#kris was the one calling berdly

[existencebringsonlypain]

Since ye have deltarune brainrot, may ask if you have any hc's for the characters?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm sure I do, but I actually can't think of them right now. other than the Dreemurs are southern, Noelle's mom's name is Carol, and Kris has a very small amount of stubble, because that's fantastic.

[noelle-holi-gay]

im sure other people have been posting these but YALL. THE NEW LORE they just dropped. noelle my beloved

[windmills123]

little drawing for the big christmas! :D

[a-town-called-hometown]

in regards to deltarune and character agency, i always assumed the darkners' agency being tied to the lightners' will was a direct parallel to the player character's agency (kris) being tied to the *player's* will (us), and that by making this the game's narrative (darkners are on a plane below lightners and are considered, in a way, less 'real', despite several having desires to break away from this hierarchy) the game is trying to call into question our relationship with the game itself, with the world itself. if the relationship between lightners and darkners feels unfair, then our relationship to kris should be in question as well. characters all have roles to play, but isn't that strange? why the prophecy, why the repetition, why do we, ultimately, have so much control? what gives us the right? it's all layers. us, lightners, darkners, imagine your whole world living and dying at the hands of gods that, out of boredom, could easily abandon you one day, or even destroy you? gods you were made to love and serve, and around you everyone says without them you can never be whole. who wouldn't want to rebel? i think if you're an advocate for kris's agency, you have to advocate for the darkners' agency. for ralsei's agency outside of kris or the prophecy or anything he's meant to do. i think kris and ralsei are narrative foils in this regard, one who blindly accepts his fate, and the other who tries to escape it, a character who does whatever he's told and a character who forcefully slips from our grasp. it just feels like set up to me for a lot more than 'escapism.' i'd say the main themes here are fate, agency, choice and control. even the mystery voice at the start of the game has their plans messed with by the other voice choosing to discard our vessel. every character is grasping at something they can't have, even ralsei can't have his narrative go the way he's planned because susie keeps surprising him lol

yes that's true!!! i would also argue that 'identity' is packaged in with these themes - deltarune is written in such a way where characters are not just grappling with fates and choices outside of their control, but also grappling with roles that they seemingly cannot escape.

the darkners are fantastical & metafictional version of this idea, given that they are both objects who need to be useful in order to not be abandoned and also npcs who serve an rpg-genre narrative function. ralsei especially fulfills several rpg archetypes as the friendly healer companion and as the guide npc. every major darkner has some kind of conflict involving the role they were made to play, whether it's lancer as "the bad guy" or spamton as "the spam email." even queen, who is extremely enthusiastic about her role, runs into issues because she is so zealous that she does not grasp what the lightners might actually want and need.

susie and noelle fulfill a more realistic version of this: the labels of bully and nice girl respectively are roles that neither of them exactly chose, but through a mix of environmental & psychosocial factors and a dose of self-fulfilling prophecy, neither of them know how to escape. berdly, while mostly comedic, is also a character who deals a lot with his real-world designation of "smart guy." susie breaks loose somewhat of her role in ch1, and we see noelle start to follow suit by the end of ch2. given that their existence isn't directly tied to their roles the way the darkners' are, it makes sense that they'd start to question and challenge these first.

kris, as befitting of their protagonist role, fulfills both versions of the idea. their role in the light world is an outcast who lives in their brother's shadow, and in the dark world, they're viewed as a prophesized hero. but they don't have full agency in either of these identities at all. they're being controlled by us, and the perceptions of them as an outcast and hero respectively are imposed onto them by other people.

meanwhile, almost all the other lightner npcs are different versions of characters we met in undertale. i would argue that this is another form of imposed identity, albeit one they aren't aware of. WE view them as their identities from undertale. I highly suspect that this will be something played with a lot more as future chapters go on.

the themes of choice & control all interlock with this idea of imposed identity. in a world where nobody can choose who they are, is it possible for people to eventually break out of what they are assumed to be...?

it's a game made to make us heavily question both a lot of rpg conventions and especially how we view characters in games. I'm very excited to see how the game will continue to play with its ideas of agency. it's such a brilliant idea to tell a story about fate by explicitly tying it to the way characters and worlds are written in games, and also by tying it to audience perceptions related to toby fox's last game. it's going to be so interesting to see how the characters deconstruct all those expectations!

[everysongineverykey]

the closing scene of a marvel-produced deltarune movie

kris: i guess in the end... the REAL power... was friendship all along

(silence for like ten seconds)

noelle: uh.... that was.... REALLY corny🤣🤣🤣

susie: yeah dude cmon. what is this, some kinda dumb teen movie or something? (audience bursts out laughing at this charmingly self-aware joke)

ralsei: kris... even I'M not that corny. but... you have a point. group hug!!

(everyone scooches away from ralsei because group hugs are #lame)

kris: uh... wow. and you call ME corny.

berdly: well, corniness aside, i think we can all agree that i was the real reason we got out with our lives. although i'll admit i may have caused problems on the way by... distracting the ladies (winks at susie and noelle, he likes both of them in this movie and has had zero character development except for one tense moment in act 3 where he almost sacrificed himself for the greater good but then was saved at the last minute)

(silence, noelle and susie exchange a glance)

kris: ...uh... so, ANYWAY, you guys wanna go get pEzza?

(everyone nods excitedly, they walk off into the sunset without berdly because he is the designated incel character and must be hated by everyone)

noelle: why's it called pEzza anyway... that's so #weird lol...

susie: right?? what is this, some kids' game or something? (cue more audience laughter at this hilarious meta joke) anyway noelle... you wanna... share a pEzza with me?

noelle: o-oh! s-sure, susie! ahaha! and i-if you want, we could go to qc's later on... i-if you want to, i mean!

susie: ... yeah. i'd love to. (winks at her, audience cheers at this groundbreaking, incredibly daring lgbtq rep, the two have barely interacted this entire movie and the ferris wheel sequence in the chapter 2 movie was "cut for time" in favor of kris eating a banana in the rouxls battle and evolving into kris neo [this is a funny reference to their spinoff series "DREAMER" in which they joked briefly about this very thing])

kris, to ralsei: wow... look at THOSE lovebirds (other characters are saying susie and noelle are in love, and thus they are, and we should root for their romance)

ralsei: yeah... hey, there's something you never told me...

kris: what?

ralsei: are you a boy or a girl?

