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Deltarune Weird Route Spoilers

Spoilers ahead for the Deltarune Chapter 5 Weird Route!

The start of the Chapter 5 weird route really gave me the same vibe as the no mercy route in undertale, where it is like the game is punishing you for your decisions.

In undertale, this is making the game a slog and removing the puzzles and fun dialogue.

In deltarune, this was manifested through Kris fighting against you to leave the bed, then moving purposefully slow, and then refusing to describe anything, to the point where Susie is needed to gain any info from interaction.

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DELTARUNE CHAPTER 5 SPOILERS

Spoilers for Deltarune Chapter 5!!!!!

The parallels between weird route lake scene and the normal route lake scene are very interesting.

Noelle professing she wants to do "something crazy" and also describing the water as "nice" is particularly intriguing details to me, as, in the normal route, Suzie provides this "crazy" to her, not only by going in to the lake but by parroting Noelle's dialogue, about the water being nice and doing something crazy.

That being said, the "aborted" or "cancelled" weird route seems to not see this as breaking out of the pattern, despite these parallels.

While I am sure that there will be grander reasons behind the weird route such as subverting the prophecy or something, I do find it interesting that across both routes, Noelle has this same desire to break out of the pattern, and finding this through Suzie in the normal route.

Sorry if this is phrased weirdly or just kinda a nothingburger, I am new to Tumblr and just throwing my immediate reaction to the chapter out into the void!