Aaannd I finished Deltarune Chapter 5 yeah!
Here are my unorganized thoughts.
You know, I have/had this entire thing written up in my notes app about how this chapter, while I very much enjoy it, was a little off and weird in a lot of areas. And I still feel that way kind of. But like with many others out there, the more I played and sat on it for a bit, the more I realize how good it is.
I love the scene with Toriel at the beginning where what happened last night got addressed. I loved how Susie and Noelle got to just BE a couple. I'm glad they just get to have that.
Of course when entering the dark world is where things started to feel weird. Like It felt too fast and I wasn't vibing with the humor at first. But it grew in me a lot after a while.
Seeing Ralsei developing an attitude and really starting to let his emotions out was nice to see. They deserve it. He's hates Flowery so much it's so funny.
And also them starting to use his fire powers more is something I wanted to see too. I can't wait to see how that develops.
Flowery as an antagonist was also really good. At first I just couldn't understand what his deal was. But again somewhere mid-chapter I started to get him. I like how he challenges our three heros. Especially Ralsei of course. Overall I really like him. He's also somehow the most emotionally mature out of all the main bosses. And of course by the end they made me really care and feel bad for Flowery. How does this game keep doing that?
Actually I think I like all the 7 Colored Flowers. I find them all really charming ( especially Aqua. She is such a me coded character wth.) I like the concept of them being flowers that want to look human. It makes sense with the fact that Kris made this dark world. And I didn't feel like any one of them overshadowed each other.
I found the core gameplay gimmick pretty neat. Jumping between 2d and 3d is a concept I am all too familiar with. (Spm fan here)
The Pink fight was also another instance in which I was like "okay what are we doing?" But it's still an incredibly fun boss fight and I felt engaged with the story going on between the doll darkner and the ghost lightner. (Also my friend like actually literally predicted mew mew being a secret boss in some way. they are going to flip out when they play the chapter) Also the stuff you are rewarded with for beating the fight is really cool. I was only able to get one item because finding the pink coins is kind of tricky. But maybe later down the line when I eventually play this chapter again I'll try the other items.
You know, I admittedly wasn't the biggest transfem Ralsei truthfer. But after seeing the praying scene with Ralsei and Flowery I was like "ooohhhh wait this might actually be quite plausible."
Lastly, I have no idea what's going to happen with the Knight. And the ending makes my heart melt. What is going on with Susie's home life and her parents?
Overall yeah I really enjoyed this one and I can't wait to see what happens next. I definitely understand why this chapter may feel jarring with how overly silly it is. Especially after coming off the heels of chapter 4. But I think people tend to over exaggerated how heavy of a chapter it is. And chapter 5 does have this sad undertone that has payoff at the end.
But yeah that's it from me. I do have some drawings for chapter 5 planned that I'll probably post during the weekend but after that Im not going to be as active in the deltarune sphere as I was almost a year ago.
I'll still look at a few dr related blogs for fanart and analysis but I've been burnt out from this fanbase for a while. These past few weeks have been the most peaceful for me in while as I wasn't using social media much at all. But the moment I stepped a little bit into the community again for the past few days....yeah I got tired and burnt out real quick. Thankfully most things people are complaining about I really only saw secondhandedly and any drama I tried to run away from as quickly as possible. But yeah fandom is just to much. I swear....Im not like this with anything else.
Okay that's it for my ramblings.
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