(pause as kris looks at him, they open their mouth to answer, and then the credits roll before they say anything in a hilarious and groundbreaking show of nonbinary representation after making their ambiguous gender the butt of hundreds of jokes over the course of the series. the movie receives a million oscars and chris pratt is elected king of hollywood for his performances as kris and spamton)

[starbirdkitsune]

Meeting Cattington--- an Eldritchrune fan scene I was given the OK. My creative juices shall now flow.

I was allowed to write. So now I will write. (and sketch stuff bc Lynx's Eldritch Catti/Jockington is so friken fun to draw.)

Meeting Cattington

Tracking a beast was harder than it looked.

From some sketchy information off a Darkner in this new realm, Kris and their friends had been searching the area outside of a settlement for any new lead. Apparently there'd been another Eldritch beast lurking around in the surrounding area. So at Ralsei's urging, they'd decided to go and seek it out, both to recruit a new party member and to prevent a potential attack.

And if Kris had to put up with any more, they'd officially go insane.

The newest addition to the party in particular, Berdly, was proving a real headache. Sure, he was helpful at times, but he seemed to be using this opportunity to rattle off knowledge that only he seemed to have any idea of. They'd been putting up with it since they rescued him from Queen, but they could not take any more of it.

"Ralsei. Please. Is there an arcane command for "shut up?" they asked, grabbing his shoulders and feeling the slight warmth of the flames they knew to be beneath his robe.

"I-- I don't believe there is---" he started to say.

Kris groaned. "Uuugh how do you listen to him!? I am seriously regretting taking him along."

"I can think of better ways to say 'shut up' than your weird little magic commands," Susie quipped from nearby.

"Please don't kill Berdly."

"Don't kill Berdly," the annoying Eldritch bird in question agreed.

"Oh no," Kris whispered under their breath. "We summoned him." Then, louder, "Berdly, can you shut it for a bit? I'm really stressed right now."

"Of course! I will gladly deprive you of my invaluable information for the time being! I apologize for any stress I may have--"

"Hey bird brain, when someone says shut up, they mean do it without any monologuing!" Susie complained.

"Shutting up," he muttered.

Aside from Berdly, there were also environmental considerations to take into account. The entire area was covered in pointy, rocky cliffs. Kris had fallen off at least two already (thank angel for Ralsei's soul revival). It was also cold. Really cold. And there were lots of hostile enemies (as usual). And now they were scouring a cliffed area attempting to track a beast.

Just then, something in the air seemed to... shift. There was no other way to explain it than a shift. And everyone in the party felt the unmistakable sensation of being watched. And one other thing...

"Guys?" Noelle asked. "Am I crazy, or did it suddenly get a lot... darker?"

Indeed, it was darker out. Too sudden, even for the Dark World. So dark, in fact, that all Kris could see in the dark were the glowing eyes and feathers of Susie and Berdly. In this unnatural darkness, they tripped over a rock, falling on their face. Fortunately, they weren't hurt, but it did cause Ralsei to stop and help them up, an apologetic look glowing in the gloom. "Kris! I'm so sorry! I forgot you don't have darkvision." He removed his hat, revealing the green-and-white glowing fire demon. This side of him scared Kris, but this time, they were grateful for the light.

However, a second source of light, too bright and harsh even for Ralsei's flames, cut through the dark. It was bright, and round, and... as it bounced away off the cliff, Kris could make out the unmistakable shape of a ball the kids at Hometown used to play with a lot. If they were remembering correctly, that was called... a soccer ball? Weird.

A second one bounced from nowhere, traveling at a fatal speed. It narrowly missed Kris, and bounced off the cliff again.

"Kris! This has to be the beast!" Ralsei shouted. "Be careful, the terrain and the darkness will make this challenging! But I'm always here if things go wrong!"

With that reassuring thought, they reached out their hand towards where the soccer balls had come from and shouted the command for "stop".

A third ball narrowly skimmed the top of their head, bounced off a rock, and hit Susie in the side. She roared in pain, "Why didn't that work?! Aren't your commands supposed to be a 'no negotiation end all?"

"Maybe it doesn't work because I can't see it?" they called back.

"Whatever it is, stop it! I've already had enough of this thing."

Kris decided to try the direct approach. They called out to the shadows, "Look! We just want to talk! And if it's my soul you're after, forget it!" They jerked a thumb toward Ralsei. "It belongs to him. Not me. And certainly not you! So this is going to take forever unless you---"

A soccer ball hit them square in the chest.

Fortunately, it wasn't as fatal of a speed as they'd judged it to be. Just knocked the wind out of them. What would however be fatal was the rapidly approaching ground: the ball had knocked them off the cliff. They braced themselves to hit the rocks at the bottom and be splatted into a Kris puddle, but they looked up and saw they had a far more painful way to go out in store for them.

The ball, or a second one, had dislodged a chunk of rock from the cliff, that was rapidly falling toward Kris. They sighed. Death was more of a nuisance than anything at this point. Sometimes it was really painful, but other times in their final moments before Ralsei brought them back, they could think something like, Oh! So that's what being stabbed in the gut feels like. Interesting.

So now, they braced themselves for impact as they lived through the novel experience of having their body crushed by a giant rock.

Kris felt the tug of death that was all too familiar, then another tug that was Ralsei pulling them back.

As they got up, a voice rumbled from the shadows, sounding vaguely like a cat purring, but with the subtle reverb of the Eldritch beasts. "Hm. Not bluffing."

A pair of yellow eyes blinked from the darkness, and a second voice spoke. "If we kill it enough we can, get it eventually."

A soccer ball materialized again, hurtling towards them. Kris called the "stop" command in the general direction of the eyes, and to their relief, it worked this time. The ball disintegrated inches from their face.

"You can, speak to us?" said the second voice, with utter disbelief. It was sibilant and smooth, like a snake, but without the hiss on the S you'd expect from one.

