i feel like the only thing the undertale fandom doesnt get right is that they still treat flowey like a child. like, i get that its funny to see a main antagonis say "whats fuck mean?" or other things but like, he lived several years worth of resets. probably even centuries worth since he found every possible outcome. he's probably learned a lot during those times. like, bill murrey learned ice sculpting and piano in groundhog day.

flowey is weird bc he’s asriel, post trauma. ie (asriel) if you will—he’s reset, he’s become his undoing, and he’s so, so alone.

i think it’s more safe to think of him as a ghost—he’s stagnant. his development can’t move forward. he knows this and is angry and can’t fix it or see his parents or his sibling or anything—he just exists and that’s what terrifying to him! he’s no longer part of the narrative, and he won’t last. and it’s scary and it hurts.

he’s just a little dude trying to get by and sometimes that involves like, losing your shit completely lmfao