brioche official

- how education is one of the most important tools in fighting against fascism

- building and fortifying communities where people who are “othered” can thrive

- immigration (the metaphor has gone from ‘yeah I can see that’ to ‘holy fuck they’re gonna deport iruma’)

- police violence

- how the meritocratic system leaves the underprivileged behind

- abuse

things mairuma is ALSO about

- most ??? polyamory negotiations in the history of shonen

- the importance of art and music

- extreme cuteness aggression

- yuri mad max

- pathetic adults doing whatever the fuck they’re doing

Deshret: "I'm - alive? Ha! Haha! I'm alive, my people are alive! Oh Rukkhadevata, you mad genius, I could kiss you! IT WORKED!"

Eremite #1 (confused): "My Lord...Greater Lord Rukkhadevata is dead."

Deshret: "what? Not, that can't be right. She was fine! Sure, she'd just sacrificed all her power to save my people from my stupid mistakes, but she can come back from that. Unless...er...how long has it been?"

*one confused explanation later*

Deshret: "what do you mean there was a giant Cataclysm"

Deshret: "what do you mean the new God of the rainforest abandoned you?"

Deshret: " what do you mean, you thought we were enemies??"

Eremite #2: "but...she...betrayed you?"

Deshret: "No. Nonono. Where did you get that idea? We were married. Happily. To each other. All three of us!"

Eremites: *surprised_pikachu.gif*

Deshret: "I mean, I may have been dead for 2000 years but come on, we were not subtle! What did you think the entire Dance of Sabzeruz was about? Why do you think Rukkha recreated padisarahs after Nabu died? What did you think was the point of all those love songs I wrote for both of my lovely partners??"

Eremite #3: "none of our histories say this..."

Eremite #1: "...I think we should listen to our Lord. And revise those stories."

Deshret: "right. Looks like I'll have to do something about this horrible miscommunication, then - but, first, tell me about this new God who apparently hates you"

*one incredibly angry explanation later*

Deshret: "Rukkha had a kid? MINI-RUKKHA! Oh my Archons I have to meet her-"

Eremites: *eremite.exe has stopped working*

Deshret: "...but no one's seen her in 500 years? No one knows anything about her?"

Eremite #2: "the Sages don't let anyone see her, My Lord. Or send her letters. Or even know anything about her - even the Akasha blocks any information about her"

Deshret: "and none of you thought this was extremely fucking suspicious?"

Eremites: *visible confusion*

Deshret: "damn it all. I die for a measly two millennia and the country goes to shit. Grab your weapons and come with me"

*some time later*

I mean, the Dark Sanctuary doesn’t really have the water theming but… they are both the darkest parts of the game, both in a literal visual sense. With a mostly darker color-scheme and puzzles themed around darkness

and also in the narrative sense, being the most serious, solemn and grim part of the game. While Waterfall has its moments of levity and, y’know, Temmie Village, there’s a lot more focus of scenes of melancholy or fear compared to other parts of the game. While Undyne can be a very silly character, she only shows that side of herself to the Human during her Boss Fight right at the end and she’s otherwise a quiet and no-nonsense antagonist.

Deltarune Chapter 4 is the darkest chapter of Deltarune so far. It also has it's funnier moments but… The Church Dark World concept leads itself to much more serious theming and designs for the backgrounds and the enemies, it has some of the most serious exploration of our main characters' personalities and arcs, and has a lot of emphasize on the fact the stakes have been raised and Shit Just Got Real.

Plus, both Chapters deal heavily in the lore written on the walls of that area

Including a Prophecy

(well, in Deltarune it's exclusively a Prophecy, in Undertale it focuses on History and also includes a Prophecy)

And on a larger scale, both of these writings introduce the idea that the information we/the characters had before on the Lore is not the full picture.

And y'know, Gerson, who is present in both areas but also…

As the Hammer of Justice he also serves as a very heavy parallel to the Boss Fight(s) against Undyne in Undertale, both in visual design and gameplay (the Green Soul Mode).

Also, y'know, Piano Puzzles...

The thing is just… I didn't quite know what to do with this comparison. I mean, speculating on the idea the next Chapter would somehow be a Hotland Counterpart feels incredibly silly considering we already had two Dark Worlds that are very Hotland-like…

Which is when I realized, what if Deltarune Chapters correspond to Undertale areas but in reverse?

The Dark Sanctuary is like Waterfall and before it, TV World is a lot like Hotland, focused on TV-themed minigames controlled by an attention-hungry rectangular Game Show Host.

Cyber World would be the CORE, as the most high-tech themed areas in their respective games

And Queen and Spamton both including elements of Mettaton EX/NEO

Including Spamton NEO having the Yellow Soul Mode.

And Card Castle is the counterpart to New Home. Since these areas are both meant to be, well, a castle and it's surrounding area.

And King obviously being kind of a dark thematic reflection of Asgore.

…That would make Chapter 5 a Snowdin parallel to some degree, then Chapter 6 as a Ruins parallel, leaving Chapter 7 to do something totally off-the-rails and unique and unpredictable… Question is just what would that mean for Chapter 5 to be a "Snowdin Parallel"?

Since the Dark Sanctuary didn't really have water and TV World didn't really have magma-stuff, I don't think that would mean Chapter 5 would necessarily be an ice world, and indeed the only real hint we have to Chapter 5 right now is about a garden.

"aww!" they said, "it's a flag!!"

but the thing is: they're little. a lot of them don't really have a handle on all their mouth sounds yet.

Human queen!!!!! I hope y guys fw this I don’t like these that much but I don’t hate them