nochocolate:

(undertale spoilers)

as compelling as the narrachara theory is, the only time chara indisputably speaks in canon is during the genocide route, confirmed by them identifying themself in toriel’s mirror (“it’s me, chara.”) and appearing in person at the end of the game.

chara has a unique and somewhat peculiar style of speaking. the following is a set of examples and brief analysis of their speech patterns.



speech pattern #1: incomplete sentences and the favouring of full stops (periods)

most noticeably, chara favours periods in lieu of almost all other forms of punctuation. they even substitute full stops for commas, which gives the sentences a stilted, commanding tone. some sentence fragments are only one word long. here are just a few examples.

chara splits a perfectly good sentence into four sentence fragments.

“failure.” and “perhaps.” are used as single word sentences.

speech pattern #2: drop the question mark

even when forming a question, chara will sometimes omit the question mark. this causes the question to sound rhetorical, perhaps indicating that they already know the answer.

despite starting with a question word, no question mark is used, giving the phrase a flat, matter of fact tone.

here “yes / no” answers are prompted, but the questions themselves lack question marks. this makes the inquiry sound like a statement that can only be agreed or disagreed with.

speech pattern #3: ellipses

sometimes chara prefers to trail off with an ellipsis instead of a full stop.

occasionally, they take a moment to be completely silent.

speech pattern #4: advanced vocabulary

even though chara is a child, their vocabulary is rather advanced. they avoid casual terminology in favour of less common, complex words.



speech pattern #5: all-caps preferred



when it comes to emphasis, all capitals are used instead of exclamation points. (an exclamation point is used only once for the real knife’s description – “Here we are!”)

speech pattern #6: full words are superior to contractions



much like toriel, chara typically avoids contractions (“does not” instead of “doesn't”). while they do still use them on occasion, the intentional omission of contractions leaves their statements sounding stiff and formal.

chara’s unique speech pattern makes their voice unmistakable after the genocide route has been triggered. while they borrow some speaking quirks from toriel and speak slowly like asgore, ultimately chara’s stiff and proper voice sounds nothing like any other character in the game.