"Yes," Kris agreed. They indicated Ralsei again. "He taught me. It's also how he has control of my soul."

"Shame," the cat voice said. The shadows let up, and a catlike silhouette jumped down from its position on a crag. It looked like an outline of a cat drawn by someone who only vaguely remembered what one looked like, except for the tail, which had the yellow eyes on it and was lashing far too expressively to be that of a cat.

When it reached the light, Kris's eyes went wide.

This was the most visually stunning beast so far. One one half of its body, it was a white-furred cat with cosmic purple designs scattering across it, and a perpetually closed eye. On the other, it was a shadowy void, with multiple white, reflective eyes and a sharp-fanged smile. Its tail was a bright green snake with the same galaxy patterns. It had long, lethal-looking claws on five-toed paws, and a swirl that looked like a universe model Kris had seen when they were younger floated above its head. Rings, gold on the void side and silver on the cosmic, glinted in its ears.

"Whoa.." they whispered.

"Yeah it's a shame," the snake tail said. "We could've gotten, a really cool spell from your soul!"

"Cool... spell?" Kris asked, remembering they were talking with the beast.

"Souls are power," the cat explained, bending down so close to Kris that they flinched a little, but it only sniffed, then withdrew. "Yours is strong."

"So you make spells out of souls?" Kris asked. The snake tail nodded. "Well, then, hear my proposition."

The beast settled, laying down to listen to Kris.

"I'm headed to the Light World."

The cat cocked its head, interested. "Why?"

"Retribution," Kris replied, hoping it wouldn't ask them to elaborate. To their relief, it didn't. "If you couldn't get my soul... how does lots of others sound?"

"Lots of others?" the tail asked, interest clearly peaked. "I'm, interested."

"If you accompany me, and do what I ask, then you can get those other souls," Kris continued. "And other spells."

"A bird in, the hand," the tail said doubtfully.

"Would I lie to you?" Kris asked, annoyed (and surprised the beast knew that expression). "When I'm being faced with a deadly Eldritch beast?"

"No," said the cat. "You aren't lying. I can tell. We'll accompany you, human," it continued, rising to its paws and shooting an annoyed glance at its snake tail.

"Kris is fine," they replied.

"Kris, then."

"You are?" they inquired.

"Catti," the cat said. "I'm Jockington," the tail chimed in. "Cattington, combined."

Cattington walked ahead a little. The other beasts looked very confused. As Kris watched Cattington integrate with their other friends, Ralsei suddenly patted Kris on the shoulder, making them jump. "Well done!" he said with a grin. "You recruited another beast, and I'm sure those Darkners will be happy to have them gone!"

Kris said nothing, but nodded. The magic Cattington had was going to be quite valuable.

"Yes, well done!" said Berdly, flying up. He kept rambling, rambling, rambling... until suddenly he abruptly stopped talking. His beak moved, but no sound came out.

Kris looked over. Catti had raised a paw, grinning ear to ear. It was evidently clear she'd made Berdly stop. Kris returned the grin. The magic was going to be quite valuable indeed.

Eldritchrune by @lynxgriffin. This is a fan scene for their AU, hope you like it!

[springbloggy]

Mini Deltarune theories I have that are not quite big enough for a true post, but interesting to note. In order of most confident to least.

Ralsei is luring the lightners to the Dark World in order to trap them

In chapter 2, Ralsei creates rooms for Kris and Susie that "they can go to no matter what is happening outside". Unlike Queen's rooms, which are guesses based on search results, Kris and Susie's rooms are accurate to an unsettling degree. Not only is Kris' room identical to their light world counterpart, but it also has all of Asriel's trophies on their side of the room with Asriel's side gone, a reflection of their potential secret desire to no longer be under Asriel's shadow. Similarly, Susie's excitement on even having a room suggests that Ralsei could know what Susie's light world home life is like or lack thereof if she's homeless.

By creating these rooms, Ralsei is fulfilling the lightners secret desires and judging on his phrasing, wants them to go there in order to avoid whatever is happening "outside" the dark world. By doing so, he is effectively strengthening their desire to stay in the dark world so they can't escape.

Chapter 3 isn't going to be Undyne or Napstablook, it's Asgore

Chapter 3 taking place in Kris' home with the fountain being created by Kris suggests to me that the world may mostly involve whatever the Dreemur family drama entailed, which would include Asgore who was the former chief of police. Not only that, but the combination of Toriel having troubles calling the police and the station being closed in a preview for chapter 4 suggests to me that Mayor Holiday could have closed the station during the night of chapter 3 after they failed to catch the mysterious criminal wrecking Hometown, leaving Asgore as the only character left who might want to resume his policeman duties when Toriel's call is made. It is also more fitting for Toriel to kill Asgore in the hypothetical chance the Snowgrave route continues with her as she already dislikes Asgore and possibly blames him for Dess' disappearance. Speaking of...

Asgore really was involved

There's a lot of weird forshadowing on an "evil Santa". Lancer believes that "ho ho ho", a laugh associated with the mystical Christmas gift bearer, being an evil laugh. Noelle is also scared of Santa and it's revealed in Undertale that Asgore dressed up as Santa to give gifts to the monsters. All of this seems setup to me that Asgore really was somehow involved in letting Dess disappear, something that may be revealed during Chapter 3's Snowgrave route.

Dess is ruder than she appears

This is a more playing by expectations theory, however there's certain lines and implications that become interesting once looked under the lens of this theory.

It's revealed that Dess once beat Kris with a wiffle ball bat for scaring Noelle by telling her that ICE-E "eats kids". This puts a precedent that Dess has at least somewhat violent impulses in order to protect her sister, even in situations that don't need it. It's also a bit odd that unlike Asriel, no one in the hometown mentions Dess after her disappearance except for Noelle. Even Berdly, Noelle's best friend, doesn't bring her up. It could be that the hometowners may not want to hurt Noelle by reminding her of the disappearance, however since she's so open about talking about Dess to even new kid Susie it may be another reason why the hometown doesn't mention her. It's possible that the simularities to Dess and Susie (both are horror loving, somewhat violent, tomboys) are deliberate and are setting up the reveal that Dess is/was actually a bully and a future scene with Noelle may parallel the scene in Undertale where Asriel reminisces that Chara wasn't that good of a person.

