's like a hitman or a bounty hunter.

  • @thunder2275
    @thunder2275 2 месяца назад +2

    i'd be very interested to see your thoughts on the undertale yellow characters, specifially on if the "justice" in the Vengeance route is justified or not

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад +2

      Topic with an obvious answer.
      Vengeance isn't justified since almost every monster isn't to blame and they deserve better. Clover doesn't even know what happens to him on different routes, so he doesn't have personal reasons as well (not like anybody forced him to give his soul on pacifist route either)
      About characters, even about the most arguable ones, it doesn't sum into much too. Starlo rather is just a nice guy who had a tantrum that could be resulted in Clover's death. Funni. His "lawlessness" on Wild East doesn't feel much wrong either lol. His reaction to Ceroba's death is kinda wrong, just failed protecting Clover & Ceroba both, but now yapping to Clover though he was a victim, well done. Maybe understandable, though.
      Ceroba is just like Starlo, but had a more important reason though it's not understandable. She's more to blame than Starlo, but seems to be better morally.

    • @thunder2275
      @thunder2275 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Oleja2008 True, most monsters had nothing directly to do with the five humans being killed but that’s not to say they weren’t opposed to them dying in the first place. Monsterkind as a whole are all seemingly fine with the humans being used for Asgore to become a God and dominate the surface. To me the Vengeance route in yellow seems like karma coming back to bite the monsters for the five humans, and that is why Clover actually gets to succeed (compared to regular undertale where the Player’s actions awaken a demon that erases them).

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад +1

      @@thunder2275 idk, monsters' treatment depends on a killed human specifically. Basically Clover once again, in pacifist route monsters loved him and wouldn't want him dead.
      I'm not really sure how the presence of justice's definition and the birth of demon are connected.

  • @ghasty2570
    @ghasty2570 2 месяца назад +1

    i think you have missed some things like undyne never actually telling papyrus the truth about joining the guard, and also how asgore COULD JUST FREE MONSTERS AFTER TAKING THE FRIST SOUL AND PASSING THE BARRIER FOR 6 MORE, BUT NO, HE HAD TO WAIT FOR 6 MORE CHILDEREN. FOR THE LOVE OF HE IS SUCH A COWARD.

    • @101Youfail
      @101Youfail 2 месяца назад +2

      Tbh that argument always seemed flawed to me. That’s literally what Asriel did and that resulted in getting himself killed.

    • @NightKeo
      @NightKeo 2 месяца назад

      @@101YoufailAsriel refusing to fight back is what got him killed.
      Granted that plan still wouldn’t work because killing humans on the surface immediately to free monsterkind would lead to another war.

  • @Unknown-jk7rs
    @Unknown-jk7rs 2 месяца назад +1

    You'd probably have a field day with darkmarxsoul on the subject of chara being evil.

  • @secretconsumer8836
    @secretconsumer8836 2 месяца назад

    I would love to see Flowey analysis. But i think, all Dreemurr's family deserve it, they are a reason of all of this in the end. Thanks for such an interesting video, it brings some fuel for thoughts.

  • @TheSkyGuy77
    @TheSkyGuy77 2 месяца назад +1

    I think Chara was not a good person, but not chaotically evil.
    They only deleted the world because you brought them back to life with your increasing levels.
    They saw that you basically destroyed everything they ever cared about, and chose to demolish the rest of it as a punishment. To leave you in the _void_

  • @Bacon_god
    @Bacon_god 2 месяца назад +12

    You need to keep in my one thing...
    ALL JUST A GAME-

  • @patrickquinones2533
    @patrickquinones2533 2 месяца назад +1

    Every in cannon compatible games(uty) this is talked about like ceroba feels like the opposite of how you described torial i bit too willing witch is what causes kanecos demise and people hate her for being like taking clovers soul even though there's little to no chance of saving her( she says unless a merical happened there's no hope for her but i kinda head cannon that what if clovers soul is the merical because why would she continue the experiment on kaneco of she is just going to die) but at the same time she had wanted to make everyone happy including her dead husband by fulfilling his wish and after the battle she feels regrets for what she caused and asked you to "win" the battle because she feels like she can't go on with the guilt if anything she is treated worse that asgore even though they have similar storys

    • @NightKeo
      @NightKeo 2 месяца назад

      Yeah, it’s really weird, especially considering that beforehand, Starlo tried to kill Clover for an infinitely worse reason yet he doesn’t get a fraction of the hate.
      Also agreed with your headcanon, considering that irl we have stuff like blood donations and organ transplants to help people in need, I don’t see why we can’t have a more magical equivalent in Undertale.

