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HC inktober Day 02 - Delirium

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delirium charlotte my beloved 🤍

i thought this line from amanda tue adventurer fit her :3,

[god-of-my-world]

Everything you need to know about Hello Charlotte: Delirium!

I played delirium ages ago and, between the short length and non-canonical status, forgot about it :( It definitely has less to offer than the other main games in the series, but there is absolutely some worthwhile stuff in it.

Firstly: Delirium was released in 2017, right between ep2 and ep3. It does not exist within the main timeline, and is instead an AU, where Seth (and puppeteers as a whole) does not exist. It takes place shortly after the events of ep1, and follows a Charlotte who lacks her usual morality and kindness.

Just like the first game, this one is a little tricky to analyze in the main continuity because of it’s AU status. However, looking at the time it was released, it’s safe to assume ep3 was in development and that this is at least mostly in-line with the world and mechanics of ep3 and all it entails (in regards to Charles, mother, etc etc)

I’ll point out the most important takeaways here, but keep an eye out for future posts where I will comment on some specific lines/screenshots :)

As far as we can tell, all of the same rules of the House apply in this world. While  it’s never specified, I would read this as a random channel, spotlighting one of the many Charlottes made by Mother. She’s likely a defective vessel, like Q84, and for that reason doesn’t have a puppeteer.

She probably also doesn’t have the parasite, as she (again, like q84) shows no inclination to fit the expected proper behavior. (Once again, a lot of speculation. Sadly, that's the brunt of what I’ll have to say on this game.)

What we do know is that:

the tenants exist (unlike in ep2, where Scarlotte made them into delusions) and Charlotte is on good terms with them.

Charlotte has the oracle, and unlike Scarlotte, does not seem to have trouble using its power.

Charlotte has the best relationship with Anri (they’re dating!) and interestingly, Anri’s design is the most different from her true realm design, even though the other characters look relatively the same.

Charlotte has some level of self-awareness in regards to Scarlett, the endless/repeating nature of the House and the “god of this world”. more on this later.

As mentioned above that Charlotte has the Oracle’s power, she uses this to transport to “another world”. For now, I would picture this as a different channel, like the ones Charlotte goes through in the first episode.

Charlotte is either functionally or completely immortal. She shows no averse reaction to both being experimented on by the workers, nor by losing her hand, which immediately grows back. (It’s interesting that she heals rather than switching to new bodies like Q84, but I don’t know if that actually has any significance.) I assume she can’t die until her story in “finished”.

We have a new character to the series, in Osiris. He doesn’t appear in any other game (due to Charlotte finding him in in the new world) and liek many other characters, has a symbolic name. Osiris is the Egyptian god of the underworld. I currently haven’t found any significance for the choice of name except that at the end of the game he controls and destroys the mechanical network, reminiscent of a reaper-like figure.

This Charlotte cannot rewind- most likely due to the absence of Seth, but it also raises questions as to whether or not she has a soul cube. In it’s place as the save file is “memory”. This probably ties to the earlier point about her immortality!

Like most of ane’s games, it dips into commentary about consumption, technology, and capitalism. This game the most out of the three brings technology into the discussion, especially with Osiris who is an AI and the constant presence of Binary as the main language in the other world. This is definitely a concept that will earn a post of it’s own, but the world constant unsuccessful attempts at creating life that ends up being little more than moving meat is definitely connected to an important theme of HC; creation, godhood, and the meaning of sentience and souls. (Think about Felix, Vincent, basically everything in the house.)

Sadly, I couldn’t find any more books in delirium to add to my list, but it was worth the replay. I recommend giving it a go! It’s pay-what-you-want on itch.io!!

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delirium!charlotte stimboard just for fun :)

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imqod said: i love love how in depth you go here.. id love to hear your thoughts more 🥺 im so intrigued at your comparison of vincent and delchar!!! would love to hear abt it! your analysis makes me wanna replay delirium! i always saw delchar as.. not being able to feel anything for anyone really except for anri who she loves and cares about the most and obviously likes her friends

imqod said: always saw her as.. emotionally numb/empty to everyone she cannot trust, very happy-go-lucky about it though. very carefree about it but is still wary to me.. idk hehe

I have almost no clue to write on tumblr so this may be formatted off (oops!) and also thank you for the reply. Yes! Replay Delirium please!! Just like the other games in Hello Charlotte, and even if Ane made it as a side game AU thing at first it still is... wow. I love the little details in it and it’s easy for the surreal-ness of the meat world to make everything fly over your head.  In regards to how you see delchar: :D! I didn’t cover it well on my last post but yeah she’s very numb to everyone she cannot trust as like a safety mechanism, and her heart resides in the people she considers friends.  She especially loves people like Anri since Anri is honest and open with her! DelChar would appreciate those people the most since she does live in a rather dangerous place. 

Also for the deal with Vincent:

Vincent and DelChar are pretty similar I’d say in where they’re both in bad household situations that contradicts upon itself (”The House is a fun place! Outside of the House is dangerous” -> The House has poisonous gas inside). We don’t know much on Vincent (and we are not supposed to either as it will break the illusion of how we all feel about/see him) Their starting point feels around the same, but for the case of Vincent, he didn’t have a Delirium!Anri with him (someone who is honest and shared equal parts with him) and so he doesn’t learn to get attached to others too (I am aware there’s more to him but I want to focus more on him and delchar’s crossing/diverging points) So then Vincent reaches the point he gets in HG in high school with Charles and I’d say DelChar would hateee him since she stays in her pretty black and white worldview (good (friend) people vs bad (threat) people!) and so she’s not able to really empathize to how he is now. She’d get mad/frustrated to why won’t he open up and be like “Hmmm! I did it, so why can’t you?” (Also mad at how he seems to have bad coping mechanisms) So it’s like looking at a past self but they’re stuck (since DelChar is only seeing one side of him) and then getting AAUURRRRGHHH internally at that but physically walking away and saying “He’s a hopeless case” anyways. if DelChar is able to understand Vincent Fennell and Vincent opens up to her a bit I think they’ll get along (fistfighter and wordsmith woohoo)  I’ll probably expand on this again another time