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I love how Deltarune makes me look at usual things differently

Ive got a crt TV and I hope that my "Tenna" is happy because my parents watching it

And the laptop i use for gaming and drawing stuff. I wonder what my "Queen" will be like. It should have an art gallery somewhere in it's mansion lol

A broken HDD that took a lot of drawings and photos from me. Will I find it's corpse? Or it'll be alive? Maybe it will become a secret boss?

What if i created a dark fountain in my room? What it would be like?

I have a dr sona btw. The writing pen is a stylus from a graphic tablet

It's a great opportunity to make Darkners ocs out of real things and Dark world out of your rooms...

Alright, random thoughts are over

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I mean, I think everyone knows this on a surface level but not enough people let that sink in. There's a lot of dialogue even the people who get it miss— which is fair, since blink and you'll miss it but AUGH

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family expansion!

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What would happen if Toriel decided against keeping Tenna in the house, before the events of Deltarune?

[YOU DECIDE TO BUY A NEW TV WITH TORIEL]

[SOMEHOW YOU CAN'T SHAKE OFF THE FEELING THAT YOU MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE]

[SOMWHERE IN A DARK PLACE, TWO OLD FRIENDS WILL MEET AGAIN]

Yes hi hello

Just me making silly au's nobody asked for, so I can throw Tenna and Spammy into the dumpster together

Forcing them to talk out their feelings

ANYWAY!

Have some extra doodles :D

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One thing that I think a lot of people in the Deltarune fanbase right now don’t really get is that repairing old, outdated, and archaic equipment is not only complicated, but it can be dangerous as well. And this isn’t to say you can’t take creative liberties, I just think it would be interesting to explore just how fragile Tenna is as a physical thing in the first place.

In old CRT and Radio repair, there is this thing called having a “hot” chassis. Now, to prevent from getting into overcomplicated details that might be overly confusing, I’ll use the wiktionary definition for hot chassis: A metal chassis, used as a base for electrical equipment, that is live because it lacks a transformer to isolate the equipment from the mains.

This essentially means that if you touch the wrong thing at the wrong time in a CRT with a hot chassis, it can shock you to death. It can kill you. It doesn’t mean it will! But it absolutely can, even if statistically infrequent. However we have to realize that there is a very big difference between an average person cracking into a CRT for fun, and a trained technician doing professional repairs. It’s obvious who is safer here. You can handle hot chassis CRTs if you properly discharge them, and the professionals are the ones who were trained to know how.

However there is a misconception when people get worried about owning or handling a CRT. You will not die from touching an intact CRT. This is in the realm of opening one and repairing or modding it, not in the realm of everyday use. If CRTs could easily kill you just for touching them while they’re on, we probably wouldn’t have so many fond memories of petting the electric fuzz that comes from the screens. And they also would have been banned.

Sure, it’s possible there are faults or other issues, like cracks or perhaps a wire got messed up and is a fire hazard… But CRTs don’t explode like I have heard some people express worry for. If anything, they implode, due to the tube having a vacuum inside of them. Cracked screens can shock you, and are impossible to repair (they need replacement, and not every CRT model has spare parts just lying around)

This is all to say: Repairing a damaged Tenna is more complicated than it appears, and absolutely poses some risks. Maybe in the dark world it would be pretty simple considering he has a body, but in the circumstances of repairing him in the light world, there is only so much damage his body could possibly take before the damage has gone… Too far. And then that gets into a question of “if you replace enough parts is it still the same person” (which is beyond the scopes of this post).

I also mention all this because I see more people interested in CRTs due to Chapter 3. I love that people are interested more in these archaic pieces of technology and media! It’s wonderful that I’m seeing an interest in what I grew up with.

But I want you guys to be careful when opening a CRT. I know people have gotten awfully comfortable with opening electronics lately, but a CRT is different in a few key ways. Before opening one, please take GREAT CAUTION and be in the presence of someone else in case something actually does happen. Lighting doesn’t strike often, but it only has to strike once.

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its so interesting to me how everyone is like man kris must HATE tenna in like the same exact way people were saying kris must hate ralsei like idk . i think kris is going through a lot and they just feel awkward. they dont even seem to hate asgore despite the way hes just so. um. asgore. idk if they necessarily LIKE tenna in chapter 3 but i sure doubt they fr hate him

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People going from a total 180 from “Spamton is innocent and Tenna is evil” to the opposite after chapter 3 gives me a headache. It reminds me of Steven Universe fandom in a way.

Neither of them are completely in the right or the wrong. There was, after all, a third party Tenna didn’t know of. And Tenna might not be telling the full story either. He is also manipulative like Spamton.