  • @WalkThrough_101
    @WalkThrough_101 2 месяца назад +1

    What about the way Mettatom treats Burgerpants, and how he takes over the kingdom and makes it a self-centered distopia in one of the nuetral endings?

  • @Chillin-jg8vg
    @Chillin-jg8vg 2 месяца назад +1

    I say Chara is neutral since how they act is mirrored by the player. When I think about when Chara killed you at the end of Genocide route why couldn't they just kill you when they know you were doing the genocide route? I saw Frisk is good but it depends since their a blank slate.

  • @mmmyo309
    @mmmyo309 2 месяца назад +1

    Papyrus's selfish desires aren't really moral flaws, prolonging your own life span for example is very selfish that's your own life, but how would it be evil or good, that's just natural and neutral. It'd be good technically though but only to yourself.

  • @Giamer__
    @Giamer__ 2 месяца назад

    I really like your videos, I honestly think your channel is very underrated, I hope you continue creating your content and have fun doing it! :3

  • @ChaosEnthusiast
    @ChaosEnthusiast 2 месяца назад +1

    im so sad about the mischaracterization of chara morality wise
    everyone acts like they are just a flat character who wants you to murder people and nothing else
    id actually argue they were neutral (to begin with atleast)
    they had a lot of really messed up ideas about things but not mal intent
    they quite literally sacrificed themselves in an attempt to free the monsters
    but they also pushed asriel to go through with a horrible idea that he didnt want to.
    chara wasnt a good friend to asriel. that might be part of why he struggles to move on so much.
    they had a good intent, but they werent a good person.
    we also have to take into an account that they were a child who was still learning.
    anyways, those are just a few of my thoughts on chara. (i really like talking about morality in undertale can you tell?)

  • @user-bu4ed7mb3y
    @user-bu4ed7mb3y 2 месяца назад

    Bro really wanted to get recommendations and used everything he had. xd (I liked your video, because you talked about many characters, that the fandom didn't understand, and 100% described them as good/evil, such as Chara, Flowey or Papyrus. I like Chara as a character, because he/she told the player, "This is your limit, bro, and you can't keep wreaking havoc, so go away and never come back to this world, and if he comes back and becomes a pacifist, the player will see that one person will forever remember his past, and he won't be able to change it.")

  • @cedarnomad
    @cedarnomad 2 месяца назад

    I think Chara is closest aligned to chaotic neutral, albeit leaning toward true. They're much like Frisk, where their morality is mostly determined by YOUR actions, and YOUR influence. The main difference is simply how they act on it. Frisk is a truly neutral vessel for your will, whereas Chara will take the precedent set by your actions and run with it. At the end of the day, they're best summarized as an impressionable child.

  • @Legoman-kn1ce
    @Legoman-kn1ce 2 месяца назад

    i came to this comment section for 1 request.
    make another part of "UFS VS ULC in a musical battle"
    and please add the "wild west swap sans skin" theme because it is the biggest banger
    actual fair fight for server lining, possibly

  • @goobeeeer
    @goobeeeer 2 месяца назад

    "demonize her for leaving asgore"
    No, its more because she just ditched the entire kingdom and left it without a queen, at random, which actually *may* have lead to asgore furthering the "we gotta kill all humans" ordeal due to the fact that despair would have largely increased

  • @Charafromthehitgameundertale99
    @Charafromthehitgameundertale99 2 месяца назад

    2:04
    And also.
    She’s so caught up in her grief that she doesn’t seem to realize that she’s technically kidnapping them.

