whoneedsanidentity

[whoneedsanidentity]

Alright kids say it with me

My thoughts don’t make me a bad person

My feelings don’t make me a bad person

My thoughts, feelings, and impulses only exist inside my head, and none of it matters unless I act on it

Nobody can see my thoughts or emotions

The only things anyone can see and judge me on are my actions

There’s no such thing as a thought crime

thank u

[whoneedsanidentity]

Well

I’m here now.

Welcome to this ask blog!!

Mod’s main is @salad-fingers-in-france

I’ll spew some lore and then feel free to ask!!

•••

All Addisons are created with wings. They have pale skin, and pastel hair.

Around the 2 week mark of an Addison existing, they are brought to Queen’s mansion to be given their purpose, serial number, and to have their wings chopped off so they can’t retaliate against their post or job. All Addisons have heard ‘This won’t hurt’ at least once in their lives. By 2 months in, they are forced to choose their haircut, and have to stick with it for the rest of their lives. Those who don’t comply to the procedures are thrown into what is known as ‘The Tar Pits’ and left to be corrupted and controlled by who is known as the Puppet Master via odd, green strings. These Addisons, are known as…

Blackouts.

Nobody wants to be a Blackout.

(Tw for cult imagery/ cult stuff/ slight gore/ trypophobia[?]/ arachnophobia/ they’re staring at you near the end)

Spamton inadvertently started a cult when he made his deal with Tenna. The Blackout Addisons (and some normal Addisons) believe that since Spamton left Cyber City, he is the chosen one. They would pray to his name, and the outsiders would be scorned by the cultists for trying to interfere with their prayers. All of them believed that Spamton would gift them their freedom. From their work, from The Tar Pit. Spamton didn’t know about any of this until he returned to Cyber City. If you look hard enough, you can still find old posters such as these.

And if you’re unlucky enough, you will be dragged down with them, brainwashed, and pray alongside them. Hoping for a freedom never to come.

And a look at the Blackout Addisons (And yes they have their wings, but they believe that “true” freedom or “pure” freedom will come from ‘The Devine Dealmaker’)

•••

ANYWAYS

Some rules:

1) Don’t be hateful guys, you know what that means

2) Ask whatever, I don’t care

3) Have fun with it

4) You can either ask the Blackouts, Spamton (big shot era), and maybe Tenna idk yet (and the normal Addisons too)

[whoneedsanidentity]

their life is OVER.

[whoneedsanidentity]

It's Monday, y'all know what that means

you probably don't

its

(hopefully)

Q!O!T!W!

TIMMMEEEE

[whoneedsanidentity]

Fanart for @bartender-ramb and @battat-gone-batty because I am very very normal about this

[whoneedsanidentity]

Deltarune: What's the Deal with Ramb?

(MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR CH 3 of DELTARUNE)

Genuinely, who hell is this guy?

I spend an unhealthy amount of time overthinking Deltarune, so I will likely have an opinion, theory, or answer on practically every aspect of the game. (whether you guys get to read any of those depends on my work ethic.)

But with Ramb, the best I can add is that this is a rare case of an underwritten Toby Fox character. Borderline just a plot-device for the Ch 3 weird route.

...and maybe this was done deliberately?

Throughout Ch 3, Ramb works as a very effective bait for the fans keeping their eyes out for this chapter's secret boss.

An odd speech pattern, a distinct design, an uncomfortable familiarity with Kris, low-key kind of a weirdo, and who could forget the FREEDOM drop.

Like, come on. By his 2nd line, I'm sure most players were suspicious of this guy. Moreso, when you enter that ominous S rank lobby into an equally ominous, weird route minigame.

This has to be the guy right?

Yes, I'm still salty.

And so you keep progressing, grinding for those S ranks, chatting with the definitely-the-Ch3-secret-boss, killing some digital friends along the way.

You find out he's actually a library power strip that Kris and Asriel stole to play games way back when. He's not just any NPC, he KNOWS Kris. And in the chapter's endgame, Ramb drops the bombshell that he SAW Kris open the fountain and figures before anyone that they must've done it to have another adventure with Susie.

I never trust anyone who smiles like this.

Alright lay it on me Ramb, give me the bullshit bullets and let me kick your ass!

And then you fight ERAM, get the Shadow Mantle, and.... he's gone. For the rest of the chapter.

