"Ralsei is not evil, Ralsei is just miserable" that is the best understanding of his character and actions i have ever seen, gosh i feel so bad for this poor boy Why does every toby fox game have a goat boy i keep crying over?
If I had a nickle for every time a Toby Fox game has a Goat boy to cry about, I would have two nickles. Which isn't a lot, but it seems very intentional that is happened twice.
This is also the vibes the character gives me. Like, all the times people guess he must be evil can also be explained with his suffering. When he urges Kris to just shrug off their fear and worries about Spamton is just he advicing Kris about doing what he also does all the time 😭. Like, all the bad he feels he just tries not to think about it too much. The rest is because he doesn’t want them to suffer and tries that you choose the right outcome for them because he knows it can get bad.
I see all of Ralsei's "suspicious" behavior as desperation to please and poor social skills. His job is to be helpful, so he tries WAY too hard to make the player like him. If you don't like him, then you won't listen to him, then he fails his purpose. But over time as you treat him with kindness, Ralsei starts to open up and even become a bit more assertive thanks to Susie. He has no idea what it means to be Ralsei, but he's slowly getting there.
27:10 My interpretation is basically that the other Darkners know that their world works in video game logic, but they don't know the IMPLICATIONS of that. Nobody does, unless your name is Ralsei (or maybe one of the secret bosses) (or extra maybe Seam) Editor's note: this guy said 99.9% the same thing we're on the same page. LOL
I've always said and most people agree. The moral of Undertale was "The only evil here is what you bring with you". And I felt like Deltarune plans to double down on that.
In an ocean of "Ralsei is evil", "Ralsei is gonna betray us", and so many different variants of "Ralsei = Asriel", seeing an analysis where it's properly recognized how this little guy has some Issues™ that don't inherently indicate that he's in any way untrustworthy or malicious is unbelievably refreshing. Genuinely love this. Can't wait for part 2!!
I believe the main reason people think he’s evil is because of the manual, why tell us everything when he can write it down, if we could read the manual we probably would have known about the roaring and any future vents
@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo 1. Reading it would take much longer than hearing him out. 2. You (or Kris) can read it in their free time when they forget something. 3. It was just a nice gesture the guide character did for you cause he litterally has spend his whole life waiting for you to arrive, all while being completely alone in a desolate kingdom. Like, I'd get bored to the point of making a manual too if i was in his (metaphorical) shoes.
*Inhale* Okay, so, this video was going to be one longer video, like, an hour and thirty minutes long- maybe even two hours. However, I felt the fatigues of- you know, working on one video for three whole months. The GOOD news is that Part two is about 75% percent done editing- I can get that done in like, a week I want to say. However I feel that splitting it into two parts is the best outcome, cause then I can spend some time working on another video- something that isn’t UNDERTALE or DELTARUNE related. The BAD news is that, well, 90 percent of the actual analysis/discussion/topics i have brought up is in part two. Which sucks, since there are probably gonna be things set up that can only be paid off in part two. Plus the video just kind of… stops. Thats because it just sort of needed to call it while i finish the other half- next video also just begins and gets to the point- the pacing is weird, yeah. Still I hope this video is at least funny to watch in the mean time Don’t worry, i will upload both parts into one video for you true sicko’s out there- but for now, have this. Part two will come next Month, so patience enjoyers, please wait.
This is very interesting, since the game tells you that your choices doesn't matter. However, it didn't say you couldn't make your own purpose despite the destination being the same.
I think the theme of the game will be that you are always the master of your destiny. in the normal(pascifist or agressive) route, you make your own meaning of your adventure and the friends along the way. In the weird route, you take the reigns by your own hands, even if it means unsewing the fabric of reality itself
I hate Ralsei being forgotten and taken down by the fandom just for putting other characters in the spotlight. Noelle seems like an interesting character to me, but people always replace Ralsei, (The prince of darkness from the legend) with Noelle, as if it was the most normal and canonical thing to do. Even in popular fangames, it is absurd how they treat Ralsei, either as a joke, or forgotten, or out of focus with one or two dialogues. We are forgetting a lot what ralsei means and we are going to get a big blow when we really know everything about him.
