#(i love toby fox he's a genius)

[15000bugs]

ALSO BOTH OF THESE

[duckchu]

Hello, honey! I've been following you for a long time and I adore your works! And I want to make a request! HEARTSTEEL members x Fem!Indie game developer!Reader. Reader has been creating indie games for a long time (such as Undertale and Deltarune), and also writes soundtracks for them (like Toby Fox. I love this genius!). I would also like to create an indie game based on the League of Legends universe (I would choose Targon from the regions, and I would choose Aphelios from the characters that the player would control). But I don't have any programming skills! So I'll have to write interactive fanfic... Thank you very much! You're just a sunshine!💋💋💋💋

Sorry for the long wait (I recognise how long actually named asks sit in my inbox for rather than anon ones, idk why) and thank you for the kind words

I also kinda didn't know how to go about this so every guy has 3 "parts":

You working late

Putting one of their items as cosmetic (kinda changed in Kayn's and K'Sante's part)

And music

Kayn

Thinks you're cool

Enjoys sitting with you late at night while you code

May or may not convince you to sneak a Rhaast easter egg in

Though will often try to distract you if you're not paying enough attention to him

Enjoys bothering you when you compose

He's silly like that

So please, for the sake of your sanity, lock your room

Yone

Doesn't mind your work, but will make you stop if you're pulling all nighters

Might even pick you up and carry you to bed, telling you you need some sleep

One day, while he was watching you play test, noticied one of the items in your game looked suspiciously like his mask

Finds it really cute

Will help you with the music, if you'd like

Loves working with you

Aphelios

You stay up all night working?

Cool, he is too

Unless he notices you're tired

Then he pulls you into his lap and works with one hand while petting your hair with the other

It makes you fall asleep in seconds

Let him play test pleaseee

When you do, he 100% the game in a week

Not because it's easy, but because he's a sweaty try hard

Found you put his mask in the game as a cosmetic

Melted on the spot

Sometimes will give you songs as gifts

So you can put them in the game

Loves hearing them if you decide to use them

Ezreal

He's such a bitch if you overwork yourself

Will try to direct your attention to him at all cost

-Y/N, I'm boreeed -

Please keep on torturing this little shit with lack of attention

He deserves it

But also

If you put his sunglasses as an item, he will love you ten times more

As for the music?

Doesn't really know a lot about composing but loves listening to your pieces

Sett

You're overworking yourself?

No, you're not.

You're sitting on his lap and watching a movie with him

Doesn't care about your protests, you have to take care of yourself

When he first saw your character having his beanie on when you were playing the game, he had to do a double check

Gave you a big hug

He thinks it's really cute

As for the music, he thinks it's really good

You scrap something?

He's gonna use it as background for his totally awesome solo

Don't tell anyone else tho

He'll get embarrassed

K'Sante

He can't force you to rest, but he will insist on it

If you have some important work to do, he won't try to stop you, but will bring you meals and drinks if you want

Will usually chill in your room and design while you work

Speaking of designs... he was surprised when you asked him if you could take a look at his tablet

But he trusts you, so why not

Was shocked when one day he saw you putting one of his designs as a clothing option

Loves it and thinks that it looks good even when pixelated

Although he's not the greatest composer, he will try to help you

It usually turns into fan favourite soundtracks

So you don't mind his suggestions

[ceasarslegion]

Anyone who's close to me knows that video games as an interactive art form is something I am very passionate about, and it's a shame to me that so much of it gets glossed over in the moment of playing, especially when it's within a popular, mainstream game. I feel like indie games get a lot more attention paid to the artistry within them while the very real creativity of the dev teams of massive A-list titles get reduced down to the mass market audience that does not tend to pay attention to the details.

I'm thinking of this since hearing Penny's battle theme in Pokémon Scarlet on my second run of the game. Admittedly I was also too focused on beating her in my first run to notice how well-constructed her song is. And then I downloaded it and gave it a proper sit-down listen on my commute.

I think hiring Toby Fox to compose for them was one of the best artistic decisions the pokemon company made in recent years. He's definitely known for his video game music, with his big flashy chiptune-esque songs that are fundamentally difficult for any human hand to play with how complicated their structure is, but still convey entire stories in their own right. The two main things everyone praised Undertale for back in 2015 were its simple but heartfelt tearjerker story, and its music. And you very rarely see music noticed by wider video game audiences at all.

I think that's because there's a certain auditory genius in what Toby Fox does. You can hear a lot of 8-bit and early digital leitmotifs in Penny's theme. It's harsh, angry, very quickly paced, but it's not hard on your ears either. It somehow sounds like a lonely, bullied kid at her breaking point letting all her pain and rage out at you in the only way she knows how. That part of the scene and her character culminate so well through the music that I feel the message could get across even without the context. Character themes are what Toby Fox has always done best imo.

Also love how he composes music that is nearly impossible to play on physical instruments. He really grabs the video game medium by the horns as a fully digital art form and relies primarily on his skill with computers to create music for fully digital stories.

[starleska]

I'm not gonna lie, you're really convincing me to start writing/drawing/animating Y/N x Wally Darling stuff...

You have great concepts and the simp in me is being fed and I love it AHEGAJAGAJA I just worry that there's a chance that Clown had advised against it and I've yet to see that in a post somewhere in the past. But seeing as you're enjoying writing all the Reader x Wally Darling stuff with no worries (good on you btw!), it's all okay right?

