How strong is Papyrus….REALLY?
Anyone else notice how many vines Flowey uses to hold Papyrus? Some may argue it's because of how tall he is...then again, look at Asgore! He's bigger than Papyrus! Everyone else is only held by 2 vines! Think about it! Papyrus is capable of controlling his attack power, making it so you can't loose to him, only so your health is low enough so he can capture you and send you to his "Garage". And Papyrus and Flowey are friends, so flowey would probably be aware of how strong he is, all I'm saying is! What is Papyrus's REAL power, and WHY does he have so many vines to hold him! He’s one of the few people how can actually control your SOUL. Undyne has stated already that he's pretty strong, and he already probably wasn't fighting his hardest, since Undyne is a friend. Sans only does so much harm to us because of our LOVE and karma stats. We have no idea what Flowey's LOVE is, because he kept resetting. Either way, Papyrus is at least as strong as Asgore, who is already stated to be way more powerful than Undyne, and is capable of dodge mechanics. This means Asgore could be as powerful as Sans, if not more powerful, and Papyrus is more powerful than that!
A semi popular theory surrounding papyrus actually revolved around battle animation.
You see, characters like Sans, Mettaton, Undyne, Asgore, etc have idle battle animations and they also move when attacking. Toriel doesn’t really move her body but her facial expression changes depending on how you proceed in the battle. But Papyrus has no idle animation. He just stands there, with no facial expression changes or anything. And a lot of people theorize that idle animation = power.
We know that Sans only has 1 HP in canon, but because of how much he sleeps, it builds up over time. But he still dodges and moves around a lot.
Asgore is more stoic, standing relatively still except for what I can only assume is him breathing. When he attacks, he doesn’t usually move unless he’s attacking with his trident. As stated before, Toriel won’t move much but she will change her facial expressions and she will cover her mouth in shock when she kills you.
But Papyrus doesn’t do anything.
Oh, and you want strong? Remember his "really cool regular attack?" That's one of the hardest attacks in the Neutral/Pacifist routes to dodge.Think about that. That was a TASTE of what Papyrus is capable of.
Better yet, Papyrus is in such good control over his magic during his fight. Even though he's being SUPER casual about it. There's a said theory that movement in the battle sprites in Undertale represents how concentrated they are, with high movement being highly concentrated, and low movement being not concentrated. And Papyrus? Still as a statue. Even the text boxes support this. He's so out of focus, he can accidentally prepare the wrong attack, causing him to spend a minute fixing his mistake. It's even worse if you flirt with him, as he's more focused on preparing for the date then preparing his attacks. MIDBATTLE. And he even forgets he doesn't have ears. Think about how hard the fight would be if Papyrus was focused.
All in all, it’d be super funny if he was like, crazy powerful :P
GUYS DONT COME AT ME IM RUNNING ON LOW SLEEP AND RANTING, BUT!! Am i wrong?