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I genuinely just. Love how hard and how much and how always Toby Fox says "hey remember that I want you to create something. I want you to create something so bad. Everyone please play my game and then keep making it more than it ever was yourself as much as you can. there's always more."
Genuinely so heartwarming. I hope more than anything people remember to make things. To explore and not get so fussed over what's "real" and "not," I gotta remember this too. Everything has a place and can be there because the whole world is out there...
There's a time and a place for "being accurate" vs "creating something new" to me. To some degree, it's important for people who are there and who exist to be as they are (pronouns are as they should be, personality traits are in line as much as you can, etc), but not to the exclusion of all else (people know other people we never see, interact in ways we never see, and we should be able to fill in the gaps. any gaps)
it's about making something together I think. Playing with toys together. and I love that a lot. It's always been the most important part of Undertale to me...
buncha Neon J sketches I did while trying to draw that ref I made as well, this guy's just a pose machine. How are you supposed to do anything besides have infinite fun!!
One day I'm going to have the most public and violent crash out this world has ever seen over people who call themselves theorists and analysts and still earnestly (or at least publicly) believe that the mysteryman sprite is not Gaster or that goners (like goner kid) have no relation to Gaster or even those that say we can't be certain he's a skeleton.
Fuck it that day IS TODAY.
"He's not a skeleton"
I am going to bite my own fingers off so as not to be as condescending as my most angry inner self desires but. The only two other characters in this entire game with font names are skeletons. Those two characters are inspired by the comic "Helvetica" which is ABOUT A SKELETON. NAMED HELVETICA.
You're right, Gaster happens to speak wingdings but is Not named Wingdings Gaster, since nobody actually fucking calls him wingdings, unlike the other two font-named font-speakers, his real name is William Derek Gaster and he's a 60 lb wheel of parmesan cheese wearing a lab coat. Of course, it is so simple, how were we so blind before.
"He's not linked to Goners"
People say this because for some reason they want Gaster to not have been erased/forgotten, as Goner Kid implies in their dialog but like. Let's think about this logically, starting from UT only evidence and then building into DR evidence for why THIS IS FALSE.
Literally why the fuck would the only grey fun event character that existed on launch that's not explicitly labeled a "Gaster Follower" not be Gaster related at all? "But why is the sprite labeled differently! They must not be related!" bro if you walked into my fucking house and my clothes didn't all have my name on them despite the fact that I am the only motherfucker who lives here WOULD YOU ASSUME THEY BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE?
UT Pre-DR release update: Goner Clam
Deltarune is super Gaster related and if you argue against this then I will put a plague upon your home. Gaster announced the release, the Deltarune Website in 2016 had a black image with barely visible WINGDINGS that said "THREE HEROES APPEARED AT WORLD'S EDGE", the opening, WE WILL GET TO THE OPENING. But, Clamgirl, the only fun event that previously was not even tangentially related to Gaster and seemed relatively normal, was updated (in the Switch release I believe) to tell us that "The time you will meet [Suzy]." (turns into a goner in front of our very eyes) "Is fast approaching" which foreshadowed the release of the very first DR demo, the "SURVEY_PROGRAM"
Deltarune opening sequence: IT'S LITERALLY NARRATED BY HIM AND EVERYTHING IS LABELED "GONER MAKER"
Arguing that Goners are completely unrelated to Gaster at this point does not seem enlightened, it does not even seem reasonable, it makes you sound like a fucking contrarian who doesn't actually care about evidence, you just want to throw out a hot take that goes against "fanon" (which, like, you all fucking know I HATE fanon, but COME ON, EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK, MAN)
People seem to only want this connection to not exist because they don't want him to be forgotten when:
Gaster is literally a functional piece of meta-commentary on cut content, he IS FUNCTIONALLY FORGOTTEN IN EVERY WAY THAT MATTERS
Literally what fucking contradicts this
"MysteryMan isn't Gaster! It's not even labeled Gaster!"
Get a load of this sterling, brilliant observation. You're right. The mysteryman sprite is not labeled Gaster. BECAUSE THAT'S THE FUCKING MYSTERY!!!!!! Literally are there any other men who are mysteries and associated with sixes since that's the fun event number the sprite shows up at IN THIS WHOLE GOD-FORSAKEN GAME? Additionally:
Gaster is important in Deltarune
There are continued references to the appearance of the MysteryMan sprite in DR such as:
The poem hidden in the code of the first chapter
Is that a cut on your face or part of your eye?
The gash weaves down as if you cry
The pain itself is reason why*
(*this part is the corrupted Latin Lorem Ipsum when roughly translated, the only other place lorem ipsum appears in these games, IIRC, is the MemoryHead amalgamate fight, the amalgamates that we never learn the origin of and that look like melted, fused together Gaster Blasters)
Knight has holes in their hands LIKE HOW BASICALLY EVERYONE INTERPRETED THE MYSTERYMAN SPRITE
So hey if the mysteryman sprite is not Gaster, but Gaster is important to DR in some way, then what does it mean that the mysteryman sprite seems to be too
What if I fucking exploded. What if I lost my fucking mind.
If your only defense to any of this is "It's not spoon fed to me via sprite file names that any of this is true" THEN YOU ARE NOT ANALYZING OR THEORIZING, YOU ARE TURNING YOUR BRAIN OFF WHEN THE NAME GASTER IS UTTERED
WERE YOU EXPECTING TOBY FOX TO PRESENT THE MYSTERY OF GASTER TO US ONLY FOR HIM TO NAME THE MYSTERYMAN SPRITE "WingDings Gaster The Skeleton Who Was Forgotten" LIKE BE FOR REAL
hey! im yacub, a utau creator on tiktok (username: @yyy.cb) what i tend to post are canon information on sans aus. i honestly cant get fresh right since most of cq's stuff can be outdated or conflicting (ex: one post said hes capable of feeling romance just doesnt understand it, a more recent one says he cant feel at all). i was hoping you could make a post and ALL the stuff yk abt fresh or just correcting common misconceptions! (if u can ofc, i will 100% give credits) ty <33
Hey!! Nice to see someone take an interest in Fresh- I don't use tiktok, but I don't mind helping to spread some correct information about the Freshman himself to anyone who'd like to see it!
The first post I'll link is actually a Reblog addition I made to someone else's post; here! This post has an EXTREMELY thorough, well crafted video that tells you just about everything there is to know on Fresh at a baseline and getting into more specific niche details, AND shows a lot of the relevant posts on-screen while talking about different factors!! I added on additional information in my reblog of it, but frankly I'd say the video alone is a lot! (It is a long watch though so be prepared to strap in!)
The second post I'll link is actually the first post I made about Fresh, and while it has a lot of information in it and was made to clear up misconceptions, it's also... a bit aggressive in tone, so you super do not have to use it- it also additionally doesn't have sources linked and brings up other people's interpretations of Fresh which, while it's used as a way to illustrate a point, also kind of muddles things in some cases- BUT, it does have information, and I'm not one to be ashamed of my past! You can read that here!
