as we know, monster souls are made of love, compassion, and hope.
losing hope or love or compassion can result in a monster ‘falling down’ or essentially dying.
chara is continually called ‘the future of humans and monsters’. monsters would have known of the Prophecy, that an angel will descend and bring the monsters freedom. there had to have been some that believed that Chara, fallen from the surface, would be that angel.
asriel was their prince, their next ruler. between the two of them, there was finally hope in the underground.
when that was taken away, at the least, 13% of monsters died.
we know approximately how many monsters there are total at ‘present times’, due to the countdowns in no mercy runs, where the goal is to grind, to kill every single monster that can be encountered. ( 20 for ruins, 16 for snowdin, 18 for waterfall, 40 for hotland/core, plus boss monsters ( toriel, papyrus, glad dummy, undyne, muffet, royal guards, mettaton neo, sans, asgore, flowey ) 105 total.
then those npcs who evacuate or are able to get out your way ( known ones: 22 for snowdin, about 10 for waterfall, 13 for hotland, 11 for the resort, 8 shopkeepers. ) bringing our total to 169
then, on the generous end, add in about? 75 monsters for those in New Home. there are roughly 239 monsters in the entire underground at the time of Frisk’s run.
we know a minimum for how many monsters ‘fell down’ in alphys time, which couldn’t have been much before Frisk falls into the Underground. at least, we know how many monsters fell down ‘outside the city’, as we can determine how many monsters make up each amalgamate. ( 6 for each memoryhead, at least 5 for endogeny, 3 for reaper bird, at least 3 for lemon bread, 17 for snowdrake’s mom, at least 1 for the one that tucks Frisk in ) 35 monsters at a minimum.
265 monsters total and even with six souls in their possession, when there was only one more soul to go, when hope should be at it’s peak, 13% of monsters died.
how many monsters had fallen done before? when hope was initially taken way? how many monsters died when they learned that ‘the future of humans and monsters’, that their prince had died, at humans hands?
with huge percentages of his kingdom literally dying because they did not have hope, no wonder asgore acted as he did. not to excuse the lives he took, but to put it into some form of perspective. his people were dying.
Yes, I totally agree with the above.
A hopeless monster would likely be more physically vulnerable to “falling down” then a monster with hope in their hearts.
Since monsters don’t get “sick” like humans do, because we have to maintain physical health for our physical bodies, monsters on the other hand have t stay emotionally healthy to maintain their magical bodies. They have to keep their spirits up in order to thrive.
Which explains how a monster like laughing, smiling old Gerson:
is able to live for so long without “falling down.”
This could also explain why at Chara’s deathbed Toriel and Asgore are trying to encourage Chara to wake up by staying determined:
Because for a monster hope is the best medicine.
Interesting idea. Potentially puts Mettaton’s role as an entertainer and Undyne’s as The Heroine Who Never Gives Up in a new light too.
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