Undertale (Spoilers)

During the true ending, Asriel says once the power of all monsters leaves him, he’ll go back to being Flowy, forgetting what it is to love.

However, if you return to the beginning of the game, you see him over the bed of flowers you arrived on, still Asriel. He says he’s going to stay behind.

Was he wrong? Can he stay Asriel after all?

Well

During the No Mercy route, when you first cut down Undyne, she reforms and becomes Undyne the Undying. This should not be possible–it is established that monsters do not have the determination to keep their souls intact after death. And yet, somehow, Undyne manages it.

It seems that monsters might be capable of determination after all. Asriel, too, keeps his soul together after death with determination.

But.

This doesn’t mean Asriel is wrong. He will go back to being Flowy if you reset the game. And Flowy is right in the Neutral ending–if you bring him back through the game reset, he will try, again, to kill everyone.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

But I wonder if part of Flowy’s dismissive attitude and anger is the fact that you can save him, and then reset time to go back on your promise. To treat him like a plaything.

I want to believe you. I want to believe that when you save me this time, you will mean it.