Thirdly, this isn't quite what you asked for, but! I have multiple analysis posts on Fresh as seen in Underverse, through the lens of someone extremely familiar with his canon- so while what's happening in Underverse is not inherently canon to Fresh, this could be nice to see from an "Analysis and understanding of character" point of view! I'll link each part I wrote in order I wrote it; Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Fourth thing is, it's worth noting CQ has been inconsistent with Fresh for quite a while. Even years ago, the information about Fresh has ALWAYS been inconsistent, given CQ did a lot of character development mid-rp or highly improv'd elsewise. So... In some ways, what's canon is kind of debatable- even MORE so when CQ often was inspired by the fandom!!! Ideas kind of got echoed around back on themselves within the fandom in that time, and that's worth taking into account! A variety of people have contributed to how Fresh is portrayed, both officially and unofficially!
And, finally- I might try and make a proper post here in a while!! I've been pretty deep in the deltarune sauce atm (As you can see in my most recent post or so) BUT I love Fresh so much :D :) I would love to make a more proper informational post with links and such to source asks, I'm pretty experienced at finding them on CQ's blog (I've gone digging around so much by now XD)
Some info, it's hard to directly source. Some is told to people directly whom CQ interacted with- I know Alainaprana talked with CQ a few times, I believe Feth had direct communication at one point as far as the general species that fresh is went, Neon--nightmare was at one point in an rp server alongside CQ and was able to get feedback occasionally on the writing done in that server for fresh... and who knows how much more! I have been lucky enough to meet CQ in person, and ask questions directly- I have some information I know that I CAN'T source, because it was gained from an interaction like that!
So, Fresh is a bit enigmatic and difficult to get perfect information on- my biggest recommendation to people who want to know how to write Fresh, is to look at whatever you can find! Try and find the information you can, look at some of the things people have made, and figure out what you'd like to do with writing him! A lot of people have contributed to his character, and it's worth trying to keep that in mind! (This is part of why I'm not a huge fan of that old post of mine, hahah, I try to be a little nicer nowadays)
...Though, I do appreciate people trying to stick to details that have been talked about directly, personally. I'd say the most important details to Fresh's character are, by far, his existence as a parasite (and what being a parasite means for how he approaches relationships and morality), his nature as a low or no emotion creature (and what having extremely limited emotions means for his... everything), and how much he's affected by the attention he gets from... us! From the audience!! (He didn't have an existential crisis for nothing, after all!)
I could talk about him for ages- and I HAVE, hahah! And will again <3 just talking about the little I have here has already made me excited to think about him again- let me know if this helped, or if you have any more specific questions to ask later!
That's right! Just singular song analysis. There's a lot of music in Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 that are MASSIVE, musically speaking, to the point where a keen eared listener could practically get spoiled just listening to it and especially knowing the titles. With that being said, my focus today is not on all those songs! Just one, singular song, with ties to something I feel like no one will care about, but can actually mean so much...
So! Chapter three spoilers only below! It's not huge spoilers, all things considered, but still looking to respect those who want to go in fully blind.
The song I'll be talking about specifically is the song "Glowing Snow". This song plays most notably in two places; The Parental Lock hallway that prevents you from leaving and seeing Toriel is the first place we hear it, and the second is within the greenroom when we get to the last stretch of the game when everyone's left. That calm, somewhat cold, somewhat nostalgic song...
Did you realize it has a leitmotif Toby Fox has already used before in it? More than that, not a Deltarune leitmotif- An UNDERTALE one.
I'm not going to beat any further around the bush, you can listen to all these songs and hear it instantly; "Glowing Snow" has the same core melody as 3 songs in Undertale, which all share a naming scheme and location with each other; "Uwa!! So Temperate," "Uwa!! So HEATS!!," and finally... "Uwa!! So Holiday"
A lot of things jump out all at once when you see this list. To me the first two things are "This song doesn't even have Uwa!! in the title!!!" as well as "My god, So HOLIDAY??? HOLIDAY?" and I'll talk about both. However, before we talk about those, I actually want to talk about the three Uwa!!s, and the things that melody was established to be associated with in Undertale!
Because honestly... When I realized this fact the first time? My reaction was also... "Why the hell is THIS Lietmotif present here???"
For the uninformed (or the forgetful), the three "Uwa!!" songs are all used in the same location! Their Leitmotif is UNIQUE, going unused in any other Undertale songs- and with a soundtrack as deeply interconnected as Undertales, this kind of means a LOT. It made these three songs feel distinctly disconnected to the story of Undertale whatsoever, and in fact I'd be willing to bet that over half the people who played undertale never encountered one of these songs in their playthrough- and over 90% never heard all three.
Because the one place these songs are used..? Is the Settings menu. And not ONLY are they only played in the Settings menu, they're additionally only played when two conditions are fulfilled; 1, You have to have a SAVE file in your Undertale, meaning you have to go to the settings menu AFTER you've begun playing it already, and 2, it needs to be the correct IRL SEASON.
These two points are why I think, barring those wonderful folk who listen to the full OST regularly (like myself), VERY few people are hearing these songs. Even FEWER all THREE of them given you'd have to check the settings during three of the four seasons of the year which is CRAZY to do if you aren't doing it specifically to hear the music. (For reference, "HEATS!!" plays during Summer months, "Temperate" plays during Spring and Fall, and "Holiday" plays during Winter)
It's very clear to me that these songs are kind of... not tied to the core story of Undertale. The main melody goes unused ANYWHERE else, it's tucked away in a place few people go more than once, and is tied to real life time passing on a scale of a year... the only game event similar to this being the infamous Art Room, which is only open a specific day of the year.
Now hopefully YOU are the one asking "So why the hell is THIS melody in "Glowing Snow" so massively and directly??" Because indeed, Glowing Snow is essentially a slowed down version of the Uwa!! songs, despite NOT being titled with Uwa!!, and frankly being one of the MOST IMPORTANT songs in Chapter 3. That may sound bold, but think about it- was it NOT such a massive tonal shift when first encountered? Going from the cheery and relaxing theme of the greenroom into a quiet, snowy, isolated place? And then when it took over the greenroom entirely, how harrowing that was? Seeing that place be made... empty?
The thing is, I think the Uwa!! songs have absolutely massive parallels with Glowing Snow- hence this post! Because I want to talk about its usage in Deltarune now more precisely. Like I mentioned, it's used in two areas and at two different points in time. First, is in the Parental Lock hallway. This area connects you to Toriel, outside the main show area... but let's consider that for a moment.
The Dark Worlds are things from reality twisted into new form. The locations themselves are no different- in this case, a living room made into a production set for all the shows of the TV, right? So... Where's the Parental Locks in the real world? Well, obviously, it's that same concept in the world, Toriel has restricted access to the inappropriate channels of the TV by applying a parental lock, to the system itself.
