i find it so interesting how the same situation (geno route) evoked analogous responses, yet with distinct undertones.
in uty, the bosses get reduced to become their pitiable, most downtrodden selves. though they gave it all they had (which in itself is quite noble), they were all ultimately condemned to utter stagnation and despair.
there isn't enough space for a pic but starlo doesn't get to develop and dies thinking himself a fraud. ceroba officially loses everything and everyone. axis was unlike himself, burdened with guilt that wasn't entirely his to bear. martlet literally melted midbattle and witnessing her desperate pleas for help was actually very horrifying.
this was the lowest i had seen any of them.
whereas in undertale, that same nightmarish scenario paradoxically compels the bosses to manifest their best, most realized and heroic selves.
they embodied their highest ideals. this was them at their peaks, against all odds. you even had SANS on your ass. it also.. strangely didnt feel like they lost...? i'm not sure how else to describe it.
ugh, it's just so fascinating how the same unyielding spirit of determination was showcased in BOTH games, but in one, it was mercilessly extinguished by the very evil that sparked lots of self-growth and heroic badassery in the other. i love you undertale and ur silly fangames
I just noticed something about Axis' Genocide fight.
Pay close attention to the SOUL in the menu here.
Beginning of the fight. Pretty normal stuff.
Midway through the fight. It's twitching a little bit and leaving a trail behind it...?
Right before the last attack. You can hardly even tell what it is anymore.
Clover's SOUL speed is increasing in the menu. Because their attacks aren't doing anything, and they're getting impatient.
The devs' attention to detail will NEVER fail to blow me away. This is such a miniscule addition that's SO easy to miss, and yet it adds SO much to their character and the tension of the situation. This game is fucking amazing
an interaction between these two would be so freaking funny Please tell me u see the vision too
i imagine it'd be something like,
starlo: howdy-doody-dee there, new feller! you done moseyed on in just as the beans a-fixin' to spill and the fiddlers are harmonizin' a right purty tune! highfalutin' welcome, ain't it? but hold yer whirligigs there, partner, 'cuz this here saloon's got more hospitality than a momma with a passel of young'uns! an' ill be hornswoggled if i don't reckon the more folks we wrangle in, the merrier this ol' shindig gets, so come on in!
axis: WHAT THE [flip] DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME.
the first few meetings would be absolutely excruciating for axis. he can't make heads or tails of this man, and star's expressions only get worse with each exchange
starlo: well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit!
axis: I AM NOT DOING THAT.
starlo: bah! slap the dog and spit in the fire
axis:
axis: SOMEONE SHOULD [neutralize] YOU I THINK.
they do end up spending more time together somehow and one day axis goes back to the ketsukane residence and it's like
ceroba: another day with star? how wa-
axis: TODAY WAS A ROOTIN TOOTIN'EST GOOD OL' FASHION HOOTENANNY.