#Toby fox

[the-irreverend]

As a big fan of the Fallout show (and an even bigger fan of Undertale lol), I couldn't help but notice some very interesting parallels between Barb and Asgore:

A) They love and care about their family very, very much, so much that it ultimately ends up being the reason they do the horrific things they ultimately do. Barb did those things to protect her family from tragedy, while Asgore did so to avenge a tragedy.

B) Ironically, what only adds to their respective tragedies, in attempting to do (what they think) is best for their family, their actions only end up damaging their family as they drive a wedge between themselves and their spouses. Toriel becomes embittered with Asgore for seeking to destroy humanity, and Cooper becomes embittered with Barb for succeeding.

C) Although they still fully commit to the atrocities they're guilty of, it brings them an unfathomable degree of heartache, pain, and regret. They do the things they do not because they believe it's the best choice but because they believe they have no other choice.

D) Despite wielding a great deal of power and influence in their position, it's a prison for them. Neither of them can't just simply escape or walk away. If Asgore abdicated the throne, it would mean leaving his people unavenged and without hope for freedom. If Barb left her position at Vault-Tec, it would mean leaving her loved ones at the mercy of the bombs (or worse, Vault-Tec themselves.

E) Although they are both far from being good people, they still have an EXTRAORDINARY amount of complexity and nuance, which makes it all the more disappointing when I see fans mischaracterize/demonize them.

[lilizabel]

Hey l back! I was kind of forgetting that it exists here, sorry

[moonlitlillypop]

Still can't get over the fact that Toby Fox dreamed up a game ending, but he decided he wanted to make something a little less ambitious first, so instead he made the most influential indie game of all time

[obscuretobyfox]

Important reminder of the design philosophy behind Undertale.

[curioscurio]

Happy Valentines Day

context:

[daisilynn]

What if Toriel was in the Dark World and both Kris and her ran into Spamton🤔🤔

[hieronymus-botch]

anyways I think it’s based that toby fox nade a game that sold a million copies and became massively culturally iconic and got in smash and was both given as a gift to and had its final boss theme played in a performance for the pope, but his wikipedia article has no “early life” section, the “personal life” section is three sentences long, and there isn’t even a picture of him. for the 3 years between the release of undertale and deltarune chapter 1 there was talk of deleting his article because they couldn’t find any information for it that wasn’t already on the one for undertale. king of privacy.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Toby Fox was going around in Twitter and he was like, 'Tell me your headcanons for [this character] and tomorrow I'll make some of them canon!!' And the only thing he canonized for Papyrus was that, 'He likes to touch tall grass.'

[niidsch]

UNDERTALE / DELTARUNE NEWSLETTER - Valentine's Day

[okayxairen]

Pictured: The Pope's steam account.

[the-irreverend]

The latest utdr newsletter got me like:

[maramarabum]

forgiveness

[lgbtiba]

I need to study toby fox's brain on a petri dish if it's the last thing i do

[obscuretobyfox]

I believe I have collected every single Valentine card showcased in the newsletter shuffle! Thank you so much to everyone who sent theirs in for this post <3 (1/2)

[tonsnumber1fan]

what a huge silly little story

when i finished true pacifist for the first time and restarted the game the intro sequence made me cry

[daisilynn]

The most popular boss fight ever, sand overstory