Y'know. Something you would need to go to the settings to set up. This is the first thing I think we're meant to realize... when we're in that area of Deltarune- we are IN a settings menu. This leitmotif is used because it's the SETTINGS leitmotif!! It's just that instead of having to go out of our way to the literal settings of the game, our path within the game itself takes us to that kind of an area!! which is CRAZY, and EPIC, but then also kind of puts into question... Why does it play in the greenroom later?
The greenroom ISN'T a settings area, or at minimum doesn't have the musical theme of one, even if it is a "setting up" area. But then, the Uwa!! songs have another fascinating connection- all of them are tied to specific seasons! They all play during a certain season, with Temperate specifically able to be heard during two separate seasons, Spring and Fall. This is where the second connection of Glowing Snow comes from, the one that's why I think it has such a somber, melancholic air to it.
Glowing Snow is also tied to a season. It's tied to, specifically, the end of a season. A TV season. It's not directly tied to an IRL season because the season is already there, in the game, and it's ending. Everyone has left the greenroom, everyone has left Tenna. The time for TV... is over. And we are told in game about what in-universe season that "end" is most tied to. The "Holiday" season.
Both literally and metaphorically. Tenna talked about how everyone- that is, the Dremurrs and the Holiday family- would get together to watch holiday specials together, presumably of the winter variety considering the contexts. Until that slowly stopped happening. People showed up less and less. It drifted out of fashion gradually, the Holidays (both kinds) ended. We know why this happened, but this world is so overwhelmingly Tenna's world, and he doesn't seem to know or understand why.
But that was the end of it, right? The end of everyone gathering around to watch? The end of the "Holiday Season" as far as Tenna could be aware? Cold, and lonely, drifting off into obscurity? With the TV becoming so obsolete that the Darkners who felt MOST fitting to the location, the TV remotes and the plugs, turned into stone when it happened? So unused and unnecessary in a world meant to be all ABOUT the TV that they didn't actually belong, because... watching TV isn't actually what happens here. Not anymore, not lately- not most recently.
And the crazy part really is "Holiday," isn't it? It is absolutely NOT an accident that one of the Uwa!! songs is "Uwa!! So Holiday," and that Glowing Snow uses its leitmotif, and that the Holiday family clearly matters IMMENSELY to the plot of the game, and even more than that matters immensely to Kris' family and personal life. This tie to "Holiday" distinctly is important though, as well!! This isn't Dess' leitmotif. It's not Noelles. It's just... "Holiday," because ultimately, it wasn't only about the Holidays as a whole family, but also about their time DURING the holidays. The "Seasons" they spent together, as two complete families. And the way that normally upbeat "Seasonal" melody was slowed, and eventually rendered devoid of its normal jaunty energy.
It's not even worth an "Uwa!!" anymore. It's just softly Glowing Snow- a reference to not only the snow of the cold and empty winter, but also to TV Static, to what's there when nothing's there. Used in the only place a TV WOULD have settings, a separate menu used by Toriel to keep the kids away from things she didn't want them to see- now, used by Tenna, to keep the lightners away from something he didn't want them to see either.
That's why I wanted to talk about THIS song. Like I mentioned, PLENTY of songs have ties to other songs in Deltarune- and we even have other songs with ties back to Undertale directly as well! HUGE ties even!! Ties that EVERYONE are going to notice because it's like, "Oh my god that's that song!!!!"
But who else was going to notice this connection? The songs that were completely untied to any character- untied to any LOCATION in Undertale. Only able to be heard on one screen, only when the time was right. And Toby Fox, the madlad, referenced it anyways, for a song that was absolutely key to the main story of Deltarune... I just didn't want people to spend too long not being aware of how deep and interesting everything in these games really goes. This one song somehow means so much- I cannot WAIT to see how people connect up all the rest.
TLDR; Glowing Snow uses leitmotifs that are shared between the Undertale "Uwa!!" tracks, and I believe this is meant to tie into the usage of the songs within "Settings" screens, as well as being tied to seasons conceptually in both games.
TVs that old have settings? I thought it was a metaphor for Kris only being allowed to watch the indecent music channel with Dess. There's a mention of Toriel not allowing Kris to watch it but allowing Dess to do so. Hence, the door with Toriel's face on it and the code being 1225, December Holiday.
I agree with the season thing. What do you think the Cold Place represents? I thought it was the fridge, now I don't know.
A TV is ultimately just a display system, occasionally having other functionality built in. I think in this case, the proof that it has a settings menu IS the parental lock itself- the fact that Kris inputs the code "Knowingly" implies to me that this is a very REAL code in the light world as well, one Kris already knows (likely from inputting it so many times to get around said light world parental lock) and thus doesn't need a puzzle to solve. The puzzle is really only for us to figure it out because we don't know- but why would the puzzle be there at all? Because the knowledge of how to get through is already in the dark world, and hey, who could have put that knowledge in... Also Kris, right? Given it IS their dark world?
Additionally, Dess DOES have a musical theme, I think if it was something directly tied to Dess it'd be more tied to that theme rather than a more general theme, ESPECIALLY one that has its roots in Undertale rather than Deltarune.
The Cold Place area is something I've thought about, but that I'm not fully sure about. It's possible it could be the vents of the tv though, right? a TV that old WOULD have some sort of cooling system, not seen on the front near the screen, and that place would be both cold and dusty (easily translatable to snowy as well) given I doubt it's cleaned often. Not to mention- There's a WHOLE christmas tree there! (Holiday tree I guess?) No one is putting Christmas trees in the fridge, or in the kitchen at all given how much space you need in there to cook-
...But in the flashback, we already know where the Dremurr family puts their tree, don't we? Right next to the TV- Beside it, where any vents would likely be. Of course Tenna (or the dark world itself) would similarly put a tree there, that's just where it belongs!
That's right! Just singular song analysis. There's a lot of music in Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 that are MASSIVE, musically speaking, to the point where a keen eared listener could practically get spoiled just listening to it and especially knowing the titles. With that being said, my focus today is not on all those songs! Just one, singular song, with ties to something I feel like no one will care about, but can actually mean so much...
So! Chapter three spoilers only below! It's not huge spoilers, all things considered, but still looking to respect those who want to go in fully blind.
The song I'll be talking about specifically is the song "Glowing Snow". This song plays most notably in two places; The Parental Lock hallway that prevents you from leaving and seeing Toriel is the first place we hear it, and the second is within the greenroom when we get to the last stretch of the game when everyone's left. That calm, somewhat cold, somewhat nostalgic song...
Did you realize it has a leitmotif Toby Fox has already used before in it? More than that, not a Deltarune leitmotif- An UNDERTALE one.
I'm not going to beat any further around the bush, you can listen to all these songs and hear it instantly; "Glowing Snow" has the same core melody as 3 songs in Undertale, which all share a naming scheme and location with each other; "Uwa!! So Temperate," "Uwa!! So HEATS!!," and finally... "Uwa!! So Holiday"
A lot of things jump out all at once when you see this list. To me the first two things are "This song doesn't even have Uwa!! in the title!!!" as well as "My god, So HOLIDAY??? HOLIDAY?" and I'll talk about both. However, before we talk about those, I actually want to talk about the three Uwa!!s, and the things that melody was established to be associated with in Undertale!
