read some interesting points for why people should feel sorry for Chara but idk. I’m still stuck on some details.

Yes they poisoned himself in a horrifying painful way to kill themself, but it was to merge with Asriel. Not only that they had actively poisoned Asgore and laughed it off.

Some theorized that they were going back to kill abusers but Asriel states they wanted to kill EVERYONE.  No matter how you slice it, innocent people were going to be the victims.

You find out about most of this in a true pacifist run so I don’t think Chara is a mirror to Frisk in that regard.

Sorta why I’ve been playing with the idea of Chara’s bad sociopath demonic side is something that’s been around and infects people(RPG heroes/a human during the war maybe?) and Chara was just the latest victim.

Makes sense in a way since Chara goes on to identify themselves as the very feeling the player receives whenever their stats increase, and implore the player erase the world so they can move on to the next.  

idk I think it’d be cool if the main villain was basically a malevolent spirit that takes form as a main character RPG hero. Specially since for undertale if you go that pacifist route, you thwart them completely.