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stillnotfinished deltarune chapter 3/4, but honestly i thought for a while there is a small possibility of UNDERTALE being a sort of dark world based on the game by Asriel in his room- low hanging fruit, sure, but an interesting possibility to consider
To me though, Entry 17 largely deconfirms it. Gaster (or whomever) is speaking of a dark darker than dark as if they have managed to produce it in some manner. You'd think if the world they were in was already made up of this darker than dark he would be less, estranged by it? It fascinates the person writing the entry, as if it is a departure from the world they know- which makes less sense to me if they are already in a Dark World, thus to me it's an impossibility
was just thinking about this while thinking about Ralsei's statements at the beginning of chapter 3 again about dark worlds being a "dark that's darker than dark"
tumblr really is sleeping on Noita imo, maybe I should make a noita blog... I made a bsky acc one time but i struggle to keep up with bsky and it just sorta died, maybe i should be more consistent about that one too
lets celebrate 112 days since this post, this should've been reblogged by literally everyone ever when episode 9 came out to collectively point and laugh at the people mad that it "came out of nowhere" and there was "no build-up to this"
i think its really funny that the trans woman's account disappeared on the platform that everyone has been saying for a long time keeps deleting trans women's accounts, and most people just went "oh she deleted her account"
I feel like there is a more likely conclusion that can be drawn from this.
watcher TaleFoundry's video on TADC titled THE FAN THEORY SPIRAL, got worried, opened the video with him saying "I've not watched TADC but I can't escape people asking for it and I keep seeing all these fan theories" and I got really worried- but the video isn't what I thought, he actually watched it but he did so with the lens of a theorist trying to come up with a "fan theory" about it. He struggled to do so initially, and eventually nearly gave up, but by chance, he read a reddit post about As Above, So Below and how it's a "Smurfs" movie, and as he read it, he sorta got it, and came up with his own theory that Caine Digital Circus is actually not an AI, but a human who's fractured mind merged with the circus and fractured his memories of his life across it- his life as Willy Wonka Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 movie adaptation)
He enjoys it, and it's amusing to hear him explain it- his very own crackpot theory, seeing his journey throughout the video is very enjoyable.
okay rant starts here
Especially so because to me, theories can be really fun and also interesting. The golden example for TADC was probably Transfem-Jax, it had really substantial evidence growing each episode and contributed well to the themes of the show, for these reasons it was a really good theory, and it turned out to be true! Hooray!!
And I personally enjoyed seeing a couple nonsense theories- imo someone should have really sat down and taken a look at the evidence that Jax really is Walter Hartwell White. And honestly it's a shame that good and fun theorycrafting just really isn't seen, because we have mountains of theoryslop that theorise things that both ultimately don't matter and aren't even that amusing or thought provoking- and lacking in proper evidence too might I add.
Jax is Scratch is what I'll go to first. Jax being Scratch isn't really interesting, just confusing. What would this even mean for anyone involved? This raises more questions than it answers to a point of being too confusing to really mean anything interesting or funny. And evidence? Practically none. We might as well be saying Pomni is Scratch, yknow? Sans Is Ness was a classic theory because it sounds absurd, it sounds stupid, but matpat did kinda bring together the pieces in a way that made some coherent sense, did he not? It's not funny to just say "X character is actually Y!", you need to show that there's more evidence than a person could reasonably expect there to be. Tale Foundry ties Caine's avatar as being reflective of his insecurities as Willy Wonka only being viewed by his father through his teeth, Caine and Willy Wonka both wear a red suit with a cane and top hat, they both have a sense for the theatrical and play with wooden dolls- there is basis here!
And then what's worse is when people get mad their theories didn't turn out how they'd hoped. This is supposed to be for fun and to come up with good analysis- why are you mad that the thing you wanted to have happen didn't happen? Would it really have meaningfully changed the story for the better if it had happened, or are you mad that you were wrong or misled? idk maybe im getting too far off-track I just wish most of the critique of the finale wasn't people failing to really engage with the show- you can engage with the show and still come up with theories, these aren't mutually exclusive.
Mostly making this post because I do genuinely think theorycrafting is cool in fandoms when watching a show, I just think the reaction to being wrong about a theory shouldn't be taking issue with the media itself- yeah I'm sure there are times the story actually does suffer in the last act when it doesn't do what you predicted, but that's different from being mad that you were wrong, please take a moment to figure out if you're mad at the story for fumbling at the last step, or if it just didn't do what you expected/wanted.
I saw people crediting Game Theory for sparking this generation of theorists, and I don't think they're entirely wrong, but I'm not so sure it's entirely right either, old Game Theory was generally quite solid with it crackpot theories- especially the science-based ones, but even when they started to go down the lore spiral, clearly they were popular for a reason no? It's a niche that was going to be filled regardless, and I would also argue fan theories like this were on the rise even without Game Theory stepping in.
