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So recently a game came out, Deltarune, with it was brought a character who is potentially possessed, pure evil, or misunderstood depending on who you ask. One thing I’m fascinated by is the discussions around their gender and pronouns to use. So I want to offer an analysis of this under a read more.

So there are two sides, which I call “Real World Use” and “Fiction Use” that each have their own views around Kris’ pronouns. To explain this Fiction Use is something you’ll have to understand a slight bit of game design to understand why this works, when you design a silent protagonist you need them to be something everyone can relate to, with more genders this opened up the concept (more) of using a true neutral term that can be safely used to describe anyone and a need to use it if you want that silent protagonist. Toby designed the game, and is the only one who can say if this is or is not true.

If Toby says no then Real World Use is how it works regardless of what people other then Toby says, since everyone in town uses They/Them. Now of course this side is much easier to understand if you’re use to using these terms which I assume anyone discussing this would be. (There are probably more things to add on either side, but because both can be correct based on this alone there is no point as we end up at the same state regardless.)

In conclusion: We don’t know, so regardless of how you feel try not to be disrespectful to the other side. Both sides can be true, which like the Grinch Leak means you don’t know, I don’t know, only the devs, Toby, knows for a fact. So be tolerant of people who are discussing this in a mature way.

My opinion on what they are? I’m completely neutral on this. I don’t agree nor disagree with any side because I don’t know for a fact.

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So I’ve been very sick for awhile, but I am better. As for me being off and on during these periods, I don’t speak because while sick I’m uncertain of what I’ll say.

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It is more impressive then anything when something which should be simple and provided on the spot is delayed 50 times and you want said thing. I’m really determined to use said thing, but having this much patience is an annoyance at times.

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Idea: Character pushes the protag out of the way, getting the character hit by an attack nearly killing them, the protag has to fake their injury and lay there as if they had been hit still, during which the enemies stick around before leaving. During this time the enemies mention that the character’s sacrifice was completely in vain. They eventually leave and the protag can get up, rushing over to check on their friend... who is now dead because it took too long. This is why I never sleep, otherwise this happens.

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Note to self: Don't force out ideas, it is okay if you can't post things daily or weekly in regards to ideas or hopefully my actual writings for projects I'd like to finish.

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Found my pen... an obscene distance from where I last had it. On the plus side new idea: Nightmare inducing parasites and generation by generation raising them to be more/less effective. Also the heroes aren't the hero, but that is beside the point.

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If I every record a story idea, or mechanic, or anything here in general I don't mind it being used. In general I record it because I may use it, but seeing someone else implement something I love would be just as good for me. ...I just have to find my tablet pen so I can practice again.

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Inventory systems in RPGs are a pain. I still find Earthbound/Mother has one of the more interesting ones. Think about what your character with healing PSI or magic in games does in a situation like this. You don't benefit from keeping them with a full inventory of healing items, so I've found you can use them to top off health on the field by using their inventory and enemy dropped items. If you waste their items no big deal. Also you can't heal for almost 400 turns off of basic healing items. Having a 10-20 limit per item rather then 99 can help massively as well.

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Elemental affinity being used to hint character relations, but rather then be an "Opposite" or "Same" be the sum of their total.

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Note to self: Record any new ideas after work tomorrow.

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Another fun fact, I often do short adventure stories for the fun of it, non-written. This was a fun one tonight. Nearly died in it. Also fell into the mud by accident, then again on purpose as a joke and stealth missions everywhere.

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Also fun fact: My icon is a character I made on the spot essentially based off an old character from my first full story. As is they are so different at this point I can't call them the same and have no name. They also don't fit in any lore or world I have atm.

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Lets see if I can finish it right now I guess? It isn't perfect mind you, but it is what I got and I figure it is good enough to put down here for the fun of it. Story stuff about Est's adventure under here, technically spoilers, also unfinished development wise but what I have as a whole.

