[raising hand excitedly] ME!! ME!!! I CAN EXPLAIN IT!
Frisk and Chara are both their own characters and its not necessarily made as obvious as Deltarune but proof of it does still exist
For Frisk (they/them): Similarly to Kris Deltarune (though not as often), Frisk takes action on their own in certain moments of the game, either doing things entirely outside of your command or doing things you didn’t quite tell them to do, like hugging Asriel at the end of pacifist when the command only vaguely said to “comfort him”.
At the end of pacifist, Asriel saying “you’re not really Chara, are you?” is supposed to be the games way of saying the character you were playing as isn’t supposed to be you. This is further proven by Flowey’s dialogue before you reset a pacifist run, asking you to “let Frisk live their life”
not being Frisk must mean you’re Chara then, right?
No. Chara (they/it), despite being named by you, is NEVER in your direct control, and at the end of the genocide route, literally says “you and i are not the same” when confronting you, the player.
Dare i say that the existence of “the true name” when naming them Chara as opposed to anything else is even further proof of them being its own character, though some disagree.
Much like how in Majora’s Mask, you can name your save file/Link whatever you please, but Link remains his true/official name, and his pronouns remain he/him because he’s his own character.
Lastly, in the Legends of Localization book, talking about the translation of Undertale to Japanese, Toby Fox talks about “the power of three” in his story, and mentions “the three powers vying for control over the protagonist”, those powers being Frisk, Chara, and YOU the Player, solidifying them as their own characters
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