imitationknife:

im still thinking about how like…if you abort a genocide run, do a neutral pacifist run afterwards then spare asgore, flowey will be like,

• Chara…
• You haven’t learned a thing.

(for reference, his line is normally “You IDIOT” instead of “<playername>”)

his whole emphasis in the genocide route is that they’ve learned something. his whole emphasis in the pacifist route is that they need to learn something. this, imo, is pretty solid evidence that chara was not like this when they were alive.

even if you stop the genocide really really late – like, as late as right before entering the throne room, even if you close the window during chara’s choice AFTER KILLING FLOWEY and reset – he’ll still be under the impression that chara hasn’t learned to kill yet

like, feeling that strongly about this just makes it feel like proof that chara really was not murderous in life. he doesn’t say they need to go back to normal. he doesn’t say that this isn’t like them. he says they haven’t learned a thing.