Alphys' Juice Dilemma
The Alphys Juice Dilemma is, I think, a very brief but poignant way to exemplify the themes about control and kindness and what those really mean in Deltarune.
What am I talking about?
In Chapter 4, after church service you can talk to Alphys, who tells Kris that she really wants her juice combined but she's afraid of getting it because Susie is at the drinks table and she's afraid she will make fun or her. Alphys then asks Kris to bring her the juice for her.
After making it, Susie exclaims that was a really good idea, and that she loves it, proving Alphys wrong.
When you go to talk to Alphys again, you have two options:
*Give her the juice
*Drink it in front of her
Now, I imagine most people took the first option. It's the kind thing to do, after all. Alphys is happy and thankful to Kris, and it seems that's that.
But.
If you choose the second, after drinking it Kris will slam the cup to the floor and crush it with their foot, leaving Alphys extremely unhappy. But why would Kris do this? Well.
It has been well established that people in Hometown don't like Susie. Everyone seems scared of her, or simply hate her. Even Catti, who once was Kris' friend, states that as long as Kris keeps hanging out with Susie, she won't talk to them. And I hope I don't need to establish that Kris really, really likes Susie. She's their friend! They love hanging out with her! And Kris can be very petty. Especially when someone is insulting their friend, or. Being afraid of her. If someone would do that, and they had a chance to tell them "Screw you", they would.
So. Now that both things had been established, we're left with the Dilemma.
What will you do?
The kind thing, that overrides Kris' own will?
Or what Kris would want to do, even if isn't kind?
And I think, personally. This will become even more prevalent as the chapters come out.
