Aubs Rambles and things

Okay I have to fucking say this but- WHY IS THERE NO MENTION OR TALK ABOUT THE PINK SHOP!! Flowerys final fight is growing on me(hehe) but I think that shop was one of the most beautiful and impactful points for this chapter for me, the sunset canyon is really cool and imo the shop kinda ties it all together themeatically, reflecting on both the promise of new beginning yet also the temporality of everything(more on this later). It's so good, the music, the scene with a little bit of animation to it.

It's a respite, a moment where you simply stop and admire everything. The whole world and story(up to this point, specially with the garden area) keeps reflecting on the past, and nostalgia- yet the shopkeeper looks forward, away from us, rather than reflecting on bygones, it talks about new promises, new friendships, a new side to life you never realised. It's clarity, it's the cool afternoon air flowing gently through the building, it's the sun reflecting off the back of your eyes. Throughout deltarune, theres the haunting of the past, theres this fear of the future, the weight of fantasy, yet against it all, this lone figure, faces an unknown future with upmost optimism. And what I really fucking wish I saw more of, was commentary on it after the Pink fight(BY THE WAY, I'VE SEEN LIKE LITERALLY NO ONE RETURN HERE AFTERWARDS, LIKE I GET ITS HARD TO MAKE THE CONNECTION AT FIRST, BUT OH MY GOD PLEASEEE). Less so about what she says in that moment after(already posted about that), but what it recontextualises about everything Pink says here. This is her dream, becoming who she wanted to be, a new experience of a body that she saw as herself for once. As she says, what makes you you, it's your body isn't it? She's understanding how it feels to have a body, a true body that moves with her will, to feel complete and whole within it, not just a ghost possessing a doll- the experience of becoming.

And then you realise- all this beauty, this hope, it's euphoria.

This line, this fucking line.. Oh my god I read it upon a rewatch and this all just clicked for me. She lived inside for so long, her world was bleak, far away as she says. But stepping into this new world, where she can feel the limbs of a body that she truly feels herself in- the world seems so much more beautiful than before.

She gains clarity, she realises all the emotion's she's been holding in, that's been stirring in her heart since she's locked herself in. Through becoming- she learns more about herself, about what she needs.

She acknowledges her struggles, and with all her heart, all her will, hopes, no, KNOWS she's going to make it, that she will find what she needs and make it through. Suddenly the unknown isn't this place of darkness, of fear, it's the sunrise illuminating a world you never knew was so beautiful, so brimming with promise and with the possibility of loving and being loved.