Sans doesnt know hes in a game. He is apathetic because he thinks no matter what happens time is going to be reset, making everything pointless. He is not meta-aware.
In fact, nobody in Undertale knows they're in a video game. There is none of that in Undertale. When Flowey says "this is all just a game," he doesn't mean this is all a videogame. He means it's a game between him and Chara (actually Frisk), where "Chara" tries to get a happy ending and Flowey works against this, so he can keep playing this game forever.
Because resets are an in-universe established thing. If someone knows about something that canonically happens in the world and can entirely be explained without breaking the 4th wall it's not meta knowledge.
yes but flowey talks directly to the player, outright, at the end of the pacifist route if you open the game after finishing it, to tell them NOT to reset they are not talking to the chara. it's weird
@@dantes_integrity oh neat Sorry for not responding but a thing no one notices Ralsei ........ is weird not on that sence but the sence that of "you can beat me if you want"[ch1 "tutoriel"] and he blushing after you say he is an lackey on a choice you have on ch2 Really weird
I think its interesting how Jevil and Spamton are the only ones who know whats really going on and are also the only ones that can really talk like with audio. Queen and some other people laugh or make other noises but jevil and spamton are the only ones that have voicelines. I wonder if that's supposed to be a connection or if its just that theyre secret lore characters that have more depth to them. If it's on purpose I imagine ralsei might be able to talk for real but doesn't for the sake of gameplay
My friend has introduced to me a few months ago and my life has been in shambles ever since, definitely going to be making a video about it in the future.
I was genuinely creeped out. I had the urge to turn around and check my back, but forced myself not to because there were visuals on-screen. It's been a while since a youtube video gave me this strong of a horror vibe in just 5 minutes
Regarding TP being on the left, how do we know they aren't seeing battles from the same perspective as us? If the world operates on video game logic, it makes sense that they'd see battles as if it were a video game, just like in Undertale
if i was a video game character i'd wanna be someone that seems like they serve nothing to the plot at a surface level and just seems like a fun little character but if you dig real deep you find out they're very fundamental to the plot
I don’t know how much Rouxls Kaard knows, but he as a rule card, he was likely the old tutorial guy. I assume that he’d be able to give an accurate tutorial, but with less detailed terminology than Ralsei does.
Thanks for reminding me to take a break. I was working on a painting while watching this and did not realize 30 minutes had passed lol. I love this analysis!
I’m guessing it’s Mayor Holiday as the knight, and Gaster as the strange someone. Gaster: What I believe is that Gaster created the bunker, but then died in a horrible accident, similar to how he died in Undertale, since important events in Deltarune seem to parallel important events in Undertale. (Toriel and Asgore splitting up, Mettaton wanting a better body, etc.) In this theory, Gaster is assumed to not be the Mystery Man. The reason to this is that the Mystery Man is mainly assumed to be Gaster by the theory that he looks like Sans and Papyrus, and passed down the Gaster Blasters to them. (Sans uses them and Papyrus is assumed to have used them in his special attack.) This can be disproven by the fact that Sans and Papyrus are new to town, and in Undertale, Papyrus’ special attack was shown to just be a bunch of bones- not any Gaster Blasters. Now that we’ve successfully separated Gaster from Sans/Papyrus, we can now put him in the right place at the right time- making the bunker and dying in an accident before Dess’ disappearance. When he died in the accident, he was shattered across time and space. The only question is: what was Gaster really studying? I assume it was determination and soul power, leading him to discover dark fountains and the dark worlds. When he dies, he decides to continue his research by going to different dark worlds, and choosing Darkners to experiment on, give determination to, and share his immense knowledge of the past, present, and future with, as well as his knowledge of other dark worlds. I believe he didn’t only talk to Spamton and Jevil, but also the various bosses who mention