Just a Random Nerdy Dumbass

but then at the end she kind of gives the excuse that it's almost only fine if other people also want it, which makes me wonder if that's like an excuse to herself that if other people want her to be a princess, it does not break the rules too heavily, so it's okay to do it.

For one, it feels very cheap. Like, it only exists because it'd be so SHOCKING and WACKY and CRA-A-ZY!!! Because when you go to college, you get TRANSED! Everyone transes when they go to college, you know?! Compared to the actual themes and behavior and textual evidence backing up Galsei, it really does just feel like a transfem Asriel would only serve as shock value.

But more importantly, it completely wrecks Ralsei as a character! Ralsei's entire arc is about becoming her own person, and while textually that means "seeing herself as more than a tool to be used for the Lightner's purposes," metatextually we the audience also understand that as being more than just Asriel 2. The game has beaten us over the head that Ralsei is NOT Asriel, even if some superficial similarities are there. Hell, even Asriel's own father can see that! So to have Ralsei go through this entire journey of self discovery, ultimately culminating in her determinating her own gender identity, only for the rug to be pulled out from under us and WOAH, ASRIEL IS A GURL TOO?!?!?!?!? WAAAAAAAAA?!?!?!?!

What would that do other than cheapen Ralsei?

It feels like we've been conditioned to never expect to see transition represented in media. If a trans character exists, they have to already be referred to as the gender they identify as to be accepted as a canon trans character.

Jax TADC isn't referred to with she / her pronouns until the very end of the show, and despite the very explicit allusions to her gender identity people STILL debated whether she was actually transfem until the creator of the show confirmed it. Because no way, right? It's only a theory, a headcanon until the character holds up a sign that says "I'M TRANSGENDER DESPITE HOW I WAS REFERRED TO THIS ENTIRE TIME"

Transfem Ralsei is getting the same treatment. Right now it's just a theory, but the theory gets brushed off as a headcanon. Or silly. Or impossible. Despite there being a handful of other transgender characters in both Undertale and Deltarune, people cannot accept Transfem Ralsei? Why?

"There's no way Toby would have a character transition in the game"

He's already done this. Actually he did this twice with the same character! Mad Dummy in both games transitions to being an anime girl! In fact, Pink is strong evidence of Transfem Ralsei theory!

"Well it's removing gnc male representation!"

As if Ralsei is the only example of this? We've had Mettaton for a decade! Blue was just introduced too! Ralsei transitioning does not kill the representation for that demographic!

Flowery literally calls Ralsei Princess!!!! While telling them to do what makes them happy!! We have a transfem secret boss!!! They're referred to with they/them towards the end of the chapter!!

The character does not have to say "I'm trans" to the camera for them to BE CANON!

“I could burn you alive in an instant”

Ralsei said that, RALSEI.

Little Mr.”Oh yeah King I’ll heal you” really got to a point where he said “You’d be dead where you stand”

And then bro just responds Lamo you won’t, I can spare you, you wish you were me, and you wish you were a girl, anyways imma go fuck Kris’s dad