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✨ My ArtFight page ✨

I’m still working on my page and refs, but in case anyone is interested.

I’ll add a disclaimer on my profile as well, but please know that if you attack me, there’s a chance I won’t be able to get revenge. (Am I using those terms right??) I’ll do my best to return any artwork I get, but I struggle to motivate myself to draw at the best of times. I will also say that u am basically using this as a way to force myself to do art practice, so please don’t expect masterpieces if I do draw for you.

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Since I am indecisive…

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Hi? is it possible to get a higher res of the team templates for this year?

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so, for the team cards, what would fall under each category? I know human is obviously humans, anthro is obviously anthropomorphic creatures and feral is non-anthro animals, but what about monster, worm and mech?

(if I may suggest, I think it may be a good idea to put explanations for each term in faq)

Humanoid: An oc that is or resembles a human.

Anthro: An oc that stands on two legs like a human but have animal features like an animal head.

Feral: An oc that is an animal

Monster: An oc that is a beast or being that doesn't fall under the other categories.

Worm: An oc that is a worm on a string.

Mech: An oc design with mechanical parts.

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I made an account and am now trying to figure out how to set it up, oops. The priority is adding characters I guess. Idk if it’s easier to operate the website on PC? I also gotta figure out how to know what team I’m on (or how to choose one).

Can someone give me a quick explanation as to what art fight is? I know the basic idea, but some things I don’t get;

What is friendly fire/revenge?

What do the teams mean?

Do you have to draw something for everyone that draws for you? (I be having unmedicated ADHD and struggle to motivate myself to draw)

Is there a minimum number of characters you need? And how detailed do the references have to be? (I have some art of certain OCs but next to know official references for them.)

How is the website formatted? (Edit to clarify: I swear I saw people talk about adding cool little details to their page, but idk how they do it. Maybe it’s a coding thing? Probably shouldn’t worry about that in my first year anyways, especially given how late I’m joining hehe.)

Most importantly — am I too late to make an account (like is there verification I need to do that I’m too late for)?

Any other info that is important.

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Can someone give me a quick explanation as to what art fight is? I know the basic idea, but some things I don’t get;

What is friendly fire/revenge?

What do the teams mean?

Do you have to draw something for everyone that draws for you? (I be having unmedicated ADHD and struggle to motivate myself to draw)

Is there a minimum number of characters you need? And how detailed do the references have to be? (I have some art of certain OCs but next to know official references for them.)

How is the website formatted? (Edit to clarify: I swear I saw people talk about adding cool little details to their page, but idk how they do it. Maybe it’s a coding thing? Probably shouldn’t worry about that in my first year anyways, especially given how late I’m joining hehe.)

Most importantly — am I too late to make an account (like is there verification I need to do that I’m too late for)?

Any other info that is important.

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I was thinking about Jevil and how he had a lot of lore in chapter 1 and then became seemingly irrelevant after defeating him. And as I was thinking, I started to realise that there may be some parallels between him and Kris’s SOUL. I am terrible at theory crafting, so I’ll use this post to share everything I noticed so that someone smarter than me might be able to make something of it.

(This post will contain spoilers for chapters 1-4.)

Cage/Imprisonment

While there are questions and theories regarding the meaning of parts of prophecy, it’s implied (unless something wild happens later) that Kris and their SOUL represent the part of the prophecy that says: “THE CAGE, WITH HUMAN SOUL AND PARTS.” The cage seems to refer to Kris, while the SOUL is…well, the SOUL.

Now to compare it to Jevil. I specifically want to focus on this part of his dialogue: “THEY LOST THE CHASE, AND LOCKED UP THEIR ENTIRE RACE. BUILDING A PRISON AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD. NOW I’M THE ONLY FREE ONE.” Susie and Ralsei remark how Jevil is the one who is locked up, but he doesn’t see it that way.

Kris is our cage. We are only ‘free’ when we are in them. Jevil says he’s free when he is seemingly locked away. I don’t know what the significance of this is (if there is any), but it’s just something I noticed.

Personality Changes

When you talk to Seam, he says the following about Jevil: “One day, he met a strange someone… and since then, he began to change. He started saying bizarre things that didn’t completely make since — but didn’t completely not make sense, either. Soon, he began to see the world as a game, and everyone as its participants.”

