#although I think Berdly would disagree here

[lynxgriffin]

Can we see Kris struggling to find Berdly, but he's frozen in there and they're out here and he's the sheriff and they're frozen out here and they're in there and

I can't be the first artist with this reference. I'm just kind of boggled that I can't recall seeing it before.

[thenerdgames]

Checklists A-C

As promised, here are the checklists! They will be broken up into a couple of posts. These are being put up prior to the polls commencing in order to give fans a chance to make any corrections that might be needed (either through a reblog/reply/ask etc). If you disagree with any of the criteria selected or think more criteria should be selected, please give a reason why! Specifically, if you are going to say “x criteria should be picked-” it would be appreciated if you would give an example(s) from canon where a character demonstrated they fit that aspect of the checklist, otherwise the tick may not be able to be added in if we don’t have something to go off of.

Characters detailed here: Abed Nadir (Community), Alan “(the) Brain” Powers (Arthur), Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb), Berdly (Deltarune), Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs), Carl Chryniszzswics (Johnny Bravo), Carl Karl (Phineas and Ferb), Carlos the Scientist (Welcome to Night Vale)

(There are more characters whose names start with C - their checklists will be in the next post!)

Some of these checklists were filled out by myself, others were filled out by my two friends assisting with this blog, and others reflect the selections that were made when other people were filling out the nominations checklist and submitting the characters they’d like to see! Checklists under readmore. Thanks everyone!

Abed Nadir (Community):

Alan “(the) Brain” Powers (Arthur):

Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb):

Berdly (Deltarune):

Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs (1980s ver.)):

Carl Chryniszzswics (Johnny Bravo):

^we weren’t sure about “pedantic”, here.

Carl Karl (Phineas and Ferb):

“Genius” is selected here as Carl has built robots of the Flynn-Fletcher family and “the most sophisticated satellite tracking computer in the world”!

“Know-it-all/show-off tendencies” was selected in the checklist we received, but myself and my friend were a little unsure about that one. We’re welcome to receive any corrections on that though!

Carlos the Scientist (Welcome to Night Vale):

“Glasses” here was left unticked - although Carlos seems to frequently be depicted with glasses in fanart, I could not find any confirmation of him being a glasses-wearer in canon. (The nomination form for him which was received did have the “glasses” option selected.) If Carlos has been confirmed somewhere to canonically wear glasses, feel free to let me know and I’ll add a tick to that criteria selection!

[pt-disconnected]

Anonymous Ask Responses #13

As expected, not too long after the new part, a bunch of asks came up! And as usual, I'll be replying to them here! At this point even if they're not all Anonymous, they all get put in here for the sake of making it a single post. Most of them are Anons so I guess the name sticks? Either way, here's the questions- along with another bit of art by @athenwrench at the end (thank you for the art!)

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First, a little segment of people who are happy to see Gaster getting completely destroyed.

"Pt gaster is pissed"

Pretty much, yeah. How unfortunate that Player had to pull a Jevil and go for chaos- since chaos is unpredictable. (Insert 'The World Revolving' here, alongside PT!Gaster screaming.)

"Peck you gaster lol"

Yup. Just a big peck neck right there. Bigger than DJ Grooves if I can say so- although the Conductor may disagree. And yes, I am a fan of A Hat In Time.

"Pfft 'slot face' perfect name for pt gaster lol" (This ask was delayed for a bit, so to whoever sent this, sorry I ended up missing it for so long.)

I mean, it's kinda a given. And also it makes him more akin to a bishop rather than a knight in terms of the shapes of chess pieces.

And now, back to our regular programming.

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"I live to see kris smiling"

Can 100% relate. I think seeing Gaster get completely one-upped and then just ragequit would make most anyone who hates him smile. Which probably includes most of us.

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"I think Susie’s reaction was pretty much everyone’s reaction to Gaster being a Lightner lol"

Yeah, pretty much! Nobody really expected that- we probably all expected Gaster from Undertale, but no- he's human. Lynx really pulled a fast one on us there!

