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⁺ call me aria; i'm 19 and go by any pronouns so i don't care how i'm referred to on that front. ⁺

⁺ this will primarily be a fandom account, safe space, and somewhere i can just talk about whatever media i am fixated with or just need to yell into the void. ⁺

⁺ speaking of blocking, i do that freely. while i cannot entirely control who is interacting with my account, i do not support the following at all and will be blocked if these labels or behaviors apply to you:

1. ppl who ship rly gross and/or illegal shit (adult x minor, abuser x victim, etc)

2. those who identify with literally anything that's on the basic dni criteria

3. toxic fandom andys (i.e people who are okay with harassing others and/or doxxing, etc.)

4. furry/therian haters

5. religion bashers on anything different to what you may believe in

6. ppl who are discriminatory towards/make fun of polyamorous people. i've only really seen this on tiktok but if you do that this account isn't for you as i identify with that label

7. those who unironically ship irl people

8. maga, pro-israel mentality (unkindly, fuck off)

⁺ these are some of my interests, all in no particular order. as of february 2026 this is currently what i'm fixated on the most.

genshin impact

undertale/deltarune

cookie run kingdom & ovenbreak (witches castle kinda. im unfamiliar w/ the lore)

hollow knight/hollow knight silksong

poppy playtime

the amazing digital circus

this post may or may not get updated as time goes on. anyway-

credits to @kodaswrld for gothic divider

alright, hear me out--

first, credit to the creator of this video in the comment section for fueling the idea and i'm just expanding on it further

here's my theory. so, in chapter 5, the dark world is going to be centered around Asgore and his involvement in the Dess disappearance case, and it will likely take place in his flower shop. However, that isn't what this wholly is about.

It's related to the Roaring Knight who we fought in Chapter 3 and see in Chapter 4-- there's theories going around whether it's Carol Holiday or Dess herself, but hear me out-- what if it's an entity with ties to both, but not necessarily either? What if they kidnapped Dess and Asgore fought the knight to try and save her, but failed to do so?

Thus it leads to Asgore getting fired and dishonorably discharged, because she went missing under his watch and obviously, nobody would believe that he fought this otherworldly being in a fantasy world. He holds a black shard, something that notably, is similar to the shadow crystal we pick up after fighting the knight, except it's opaque and black like that shard. Hence the idea Asgore has fought the knight. However, Toriel didn't believe him. She believes him to be delusional, and that Carol is indulging his strange ideas and with the fallout, they divorced. Because again, who would believe there to be some fantasy dark world and something there took Dess?

However, why is Kris seemingly in cahoots with Carol, who is 99.9% most likely the voice on the phone? I think it is because they also had something to do with Dess' disappearance originally, and they believe it as well as the consequences following to be their fault, and they need to right the wrong. Perhaps Asriel, Noelle, Kris, and Dess all went into the bunker but got lost in there since it's a dark world. Kris was possibly with Dess, but lost her and so not knowing what to do, they went back out to go get help from the police, aka Asgore who was the chief at the time. He goes in and finds her being kidnapped, fights the knight to the point he chips their sword but ultimately, they get away with her and the fault lies on Asgore for failing to rescue her. Kris likely being a kid at the time probably took it hard, and blamed themselves for everything that happened. Thus, inevitably making a promise to Carol which we don't know what exactly this is, it's likely something related to opening dark fountains and finding Dess by any means necessary. Even going as far as to open a dark fountain in their own house and try to bring Carol. It's possible Kris actually didn't know Toriel called the police for her slashed tires, so Undyne showing up was completely unexpected thus she needed to be taken away. Or maybe it was intentional...? Who knows.