Something similar can be said of Kris’s relationship to their SOUL. For the most part, Kris recognises the need to have their SOUL in them and only sometimes protests against our actions as the player (eg seeming confused if we say we’ll take Berdly to the festival, biting their hand if we say we won’t ever play the piano in a dialogue to Susie, etc). Then of course we get the scenes where Kris removes their heart, either to stop us interfering with their actions or to stop us hearing certain information, depending on the context. The relationship between Kris and their SOUL is probably its own post, but I just wanted to establish that while Kris allows the SOUL to influence a lot of their actions, it’s clear that some of our choices conflict with their own morals.

Anyways, for my actual comparison now. There’s a scene in chapter 4 during the weird/Snowgrave route where Noelle asks to speak to Kris privately in her room. She talks about how she couldn’t sleep last night and that when she went out to catch her breath, she felt a hand on her wrist. She then says, “And then I heard your voice. Kris’s voice. You said, sorry for taking your watch, Noelle. You said, it was all a stupid prank.” She says a few more things, but then she says, “Kris, your voice, your deadpan, mumbly voice… even if you sounded kind of weak and shaky… I don’t know why, but it felt so long since I heard it. I even started sniffling! Haha! Kris, Kris you’re back…!”

It’s implied, then, that the SOUL’s morals and motivations are different to Kris’s. Sometimes they align, but clearly in the weird route, Kris doesn’t want to hurt Noelle. They specifically try to smooth things over with her while they aren’t under our influence. The rest of the scene only plays out as it does because we manage to escape and get back to them so we can dictate their actions. Anyways, the point is that even Noelle acknowledges that Kris has had a personality shift. I don’t know specifically what caused it (I did see a theory that the SOUL we control isn’t actually Kris’s but idk), but something caused Kris’s personality to shift. And when we aren’t in control of them, the ‘normal’ Kris returns.

We don’t yet know who the ‘someone’ is that Seam says made Jevil change, but perhaps that someone is actually the same as whoever caused Kris/their SOUL to change? Perhaps the Roaring Knight, but it’s hard to say if anyone else is involved yet. It seems at least that Jevil is aware of its existence because he mentions “THE HAND OF THE KNIGHT.”

Miscellaneous Points From Jevil’s Dialogue

These points are weaker than the other stuff I’ve mentioned, but I’ll include them anyways.

“THIS BODY CANNOT BE KILLED” — The SOUL persists, no matter how many times we lose.

“I CAN DO ANYTHING” — Similar to how we can do almost anything we want to when controlling Kris, even when it conflicts with their wishes (again, with one or two exceptions).

“CHAOS, CHAOS, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!” — Kris’s struggle to contain the SOUL, especially when we aren’t in their body.

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Anyways, please feel free to add your own thoughts or theories to this! As I said, I’m not really good at theory-crafting, but I figured I’d put my thoughts down somewhere. Maybe none of this means anything, but it was fun to spot some parallels regardless!

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People say that the laser knife attack the Roaring Knight uses is the most unfair bit of game design in Deltarune, but I think what’s more unfair is putting water in my eyes during the scene where Kris, Susie and Ralsei struggle to approach the Knight. Like how am I suppose to dodge the daggers if I can’t see??

(Referring to this scene btw)

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Do we have actual tangible proof that Kris and the Knight are working together? Afaik we don’t know for certain the voice on the phone is the Knight. And besides the Knight not attack Kris after you win the fight against it (the Knight just makes them kneel), I can’t think of anything that directly shows they are working together.

And unless Kris is working as a double agent, idk why they would work to help the Knight and then work to undo what it’s doing at the right afterwards. I know Kris seems to be working for someone/something because of the “keep your promise” comment in the phone call at the end of chapter 4, but I don’t think it’s been explicitly stated who the caller is?

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Everyone is talking about how chapter 4 Ralsei is relatable to autistics, but I also found Susie super relatable in chapter 3 + 4 for similar reasons. Not great at social cues? Feeling isolated from people around her? Being misunderstood (specifically the piano thing)?

Mayhaps I’ll make an in-depth post about this soon.

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I have finished Deltarune chapters 3 + 4. I will probably start posting stuff about it, but I’ll add like #deltarune spoilers, #deltarune chapter 3 spoilers and/or #deltarune chapter 4 spoilers so y’all can filter things out accordingly.

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I know I'm late...I HOPE YOU LIKE IT

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I hope am not too late! Happy Birthday Shadow

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After 6-7 hours on my 119th attempt…I’m finally free!!

Now I can actually play chapter 4, woohoo!!

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I have officially battled Roaring Knight over 100 times!

I have not won yet, either!!