I love psychology

hot damn

I still think Chara is actually being corrupted by the embodiment of controllable characters in general. And the violent actions you take through them.

I don't think the real Chara was an evil being

(OBVIOUS SPOILERS) Undertale, genocide ending altern... this dialogue supporting that

the Genocide Chara has been overtaken by the literal embodiment of grinding

and the sense of accomplishment we get from it

They weren't nice, but yeah i don't think they were originally an evil demon

Yeah.

They were a kid who was severely hurt by other humans

enough to make them depressed and nihilistic

I don't think people realize that kids' sense of empathy is not well developed until they're in their early 20's

Kids tend to see the world in black and white

"these people hurt me. Now that I share a body with Asriel, I'm strong enough to hurt them back."

THAT was Chara's reasoning

overly simplistic, and adults would recognize it as extremely problematic, but again. CHILD.

But then in genocide route your actions corrupt them into something unrecognizable

I like that take

Undertale's main theme is there is no pure evil, everyone is redeemable

so it makes the most sense, considering