Because honestly... When I realized this fact the first time? My reaction was also... "Why the hell is THIS Lietmotif present here???"
For the uninformed (or the forgetful), the three "Uwa!!" songs are all used in the same location! Their Leitmotif is UNIQUE, going unused in any other Undertale songs- and with a soundtrack as deeply interconnected as Undertales, this kind of means a LOT. It made these three songs feel distinctly disconnected to the story of Undertale whatsoever, and in fact I'd be willing to bet that over half the people who played undertale never encountered one of these songs in their playthrough- and over 90% never heard all three.
Because the one place these songs are used..? Is the Settings menu. And not ONLY are they only played in the Settings menu, they're additionally only played when two conditions are fulfilled; 1, You have to have a SAVE file in your Undertale, meaning you have to go to the settings menu AFTER you've begun playing it already, and 2, it needs to be the correct IRL SEASON.
These two points are why I think, barring those wonderful folk who listen to the full OST regularly (like myself), VERY few people are hearing these songs. Even FEWER all THREE of them given you'd have to check the settings during three of the four seasons of the year which is CRAZY to do if you aren't doing it specifically to hear the music. (For reference, "HEATS!!" plays during Summer months, "Temperate" plays during Spring and Fall, and "Holiday" plays during Winter)
It's very clear to me that these songs are kind of... not tied to the core story of Undertale. The main melody goes unused ANYWHERE else, it's tucked away in a place few people go more than once, and is tied to real life time passing on a scale of a year... the only game event similar to this being the infamous Art Room, which is only open a specific day of the year.
Now hopefully YOU are the one asking "So why the hell is THIS melody in "Glowing Snow" so massively and directly??" Because indeed, Glowing Snow is essentially a slowed down version of the Uwa!! songs, despite NOT being titled with Uwa!!, and frankly being one of the MOST IMPORTANT songs in Chapter 3. That may sound bold, but think about it- was it NOT such a massive tonal shift when first encountered? Going from the cheery and relaxing theme of the greenroom into a quiet, snowy, isolated place? And then when it took over the greenroom entirely, how harrowing that was? Seeing that place be made... empty?
The thing is, I think the Uwa!! songs have absolutely massive parallels with Glowing Snow- hence this post! Because I want to talk about its usage in Deltarune now more precisely. Like I mentioned, it's used in two areas and at two different points in time. First, is in the Parental Lock hallway. This area connects you to Toriel, outside the main show area... but let's consider that for a moment.
The Dark Worlds are things from reality twisted into new form. The locations themselves are no different- in this case, a living room made into a production set for all the shows of the TV, right? So... Where's the Parental Locks in the real world? Well, obviously, it's that same concept in the world, Toriel has restricted access to the inappropriate channels of the TV by applying a parental lock, to the system itself.
Y'know. Something you would need to go to the settings to set up. This is the first thing I think we're meant to realize... when we're in that area of Deltarune- we are IN a settings menu. This leitmotif is used because it's the SETTINGS leitmotif!! It's just that instead of having to go out of our way to the literal settings of the game, our path within the game itself takes us to that kind of an area!! which is CRAZY, and EPIC, but then also kind of puts into question... Why does it play in the greenroom later?
The greenroom ISN'T a settings area, or at minimum doesn't have the musical theme of one, even if it is a "setting up" area. But then, the Uwa!! songs have another fascinating connection- all of them are tied to specific seasons! They all play during a certain season, with Temperate specifically able to be heard during two separate seasons, Spring and Fall. This is where the second connection of Glowing Snow comes from, the one that's why I think it has such a somber, melancholic air to it.
Glowing Snow is also tied to a season. It's tied to, specifically, the end of a season. A TV season. It's not directly tied to an IRL season because the season is already there, in the game, and it's ending. Everyone has left the greenroom, everyone has left Tenna. The time for TV... is over. And we are told in game about what in-universe season that "end" is most tied to. The "Holiday" season.
Both literally and metaphorically. Tenna talked about how everyone- that is, the Dremurrs and the Holiday family- would get together to watch holiday specials together, presumably of the winter variety considering the contexts. Until that slowly stopped happening. People showed up less and less. It drifted out of fashion gradually, the Holidays (both kinds) ended. We know why this happened, but this world is so overwhelmingly Tenna's world, and he doesn't seem to know or understand why.
But that was the end of it, right? The end of everyone gathering around to watch? The end of the "Holiday Season" as far as Tenna could be aware? Cold, and lonely, drifting off into obscurity? With the TV becoming so obsolete that the Darkners who felt MOST fitting to the location, the TV remotes and the plugs, turned into stone when it happened? So unused and unnecessary in a world meant to be all ABOUT the TV that they didn't actually belong, because... watching TV isn't actually what happens here. Not anymore, not lately- not most recently.
And the crazy part really is "Holiday," isn't it? It is absolutely NOT an accident that one of the Uwa!! songs is "Uwa!! So Holiday," and that Glowing Snow uses its leitmotif, and that the Holiday family clearly matters IMMENSELY to the plot of the game, and even more than that matters immensely to Kris' family and personal life. This tie to "Holiday" distinctly is important though, as well!! This isn't Dess' leitmotif. It's not Noelles. It's just... "Holiday," because ultimately, it wasn't only about the Holidays as a whole family, but also about their time DURING the holidays. The "Seasons" they spent together, as two complete families. And the way that normally upbeat "Seasonal" melody was slowed, and eventually rendered devoid of its normal jaunty energy.
It's not even worth an "Uwa!!" anymore. It's just softly Glowing Snow- a reference to not only the snow of the cold and empty winter, but also to TV Static, to what's there when nothing's there. Used in the only place a TV WOULD have settings, a separate menu used by Toriel to keep the kids away from things she didn't want them to see- now, used by Tenna, to keep the lightners away from something he didn't want them to see either.
That's why I wanted to talk about THIS song. Like I mentioned, PLENTY of songs have ties to other songs in Deltarune- and we even have other songs with ties back to Undertale directly as well! HUGE ties even!! Ties that EVERYONE are going to notice because it's like, "Oh my god that's that song!!!!"
But who else was going to notice this connection? The songs that were completely untied to any character- untied to any LOCATION in Undertale. Only able to be heard on one screen, only when the time was right. And Toby Fox, the madlad, referenced it anyways, for a song that was absolutely key to the main story of Deltarune... I just didn't want people to spend too long not being aware of how deep and interesting everything in these games really goes. This one song somehow means so much- I cannot WAIT to see how people connect up all the rest.
TLDR; Glowing Snow uses leitmotifs that are shared between the Undertale "Uwa!!" tracks, and I believe this is meant to tie into the usage of the songs within "Settings" screens, as well as being tied to seasons conceptually in both games.
