How is everyone still alive at the end of True Pacifist? [obviously spoilers]

[Dummpkopf (ako)]

So, at the end of True Pacifist, Asriel absorbs the 6 human SOULs and all the monster SOULs that were nearby (all those monsters that came to your rescue).

When I first played the game, I did a True Pacifist, and when this moment arrived, I was really, really sad, because I thought that, if Asriel absorbed all monster SOULs, that would mean that he KILLED all of them. They no longer had a body (because a monster without a SOUL turns to dust). They were all DEAD. And it would be IMPOSSIBLE to revive them.

Then, I "saved" the lost SOULs, with tears in my eyes, because I thought that all those friends I made were now going to be a part of Asriel forever. I "saved" Asriel, and hugged him, imagining myself hugging all the monsters that were in him. I couldn't be mad at Asriel because now he was my friends. Get what I mean...? I was willing to forgive him, and be his friend, and care about him, because he was not only a good little kid, he was also all these people.

Then everyone came back to life.

:/

Just, how? I was really confused when this happened. I was... happy, that they were all alive again. But... Just how? Did Asriel have SO MUCH power that he was able to form all their bodies again? I don't know... It just sounds like a happy ending just for the sake of it. Like when everything is a disaster in a movie but it needs to have a happy ending, and somehow it does, but it doesn't really make sense (lazy scriptwriters).

EDIT:

Originally posted by dat_potatoe:

Even Flowey in non-god form had the power to manipulate time at one point, from sheer determination. Could be Asriel simply rewound the clock to before the fight (could explain why no one remembers anything). He was after all very determined to free all the monsters. This would be the simplest and most plausible answer.

I like this answer the most :D
Thank you!

[SQVeemo]

The whole thing was a dream.

[Dummpkopf (ako)]

Originally posted by sophia808c:

The whole thing was a dream.

pls no

[Zeox]

Asriel have the power of a GOD.

[Weregriffin]

Well Asriel broke the barrier, could reset evething to zero, and since as flowey he could save/load he probably still could, so I think he was strong enough to bring them back.

[Zeox]

C'mon, if Omega Flowey could control the game and destroy the world, Asriel with the power of a God could do what he wants, he also was about to reset everything and bring the memories of all your friends to 0, so they wouldn't remember you and everything in the game would be pointless.

[Volcanic163]

Originally posted by Frisk:

C'mon, if Omega Flowey could control the game and destroy the world, Asriel with the power of a God could do what he wants, he also was about to reset everything and bring the memories of all your friends to 0, so they wouldn't remember you and everything in the game would be pointless.

Because I thought the player was Chara (or whatever name they put in at the beginning of the game) and didn't realize they were actually Frisk until the END of the boss fight.
(If you want me to stop talking in first person/first goat, please feel free to let me know.)

[Dummpkopf (ako)]

Okay he "has the power of a GOD", but not really because he has his limits too. For example, if he really could do ANYTHING, he should be able to recreate his own SOUL and be alive again, but he can't do that. That's why I didn't understand.

But I guess you're right. He had power enough to bring their bodies back.

[Goblin]

Mermaid magic

[Supreme™ [Kef]]

Originally posted by wadi:

Originally posted by sophia808c:

The whole thing was a dream.

pls no

It's actually perfectly possible, or it would be if Flowey was also a dream, but then he isn't, since the other characters remember him.

Originally posted by Frisk:

Asriel have the power of a GOD.

If that is the canon explanation for this, then I'm going to be really, really angry, because that is probably the laziest plot device I've ever heard.

Originally posted by wadi:

Then, I "saved" the lost SOULs, with tears in my eyes, because I thought that all those friends I made were now going to be a part of Asriel forever. I "saved" Asriel, and hugged him, imagining myself hugging all the monsters that were in him. I couldn't be mad at Asriel because now he was my friends. Get what I mean...? I was willing to forgive him, and be his friend, and care about him, because he was not only a good little kid, he was also all these people.

That actually sounds like a much better ending, though I am perfectly content with the one I was given.

[Zeox]

Originally posted by wadi:

Okay he "has the power of a GOD", but not really because he has his limits too. For example, if he really could do ANYTHING, he should be able to recreate his own SOUL and be alive again, but he can't do that. That's why I didn't understand.

But I guess you're right. He had power enough to bring their bodies back.

but the monsters weren't dead, in fact, there is no monsters or world in the battle and conversation with Asriel.
Everything is just gone.

[Dummpkopf (ako)]

Originally posted by Frisk:

but the monsters weren't dead, in fact, there is no monsters or world in the battle and conversation with Asriel.
Everything is just gone.

Well I don't know exactly what happened to the place, but I know that Flowey had the monster and human SOULs, so that's why I thought they were dead. Because if they weren't, then how?

And, well, the simple black background you see when you're fighting Photoshop Flowey doesn't really mean that you are "nowhere" or that everything is just gone, like you said. Because, what about when you fight every other monster? Or what about the scene at the end of True Pacifist, when everyone comes to your rescue?

I think the black background is just laziness or aesthetics.

[spacejunk1999]

Originally posted by wadi:

Originally posted by Frisk:

but the monsters weren't dead, in fact, there is no monsters or world in the battle and conversation with Asriel.
Everything is just gone.

Well I don't know exactly what happened to the place, but I know that Flowey had the monster and human SOULs, so that's why I thought they were dead. Because if they weren't, then how?

And, well, the simple black background you see when you're fighting Photoshop Flowey doesn't really mean that you are "nowhere" or that everything is just gone, like you said. Because, what about when you fight every other monster? Or what about the scene at the end of True Pacifist, when everyone comes to your rescue?

I think the black background is just laziness or aesthetics.

black backrounds are just undertale stuff.

[ian.txt]

I never thought of it that way! Here's the only answer I can think of........ MAGIC!

[fushigi friend]

Originally posted by ★ Golden Galaxy ★:

Mermaid magic

Obviously

[hashafan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_AeHbUkmSg
explain