Fandom garbage

Take most anime and video games

Most of them "fit" their world for lack of a better term. If you watch Fire Force, all the main characters are going to be fire related because it's the fire anime. Or Dragon Ball, sure there are aliens and gods, but most of them also practice martial arts and shoot lasers and are stereotypical heroes and villains.

In the Strawhats alone, there's a traditional samurai fighting to become the world's greatest swordsman. A French ish skeleton who's trying to reunite with his last living friend. A woman who's experienced the genocide and was forced into the darkest pits of despair before joining her new family. Sanji ALONE is a nazi clone/power ranger/chef/wannabe harem anime protagonist. And they're all from a Manga about PIRATES

And it's not just the people, the arcs themselves have wildly different tones even right next to eachother. Are we doing a horror Manga in a spooky zombie filled mansion? Or how about some religious commentary by literally exploring the heavens? Or fuck it, let's go to transgender island for a while to talk about how the government sucks

A lesser author would say that none of these fit together, that a story should have a single consistent motif or genre. But Oda said fuck that, I can fit them all in, I just have to take these places seriously as an author and try to find out HOW these jigsaw pieces fit into the greater narrative

And Deltarune is the same way. Obviously the Dark Worlds are different, they all reflect where the fountain is. So we can have board game world, cyber world, tv studio, library world, even your dad's flower shop

It'd really be an interesting take on a shounen, where physical and magical abilities often go hand in hand, were instead made inverse

A wirld where the strongest sorcerer in the world is basically a walking corpse that can't take a solid haymaker from a normal man to the chest without dying, making Limitless even more invaluable

A world where extremely weak sorcerers like Miwa and Mai were more invaluable than some grade two's because they could actually run a mile without passing out

Poseidon could count on one hand the amount of times he had felt this apprehensive in his own kingdom.

Ok, so he may have to add a few fingers to that hand, but definitely less than Zues would have to to pull off that same trick!

Still, as he approached the sea cave containing his most powerful son, he couldn't deny, this was a bit more awkward than the time he forgot his and Amphitrite's 864th anniversary.

"Percy!" He called

There was a rattling of chains and a voice that seemed to echo through the water, like the pulse of a gigantic heart.

"What'dya want old man?"

Poseidon frowned to himself at his son's tone

"Percy, I'm not old, I'm immortal, that's kind of the whole point."

"Damn, so Uncle Drama Queen CHOOSES to look like that? We gotta get that guy some therapy. But anyway, back to my original question, why are you here? We both know I'm not going to back down, and frankly, after 3 months of this bullshit, I'm even more inclined to do it just to kill the boredom."

"I know Percy. I also know that you're far more likely to get smote by your uncle than actually make progress on this fool's errand."

"Sounds like a win win to me. Either Dear Uncle Z finally carks it and I get back what I want or I die and I get what I want. Now for the last time. Why. Are. You. Here?"

Poseidon sighed "Percy, there is a quest-"

"And just like that you've lost me." Poseidon heard the chains clanking again as their owner layed back down on the ground.

"There is no prophecy this time Percy. This is a personal request on behalf of a very dear friend of mine, and if you were to complete it," Poseidon sighed, "I will remove the blessing keeping you alive despite your best efforts."

More chains clattered "And just like that I'm back in again! What is it this time? Zues missing his duckies pajamas? Amphitheater needs a magazine that doesn't come pre-soaked? Ooh, or Hera, PLEASE tell me it involves punching Hera?"

"No Percy, though maybe we can discuss that last one at a later point. No, this quest involves...another pantheon. You of course know of your Roman cousins, and I've even heard through the grapevine about some tangle with Egyptian magicians?"

"Oh yeah," Percy mused "Carter and Sadie. They seemed pretty chill for the two hours I talked to them. They also seemed to be pretty hung up on some giant snake problem, am I killing a big snake? Because I thought Apollo just did that."

Poseidon sighed once more "No Percy, you will...most likely not be killing any giant snakes. In fact, this pantheon exists on a completely different world, one where our family has no power. This quest is on behalf of the ocean god of that world, Tui and his wife La."

"Makes sense, ocean gods gotta stick together. What's the deal?"

Poseidon frowned at his son's nonchalance "The deal, as you put it, is that his wife recieved a vision of her death, and as per the laws of their pantheon, they cannot simply dispose of their would-be killer themselves."

"And why don't they just get whatever demigod or magician type thing to deal with it? Are they just wimps?"

"Their benders, as they call them, are mere mortals with some minor blessings. Tuition and La's can merely move water around, and they have been losing a war against the Sun's people, the fire benders, for nearly a century now. And only the Avatar, the spirit of Balance, can directly commune with them, outside of very specific circumstances. Which means THEY are in need of exactly the type of muscle our pantheon excels in creating."

"OK dad, I can pick up what you're putting down. You want me to ice the guy planning to kill the moon? Don't feel great about killing humans, but again, moon killing, don't love that."

Poseidon once again sighed at his son's...exuberance "No Percy, you cannot just 'go ice the guy' as you put it, they don't know what he looks like nor where he could be. They don't even know when the exact time of the murder will be beyond some time in the next year. Which is why I am giving you said year to live in that world, protect La, and bring the perpetrator to justice. Other than that, you have complete carte Blanche to do as you wish."

There was another clank as Percy facepalmed "Dad, we both know I'm not smart enough to know what that means. In English?"

It was frankly amazing how much sighing Poseidon was doing considering he was underwater "It Means Percy, that you can do this however you wish. It's unlikely that anyone from there even could stop you. Their avatar is the only mortal who might pose a threat to you and he's been AWOL for a century. So go nuts. If you kill the guy in the first week you have the rest of the year to do whatever you want. Once the year is up, I will bring you back and remove the blessing keeping you from killing yourself. Though I do hope you will find something else to live for in that time.

"Unlikely. Now undo the chains Pops!"

Poseidon waved his hand and the manacles binding Percy's arms popped open.

"One more thing Perseus. As these benders are still mortals your usual blade won't exactly be up to snuff, so I had Tyson make you something for your trip. I hope you don't mind he went through some of your old things."

Percy waved him off "If Tyson wanted he could have my kidney, now fork it over."

For the first time today Poseidon smiled "Apropriate choice of words, son," as he passed over the weapon.

"Oh yeah. This is going IN someone."