so, deltarune becomes kind of horrifying if you assume the player is
possessing kris. We save over THEIR save file at the beginning with our own name.
Kris can’t move or defend themself unless we tell them to. They even
noticeably didn’t contribute a team name idea, even susie did that!
Kris
often just stands blankly during cutscenes like a Good Protagonist, but
it’s especially jarring when literally everyone in the scene reacts but
them:
more disturbing than that tho, is when the player relinquishes control and kris lifelessly ragdolls, because they literally can’t do anything.
when susie grabs them:
when the floor falls away:
when the king hits and subsequently drops them (Admittedly they were pretty badly hurt here):
Notably, Kris DOES seem to be able to break control occasionally:
when the supply closet door scares them, they take a step back.
they bow along with the others to protect lancer, in direct contrast to the above instances where they just stand motionless during “group” actions.
THEY were the one who was scared when the guards surrounded everyone, the only time they “show” any emotion at all:
They seemed to be in control during the thing with the Fountain, which makes sense since the soul was otherwise occupied.
Finally, THEY WERE THE ONE WHO CHOSE TO PROTECT SUSIE.
I don’t really have a nice pithy way to close this, but it seems like only extreme fear can free Kris from our control for a short time. Nice happy fun game.
Thinking that way, i think they CHOSE to rip their heart out trying to avoid to be controlled again. What do you think? You are the soul, they are your vessel. With no soul, the vessel is by itself. The funny part is that the game says that your choices for them don’t matter, and suzy says the same about Kris’ choices, but at the end, the choice to rip their fucking soul out of their fucking body was theirs.
Yeah, i definitely think the ending was Kris finally breaking through enough to cast us out. the most horrifying part? the cage being the ONLY thing on their side of the room implies this may have happened before.
ALSO:
@catgirl9696 pointed out in the notes another crucial moment where Kris helplessly watches us do something: throwing out the ball of junk at the end.
Kris has exactly ONE item that actually belongs to them.
if you use it, they admire it and nothing else happens. if you DROP it, on the other hand, this happens:
if you choose no:
if you choose yes:
I am 100% convinced that Kris’ lack of friends, lack of belongings in their room, etc, is because Players have tormented them before, and they’re scared to have anything that belongs to them that Someone Else could just take or destroy on a whim.
you know, the height of irony is when an american complains about europe/britain being holier than thou about some shit and then that same person dumps on russia and laughs at the severe issues in russia
honestly i felt horrible enough for sir you-know-who’s fans when he died im gonna feel like shit for hawks fans when he dies : (
look. if there’s a live action…. reigen should be played by someone who has the vibe of a japanese steve buscemi, you get me
one of my fave DnD things is how, during character creation, people start talking in first person without realising. they start out like ‘well, she’s a paladin’ and within ten minutes their fists are clenched as they shout ‘MY SISTER DESERVED WHAT SHE GOT AND IF YOU DISAGREE I’LL KILL YOU TOO’
Let’s get to it. Deltarune is an Alternate Universe from the one in Undertale. There’s still lots of things potentially to uncover about what’s different but it seems like the Deltaverse reverses the biggest aspect of the characters.
SPOILERS
It’s opposite world.
Undertale didn’t happen. Monsters live on the surface.
Asriel is alive and grew up normally. Chara, with their own name, also is here and seems to have had a normal live with a loving family.
Undyne and Alphys don’t know each other, and Undyne has both eyes. Alphys is clearly pretty lonely, spending her time in an alley, feeding a cat she’s never even met.
Alphys DID however changed her opinion of Mew Mew 2, and now thinks it was good, despite her frequently stated aversion to it in the original.
Onionsan used to proclaim “The name’s Onion-san! Onion-san y’hear!” and when you find him in town in Deltarune he’s forgotten what his name even is.
Gerson, best known for being the oldest monster, and survivor of the big war, has died.
Bratty and Catty’s families live next door to each other, but aren’t friends.
Sans is the guy that ‘everyone knows’, has a whole barful of people who wait on him to show up. In the Deltaverse he’s new and knows no-one. (Except you I guess)
Papyrus – outgoing, boisterous Papyrus, who I think has the most lines in Undertale – does not even appear, and doesn’t leave his house.
Mettaton, who we only knew as the sassy robot, appears to be living in Napstablook’s house and probably doesn’t want to come out because he’s not a robot. He’s a ghost without the form he desired, because Alphys isn’t a scientist and hasn’t built it.
That’s the ones I’ve noticed so far, and the only thing that’s not reversed that could’ve been is that Toriel and Asgore are divorced. So they’re doomed in any universe I guess (but what did Asgore do here that wasn’t killing human children??)
The most obvious reason for this is that SOMETHING earlier in the timeline, before the events in Undertale, was changed. Something apparently brought down the Barrier way, way before Frisk ever showed up. The monsters are free, but none of the bonds built by Frisk during their adventure happened.
So the most obvious question that needs answering in the Deltaverse is: what broke the barrier early? Gaster is implied to have a hand in Deltarune and I remember thinking about how the DT Extraction machine was probably his design. If Gaster hadn’t been erased, had been able to continue his work instead of Alphys taking over, perhaps he might’ve been successful?
how… what is… did you just have this art lying around?? was it in a box labeled In Case Of Goblin Seduction 6-Pack Joke Break Glass? apparently this is a Magic card and I have a lot of questions for Magic: The Gathering right now
I can never remember this card’s real name because everyone just calls it “Abs of Treason”
The card name is “Enthralling Victor”. It has a ‘spiritual sequel’ card in terms of artwork called “Captivating Crew”, drawn by the same artist:
Abs of treason
From what I heard the story with Enthralling Victor is that the developers intended it to be a guy who achieved a victory such enthralling it makes one of the enemy monsters switch sides. The artist misunderstood it and drew an enthralling guy named Victor. Everyone decided it’s better that way.
“If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult. Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, there’s a reason for it — some fear they’re working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed. People do not choose to fail or disappoint. No one wants to feel incapable, apathetic, or ineffective. If you look at a person’s action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you can’t see them, or don’t view them as legitimate, doesn’t mean they’re not there. Look harder. Maybe you weren’t always able to look at human behavior this way. That’s okay. Now you are. Give it a try.”
(And a footnote I didn’t see explicitly covered in the article: laziness still doesn’t exist when it is you yourself making no progress and not knowing why. You deserve that respect and consideration, too, even from yourself.)
newborn temeraire: oh my, I don’t really understand all of these laws I have to follow, but laurence is good and kind and smart and wonderful, and I suppose he understands, so I’ll do what he says.
like one year later: yo fuck your rules, parliament. get on, laurence, we’ve got ‘shrooms to distribute.
only this time it may be more difficult for you to notice what they’re doing
your friendship with them will be used against you if you ever decide to go public with your story
the energy you invest in taking care of their feelings (because an abuser’s feelings always come first) is energy you should use to rebuild yourself instead
they will try to confuse you and make you feel guilty. they will use your compassion, don’t fall for it
THEY chose to abuse you, THEY should deal with the consequences alone
they don’t deserve your friendship
just don’t
they won’t come to their senses and change for the better magically just because you are not dating
it can actually get even worse when they realize you’re not coming back together
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