/nm /gen

hey there Laurs!! aww, thank you very much 🥰💖 i love getting messages from people inspired by my fanworks, it makes my heart all fuzzy!! just a little endless cycle of good vibes and creativity :3c now, the bulk of your ask is a tough one to answer!! i know i've posted a lot of fanworks for Welcome Home, but at the end of the day, i'm just a fan like anyone else, trying to do my best to respect Clown's wishes. honestly, given the chance i would love to talk to them and ask these specific questions that a lot of fans have been firing in my direction. i have reached out, but understand those messages have likely been drowned under thousands of others!!

so @partycoffin, on the off-chance you're reading this: i hope you're doing well, and taking care of yourself in this terrifying, exciting time!! thank you for sharing your lovely world with us - we're all just so in love with your characters and universe 🥰💖 if you'd like to talk, please feel free to reach out. it would be great to know that you're okay, and i'd be happy to field any questions you have about your bustling new fandom (who have been destroying my own notifications for the past two weeks!!). it may be presumptuous of me, but perhaps having an inside look on what questions fans have might help make this explosive growth seem a little less scary. however, there's no obligation to reply - we're thankful all the same :3c

as far as i am aware at the time of writing this post, i don't think Clown has any problems with Wally x Anon/Reader/Y/N fanworks...or at least, i haven't come across any sources stating so.

the big thing that (if i'm understanding the guidelines correctly) is that Clown doesn't want us to be putting any NSFW Welcome Home material into the main tags. we have to remember that Welcome Home has blown up very quickly, and Clown deserves a chance to breathe and adjust to all this success before laying out those boundaries (if he wishes!). that's why, although i do write NSFW for other fandoms i'm refraining from doing so for Welcome Home until stated otherwise. i can't imagine how stressful it must be dealing with so many notifications, people impersonating, trying to sell their work, exhibiting invasive and creepy behaviour...on top of the overwhelming demand for new Welcome Home stuff. i think as fans we should just vibe and play in our own little bubbles without stressing them out too much, and adjust when we receive new information. for instance, i didn't know when i made my Wally Darling edit that they were uncomfortable with non-canon art being associated with the main game. i've since reached out to see if i should take the video down with no reply, and went with the consensus of a group of fans i asked for the opinions of - to leave it up until asked otherwise. pretty much - i don't think Wally Darling x Anon fanworks contravene the guidelines that Clown has given us so far. they aren't inherently NSFW, and i'd hope that anyone who is making NSFW fanworks is tagging appropriately, as is the courteous thing to do. i'm of the opinion that fans are going to do fandom things, and there's always going to be folks making adult-oriented works, and that's okay!! but i'm also always happy to respect the wishes of the creator in terms of how they'd like that work to be tagged and presented. i think Toby Fox did it best when he first suggested the 'Undertail' tag for NSFW works - a real stroke of genius that i see lots of fandoms still using today. again, do take this with a grain of salt! i don't know Clown, and very few of us do - we're just all interpreting his words in vastly different ways, and that must be terrifying to deal with; thousands of people getting very angry or very sad because they think they can or cannot do a specific thing they never actually said. it's not anyone's fault that Welcome Home blew up so suddenly and there wasn't time for precautions to be taken, but it is the fault of those fans who are overstepping boundaries and need to re-examine their relationship to this art. it sounds like you're good to go on making those animations, and i would personally love to see them 🥰 thanks again for being so sweet about my silly headcanons!! it's honestly been quite scary adjusting to the amount of attention, but please know i'm grateful and appreciative of every ask, reply and message that comes my way 💖

[nashdoesstuff]

okay more detailed undertale appreciation post

tw for depression, suicidal ideation

four years ago, the pandemic happened. not great, isolation, whatever. i remember feeling really empty when i saw the news in march declaring a lockdown. that meant i wouldn’t be able to go to school and see my friends.

even when we called virtually, i was sad that i couldn’t hug them, that i couldn’t have that connection. there was something about it that made me really upset to the point where it was a daily occurrence for me to not eat and sit in my room to think about too many not-so-positive things.

i was mindlessly going through youtube a few days later, and i saw this video from 5 years ago. it was by jacksepticeye, and it had interested me because he was playing this game that i had heard of the september before, by the name of undertale.

i watched that first video. then the next. then the next thing i knew i was binging it in its entirety. after i watched it, i started doing research on the game itself. i went on pinterest to find fanart of everything i had seen. i played roblox games cosplaying as sans, and i had fun. fun, even with the suffering i endured and everyone else i knew endured.

there, i made friends. great friends, actually. we all cosplayed and roleplayed the silliest of fanon content. i learned about the utmv and soon after i had it was the only thing i knew. learning about ink’s creativity, about dream’s positivity, about nightmare’s moving on, about killer and color, about characters that suffered worse than i was suffering carrying on from their past and trauma made me think that “maybe i could do that too.”

every time i would open my laptop, i would be so excited to roleplay and meet new people with my interest. to pull that next all nighter. to finish where we had left off. to come up with the next idea, the next plotpoint, the next story.

even with all of the sadness in the world, even with feeling so disconnected and depressed and feeling like nobody would care if i died because so many people were already dying, i had something to look forward to. and it all started thanks to a project created by toby fox.

now, undertale and its aus are my special interest. part of it could have been because it was my saving grace. part of it could have been toby’s genius. part of it could have been the community’s creativity. whatever it is, i love it now. and if it weren’t for this game, i don’t think this account would have even existed to begin with.

with that, i say happy birthday undertale. thank you for what you have done for me and for countless others. thank you for providing me with a community that understands me better than anyone i have met does. thank you for SAVING my life.