So the first act takes place with Est looking for a place to live, and having found it, he'd end up talking with a few near by people and it would be brought up that he didn't have a home prior. Eventually he gets involved with a place/job that would send him on trips, like a plane/boat/train/mail so he'd be able to travel, being unable to travel on his own he is fairly happy, gets to bond with some of the crew involved. This eventually results in him finding something which draws attention of many many many people, and in turn two groups appear both fighting over the same objective. This forces him to take the item and leave, but one of the two groups catches him and he learns the events of the situation. He ends up reluctantly helping the group that caught him at first but slowly begins to become friends with one of them, while back on his job he begins to do the same there. Eventually multiple people get involved and Est grows close to the one in relation to his job over time. Clashing with the other group from the start it turns out that... they wanted to release something tied to Est's past, foreshadowed up to this point. After some conflicts revealing more of each character's past they confront the monster that was released and in Est's plan they attempt to unsummon it... but this results in something far different happening. The party ends up back around the time the Monster was sealed and they learn about that, when they are sent back to the correct time line when found by the Monster. During this point generally everyone gets a last bit of plot, to round out their character as they work to set up a trap. Est slowly realizes that his power was in part due to the monster and figures out how to use this as a trap. This results in them fighting the monster, but it takes the last of its power back from Est, leaving Est unable to do anything due to the circumstance of Est's abilities and everyone is hopelessly fighting. In the end the companions on the journey yell at Est, more like the "Don't stand there do something!" kind because otherwise everyone is done for. The realization he can't do anything along sinks in, this causes him to put 2 and 2 together realizing that if everyone can combine what little power they have Est might be able to reach it. Which does work... albeit it puts Est in the same problem as prior. Over the course of all of this I want to establish key points. Est is sick and it is because of the Monster leeching off of him. Est lost his home because of the Monster's power. It is the others that allow Est to push himself. That despite everything that happens only for others does Est grow. Most of his character growth I want to come from observing the other character's and their growth, while he is the "MC" in a sense it is like Persona. Where they are supporting everyone else and helping them overcome their problems, but Est is actually a person who directly shows growth from that. Fun fact: Despite most of this story being finished, everyone character besides Est I used for this plot actually belongs to another person or company, that is to say for this story Est and the Monster are the only pure original characters. Yes, I have to manually write every character from the group up to work with this now, aside from Est. This is why for the most part I can't do anything. Fun Fact 2: Despite going by Est and saying his name is Est for the ENTIRE plot Esterum is his full name. Like Raz he follows my 3 letter protag habit. It is easier to write often and quickly... so it tends to happen by accident. Fun Fact 3: While my story involving Raz is more heavily influenced by Wild Arms, like I mentioned here earlier this one is more influenced by Persona or the act of building up relations to progress, though rather then be a side thing it to me is something I want to be the main point. A large portion of the events would actually involve conceptual fights. That is to say how Est views a problem as a monster and how you attack a problem and break it down over time. Dialogue to reflect this would be in the fight and similarly a phase/final phase of the fight would involve making a choice. (A choice which influences the other person's abilities in fights) similarly Est would have allies in the fights that aren't experiencing it because it is a concept, or his perception, that they are working alongside him to have a better life. So in a sense your Level would be representation of bonds, and by expanding bonds you'd increase your level/max level. This carries over into real battles and events. Fun Fact 4: This story had some darker mechanics and the original version had Est able to end up losing his mind, becoming evil, or even taking a bullet for someone else. Fun Fact 5: There is no fun fact 5 yet.

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Note: When I actually finish creating a draft for... a story I already finished. I'll give a rough summary here. I just have to settle on it first. So I jokingly say expeck it in 2-5 years. Other Note: Cursed soda is terrible.

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Oh yes, feel free to talk to me about anything in general, also any advice or opinions on my designs are welcome. I'm fascinated by most things.

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Note: Tumblr randomly cooperated. Neat.

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The basic idea is a custom class for an RPG game, tile based, turn based, and ATB. Analytic: A class which specializes in studying various things and understanding them, though how it appears is based on their perception of the world. The general idea is what they can view is the world in statistics but what stats are to them varies. This is fairly big, so I added a Keep Reading.

Health/Endurance 2/5 Physical 3/5 Spirit/Will 4/5 Reflex/Speed 2/5 Generally balanced around the idea of will and being fragile due to taking time and focus to study things and not being hands on. A weaker version of Emulator/Copy Cat classes that mimic but focuses more on special skills. Analytics, their natural ability, lets them view stats, abilities, skills, and general other details on interaction over periods of time. While this might be like finding out someone is a Master Chef without seeing them cook it takes time and generally doesn't tell you who a person is and they'd figure this out without said ability. Things outside of their perception/understanding take an extreme time to figure out. This is best thought of understanding if someone is going to give out or be unable to handle an task. Think of it like seeing the world as an RPG in a sense, if you could actually see your health bar and such. Their unique skill, Analyze, functions a bit different then traditional "See enemy stats and weaknesses and whatever other basic information" by actually being their "core" ability. It lets them see Unique details, in game this could be seen as 50% more fire damage but 40% more wind damage for example, and class skills/abilities. Analyze has a second function, they can learn up to 5 class skills at a given time through memorization. Unlike a Emulator/Copy Cat that can retain any number of skills or learn any type of skill, the Analytic can only learn skills that use Spirit/Will. (This includes if it uses the target's defensive version or even their offensive version) Similar to Ems/CCs they can use generally any realistic weapon type and armor type, limited by experience but have to spend time learning unlike them. The origin of this was from a little fan fiction of a fan fiction...? Using a character of mine named Esterum. It was a deviation from the normal power that would come from a Em/CC being able to essentially over a long period of time become god like, similarly this was also the plot point involved with the main villain. Esterum did survive the story... unintentionally thanks to being weaker then an Em/CC while the main villain lost for the opposite reason. Continued the pattern of my MCs having copying as an ability for at least 1 member.