Honk Honk No It's Just The Sounds Of The City

they/them, 23, deltarune reblogging like it's tomorrow, minors DNI

[boyblogdog]

happy pride month to those in the closet. to those who went back into the closet. to those who have unsupportive families, friends and relationships. those who were bullied and harassed because of their identity. those who were killed because of who they truly were and loved.

you are loved and appreciated.

[assignedmale]

[draconym]

The eye doctor is the most fun doctor you can go to. They never steal your blood. They never make you get naked and put on a paper dress. They're just like, "Can you see these letters? It's fine if you can't, we can fix that." And they don't even spell anything.

[draconym]

[orcboxer]

Every time I go they put me in a chair and they say look into this machine there's a hot air balloon or a farmhouse in there and I do and I'm like you're right I see it and they're like yeah keep admiring that hot air balloon or farmhouse and I do and I'm like this shit's quaint as fuck and then do you know what happens next they attack me they jumpscare me with air directly into my eyeballs and i fall out the chair and they say sorryyyy but they're NOT they wanted this to happen they KNEW about the jumpscare well now I'm wise to it now I know better when I go in and they say look at this bodacious hot air balloon I'm like NO WAY DUDE that balloon wishes me harm have at thee and I attack them and push them on the ground and spit on them

[charlesoberonn]

Avatar Yumi and her Yunit!

Art by the wonderful @ube-kun!

Avatar Yumi is the Avatar OC that I've been spinning around in my head for the last 9 years. My original concept for the Earthbending Avatar after Korra.

I call her story Avatar: The Broken Earth

The story goes like this:

75 years after Kuvira's defeat, the Earth Continent is divided between a number of states, most of which are ruled by authoritarian governments. And the most despotic of them all is Shield Island, an isolationist military dictatorship off the eastern coast of the continent.

15 years old Yumi has been a patriotic citizen of Shield Island ever since she joined the training academy to become a bodyguard to the island's Supreme Commander. But the course of her life changes when she finds out she is the Avatar, the sworn enemy of the state, the person she was indoctrinated since birth to hate.

Now she must flee the only home she's ever known and drift from place to place as a refugee, looking for safety. Along the way she meets new friends who will help her on her journey.

Andon is a carefree guy. A firebender from the lower ring of Ba Sing Se who's practiced in the ways of the road. He offers to become Yumi's guide and the two travel together.

Yonten is the great-great-granddaughter of Aang and proud of it. A rather arrogant airbender who cares deeply about a lot of things, which goes against her people's philosophy of detachment.

Reza is an industrious and polite young boy. Very smart but also very ignorant about a lot of things since he came from a sheltered home. That sheltered home being the mobile imperial palace of the Second Earth Empire, where he was the emperor.

Wy is a waterbender from the Foggy Swamp Tribe. A weirdo even by her own people's standards, she likes to dabble in the dangerous and off-putting. She rejected the path decided for her and chose to be an apprentice to an apothecary that many (including Wy) call a witch.

Likai is Yumi's animal guide. A spider-cat stray who lived around the bodyguard academy's grounds. He would always come back even when told to go away. He is the last connection Yumi has to her home. His name literally means "go away".

[charlesoberonn]

Reza is actually a non-bender.

The Second Earth Empire isn't a top-down fascist dictatorship like Kuvira's empire, but more of a loose collection of semi-independent states and warlords that all on-paper swear fealty to the emperor.

It's loosely inspired by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.

The setting as a whole is inspired by the Cold War era. The world is divided into two broad alliances, referred to colloquially as the Green Bloc and Grey Bloc.

[charlesoberonn]

I already started writing their story!

It'll be published on my AO3 (with maybe more art by @ube-kun)

[charlesoberonn]

btw, I intentionally made Yumi resemble Asami to reinforce the "face you loved in a past life" theory, that every Avatar resembles the love interest of the previous Avatar (at least when they're young)

[skiplo-wave]

With recent news of Adobe shutting down adobe animate

[destiny-islanders]

save it for a rainy day

[thekingdomkey72]

An In-Depth Guide to Preparing All Three of Your Deltarune Save Files Before Chapter 5

DELTARUNE IN TWO WEEKS (wow that intro i typed a couple months ago theorizing an aug-nov release date aged poorly in the best way)

What does that mean for us? For me, it means I want all of my saves(normal, weird, and aborted weird) ready to start chapter 5 NOW. I don't want to have to scramble to play the whole game multiple times in the couple days before chapter 5

Also, I want to cast as wide of a net as I can with the 3 save slots we're given. After playing through the new chapter a few times, I'll want to go online and discuss it with everyone, so I'll inevitably end up seeing the extra tidbits that would be easy to miss (ex. talking to Tenna if you haven't given him away, Susie and Kris's scene by the lake, etc.) Since I'll definitely see these things anyway, I'd prefer to play through them myself first rather than experience them second-hand.

As soon as the new chapter comes out, I know I won't have the patience to go back and replay previous chapters for setup. So, how best to optimize three save slots?

INTRODUCING: THE DELTARUNE SAVE FILE PREPARATION SPREADSHEET!!!

