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had a deltarune dream (a deltadream, if you will) and the only thing i remember is the fun gang split up in the dark world and kris took the opportunity to sneak off, remove their soul, and straight up smoke a cigarette on-screen. susie and ralsei passed the area and saw them but the lighting was fucked and kris immediately absconded (and i think kris also looked different from when they have the soul??) so they didnt recognize kris and thought there was some other lightner in the dark world with them. then they met up and ralsei was concerned because "oh no smoking is bad for their health :(" and susie was concerned because "oh no another person got into the dark world" with implied concern about the underage smoking because like. something something teenagers dont turn to drugs unless theyre miserable. anyways woke up made this

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The interesting thing is…. from the glimpses of SOUL-less Kris we saw in Chapter 1 + 2, it was notable how…. strangely they seemed to move. We saw them walking with a sort of zombie-like gait that maybe implied they weren’t in full control of their body still, or maybe just that they were in immense pain.

It led to a lot of people speculating that Kris does need a SOUL to some level. Maybe the SOUL is Kris’ but we’re a foreign entity that has taken it over, or that Kris’ original actual SOUL has been removed and replaced with us. If Kris needed the SOUL to live, that would explain their slow, deliberate movements and also why they keep putting us back inside despite clearly hating being under our control.

So now, with Chapter 4 giving us a much better glimpse of SOUL-less Kris doing stuff… it’s notable that they seem… fully capable of moving ‘normally’. Angrily, but normally.

Even when they do the whole Creepy Zombie Walk thing they are notably faster than they seemed to be in Chapters 1 + 2

They can do things that require fine motor skills, focus and swiftness like playing the piano, handling glasses, and beating the shit out of us with a hockey stick and it's all animated as smoothly as most other Deltarune Animations. Not really implying effort or stiffness the way that original Creepy Zombie Walk animation did.

And while Susie only gets a brief moment to interact with SOUL-less Kris in the Normal Route

Noelle has prolonged interactions with them in the Weird Route (both on-screen in Chapter 4 and off-screen in-between Chapters 2 and 3) and... while she does note that they sounded 'weak and shaky' and obviously their behavior seems weird on account of the whole 'traumatized by the Unkillable Evil Time-Demon only they can see" thing

... There's nothing to really indicate that there's anything outright unnatural or 'zombie-like' about the way Kris moves and interacts with her while SOUL-less. Since this is the Weird Route, Noelle even note this is the most natural and Kris-like they've acted in the last few days.... until we take over again.

And now we know they can go without the SOUL for a fairly prolonged period of time. The Ominous Phone Voice of Probably Carol does tells them they need the SOUL, it seems unclear why.

So… what that means for SOUL-less Kris’ behavior before? It’s possible that even if Kris can operate without a SOUL, it still hurts like hell. So right after tearing out the SOUL they are in Maximum Pain and it's hard to ignore, causing them to move in a struggling and slow manner. But the more they go without it, they kinda get used to it and the pain fades into the background - allowing them to do stuff more-or-less normally.

(Basically Kris has Chronic Pain but the only Painkiller that works for them is Demonic Possession)

…Or, knowing Kris, maybe this… was all an act. They were only behaving like This because they knew we were watching. It is pretty notable that they walk around normally in the Holidays' Kitchen while we're eavesdropping on them and only swap to the Creepy Walk Animation once they notice us....

Maybe this is an act, either to make us underestimate the things Kris could do SOUL-less… or because they’re a little teen Edgelord so they just enjoy playing up the whole Soulless Zombie thing when they have a chance.

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If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.

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this is exactly how i think it would go

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Strange creatures

(Idea suggested by @/aspec-spirits-and-such, Thank you so much!)

[Bonus]

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I mean

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gravity hammer girl and pistol girl

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Bugs Bunny could singlehandedly defeat Thanos by dressing up as a TSA agent and setting up a metal detector in the middle of the battlefield saying that all metal objects must be removed if you want to pass on through now stick around for my 2,000 word essay on just how effectively he would convince The Mad Titan to comply

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Nautilus expedition live streams (+ their commentary) | 2024

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holy fuck

If you claim you had "Capcom funds an anime adaptation of a comic where playing fighting games functions as a metaphor for gay sex, on the condition that scenes involving gameplay of the source material's made-up fighting game be replaced with actual Street Fighter 6 gameplay" on your bingo card for 2025, you're a damned liar.

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I like the look

I swear, every time I draw a character from memory their hair gets longer!

I didn’t realize I made Roxas’s hair too long until after I started adding texture and now I have to find a way to fix it TwT

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if it sucks hit da bricks <- litany against sunk cost

take it easy but take it <- litany against burnout/apathy cycle

fuck it we ball <- litany against perfectionism

now say something beautiful and true <- litany against irony poisoning

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Also the absolute dichotomy of Moe describing Alfonse as "deceptively all-muscle" and Sharena describing him as "Kinda slender, actually. 😕" (Alfred FBs).

Like I'm playing w the idea of two VERY different POVs, here. That give way to different impressions/perspectives. Moe's is absolutely flavored by seeing Alfonse as someone much more capable than itself, admiring him, maybe even a bit envious of him. And is. Really really normal about that. Will be goading him into a horny arm wrestling match at any opportunity.

Meanwhile Sharena's POV is incredibly skewed on account of becoming quite strong in her own right! I like to think she's toned, GOT the muscles. Very subtle. You feel it more than you see it. But also. She's known Alfonse all of her life, seen him at every stage of life. Enter my hcs about Alfonse being very twiggy and lanky growing up. At times, being so thin he looked unhealthy. Goes brrrrrrr

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I laugh every single time

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i find it v cute when rpgs offer me, someone whose sole strategy is “attacking enemies,” status changing effects. “this lowers your enemy’s speed” you know what else would lower their speed? being dead, from my fists

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you know who you are

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Ever been writing a Legends Arceus fanfic, and feel awkward about populating your fic with OCs because you can't remember the names of any of the actual NPCs? No need to worry, as here's a handy dandy guide to what all the NPCs say, and notable character traits!

At the moment, I've not gotten super far, since I had to restart a playthrough. I couldn't find the minor NPC dialouge in the same way that I could for major NPCs, and I reaaaally didn't want to watch a bunch of playthroughs on the off chance relevant dialouge is included. There's not much under the major NPC categories (they talk...so much), and I don't have any Pearl Clan villagers yet.

I will keep adding as I play though! The villagers are alphebetized and you can go right to the one you want via the outline. TBH it's mostly for me, but I'm sure other people might find it useful.