hm. dont usually put my own two cents for theories but somethings been kind of annoying me recently so yeah. ralsei thoughts.
i really dont like the idea that ralsei is a specific object. especially not with newer stuff from chapters 3 and 4.
Totally possibleβ¦ but still Ralsei holds a special connection to Kris and Susie. He knows a lot of things of them, like how Susie doesnβt eat and some stuff about Kris. I wonder how all of this adds up with this fact. He also knows the layout of the light world with a lot of precision.
There are still a lot of things we donβt know about Ralsei.
For me, he is like something that was originated or created when the first darkworld came to be. The poor children going into the bunker might be extremely related to that.
Ralsei having such relationship with Kris and Asriel in his name and appearance is too much to be a coincidence. They were related to Ralseiβs creation and he has a big connection to them.
I find interesting that Ralsei doesnβt seem to have the same outside knowledge that he had about Kris and Susie with other characters like Noelle. (Or maybe he didnβt want to tell to Susie about Noelle?? When Susie asks about her in chapter 4 he just knows which items she could equip.)
Another thing that I have always been curious about that is relevant to this discussion is that Ralsei is named as βDark world beingβ. Other darkners donβt have that denomination, just the titans. So this theory is accurate in that..
Ralsei is clearly different than the usual object based darkners, but still a darkner nonetheless.
The Titans are also darkworld beings like Ralsei, they are direct flows of the dark and are an embodiment of the fear of the dark. According to what Ralsei himself said.
So, adding these elements I think Ralsei is an embodiment of something else.
Maybe he is an embodiment of a dream⦠a dream Kris had about who they wish they could be to be loved.
Ralsei is pleasing, has self worth issues, can take different forms, is very feminine while he is a boy (could be trans or fluid eventually??)
So, for me it seems like he represents that dream Kris had of being like one more member of their family, like, looking equal to them. Kris had a sort of βspecies dysphoriaβ and this is why they used the headband.
If we assume that Ralsei is a literal shadow, then it should be a shadow of something very related to Kris, because all his similarities to them are undeniable.
What if he is the shadow of Kris wearing the headband ?? (This is a theory I saw suggested elsewhere, or Ralsei being a Kris fursona drawn by them or the shadow or Kris with the headband on and how Kris imagined themselves filling that shadow. If you saw Kris in a shadow then the shadow shape would be very similar to a dreemurβs. Only in shadow Kris looked similar to their family. This is related to the headband, because with the headband Krisβs shadow would look identical to a dreemur. Having instead of the ears the hair. Ralseiβs shadow version has ears that look like hair).
The green crayons are clearly related to Ralsei being greenβ¦ but I still donβt see how they could be related (there is a theory vid about Ralsei being a drawing). Butβ¦ being a drawing also doesnβt match with other stuff.
If you add all this information up there are too many things connected between Ralsei and Kris to be a coincidence, but it all ends up there, we donβt know how. Also Kris insistence in not relating Asriel to Ralsei like itβs something unthinkable to them. Itβs all pretty odd to be honest.
There is more to it, and probably we are not close to scratching the surface here.



