each other’s dark worlds. After studying the dark worlds, driving the secret bosses insane, and studying determination for years and years on end, he decides to perform another experiment, by deciding to control another human. I’m proposing the theory that *you* are Gaster, and your true form is actually the vessel you create at the start (The “Fragment” of Gaster seen in Undertale is humanoid, just like the Vessel.) You take control of Kris’ body, experiment with their determination, soul, etc. I suspect at one point, Gaster gets separated from Kris, and the two duel. You can either defeat Kris in an outright fight and forcibly seize complete control of their body, or talk it out and befriend Kris, where you both realize that you need each other, and come to a mutual understanding. Kris will have internal dialogue here, which you will get to see. Dess and Ralsei: Dess, Kris, Noelle, and Asriel explored the abandoned bunker, when something went terribly wrong. A dark fountain engulfed the room- one of Gaster’s experiments gone horribly wrong. Dess is sucked into the dark world, alongside Kris’ red horns. Dess became trapped in the dark world, and the red headband became Ralsei. While Gaster was studying his fountains, he came across the prophecy and told it to Ralsei. This explains why you still try to save the world, even if you skip through Ralsei’s prophecy- because you already know the details. Ralsei immediately realizes Kris was possessed by Gaster, which is what they try to explain to Kris, and why they blush when overlapping with your soul- he knows it’s you in control. It’s also why he faces the camera in the acid boat sequence. He suspects that you/Gaster are the one in control and making moves on him. Mayor Holiday: Mayor Holiday ran into the bunker to try to rescue Dess, but it was too late. She read through Gaster’s notes about dark fountains, and became the Roaring Knight in an effort to find her daughter, making fountains in areas her daughter loved to frequent. This is why she grows bitter, cold, and abusive. She was shaped by her grief and the dark powers into a determined, powerful woman, who will do anything she can to get her daughter back.
I love being 4 minutes into a video essay, absolutely gripped to the screen and incredibly interested and then suddenly have the thought: "Wait, isn't this supposed to be a deltarune video??"
ngl, longform deltarune content like theories n analysis is the only thing keeping my hype up for future chapters. im glad when i think its been squeezed dry, theres still more uploads.
Man, I thought the mailman metaphor was about the Knight rather than Ralsei (with a Snowgrave ending), but who's to say the Knight can't also serve a singular purpose? To play the villain in a prophecy foretold? To be a paid actor? Many things to think about...
Here is a question how does Ralsei get back to his Dark fountain after we close the new dark fountain? When both are open it makes sense because the first chapter showed that while open their is a literal path between the two. But when the fountain is sealed and we return to the light world every Darkner that was there has to be manually brought to Ralsie's kingdom. and its not like Ralsei runs back home before you seal the fountain, he is at most one room away. But there is no trace of him in the light world, but both Lancer and Rouxls Card both remain with Kris, is he just teleported back, does he travel back through the void, etc.
29:52 Incidentally, I've seen another analysis/theory video on TH-cam about these trees. How their filename is significant, how they seem to change with the area becoming "darker yet darker", suggesting the same is possible for other Darkners. Have you seen that theory? Thoughts? Anyway, interesting analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
My brain rot is still all about how he is able to change our POV. Push us away from Kris and to Susie. I'm not going to go into my multiple paragraph tirade I did last time, but like, is he able to control the game because he has DETERMINATION? Like, the whole shpiel where Flowey could save and load until we showed up in Undertale?
Im not sure, I talk about it more in part 2, but like, I think he is just aware of what is "Supposed" to happen. I think the PoV change is just a scripted event that he is aware of, and using that opportunity to talk to Kris.
@@dantes_integrity I get that, I watched the video, great work btw, but I just get the feeling that, while Ralsei isn't evil, he is working against the player. He's hiding crap from us directly.
