Why didn't Sans absorb the souls.

[RangedSpider]

If he truly wanted to stop Frisk he could have pushed Asgore aside and use the souls to prevent Frisk from getting past him.

[ditt_25]

You are assuming that Asgore and Sans are on good enough terms to let Sans take/use the souls. Which would be quite a lot given what you learn mere minutes before fighting Sans.

After all, earlier in the route, during the time you'd normally learn of Asriel's visit to the human world, Flowey instead reveals that Asgore wouldn't even show him the sousl at all. And you, know, Flowey is just the resurrection of Asgore's beloved biological son.

Be good, won't you?

[RangedSpider]

Oh ya derp

[RangedSpider]

A lack of cooperation seems to be the undergrounds downfall.

[RangedSpider]

I wonder why people weren't demanding the king absorb the souls and do something to stop you then. All he does is sit in his throne.

[ditt_25]

Isn't that the case in so many RPG's though?
And real life too.
And probably a major part of the game's message, at least in some of the non-Geno runs.

[RangedSpider]

If I were I monster in the underground I would personally go to the king myself and beg him to use the souls. You'd think people would almost demand it.

[Tuning Knight]

It should be noted that Asgore was warned at least twice about the human coming and still didn't use the human souls to stop them.

I guess he gets a few pacifist points for trying to talk it out

[RangedSpider]

I know he was warned but I'd imagine people would come to the castle and riot because the King was doing nothing about a human slaughtering everybody.

[ElleExile [She/Her]]

Well if something doesn't go our way in this, we can just rely on AUs to deal with it, can't we? In this case, the "Toucan Sans" AU, or as I like to call it, "MegaSans". But, you make a good point. Who needs begging for the SOULs when there's a little wierdo/freak comin towards the softest king? YOLO, just grab 'em all and be ready to kill a dirty brother killer. XD

[Juan Cena]

Originally posted by Dr. Gaster the Polarbear:

He has 6 hands

*jobs
i'm sorry

[Plastic Shitlord]

I smell The thought comic inspiration

[RangedSpider]

Originally posted by Asriel Dreemurr:

The player would still kill sans with enough Determination....Asriel was invincible.....Defeated still.....Sans would not have monster souls like Asriel did Either....Have you also heard of surprise kills? Its when you murder someone at there most emotional spot...It instantly kills them, Sans took 99999999999999 Damage when he had one health...The boss fight would be so much harder, but a player will eventually kill them.

Those are good points but Asriel wasn't really defeated. His love and compassion was brought back from all the souls he absorbed and he realized what he was doing was wrong and so he willingly gave all the souls back.

Sans would only be absorbing human souls which don't need love or compassion to exist. The player wouldn't be able to get on his emotional side and Sans only loses because he becomes tired. I don't think that would be a problem with 6 souls. They might still turn on Sans though so that could be his downfall but maybe not since the souls might have been able to tell Sans was doing the right thing unlike Omega Flowey.

[Zeox]

Because he is lazy.

[Niche_Quiche]

...Y'know what? Who's to say he DIDN'T? I mean, we never see the 6 human souls after fighting Sans. And considering how he drags himself offscreen, it's entirely possible that, when he dissolved into dust, we could have seen 1 or more souls that were contained within him.

[Spookypizza]

Originally posted by RangedSpider:

If he truly wanted to stop Frisk he could have pushed Asgore aside and use the souls to prevent Frisk from getting past him.

sans is gaster's left brain. gaster is op, using that much power would ultimately end the world