Ok let's break this down
If Ralsei dies at the end of Deltarune, and ONLY them, and Castletowns darkworld is closed forever and everything just returns back to normal at the end, that means:
Ralsei's arc about learning to live for themself and defy what is expected of them: Meaningless. If everything just goes back to normal that proves their point at the beginning of their arc right, that darkners don't matter.
And if that's true, then none of the characters we meet in the darkworlds don't matter. Aren't real. Lancer's not really Susie's first friend, Tenna being thrown away doesn't matter and isn't something that should be worried about, Spamtons desperation to cut his strings and live for himself is a stupid idea and unimportant, Maddie never truly gets to live in the body that is right for her, and so on and so forth.
And if Spamton's need to be independent doesn't matter, what does that say for Kris, who Spamton is a darker reflection of?
And if Pink never truly gets to be happy with herself, what does that say for Kris? Who she is a lighter reflection of?
If Ralsei's arc about gaining autonomy and living for themself doesn't serve anything, then Susie's wish doesn't matter. Her becoming more then just the school bully- the bad kid everyone sees her as- doesn't matter. If Ralsei being able to act on their own more and more doesn't matter, then Kris will never cut their own strings. They'll never be more then just a vessel, for us. For the Knights plan. Even Noelle wanting more then this boring stagnet life! She should just accept the status quo! Castletown isn't real! Real change doesn't happen in hometown, Dess is gone, and it doesn't change anything. It's frozen in ice. A Susie is a Susie. A Kris is a Kris. A Noelle is a Noelle. They don't change.
If one of the main characters arc of autonomy isn't 'relevent' isn't 'important' isn't 'worth discussing', then then none of them are.
I wish this fandom stopped hyper focusing on the lightner characters as being the only ones with any real importance. They are intertwined. Mixed in a prophesy none of them want to abide by but are forced to walk the path of.
Would it REALLY, be narratively satisfying to you if everything just went back to how it always was after the roaring? If the dark and light world collided, and everyone saw the darkners alive and full of life, dying off, turning into stone one by one because the law of the world just didn't allow them to be more then just an object. If the three heroes made that sacrifice. That everything going back to normal would be at all in line with the games themes? With the characters individual and intertwining arcs?
Was the neutral ending in Undertale satisfying? Leaving behind your friends to a dull, and hopeless life? Each more tragic than the last depending on who you killed?
It's almost like
In Toby Fox games
Every character. Matters. Every connection, every friend you make. Every life you interact with. Matters. Has consequence.
STOP LEAVING RALSEI IN THE DUST WITH YOUR DELTARUNE ENDING THEORIES SO HELP ME