Gaster blasters are named after Gaster, but not created by him

If you spare Papyrus in Undertale after an aborted Genocide run, he will say this.

The most common theory is that the "Special Attack" would be a Gaster Blaster. What's interesting to me is the phrasing "my Special Attack", which suggests that Papyrus owns this attack and it could have been unique to him before Sans or the annoying dog stole it. If Gaster Blasters are really his unique attack, it could mean that Papyrus created the Blasters and named them after Gaster, rather than the fandom interpretation that Gaster made the Blasters then gave them away.

There might not be a singular "Knight" because anyone can dream

At the end of each chapter, the characters ask if the dark world adventure they had was some sort of dream. Since anyone can fall asleep and dream, it's possible the game is setting up that trying to seal the fountains is impossible because anyone can dream and thus become their own "knight".

[arcanaix]

Restored Kris

As I said in the Goner Ralsei post, part of the idea is that Kris, after getting their soul back, looks more like their Light World form in the Dark World. If you're a bit lost, go read that post.

So this is what Kris looks like at the end of Chapter 6 and throughout Chapter 7 in the Dark World. This is more in line with how Susie and Berdly look like in the Dark World.

If you're going to make Goner Ralsei art where it appears alongside Kris during Chapter 7, and you want to keep to my lore, use this design.

Also, out of boredom I made an "animation," called Restoration, based on this idea.

I'm thinking of doing something like this, but with Ralsei becoming Soulless again. Stay tuned.

Original Scale

[imaginary-regret-608]

MASSIVE SWILTAETT (DELTATWIST) UPDATE.

I realized that I haven't made a single SwilTaett update here since I revealed it now being owned by me, and I hope that this post can be a good source of understanding (as well as also acting as a 'SwilTaett Masterpost')!

First, the Cast Designs for SwilTaett's very own Three Heroes! There are two sets of designs made so far (with the second image being what's currently canon), and here's what they look like:

In regards to Amstda (the ghost thing from that's kinda like Mad Dummy), they're situation and plans are being entirely reconsidered by Me and the COB MOB (yes that is our actual team name). Instead of just being a reskin Ralsei Replacement, Amstda will now be introduced in ACT 3, potentially related to a certain yearning for the mines! Also, Jack's design in the Heavens has an Overworld Sprite and it looks like this:

It's the boy! The naive, yet kindhearted sidekick himself, ready to turn into whatever is needed to get the job done!

Next up is the Secret Bosses! ACT 1's Secret Boss can currently be shown right now, and that's Doenor! The once cheerful and happy party planner, turned into a cold and distant prisoner...

(She's also SwilTaett's Jevil Replacement!)

And just because you can see her doesn't mean she can see you! Because her head [...]s encased [...]n , wh[...]ch although [...]t may just look l[...]ke a snowglobe accessory to the untra[...]ned outs[...]der look[...]ng [...]n, [...]s actually [...]ts own m[...]n[...]ature m[...]rror maze on the [...]ns[...]de...

(despite it also acting as a demonstration of Doenor's Typing Quirk, i did not realize how many 'i's were in my description!)

Speaking of Secret Bosses, ACT 2's Secret Boss is @nekowomancer12666 Grimpula, the two-halved StoriSOUL between a has-been catgirl influencer and sports-loving serpent! Who may also have a shared stomach, but even they're not sure!

(Grimpula is also SwilTaett's Spamton Replacement, whose glowing eyes are hidden behind her stylish shades!)

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SWILTAETT QUESTION THINGY!! (with all questions by me)

Q: "* What are the roles?"

A: "* Kris - Unchanged, Jack(Lancer) - Susie, Amstda - Ralsei(??? Kinda???), Susie - Berdly, Prynce(King) - Noelle, Doenor(Noelle) - Jevil, Souvenerd(Berdly) - Seam Ripper(Seam) - King, Crewelle/IGNEO MALICE(Jevil) - Rouxls Kaard, Excell V. IyAy(Rouxls Kaard) - Q5U4EX7YY2E9N, Helpress(Spamton) - Tasque Manager,

(there ARE more, but we're choosing not to reveal them yet!)"

Q: "* Who else is working on this AU?"

A: "* As I already mentioned the COB MOB as a Team Name, I can confirm that other people are integral to help bring this project to life! Those helping specifically are @nintenguy203 (sorry about the ping!), as our Co-Owner, Temmie Replacement and Composer of the SwilTaett SoundTrack! @terrasaviorx as the one response for Kris' Bow, as well as accidentally causing me to redesign Kris and Jack (as I was also being given a trial in order to join the SoulBlast Team at the time which made me 'Take creative liberties please'), which changed how I presented SwilTaett entirely! And Pal On Blast as a Concept Artist and... himself?"

Q: "* What happens past ACT 2?"

A: "* After ACT 2, SwilTaett will be taking a more creatively-free and original approach from ACTS 3-7, with some inspiration taken from My Takes on Deltarune Chapter 3 and Deltarune Chapter 4! From what's been shown and decided, I hope that Stumpy and Fawnne in ACT 3 are a good representation of what Original Cast Members are to come!"

Q: What are the names of ACTs 1-7?

A: PROLOGUE, Overrrouxled, Buds and Buddies, Call of the Darkness, , , and EPILOGUE!

Q: "* What are the 'Light World' and 'Dark World' Name Replacements?"

A: "* The Light World is now the 'Heavens' (even if the Heavenbound (Lightners) don't call it that), and the Dark Worlds are now the 'Storisets' (and the Darkners are now StoriSOULs)!"

Q: "* How is Jack a human AND a monster?"

A: "* SwilTaett revisits one of Toby Fox's scrapped Deltarune ideas, that being that the Main Cast only becomes monsters when they enter the Storisets!"

Q: "* ...but if that's true, then why does Kris still look mostly human?"

A: "* Shh! Not yet!"

Q: "Well if we can't ask THAT, then what does SwilTaett even, y'know... have?"

A: "Jack's 'Susie' Replacement was composed by @nintenguy203 and has since been uploaded to the Official SwilTaett Soundcloud Account!"

