#however chapter 4

[tipytap]

ive been playing deltarune since 7 pm,,,,, its 5:30 am now

[gothic-mothic-topic]

Full body (colored in and shaded bc I have no self control and enjoy suffering) sketches + a sort of height chart/comparison.

[ponyrepress]

[rakkiankh]

Finished this just in time for Father's Day! Fucking wild this is canon

[rbtlvr]

kris trying to stop us from knowing what theyre doing but what they dont realize is that i personally would help them with literally anything. like say the word kris i will help you burn down a building. let me help. please

[sorrowfulwill]

deltarune chapter 3 spoiler

tennnnnaaaaaaa oh tenbaaa you fucking…..guy…

[kings-highway]

Okay I've seen enough AI discourse discussion today but there's one thing I absolutely have not seen anyone else talking about and I simply need to get my 2 cents in here

Writing is not about the end product. And no, I'm not going to say some philosophical nonsense about the passion or heart or humanity put into it, I'm sure most of you are already aware of the philosophical difference between AI and real writers. What I'm talking about is what, about storytelling and writing, makes a writer a writer.

If, theoretically, being a writer was JUST about conveying an idea, plot, or set of themes to the reader, AI wouldn't be that big of a deal. Because it truly would be just about the quickest way to get your idea into someone elses' head. But it's not that.

It's not that at all.

When I was 14 my father (a screenwriter) told me that his favourite part of writing was editing, and that, if I continued to be a writer, one day I'd probably feel the same way.

The amateur is enamoured with the creative process - the writer is enamoured with the craft.

Writing doesn't stop when the words are on the page.

My father was right.

Nowadays, a first draft is a tedious first step I need to climb the mountain of to get on with things. And, of course, I love this step! It's the creative heart of being a storyteller, playing with characters, exploring themes. And, yes, most of my fanfiction is a first draft, but thats because fanfiction is a different kind of craft to me. Also not something AI can replicate but that's a different story and not what this is about.

I've never let anyone read my first draft of original work. Ever. Because I hate my first drafts. I finish it, and immediately start thinking: "i need more scenes that make the twist villain sympathetic early on to increase the impact of the reveal" or "i should make sure that the main character is shown reaching for chocolate flavoured treats more often to tighten the character persona" or "i think the middle is too short, there's not enough time to build drama."

I start crafting the story. Picking apart how I want my readers to feel, adjusting minute details - or massive, large details - and playing with the rhythm of the story. Maybe a villain gets redeemed instead of killing them, maybe I switch up the order that characters meet in to change their dynamics, maybe I change their names to have greater symbolism and more cohesive identities. Editing is a difficult skill, but the process of getting my hands on each paragraph is intoxicating. Of being able to turn this story into the best version of itself.

I spent 4 minutes on one line, yesterday, changing the word "terrible" to "horrible," removing a comma and switching up the word choice in the dialogue. I played and I fiddled and I made sure that this one sentence had the exact right melody to it, the exact right feeling to it to make sure that my reader could feel it like goddamn music in their bones, the precise reading experience that I, the writer, wanted them to have. These 4 minutes are the most fun I ever have writing. These moments are my favourite part of being a writer, they're what makes me a writer. Not simply that I have put words on a page, but that I have put these words on a page, exactly as I want them.

So AI art is not art. Because art is not the end product. People who use AI to write are not writers, because writers are not merely idea generators. If you're satisfied using AI to generate your ideas, go ahead, but you were never a writer to begin with. I don't want my work to exist on the page if I don't get to enjoy the craft. If I don't get to sit and play with my words, adjust character details into oblivion, stare at the screen until the words are music, then I simply don't want it. If everything in the world becomes AI generated, I will still be sitting at my desk with my computer glowing and keyboard clicking away, writing stories, because that is what I love to do. The act of it, the physical act, not the end product.

"I'm just using AI to bring my ideas to life, I can edit and adjust it afterwards if I want!"

You've already missed the point.

I'll just be over here wasting hours upon hours deciding on the name of a fake city, because it is the most fun I could ever have.

[nymdraws]

that god damn tv . is in my brain

[jennsmelody]

dess is playing with her dolls (the lives of everyone she knows and loves) whosaidthat

a full-er version of the 30 second kris & noelle animatic i made a few days ago, now with new and improved dess holiday :) notes are so very appreciated

[claire-starsword]

assuming nothing gets rearranged, at most six (6) eggs seem to fit this table. It appears that chapters 6 and 7 will be something completely different from what we've had so far, given that Gerson doesn't foreshadow them, and Seam only predicts 5 Shadow Crystals in total.

With that, this random Berdly egg feels added here just so our egg count could be exactly six (6). A number that could mean nothing.

