ok i have finished deltarune chapter 4 here are my Thoughts
so susie's shitty home life def has something to do with alcoholism, given how she reacted to toriel being drunk
i really need to watch playthroughs, i missed a lot
including the secret boss, again. ugh
a LOT of things that im sure smarter people will make very cool theories about
i really like the contrast between alphys and gerson as teachers. gerson really doesn't get a huge amount of dialogue/screentime comparatively, but it absolutely sells the idea that he was a genuinely excellent teacher
the moment of realisation about the dusty hammer is SO well done
this is like deltarune analysis 101 probably, but the concept of like... as the player, i want to give kris more autonomy, i want to communicate with them, i *don't* want to be puppeting them. but i'm also limited by the options the game gives me, so i cant change that either.
the guitar version of the main leitmotif that plays when you seal a dark fountain sounds like something dess would like
the soul seemingly did not start controlling kris at the start of chapter 1 - at the end of chapter 2 when kris is in the bathroom for a long time, toriel sees that as normal, and the birdcage is already there and well-used. what was the soul doing before the player showed up?
actually, bc noelle comments that kris is acting strange, but susie thinks they're normal, the soul thing must have started before susie moved to hometown - if we learn when that was we'll have a better idea of the timeline and so on. susie already has a reputation at school at the start of chapter 1, so it's been weeks/months at least
i still want to know why kris is the one human living in a town of monsters. i think learning that will solve a bunch of mysteries
carol holiday, jeez. be nicer to your remaining daughter. susie did nothing wrong. and it felt like she was talking to the player/soul, not kris, when she said "you are always welcome here"
also, 2026. yay
