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Chekov’s Berdly - A collection of details regarding The Bluebird that are yet to be addressed…

Telepathically beaming this list into the minds of everyone who still thinks that Berdly isn’t going to be relevant in future chapters.

The Burghley Berdly room in Queen’s Castle containing something that’s ever so slightly surprising to Kris. A room that had been designed according to Berdly’s past search queries, leading to the next point…

Queen’s judgement stating There’s Nothing Wrong With Him He’s Just Annoying. It’s a pretty accurate description, but what intrigues me is how this response comes after a request to keep distracting him and find Noelle. It first looks like she’s going to identify why Kris must keep distracting him (“For You See” being the direct choice of words…), but then she backstacks and gives the simple version. I don’t think she’s lying - rather that she’s just not telling us the whole truth regarding what she knows about him. Given that he’s a volunteer librarbian I have reason to believe Queen has the most data on him, but lacks the insight into the emotions behind them as she admits herself.

Related to the above, the fact that Queen actually cares for him albeit less than she does for Noelle. This makes total sense given Noelle Needs Help Like Seriously Right Now, and her forwardness on the holidaygirl1225 blog means that Queen has more to work with regarding Noelle’s emotions even if she’s off on her final conclusions and how to help her. Noelle is Queen’s top priority, but Queen should know a little more about Berdly given how she convinced him (not asked! She Did Not Ask Him) to work for her to protect Noelle.

The Shift With Ms Boom. Seeing that Berdly skedaddles out the librarby after ch2, this isn’t the same as his librarby volunteer work. Speaking of which, the librarby closing due to lack of volunteers indicates he’s the one keeping the place open. Let that sink in - Berdly works two jobs, completely out of charity for at least one of them, on top of being a high school student struggling to maintain the position of class no. 1. Why does no one bring this up when discussing this guy? Maybe because it completely destroys the argument that Berdly Is A Selfish Entitled Jerk that every Mainstream Deltarune Fan seems to believe?

The way Noelle helps Berdly study vs his actual abilities. For some ungodly reason half the fandom believes for certain he’s just a freeloader who relies solely on Noelle to do everything herself, as if she’s the one writing his tests and doing his classwork in real time. What we do know is that Noelle highlights his notes judging from the phone call scene in chapter 4, and even then the fact she brought this up unprompted makes me wonder if he asked her to do this, or if it’s something she does out of habit. Yes, Noelle tending to freeze-and-fawn in the face of other’s demands is a problem that needs to be addressed, but that’s unrelated to the fact there’s a difference between imposter syndrome and being a straight up fraud.

Parents. Where the hell are they. Did a blue egg just randomly roll into hometown and hatch into this weirdo, or do Berdly’s parents actually exist. Please, something, anything. Yes, there’s the Bird Teacher at Hotland High but we’re not in the Underground now. And fan content doesn’t count either (sorry Martlet ily), I need to see some evidence this guy didn’t straight up spawn. I don’t even need actual relatives, given the insight into Susie’s life we can infer from a single decrepit bedroom. The closest guess is that there must exist a Deltarune counterpart to the aforementioned bird teacher, possibly a teacher here like Toriel or Alphys. Either that or inter-dimensional divorce.

Speaking of birds not existing, where are the bird npcs. My buddies Grillby and Papyrus are nowhere to be seen unfortunately, but the red bird from the diner, the waterfall bird, the librarbian who resembles a monochrome Swatch… I can’t find them anywhere. This wouldn’t be such a big deal were it not for the fact that most other Underground npcs seem to be around here and there. Where The Heck Did The Birds Go. And Don’t Even Get Me Started On Reaper Bird. There is one bird that does exist - the completely normal bird npc with total shrimp posture, who we recognize from their Goner counterpart. Oh And Burghley ofc.

The Air Crackles Green With Freedom. The Wind Howls. Two recurring phrases that show up in relation to serious plot moments and shadow crystal battles. And also Berdly uses Green Air Magic and has to be freed from control using Susie’s Idea like King Round and the Werewires which is entirely unrelated right.

The Holy Halbird and Glow In The Dark knight’s armor. Do you really expect me to believe these are just throwaway gags after all the symbolism in Chapter 4? And Light being Kinda Sorta Super Important to beating the titan? Calling it now that the holy halbird is a highlighter - something meant to draw attention to other existing details, and any light it seems to give off is actually absorbed light being reflected using fluorescent dye, same with glow in the dark paint… now tell me again why the Sky Mantle is described as fluorescent?

Eggroom Eggs on Berdly’s Desk. Susie Doesn’t Wanna Think About It. Yeah This One’s Just A Bit Guys Don’t Think About It Either.

Berdly seems to be the only one making progress on the project as of late given our study session in chapter 4 was mainly us learning a bit more about the Holidays and Dreemurs. And also the Tell-Tale Himejoshi. If the payoff ends up being that Lol The Project Didn’t Matter Berdly Worked His Feathery Behind Off For Nothing Ain’t That Funny… I may actually punch a wall. The wall shall be spared however if this ends up being like Papyrus’s dream of being a royal guard, and Berdly at least finds something better in the process.