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"Ralsei is not evil, Ralsei is just miserable" that is the best understanding of his character and actions i have ever seen, gosh i feel so bad for this poor boy
Why does every toby fox game have a goat boy i keep crying over?
If I had a nickle for every time a Toby Fox game has a Goat boy to cry about, I would have two nickles. Which isn't a lot, but it seems very intentional that is happened twice.
Maybe he just hates goats. Or maybe for some reason, he's gathering all the karma every goat meat/milk consumer ever ignored
@@dantes_integrity Ralsei knows the ending, so how is the world going to end? That’s why he said, “Lighter, you should accept your faith.”
The easiest way to make memorable character is making them miserable 😂
This is also the vibes the character gives me. Like, all the times people guess he must be evil can also be explained with his suffering.
When he urges Kris to just shrug off their fear and worries about Spamton is just he advicing Kris about doing what he also does all the time 😭. Like, all the bad he feels he just tries not to think about it too much.
The rest is because he doesn’t want them to suffer and tries that you choose the right outcome for them because he knows it can get bad.
I see all of Ralsei's "suspicious" behavior as desperation to please and poor social skills. His job is to be helpful, so he tries WAY too hard to make the player like him. If you don't like him, then you won't listen to him, then he fails his purpose.
But over time as you treat him with kindness, Ralsei starts to open up and even become a bit more assertive thanks to Susie. He has no idea what it means to be Ralsei, but he's slowly getting there.
27:10 My interpretation is basically that the other Darkners know that their world works in video game logic, but they don't know the IMPLICATIONS of that. Nobody does, unless your name is Ralsei (or maybe one of the secret bosses) (or extra maybe Seam)
Editor's note: this guy said 99.9% the same thing we're on the same page. LOL
you come to my house with a comically large spoon, and I show you my pools worth of Ice Cream.
So called "free-thinkers" when their job is to deliver a package to its designated location
Dang, way to make being a mailman existential.
mailmen ARE existentially important.
They are important, as long as they deliver the package 📦 on time
i saw this comment before i had started the video and just KNEW i was in for a doozy of an analysis
@@alexis_electronic Yeah, society relies on transport of information, and the mail service is one of the oldest public services
Spamton is an anagram for postman
The ONLY time we see Ralseys eyes is when we leave Queens basement the first time around.
ralseyes
eyesey
@@G-Cole-01 lieseys
A yes he wrote it in canonical pronounciation!! Ralseis pronounciation is ral-say
I've always said and most people agree. The moral of Undertale was "The only evil here is what you bring with you". And I felt like Deltarune plans to double down on that.
In an ocean of "Ralsei is evil", "Ralsei is gonna betray us", and so many different variants of "Ralsei = Asriel", seeing an analysis where it's properly recognized how this little guy has some Issues™ that don't inherently indicate that he's in any way untrustworthy or malicious is unbelievably refreshing. Genuinely love this. Can't wait for part 2!!
I believe the main reason people think he’s evil is because of the manual, why tell us everything when he can write it down, if we could read the manual we probably would have known about the roaring and any future vents
@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo
The manual is in the game files
@@TheSkyGuy77 oh, is it? I don’t go through the game files
@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo
1. Reading it would take much longer than hearing him out.
2. You (or Kris) can read it in their free time when they forget something.
3. It was just a nice gesture the guide character did for you cause he litterally has spend his whole life waiting for you to arrive, all while being completely alone in a desolate kingdom.
Like, I'd get bored to the point of making a manual too if i was in his (metaphorical) shoes.
*Inhale* Okay, so, this video was going to be one longer video, like, an hour and thirty minutes long- maybe even two hours. However, I felt the fatigues of- you know, working on one video for three whole months.
The GOOD news is that Part two is about 75% percent done editing- I can get that done in like, a week I want to say. However I feel that splitting it into two parts is the best outcome, cause then I can spend some time working on another video- something that isn’t UNDERTALE or DELTARUNE related.