  • @kuroyami9757
    @kuroyami9757 2 месяца назад +1

    1:46 Totally disagree, she doesn't do nothing to the monsterkind and trap all non ghosts on the ruins, she is a bad mother since she let 8/9 children that she took care die and she demonizes Asgore for doing the bare minimum as a king, the Ruins is the Ruins because underground was collapsing, a king should not let his people be extinct, collecting human souls is the only and using only one soul to get more isn't a good idea as we saw in Asriel case

    • @heidiadewale7865
      @heidiadewale7865 23 дня назад

      She can't stop them asriel died ny human 7 human soul died by asgore

  • @glitchwolf1384
    @glitchwolf1384 2 месяца назад

    As far as Chara goes, I'd say they're morally good, but only because of two things;
    The one thing we know about Chara is that they want monsters to be happy and free.
    Ghosts exist.
    I think Chara comes back as a ghost due to extreme emotions (you're annihilating everything they care about), and knows they can't beat you. After all, you've hit LV 20, you're unbeatable at this point.
    So... Chara, able to tell that Frisk is a Vessel, doesn't try to appeal to Frisk, they try to trick the entity controlling them.
    Chara poses as an awakened part of the entity, and pretends to destroy the world. When you return, you're just... in the darkened barrier room, but with Chara there, they know there's only one way to save everyone. Get you to give up control. And they make the deal, and when you accept... well, Chara now has control of the SOUL, and can use that to delete the save and reload from start.
    Alright, two problems with that, but only at first glance.
    'How they make the damage numbers come up?' Napstablook can do it, its a ghost ability.
    'How do they know about save files?' Chara was the *only* human in the underground for a time, they decidedly had the save file at that point.
    So yeah I think Chara is good, not wholly, but trying to save everyone they care about, and thus does what they can to ensure it, and their own continued awakening, since they go back *fully aware* with the reset. Allowing for Soulless Pacifist, where Frisk, the Vessel, is instead controlled by Chara, and you're fully kicked out. They got the happy ending they wanted. New body, new name, but still, they saved everyone they could, and they're going to enjoy it.

  • @compactpizza6337
    @compactpizza6337 2 месяца назад

    I feel like the complexity of morality and character depth in Undertale would make it overlap very well with other complex works of fiction that have characters which similarly fall upon shades of grey. One that comes to mind is Animorphs.

  • @helio3928
    @helio3928 2 месяца назад +2

    if there's one thing about asgore, it's that he shouldn't be trusted with power

    • @helio3928
      @helio3928 2 месяца назад +1

      same thing about asriel

    • @giasfelfebrehber12
      @giasfelfebrehber12 2 месяца назад +1

      Not even Frisk, honestly. Or Alphys, with the determination from the human souls. Or Undyne (with the power of a stove).

    • @TheSkyGuy77
      @TheSkyGuy77 2 месяца назад +2

      The truth is, none of the characters should be trusted with power.

  • @zipped_file
    @zipped_file 2 месяца назад

    in my opinion neutral is the least morally correct route, you use the souls and free yourself, in geno you leave with (most) of the monsters put out their misery, pacifist is self-explanatory though.

  • @basethecharcoal
    @basethecharcoal 6 дней назад

    In my opinion, I believe Chara was like always kinda evil and that they poisoned Asgore to like absorb his soul and stuff, but that's just my guess

  • @renzozelaya2020
    @renzozelaya2020 2 месяца назад

    my problem with tori is that she does left the entire underground, she isn´t metioned much, like how wounded left the monsters his escape but damn she just left the entire underground being her the queen, imagine after the news of asgore dead children, your queen dissappears out of nowhere and after your king dies in battle by a human she just comes out and say ´´Heyyy now de dont kill humans anymore so that´´ is not completly evil a little justified maybe since the monster agreed to asgore plan but is weird for me that no one brings it up.