[whumpy-wyrms]

💯 and 🎵 for both?=)

(from this ask game)

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

Dew:

he prefers apple juice instead of orange juice (so true)

he sleeps with socks on (wtf)

he did musical theatre in high school

Anton:

he is fluent in multiple languages and sometimes he just makes up his own languages for fun

he’s scared of spiders :(

he’s literally a genius

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

yess Dew loves music. he likes all kinds of music, i don’t really know specifically what artists he would listen to, but his favorite genres are indie, grunge, and emo i think. he also likes listening to favorite video game soundtracks of course, he’s a really big fan of toby fox ahahaha

another thing is that music is very important to Dew, and he listens to it with noise cancelling headphones whenever he’s feeling stressed and stuff. he likes to sing for fun sometimes alone, but he’s absolutely terrible at playing musical instruments lmao

Anton doesn’t really care about music too much, and when he does listen to it, he prefers songs with no words because they’re less distracting. i feel like he’d like piano music idk. it’s kinda hard imagining what music he’d listen to, but i definitely think he has big will wood vibes. i posted here that this will wood song is basically what inspired me to create tllr in the first place. and most will wood songs are Anton vibes, but idk if he would be a fan of them

thanks for the ask!

[yonpote]

What is a piano piece that you'd love for Dan to listen to/learn? Bonus point if the composer is from your country

i cant remember if he already knows gymnopedie no. 1? its a pretty popular piece so i imagine hes at least aware of it, but yea satie and debussy are prob my fav classical composers. not to even mention video game osts, undertale comes to mind just cuz toby fox is like a leitmotif genius, yoko shimomura and nobuo uematsu also come to mind, composers for kingdom hearts and multiple final fantasies respectively, oh maybe something from the celeste soundtrack? lena raine is just such a prolific composers at this point in terms of just incredible video game osts

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

like obviously I’ve heard fucking big shot bc it’s unavoidable and shit like that but y’know what I mean. i love Toby fox's music so idk why even tho I haven’t had the time to play deltarune.

genuinely a musical genius unironically like dudes been one since he was a teenager too he made megalovania for an edgy hack he made when he was like 16 bc he couldn’t use megalomania from live a live. i listen to most of his music even if I don’t know the stuff they’re from so idk how I hadn’t given the whole ost a listen yet

realised “wait i haven’t actually listened to the deltarune ost why the fuck haven’t i” so I am listening to the deltarune ost

[canyoureallycallthisablog]

I made more sketches of M. Mew Mew because I simply can't have enough of her and you shouldn't either

[fookinfreezin]

thank you lisa @alloutshirt for tagging me !! 💗 i love u

rules: using only song titles from one artist/band, cleverly answer the questions and then tag 10 people

artist/band: toby fox (yes i used the undertale soundtrack, fight me)

what is your gender: dummy!


how do you feel: another medium


if you could go anywhere: snowy


favorite mode of transportation: bird that carries you over a disproportionately small gap


your best friend: bring it in, guys!


favorite time of day: good night

if your life was a tv show: unnecessary tension

relationship status: oh! one true love

your fear: heartache

this was a lot of fun !! i'm tagging @blushlouie (you'll never escape me) @poshlouis @enkelilouis @delicatelou @bardymum @wlwharrie if you wanna do this :')

[sus-gabriels-eyes]

I think there’s a huge misconception in the Deltarune fandom that anyone who thinks Ralsei is suspicious, thinks that he’s evil, and anyone who thinks that he’s evil, thinks that he can’t be a soft fluffy boy.

Spoilers for Deltarune and Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

I think Ralsei is suspicious, but not evil. People can keep secrets or not tell you the full truth without being a villain. There’s only two chapters of Deltarune out. Even if Ralsei is keeping secrets, it could be for a very good cause. And given that it’s implied Ralsei knows of our existence, that’s probably at least part of the big secret he’s keeping. And honestly, I don’t blame him. If you were Susie, or Lancer, or anyone else, how would you feel if you found out you were actually a character in a video game?

I also think that when people hear the idea of “Ralsei is secretly evil”, they think of “moustache-twirling, serious-crime-committing, never-actually-soft-and-fluffy” evil. But there are different types of villains. Toby Fox is a genius, and I doubt that he’d do the Disney Twist Villain thing where his personality does a complete 180 upon revealing his true intentions. If Ralsei was to be evil, he could very well retain his original cutesy personality, while doing harmful things. Maybe Ralsei doesn’t think that whatever evil things he’s doing is wrong, or maybe he’s more morally grey then straight up evil. Either way, he can still be sweet and adorable.