Hey, not tagging this post w anything because it's just for my followers, but!
After a full week has passed since Deltarune Ch3/4's release, I'm gonna be making a post about one of the songs of the chapters! As is a Toby Fox Classic, SO MANY of the songs have leitmotifs of other songs, or the same baselines of other songs, and like yeah most are pretty obvious
...but there is one
One that kind of requires you to be a special kind of insane to hear it, and then know what it is, and then perhaps even make a post about it.....
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I'll see y'all then!!! If you're wondering why I'm waiting a week, two reasons! Reason number one is so I can keep replaying the game and finding more information- Reason number two is so that more people will have the chance to have played the game, and the post I make will be far less likely to get lost in the shuffle of everything else! I'll still be tagging w spoiler tags as appropriate of course, but a week feels right for the kind of analysis this'll be
and maybe if fellas like it I can try and make a more general informational post about other leitmotifs? I'm not an expert at them, but I do tend to have pretty good pattern recognition and a ridiculous degree of familiarity with Undertale's soundtrack- and, a more reasonable amount of familiarity with deltarune's of course
HEY Y'ALL as someone dedicated to sharing about Fresh and in general being a big fan of him, take a look at this sicknasty video on the topic of the man(?) himself!!! If NOTHING else, this is a FANTASTIC overview of the history of Fresh that takes a LOT of genuine searching to find- I applaud how thoroughly this was researched and massively appreciate the effort put in!!
Honestly- there's details here that not even I've been able to dig up in my own very passionate research, which is CRAZY to me- I'm thrilled to bits to see it!!
There are a few things I didn't see mentioned in the video though- I realized halfway through typing this part that I absolutely must put this under a read more because, as is true of Every Time I've Talked About Fresh On This Blog, this is far too long to reblog raw. TL;DR I talk about one amendment, and two rps EDIT: LIKE 5+ RPS that didn't get mentioned whatsoever here (still from the BestFresh90sMess official Fresh Blog!)
One is an amendment from CQ about Fresh's ability to possess humans- He can in what was, at least, said most recently by BestFresh90sMess! (Mar. 18th 2017) (This is actually the most recent post on that blog!)
I personally take this to mean that, perhaps, Fresh has grown stronger with time, and could perhaps possess anything he grew magical enough to overtake- BUT that's absolutely just the sort of headcanon I enjoy that can explain inconsistencies in portrayal and character (Which CQ herself says has been reworked more than any character- and I'd believe it given where he is now!)
The second REALLY notable bits of characterization that weren't mentioned at all (that stood out massively to me) were the Shamchat Roleplays, of which there were two! Potentially they just weren't seen as important to his overall lore, but I want to mention them here because- well frankly because I personally just think they're neat :D MANY. There were a variety of Shamchat RPs and none of them got mentioned! This was something CQ had clearly done a few sessions of and saved the best bits from, so let's take a look!
The way Shamchat worked in rp contexts was that you would set your name as the name of the character you planned to use, and would have a typically script style rp on the fly with a random stranger, so while we can 100% confirm Fresh to be CQ in all these interactions, there's typically no way to know who was writing any other character mentioned. I'll link the post to each archived Shamchat here, in the title of the rp archive post, but I'll also give a play by play bit of my own analysis similar to what was done in the video!
These Rps are titled by CQ as "ShamChat Fun with the Fresh Pt 1,"
Posted February 23rd 2016 by CQ's main blog then reblogged two days later to Fresh's blog, this is a collection of multiple short rps that happened on Shamchat! This definitely seems to have been largely for fun as mentioned, but it's nice to see the characterization and also how people would react to Fresh!
We start with a Chara, who Fresh greets and then swiftly says he won't chat with, because they're a "stabbin lil freak child" and he doesn't want that- so he goes into PSA mode and tells Chara they don't need to be hating and also stabbing people, to which Chara says "And what if I kill you about it" and Fresh just says he's eternal about (Which isn't true but go off king)
Fresh then pretty swiftly and abruptly starts talking about his sicknasty existential crisis, return to PSA mode and ask if he needs to touch Chara's face(??) until they stop stabbing, and then clarifying that actually they can stab anyone they want to so long as it isn't him. Chara says "Yup, I'm in hell," Fresh states "WE ALL ARE <3," and then quotes bill cipher at Chara and the interaction ends.
The second interaction is with a Frisk, to whom Fresh introduces himself as the "raddest baddest brah in the multiverse," and then waxes existential immediately to someone he has never met. Very socially graceful of you Fresh! Frisk seems to be a bit concerned and largely confused by Fresh, who is talking about a variety of thoughts he's been having recently with very little filter, before getting uncomfortably close to Frisk and telling them to have a wonderful night and avoid all contact with trees, because they will kill you, apparently.
The third is an interaction with no response with (checks post) "Undertale rp chat(ask for link)," apparently, to which Fresh says "That's a weird name" and they leave
The fourth is between Monster Kid and Fresh, which is also not reciprocated- Fresh says "BROOOOO, YOUR ARMS. you have none. brah" and the MK leaves
The fifth is with "Double Trouble Charas Here," (so perhaps just a Chara?) who starts off the interaction with the classic "Buddy Chum Pal Friend Buddy" copypasta from early undertale glory. Fresh, if I'm assuming right, seems to be quoting a different fan song I'm not familiar with, potentially replacing part of a lyric to use a plastic knife rather than a real one, to which Chara says "Metal works better," and Fresh, offended, leaves
The Sixth and Last is another that went without reciprocation with someone named "Toriel (Asgore?)," to who Fresh shows confusion towards. He also says all this
Safe to say I also want some delicious mashed popstapalsos. Big mood here.
This rp is titled by Rainbowmomo as "The Beginning of One... Terrifying... Friendship....."
And I have some bad news.
This Shamchat log was NOT posted by CQ or Fresh's blog, it was posted by someone else! The roleplayer behind Time Sans, even, which is exciting!! We get to see a Shamchat where we know who both parties are!
Except... we don't. Because it was posted to a blog that is now deactivated under a Read More, we can now only access what's above the read more, which is not much at all. It was reblogged February 24th, 2016 by Fresh's Blog, with the comments of "FRESH NO DON'T MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PSYCHOPATH from the TIME PARTY," from CQ, and "WHY. WHY ALL OF THAT FLIRTING. HE IS SUCH A BAD INFLUENCE FRESH JESUS," from the one and only Pacifrisk!!
In the little we do see, Fresh says before anything else, he forgives him for all the weird "Being possessed and trying to murder us" stuff, then states he wants a serious conversation, which Time Sans agrees to try and have. Fresh starts with a friendly how have you been, and then follows up by asking what it was like, "almost killing your friends? I bet it hurt." He responds to Time Sans' silence by saying it was a good thing he was there to hurt, because it'd have been just awful if Time Sans had murdered his friends against his will like that!
