#WHO CAN IT BEEEEE NOW *DISCARDS YOUR VESSEL*

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I LOVE THE KNIGHT PAPYRUS THEORY

and I got to thinking about something...

OKAY we know that this is a fun little joke from toby, but i also think this is a reference to the popular theory that Gaster split into Papyrus and Sans.

This gets said by the dogs in jail in ch2. notice they said during the holidays. the only BIG HOUSE is the skelebros one, but they didn't live there yet. Sans said they'd JUST moved in when you meet him in ch1, and there's no snow on the ground.

so then who attacked them?

I think that house used to belong to Gaster, but I don't think he's supposed to look like the mysteryman sprite. I think that's a remnant of him, but not the true him. it's ANOTHER HIM, kind of deal.

(THE FOLLOWING IS PURELY SPECULATION! IF YOU HAVE COUNTERPOINTS PLEASE BE NICE)

my theory is, the Gaster of DR was a scientist studying dark worlds. he learns that there is huge dark world energy readings in the monster town Kris lives in.

he tells his [sons? grandsons? brothers?] (sans and Papyrus) that he's going to head there before the holidays to study the concentrated negative photon readings.

there's a huge house he moves into. he makes a lab in the basement, it's got room if his [relations] want to visit, and he can get to work.

however, he ends up disappearing. he doesn't return for the holidays.

the following year, two skeletons move into town. one of them starts working in the convenience store next to the house, but the main owner hasn't been around in a while.

the other skeleton... is very lonely. not only did they move to a place where he doesn't know anyone, but his [dad? grandpa? oldest brother?] has been missing since last year. he misses him so much. he's been reading Gaster's research, how to create dark worlds. he doesn't want to get caught. he made one in his closet, and it's stable.

he decides to carry on the research. he's going to find Gaster. he wants friends. he starts making dark worlds in places that are forgotten, until he makes one where two people are already inside.

his intentions are not malicious, but they are selfish. selfish doesn't mean evil. papyrus isn't a bad guy, but you don't need to be bad to be an antagonist. it just means you're against the protagonist. But if you were that lonely and that driven, would you stop just because someone told you to?

(END SPECULATION)

There's also the chance that sans and pap moved with him and were just holed up in the house (and any associated dark worlds) while Gaster went missing, but that means they'd have been in there for SEVERAL MONTHS. we know a festival is gonna happen but like, it's Fall right? i think? is it a harvest festival??

I also am deeply suspicious of Ralsei's dark world. It hasn't disappeared, it's still in that closet. What's IN there? it's the only room we HAVEN'T seen. just pure blackness and papers on the ground. what kind of papers? research papers, maybe?

we ended up in the unused classroom, true, but we didn't start there. because we went through a door to the right of the castle town, and that's also where the unused classroom is.

for those who haven't played Earthbound / Mother 2, there's a place called Moonside, which is a screwed up wrong world dream state induced by the evil Mani Mani Statue that Ness eventually faces in a boss battle and destroys. Upon exiting Moonside, you wake up in a backroom, with a broken statue and are told that you were shambling about and muttering to yourself.

Deltarune is absolutely inspired by Moonside. Therefore, I think it's possible that you can move from one place to another in that state, but whether it's teleportation or just sleeping remains to be seen.

(think back to when you went to sans' room in undertale. when you go in, it's pitch black. you are walking for what feels like ever. you realize you're on a treadmill and the lights were out. Papyrus describes sans' room as being like another world where they don't know how to vacuum. when you pop out of the dark world in ch1, you're in a messy fandom, there's junk all over the floor, and it was pitch black in there until the light was turned on. just some stuff to think about)

but why be suspicious of Ralsei's castle? well. it hasn't been cleaned up. his fountain is supposed to just... stay open? who opened it to begin with? why is it themed like a castle with a prince?

If you can go to different dark worlds from Ralsei's castle town, then. what is it exactly? I'd be very interested in learning what is in that supply closet ACTUALLY. the other themes made sense. what could possibly be in there that would turn the dark world into a kingdom???

and I think about papyrus' room. that's a fun place in UT! there's a desk covered in sexy robot action figurines, he's got the coolest bed ever, a flame carpet, a closet that he tells us he sits in sometimes, so many books.

papyrus' dream was to be a knight in the royal guard, at least in undertale, as remarked in the knight papyrus theory posts. on his date, papyrus remarks that the action figures are great for setting up battle strategies.

I think, if there's enough room in his closet, he may actually play pretend with them in there. maybe where he's a famously popular knight and these are his fellow guardsman!

but this is just me rambling at this point. papyrus being the knight would be so very cool, but it would also mean being against him, in a capacity. i think he would join you, also, but that would also mean... he would have a Weird Route option, quite possibly.

I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT....

to close this off, why DOES ANOTHER HIM

SOUND SO MUCH LIKE "WHO CAN IT BE NOW" BY MEN AT WORK 1982

HELP I KEEP GETTING IT STUCK IN MY HEAD EVERY TIME I HEAR ANOTHER HIM