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Here is the animation that i did 2 years ago but forgot it untill now

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Poorly drawn Luvdisc(s)

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”MEDICINE”

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i think this video compilation demonstrates it better than i ever could, but one aspect of queen's character i feel deserves more attention is that while she certainly is a villainess, and does antagonize the party with all the regal mockery that entails,

much of what comes off as her being "mean" isn't quite that. she's far less eager to get under people's skin than i think she gets credit for, and a large part of that can be attributed to two things. first off, queen is simply a very blunt person. a lot of what at first appear to be mocking remarks are actually just her no-frills stating what she believes to be true. (often, they don't even come off as mocking at all.)

sometimes, her off-the-cuff comments even take the form of compliments, or of queen trying to bring the others on board with her antics.

and both swatch's accounts of what she does in her free time and queen's own behavior if you don't recruit anyone from cyber world in castle town both add to this — or rather, to how it's evident that one thing queen prioritizes is those antics. "having a good time" is a defining part of queen's motivations.

and secondly, let's take a look at what is perhaps the thesis statement of queen's character;

queen is, in a roundabout way, trying to be just the same placating platonic ideal of a darkner that ralsei is.

she's trying to be exactly what her fate requires of her — but in that, much of her behavior towards them is recontextualized as a botched attempt to give them everything she believes they want. of course, like with tenna, spamton, and all the rest, this leads to her treating her subjects poorly in an attempt to achieve that goal. but again, that's not something she does without reason — everything about her is put into the very same context as it is for the other darkners. having your entire existence hinged on how "useful" of an object you are will screw anyone up, even when you've been "useful" forever and mistakenly believe you're the one in control as a result, like queen does. there's motive and societal context behind the way she behaves, and no matter how you slice it, useful or not, being an object isn't the fate any darkner ought to have. all this to say, though, it's easy to continue to see through her similarities to ralsei that she's far from a "mean-for-fun" sadist.

and this also ties in to the themes of deltarune as a whole, too! often, we are presented with characters that are initially presented as "scary" or "mean". but when we take a closer look, there's a lot more going on with them and a lot more reasoning for why they are the way they are than many initially assume.

i think a part of why this often gets missed about her character is because, unlike what many have come to expect from confident characters with deeper-seated issues, queen isn't hiding behind a mere veneer of confidence. her confidence being so genuine — and her bluntness being so, well, blunt — are a part of what make her this way in the first place. she may not be able to understand the feelings of others, but that doesn't mean she's always trying to hurt those feelings. there's more going on than you'd think you'd find at first glance.

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you know a joke that never EVER gets old is when a character says smth like “I will NOT go to [place] and that is FINAL” and then it cuts to them in that place I eat that shit up every single time

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once you recognise the ubiquitous and inevitable fandom life cycle it becomes much easier to free yourself from it and just keep enjoying things in a more healthy way while still thinking critically about them

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A little brown bunny was so kind and sweet it stretched its whole body out and got long enough to go to sleep

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I need people to understand that sometimes autism is just this

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i had 1 deltarune fanart as inspiration and a very stupid idea

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Painted him because EiA's color pallette is so pretty.

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one of my favorite tweets of all time anyways i’m specifically posting it now because i saw it reposted to ig with this comment and it made me laugh so hard i coughed so i wanted it on my blog