Q: What do you allow in terms of fanart?

A: ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. But to give a more serious answer, every piece of SwilTaett Fanart is welcomed and appreciated, no matter the content or quality (as I'm always curious to see how others view this AU)!

Q: "What do all of the characters think of eachother?"

A: "We can't answer that for EVERY Cast Member, but here's what the Relationship Dynamics between the Heavenbound and the Main StoriSOULs for ACT 1 could look like!"

Q: "* Does Jack bounce?"

A: "He VERY much does, and it tends to come in handy! Combat, breaking down factory doors, D.I.Y flails, you name it!"

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LOCATION CONCEPT ART

Creampie Caverns (ACT 1):

Trendsetter Studios (ACT 2, Three Images):

The PRISM (ACT 7):

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FANART FEATURE

SwilTaett - Snowy's Take by SnowyBoi64

Predesign Jack by Pal On Blast

'SwilTaett is peak I think' Grimpula Fanart by @firestar8903

Fawnne and Grimpula Fanart by @mrchaosman

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THE LEGEND

Long ago, those of the HEAVENS and the NIGHTIVES lived in balance...

Suddenly, the world became overrun, with no semblance of what once was.

If this disorder goes on, TIME itself will come to a standstill...

However, it is said that two SOULBOUND heroes, brought together, are destined to save the world.

Accompanied by a knowledgeable sidekick, these heroes will restore our HOPES and DREAMS once more.

But while on their conquest, the HEAVENBOUND shall face against the power of the [_____ ___]

Creator of our homes, our knowledge, and harbinger of our DEMISE.

...But fate may still have its own plans in the story of the SWIL TAETT.

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Discord LINK: https://discord.gg/V4hvjuqpb5

Soundcloud LINK: https://soundcloud.com/swiltaett

[yanderes-galore]

Fandom: Deltarune

Character: Noelle Holiday and Berdly

Pairing: Romantic And Rivalry

Type of fic: Hc

Other info: MB with a reader thats childhood friends with both of them

If you decide to do this rq thank you!!! :33 Gn reader

Sure! I'll try my best, I'm a bit rusty with Deltarune atm ^^;

Yandere! Noelle Holiday vs Berdly

Pairing: Romantic - Rivalry

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Jealousy, Fear of abandonment implied, Inferiority complex implied, Some manipulation, Stalking implied, Dubious/Forced relationship.

Honestly, I can see these two falling for a childhood friend.

If you were childhood friends with Noelle there's a good chance you are also friends with Kris and Asriel.

Noelle has always been friendly and cheerful with you, albeit timid.

She's quiet about her feelings, even when they develop towards you.

Far as you know she's still crushing on Susie, completely unaware of the gaze she gives you when you look away.

Berdly has always been arrogant when you were little, but you know it's because he's insecure.

In fact, Berdly likes you because you know the true him.

Again, far as you know he likes Noelle... also not noticing the obsessive tendencies he has towards you.

So this dynamic so far is both of your childhood friends having a crush on you... all while you think they like someone else.

You're a bit oblivious for a long time.

Imagine if their obsessions don't hit their peak until during the events of Chapter 2?

Maybe you join Kris, Susie, Ralsei, Noelle, and Berdly during the events of Chapter 2.

During this time both of them get more confident and less insecure around you.

Berdly learns more confidence and to be modest through his time with Kris and Queen and thinks he should confess to you.

Noelle learns to be less shy and to stand up for herself during her journey with Kris too, also making it a goal to confess to you.

We all know how Noelle reacted when Berdly said he may confess to Susie, right?

Yeah... they are not going to take it well when they find out they both like you.

They find out they both like you near the end of Chapter 2.

Post Chapter 2 they both realize they have to make a move.

After all... you're their shared childhood friend!

They both want to have you as theirs.

But they aren't going to share.

Noelle works up her confidence after Chapter 2, even asking Kris for advice on how to ask you out.

Berdly would also try to prepare ways to proclaim his love for you.

He wants to protect you! He wants to court you.

While they both care for one another...

They really wish the other would back off.

Noelle tries so hard to get you alone to ask you out.

However Berdly goes over the top with trying to impress you, even if he is getting over his insecurities.

As a result Noelle may try to find ways to impress you faster.

The two may even follow you around, catching each other doing it before accusing the other of stalking.

I feel these two are so similar to each other (both overcoming similar confidence problems during Chapter 2) that they may even confess at the same time.

Imagine this, you're called to meet them both at a place you all visited often as kids.

The two are surprised to see each other, you can sense the tension in the air.

Then suddenly they're each grabbing a hand of yours and suddenly trying to confess to you.

You're shocked at this as they tug at you, trying to get more attention than the other.

Maybe afterwards you tell them you need a break to think, leaving them both alone.

The two glare at one another... silently accepting a challenge.

Afterwards the two are constantly trying to have you date one of them.

You may not even be interested, you may just see them as friends.

Yet the two are determined to have you accept their feelings.

Regardless on if you like one of them or none of them...

They won't stop until you pick one of them in the end.

[trg-deltarune-quotes]

All the Lightners are smart in their own way: Kris and Susie

I feel like there is a bit of a misconception when it comes to how smart the lightners are. This isn't much of a problem when they're goofy around, but when the situation is slightly serious then there’s a problem. Because some fans like to depict them as dumber than a brick. But aside from a few hiccups they made, they’re not as dumb as some might think. They still do dumb stuff but I argue that it’s not because they’re stupid.

Let's start off with everyone's favorite gremlin Kris. Kris is incredibly smart for a high schooler.

They have a way with quickly learning advanced tech when playing video games.

And even though we are in control of Kris when we solve puzzles, it’s heavily implied through their elaborate pranks that they are quite capable of solving it themselves if they weren’t under our control.

But the one area they excel at the most is emotional intelligence. They have a way of reading people and Identifying what they need to do to make them happy, without having to change who they are at their core.

In the very first fight of the game, the tutorial fight, you are given the option to hug Ralsei instead of the dummy. Keep in mind that Kris and Ralsei just met.

Their ability to read people is astounding.

But there is a major flaw with them that prevents me from calling them the best and it’s because of what Susie says when you try this same tactic on her.