The BAD news is that, well, 90 percent of the actual analysis/discussion/topics i have brought up is in part two. Which sucks, since there are probably gonna be things set up that can only be paid off in part two. Plus the video just kind of… stops. Thats because it just sort of needed to call it while i finish the other half- next video also just begins and gets to the point- the pacing is weird, yeah. Still I hope this video is at least funny to watch in the mean time
Don’t worry, i will upload both parts into one video for you true sicko’s out there- but for now, have this. Part two will come next Month, so patience enjoyers, please wait.
patience
patience
Anticipatience
Brb watching all your other vids now
patience !
"Ball game"
28:26
wasn't expecting ralsei to be called a microwave pervert
my biggest takeaway from the video not gonna lie
Deltarune is the only game where you can barely tell who’s supposed to be a villain
the opening just went hard for non reason goddamn
Buddy, if you think the opening went too hard, I have bad and slash or good news about the Spangtongue section of part two.
@@dantes_integrity time to subscribe to not miss out on that
40 minuets of a Ralsei thoery? I'm straped in.
This is very interesting, since the game tells you that your choices doesn't matter. However, it didn't say you couldn't make your own purpose despite the destination being the same.
I think the theme of the game will be that you are always the master of your destiny.
in the normal(pascifist or agressive) route, you make your own meaning of your adventure and the friends along the way.
In the weird route, you take the reigns by your own hands, even if it means unsewing the fabric of reality itself
@@minestar2247 That would make sense.
20:33 Dang, idk why that edit was so brutal, but it genuinely threw me off. Kudos to your editing skills
Oh I wish I had my screen recording when Kris aligned in those two scenes, cause I was cackling like an evil witch.
By the way... I wonder what Lancer thinks of the desolate wasteland?
Does the king know about that place? No one ever mentioned it.
And you can never go back there, one of the NPCs do mention going to live up there though
@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo True, they never do however.
Okay the 'Get on with it' bit gets a pass, it's great.
Ralsei knows so much, he knows the player is watching at all times...
not at ALL times
(so that's why, Kris)
10:50 I really do believe sans being a “judge” is a reference to off, hes got that same smile as the judge from that game!
I used to be a mailman. It sucks.
nobody wants what you give them, and yet they give you hell if you deliver it too late.
I hate Ralsei being forgotten and taken down by the fandom just for putting other characters in the spotlight. Noelle seems like an interesting character to me, but people always replace Ralsei, (The prince of darkness from the legend) with Noelle, as if it was the most normal and canonical thing to do. Even in popular fangames, it is absurd how they treat Ralsei, either as a joke, or forgotten, or out of focus with one or two dialogues. We are forgetting a lot what ralsei means and we are going to get a big blow when we really know everything about him.
Sans doesnt know hes in a game. He is apathetic because he thinks no matter what happens time is going to be reset, making everything pointless.
He is not meta-aware.
In fact, nobody in Undertale knows they're in a video game. There is none of that in Undertale.
When Flowey says "this is all just a game," he doesn't mean this is all a videogame. He means it's a game between him and Chara (actually Frisk), where "Chara" tries to get a happy ending and Flowey works against this, so he can keep playing this game forever.
Yeah, Sans somehow knows that resets can and have happened, but everything else is just guessing.
How would knowing about resets _not_ be meta knowledge?
Because resets are an in-universe established thing. If someone knows about something that canonically happens in the world and can entirely be explained without breaking the 4th wall it's not meta knowledge.
yes but flowey talks directly to the player, outright, at the end of the pacifist route if you open the game after finishing it, to tell them NOT to reset
they are not talking to the chara. it's weird
I find a little lovecraftian that ralsei has to obey a time god capable of mass destruction
Gee, I sure hope I have a segment like that in part 2, Smiles :)
@@dantes_integrity oh neat
Sorry for not responding but a thing no one notices
Ralsei ........ is weird not on that sence but the sence that of "you can beat me if you want"[ch1 "tutoriel"] and he blushing after you say he is an lackey on a choice you have on ch2
Really weird
StuffedAlpaca recommended this video and I’m really glad I took their word!
