This Chapter has been in many ways about both the appeals and the limits of Fantasy… Flowery’s bravado and ‘fake stats’ being disparaged by Ralsei, and yet their reasoning seems more like jealousy, and then Flowery proving himself and his attitude to be valuable all on its own… but then still failing when challenged by the Roaring Knight.
And Flowery and the Flowers trying to protect their World of Fantasy for Asgore’s sake and their own sake. Protecting it with all of their might… But it turned out to not only be not what Asgore truly wanted…
But it was inherently temporary for them as well, it would’ve eventually killed them.
But it was still such a beautiful dream, while it lasted.
And also, Asgore’s own goal was a Fantasy in it and of itself. The idea that just proving that ‘it wasn’t his fault’ and that he was 'right' and punishing the person responsible would just immediately fix his life was a Fantasy, to cover over how much of it was more because of his own obsession and guilt. And by the end of the Chapter he has to confront it.
And then also, Rudy’s faking ‘getting better’ for the sake of Noelle backfiring on him in such a horrible way…
And you also have Pizzapants at the Festival, the Fantasy of Pizzerina’s existence finally collapsing in on itself, and yet the only paths to Happy Endings seem to be the one that maintain the Fantasy on some level and not the one path that reveals the Truth… or so it seems for now…
Susie’s optimism and trust in her friends is still a powerful force, but it’s becoming more and more like willful ignorance of Kris’s shadiness…
And just… Susie, in general…
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