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"Who is your favorite Deltarune character from chapters 1 and 2"

From the games? I'll have to be honest, that's a pretty good question. I kinda have a tie between a few of them.

Firstly there's good ol' Spamton G. Spamton. I really think he'd have been a nice character to know had we seen him before... well, whatever happened to him. But the strings that held him up, and yet dragged him down, made him someone else entirely. I kinda feel bad for the guy.

Then, we have Ralsei. Wholesome goat boi- need I say more? Though some people speculate there's more to him than that, I think that the reason he talks with Kris while we're watching the others is because of Kris being concerned about what we might do. They're insecure- they wanted to talk with Ralsei on his own, so that nobody else would know what might be going on. Perhaps there's more than just us controlling Kris- after all Kris is always asleep before doing... well, whatever happens at night during the games. And lastly, while Noelle is also very high on the list, the character who snags the third spot is...

Berdly.

Yes, I know. It's insane. But dammit I relate to the guy. Partially because of the stress put on him because he's seen as being so smart (though the reasons for my end are different), and partly because...

Well, let's just say I have probably well over 5k Pokémon TCG cards. If not more.

So yeah. I'm a bit of a geek in some ways myself.

...Oh yeah, KK is also a fun character. He actually would let us buy 400 bagels if we had the room in our inventory. Great guy.

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@prhthezanko:

"Was that a chess pun? Nice. So out of curiosity, did Susie see any defining features that the Player might identify? Since I know you believe the player didn't see the Ralsei and the others against Gaster, so they wouldn't know the backstory, could they maybe put 2 and 2 together with his appearance being similar to Gaster?" Yes, that was in fact a chess pun. I wanted to do something creative with the ACT menu, and the moment I saw that the one consistent option was 'Check', I knew right then what I wanted to do. Because that one option is what is consistent throughout both Undertale and Deltarune- so the opportunity to make something unique from it was perfect. (And I mean, come on, with PT!Gaster, it was bound to make for a good scene. Especially with how much board game referencing he does... that made it so much better, throwing him off with the same thing he does.)

As for your question, Susie probably would have seen the scars, but the Player may not fully put the pieces together since they didn't see Gaster themselves- at least, not after his helmet broke. But during the next encounter, well... I can only give you a simple reply.

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And now for the bit of art by @athenwrench... it may not be the best, but nobody is perfect right off the bat. And even after a while, nobody is perfect. So I'm still quite impressed regardless!

"Yup, he's pissed. I went for a sort of pasty white appearance because he hasn't seen the sun in who knows how long."

I definitely like the detail of how the slot in the helmet is still seen- although the question remains, how the heck does he see through it?! Does he have a camera on the outside and screens inside or something stupid like that? It's really kinda baffling.

But yeah, he definitely hasn't seen the sun for... what was it again? 66.5 years?

That's gotta be a lot of lost vitamin D. Stunned that they're still going- the bunker must've had supplies of the stuff.

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And with that, we have reached the baker's dozen of Anon Ask segments! Hopefully the next part of the story won't take nearly as long- though I can't say that it'll be out this month, for which I apologize. I'm gonna be taking a small vacation at the later end of the month, during which I'll likely not be online much. So I'm most likely replying early-mid March.

But when I get back, trust me I'm going to be writing the next part for you all. I really appreciate how much you all enjoy the story, and I hope that I can keep it enjoyable!

Until then, see you all!

Oh yeah, before I forget:

LynxGriffin has been reposting a new project, I don't know for sure whether or not it's him working on it (I think it is, but if it is, he seems to be keeping it quiet. Probably for a good reason.)

However, whether he's the one making it or not, I still really like how it looks and works, and it's only just about to start the real story. So if you haven't checked it out, you should do that now!

Anthrofractal

I'm going to be adding this to the pinned post as well, alongside a link to DemoPhone's Chronology story! So if you ever want to check those out, you can always find the links there!

For real this time: see you all later!