I think if Ralsei was evil, he would be evil in the same way Kyubey from Madoka Magica is evil. In fact, Ralsei reminds me a lot of Kyubey. They physically look similar, both reveal crucial information when it’s convenient for them (i.e. the Roaring), and they’re both ridiculously adorable. I can’t be sure, but I think it was confirmed (or at least implied) in Rebellion that Kyubey only appears as a cat-like creature; there are quite a few hints that Ralsei is actually a shape-shifted. Given all the anime references in both Undertale and Deltarune, I would not be surprised if Ralsei turned out to be a full on expy of Kyubey. I wouldn’t be surprised, but I would love it with my whole heart.

TL;DR - Ralsei Suspicious =/= Ralsei Evil. Ralsei Evil =/= Ralsei Isn’t Adorable. Please don’t attack people for their theories and/or opinions.

[shazos]

Rouxls is Hiding Something Big: A Deltarune Theory

FORENOTE- For some needed context, it may help reading my previous Deltarune theory here for important details that I will cover in this post. (My previous theory provides notable evidence on why Gaster is indeed the “Knight” figure talked about by multiple characters in Deltarune.)

Now, this is going to sound crazy. But after much time of poring over and analyzing Deltarune, I have come to a conclusion. One that I’ve been convinced of for awhile now. Something that’s been lying right under all of our noses without many of us even realizing it. We have all been bamboozled. Hoodwinked. Tricked. Why, you may ask?

Because the comically stupid and inept Duke of Puzzles is actually... not an idiot. No, he’s the complete opposite. He is a downright mastermind.

As collective players, we are all falling into the same trap once again. Putting faith into a character’s preconceived personality !

When their true personality turns out the complete opposite of what we expected...

It is here, my evidence for this claim begins—and we delve into the true identity of Rouxls Kaard. Buckle up everyone, cause this one’s gonna be a fun ride. 👀

So, to spill the beans up front, and get it over with. I believe Rouxls Kaards identity... is none other than W.D. Gaster in disguise.

Now. I didn’t immediately become invested in this theory—I was skeptical at first like everyone else. But, once I began examining Deltarune and all of its characters a bit closer...things weren’t exactly adding up about the Duke of Puzzles.

Point #1: Anagrams

I initially began to become suspicious of Rouxls Kaard because of his odd name. Sure, it is a play on the words of the term, “Rules card”. But it is spelt in such a peculiar way. If it were just simply a play on words, I think that there would be a much better way of going about spelling it rather than just jumbling a bunch of random letters together. There is a very intriguing reddit post found here that goes more into depth about his name that ties well into my theory. The thing that stood out to me in particular, is that Rouxls’s name is actually also an anagram for “A Dark Soul RX”, (with the left over RX typically being used in terms relating to doctors/medicine.) Not only is Gaster a Doctor, but he’s also always associated with darkness and the research of souls. Toby loves his anagrams—so I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if this was intentional. But it doesn’t end there.

I’ve noticed that Toby Fox has a tendency to tease certain things about his games through merch. And wouldn’t you know it—he has in fact, a particular item on fangamer of a “dark heart.” One which description describes the Angel’s Prophecy. Hm...

But let’s back on track onto my second observation, shall we?

Point #2: The Physical Resemblance to Gaster

Now, there seems to be some interesting foreshadowing related to inverted colors in Deltarune. Before Ralsei takes his hat off, he appears black. But once he takes his hat off, voila, his colors are inverted, and he is revealed to actually be a white goat highly resembling Asriel.

In addition, the entire Dark World is literally just. An inverted version of a normal world.

The Dark World could have hypothetically been the created world/experiment that Gaster had fallen into in the first place. After all, his experiment had to do with “darkness”, and “negative” photons--AKA the Dark Fountains, and the negatively/inverted landscapes of the Dark World.

And how does Rouxls Kaard appear inverted anyways? Well, he looks like THIS.

He even has the strange dangling lip thing—which another character said to directly resemble Gaster, Seam, has as well:

In addition, if you look at Rouxls’ text-box profile very closely, his eye colors are actually mismatched which is a rather interesting detail!

Point # 3: His Accent is Extremely put on.

I think anybody that has read any sort of Shakespearean/Old English writing, can instantly realize that Rouxls is as bad as imitating an Old English accent as a high-schooler reading Hamlet for the first time. Rouxls absolutely butchers it. He practically adds eth, and est at the end of any word he chooses, and calls the job done. What is even more interesting though, is when he gets nervous or panicked, he drops the act all together and talks normally.

Point #4: He is Pretending to be Dumb; His Puzzles are Actually Impressive!

I found it intriguing how there are countless puzzle traps in all the forest areas and in the Card Castle prison that were actually very well done. You have to flip the spades, diamonds, hearts, etc to unlock doors, and open secret chests. They require a decent amount of thinking skills, and are actually competent. But who made them?? Oddly enough if you observe one of them in the forest areas, it appears that Rouxls Kaard vandalized one of the puzzles to make it harder for the player to beat it—which further implies that he actually indeed made those puzzles himself. This shows that Rouxls is much more competent than only being able to make a single box shove puzzle that is comically easy. Where else do we see a place full of plenty of rather well made puzzles + traps seen? All throughout the Core in Undertale—a place which Gaster himself created!

Point #5: Rouxls IS Aware the World is a Game--AKA DON’T FORGET TO READ NPC DIALOGUE FOLKS!

I think it is well aware by now that Rouxls likely wants us as the players to underestimate him--and deem him a fool so we wouldn’t bat an eye at what he’s actually up to. But the most biggest give away to this is something that I have surprisingly seen no one mention at all. And oh boy, it is the most damning evidence that Rouxls is no idiot to be trifled with.