  • @IAmBored347
    @IAmBored347 2 месяца назад

    So speaking of morality. I decided to have some characters and see how they interact with the morality of Undertale. Yes I know it's slightly off topic but please bare in mind I like to see how differnet characters from media interact with Undertale. I'll use six examples.
    1. Hunter from The Owl House. In my eyes, Hunter is one of my favorite in TOH. For a brief introduction, he works with the big bad and basically serves as a minion who wants the villain to appreciate his efforts. However, let's just say he is just a pawn for the Villain known as Belos. In my mind Hunter would enter into the Underground due to Belos's orders since he despises Magic and Magical Creatures and wants them eliminated. However I believe while it would be hard for Hunter to get used to the power of Determination, I believe he might not spare the monsters at first. Instead he might be more agitated and still stubborn to Belos' beliefs. However, Toriel or some of the monsters might help Hunter slowly open up and enjoy his interests. I do think Hunter might initiate in the Neutral Runs though he might slowly learn the monsters are normal people he slowly respects. Too bad Belos is Belos. Post Hunter Season 3 might clear Pacifist.
    2. Omni-man from Invincible. Now here is things get interesting. Unlike Hunter, Omni-man is more loyal to Viltrumites and his society at large. Because he lives in a Darwinistic Society, Nolan may not appreciate the Underground and I believe he might likely destroy every life. No way is he going to be merciful to Flowey and he might defeat Asgore easily. But if this Nolan when he betrayed Viltrum things might be interesting. He might initially be nice and slowly open up to Toriel because she reminds him of his pe- I mean wife Debbie Grayson, Papyrus would remind him of Mark, and Asgore would represent his guilt for his actions and make sure Mark doesn't suffer the same fate the Dreemurr Children did. If this was when Nolan became more pleasant and appreciate life, he might try and help Asgore and the two might become friends. Don't know if he might complete the Pacifist Run because Sans and Flowey will freak out on his LoVe due to him conquering many intergalatic planets as Viltrumite's solider.
    3. Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. This girl is the most tragic character on the list. She made a wish to restart the same event all over again as a magical time traveler due to her friend Madoka Kaname destined to become a magical girl. If Madoka becomes a magical girl, she is destined to become a witch and therefore destroy the entire universe. I imagine Flowey would be freaked out and possibly learn this girl has more experience with time travel. I highly believe this Homura depends on her life before. If this was Glasses Homura who is naive yet kind, she might go pacifist mode to get back and save Madoka. But if this was her current version Homura might likely go on a neutral spree, because she wants to protect her friend. I expect Sans would be intrigued by her and Alphys would be fangirling an anime character is here. Sans and her might have an accquaintance relationship with Sans being aware she uses time stop and seeks to judge whether this girl is innocent. But of this was when Homura become a demon (Yes this girl's life is tragic) she might restart and changed the events of Undertale like bringing back Chara and Asriel as well as changing how the monsters would act.
    4. The Batter from OFF. Oh boy out of all the characters besides Omni-man the Batter might be interesting. He is a character who is from a meta game like Undertale, but only this time he "purifies" the enemies in order to "save" the land. The Player has a role in OFF and serves as the controller while the Batter is the puppeter. However in OFF it turns out The Batter destroyed the world of OFF and once cornered the Batter justifies Purifying as "better like that". The guy percieves the world as black and white, so black and white in fact the Batter has no remorse despite some of his victims being innocent like the Burnt Victim during the train tracks. This was actually told in an AU called Offtale. Not only does the AU deconstruct the Batter's philosophy but Papyrus is the one who knows the Batter can be a good person yet his actions are wrong. Offtale also analyzes that while the Player is also the one who controlled him, the Batter is the one who dragged them to pure violence so he's the one to blame for the devastation. I'm sure based on the Player's choices if The Batter can be turned good, he might changed his perspective.
    5. Six from Little Nightmares. Oh boy is Six very likely to do the No Mercy Route. Not only did the girl has a messed up sense of morality but seems to be like Chara. In my eyes I don't think she might spare Flowey during her first encounter and might eliminate each monster. Remember this girl is abandoned, hungry and had to survive enemies in her world that were terrifying. Not only that but I'm sure Six would be so hardened and hungry expect her to think the food monsters are literal food. I believe Six would do this to survive because that was her life. Why should she spare these monsters if some of them are gonna betray her? Plus she's a kid and doesn't know any better, so expect her to be Chara 2.0.
    6. Buddy Armstrong from The LISA Series. Yeah, there's no way Toriel and the monsters can help her. Let's just say that girl is too far gone and became a cynical and vengeful machine.

