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So um, I have a theory..? This one is really late.
So Frisk, Chara (or whatever you named the fallen human), Asriel and MK (Monster Kid) all have striped shirts.
What if the amount of stripes represented the person’s ability to choose their own fate?
For example, Frisk has two stripes on their shirt. What if those two stripes represented the two true endings: pacifist and genocide?
This would also mean that Asriel (er, Flowey I guess) also falls into this category, because he had enough determination to control timelines and get different endings. He says this himself if the player does the genocide run, claiming that he had witnessed many endings.
So then, what about MK and Chara? What do the amount of stripes they have symbolize? Well, what if it symbolized their inability to choose their fate? Think about this:
Chara made a plan to free monster kind, but the plan failed miserably. If we think about this in the sense that fate is a thing, what if Chara was destined to die so the story could progress? What if that meant they had no free will in the first place? If that’s true, was the plan Chara and Asriel made bound to fail no matter what?
This could also apply to MK’s inability to choose what he does, because he is just an NPC programmed to do what the code wants him to do. He is simply a plot device to move the story foreward and help the player.
TL;DR: Frisk and (once before) Asriel/Flowey were able to choose their own fate, while Chara and MK never had a choice in the matter. All because of striped shirts.
Welp. I don’t actually think this is even a plausible theory, just something that I thought of at 12:14 in the morning. You don’t have to believe it, and you don’t have to like it. Just don’t bash other people for doing something just for fun. Have fun out there kiddos, have an open mind, and thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.