To the left of Seam’s shop, there can be found a little group of former puzzle-makers that used to live at Card Castle, until they were fired and replaced with Rouxls Kaard. They are now all out of a job, and are just barely scraping by since the Spade King didn’t give them any severance pay. However, Rouxls Kaard offered them a way to get money--by selling the tutorials he made.

These tutorials go over TP, stats, information about Susie, Ralsei,  and Kris. Rouxls Kaard has never once met any of the players yet--and he knows everything about them. He knows about stats. He knows the world is a game.

HOW??

In addition, when you talk to Rouxls in his shop, he calls you three the Heroes of Legend. He is well aware of the Angel’s Prophecy. He knows.

Whenever any character in the world of Undertale & Deltarune knows that the world is a game, it is an instant red-flag. It goes to show that they know much more than they let on. Flowey and Sans are big examples of this in Undertale. Pure hearted, dorky idiots that we trust earlier in the game--but wind up seeing the real side of them later on.

...So why should we treat Rouxls any differently?

Point #6: The “Control Crown”

Something that I immediately thought was kind of weird, was the fact that Rouxls Kaard was able to control the K. Round with a “Control Crown” device. If he is so stupid, how was he able to create a full on mechanical device that can brainwash a life-form into being violent/cause it to triple in size?! That is genius material right there!

But things start to take on a much darker side when you begin to look at the subtext of this realization, which I will get to in a moment...

First of all, Seam claimed these exact words.

The remaining king was the Spade King-- as the King of Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs are seen to be locked up in the Dungeon. Therefore, the Spade King put the Knight, and his strange son into power. IF it were the Spade King in power, the dialogue box WOULD have said “himself”. Therefore, the Knight, and his strange son were put in place to control the kingdom. And who are they?

Gaster/Rouxls Kaard, and Lancer.

Evidence to back this up:

Lancer calls Rouxls his “Lesser Dad”. And Rouxls calls Lancer, his Strange little darling/son.

The Spade King is not in charge. During his boss-fight, he states that he obeys the word of the Knight.

If you observe more of Lancer’s dialogue in the scene right before the gang enters Card Castle, he states that his dad, (Spade King), recently forced his troops to listen to Lancer instead. Therefore, Lancer is by all respects actually second in command to the Knight.

One of Rouxls main interests is...Lawmaking. Even though he is just supposedly an innocent Duke of Puzzles.

Another one of Rouxls main interests is...Cages, and long strolls in the dungeon... 

There are innocent puzzle-makers locked up in the Prison who are terrified--they were arrested for the simple act of making a puzzle without a license. HM, I wonder who could have possibly locked them up? *Wink wink nudge nudge*

And what ties this all together, is perhaps the most obscure, tiniest detail that no one would have likely observed on a first play-through. If you go to the first floor of Card Castle and click the description tablet next to the elevator to the Prison, it claims that the Prison used to just be a Basement Which Just Happened to Have a Lot of Cages. This is backed up by the caged animals in the basement, who say that they miss the “good old days” when they used to be the only ones there in cages, and not a bunch of people behind bars.

In summary, Rouxls is locking up a bunch of innocent people, and playing nice to our faces. He IS the knight. And he is not to be underestimated.

Point #7: Rouxls’ Plan is Already Set in Place

The part where this theory gets a little dark, ties back to my mentioning of the control crown earlier.

If you observe the throne room, it looks like it was recently torn apart in a sort of...conflict.

Why was the Spade King the only king left un-caged to begin with? Why wasn’t he locked up too?

Well...Rouxls Kaard needed someone to put him in charge. But not only that—he needed a scapegoat. Someone to blame. Someone to be “The Bad Guy” for the Heroes to fight.

The Spade King...is actually innocent. He is obeying the Knight, because he is being controlled by a Control Crown. The throne room is in ruins because the Spade King likely fought against this at first, but Rouxls won and successfully put the Spade King under his command. I thought it was strange how the King was so...violent. So irredeemably evil, and even murderous toward his own son Lancer. Yes, it could be argued that this is indeed his true personality, that he is a complete, abusive jerk. But, the whole ending battle of Deltarune chapter 1 feels so...set up in a way? It feels so starkly good vs evil, black and white. Almost like a play.

And oh boy. I think I was onto something.

If you pay close attention to the fight with the Spade King, there is a brief moment at the beginning where he is completely shrouded in shadow. Except. For. His. Crown. It glows stark white in comparison to himself. Like a Chekov’s Gun if you will.

And even more interesting, in the supposed good/pacifist ending, the Spade King is locked up in Prison, the other three kings are still locked up in cages, everyone else is freed, and Rouxls and Lancer now have full control of the kingdom...

Guys. We just played right into Gaster’s hands.

Point #8: Seam Knows that Rouxls is the Knight...

The final observation that genuinely makes me convinced in this theory, is a small detail I noticed at the end of the Pacifist run of Deltarune. Once you have beaten the game, and all of the prisoners are freed, everyone comes to celebrate at Card Castle for your victory. Everyone, except for Seam. That is because Seam knows what the “Strange Knight” did to Jevil. He knows who the Strange Knight is. And he knows what the Knight’s true intentions are.

