Undertale is my favourite game ever, it changed my life and the type of person I am (and got me my autism diagnosis.. /srs)
It was my childhood and is part of who I am (I can't imagine myself without undertale) also my free therapy. But fr I am so grateful it exists. I can't believe it's been out for 10 years (and 2015 was 10 years ago ?!) I get so happy when I even just think of Undertale.
Anyways I made cupcakes !!
BADLY DECORATED SANS CUPCAKE BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ARTIST FOR THE WINN
I've typed 'hyperfixatad' (because of tad..get it?) so much that when I type the actual word it autocorrects to that. It just looks like I don't know how to spell to people who don't know slugterra 😭
Really goes to show how much I hate Tad and don't think about him at all !
There's one moment from chapter 4 that stands out as one of the best in the whole game
and I rarely see anyone here talking about it
I'm talking about THIS
The Fun Gang are lost in the dark, the Knight's attacks threatening to whittle them down without a fight. And in response, through no action on Your part, Kris's SOUL lights up, shining the way in the dark for all of them.
And while You do control their dodging, it doesn't stop there, as the attacks quickly become undodgeable, but with every blow Kris suffers, Ralsei and Susie are there to pick them up so they may carry on. And when Kris literally can't take another hit, Susie steps in to shoulder the burden.
Ralsei is the last to step up. Before, he would always try to take on the pain of this journey without troubling his friends. Here, he allows himself to be picked up and carried by them, enduring what attacks he can... but it's enough. Together, Ralsei, Susie, Kris, and You are enough. Despite the beating they all endure, and how close they come to not making it, there's nevertheless something so hopeful about it too. "Dark Place" is like a more uplifting reprieve of "The Dark Truth".
It also marks one of the first times where both You and Kris work together in harmony to accomplish something. It comes on the tail of two other pivotal moments in Kris's relationship with their SOUL; before that they choose on their own to close their eyes, and takes advantage of their SOUL's ability to see those they share a bond with, literally guided in the dark to save Susie from a potentially lethal blow (sadly I don't have any screenshots of this moment)
And before that, it was Susie's words of encouragement that allowed them to play the piano as their whole self for the first time in a long while. Now, what do I mean by that? Toriel told Susie that Kris used to play, but they haven't participated in the choir for some time, even before the game starts, according to Father Alvin. The only time they've been able to lately is by detaching themselves from everything that's happened (ie., SOUL ripping).
In other words, it's not that You can't play, but that until that moment, Kris can't play without getting out of their own head by hurting themselves. That they're able to do it in this moment, not thinking about what they're doing and letting muscle memory take over ("Your hands began to move on their own.") is a HUGE positive step for them!
Whenever people talk about Kris and their SOUL in chapter 4, it's usually either the closet scene or the bathroom scene in Noelle's house (depending on the route). Either they're doing Tom & Jerry shit, or engaged in one of the most brutal depictions of self harm I've seen in a video game (there's no mincing words, they're literally at half health afterwards). When for me it's the above moments, but especially that dark hallway, that stay with me.
So, what does this all mean?
Given where Kris is at with their SOUL, I don't think You're going to be an antagonistic force in their life much longer, if indeed You ever were to begin with. The way the game is going now, Kris is going to be growing more in sync with their SOUL, not less. Now, that may not be entirely the case in all routes.
But I've got bad news for Weird Route players who insist it's all on You, because all of those "Kris works with their SOUL more" moments? They all happen on the Weird Route too. Wherever that story winds up going, it seems You and Kris are in for the ride together.
HE'S NOT EVEN THAT GOOD PLEASE NEURODIVERGENT GODS I JUST WANNA REWATCH SLUGTERRA NOT THIS MOVIE AGAIN AAUGHDUFJFGH
"just watch slugterra then it's not that hard?" IT ISS YOU DON'T GET MY CHARACTER HYPERFIXATIONS I LEGIT CAN'T CONSUME CONTENT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE HIM HELP
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