Time Sans agrees, smirking and eyeing Fresh, and Fresh returns the smile ask he states that "It was FUN though, right?" which could be talking about the overall event, or the murder, both are possible here given his character. He states that Tone is great, and that it's a shame he only got to know him after trying to murder him-
and that's all we see. If anyone has any record of this, or a way to access the information, PLEASE reblog, reply, or anything else with that, because this is probably one of the MOST important shamchats considering who it's with, the confirmed writers involved, and the lacking information we have from Time Party.
This next post is one I would say counts as EXTREMELY important, given CQ herself tagged it with "oh god I consider this canon," something which gives the interaction MASSIVE weight to me in the overall lore of Fresh, and is in fact why I bothered talking about all this Shamchat stuff in the first place! If you don't read any of the other Shamchats, PLEASE at least read "Fresh and Fresh 2.0 Part 1/2?)", they're huge!!
This rp is untitled by CQ, but I will title it "Fresh and Fresh 2.0 (Part 1)" given future logs we see.
This log was posted by Fresh's blog February 26th, 2016. This one is fantastic, because as assumable by the title, it is between "Fresh," played by CQ of course, and "Fresh 2.0," played by an anonymous genious who, in my opinion, can be listed among the long list of other "People who introduced an idea about Fresh so good CQ just made it canon" folks.
The interaction starts with Fresh not even greeting the other version of himself (who I will now refer to as just "2.0" for brevity's sake), instead just saying "YOU." 2.0 Does greet him, as his "obsolete broseph," asking how his existential crisis is going, to which Fresh says 2.0 is uncool for thinking he's better than him, and then starts to fumble and tell 2.0 not to talk about the crisis while he's recovering from it.
2.0 seems to affirm the allegation that he said he was better than Fresh, stating that he's "up tighter than tight with the puppeteers," which severely throws Fresh off his groove, in disbelief at 2.0's statements. 2.0 says Fresh is screwing himself over by being a drag, and that no one likes that, telling a scrambling-to-recover Fresh that they'll cut his string over it.
Fresh got defensive, saying that he isn't doing anything wrong, and that he's entertaining the multiverse with his rad vibes, to which 2.0 states that he only exists BECAUSE Fresh is fumbling. That he's going to replace Fresh when they get rid of him. Fresh in denial of this tries to brush it off as a joke, but 2.0 offers that he might just be around to get rid of Fresh himself, although he's not into "bullying a bro when he's down," not having any active intent to harm Fresh.
Fresh still tries to deflect, but 2.0 states that he's not joking, prompting Fresh to get more defensive, stating that he's the ORIGINAL Fresh, and that he's irreplaceable, that 2.0 isn't better than him- to which 2.0 calls out the fact that Fresh had been talking about his life being nothing before, and saying that he's right, it's true- "they hold all the cards," and if you don't do what they want, they'll kill you for it.
Fresh nervously states that 2.0 has been chatting with "others" and figuring things out, and 2.0 points out the comments as part of Fresh's downfall- that he's not acting "correct," and that he shouldn't let people cause him so much grief and give him so much emotional baggage. That it's not what "they" like, and that they're suspicious of everything he does now
Fresh slips into his persona again here, asserting that it isn't a problem and won't ever BE a problem, that it was just a minor slip up- 2.0 says they don't trust he'll stay in line, and that with him here Fresh is on thin ice, and Fresh more firmly asserts that it won't be a problem, that knowing they exist won't stop him from being entertaining, they have nothing to worry about, he's doing a great job-
2.0 states that he's a slight upgrade to Fresh, himself. Less susceptible to emotions, he can last longer in a host, that he's all around better than Fresh, and that Fresh isn't doing nearly as good a job as he wants to be. Fresh denies that he's failing, to with 2.0 counters that the reason he's being watched so closely is BECAUSE he's doing a bad job, asking how it feels to be dangling by a thread like this while Fresh struggles to regain a foothold in the conversation.
Fresh points out that 2.0 is being antagonizing and should stop, and 2.0 happily replies that he would never do that, because bullying is unfresh! He's just making sure Fresh stays on the right track! Fresh isn't fooled by his own tricks, clearly, unamusedly stating that yeah, it is unfresh of him, before getting back into his groove and stating that there's no need to worry about him because he's fine! A little bit of a problem for a moment, maybe he's been straying a bit from the path, but he's fine now!
2.0 presses again that "they" don't think so, and "they're" the only ones who matter, because one slip up, and no more "us," a fascinating shift from "you" given now 2.0 is including himself in this threat, that's continued with the fact that there would be no more ANYTHING if it's bad enough.
This gets Fresh to beg!! Fresh asks 2.0 what they want, saying that he'd do anything for them, that he'd find a way, but 2.0 doesn't give an answer, saying that they'd get HIM for telling something like that to Fresh, something he doesn't want either. That if Fresh doesn't start acting how they want, they will get rid of him
Fresh says that 2.0 is right, and says he'll fix the problem, get himself right again. 2.0 says he better start soon, because there's a certain frisk making him slip way too far, and he can't let that happen because it'll be the start of the end. Fresh admits he's right, that trusting people is a great way to end up ended, that he didn't even realize he was doing it, that he'll cut them off.
2.0 says he better, that it's a game a lot of people play, trying to get you on their side. Fresh thanks him, saying 2.0's saved him a lot of trouble, and 2.0 happily reciprocates that if Fresh plays nice, their next encounter won't have to be a bad one! Fresh thanks him again, saying it's them who infects other people, not the other way around, and 2.0 agrees, saying that everyone they meet is against them, and that anyone they befriend is a strike against them, to which Fresh agrees.
Fresh agrees again, stating he's fine, taking a reminder from 2.0 not to be nervous smoothly with an affirmation that 2.0's been good for him here, that he can't believe he was even messing anything up when all he wanted was a good time. 2.0 throws in a line about the both of them, that they're "Cool, collected, Fresh," and that that's all they need to be, to which Fresh agrees, saying they gotta show the whole multiverse that's true.
Fresh then says he has one last thing he wants to say to 2.0 before he goes his own way, that he'd wanted to say earlier but didn't get a good chance to. At 2.0's prompting, Fresh tells him "There are always imitators. But nothing is better, then classic Fresh. Ya dig?"
2.0 gives a single "Heh," in response, and then reminds Fresh that he better not mess up, before leaving.
Honestly if I haven't written a whole post about 2.0 yet you guys should expect to see that soon on this blog because this stuff makes me crazy.
Next log was a Shamchat between Grillby and Fresh, a DELIGHTFUL read, one I recommend looking at directly for sure!
This rp is titled by CQ as "Fun at Grillbys,"
This rp log was posted March 4th, 2016- We start with Fresh entering Grillby's establishment in rough emotional state. Grillby, confused at his appearance, asks if this is sans, to which Fresh replies that he's technically a sans, because his body is a sans, and makes a great bone pun to prove his legitimacy as a sans.