Point #9: Extra Tidbits I noticed:

When compared to the other denizens of card castle, Rouxls seems out of place. He is the one vaguely humanoid character among a bunch of card and chess themed Darkners. 

His puzzle is... too easy.

Rouxls is oddly excited about overthrowing the king/taking his place. 

Rouxls is well versed in calligraphy of all things. (Relation to fonts + letters.)

Rouxls “sparkles” have an odd resemblance to the shining save states...?

He makes pop culture references, such as ones seen here and here. Could just be random throwaway jokes, but often times more “aware” characters such as Sans and Papyrus are keen on breaking the fourth wall at times/making references to relate with the audience.

His hair looks strangely out of place. Especially the hairline which is really receded to an unnatural degree on the left side. It’s a wig guys...

He gets a suspiciously new position for no reason at all. In any normal situation, he would be extremely unqualified for it if he were as stupid as he makes himself out to be.

Rouxls is literally wearing armor, akin to a medieval knights.

If you pay close attention, Rouxls has a few very subtle similar speech patterns to Gaster. They both occasionally repeat words twice. They both use the words wonderful and truly a lot, etc.

When Kris and the gang beat the K. Round, Rouxls said it was just to test their abilities.

Rouxls theme has leitmotifs from Gaster’s theme.

End of discussion. Deltarune’s finale is legit going to be Gaster getting his wig snatched.

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Happy birthday undertale!

Man, the 5 anniversary for undertale is already here! I feels like it’s been forever since last year. I mean, can you believe I started this blog a year ago? I can’t at all.

So, last year I personally thanked all of my favorite undertale artists, blogs, and writers for being here and making my day every time they post. So, I’d like to do this again, but maybe less people, because I follow a lot more people now, I want to give a longer thank you to them, and if I’d list them all this will be too long.

Let’s get to it!

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First I’d like to start with Toby fox, (@fwugradiation) the genius, creative guy, how did you even come up with this idea you amazing guy. You changed so many people’s life, personality, and social life, and to shorten, people. Thank you, we will all be forever grateful for everything you, temmie and the rest of the team did for us.

@absolutedream-undertaleart over the void was one of the very first things that  caught my eye in the undertale community, and I was so excited about your idea, I had to see if there is more like this. Thank you!

@alainaprana , you make the best comics, I always enjoy them! You and @little-noko always make me smile, because your friendship is so real and you’re supporting each other’s content all the time.

Also if speaking of @little-noko, I ADORE your comics and I get my most of my inspiration, dedication, and growth out of paper crayon. Thank you! My comic exist because of you!

@kuttiesstuff dude, you’re so fricking funny, I love everything about your comic! You make me laugh so hard all the time, whether you post you comic, or answer questions.

@unu-nunu-art I first saw your art in @ask-glitch-and-squid blog, and IMMEDIATELY fell in love! You. Are. So. GOOD. You comics, art, and characters are so inspiring, funny and beautiful! keep creating!

@zu-is-here man, I discovered your blog only recently, but mannnnn do you make me happy. your art is so cool, and your so polite and sweet, no wonder everyone on your blog sends you love so much. You’re incredible!

@lynxgriffin bruh, dude, I LOVE YOUR COMIC. I don’t know what else to tell ya. I mean the fact that I get so excited to see you updated your comic I want to jump in place is kind of obvious right? Wait no? Then let me tell ya. THANKS FOR EXISTING.

@metakazkz you make your comics so simple, easy to read, and I love the fact you upload not once a year. Your dedication is so inspiring, and I don’t really care what version of abysstale is it, I love it, and I love you and your content.

@bettinalevyisdetermined your voice is so lively, and every undertale comic you dub, I enjoy it to the core. You make frisk sound so cute! Thanks!

@onebizarrekai for every single thing you made for the community! Dreamswap, Isaac Beamer, grayscale and so much more. Do you even take breaks bro? You made so much, it’s  incredible.

@dryemiddi your comic is so unique! your art style, story, and especially the fact you did a comic with sans OUT of the story. not every person on the community can think of such, well, unthinkable idea! You can make a horrified or angry face, and it would accidentally scare me! X’D your expressions are so detailed, you can see you worked years to get to that level. Thank you! I really look up to you!

@hiimtryingtounderfell I first saw your comic from a comic dub. maybe I didn’t follow you until a few months ago, but from the very start I fell in love with your comic and art. I’ve been a fan for about 3 years. 3 years! and You’re still one of my favorites. <3

@xxtc-96xx you probable already got something like this today already, and I know you’re taking a break from undertale, but thank you. even if you decide to move on from undertale, I’ll still follow you. You make such good content, and I don’t care that you’re taking a break, because that’s ok. So, thank you for making such good art and sharing it with the world.

@xx-avj-xx you’re so funny, you make me laugh every other comic! not that many people come up with so many jokes for comics so frequently too. You draw incredible, and your style fits your humour so perfectly! You have so many characters and storys, i doesn’t matter whether someone’s new or been your fan for years, there is still to discover about you! Thank you for making a lust error that nobody asked you to make, Because nobody even thought about it.

@mramazingva without your sans voice what would the community be without you? A sad and voiceless place that’s what! You make every comic more alive then it was before you voiced it, and you work every week to make people happy. What can be more inspiring then that?