This is Kris’s MAIN method of making people happy. They don’t want to confront them about their underlying issues and why they act that way.

During the second fight with Berdly Kris plays into his ego. Not to gain anything from him but because they like him and want him to be happy.

This obviously stems from whatever happened with Dess seeing as this method of theirs started after she disappeared. 

However this does lead to them unintentionally enabling a lot of their insecurities just to make them happy.

Susie doesn’t fall for this partially because of her own insecurities.

But mostly because of ONE key difference. She’s not afraid to speak her mind.

She is the most open about her worry for the people she cares about. 

She’s able to notice when they aren’t like their usual selves or distress.

And she even tries to make them happy in her own way.

But the biggest reason she’s the best when it comes to emotional intelligence is because she's not afraid to call people out.

And given enough of a good reason she’s willing to try and help them be a better person.

Or to at least improve their skills.

While the first time she does this she was mostly being a bully, and she almost fell back to that with Berdly, she is improving on it and is still one of the best when it comes to emotional intelligence.

But even beyond that, Susie is really good at improvising positive outcomes during combat.

She does this during the second battle against K. Round.

And during the battle against Sweet Cap’n Cakes. 

The S and R-actions are continually used throughout the chapter after this fight. 

However she does falter when it comes to puzzles, in fact she lets Kris solve them anytime they come across any.

But that's not too much of a problem since, aside from Kris, Noelle would gladly help Susie out with them.

[cozmo-star]

hello! I have been making an au of deltarune, called sainstrune. if ur interested u can click on the read more to read abt their personality and other facts abt the au ^_^

(please reblog if you leave a like, it helps a LOT.)

lets start with personalities and stuff!!

Kris is outgoing and energetic, loving the outdoors and exploring. They dont understand jokes a lot of the time, therefore hating pranks. They love making friends and tries to see the best in everyone.

Berdly is shut-in and quiet, not liking attention to himself. He tutors Noelle whenever he can as Noelles grades are.. not well. When in the dark world he becomes childish, feeling like he is in one of his fantasy books.

Noelle is a bratty and stuck up person, being very confident in herself. Doesnt care much for school, but cares more for material things like jewelry or name brands. When Noelle is hanging out with Susie, she tones down her personality to not scare her away.

Susie is shy, timid, and nervous, trying her best in school and a rule follower. Susie talks a lot when shes very nervous. When shes in the dark world she gains a bit of a confidence.

(im bad at drawings weapons, sorry lol)

this is copied from a post on my other account

chapter 1 has a bit of a magical girl theme over all, and the storage closet is turned into a storage closet where alphys keeps all her nerdy anime stuff that doesnt fit in her own apartment.. (hence the magical girl theme XD)

but chapter 2 has a fairytale theme! instead of a computer room, its just more of the library, being the fairytale section.

(dont have any drawings rn, sorry)

this is ralseis design, hes a stubborn asshole and does his own thing, not liking to team up and being a ''lone wolf''. he believes he is baphomets son (hes not) dont have much for him rn but yeah

ill post my other designs in a different post, i think its getting too long of a post rn, sorry about that XD

[kogetaikid]

Alright new AU idea.

I deadass thought of this immediately after watching the TADC pilot.

I don’t have a name for this AU but it’s an alternate timeline at the end of Deltarune chapter 7 where Kris and Susie are in TADC in which I’m definitely not making this on Scratch or anything…

It’s kinda why I made this image:

(Also Kris and Pomni will be separate people in this AU)

TL;DR:

No more dark worlds, Asriel came back from college, but through them though Kris managed to make a friend, Susie. And even after finally getting rid of the SOUL, Kris and Susie continue to be friends. One day, they are hanging out at Kris’s house and finding weird things under their bed while Asriel is studying. Kris and Susie find two old headsets and decide to put them on, and I think you know what happens next…

MAIN STORY:

End of Deltarune chapter 7

After the day is saved permanently. Kris and Susie return to the light world.

(I do think something big would happen in chapter 7, but being a fan of Toby Fox, I think the last light world scene, if there is one, will just be normal with a slight twist)

Asriel has came home from University and just as Kris is about to walk home

*Bright lights shine from the inside

Susie: …well. Guess I should go now.. Erm, have fun with your brother I guess.

*Leave Susie?

Yes ❤️ No!!!

[Upon choosing “Yes”]

Susie: Well, see ya.

*Susie left the party…

[Upon choosing “No!]

Susie: …? Maybe later, I’ll let you see your brother right now.

*Susie left

Entering inside the house

(Slowed version of “You can Always Come Home” plays)

[walking to the dining room]

[Asriel and Toriel are talking inside at the dinner table]

Toriel: So I said, “Have an egg-selent day!”

Asriel: Hehe. But what happened with dad?

Toriel: Oh don’t worry about him…

[Asriel noticing Kris]

Asriel: Kris!

[Asriel get up and hugs Kris]

Asriel: Oh I forgot, you don’t like hugs like that.

Toriel: Why don’t you go clean yourself up Kris?

Asriel: Don’t flush any bath bombs in the toilet!

[Kris walks to the bathroom]

(Extras)

[Attempting to go to your bedroom]

Asriel: Going to sleep already? Why am I not surprised?

Toriel: Come on Kris. You’ve been missing your brother, have you not?

[Attempting to go back outside]

Asriel: Mom’s said you’ve made a friend lately.

Toriel: You’ve had the strangest adventures, had you not?

Toriel: I must have been dreaming if that wasn’t the case.

Asriel: Mom, what the hell are you talking about?

[Interacting with the couch]

*The remote is wedged against the cushions.

*You can’t help but feel nostalgic…

Toriel: KRIS! GO WASH YOUR HANDS!

[Trying to call Toriel]

*ring, ring…

*Click!

Toriel: Kris, please go wash your hands.

[Interacting with the trash can]

*The trashcan is emitting a strong rotten floral scent

Asriel: You were always a weird kid, Kris.

Asriel: And somehow…

Asriel: No offense but you’ve gotten weirder.

Toriel: ASRIEL

Asriel: HEY! IM BEING HONEST!

