Lephala Cat's Lucky World

I wonder what Ralsei thought upon being (in every literal sense) screwed over by the frickin Player when we turn off the ralseis option

People who got to this scene blind:

😂 LOLLLL ❤️🤝🐐

People who got to this scene after learning about Chapter 5's Weird Route:

.....Don't act like that was an accident, Susie.

Normal TV Time episode

(Original is the "Game Show" short from Thomas Sanders,

Like, I fully understand that Undertale/Deltarune are not supposed to be like average RPG games.

In the UT/DR universes, the Player controls characters who are aware of it, several characters recognize to some extent what we do, the game is meta, I understand it.

(And like, no Chara jokes here, we frick Kris and Noelle up heavily if we choose to do the Weird Route.)

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However...

I feel like most of the debates about "Kris is good/evil", "the Soul is good/evil", "the Soul had a choice/no choice", etc...

...Are sort of only focused on who is the one committing the actions we can see, who is the guilty party, who is the one responsible for it.

Like, the discussions have been so focused on the dynamic between Kris and us, that they sort of ignore the question of "How did this come to be?".

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Like, most of the "game mechanics" already come with narrative explanations in the UT/DR plot. The power to Save, Load, or Reset? A mysterious power called Determination. Raising up EXP and LV? Level of Violence. Different universes or files? Alternate timelines.

And the Player's possession of the protags (Frisk & Kris) should also have some explanation similar to it.

*Heavy emphasis* on our possession of Kris, since 1) Gaster (and someone else?) artificially connected us to a vessel, 2) the possession is having a huge impact on the Deltarune plot, especially during the Weird Route.

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(I'm sure these questions would be answered in future chapters of DR, but--) So I think we need to ask more on why the game system/possession is like this, and what the narrative explanation is going to be--instead of *only* focusing on "who is to blame for these actions".

. 1) Like, why can Kris (and Chara, Flowey, etc?) recognize our presence, unlike the protags in other RPG games?

2) We force Kris to take the Weird Route, but why is the keyword "Proceed" so mechanical and consistent if it's a part of Kris' darker thoughts? (We can choose it, but it doesn't mean we *write* it.)

3) Why can Kris not do certain idle actions or expressions (such as using their real voice when we don't pick the dialogue options / playing the piano by themselves / etc) while we are controlling them, unlike some protags in other RPG games?

4) Why can we not see most of Kris' expressions or hear their words, while everyone else can?

Like, some people get this question right by answering "Pie" right off the bat (without replaying),

...Because they didn't read deep into the flavor texts / optional convos /healing factor related to Kris enjoying chocolate.

Only going through the main plot and not caring much about details, the most those players see is Kris eating pie after ch 1, so they assume "oh it might be pie".

And they're right.

This question as well:

If you went through the optional conversations with the NPCs, you'd assume Asriel loved the green lizard. But if you didn't care enough, you'd most likely throw the quiz and choose the default answer.

Aka, the first answer on the option, the "Sword Magician".

And you'd be right.

I have a feeling there's a message to this irony, something that might be important.

What if, in this game, it's much better to be completely oblivious and admit you know nothing--

My mind can't stop visualizing THIS imagery--