Punder

something about this thing scratches a specific itch in my brain... so yeah, I drew them. the minor form to be exact!

Whether you go through chapter 5 sparing or fighting every enemy, it doesn't change his battle or the ending of the chapter, he always has his own recruits helping him regardless. (Hell, if you do the weird route "Flowery" doesn't even exist).

Notably, when he fights against the Knight, he stands on the left side of the battle screen, where the "protagonists" usually stand, but unlike when Susie enters a battle by herself the Soul doesn't go towards him, and we have no control over any of his actions.

His DESIGN. Obviously Toby didn't create him for the sole purpose of being a Tumblr Sexyman™ (he wrote that Sans vs Reigen thing for the tournament a few years ago, he knows what kind of freak people like), but the fact that so many fans feel irked by his "anime-ness", combined with the surprise of seeing an adult human in the UTDR art style AND his animated introduction (sudden, high-budget and lacking in comedic tone, contrasted with Tenna's, which feels more diagetic and closer to the typical humor and artstyle we're familiar with to that point) makes it feel like him being less appealing was an intentional decision.

Honestly I feel like the largely negative fan reception to Flowery has made me appreciate him more specifically because of this apparent lack of care for us. Yeah he can be an asshole, he can be overly cruel under dire circumstances for him and his friends, but the idea that he doesn't care to change his personality to appeal more to the time-warping all-seeing entity we are DESPITE HIM KNOWING ABOUT SO MUCH SHIT makes him somewhat cool in my book.