Tumblr's #1 Krusielle stan's modest predictions for Deltarune Chapter 5!
Hey y'all! This is your (Queer)Platonic Krusielle Truther-in-Chief speaking! And I am here to deliver you my own humble list of Chapter 5 predictions, presented in deliciously autistic detail (and yes, I am autistic!).
[Side note: There will be a lotta topics and minutia I sadly don't cover (i.e. Rudy possibly dying, Asgore's fate, DR Flowey's appearance, etc.) These are just predictions regarding subjects/characters/plot thingamajigs that I obsess about the most lol]
Prediction 1: A Trifecta of Peak Yuri
So let's get my first (and favourite) prediction out of the way. Like a lot of y'all, I couldn't help but be a little bummed out when I saw everyone's favourite sapphic cervidae seemingly absent from the trailer. So imagine how OVERJOYED I was when I saw this promo from GoNintendo on Noelle with SUSIE AND KRIS TOURING THE FESTIVAL! I don't know what kinda Suselle we've got in store for us, but rest assured, it will be top-tier as we finally get to see them on their Festival date! But I don't doubt there's gonna be plenty of good eating for the fans of Krusie and Kriselle, too (be it you're a stan of the platonic or the romantic version). Personally, I don't care whether Kris and the girls have romantic relationships with each other. I'm just so happy to see them together and wanting to be together...
...and at the same time, I'm also ABSOLUTELY DREADING it.
Prediction 2: A Trifecta of DOOMED Yuri
While I'm certainly excited to see how the Krusielle reunion plays out in the normal route, I am TERRIFIED to see how it plays out in Snowgrave. Y'all remember what happened to Elly and Kris the last time we saw them?
Ohhhhhhhhh Nooooooooooo...
I don't doubt that Noelle's trip to the festival with Susie and Kris will be absolutely devastating to watch in Snowgrave. What should have been a happy time for these three will become, at best, very disquieting and, at worst, outright nightmarish. Suselle fans will suffer because Noelle won't be able to properly develop her romance with Susie, since the consequence of you breaking her psychologically is that she's only focused on Kris (or more accurately, the Player). Kriselle fans are gonna suffer because Kris's guilt, grief, and despair over the whole incident will be eating them alive like sulfuric acid, and like a carcinogen, you mutated Noelle's care and love for Kris into something horrific. And of course, Krusie fans will suffer because this will certainly strain Kris's relationship with Susie, as they can't be honest with her about the cruelty and malice they and Noelle have been subjected to by the Player. That eldritch abomination is destroying their lives, and Kris can't even tell the only person that could save them because they need it for the plan they got roped into with the Knight/Carol! And there's also the worry that the SOUL might retaliate if they tell her about her existence.
So rest assured. Suselle, Krusie, and Kriselle stans will be feasting in the normal route and will be poisoned in the Weird Route lol.
Prediction 3: "That's Literally the Plot of Tangled!"
So remember that glorious moment where Susie calls Carol a jerk and tells her she's taking Noelle to the festival? Unfortunately, that's definitely gonna cause difficulties for both of them, as I'm certain it'll inspire Carol to take drastic action against both of them. This will consequently result in one of Carol's more detestable moments, as she locks Noelle away in her house/room for the rest of the festival. Sounds egregious, I know, but this is Carol friggin' Holiday we're talking about. And from her standpoint, doing so would be a perfect way of bringing the hammer down on both of them: she gets back at Susie by preventing her from going out with her girlfriend, and she puts Noelle in her place by punishing her by not letting her go to the festival.
Who can save the date? OUR HEROIC WINGTHEY!
Remember how, in the Church scene, Noelle reminisces about how Kris helped her break into her room whenever she got locked out? Methinks it might have actually been foreshadowing, no? Of course, being the magnificent Suselle stan they are, they're most certainly going to put their bedroom-infiltrating skills to good use to help Noelle go out with Susie.
It's basically the plot of Tangled! Except that Noelle is Rapunzel, Carol is Mother Gothel, Susie is Flynn Rider, and Kris is Pascal and Maximus at the same time, LMAO.
Alright, next prediction!
Prediction 4: We'll get unique dialogues depending on what we do with certain characters... and who we want to go to the festival with!
Now, if you've been paying close attention, you've noticed that there are multiple things you can do to strengthen Kris's bonds with Susie, Ralsei, Noelle, and yes, even frickin' Berdly. Whether it be by giving them a gift in Cyber World, going out to the diner, having a tea party in Castle Town, eavesdropping on secret conversations in Dess's bedroom, and of course, telling them who they want to go to the festival with!
A lot of people take the whole "your choices don't matter" at face value because there are tons of choices you do make that do have consequences! For example, letting Berdly zap his hand to free himself from Queen leaves him in the hospital in Chapter 4; hugging Ralsei on the Acid tunnel boat inspires him to hug Kris after the Spamton Neo Fight.
There are little things you can do to affect the narrative's trajectory or change certain events in small but significant ways. And since the festival will be front and center in Chapter 5, I'm dead certain that, depending on who you've asked out or inspired Kris to take to the festival, the dialogue and how events play out will change.
Like, wouldn't it be hilarious getting a scene where Susie and Berdly are confused AF because you made Kris ask both of them out (the former in Chapter 2 and the latter in Chapter 4)?
And because everyone made their own unique choices leading up to this game, don't be surprised if we end up with "conflicting accounts" as to what went down between Kris, Susie, Noelle, and Berdly during the festival.
Prediction 5: You'll get to explore Hometown at night with Kris by themselves.
