@ChaosJourney

4 years ago

The way I interpreted it, the genocide route actually tells the player about some of the deeper metaphors in the game within the characters. Specifically with two characters, Flowey and Sans. Flowey and Sans, from the dialogue in the genocide route, are symbolic of the player, the typical gamer who wants to get everything out of their game, and the game itself, everything Undertale stands for. In Flowey's speech before your fight with Sans, Flowey explains how he played the world over and over again, finding every single nook and cranny and exhausting every dialogue box. Flowey then says how he wonders what would happen if he decided to kill everyone, something he had not done before that point. He has already done everything else the world has to offer, and so he does it. Not out of actually wanting to kill everyone, but because he knew he could, and because he wanted to see what would happen. This is the thought process that the typical player would have, wanting to see everything the game has to offer. Flowey is the typical player who doesn't see consequences in the game and wants to get everything he can out of it. (This also explains why he can save and load) This leads directly into Sans's dialogue, where he calls you out for doing just that. Not actually wanting to kill everyone, but just doing it because you can and because you wanted to know what would happen. Sans is everything Undertale stands for and he represents everything that you said about the other two routes in this video. Sans tries to talk you out of killing him, but he knows ultimately, you will not be phased and you will kill him anyway just to see the last of what the game has to offer. Sans attempts to change you and Sans attempts to punish you. Sans is the judge the game was meant to be. Sans is the embodiment of what Undertale means. I think the genocide route is often misunderstood and is often brushed aside as being a what-if scenario with a full story, while in actuality, it has extremely deep symbolism with its duality between Flowey and Sans, the player and the game. It is Undertale come full circle, where you become the same killer that Flowey was when you first dropped into the underground. Not because you're evil, but because you're just a player like everyone else who's seeing it to the end. (It is also referenced that Flowey did have a fight with Sans when he did his own genocide route when he refers to Sans as "smiley trashbag" in one of the endings lol) If you end up reading this please reply and let me know what you think of this.

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