Grillby is, understandably, concerned by this, and overall by Fresh's behavior as the interaction progresses, asking concerned questions about his state that Fresh fumbles massively due to, clearly, not being familiar with the life/history of his host (Assuming Grillby was offering alcohol when offering him a drink (he was being offered ketchup)), and most certainly not acting like the sans of this situation should (To the point of Grillby asking if he is drunk, something Fresh obviously denies)
Fresh also starts this interaction appearing to be in a state of emotional turmoil, stating repeatedly (perhaps insistingly) that he's in a good mood, and totally fine, and completely happy and normal. That he gets excited when he's "freaking out, and nervous, ABOUT HOW EXCITED" he is- Something very much so reflecting his attitude of repressing his feelings and also his existential dread!
Fresh says that sometimes, all you need to be happy is to be forced into it, and takes Grillby up on that offer for Ketchup. Grillby does give it to him, but also seems to have reached a tipping point in his suspicion, and starts asking questions and making prying comments towards Fresh, stating that various behaviors are extremely out of character for Sans (Showing up early, calling Grillby his "Best Bro," and not knowing what happened "last time you stayed past closing" when asked about it)
Here is where we get to see Fresh start to realize he might need to start playing a social game himself! He lies and makes guesses at what Grillby is asking after, dodging the question of what they did (after originally mis-answering WHEN he had stayed past closing, not what they'd done) by giving a very safe, and vague answer of "We were just chattin an talkin and all up having FUN together," which Grillby doesn't take well.
Fresh tries to excuse his lack of knowledge as, instead, a case of forgetting what happened, asking for a refresher that he almost immediately after decides he doesn't want, saying that Grillby was right and he wants to forget about it. Grillby calls his lie out, stating that "you" (Sans at the time, but directed at the now-fresh) had told him he'd liked it, only prompting Fresh to more assertively recommend they drop the subject altogether.
Grillby shifts to being more hostile here, trapping Fresh in the bar and asking where his sans is- which Fresh answers very willingly! Stating that Sans is there with him, and happily declaring himself as a friend, so long as Grillby lets him be one. Making a few statements about the wellbeing of Sans that he quickly reveals himself to be lies, riling Grillby up
Grillby threatens Fresh, and Fresh IMMEDIATELY uses his host as a hostage, stating that whatever Grillby does to stop him will end up hurting the host. Grillby pushes it, saying that while he doesn't want to hurt sans, he's sure Sans doesn't want a parasite inside of him, which Fresh seems thrilled to hear!
After the initial shock of being called out for what he is, he drops all pretenses and gets direct about the situation, that his host is practically screaming in pain, asking teasingly if Grillby wants to hear it only to state that, unfortunately, Grillby can't, only Fresh gets to hear it. But assuring Grillby that he'll leave eventually, and that his host won't die, given it's not "Beneficial" to him, but that he will be rather unwell, likely needing Grillby to take care of him after the fact.
Grillby, emotions building, asks Fresh why he's doing this, to which Fresh answers that it's because he has to- and because he has to, he WANTS to, he ENJOYS it, and he goes on to taunt Grillby with it, describing the process he's doing to Sans until Grillby tells him to shut up about it.
Fresh continues antagonizing Grillby, saying he doesn't understand the big deal, and why Grillby's so upset even knowing that Sans won't die- but he offers a deal to Grillby, saying that he'd willingly leave now provided he was given another body to shift into. Grillby refuses, and Fresh states that it's fine, he'll just run the host he has now into the ground and return him nearly dead to Grillby!
Grillby states he, reasonably, can't just kidnap someone and then offer them to Fresh, which Fresh concedes is a fairly selfish thing for Fresh to ask for- so offers the alternative of finding someone himself and then giving Sans back, which Grillby accepts.
Fresh ends the interaction by calling out Grillby's bias, the selfishness of caring about someone he knows over someone he doesn't, and then leaves, dropping a "twenty" (currency unknown, likely G) on the nearest table as a tip on his way out.
And that's the whole interaction!! Really a fantastic showcase of his various traits all condensed down into a quick package of exploration via writing- Starting with his emotional turmoil and dread, progressing into his attempts at lying and manipulation, and then ending with his outright sadism and continued manipulation, as well as his overconfidence and views on emotional hypocrisy. Yahoo!
This rp is titled by CQ as "Fresh and Fresh 2.0 (Part 2?),"
Also posted March 4th, 2016, This is a return(?) of 2.0!!! Now, a few things worth making clear about this interaction, and in fact why this is "Part 2?" rather than "Part 2," I mentioned before that there isn't a way to confirm who the other user is in a Shamchat unless they have said it was them, or posted the logs on their own end such as with Time Sans' log. This means that there is no concrete proof that THIS Fresh 2.0 is the same as the first one, and indeed while the log considered part one has a character name of "Fresh 2.0," this log states the character as just "2.0," and to my eyes at least has a somewhat different typing style to the first.
So it's extremely likely that there are two separate writers of Fresh 2.0, neither of which we know, OR that there is one writer who ended up changing their nickname somewhat and having a slightly different writing style- however!! BOTH potential writers demonstrated an awareness of Fresh, of 2.0's existential place writing wise (as Fresh's replacement), and of the events currently going on in Fresh's immediate life (The first referencing Loveball, and the second referencing Time Party). I think that it's ok if they were written by two different people, and whether they were or weren't, Fresh was still written by CQ- and that's the characterization we're looking at most closely!
That said, let's begin! 2.0 heelyz into the room, asking Fresh how he's doing, and how things are going with his "sibling" (likely referring to Error, but it's somewhat vague). Fresh says they both know he has no siblings, asking why 2.0 is bugging him today, to which 2.0 replies that Fresh doesn't have any sibling anymore, right?
Fresh sarcastically states that 2.0 is always so radical, to which 2.0 agrees and asks if Fresh has been feeling well recently, emphasis on the feeling. Fresh says he's radical as always, and 2.0 says he just wanted to check, to make sure no one would get angry with him, referencing the people in control of them both.
Fresh says he's totally fine, he's got a party to go to tomorrow, but awful things keep happening there, 2.0 stating that yeah, from what he's seen Fresh hasn't been great. Fresh says he's got the message, hence why he's great- then tells 2.0 that the kiddos (Pacifrisk and Pillow Frisk) are dead, which means he doesn't have any problems anymore!
2.0 stares at him, then says that Fresh wouldn't have done it himself, would he? to which Fresh uneasily replies that he isn't a killer- usually, anyways. 2.0 gets real close, and tells Fresh that he has to do whatever it takes to survive, even if that means killing, prompting Fresh to step away and ask why it matters so much who did it, because in the end they're dead anyways.
2.0 tells Fresh that killing them had been what he was pressuring Fresh to do before, with Fresh stating again that he's not a murderer. 2.0 backs up, conceding that sure, they're dead, but what if error wasn't around to do it? to which fresh says they'd still be alive- but that's not how it went, so why should it matter?
