deltarune chapter 5 weird route spoilers !!!
some years ago i used to draw kris and noelle with spamton and jevil as a group, and its begun to feel like an apollo dodgeball moment because ch5's weird route has. pretty blatantly made some parallels between noelle and jevil. obviously they are still drastically different characters but i think its so interesting how their mentalities are similar. noelle is so empty and nihilistic and almost self aware that her life is scripted. maybe she even knows that there is nothing outside of hometown but decides to try and break free out of its confines which ends up breaking the game entirely. she cares about others but finds life worthless because shes trapped in a role she hates but couldnt find the courage to break free until literal divine intervention (the player)
it reminds me of jevils story, he faced a similar world breaking event with its own divine intervention (gaster/friend?), he adopted the same nihilistic view of the world, meta awareness and control over the games mechanics because he does know hes in a game and broke free from his script because of it.
both noelle and jevil love the thrill and power that comes with hurting others. though noelle still feels guilt while jevil has no capacity to. noelles actions in weird route are her intrusive thoughts being affirmed by the player and thus becoming conscious thoughts and actions. in parallel to susie in the normal route though obviously in a much less healthy way, we push noelle into the spot where she has to learn to stand up for herself and take what she wants.
but theyre both isolated because theyre the only ones who "know the truth", and they both feel alone because of it. everyone else appears almost mindless to them because theyre unaware and following the script.
it makes the noelle devilsknife interaction in the code much more interesting..!
this all contrasts kris who is more or less implied to have OCD and faces similar intrusive thoughts, some of which may even be the options we get to choose while controlling them. however despite being presented as a "weird kid with violent tendencies" they get no gratification out of it the way that noelle does. they actively try to rectify the actions of the player because they hate the harm they were forced to do and possibly blames themself because these thoughts come from them to begin with. spamton is a lot more morally bad a person but his biggest theme first and foremost is being an unwilling puppet of higher powers, and its pretty in your face that kris and spamton are meant to be parallels in this way bc of kris' distressed reaction after the NEO bossfight. spamtons story resonates with them because they are in the same position. they are a puppet both to us but also the knight and carol, since theyre essentially being blackmailed
some might call this a reach especially since i am just that one friend thats too jevil and try to find relevancy for him in anything but i do think there is a strong thread between these characters. But toby hates jevil so we will never see it expanded on 🥹💔