  • @maker0824
    @maker0824 2 месяца назад

    I originally only wrote something for Frisk, but them added my opinion for every character.
    “I think Frisk is true neutral”
    Sure is a coincidence that there’s only one place in the game other than a name easter egg that the name Frisk is used :/
    For Toriel. I pretty much agree. All I have to add is how to people possibly dislike her for leaving Asgore? She just lost her child, and her husband decided to make a plan to kill any human that entered the Underground, not because he wanted to, put to appease his people. I’m sure she tried to talk him out of it before just leaving.
    I’d say sans is slightly better than true neutral. Could a true neutral fight you using your own sin? He’s at least a little good.
    Papyrus is… a NARCISSIST? HUH? He wants to be treated well and have friends. His only friend is Undyen, who doesn’t treat him with how he deserves, and obviously sans. Everyone wants to be treated well and have friends, it’s just pretty much everyone else has already achieved that. I’d say when 99% of the Underground wants you dead, the one guy that literally can’t kill you (except for one other boss, which technically involves Papyrus) is probably a pretty good guy. Also you didn’t even mention him in geno.
    Undyen is… neutral chaotic? You appear to be using terminology similar to D&D. if this was D&D she would absolutely be lawful. And if you were playing a game from the perspective of the monsters she would also be good. She is single handedly doing the most to do what she thinks is saving her race and freeing them. Sure that plans may involve… a lot of human deaths once they break the barrier (potentially they would kill every single human), but I’m still comfortable calling her lawful (misguided) good
    Mettaton you got the most wrong with. He was never meant to be a human killing robot. it’s all something Aplys come up with and he went along with. Source: after Aplys can no longer when you actually fight him and Alpys can not intervene he says he was never actually malfunctioning and he has “no desire to harm humans. Far from it actually.”. Mettaton imo is a very complicated character. He ran away from his family in order to live his true life, in a _totaly not_ trans analogy way. He treats his workers pretty poorly (burger pants). But despite all of that, I think I’d call him a pretty good selfless person.
    I’m glad you come out on the correct side with Alpys, but I still disagree. She did and experiment that could have saved the underground, on already dead monsters. The amalgms were not a mistake. She should have told the families sooner, but everyone has flaws. I think the amalgams make her a good person. HOWEVER. The way she acts towards the human is, pretty, very bad. She’s exactly like a parasocial twitch viewer. Except those types of people don’t usually put who they’re watching in deliberately dangerous situations in an attempt to get them to try and like them. I think she is a deeply flawed person who needs months of therapy, but is entirely redeemable.
    Totally agree with you take on Asgore. Except idk if you know what chaotic means :/
    Flowy does exist. But I too don’t know if I could classify him as good or evil. is a killer who lacks empathy evil? Many would say yes, but even that doesn’t encapsulate it. I’m leaving it as an “it’s complicated”
    Chara is bad. I think evil is always stupid. No one is evil, but Chara is bad. When Asriel took their soul, they wanted to kill the humans. That was actually their plan. Asriel was the one that resisted, and he died for it. Chara is unequivocally a bad person. But after losing their soul, more of a neutral bad. sans was scared of them, not you. I’m pretty sure Toby originally wanted Chara to destroy the game permanently and not have an option to recreate the world, but eventually decided he had to do that or it would be too annoying. Chara is bad, but not the villain of a geno route, you are. Chara’s name is also not Chara, it’s whatever you put as your name, further cementing that you are the villain.
    Overall I heavily disagree with many of your opinions, but do respect you trying to say they aren’t “completely evil” or “completely good”. Characters that are pure evil or good are usually just poorly written characters.

