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twilightofthesandwiches

If there’s one very important throughline of Lore in this Chapter is blurring the seemingly clear-cut binary line separating Lightners and Darkners.

Well, on some level that started already in Chapter 4, with the Hammer of Justice introducing the idea of Lightners being reborn in Dark Works as Darkners under very specific circumstances.

But the Flowers really put that point front and center. They are living things that receive some sort of Wish-Fulfillment in the Dark World, much like how our Lightner characters receive cool outfits and powers… but the main Wish being fulfilled for them is having a higher form of consciousness and a more anthropomorphic form, like how Darkners come to life in the Dark World. Flowery’s portrait is Black-and-White, much like the Lightner characters, because he is a kind of Lightner as far as the metaphysical mechanics of Light and Dark function… except he also has colorful Darkner-like Golden eyes.

And so much of the conflict of this Chapter is based on their unique liminality. They’re Lightner enough that being reduced back to their Light World ‘inanimate’ form feels much more like a death to them then it feels to a regular Darkner (who can find contentment as inanimate objects, as they are ‘alive’ from the Dreams the Lightners associate with them)… but also Lightner enough that they can’t actually survive for long in the Dark World, their physical bodies still have their regular physical needs, but unlike Susie, they also can’t exactly pull out of the Dark World, grab a snack for nourishment and then pull back in.

And then the Secret Boss is another kind of Liminal being, a more traditional Darkner (in the sense of a truly inanimate object come to life) that’s also being brought to life due to being possessed by a Lightner ghost. Another sort of unique being who is not quite as Ontologically Doomed as the Flowers, but struggles with figuring out what her identity is in her own way. She feels more at home with other Liminal Beings like the Flowers, despite being technically a different kind of being.

All of this feels like build up to exploring the nature of Ralsei, the so-called ‘impossibility’, who already has some of their own ‘Liminal’ elements - they look much more ‘like a Monster’ than any other non-Gerson Darkner, they can appear and survive in every Dark World, and from a meta-narrative perspective, their role as a Darkner Playable Party Member seems to clash with the game’s meta-commentary making Darkners to be like a whole species defined as Video Game NPCs on some level.

They don’t quite seem to match any of the ‘Rules’ of the Liminal Beings we know of so far. Resurrected Lightners like Gerson are specifically mentioned to only appear in very specific Dark Worlds, so this is like the opposite of Ralsei’s situation, and even with their white fur, their portrait seems considerably less monochromatic to me than Flowery’s. But I think this is still a thematic build-up being done to explore different kinds of liminality between Light and Dark and how they affect the relevant characters, before we get into the particular kind of liminality that Ralsei represents.

It’s also likely to be relevant to the Roaring Knight. We still don’t quite know what’s up with them, but it is a pretty decent guess considering their behavior, that they are also their own kind of Liminal Being - they are Lightner enough to open Dark Fountains and operate in the Light World sometimes, but clearly prefer to only ‘show their face’ in the Dark Worlds. So this could also be thematic build-up to establishing what the hell is up with the Knight as well...

spedles

Taking Tenna to Mike-hosted therapy

How many of those do you think he has

loonspoon04

i made my own shitpost

cryinganabell

Lil crickets on Goodnotes

the-irreverend

Chapter 5 confirming that Ralsei and Kris have feelings for each other made me realize I have not been polyshipping to my full potential.

scribz-ag24

more textposts. tenna took over in this one tbh. more under the cut

trina-makes-an-entrance

One of the funniest things to me about chapter 2 Ralsusie is how Ralsei wanted to teach Susie healing magic, and in return (because she's very grateful but refuses to show it) Susie thinks "ah, yes, now I have to teach you something equally as important as healing skills. It has to be something that you can give good use to. I'm going to teach you... sarcasm... And also how to do an uwu voice."

trina-makes-an-entrance

Hey look I made something really stupid

(I really hope this doesn't reach the wrong audience *gulp)

I hope they are the prettiest teens ever I want them to hate each other's guts and I want them to deeply relate to the other while being immensely jealous. And then Kris is just caught in the crossfire. Also I like to think this is how a Susie/Berdly/Lancer friendship arc could be sparked.

deltarune-tomorrow

Ralsei and Susie are so so moirail coded. Ralsei prevents Susie from doing harm and teaches her healing and Susie helps Ralsei feel wanted.

trina-makes-an-entrance

Inversely proportional arcs.

With HOPE crossed on our hearts. It's an old song, or so I've heard...

And we're going to sing it again and again.

ieatsporks11

i'm deltarotted and I liked the new olivia rodrigo album so here's all the songs as utdr parings (& = platonic, / = romantic, + = either, first person mentioned is olivia's pov)

drop dead - kris + berdly

stupid song - noelle/susie

honeybee - susie + ralsei

maggots for brains - tenna/spamton

u + me = <3 - alphys/undyne

my way - queen/tenna

purple - jevil + seam

the cure - flowey & frisk

begged - papyrus & gaster

what’s wrong with me - noelle + kris

less - sans + alphys

expectations - elniña/rouxls

cigarette smoke - toriel/asgore

the-hadal-zone-sys

I feel like toby really said "fuck it. Every ship is canon" this chapter.

Like suselle explicitly canon, krusielle heavily implied to a point where it really can't be an accident anymore, kralsei moment where Ralsei full face blushes, Kris blushing about Berdly,,, and like five new ships dropping on top of that.

Peak, honestly. Toby opened the polyamory door and he is NOT closing it. 10/10