I hope people don't always get the wrong idea about theorycrafting like this, like I said, it can be quite fun, I'm repeating myself so this is probably a good time to end post
yknow i wonder if the reason we fear tiny insects and rodents so is because we know when placed before a great being whom your actions against are largely meaningless and they could probably decimate you effortlessly if they really tried- and furthermore living as a small creature low on the food chain already struggling to get by in fear, yeah you'd feel pretty overwhelmed. Like, your actions are probably meaningless against such a monolithic being that exerts such clumsy, careless but horrifying control over the surrounding environment, crushing what is for them trees and forests just as they walk- literally what do you have to lose? Most of the time in nature, I believe the best strategy is to make yourself not seem worth the meal, and violence is a great shortcut to that.
Being pit against a creature with nothing to lose that you don't know for sure if it'll go into fight or into flight- yeah that sounds p bad. It don't know you, it don't know humans are big squishy idiots that might be scared of it
DELTARUNE CHAPTER 3 SPOILERS, IF ANYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AT ALL
(also kinda a long-ass post/ramble lmao)
Playing DR chapter 3 again- basically asked friends during C3 "Oh I didn't miss out on anything by just messing up S rank did I?" and they said no- only to find out oh, I can't continue the game thingy after board 2 S rank or whatever cuz I didn't do the first game bit, which annoyed me and I didn't continue to C4 and planned to redo C3 at some point.
so it's been a bit but now I have a tumblr account I actually post to, and boy do I have thoughts! (which I can't share to friends cuz im playing it again without telling anyone out of spite after all the questions I've received about if I've played chapter 4 yet) so it's time to share!!!
Basically what prompted me to make this post was seeing the first game session and going back and- wow I never really thought too deeply about it, found it interesting that Kris might enjoy taking a darker route in games- but also that might just be our projection, but it's interesting that we're forced into violence in that scenario- honestly it's really interesting. Like, it made me think about "yeah the game is trying to force us to do this... but it isn't..." we can just close the game, we can just stop playing. It's really interesting in relation to Kris' agency, I wonder if this is the main takeaway here? "Well I gotta do it" like playing the game as it's intended is necessary.
Even if you're playing in-character as much as you want, setting aside ideas of internality and you don't know what they'd truly want and the fact even if you are doing what they want, it's you doing it, you're in power of their own life even if you are doing what they want. Setting aside all of that, this really makes me think about how by playing a game, you are forcing them to not play by you, but played by you through the game. No matter what you choose, they are restricted to the rules of the game. If we take the little game as the microcosm/metaphor for our control over Kris that it seems rather overtly to be implying, if Kris didn't want to kill those monsters their it's not because of us choosing that they must die that they do, it is because we are "playing", by accepting the rules of play, we put those same rules on Kris.
All of this is just a side tangent I has nestling in my brain while I was playing, the actual thing I wanted to bring up is- it sounds like Kris may've had issues expressing freedom in games in the past via a certain protective mother.
The Dark World is meant to be a reflection of the real world and ideas within it. The fact the Green Room has a game system set up like this doesn't read to me as another extension of representing our relationship to Kris, but rather one of Kris' younger days. I'm sure many people here have experienced parents being restrictive on how you play games when you were much younger, and I can definitely see this being a possibility for a mother as protective as Toriel.
There's also this, where the controllers and systems are all "locked up dentist-office-style", which is also weird to me. could play more into this but honestly I'm unsure fully what to make of this.
expect more posts or reblogs of this post on DR in the coming days? probgably idk ill probs keep playing over next few days and ill probs yap here about it
also love getting lore on what Relics are and seeing a proper description for them- AND SICK AS FUCK THAT WE'RE SEEING A RELIC THAT WAS JUST CONVENIENTLY EXPLAINED A FEW CHAPTERS AGO AS PART OF AN UNRELATED EXPOSITION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN
some fun screenshots and explanation stuff ^^
Also love how immediately Snake was completely sweeped
I also find it really interesting how despite everything Samin said about mom being scary, she did love her. I got the impression at a certain age Samin began to fear/resent her mother for the way she was, but it seems that while scary, she might not have had ill feelings towards her.
I do love the visual of Sara like a star that the people in her life orbited, and how they all scatter away from one another once she's gone. "My sun, my star" in a very literal sense- not just as a source of warmth and comfort, sustaining her life, but also the one holding together the people close in her life, all going off in their own directions- scattered and lost to the darkness.
Also both "No one can tell the future." and "You must've known what awaited you." I'M SORRY BUT I'M RIGHT, SARA COULD SEE THE FUTURE, FORESIGHT BELIEVERS STAY WINNING 🎉🎉🎉🎉
also interesting seeing how seriously the Sea Wolves took Samin's request. "Debts owed, debts paid.", I would've thought it'd just be as simple as reaching out, being turned down and going "whatever" and moving on (obv convince them while you're there a bit, but give up if they're adamant and forget about it).
