how would susie’s development play out in deltawrong? Given that she isn’t with lancer but is with roulxs?
very differently, for sure! i never know how Exactly much information i should give away...it is a series, after all, this will be seen, is it spoilers...but i mean Whatever it's a swap au! i can give some answers!!
in deltarune, the points i believe that are most important for susie's character development are:
lancer being so genuine about how much he admires and cares about her and validates her when ralsei criticizes her
the care she feels for lancer and his worries about the fight with king being what convinces her to try being nicer
kris jumping in front of susie to defend her from king's attack, showing her that they care about her and makes her fully consider them a friend
the mutual agreement that she and ralsei come to about knowing when to fight and when to be nice, on her side coming from lancer, and on his side coming from the fact that king can't be reasoned with
rouxls, meanwhile, is nowhere near as sweet as lancer. he's selfish, he's rude, he's arrogant, he's a turncoat, just overall not very conducive to Susie Character Development. he himself is a bastion of Never Receiving Character Development!
that said, i do think rouxls and susie could bond in a way. rouxls sucks, but he CAN care, and i think if they spend a prolonged period of time together, that could happen. i don't think their initial team-up would be as genuine as with lancer, who actually admired her—rouxls probably would just like to have her for his benefit at first, and coaxes her to stay with worms and boxes. it works because susie loves both worms and boxes. there's a period of time where they'd bicker for a while i think, they definitely don't get close nearly as quick, but they warm up a bit to each other over time. while rouxls isn't as sincere about it, he would also validate her in the way that lancer does in order to earn her favor, and to susie who is not used to that she would cling to that immediately.
there's also them both Not Fitting The Mold, i guess you could say. susie does whatever she wants, she doesn't let other people define what she can and can't do. rouxls is actually quite similar, i'd say. he's the only darkner other than spamton to actively reject his 'intended purpose' as an object, being a tutorial provider. he goes out of his way to avoid this, and i could see them, like...having something to do with this. i dunno it's hard to explain without actually fully writing the interactions lol
i said earlier that rouxls is the bastion of Not Receiving Character Devlopment but i think he can have a little here, as a treat. just a bit...maybe he doesn't become completely allied with the fun gang, but rather Specifically cares about susie. kind of like fluttershy and discord (platonic)
the main result of susie's development is her learning to trust others and find the value in talking things out, which is prompted by lancer being terrified that the gang and king will kill each other. but rouxls wouldn't have a scene like that, so...it's possible, she may never actually get past doing nothing but fighting. when would she rejoin the party, even? and the ending of the chapter, with the king fight and him tricking the fun gang into surrendering, leading to the events that confirm kris's friendship with her and allows ralsei to admire susie's fighting side...with the queen swap, maybe none of that even happens. especially for ralsei...if he gets validated by the fact that things in the prophecy have changed after being nice, and there is never a scenario where doing so gets them hurt—how will he ever start seeing rude buster as badass?!?!?! especially when it comes to a susie that may never gain a reason to start wanting to act nice?
i use a lot of 'may's here, because the series isn't finished yet, and lots of things can happen. i have my many plans, but some specifics may change when i get to actually writing things out...it'll be whatever feels most natural to me. so don't necessarily expect everything i wrote to happen, and there are definitely lots of things i didn't write here that will happen. but that's, like, my general idea of how her development will be affected! i hope that makes sense !!
