This comic got a little long, but I do have a bonus lol (and some yapping)
Taking in a lot of the themes about creation in deltarune and thinking about Pink in chapter 5 had me thinking about her cousin and how heād want to get in on making his dream come true as well (who wouldnāt?). It would be nice if MTT and Tenna could come to Castletown with Pink in chapter 6, but weāll just have to wait and see.
I puzzled over drawing Pink as another ghost in the early part of the comic since ghosts in utdr lore dubiously canāt un-possess a vessel once theyāve chosen/bonded with it, and post-ch5, sheās possessing Asgoreās Mew Mew figurine, BUT for the sake of emoting/gesturing and showing her and MTT coming from the same place, I just had her as her ghost form. One last āHEY GUYS IM MOVING. GONNA GO LIVE AS MY REAL SELF BYEā before sheās gone. Gotta get her goodies, you know? And take her depressed cousin with her.
When MTT and Ralsei meet in the comic, I had Ralsei ask his name and pronouns, not only because itās a first introduction and Ralsei is polite like that, but because heās sensitive to the emotions of the Lightners. I also just like to see this greeting expressed in media because it should be so normal and natural, but with certain people in my life (even not explicitly anti-trans people) it turns a conversation tense or awkward. Thereās nothing weird or wrong with asking someoneās preferred name and pronouns! And as a trans person, it doesnāt feel awkward to receive the question if itās out of genuine respect and curiosity to get to know me. In fact, (like MTT in the comic) Iād be pleased to be extended that question in an introductory conversation. Itās no big deal to answer, just like answering āwhatās your name?ā Or āwhat are your hobbies?ā Itās just another part of me, my gender identity. Nothing to be afraid of!
As for trans Ralsei, I see that trans coding within that goatā¦ I donāt know what his gender identity is (since it seems even Ralsei has not figured that out about himself yet), but itās there. Maybe weāll see him explore more about himself, what he likes, who he feels he needs to be, and who he wants to be. And maybe Ralsei will realize sheās a girl or that theyāre nonbinary (my personal headcanon leans Ralsei demigenderādemigirl, demiboy, idk. But some kind of in-between) But thatās for Ralsei to figure out! I can only speculateā¦ Whatever happens next for Ralsei, I hope he comes to love himself as an individual.
And Spamton. He enters the comic since he also has ties to MTT, but like with the rest of his life, heās excluded, and worse, defeated by the reality of his world. Itās fiction, all of it. You might be able to draw the perfect you, might be able to imagine a body that would perfectly align with who you really are, but itās all imaginary. An image. A dream. Heās trans despair (at least in this comic) for that discrepancy between body and mind that will always remain in some degree. His despair is the same as Mettatonās despair, who narrates alongside Spamtonās visuals. Theyāre in unison there because theyāve both experienced the same feeling, only now with the help, care, support, and love of his community, Mettaton is able to feel more like himselfāthe true him through creation. It might be an imaginary Dark World, but it came to life with the love they all share, with the excitement they bring together to see Mettatonās dream come to reality. When he leaves Castletown, he might just be a drawing of a fancy body, and Pink may just be a figure of a catgirl, but everyone they love helped them feel more themselves than they have their entire lives. And that made their real selves a reality.
And THATās why you share the pen with Spamton. He may be little and weird, you may not know him very well, but wouldnāt you have wanted that olive branch extended to you? Wouldnāt you have wanted someone to hand you the pen and tell you āI see you.ā
So yeah Iām trans and I love Deltarune. White quill of hope? Hell nah. Me and my homies got the black pen of being š„TRANSGENDERš„
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