Same :D
This tickles my hyper fixations! Great job dude! The fact you arent more popular is insane.
imagine, if you will
dragons
Invading Dave & Busters
I can't, I have to know how to draw them first to do so...
I think its interesting how Jevil and Spamton are the only ones who know whats really going on and are also the only ones that can really talk like with audio. Queen and some other people laugh or make other noises but jevil and spamton are the only ones that have voicelines. I wonder if that's supposed to be a connection or if its just that theyre secret lore characters that have more depth to them. If it's on purpose I imagine ralsei might be able to talk for real but doesn't for the sake of gameplay
12:31 WTF I WAS LISTENING TO THIS WHILE WASHING THE DISHES AND THAT LINE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD SO BADLY I ALMOST DROPPED THE PLATE I WAS WASHING
12:03 love the VTM references. you were so real for that. these videos are great, keep it up :)
My friend has introduced to me a few months ago and my life has been in shambles ever since, definitely going to be making a video about it in the future.
What a great video! You had me laughing and thinikng throughout all the video. Keep up the great work and can't wait for part 2!
The intro reminded me of PM from Homestuck and then went psychological horror oh god
Holy wow this is a good video.
I was genuinely creeped out. I had the urge to turn around and check my back, but forced myself not to because there were visuals on-screen. It's been a while since a youtube video gave me this strong of a horror vibe in just 5 minutes
:0 fellow homestuck enjoyer spotted !!
Bros got 4 videos and they're all bangers
you saying “rememberable” instead of “memorable” is very silly I kinda love it
This is so underrated
Great video I can see how much effort you put into this
Regarding TP being on the left, how do we know they aren't seeing battles from the same perspective as us? If the world operates on video game logic, it makes sense that they'd see battles as if it were a video game, just like in Undertale
I love the unsettling vibe you've created throughout, it's masterful!
Although, I probably shouldn't have watched this right before bed ^^'
if i was a video game character i'd wanna be someone that seems like they serve nothing to the plot at a surface level and just seems like a fun little character but if you dig real deep you find out they're very fundamental to the plot
I don’t know how much Rouxls Kaard knows, but he as a rule card, he was likely the old tutorial guy. I assume that he’d be able to give an accurate tutorial, but with less detailed terminology than Ralsei does.
also THAT CHART finally someone else gets how crazy umineko goes with its leitmotifs
Thanks for reminding me to take a break. I was working on a painting while watching this and did not realize 30 minutes had passed lol. I love this analysis!
I LOVE THE INTRO SEGMENT SOOO MUCH!!!
When I need a JOB done, I get someone with a JOB to do that JOB!
gaster creating ralsei
Also like
That mailman story could legitimately be its own game that sounds like it goes hard
I’m guessing it’s Mayor Holiday as the knight, and Gaster as the strange someone.
Gaster: What I believe is that Gaster created the bunker, but then died in a horrible accident, similar to how he died in Undertale, since important events in Deltarune seem to parallel important events in Undertale. (Toriel and Asgore splitting up, Mettaton wanting a better body, etc.) In this theory, Gaster is assumed to not be the Mystery Man. The reason to this is that the Mystery Man is mainly assumed to be Gaster by the theory that he looks like Sans and Papyrus, and passed down the Gaster Blasters to them. (Sans uses them and Papyrus is assumed to have used them in his special attack.) This can be disproven by the fact that Sans and Papyrus are new to town, and in Undertale, Papyrus’ special attack was shown to just be a bunch of bones- not any Gaster Blasters. Now that we’ve successfully separated Gaster from Sans/Papyrus, we can now put him in the right place at the right time- making the bunker and dying in an accident before Dess’ disappearance. When he died in the accident, he was shattered across time and space.
