So the idea that [FILE_NAME] is still Kris. I want to talk about this.
There's sooo much text in the game that indicates that they want to change themself.
"When did you start being yourself?"
"You wonder if Susie would recognize you if you changed into a different fruit."
"It's what they call 'You'". And literally all of the mirror dialogue.
"No one can choose who they are in this world."
"You could wear whatever you want."
The entire Gonermaker sequence.
Noelle's dialogue during Chapter 5 Weird Route where she claims that Kris found a way to stop being "Kris".
The horned headband being used to help them fit in with their family.
Mancountry. Not much else to say about this one.
The list goes on... The idea that they use that name as an outlet for all the stuff they typically hide from people. Similar to how people may use fiction in order to express themself when they can't in real life. If Undertale creates the illusion of the protagonist being a self insert until the ending of the game where they reveal their name and then the name you put in ends up being an actual character, then Deltarune creates the illusion of the protagonist being separate from that identity only to be them afterall. That's what I think.
Kris is a character who struggles with identity all throughout the game. So the idea that they feel so trapped in their own body to the point where they purposely choose to reject their identity as "Kris", as themself, hits so close to home for me. The Chapter # as "Kris" text in the menu is worded really interestingly... I wonder if it'll change to reflect how they feel later.
Their goal is true freedom and that comes in the form of changing themself to the point where they're no longer themself. But maybe if they see how much people like them for who they are, they'll realize their goal is a fool's errand. You never truly stop being yourself no matter how much you change yourself. That's the point. This reminds me of one of the Ball Game quotes in Undertale.
"Try as you might, you continue to be yourself."
I feel like this resonates with Kris a lot when it comes to their internal battle with themself. The trick with the narration I believe is based on what stuff Kris assigns to themself and what stuff they assign to [FILE_NAME]. Kris drew the picture. You washed your hands. Kris coughed. Kris's SOUL shined a brilliant light! Your SOUL shined a brilliant light! Kris spared (Enemy name). You looked into mirror. Who is that? You obtained an Egg. Kris obtained an Egg. Get it? It's heavily context-based but there is a bit of a pattern in it if you take a second and look.
But yeah, that's all I wanted to say. I typed while tired so some of this may not be fully coherent so that's my bad lol.
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