Spamton is more sleazy and malicious on account of being literal spam email, but Tenna isn’t exactly a saint either even if he’s overall nicer.

I think these two had a more complex relationship than people want to think. It’s rarely purely black and white. No wonder they both think the other abandoned them.

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Actually just following on from that last post but I think the final theme of Deltarune is going to be about the power of stories and games. It's meta-narrative on so many levels, with stories of stories being retold with things like Lord of the Hammers and Dragon Blazers. We see that people are forging over the prophecy with a new story. We see people overriding games with more games. The dark world's themselves are explicitly gamified within the narrative, and we are even starting to see dark world's within dark worlds, and dark world's being reshaped by the power of will. At every layer of Deltarune we are seeing stories being retold and the power of games and stories to reshape the world. The power of interpretation and free will. From the most meta-layer between the player and Gaster right into the depths of the dark world. The game is telling the same kind of story at every layer.

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You know, despite the common sentiment with how the new chapters will affect all the takes and AUs being “Oh, now that we have the official chapters we don’t need them anymore” (despite such an approach being super mean), Deltarune itself I feel still pays tribute to these alternative interpretations of itself and understands their importance to fans.

This will be delving into spoilers for 3-4 so this is your warning.

So, in chapter 4 Gerson talks about how his book series, Lord of the Hammer, was based on the actual Prophecy.

And, generally, the events in the book aligns mostly with the story beats in the game thus far. There’s some key differences, of course, but generally the same.

Then, after the fight, Susie notes that Dragon Blazers, the video game series that has been mentioned many time across these chapters, is in fact based on Lord of the Hammer.

Then, Gerson says something that I feel holds a lot of weight for both what the story could be leading to but also the effect Deltarune itself has had on its fans.

To not be afraid to remix, to make additions and changes where they didn’t previously exist. So even if all of the AUs that were made before ch.3-4 or even ch.2 weren’t “accurate”, they have already become something new and I think that’s special.

So, be sure to also appreciate your favorite fanwork of Deltarune when you get the chance.

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Deltarune could be like pokemon mystery dungeon gates to infinity when you think about it

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So the song exists in the Light World and it's by Blood Crushers the Band.

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The fourth chapter of Deltarune wasn't just beautiful because of the soundtrack or imagery, but the message. And I suspect this message will play a major part in the future of the story.

(spoilers below four Chapter 4!)

During Susie's fight against Gerson, he has this to say about the fourth chapter of Lord of the Hammer:

Given how his book was based on The Prophecy, this chapter is clearly alluding to the current fight they're having. Gerson, the smith, will give Susie the axe, the "terrible weapon" if she wins their little duel.

However, there's another way of interpreting this line that completely recontextualizes the meaning.

While smith can refer to a blacksmith, what if it refers to a wordsmith? Like an author? That still points to Gerson of course, but we can also interpret the "terrible weapon" differently as well.

A weapon can be more than just a blade or something physical. It could also be "knowledge" depending on how its used and applied. And what does Gerson impart on our heroes throughout Chapter 4?

Knowledge — but of what exactly?

Based on his dialogue, Gerson doesn't seem all that fond of The Prophecy. Not that he hates it or doesn't believe in it per se, but the belief that it's rigid and set in stone.

This sentiment he expresses, to search between the lines and not be blinded by the brightness of The Prophecy, seems to be the thesis he wishes to pass on to Susie and the others. I don't think that this is merely good life advice, but something incredibly relevant to their journey and the overarching narrative.

Given Gerson's familiarity with The Prophecy, it's very likely he not only knows that Kris and the others play a part in it, but the terrible fate that awaits them at the end.

And I think he's trying to prepare them for it.

A pretty big reveal after the Gerson duel is that Dragon Blazers was based on Lord of the Hammer. This means that Dragon Blazers is an interpretation of an interpretation. (We could get into how Noelle called the Cat Petterz RPG a ripoff of Dragon Blazers, but I'm not going to open that can of worms right now.)

This idea might be what Gerson wanted to pass on to Susie and the gang — the power of one's own creativity, and how it can change your interpretation or perception of something. I think this power is a major clue to how Susie can avert that awful fate she saw.

While The Prophecy itself may be unchangeable, our interpretation and perception of it can change.

Sure, there may only be one ending to the story. But if we read in between the lines like Gerson, we could make the outcome more favorable.

By embracing this terrible weapon, our heroes can break away from the constraints of The Prophecy and reach Freedom.

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dragon blazers fandom been going crazy over the new chapters

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gonna start posting this whenever i go afk

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i can't get over this stupid fucking animation. i love how comically high the framerate is compared to all of his other animations. blud looks like he's boutta roundhouse kick silver the hedgehog

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Sorry to my bank account...

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