See, that was my stance throughout the entirety of the Undertale fandom, but I think it's a different story for Deltarune. The more things get drip-fed in the story, the more they start adding up in his direction.
At this point, I don't think of Gaster as a joke character, or an easter egg, or an Uboa spoof, nor do I even think of him as an Undertale character. He is and has always been a Deltarune character, who was buried in rare chance events in Undertale as a sort of teaser for what's to come, kinda like that "crudely drawn photo" in Sans' workshop and the "Suzy" Clam Girl. They're cute nods you don't NEED to find, but are tons of fun IF you do.
But what little is known about Gaster shows up everywhere in DR, from "darker, yet darker" to his "very, very interesting" to the state of Dess or whoever is speaking to us in the text in the game's code - I kind of had to change my tune on it and consider it not just possible, but even likely. I'm pretty sure he'll just be explained in full from the top when he shows up.
But it seems he's been speaking to us, the player, directly, the entire game. Far as can be seen, he is that glowing text from the survey, in certain Game Overs, the "My Deltarune" guy, the one who "hijacks" the twitter and Blusky every time a chapter drops, etc. etc. but we're not really supposed to know who or what he is yet, really. Even with what's hidden in UT, we still don't know much, just enough to mimic that DiCaprio meme when we see hints of him.
So anybody who knows about the UT stuff has an idea, same as they did about "Suzy" and the photo and whatnot, but none of that is really necessary. If he's a thing, he'll be explained when he finally makes his entrance. But I do find it interesting that we have a Prince of Darkness with no King and a Knight with no master. Like, Knights are just warrior servants, they aren't typically the ones in charge.
Someone is pulling the strings, and whether you think that's Gaster or not, he's the only real hint we've been given as to who could, possibly, be capable of all this stuff from what little has been shared of him.
All that being said though.
I also like the idea that he's not a villain and was just Kris' Therapist this whole time.
Paging Dr. Gaster, the Dreemurr kid is running with knives again.
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