    • @maker0824
      @maker0824 2 месяца назад

      if you can’t tell I’m a rather big unertale fan, and have far too much of the dialogue memorised. Unfortunately I don’t look at my replies, but if I did I’d be able to justify any of my opinions using dialogue from Undertale (fact checked because sometimes I remember fan stuff as cannon accidentally)

  • @user-qt9ek3us6i
    @user-qt9ek3us6i 2 месяца назад

    For Flowey, I understand his circumstances but I really don't like him. Something I find interesting is how in the Genocide route he's clearly capable of feeling regret, so it makes me confused on really how emotionless he is.
    But regardless, even if he is emotionless and insane, that doesn't mean that he's really a good person. Asriel is a good person, (albeit I do think the community is too rude to people who can't forgive him, since people don't owe immediate forgiveness to people and that's something that Asriel also understands) but as Flowey, he isn't really a very good person purely by the number of times he's tortured these characters and the insane amount of suffering he inflicted.
    Flowey is pure evil due to not having a soul, but Asriel isn't. I think they should be separated and judged as two different people with how insanely different Asriel without a soul is versus Asriel with his soul.

  • @Fern.Song_WCUE
    @Fern.Song_WCUE 2 месяца назад +5

    Wait, Undyne was fr considered a bad character? Some people really don't know what is the definition of things like "duty" or "Having a job" is nowdays, huh? I am disappointed, honestly (Thanks for wasting your time just to read this comment, not a lot of people want to see what a random person has to say, I really appreciate it, have a nice day/night :))

    • @Fern.Song_WCUE
      @Fern.Song_WCUE 2 месяца назад +1

      Also Toriel's solution to end things "peacefully" is stupid (Like literally, think about what happened to Asriel, that would be FAR from peacefull [Asgore's one wasn't the smartest too though, I'm not sure if it'd be a good idea to start another war, like yeah, Asgore would have the 7 human souls, but we're talking about BILLIONS of humans and only hundreds of monsters, humans would definetly seal them back on ebott if not just eradicate the whole species])

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Fern.Song_WCUEUndyne's duty affects her moral orientation and views. I mean yeah, she has a reason to kill an innocent child, but it doesn't make it not wrong and bad.
      Humankind eradication with 7 souls could work tho, who knows. I rather find Asgore's solution wrong for doubting it and not fixing the state he's brought himself and his kingdom to. Basically for being unsure and so making failure actions afterwards.
      I don't remember anywhere saying that Toriel wanted to break the barrier. She didn't want to take humans' souls either, so I hugely doubt she was aiming for that.

    • @Fern.Song_WCUE
      @Fern.Song_WCUE 2 месяца назад

      @@Oleja2008 First of all, I am not saying that "monsters will eradicate the humans with the 7 souls Asgore would have". I said HUMANS would eradicate the monsters (like come on, it's like the strenght of 8 human souls [since every monster soul is as strong as a single human soul] against 8 billion human souls, now tell me, who would win?), so I reccomend paying attention while reading a comment, also I NEVER SAID TORIEL WANTED TO BREAK THE BARRIER? Like, tell me where did I say that. What said was that Toriel had a "peacefull" solution which basically was Chara's plan (Take 1 human soul, get the others one the surface, break the barrier)that's like, literally the game's dialogue. Jumping to conclusion:I reccomend you to read someone's comment a few times since I can see that only the undyne statement was reffering to what I said in the comment, I also reccomend you to learn about undertale, since, well you can't even seem to know literal dialogue of the game (that is accesible for everyone, even the people who don't have the game, how could you f[lip] up so badly?) which is quite embarrasing to be honest. Anyway, I deeply apologise for insulting you and I hope you have a nice day/night :>

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад

      @@Fern.Song_WCUE I died halfway of cringe reading this fruit of sick mind, I don't even wanna respond to this rot since I can't even imagine what ur statements are based on and where did they come from. Please, try to actually read my comment yourself and compare it with your previous statements instead of making me explaining why your text caused such emotions.

    • @Oleja2008
      @Oleja2008 2 месяца назад

      @@Fern.Song_WCUE my first comment was deleted (for a reason), so I'll calmly & simply ask you to accurately try to actually read my comment, because I can't even imagine what your statements are based on and where they come from.

  • @_Player123
    @_Player123 2 месяца назад

    mtt is a ghost with a robot body, he was acting like a killer robot to make alphys look good