Speaking of Berdly’s people pleasing tendencies being in vain and having the opposite effect and driving people away, only furthering this feedback loop and worsening this desperation to get others to like him… ever thought about the apple from The New Girl Story? The one that plays into the relationship between two major characters as well as continuing Kris-Cross-Applesauce Dreemur’s Fruit Motif? Yeah that was from Berdly, he gives them to Alphys and she just ignores them lol. Ignored fruit, left to rot… it’s just another joke at Berdly’s expense, don’t worry about that 3% random flavour text from the Jackenstein battle on the Weird Route I’m sure it means nothing…

Silver Drake. If that name sounds completely out of nowhere, it’s the name of the Ice Palace Boss from Dragon Blazers III that Noelle is trying to beat post-ch2. While this seems to reference Snowdrake, it should be noted that it actually reflects fire attacks and is weak to ice attacks judging from Noelle’s reaction. I don’t know why a Snowflake based monster species who lives in Snowdin and makes ice puns would resist fire attacks, but I do know a certain bird who is weak to ice magic. Also, why is Berdly weak to Ice? Are we working off Pokemon rules, or does this have a deeper meaning? And the name Silver Drake indicates the boss may be either based on a type of dragon… or just a regular duck boy. And Why Silver? Considering Noelle’s Silver Watch, the Silver Snowflake-Star-Shurakin attack of the Roaring Knight, The Silver Card item from way back when, and the silvery Rhapsotea item, I wonder if Silver is a little bit important somehow. Just a thought..

My 20k Word Long Rant About The Fact That Snowy “It’s Just A Joke” Snowdrake Is Closer To The Offensive Disrespectful Dudebro Archetype Then Berdly Will Ever Be Has Been Cut For Time. Honestly Guys Toby Has Used They/Them For Papyrus At Least Ten Times More Than Berdly Has Used Anything Other Than They/Them For Kris. And Ten Times Zero Is Still Zero.

Hey remember when I said that birds are nowhere to be seen in Deltarune? That was a lie… kinda. Compared to the lack of known bird lightners, the dark world is brimming with birdlike characters. The Starwalker Bird, Poppup the Dolphin-Birds, Addisons (kinda? half the fanart on this site turns them into bird people so I’m throwing them in here), Swatch and the Swatchlings, Guei the Ghost-Birds, That Foghorn Leghorn Fire Extinguisher Guy with the code… and Spamton G. Spamton, everyone’s favourite glasses-wearing, freedom seeking bigshot with a rollercoaster battle, who has nothing but the best intentions for Noelle and won’t take the opportunity to exploit her strengths in any way whatsoever, unlike that entitled Nerdly guy who only cares about himself and won’t take no for an answer right guys?

My 50k Long Rant About The Idea That Spamton Plays More Into The Imagery Of Toxic Masculinity And The Objectification Of Women Especially On The Weird Route Than Anything Berdly Has Said Or Done So Far Has Also Been Cut For Time. But Seriously Why Does Every Analysis On Gender Roles In Deltarune Treat Berdly Like Some Embodiment Of The Incel Mindset When Spamton Straight Up Calls Noelle A Hochie Mama Like WTF.

The Spelling Bee. Who’s the Jackass that added December to the competition after one of the most traumatic events in the doe’s life? And why the heck did winning a single spelling bee give the bluebird such an ego boost to the point any positive attention he receives from his classmates is taken as a sign there must be ulterior motives because Why Else Would They Be Nice To Him?

Speaking of which, ever thought about how the closest interactions Berdly has with perceived romantic interests end up cut short by The Blue Bird Himself? Like the conversation with Noelle following the Ferris wheel rescue? Or a close call kiss from Susie? Or a festival date with Kris? Could it be that The Wonders Of Romance, much like a Nippled Golden Statue With Disturbingly Humanoid Muscular Features, is an impossible ideal he only dreams of since he believes it would never happen? And the second someone actually becomes close enough for it to be possible he has to nip it in the bud and kill the moment since it could never become a reality for someone like him, yet he’ll still continue acting as if he’s reciprocating interest since he values the connection? Maybe?

Ralsei has no goddamn clue about this guy. Makes sense - he’s not in the prophecy, so he’s not important to the bigger picture. Unfortunately this means that the poor goat kid has no way of accounting for a random bird appearing out of nowhere and almost bringing about the roaring in chapter 2 (BUT ONLY AFTER HE CONFIRMS IT’S WHAT EVERYONE WANTS AND EVEN THEN RALSEI QUESTIONS EVERYONE’S CHOICE TO CREATE A NEW FOUNTAIN SERIOUSLY WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP ACTING LIKE THIS WAS ALL BERDLY’S DOING WHEN HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO ASK IF IT WAS REALLY OKAY DOES CANON DIALOG MEAN NOTHING TO YOU I’M LOSING MY MIND HERE) I wonder why Ralsei, the guy who dreads the inevitable final prophecy and hopes being Kind and Merciful will help us get a better ending even if it seems the future is set in stone, hasn’t noticed how Berdly credits his pacifist rescue from Queen’s wires to the lightner’s Kindness and Mercy, and how both Tenna and Jackenstein survive the normal route through recruiting everyone through Mercy and being Kind Enough according to Susie. Then again, Ralsei will note giving Berdly the prize as Unexpected Kindness…

How to draw dragons is stilll overdue. Sort it out Dreemurs.