What do you think of conceptually bearded ralsei? And if he had a beard would it be golden like asgore or white like his fur?
Mega Delphox.
Other than that, I'm really unsure how to feel about it, because it makes me fear that toby would actually give Ralsei a beard? Idunno.
I like that Susie's the masculine one, Kris the gender neutral one, and Ralsei is the feminine one out of the group, and I am kinda hoping that with Ralsei discovering who he is, he will explore his feminine side more explicitly, instead of ditching that side of him and going into a masculine direction.
(Because imo, I think it's good to have positive feminine representation, and it would kind of be a shitty message to have femininity presented as only performative, and masculinity (conformity in Ralsei's case), as the only true thing that brings you happiness, like some people are interpreting Ralsei already. And I fear that would be the take-away if he ends up being written that way, since Susie sure as hell won't (and shouldn't) in turn become more feminine, and Kris's femininity falls under plausible denyability for such a huge chunk of the fandom already. We would still have Noelle but I don't really see her as an explicitly feminine character either, which is a bit more complicated for me to explain, also she barely has screentime, isn't really part of the Main group, and I doubt she'll indefinetly join the fun gang either in the future.)
Plus also I kinda think that Toby put that line there for people who overlooked all the instances of Ralsei being called a prince or being He/Himmed, to say "Guys, please, he's a Boy", which means trans Ralsei is even less likely to happen 🥲.
(maybe he Sees all the discourse and decides that it's actually a good fit, who knows)