WHERE'S MY CRYSTAL RAMB???

A Rabbick in the S rank hall will tell you that something happened to Ramb, but you don't even get the liberty of knowing the specifics.

So what the hell? Was Ramb genuinely just some weirdo?

It actually wasn't until a week later that I found out that Ramb gets more backstory in the route where you talk with him less. In other words, the non-S rank path that secret hunters would've reset the chapter away from. Nullifying any more info on this character for most dedicated first-timers.

Rather than Ramb vanishing, he's just a block of stone in his booth. Interact with it and a Pippins will give you this:

Don't bother Kris. Ramb's already turned into stone a bit ago... He was a plug, but because you played with him like any other toy, it made him feel special. Might have given him a little bit of an ego, in fact...

Always condescending to any plan, saying "what's best for Kris?" Couldn't get rid of him, so Tenna made him "work the stand"...

Us from the Card Castle fit in fine. Him? He never really belonged. His first day at this stand, he joked "how about the usual?" ... no one laughed! Mixing drinks alone for himself, he wasn't allowed to handle the points...

No one will shed a tear for him. Inside, he was probably stone already.

... And it tells us nothing.

I'm not talking the boy-that-was-sure-a-lot-of-words type of nothing. I mean a far more mundane, miserable type of nothing.

Some have theorized that Ramb was the intended secret boss that the Knight didn't get the shadow crystal to in time.

Some also theorize that Ramb was the one controlling ERAM to have a 1v1 with Kris.

And even fewer might expect Ramb to return in a future chapter so we'll DEFINITELY know what the deal with him is!

Maybe I'm stepping my foot a bit hard here, but I don't agree with any of these. I think the point of this backstory is much sadder than we expected.

Ramb didn't know shit.

Every time Ramb talked about freedom, he wasn't even referring to the same realization that Spamton and Jevil had. Ramb wasn't aware of a grand prophecy, nor did he receive a contact from Gaster/The Knight/Carol or whoever the hell is on that phone.

Ramb placed all stock on his value and identity on being Kris's favorite. Like a parasocial fan of a celebrity. And as a result, he ruined any chance at a social life.

Funny enough, Ramb got NOTHING about Kris right.

Kris HATED playing the Shadow Mantle game. Kris didn't open the fountain for fun; it was to carry out the Knight's plan, which I'm pretty sure Kris isn't all that fond of either.

So all we've got left is this strange, lonely NPC who didn't even need a shadow crystal to be trapped in an existential rot.

He gave up on his life all by himself.

Whenever I see another "who's the secret boss of Ch 3" argument pop up, it makes me pity Ramb in a way I never have with any other Toby Fox character.

Ramb...but only thematically.

Spamton and Jevil are considered anti-social, insane rejects within their Dark Worlds. Yet because they've got the charisma and are powerful opponents, they're loved by many players.

Ramb has none of these qualities.

Other than his accent and design, there isn't much of anything to delve further into with this guy. Ramb absolutely does have some fans, but he'll never reach the same heights as the other bosses because he doesn't stand out.

Ramb's only self-imposed purpose was to help guide Kris to whatever he thinks freedom is and once we get the Mantle, he's fulfilled it, and we're never to see him again.

It's as if even the narrative wants us to forget about him.

[whoneedsanidentity]

Uh old little meme from when this format was plopular

[whoneedsanidentity]

whoneedsnidebfufh

GAME IDEA REBLOG THIS AND TRY TYPING YOUR URL EYES CLOSED

VD&diydgbyt-buh

[whoneedsanidentity]

for those of you who don’t know, spamton’s full name is “spamton g. spamton” and my friend said this idea and I had to draw it

thank you tyler for talking to me about deltarune all the time

[whoneedsanidentity]

[whoneedsanidentity]

Reminder that you can wholeheartedly love your system and sysmates and still have days where you feel tired of being a system. Sometimes being a system makes hard days easier, but sometimes it makes them harder, and that’s okay too.

[whoneedsanidentity]

we making it to Mary Bell Township with this one

[whoneedsanidentity]

[whoneedsanidentity]

a wonderful ao3 author note

[whoneedsanidentity]

*politely slides you a box of donuts*

YUMYUMYUM

*eats the donuts*

[whoneedsanidentity]

shoulder pads wearing ahh 🥀

this one drawing i made instead of the focus ❤️

[whoneedsanidentity]

who will win ?