Deltarune Save File Preparation

In essence, it's a guide to experiencing as much of the game as possible in three playthroughs while also minimizing setup time by strategically choosing when to split up save files. Most of Chapter 1 will be played a single time, splitting right before fighting King, and the second file will split again right before Berdly's weird route fight.

To boil it down,

Save Slot #1: "Good" playthough

Save Slot #2: Weird route

Save Slot #3: Aborted weird route

It's a google spreadsheet, so to edit it yourself, you need to go to file -> make a copy. Then you'll be able to check off your progress, as well as add or edit objectives!

I'll probably keep updating it as chapters come out in the future, but I'll wait a couple months to update it for chapter 5 so as to not spoil anyone

Also, this probably goes without saying, but I am assuming you've already played Deltarune before. If you're unspoiled, don't use this!! Take the game at your own pace and don't worry about making an ideal setup. It'll be much more fun that way

Under the cut, I'll go into more detail about why I arranged the goals like I did, but it's absolutely not required reading. Warning: Rambling ahead

First off, let's get the big two questions out of the way

The Preamble, or: Why Are We Even Doing an Aborted Weird Route, Anyway?

Well, there's a few reasons, but the main one is

this little fucker

The recipe for the Twisted Sword has been in the game, taunting us, since chapter 2. It needs the Pure Crystal (another currently unobtainable item, but based on the description it seems like Seam will give it to us after getting all 5 shadow crystals) and the Thorn Ring, which you can only get in the weird route.

The thing is, Noelle has the Thorn Ring right now. She walks off with it after fighting Berdly, and you can't proceed with the weird route without having her equip it again. We might be able to get it back before the end of chapter 5, ooor we might not.

So, the natural solution is to buy the ring, then just not kill Berdly. We get to keep it for later, and Noelle is a bit less traumatized about the whole thing. It's a win-win!

All four Shadow Crystals on every save? What's up with that?

The short answer is that the possible rewards outweigh what we're missing by not having a zero crystal file.

As stated above, the biggest draw of an aborted weird route is the potential of the twisted sword, and the weird route applications of it are intriguing as well, with the as of yet unexplained Trance Down effect.

But of course, the crystals will have an application in the regular route as well. The way Seam's been hyping them up, it seems like they'll be fairly important. And so far, the only thing we're missing by having them is a few alternate lines of dialogue from Seam.

Of course, it's your game. If you prefer to have a save without them, that's ultimately up to you.

With those out of the way, I'll talk about the rest in the rough order it shows up on the checklist. Not everything or we'll be here until Chapter 5 comes out, but just the important/interesting stuff

The Original Starwalker

wdym i can't make the text yellow i want a refund

Starwalker is a good example of something that doesn't lock you out of any interactions....yet. That will probably continue, but it doesn't hurt to have a save without them, especially since we need to split here anyway. However, we'll wait until after defeating Jevil and climbing the castle so we don't have to replay the second half of the chapter

Egg

Unlike the crystals, it seems like there's a reason to not collect the eggs in every chapter. Four of the Playstation achievements are for completing each chapter "WITHOUT ISSUE," so it seems like Gaster considers the eggs an issue. Not collecting them could change something (though the eggs probably won't matter until the very end)

And since we have three saves, we'll also collect just one egg in save slot 3. Might as well see what partial eggs do. I picked chapter 3's egg for that because it seems like the most lore significant.

Secret Bosses

For the first two secret bosses, you get different items if you FIGHT or SPARE them, but the second two don't follow that pattern. Since Spamton's scene in chapter 3 activates either way, I don't think there will really be a difference depending on how you fought them.

If you've already beaten one, you can always collect the items on that same file. The chapter select displays which ones you have on which files in the bottom right corner. Check the wiki for more info

Onion, AKA the Other Main Reason I Decided to do This

For most of the list, I tried to make Save Slot 1 the 'ideal file.' That's the one with Starwalker, all the recruits, the moss, all the eggs, everything I would want on my main file. That's why we're not waiting for Onion on save 1. The scenes with Susie and Kris at the riverside develop the heart of Deltarune, while the esoteric weirdness happening with Onion feels more suited to a weird route playthrough.

The three possibilities here are strange, though. I assumed there would just be two: either you talk to Onion or you don't. But, if the Striped Bird is to be believed, it's important not to wait for Onion in Chapter 4

"Don't wait, don't wait. Especially, the don't."

But....why not? What happens if we do? The simplest answer is Onion just doesn't show up anymore, but why wouldn't they? They're the one who asked to meet today, so why would us coming back scare them off? It's all very strange.

While this could just result in switching back to the Susie and Kris scenes, there could also be different effects. So, that's why I specified two saves with Onion. In #2, you don't wait for them in chapter 4, and in #3, you do.

Money, That's What I Want

It's interesting that there's a limited amount of money you can earn in the Light World. It makes me think there will be something you can only buy if you've collected as much as possible. That's why it's important to not go to the diner with Susie in save 2, since that costs 5$. Along with the 2$ you start with, the max right now is 17$

The reason we're doing this in save slot 2 instead of 1 is the same reason we're talking to Onion in save slot 2. The scenes developing Kris and Susie's friendship feel more important.