Gives a bit more insight into the character of this organisation and how seriously they take the simplest request from a child when it's an owed debt, I'm curious to see more about them
gahhhh okay fine i bought the hoodie. i normally dont buy merch cuz i dont personally get it- like i like more low-key merch like the I AM GOD shirt from caine- its a simple but cool visual, no text, its nice and doesnt rely on the person seeing it to have watched the show to appreciate it- same for Digital Days- honestly that shirt i quite like i might get that at a later date when i have stable income
I like clothing from a media as only being recognisable if you have interacted with the media and go unnoticed by anyone who hasnt idk is this making any sense? i normally dont like a shirt im wearing to be shouting HEY! I LIKE/KNOW X!, if someone recognises it, neat, no? neat, works both ways idk
but i really liked tadc and felt like getting the hoodie. time will tell if i actually go out and use it or if it will be a £48 money sink, but for now I hope it will be something nice to commemorate the finale. (also got it with less than an hour to spare and started panicking cuz i couldnt find my phone number cuz my phone's missing rn and i dont write it down anywhere- before realising oh duh, its on my CV lmao i can just check my contact info there)
wow i just found an "unresolved plotpoints" video about the tadc finale and i do not like it at all. its focusing on "not having questions answered" when these are generally answers you can infer or ones that aren't actually relevant to the story.
they take issue with "Scratch, the first abstraction" not being resolved- when the point of that was more-so to showcase Caine caught up in a lie and showing that he can deal great harm to his circus members if he's not cautious, that he is fully capable of messing with their minds to his desire
they also misattribute Caine's arc in episode 9 to him just removing the blue AI and being better now- no. We had a whole sequence where we got to see the emotional devastation of believing his members tried to murder him, believing it to be his fault while not understanding why, and ultimately giving up and drifting through the void for some amount of time. He then sees the wifi door, and taken in by his curious inquisitive nature is drawn to figuring it out, paralleled with when he was in the same situation 20 years ago (and YES, this scene was supposed to be paralleling the past, its fine if you personally didnt get it but its NOT THE SHOW'S FAULT when we clearly see him switching between BlueStreetCafe_FreeWifi and CA_NeuralScans(obsolete), the Circus is more repaired when Scratch appears, we see Caine in the past sequence growing more person-like with hands, arms, a torso and legs by the end, they even took care to make the shapes different between the sequences, i get that some people missed this but i think its a bit much to say the scene was "structure really poorly")- massive tangent aside, we see him once again get up and reach out. When he reaches the door and finally opens it- we see him almost take a step through before hesitating and stopping, implying he was planning to just leave and run wild on the internet, but he stops. He looks up at the search bar, and takes out the names of the humans- he makes a conscious choice to learn more about the humans, trying to understand their perspective seemingly for the first time. THIS is what makes him change. The blue AI still makes him emotionally unstable- as we see him afterwards, but I would consider it as just an aspect of this- Caine has been at the forefront making decisions all these years. We see him have these realisations over what he's done and how much he's harmed them without realising before deciding to part ways with the blue AI, recognising that he simply can't keep coexisting in this form if it could lead to him lashing out at the humans again.
GAH i wanna write a whole post breaking down the caine sequence at some point, i also want to make a post about how dumb this video is as well- though admittedly i only got 4 points in, ill watch the rest if i decide to make an entire counter post explaining why i disagree with each section
(ALSO SCRATCH'S CHARACTER WASN'T "WASTED", HE WAS NEVER A CHARACTER WE EVEN GOT TO MEET!!! AND GOOSEWORX ANSWERED STUFF ON TUMBLR NOT TO FIX HER SHOW, BUT AS ADDITIONAL FUN INFORMATION ABOUT STUFF WE DIDNT NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!)
The idea of Mario and Peach having any kind of relationship beyond the occasional kiss on the nose and "mama mia" is like viscerally incomprehensible to me
Not like in a prude way I just can't conceive of Mario experiencing... urges. He's a character outside the scope of that. I'm not saying he's asexual either cause positioning him on the allo/ace spectrum implies that it's a dimension of his character that at least exists, that he has at some point noticed it. I think he just jumps.
#op interrogate yourself about why you think this right fucking now
So unlike Mario, who continues to be essentially a void with no internality, I actually act with thoughts and intent and already did do that when writing this post.
Mario is a mascot of one of the most sanitized corporate brands in existence. He differs from real, full-fledged ace people in that his sexlessness is not queer, not transgressive in any sense of the word, just a void left by his position as a player character. He has no queer identity because he has no identity beyond the fact that it's-a-him, Mario.
Similarly, I don’t know if Peach could comprehend the concept of sex. There is no light beyond that blank stare. She doesn’t not understand anything besides baking and being a princess
Peach lives a life that is almost entirely defined by her position as an object of other people's desire, wherein she is robbed of autonomy by Bowser and expected to reward Mario with signs of affection. I think if anyone in Mario has complex thoughts about sexuality to work through with a therapist, it's Peach.
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