another thing that i havent seen taken as proof of our enormous power as the player is when we name the first fallen human, so chara, right directly at the start of undertale. you could interpret it as part of the mechanic of a videogame but this is an element of tobys perfectly woven meta marrative. the role we, the player, have in the stories of Undertale and Deltarune is very interesting because, ultimately, I think there are obviously differences between them, but after Deltarune's several references like "this jukebox doesn't work, it seems you'll never find one that does," I dare say that yes, in some way, the game, or Gaster, or whoever, "remembers" us. i wouldn't go so far as to say that Deltarune takes place right after Undertale in the Soul timeline, because in this universe, I think it's clear that timelines aren't linear and branch off with the save point deal (another thing I have to talk about is the common misconception that Frisk and Flowey could "travel through time." They didn't; they returned to branches of the original timeline. it's confusing; I'll write about it another time). But what I was getting at is this: there are many instances that demonstrate the power of the soul, but one that goes unnoticed is the ability to name the first fallen human, Chara. I know it's designed so you think you're naming Frisk, yourself; assuming it's your first playthrough and you're playing blind, you don't separate the player from the character, so for you, you're naming yourself. You use your own name. But the interesting thing isn't that you already have the option to choose, it's that you're actually naming Chara. Chara, who is central to the narrative, who has a crucial role, who accompanies Frisk in all the routes;chara, who had their own life and had people who knew them. A real person. what you're doing is altering reality and changing their name. You're literally influencing something in a reality,something that was different before you arrived...it's part of the game's mechanics, and I know it's also meant to add a plot twist and reveal Frisk and so on, but still, I think it's one of those details that shows that, yes, we have control in the utdr universe, and yes, the meta narrative is quite wide
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