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Shoutouts to all the single mothers out there raising their monster daughter.

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Expanding a bit on my Deltarune x Destiny Rising AU (Destiny Delta)

The Knight: A taken from another timeline that managed to acquire an Echo, managing to to get their hands on the same tech that allowed the Exo Stranger to time travel to the timeline of the AU.

Now within the AU’s timeline, the Knight uses their Echo to create dark fountains within the Vex Network to spread their influence through it to take control. The Darkners being Vex and simulated beings within the Vex Network that have been affected by the Echo’s power.

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Destiny Rising x Deltarune AU cause why the hell not.

The AU consists of Fireteam Fun who’s include Kris as a Hunter, the Soul as Kris’s second ghost, Susie as a Titan, Ralsie as Susie’s ghost, Berdly as a Warlock, Queen as Berdly’s ghost, and Noelle as a lightless Warlock.

Some Additional Notes

Susie is a Light-bearing Eliksni.

Asriel and Dess had been Kris and Noelle’s original ghosts who were lost in a mission against the Hive gone wrong.

Noelle remains as a member of the fireteam after becoming lightless, aiding in the less dangerous missions.

Kris’s second ghost, Soul, secretly has information on the main Destiny continuity and its threats up to Final Shape. Choosing to guide Fireteam Fun as best they can on a path to become strong enough to face these threats, only really trusting Ralsie enough with these secrets.

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Some stuff I’ve noticed while playing Guardian that may be helpful to others who play Guardian.

1: Be careful to not block too many attacks that deal status buildup. They can partially get past your shield and build up over time. Elemental damage can pass through shields as well, but is less of an issue to deal with.

2: Guardian’s “Whirlwind” skill and the halberd heavy attack, both charged and uncharged, come out at a the same speed. Keep this in mind when you have an opening for either.

3: The relic effect that extends duration of Guardian’s skill also cause whirlwinds created by it to spawn in front of him instead of directly on top of him, grating some extra reach. This also applies to the Guardian relic effect that grants a whirlwind on charged halberd attacks, but only for itself.

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Y’know this makes me think about Kris’s actions towards the player in the weird route in chapter 4, begin more aggressive towards them for what they made Noelle go through. Gives me the thought that something will happen in a future weird route chapter that it drives Kris to cut themselves off from the player soul for good. Perhaps leading to the player having to find a new vessel, such a certain unconscious blue bird.

Boutta rant abt my blorbo sooo spoiler warning for new Deltarune chaptersss

So.

Berdly.

We got almost NOTHING about him from the new chapters, but I think he deserves to be discussed in light of the new information.

First things first, I don't think enough people talk about the obvious parallels between him and Susie.

Both have spent a lot of time antagonizing Kris, Both sided with the "Villian" in the dark world, and used it to fulfill various fantasies of theirs (susie getting to beat up everyone there, berdly trynna build "smarttopia" or whatever) Both experienced significant character development in the dark world (unfortunately, berdly immediately backtracked as soon as he "woke up") Both cope with feelings of inadequacy by lashing out at others and trying to make themselves seem "bigger" and "cooler" than they actually are (Susie through physical intimidation and Berdly through manipulation and self-aggrandizing behavior) Both have strangely protective tendancies???? Both feel like side characters in their own story. Both are unpopular with peers and authority figures Not to mention, their weapons are EXTREMELY SIMILAR WTF

And also, something I find really interesting,

Neither of them are a part of "the three heroes" of the prophecy.

LONG-ASS PROPHECY INTERPRETATION TANGENT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BERDLY:

The part of the prophecy where the three "heroes" are mentioned, when put in order, reads as follows:

"The first hero. The cage, with human soul and parts.

The second hero, the girl with hope crossed on her heart.

The third hero, the prince, alone in deepest dark.

And last ,was the girl. At last, was the girl."

While it may seem that Susie would be the second hero, especially with how she is associated with hope in chapter 4, the image that goes with that line appears to be a girl in robes, holding a sword (possibly the sword made from the thorn ring) implies noelle may have actually been the one intended to be the second hero.