[itreds-neurons]

I PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE TRANS-CODED RALSEI THEORY (Deltarune spoilers)

You see, in Deltarune’s chapter 2, right around the end, as you get close to fighting Queen, you have a glimpse of a cutscene in Noelle’s room, where she reflects on various things about her life and how she ended up here. During this scene, the song that plays is “Lost Girl”, the song name fits fine here, as Noelle is talking about just how lost she feels here.

This song plays once again at the end of chapter 3, when Susie is talking about how she grew up and what it was like for her just having moved in to Hometown. The song name fits here as well, because, back then, Susie was a “Lost Girl”, so we’re two-for-two on that.

Now this is where it gets interesting, this song plays for a THIRD time, in the beginning of chapter 4. If you go to the top floor of Ralsei’s castle in Castle Town, you’ll see his room, just past some construction tape blocking your way. Ralsei tries to make up an excuse that his room is just dusty or not tidy, but Susie jumps the tape anyways to have a look. In Ralsei’s room, it’s revealed to be entirely plain and unfurnished, and he says how he felt like it was unnecessary to give himself anything when, as a Darkner, he shouldn’t matter at all. Of course, Susie is like “Dude what the hell thats super fucking unhealthy dw tho Kris lets get him some furniture”, but whats most interesting is the song that plays in this scene- Lost Girl. The first part kinda makes sense, Ralsei is lost in his own hopelessness and lack of self-worth because of what he knows about Darkners and the Dark World. The second part of the song? Well, that doesn’t line up, Ralsei is a boy… Right?

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, That THIS SONG playing in THIS OBSCURE CUTSCENE is Tobias “Earthbound Halloween Hack” Fox hinting at the fact that RALSEI IS SECRETLY TRANSGENDER. Thats right, Ralsei already acts very feminine as a character, and if the song lined up 100% with lost girls in the other two instances, then it MUST MEAN THAT IT LINES UP HERE AND-

…What? Nnnnnooo…. The song doesn’t play a fourth time in Chapter 4 completely ruining this line of logic……. What are you talking about?

[beetleskeleton]

harley sawyer is so autism coded it actually hurts me

it is

so obvious

cause there is no way super genius "special" kid that felt betrayed after getting kicked out of program in line to interest who then grew up and discovered a way to keep Playtime Co. afloat with innovating technology also pertaining to interest who also happens to be a picky eater isn't autistic.

and then the tape with Pierre and White; when Harley says that White must have done something wrong with the procedure, due to the disorientation from it. A specific way to do the procedure that he more than certainly came up with. And the fact that's one of the first things he points out too.

I could talk about this all day because there is no way it's just a coincidence and he's neurotypical.

[jesterwaves]

so, ive seen a couple people speculate about what the "final prophecy" could have been, and i thought the conclusion i came to was clearly what the game was alluded to--that susie would die.

there's a lot of reason to believe this (Ralsei's worries seemed to focus on Susie, and the second dark world continuously pointing out "the girl"), so i was surprised when i found out a lot people didn't immediately catch onto that. but i also just noticed that this is pretty much proven by what we see right before the part of the prophecy that susie broke:

the angel is slashed in half, and only two of the three figures believed to be the heroes stand. the one on the left is the one who falls.

...and in kris' dark world bedroom, the left figure is Susie

edit: of course, this is assuming that susie is indeed the hero of the prophecy

also, note that the two upward facing triangles represent the two lightner heroes while the downward facing triangle represents ralsei/the darkners, much like how the downward facing triangle represents the monsters in undertale

(follow post up about "the girl")

[starrycorgs]

so i tried fanart for the first time!! kind of a new artist so please go easy, but feel free to drop little bits of advice n such if u want!! huge fan of the Dess = Roaring Knight theory hehe

also pls ignore the eraser marks, my pencil is not designed for art i think and writes hard no matter how light i hold it so. idk. i didnt wanna put it into digital yet either bc im not super comfy over there.

ALSO Dess design is by @dumpsterf11re !! he gave me permission to use his design, and i love it a LOT its so pretty. thanks again for letting me do this! really sorry if i didnt get it quite right but yk. limited colours and also new :(

[beachyserasims]

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[callizinc]

My toxic trait is that I still dont care about image friend

Honestly, probably objectively true anon ,

STOP DOING IMAGE_FRIEND

FRIEND WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SHADOW CRYSTALED ABOUT

YEARS OF BONKERS THEORIES yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for ODD CONTROLLER

Wanted to make a weirder mystery character for esoteric lore purposes? We had a tool for that: it was called "WING DING GASTER"

"Image_Friend is clearly the Tail Of Hell in the prophecy of which the emblem of the tail is made up of circles because friend is from Cat Petterz" -Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged

LOOK at what the Friendheads have been demanding you Respect for all this time, with all the Lucky Cat Theory we built for them.

"Hello I would like 🐈‍⬛💛🩷 please"

They have played us for absolute fools