@tatatale bruh, your art is so beautiful! (If you don’t consider olivetale lol) insans interactions with every character is so fricking hilarious, and no matter how many comics people will make about him, (and i’m sure there will be) you’ll be the only one that can make him like how he really is. I can babble about all your other characters and your story all day, but I’m afraid that will be too long. Love your stuff!

@askfallenroyalty your writing always hits you in the face, and before you can even get up, you get knocked down again. You make every characters feeling as much as important as the other, and you don’t forget anything important in your story. You combined deltarune and undertale so perfectly, how can you not read this? You don’t try to make every update perfect, but that’s what so good about it.

@shattereddreamsau I was sad when you said the comic was going down, because I would wait for every update, make an alarm and read it patiently, and now that it’s over I don’t know what to do. But I respect your reasons, and I will not remember it by the fact that it’s over, but by the fact that it’s here, and I enjoyed every second of reading it.

And @slylock-syl, I saved you for last. Why? Because I love you the most! The first I saw of you was on a comic dub, three years ago, and started following you only 2 years later. wait, that’s a year ago! Yes, you were the first blog I followed on tumblr, and not only that, you made me download the app looking for more content! That’s because your comic is addictive, with beautiful art, full of action, with so much imagination, full of love, dedication, eye catcher, and has the best love story ever. Your reply to what I said last year made me want to jump in place, because I caught your attention even for just a moment. You probably don’t remember, but i do. So thank you, for everything you gave me without you knowing. For everything you made me feel even if you didn’t know. For making a comic that someone out there loves, until this day.

also a big thank you for my friend @amemi0 that is supporting me from afar, and my friend @cheese-and-peppers that let me use his birthday present, to the anniversary out of burnout. You are the best guys. Also, thank you 48 followers! actually I look at every blogs content that follows me. Some I even followed back!

To sum up this very very very long post, good night everyone and happy birthday undertale! Let us grow bigger and weirder!

[moved-to-piersgender]

Another thing I love is how the game hits you with "your choices don't matter, there's only one ending" over and over again... and then has Berdly charbroil his own arm and permanently lose use of it because you thought there was no harm in smacking the annoying brat around a little. Your choices don't matter... until they do.

AND he has him go through his major character development after the point you've already sealed his fate. Toby Fox You Evil Genius

[sw4tch]

u should info dump about smth, anything

(ali my friend my beloved my good time gamer and bestie HIIII!!!! 💕💕💕)

it's not like i don't have topics to infodump about, but the truth is that i feel like you've handed me a mic in the middle of karaoke and now it's my turn (oh god it's my TURN)

also 👉👈 um um i'm not sure if the info i'd be dumping would be NEW or interesting to anyone. why am i overthinking this. "I have no mouth but I must Rant" kinda situation over here.

Like I'd LOVE to infodump about my very, very personal deltarunesona au shenanigans I've been working on for like, a YEAR now- but that feels too PERSONAL to TALK about on my PERSONAL blog, gods forbid I show any kind of Intense Passion i have which might be deemed """""weird"""""

Same goes for my 4 DnD characters (DID U KNOW I RECENTLY FINISHED A WHOLE CAMPAIGN?!?!?! MY FIRST CAMPAIGN and my tiefling paladin got the happiest most lesbian ending possible, hell yeah) bcus i have LOTS of lore for them but i always end up. Not sharing it? Not even with my fellow players on the table bcus man i know they don't really care lol. Like, did u know i have Powerpoints of various lengths talking about them?!?!?!? For at least 2 of them. Eshuu (my most favorite warlock, my goat boy whomst i love deeply) got the 5 star treatment and his powerpoint has 40 slides of content. I JUST LOVE ALL OF MY CHARACTERS and i have been CURSED, cursed I TELL YA to play on tables that don't really. Have that same passion for roleplaying characters (acting wise, u know) or creating OCs. Like cmon guys i thought we all agreed dnd was for repressed theater kids (JOKE)

hmm hmm I MEAN my on rotation rants currently are:

Moon Knight (and why i love it, and why it's one of the best things the mcu has done lately, and WHY I NEVER WANT IT TO CROSS OVER WITH THE REST OF THE MCU with ONE one ONE TINY EXCEPTION. BONUS: THE 2021 RUN RANT BCUS MY GODDDDD!!!! MR JED MACKAY HAS ME ON A FUCKING TIGHT GRIP!!!!!! THAT MAN TRULY IS FEEDING US WITH HIS RUN WHICH IS MARVELOUS AND SO GOOD AND AAAAA IM SO GLAD HE IS WRITING MOON KNIGHT)

Deltarune (just. listen this is MY BEHEMOTH talk about deltarune with me and i will just not shut up. mostly i like to talk about speculation of what will happen on the next chapters and my god. my god, toby fox when will ur brainworms end (never apparently)).

Star wars (THIS IS A SPECIAL ONE. OKAY??? BCUS I BECOME A FUCKING HATER WHEN SOMEONE EVEN BRINGS IT UP. Not because I don't like star wars per se, BUT I HAVE FUCKING BEEF WITH IT AS A FRANCHISE. This all started on the day i was born ON THE DAY they released that last trilogy movie and my life fucking ended. "somehow palpatine returned" I WILL NEVER LET THAT GO, THEY MADE MY BEAUTIFUL MAN OSCAR ISAAC SAY THAT LINE AND NOW HE'S THE FACE OF STAR WARS' SECOND GREATEST NARRATIVE SIN- HOW COULD THEY DO THAT!!!!! WHO WROTE THAT!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I MEAN. I MEAN. I'm always ready to list all of the reasons why i fuckin love Mob Psycho 100 but i don't think that's revolutionary. Everyone is doing it these days. Anyway I am in love with Reigen Arataka and my hot take is that HOW could you not love him. Also the Reigen spinoff is GENIUS bcus it's not even ABOUT him.