In the bathroom

[interacting with the sink]

*One last thing to do…

*Wash your hands?

Yes ❤️ Not yet

[Upon choosing “Yes”]

*You turn the sink up loudly.

*…

*You lift your arm…

[Kris tears out their SOUL]

[Kris breaks their SOUL, the screen goes blank]

Kris: Finally. Freedom.

Sepia Flash forward ass shit

(Some goofy ahh remix plays)

[Image of Kris, Toriel and Asriel eating cinnamon-butterscotch pie. They seem happy]

Kris: It was weird at first, without the SOUL’s control, but I was happy. Happier than I’ve ever been.

[Image of Kris sleeping like a maniac]

Kris: I can finally sleep normally, nothing controlling me. No stings, just wings.

[Picture of the SOUL]

Kris: No more forced interacting with people I don’t even know

(I literally am playing Omori while waiting for Deltarune Chapter 3, so tell me if I’ve forgotten anything or forgot something about a character’s personality. I appreciate your feedback)

[Picture of The Deltarune]

Kris: Admittedly, I’ll miss the dark world. At least I don’t have to deal with that little fluff.

Kris: Susie, Noelle, Berdly, everyone, do they feel the same way?

[Picture fades. Blank screen for an awkward five seconds]

Morning

[Kris’s room. Susie shaking Kris]

Susie: Kris wake up!

[Kris lifts their head]

Kris: Susie?!

[Susie puts Kris down]

Kris: How the HELL did you get in here?!

[If you choose to remove Susie from your party earlier]

Susie: Sorry, Kris. Just never had a friend as good as you before. Your brother let me in.

Susie: I wanted to check up on ya, but I’ll leave…

[Susie slowly walks out]

Kris: Wait! You can stay!

Susie: What? Kris, you seem different…

Kris: Yeah about that…

Susie: …don’t worry

Susie: The only thing weirder than your family were these last few days am I right!

Kris: yeah…

Susie: WOW! THIS FRIEND THING IS EASIER THAN I THOUGHT!

Susie: (kinda miss Lancer though…)

*Susie has joined the party

Susie: …

Susie: So what do we do?

Kris: I dunno.

[Susie goes to Asriel’s bad and starts digging for stuff inside]

Susie: Hey! Let’s see what creepy stuff is under Asriel’s bed!

Kris: …

[Kris jumps high into the air like a fuckin cat and starts going gremlin mode under Asriel’s bed]

[Kris and Susie dig out two video game controllers, one knock off one and a normal one, I-CEE’s coupons (I hope I spelt that right but I’m too lazy to search it up), magazines, a Yoshi plushie, etc, but then, they find something unexpected]

[Susie and Kris slowly pick up two dusty headsets,, they seem to have already turned on]

(“The Door” plays)

[The lights get brighter, the surroundings get darker]

Susie: Geez Kris. Didn’t know you and your bro had VR.

Kris: we don’t-

Susie: I only seen these things on TV. Let’s try them out!

Kris: Yeah sure!

[If you chose not to remove Susie from your party earlier]

Susie: Your mom let me in.

Susie: I kinda want to do this friend thing more with you.

Kris: Hehe, same here…

Susie: Y’know I haven’t really had a friend until you arrived.

Kris: …

Susie: DUDE IT’S NOT THAT I LIKE LIKE YOU!

Susie: (I already like Noelle, geez…)

[Insert anything that was highlighted in neon purple. Sorry, I ain’t writing all that shit again but in going on a fucking flight soon]

Putting on the headsets

[Insert dramatic flashing lights]

[Kris and Susie Collapse. Screen goes black for an awkward five seconds or smth]

The Amazing Digital Circus

[bit-crushed remix of TADC theme plays]

[Insert pixelizated version of TADC intro aight I’m done writing this.]

[Black screen

Susie: GOD $&@!ING ¥?#%@IT WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS WHERE THE $&@! ARE WE?!

Caine: Nu uh uh! I’m sorry but we can’t have that foul language.

PS: I know there is very little TADC in here, but I promise that the majority of this AU will take place in the digital circus. This was just the prologue.

PSS: So Kris will be a jester. I don’t have a design for Susie but I might make her an acrobat or smth

PSSS: The SOUL somehow manages to respawn in the digital circus, so Kris is screwed (don’t ask how, I’m still figuring that part out)

PSSSS: Like I said earlier please leave any suggestions. (Constructive criticism only unless it’s THAT BAD)

PSSSSS: VOTE FOR THE AU NAME RIGHT NOW!

[silicon14blog]

I know I am maybe over thinking this but, why was the "Lancer Spin" sprites from the Spamton Sweepstakes made?

I mean it could have been done for a one off gag, but I still feel like there has to be a sightly bigger reason to use it instead of the standard Lancer sprite. Most of the pages in the sweepstakes had a purpose, with even some of the more jokey pages having some meaning. The Ice-e cryptid page at first reads like a humorous account of an event in Noelle's childhood, but the page it links (or at least tries to link) has serious implications about Dess's role in the plot. The "Creepy" Spamton plush page is later used in the Livestream Finale. The blog page with Berdly exist to give characterization. Every other page is either lore, or sneak peaks and/or links to another page that does. Even the page with the gumball machine might mean something. The only two I can think that doesn't fit are the Inu page (though this likely just Toby referencing himself), the pips page, and the Lancer page, or so we think. There are certain things about this sprite that has gotten me thinking

At first I thought it could have been for background tiling purposes (the sprite has an even 1:1 ratio and is easily distinguable, making it ideal instead of Lancer's default sprite), but the page the weather duo/Elnino & Lanina page's background gif is not exactly even, and it is clear that these are these are their default sprites, so that theory was thrown out, and so I started to think about a reason outside of the website for these to be made.

Second, I thought these might fill in the similar roles the plush sprites were made, cute little versions of the characters that can be given to them or be put in their room, which is seen to be the case with both Berdly and Susie respectively, though Ralsei's and Noelle's go unused. However looking at them side by side show that these are clearly in two different styles (sorry for the low quality, only image I could easily find)

The plushies have a soild black outline with the their respective character's color palettes, but Lancer's has a colored outline with a more "pastel" palette. Not only that, but lancer is forward facing, with additional sprites to convey the spin. So that idea was thrown out. So where does that leaves us? Well I have two additional ideas about what it could be used for, with one being a bit of an extension of the other, though, this "extended" version of the idea I don't really like because it looks into Toby Fox media that isn't directly related to Deltarune.