Alrighty, let's head back to the beginning. So, during the Chapter 5 trailer, during the fight with the Omega Flowey knives, you will notice something very different about this battle. KRIS IS ENTIRELY BY THEMSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME! No Ralsei or Susie in sight. This makes sense because the last time we saw them, they were leaping out the window to (presumably) follow Susie. And what has me sold on the notion that Kris will be alone for the first part of the game is that this isn't the first Chapter 5 teaser that features Kris by themselves. In the Winter 2025 Newsletter, Toby released a video of Kris meeting up with Tenna, Green Pippen, and the Mikes, and if you pay close attention, you'll notice that Kris is ALSO ALONE!
So, from this, I draw the following conclusion. The start of Chapter 5 will pick up right where we left off with Kris escaping their room. You'll get to wander around Hometown at night and even be able to visit Castle Town by yourself. And if Kris is alone, what we assume is the Flower Shop Dark World on the right, it seems that you can get a head start on visiting the next Dark World. It's exciting because it offers the chance to learn things about them that we wouldn't otherwise.
>>Perhaps you will be able to follow Susie back home and witness her family life. My theory is that her foster parents are humans, and because they're not good to her, it was why she targeted Kris so much and subjected them to so much cruelty.
>>Another interesting scene we could get is a secret meeting between Kris and the Knight/Carol in the Dark World. Because they're alone in the Dark World, they could drop the act, and we could learn about their deal/promise.
Prediction 6: The Empire Strikes Back of Deltarune Chapters
I am absolutely dead certain that Chapter 5 is going to be the darkest chapter out of all of them, even in the normal route, and will definitely see Kris, Susie, Noelle, and Ralsei reach their lowest point. And rest assured, this will be the scene where we get all of the hard-hitting twists, especially about Kris's truces with the Knight, Carol, the Player, and Gaster. The reason I believe is not just because of all that we learned about the main cast in both the Normal and Weird Route, but also because of how it needs to play out narratively over the next 3 Chapters.
By having all the big twists and fecal matter hit the fan in Chapter 5, it gives Chapter 6 enough breathing room to let the main cast deal with and process everything that's happened and everything they've learned, and bounce back. And so, Chapter 6 sets everyone in the perfect position to have a narratively and thematically satisfying completion of their arcs in Chapter 7!
It makes sense, doesn't it? Susie learns everything about Kris, and what they did and what happened to them in the Dark World in Chapter 5. They deal with the aftermath, pick up the pieces and build themselves back up better than ever in Chapter 6. And that of course, gets them ready for the big climax in Chapter 7!
And since we're talking about twists and turns, let's talk about how Susie's reaction to those big reveals.
Prediction 7: Susie will be angry with herself, NOT KRIS, for their "betrayal."
Now there's been a lotta discourse, theories, comics, and animations regarding how Susie will react to the truth about Kris. A lot of people would think she'd be furious and want to keep her distance from them even after they made up for everything, but I very much disagree with this interpretation. Like when she found out Ralsei wasn't telling the truth, she was more hurt than angry, and she became sympathetic when she heard why Ralsei was doing all that in the first place. So, considering what hell Kris has been going through for the plan with Carol/The Knight/Gaster/The SOUL, I think it's safe to say her heart will break when she hears what they've been going through and why they're doing it. Also, much of the discourse I've seen about Susie's reaction is forgetting a very critical detail about her character that's definitely going to affect her view of Kris: how she hasn't yet and/or doesn't want to confront how cruel and hurtful they've been to them.
Bullying is NOT SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, and from what we've seen from the Newest Girl post from Noelle, it's safe to say that it got absolutely vicious. And while Susie has demonstrated tremendous growth and change and has a great relationship with Kris now, she still has not addressed and redressed what it used to be. Because of this, I'm certain that when Susie hears about what Kris has been doing, all of that guilt is going to bubble to the surface like a limnic eruption and absolutely consume her. She'll very likely be convinced that her cruelty played a role in inspiring Kris to do this, and embrace the erroneous idea that Kris really didn't want to be friends with her anyway because of how hurtful she was to them (especially after she hears about the SOUL forcing Kris the whole way).
So yeah, expect a lotta Krusie angst to go with the Suselle, Kriselle, Kralsei, Ralsusie, and Krusielle angst.
There you have it. All of my major DR predictions. And if you wanna give feedback, critiques, counterpoints, or criticisms, then you're more than welcome to do so!
I love the origami rudinn from the trailer! Look at it, they're so adorable
I call them Oridunns (Or from origami, and rudinn, and swapping the u and i to make the "ori" from origami)
It's a sad truth, I know, but we shouldn't forget that aspec and arospec people still continue to face bigotry and aphobia... even within the queer community.
We still have a long, long, long way to go,
Did you see that study that came out about how aspec/arospec people are experiencing a sharp decline in acceptance? Absolutely saddening.
btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here
STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]
It killed me Dead when I realized you added Tenna with the Eyes because of this too. He looks so Silly with those things.
Anyways I absolutely love the way you drew these two... Queen's "eyebrow raise" screen calling him Gay Gay Homosexual Gay ... "Don't worry weird little mosquito thing" LMAO. Your Queen just looks so cool in general...Her awesome lineless collar and cool baggy gloves. How you draw Spamton's head & hair shape here is one of my favorites too. And the last one is so expressive even the glasses are warping in his Rage.
(Also these colors... Sooo nice. The sort of green lineart works surprisingly well with them. Big fan.)