Bluebird of Misfortune

When we abort the weird route, we'll do it by FIGHTing Berdly, but without using Snowgrave. IceShock is the fastest way of doing this.

Why are we doing this? It's not because I hate Berdly. It's because it leaves the Snowgrave option in Noelle's menu after the fight, whereas sparing him erases it. (you do need the thorn ring equipped to see it)

This might mean we'll be able to use Snowgrave in a non-weird route, or it might not. But I do think it's safe to say it isn't a bug. In version 1.0.5, it was changed so that sparing Berdly wouldn't keep the spell. (source: the wiki) If the whole thing was a bug, they probably would've removed it back then

This works even if the Thorn Ring isn't equipped in the fight. Unequipping and reequipping it keeps the spell, so us holding onto it between chapters shouldn't cause an issue

The SWORD Route Worries Me

With the way you reenact the weird route in it, along with needing to kill the game versions of Susie and Ralsei, it just feels like something you shouldn't be doing in a "good" playthrough.

This doesn't mean you have to fight the Knight mantleless, since if you've beat it before on save slot 1, you can pick up the items later. Still, if you're looking for a challenge, it's a lot of fun, especially after the sword tunnel attack was rebalanced

Things to Keep in Mind for Chapter 5

It's a bit hard to give a good list for chapter 5, since it's not out yet, but we should keep an eye out for the egg, moss, dog dollar, glowshard, secret boss, pure crystal, and twisted sword

Also we should look for a way to continue the weird route. The ascending tone plays if you abort the weird route, and the descending tone plays if you continue it.

If you've read this far, thanks! If there's anything you think should be added, feel free to reach out and let me know!

With that said,

Happy Deltarune tomorrow!

[thekingdomkey72]

Deltarune AND Kingdom Hearts news today??????? And Deltarune in two weeks?????!!!!!!?!??!?!?! holy shit

[spacedawgspace]

DELTARUNE TOMORROW.

[menagirl1225]

current mood

[macaronniart]

pride month lesblitz day 6 - alphys & undyne (undertale/deltarune)

date night <3

[goomyloid]

001 morf sdrawkcab tnuoC

(parallel to this comic) (and based on this tweet)

[ballgame]

Direct...

[ballgame]

Deltarune... tomorrow? 🥹

[not-the-conversation-starter]

[sentient-tent]

This is Tie, she is going to eat all of the notes

[sentient-tent]

reblog to feed her notes

[elodieunderglass]

How is she doing this

[eixd-deactivated20150710]

The rest of the space is going to be pretty pissed when they see this. 

[thesassycat]

did you google how to take a screen shot

[charlesoberonn]

Mammu! Finius and Ferbingetorix built Rome in a day!

[charlesoberonn]

[charlesoberonn]

[asphor]

I feel like this also implies that rome is somehow being destroyed by the end of the day

[charlesoberonn]

The Emperor Constantine loves Finius and Ferbingetorix's "New Rome" so much that he makes it his new capital and names it after himself.

[asphor]

Yeah that checks out.

What's the doofenschmirtz contraption/scheme of the day?

[charlesoberonn]

Doofenric the Ostrogoth (insert jokes about his daughter Vanessa being "Goth" but in the modern sense) invented a City-Mover-Inator to move Rome across the Danube so his Germanic confederation could sack it.

Thankfully, Agent Pericles stops him by redirecting the Inator to Finius and Ferbingetorix's New Rome instead, moving it to the Bosphorus.

[charlesoberonn]

While Pericles and Doofenric are fighting over the controls of the Inator, it gets accidentally changed to paint remover mode and then fired at a random direction.

Somewhere nearby a painter just finished coloring the statue of the emperor when suddenly all the paint gets removed.

Painter: Aw...

Painter, giving it a second look: Hmmm... 🤔

[charlesoberonn]

Candysseia: What animal even is Pericles?

Finius: We named it "platypus", meaning flat-foot.

Ferbingetorix: On account of his feet being flat.

Candysseia: And where did he come from?

Febingetorix: We have no earthly idea.

[charlesoberonn]

Doofenric the Goth: Pericles the- wait, what animal even are you, Agent Pericles?

Pericles: *hands him papyrus*

Doofenric: *reading* A "platypus", meaning flat-foot... oh, on account of your feet being flat!

[charlesoberonn]

To be clear, the Emperor Constantine looks like Roger Doofenshmirtz.

Also, I agree with everybody who says that Greco-Roman Candace's name should be Candassandra (since nobody believes her warnings).

[phineas-and-ferb-heritage-posts]

phineas and ferb heritage post

[cartoon-fanaticism]

GLaDOS voice: "Would you like to see some artwork I generated? I've heard from other test subjects that AI-generated artwork produces an uncanny valley response in human viewers because they can't perceive it as fully real. They've told me that it looks absolutely hideous to them, that they can't imagine anything more disgusting than AI art. But, well I've been practicing and wanted your honest opinion. Feel free to let me know how ugly you find this by ranking it on a scale from 'vomit-inducing' to 'eye-bleeding'." A robotic arm lowers from the ceiling holding a hand mirror up to Chell's face

[wassuppeas]