One, The Sprite was made for a retro 8-BIT NES/Retro Gaming section. The sprite's palette is similar/close to that of an actual NES palette (example)

We can see Lancer's palette here is possibly based off the NES palette, or at least invoke it. Not only that, but Lancer's sprite fits cleanly into a 16x16 area, the size that many sprites took during this era (think: Mario's NES sprite before going super). There are some stuff that could also point to this being used in a NES inspired area. One of UT/DR's inspirations is Yume Nikki, whose most famous influence is probably the appearance of the Mystery Man sprite, with one thing that game has are sections called the "Famicom Worlds," Places that not only use an NES/FC tileset and sprites but also change the UI to match. I bring the UI bit up because, remember, Lancer is part of our Key Items, meaning it's possible while in an NES section, Lancer, either in the overworld or in our inventory, uses this sprite.

Okay, but why would there be a NES section/world? Well, there is already TWO possibilies. While Dragon Blazers is the most notable and talked about example, which I will talk about soon, it should be noted most people forget that Kris and Asriel own a console alongside a copy of the game Cat Petterz RPG, and we know that Dark Fountain is located in the Dreemurr's household, so there is that possibility. Of course, the reason people go with Dragon Blazers is due to the fact that Noelle describes the DR battle system as being like that game and there is a lot of references to that game in both the game and in the Spamton Sweepstakes (with the ice maze being a more famous example). Of course, we don't know what Dragon Blazers looks like, right? Well.....

(DISCLAIMER: I PERSONALLY do not believe Skies Forever Blue is Connected to Deltarune beside themes Toby has used in a majority of his works, but I am including it here because I know it will be brought up)

...here is that idea I said I didn't like. It's been theorized that Dragon Blazers is the game in Skies Forever Blue, since both Noelle's version and the game in the Music Video are shown to be handheld, UTDR and the game in the video having RPG deconstructionist themes, and the fact the only fight we see in the MV is of a dragon. Regardless weather or not you believe it is, I will take a look at the boy and girl sprites we see in the video and see if they match up with this Lancer sprite.

Okay so right of the bat both sprites have a similar pastel/NES color palette, colored outlines, and a use the same perspectives. But, the Lancer sprite's outline has a couple of different of colors, though you could argue the (blue) boy's headband and hair are similar to lancer's hand and head outline in the sprite. Like I said, I don't personally believe Skies Forever Blue is connected to Deltarune, but just wanted to included it here.

In Conclusion: Lancer's spin sprite from the Spamton Sweepstakes is going to be use in an NES/retro gaming inspired section in a future chapter. Of course, this is assuming that this sprite was not for a one-off gag, which it might, and also assuming we are getting said NES section, that could either be Cat Petterz RPG, Dragon Blazers, or both. Sorry if this post is long but I had this on my mind recently and wanted to get it out, and I would love to hear any arguments and evidence for or against this.

[krispdreemurr]

I'm not necessarily trying to change your mind or anything but I do wanna point out that Kris and Berdly do seem to enjoy each other's company at least somewhat. In chapter 2 Berdly says he "always saw some potental in [them]," and in Queen's mansion, he asks Kris if they want to have Susie go wait in the other room while they solve the puzzle together, so he seems surprisingly okay with sharing the spotlight with them. We know from the comments on Noelle's blog that Kris and Berdly have a private minecraft server together. There's a couple times where the game says they play video games together, and speedrun against each other too. Overall it seems like Kris is probably the person Berdly likes to hang out with the most, other than Noelle.

ok I looked up the context of that quote bc I suspected things and as I thought the context is Berdly being deeply shitty to them (and Susie, who we know Kris is protective of!)

(the two options are if you join or refuse if you're wondering. the dialogue dump isn't that well laid out)

yes they can get along for gaming. yes it seems like Kris has some fun at least playing games w him. but when it comes to romance, every single time Berdly talks abt Kris it's in the context of them being inferior to him, acceptable at best as a second in command and probably more of a servant, etc. he makes one tiny incremental step towards getting better about that but it's entirely because of his reading too much into Susie - there's no real sign he regrets anything abt how he talked to his so called friend for probably years.

and that's what I mean by people treating Kris as a reward to Berdly for Getting Better. Kris does not seem to have a high opinion of Berdly, at all. they try to sign him up to get hit by a brick in ch1. after all this maybe their friend hangouts will be easier and have less of Berdly insulting Kris' intelligence, personality, behavior, history, etc, but that doesn't erase the past and it doesn't make them romantically compatible.

[tvlandofficiall]

Your response to how the DR is a deconstruction of escapism in fiction reminds how a. We can manipulate and actually kill someone in Snowgrave in this "escapist" dark world and have potentially huge ramifications in the light world and b. How a bunker is generally seen as refuge, a place to escape from danger (the sprites for it are even called a shelter internally), yet the one in town it is presented in such an ominous manner that I wouldn't be surprised if Kris + party members use to escape from some calamity only to end up a messed up or straight up horrific place.

to clarify (because i fear i wasn't clear enough), i don't think deltarune is deconstructing the idea of escapism either — as i've said i just don't think it's a part of the game's themes At All. escapism's just Not what deltarune is about! all ch2 does is use queen and berdly's misconceptions about it as a means to demonstrate that they do not understand what noelle (and the lightners as a whole, for queen) want. but that said, i do think snowgrave is a powerful point of proof against the escapism reading. the main route is also Not At All escapist, but the snowgrave route's even more evidently anything but escapism for anyone involved.

as for the bunker, i have my own thoughts on it, but i think you may have escaping and escapism confused. going to a bunker to keep safe from a calamity isn't escapism so much as it is physically protective. someone wanting to keep safe from danger doesn't automatically corollate to anything to do with escapism — nor does enjoying the fun of an adventure with friends! escapism is a very specific mode of engagement that is Not present here nor in that sort of a survival situation.