This is also a special case but it's not a rant im always ready to make but. Homestuck 2. The epilogues. Krusty from the Simpsons going "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT".gif As I'm sure you'd suspect I have STRONG emotions and OPINIONS about All that mess. What a trainwreck. They did ONE thing right but it did not justify the Clown Show it all was. My god. my god.

The legion of super heroes (and by extension, the CW and Michael fuckin' Bendis): Do you wanna know my complicated relationship with DC comics, my love-hate relationship with it, my love for supergirl, my love for the supergirl series which ENDED UP BADLY and also my deep deep love for one of the most BEATEN AND BRUISED hero teams in modern runs???? My god this rant is for YOU. But all u have to know is that I love Brainiac 5, he's my beloved, and i think my love cursed him to be the most DONE DIRTY character of all time. It is my cross, my burden to bear.

I'd add the magnus archives to that list BUT admittedly I still haven't finished the podcast and I have still a very loose grasp on the concepts they just introduced on s3. BUT. B U T. JUST KNOW. I love Elias Bouchard he's evil and he sucks and he made me listen to the brutal pipe murder of a man and i went "wow :) what the hell is his deal <3"

Well. Well I think that's my infodump about MY possible infodumps. Now that I think about it, i'm not sure if this is the answer u wanted. As in, was ur ask made in response to something else? Literally i dont know why i am once more overthinking about it. ANYWAY ALI ILU AND I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR FROM U!!!!!!! SORRY I DONT TEXT MORE LIFE IS HECTIC AND WHEN TOO MUCH TIME PASSES I START TO THINK I MIGHT BE BOTHERING PEOPLE, BUT ILU FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eldritch-elrics]

(nvm making a Thoughts Post right now)

well i played all of deltarune chapter 2 in one sitting. it was Very Good and here are my thoughts (disjointed) !!!!

because it’s fresh in my mind - THAT ENDING??? could kris be the knight??? we know the knight has to be a lightner... and kris has an understandable motive for wanting more of the dark world (frend ship) ... hmmmmm

“it’s what they call ‘you’” huh.

JUST GONNA DO SOME CRIMES AND GO TO JAIL!!!!

susie was, as always, a delight in this

ALL THE MOMENTS BETWEEN SUSIE AND NOELLE I DIED. ESPECIALLY THE ROLLER COASTER... THEY ARE SO CUTE

i don’t really like/care about berdley that much but he IS very funny. noelle choking him ksjhhdgjhsjhdsd

moss jokes throughout <3

lancer is the jack of spades!

I LOVE QUEEN SO FUCKING MUCH

HOT EVIL MILFS IN YOUR AREA. SHE IS THE CHARACTER EVER

evil kanaya..

seriously throughout this game i was thinking “toby fox knows his audience so well” because the aesthetic was perfect, all the video game jokes were perfect, like this is a game by and for Internet Users. toby fox is the funniest man alive

all the enemy concepts were genius. like... fighting viruses! spam! antivirus software! mice! swatches! task manager from windows!!! all of it was beautiful

the hacker going after the blue checkmarks......

milf-chasing robot.

the robots were so fun i love their tunes

huge fan of how much queen wants to avoid berdley

BERDLEY NIPPLE MOMENTS????????

berdley is like. the concentrated essence of every gamer we love to make fun of and it’s beautiful

SPAMTON. WHAT

I WAS LOSING IT THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE FIGHT

it’s so much. so much

you LOSE money

literally brilliant

I ONLY PLAY MOBILE GAMES

gotta admit i laughed really really hard at “dozens and dozens of shovels attack”

their search history kshjdgsdskjdsjd (sharpest kitchen knife jello!!! kris good taste)

kris and ralsei acid lake friendship moments waaaaaa

rouxls kaard my Beloved

he is the ultimate minion!!! he wants a villain to simp for So bad

the game you play with the houses was such a fun idea for a battle

in general i feel like this game had a lot of really unique/fun puzzles and fights :D so much creativity!!!

(the one where you have to get through the cars in like 9 seconds was kinda bullshit though)

tasque manager......... love her.

the return(s) of the machine to thrash your own ass... beautiful. showstopping

MECH BATTLE

queen becomes our wacky roommate <3

king & queen divorce energies off the chart. and she is such a perfect mom for lancer

fun developments in the light world! alphys and undyne... eyes emoji

blook made the jailbreak alarm their mixtape :) good for them

ice-e’s pizza pin-ups mangazine............

GAMER BLOOD ENERGY DRINK

aaaaaa kris’s friendship with susie is so sweet. love that toriel is supportive :)

what did kris do when they leapt out the window. what did they do that they made sure we couldn’t see

the tonal whiplash of knowing what they were doing in the bathroom vs hearing the pie banter from outside... man

overall i loved it!!!! excited for the next chapters, and excited to see all the theories and fanart and stuff that comes out of this chapter!