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My thoughts abridged: if tricky tony himself mailed me a letter explaining that kris isnt aroace i would still say "cool but incorrect"

OKOK on a serious note, people make good points about the ways in which Kris's jealousy can be interpreted through an aromantic lens, and how its still pretty normal to be jealous when your close friends get into relationships esp. if you already have some severe shit going on mentally. I rock with this interpretation. But looking at the text of the game, I will admit that it seems to be written in a way that's clearly interpreted at Kris having a crush on Susie.

...that doesn't really make me like them as a ship any more, tho. I dont really see it as the end of the world, ive disliked plenty of "canon(?)" ships and headcanoned plenty of characters as aro who explicitly feel romantic attraction in canon. The way romance in general is treated in Deltarune reminds me of the way it exists in a lot of classic Young Adult books (bc deltatune really is the YA to undertale's Middle Grade). I would enjoy (and not even be super surprised) if this could be an arc about remaining friends past unrequited romantic feelings (its not like that topic hasnt been explored before, a la the Papyrus date in undertale).

And in any case, Kris's general situation and narrative theming is only HELPED and emphasized more through the lens of them being aro. A "silent" video game protagonist being puppeted down romantic paths sithout agency without actually feeling the feelings projected by the player? That's juicy!! Plain and simple!! And Kris and Susie as a romantic pairing are just kinda. Boring to me. Ik thats mostly a me-problem bc I reflexively see romance as more shallow and overdone than deep friendships but like, The Romance Does Suck Sometimes and forces characters into molds that fans like to slot into fanfiction archetypes and obviously not everyone does this but it just. meh. I dont care for it.