They struggle showing negative emotions so they smile when they have them, like when they accidentally poisoned Asgore, or as a narrator, when they said this:
They also show the ability to change their behavior by learning:
Also, since every character I fixate on so far has shown traits of autism, they might have had it too. Or something similar. (Moral OCD would be interesting, but with a sort of opposite twist. Immortal OCD I'M AWARE THAT'S NOT A REAL THING. Probably not, just a thought. Would make an interesting AU; In all their actions, they choose the most 'evil' possibility)
On the surface, they were blamed for a lot of bad shit. I imagine they are or were clumsy, and got in trouble for things out of their control. So, they began to try seeing themselves as inheritly evil, to demonize themselves and to cope. I can see them thinking "Well of course I did this bad thing, I'm a demon after all" to excuse their actions, or to avoid guilt.
They probably have some kind of religious trauma, probably from christianity. (idk enough Christianity lore to go into a lot of specifics) Under the cut, I proceed to go into the limited specifics I do know, feel free to correct me.
With Christianity having themes of sin and redemption, and the way the narration, and other game parts emphasize such themes:
Then, they read a prophecy about an angel saving everyone, and... They couldn't help but hope, maybe, for once, they could be an angel too? Maybe they could redeem themselves? And so they try. They even do so by trying to atone for their sin of poisoning Asgore, by taking the same poison.
We can expand this, too. Maybe they want to atone for not just their own sins, but humanity's.
(And yet, interestingly enough, they don't see a soulless pacifist as redemption. Maybe bc they think you're like them - irredeemable)
If Frisk was calling for Chara to save Asriel, it means Chara wasn't just a passive observer, but that they played an active role in saving their brother.
And if Chara CHOSE to save their brother, it means they also played a critical role in not just saving him but also in freeing monsterkind!
And if Chara helped Asriel redeem himself and free monsterkind, IT MEANS THEY REDEEMED THEMSELVES TOO!!!
So yeah, guess this means that Chara didn't miss out on getting a redemption arc after all!
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