This prompts 2.0 to tell him that this is why he's better than Fresh, Fresh is letting himself fall, which Fresh obviously denies- 2.0 presses it, stating that "they" don't like all his attachments, that it's why 2.0 exists in the first place, which causes an outburst from Fresh, saying that his attachments are done, so it's about time for 2.0 to disappear because HE is the one useless now.
2.0 says it's never going to happen, so long as Fresh still has a chance of straying too far, and then asserting that Fresh WILL end up failing, and that he'll be there to take his place and make everything right. Fresh bluntly states that they're dead, and that he corrupted an entire universe just from attending the last party- he isn't going to stray again.
2.0 asks him if those two were the only problem, saying that he's already started down the wrong path before. Fresh asks 2.0 if he can take away his emotions, saying that he won't stray if he does- and 2.0 refuses to, saying "not yet," that "they're" willing to give Fresh a chance, if he knocks off all the serious stuff for real this time. Also saying that he's willing to help Fresh, if he can in fact cut it out.
Fresh says he wants to be rid of his feelings, he doesn't want them, but they keep coming back anyways, stating that he thought that because 2.0 seemed to know as much as he did, he could help fix things for Fresh. 2.0 says he plans to help, eventually, when he's given the OK to, but also says that it only keeps coming back because Fresh lets it, and it's become his worst enemy that now he's gotta fight.
Fresh says he's doing his best, and that it's awful for him, that he can't stop thinking about what happened. He initially starts asking for advice, but stops himself, saying that he'll figure it out himself, that he'll fight it and make sure "they" enjoy the ride. 2.0 tells him he has to, that it'll fade, that they're nothing anymore and he's gotta leave it be. Telling Fresh that if he keeps on worrying about it, he'll be showing he can't do it- but get over it, and he'll show he can be right back like he's supposed to be.
Fresh agrees, reaffirming what 2.0 said, and stating that "they'll" see how unnecessary 2.0 is in the end. 2.0 reminds Fresh that the only way to avoid his fate is to avoid trusting anyone, and dares Fresh to try and get rid of him, before giving Fresh a gift. The gift is fundip, and he offers it alongside a "No hard feelings," which Fresh accepts with some amount of confusion. 2.0 reminds him a last time to stop straying, and then leaves, the interaction ending.
And THAT is the last of the Shamchat roleplays!!
I don't have more to add here because. Well. Frankly I oughta take it to a new post and not into the poor reblogs of someone else's analysis video owo' BUT I hope this has provided a bit MORE history to people curious!! Again, WATCH THE ABOVE VIDEO ITS SOOO SO SO GOOD GENUINELY and I love it a lot. Absolutely fantastic stuff!!
A little background as to why the Markiplier fandom is panicking about The Edge of Sleep.
So YEARS ago. Mark was in a podcast called The Edge of Sleep, which was adapted into a TV series... Which was never released
Until
Mark made a movie adaptation of a video game, Iron Lung. He's put all his energy into this film, directing, producing, editing, even starring in it. the movie is done, and he's working to get it released in theaters.
We, the public don't know why, but we know that some doors have been locked on the release of Iron Lung, however some big wigs somewhere have promised that if his popularity alone can put Edge of Sleep in the TOP TEN a lot of doors will open for Iron Lung. He wasn't allowed to even say where it would premiere, nor was it advertised AT ALL
So now, Edge of Sleep has shadow dropped on Amazon Prime in the US. Three days BEFORE they even told Mark it would air. In order to get this man's work out in theaters this thing has to get to the top ten by word of mouth alone.
So. Watch Edge of Sleep! It's an apocalyptic horror. There are some mild gore warnings (blood, knife mutilation, brain dissection, self harm). Even if you can play it in the background and let it run just so it gets views thatd be helpful.
Stick it to the Hollywood Bigwigs! Show them YouTubers can have an audience! Open some doors for creative people trying to show their work to a bigger audience!
Mark Fischbach, aka Markiplier, has been making progressively more ambitious projects for the last several years, including starring in a television show for the Qcode podcast The Edge of Sleep. The podcast is excellent; it's a sci fi apocalyptic medical drama about a mysterious disease causing people to fall asleep and never wake up. The TV show went into production around 2018 and fell into development hell.
It's finally being released, but with a pair of truly upsetting conditions:
- No one involved in the project is legally allowed to say where it will air before the day it debuts, and
- The company releasing the show is holding Mark's most recent project for ransom. His film, Iron Lung, which he's spent the past two years working on almost exclusively, will have a path out of development hell through this company -- but only if Edge of Sleep debuts on their platform in the top ten.
That means zero marketing outside of Mark revealing the air date, and the audience's prior knowledge of the podcast. The company is dangling Mark's future as a filmmaker above his head at a truly frustrating height, and he's asked his fanbase to get him there, because his hands are tied.
If you're not already following Markiplier's work, go check out A Heist with Markiplier, In Space with Markiplier, and the podcast of The Edge of Sleep. And on October 18, help this incredibly dedicated filmmaker convince a film studio that his work is worth investing in.
And for those of you who don't know or care for markiplier- This is just an EXCEPTIONALLY scummy thing to do by this company. The fact that a creator of ANY kind is being disrespected and limited in their work like this, and shown such blatant disrespect, is appalling.
A very cynical part of me is sure this kind of outrage is, likely, exactly their intent. That they feel like they can get away with not giving any marketing or respect to Mark because of his position as an arguably very famous youtuber. And they would be right as well which is infuriating.
But on the other hand, if I can stop people like this from killing a production before it's even left the ground? I absolutely intend to. Me and everyone else on our way to crash the site it's hosted on with how many of us show up to see it when it drops. Someone so genuinely trying to get into film, and who's so clearly passionate about his work, deserves so, SO much better than he's being given.
An artfight attack I made for @ejsuperstar ! I don't plan to post all my attacks (Or even most), but a friend requested it and the image also has a reversed version I wanted easily visible, so here we go! :D
Damnit Fresh Sans is growing on me (which is kinda ironic since he's a parasite I think??)
I still don't understand his angle in Underverse (the whole Ink vrs Fresh fight confuses me as does everything else in underverse god I do NOT have the brainpower to understand anything in this Multiverse bs) but he's kinda funny, kinda wacky, A little silly if you will
His design is fun too so yeah
maybe I'll draw him tomorrow, and maybe error too :b
(Don't hold me to that tho my art motivation and focus have been all over the place as of late)
I see in your tags that you'd love for someone to explain about fresh owo I have a variety of posts about him myself- ESPECIALLY explaining his actions in Underverse 0.7 Part One, since you mention it! It is a LOT to read through, but I'm always happy to talk about Fresh to anyone who'll listen
Sketch page where I figure out how to draw the man from Ghost Trick!!!
Yeah I may have gained a whole new cool guy to add to my favourite guys collection =v=' VERY cool game, I was thrilled to find out I enjoyed it so much given even before I had played the game, I'd been inspired by the MC's appearance with one of my own designs! If you like puzzle games and mysteries, and enjoy characters who are very funny, you'll probably love the game!
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