The way the image of the girl holding the sword is also used with "love finds the girl", with some of these images including a small SOUL in the chest of the girl pictured. This correlates to how, in the weird route, we seem to have implanted a piece of our SOUL, and thus our control, into her. As well as the implications of "love" finding her, suggesting that the second hero will have violence thrust upon her, which happens to Noelle in the weird route.

That, plus the fact that Kris wanted to be partnered with noelle in the group project, that Susie only ended up in the dark world by pure coincidence, further suggests that Noelle was the second hero intended by the prophecy.

Also, the image that goes with the "At last was the girl" line, looks exactly like "Rude Buster", one of Susie's attacks, which she uses to defeat the titan along with Gerson at the end of chapter 4.

LONG-ASS PROPHECY INTERPRETATION TANGENT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BERDLY IS OVER, NOW I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABT THE PROPHECY JUST WITH BERDLY NOW

Now that that's out of the way, I wanna talk about how the prophecy deals with Berdly, which I find FASCINATING.

If you're confused because you don't remember seeing anything at all relating to Berdly in the prophecy in Chapter 4, you're 100% right on the FUCKING MONEY.

He's

NOT

FUCKING

IN THERE

He's never mentioned ONCE, despite the prophecy discussing many characters and events that go beyond the main "three heroes" thing,

whether it's King's defeat, Queen's "chariots", Tenna being sliced up, Lancer saying Toothpaste boy, Asgore in asylum, fuckign JOCKINGTON GROWING A BEARD, the prophecy is littered with references to things that happen all over previous chapters.

But, the thing is, NONE of those things would have been changed if Berdly wasn't in the game.

As far as the prophecy is concerned,

Berdly doesn't exist.

This wouldn't seem too important if it weren't for the fact that he is DIRECTLY INVOLVED in the ONLY game-changing decision SO FAR.

Without him, there is no weird route.

Sure, you can choose to cancel it several times afterward, but the thing is, that's the only time you shift the route of the game. After that, you can only either double down or backtrack, not forge any new paths.

It's strange that someone who functions as the marker between to distinct paths wouldn't be mentioned in the prophecy.

So, here's a little theory of mine:

I think Berdly's the big sleeper character in Deltarune.

Think about it,

out of the main 5, (the lighteners and ralsei,) he's the one we know LEAST about. Sure, they all have mysteries attached to them, but that's part of the reason they're THERE.

Berdly so far has nothing going for him storywise besides him being an annoying fuckwad who gets his shit absolutely wrecked in the weird route.

I genuinely don't believe Toby Fox would make such a unique character who fits the themes of the game perfectly just to eat shit in an alternative route and be forgotten.

I think players are SUPPOSSED to forget him, SUPPOSED to just be like ugh it's that fuckin bird that I hate and move on.

ESPECIALLY since he gets so little screentime in the new chapters, I think Toby is lulling us into a false sense of berdly-less security, letting us think he's served his purpose in the plot.

(and Ik this is probably hard to believe, since if ur reading this ur probably in the corner of the fandom that LOVES berdly, but most Deltarune players do tend to totally dismiss him)

I think Tony Forks is gonna hit us with a berdly-shaped truck in SPECIFICALLY chapter 5, since the weird route only affects ONE THING in the light world outside of Kris and Noelle's sanity.

Berdly being at the festival.

ISTG SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH HIM

but yea, berdly is 100% a sleeper in the plot.

Also kerdly is canon.

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Something interesting I’ve come to note is that the soul colors shown in the secret bosses of chapter 2 & 4 seem to reflect each member of the fun gang in some way. Such as with the yellow soul of chapter 2 reflecting Kris’s determination to be free from the player’s control and the green soul of chapter 4 reflecting a desire for kindness from Susie.

Makes me think we’ll get a secret bosses focused around Ralsie with either blue integrity or purple perseverance. I’m thinking more towards the latter.

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