The only question is: what was Gaster really studying? I assume it was determination and soul power, leading him to discover dark fountains and the dark worlds. When he dies, he decides to continue his research by going to different dark worlds, and choosing Darkners to experiment on, give determination to, and share his immense knowledge of the past, present, and future with, as well as his knowledge of other dark worlds. I believe he didn’t only talk to Spamton and Jevil, but also the various bosses who mention each other’s dark worlds. After studying the dark worlds, driving the secret bosses insane, and studying determination for years and years on end, he decides to perform another experiment, by deciding to control another human. I’m proposing the theory that *you* are Gaster, and your true form is actually the vessel you create at the start (The “Fragment” of Gaster seen in Undertale is humanoid, just like the Vessel.) You take control of Kris’ body, experiment with their determination, soul, etc.
I suspect at one point, Gaster gets separated from Kris, and the two duel. You can either defeat Kris in an outright fight and forcibly seize complete control of their body, or talk it out and befriend Kris, where you both realize that you need each other, and come to a mutual understanding. Kris will have internal dialogue here, which you will get to see.
Dess and Ralsei: Dess, Kris, Noelle, and Asriel explored the abandoned bunker, when something went terribly wrong. A dark fountain engulfed the room- one of Gaster’s experiments gone horribly wrong. Dess is sucked into the dark world, alongside Kris’ red horns. Dess became trapped in the dark world, and the red headband became Ralsei. While Gaster was studying his fountains, he came across the prophecy and told it to Ralsei. This explains why you still try to save the world, even if you skip through Ralsei’s prophecy- because you already know the details.
Ralsei immediately realizes Kris was possessed by Gaster, which is what they try to explain to Kris, and why they blush when overlapping with your soul- he knows it’s you in control. It’s also why he faces the camera in the acid boat sequence. He suspects that you/Gaster are the one in control and making moves on him.
Mayor Holiday:
Mayor Holiday ran into the bunker to try to rescue Dess, but it was too late. She read through Gaster’s notes about dark fountains, and became the Roaring Knight in an effort to find her daughter, making fountains in areas her daughter loved to frequent. This is why she grows bitter, cold, and abusive. She was shaped by her grief and the dark powers into a determined, powerful woman, who will do anything she can to get her daughter back.
so glad i came back to this video because the cops are pigs comment followed by smiling friends tickled my brain and im subscribing. keep slaying
I love being 4 minutes into a video essay, absolutely gripped to the screen and incredibly interested and then suddenly have the thought:
"Wait, isn't this supposed to be a deltarune video??"
Is this the start of a new deltarune theoring channel? Really loving your videos keep up with the good work.
8:45 umineko mention! God i feel like that game haunts me everywhere i go
28:04 Ha ha imagine knowing how a microwave works ha ha couldn't be me.
OKAY THIS VIDEO WAS ACTUALLY AMAZING GOOD JOB MAN
You know it's a good analysis when the actual analysis starts 20 minutes into the video
This is so interesting, I really can't wait to see part two!
So ralsei is just a secret boss but good ?
He knows he is in a game and the secret bosses knows too so like
Ralsei wasn’t driven insane by it though, the secret bosses were, Seam also seems to know and isn’t insane
I LOOOOVE the intro so much
Okay the fact that I was literally eating cereal when you said that
Wait... Teenagers fall into darkness... wake up in a new world... meet a guidelike character.... IS DELTARUNE SECRETLY AN ISEKAI?!?!
ngl, longform deltarune content like theories n analysis is the only thing keeping my hype up for future chapters. im glad when i think its been squeezed dry, theres still more uploads.
WOW! I JUST WATCHED THE INTRO AND I'M ALREADY SCARED!
Dude, this is a really great video!
I've only gotten just past the intro bit with the mailman, and it's gotten me REALLY intrigued. fucken listen to it, jesus
"im glad your dad died" is fucking wild
Man, I thought the mailman metaphor was about the Knight rather than Ralsei (with a Snowgrave ending), but who's to say the Knight can't also serve a singular purpose? To play the villain in a prophecy foretold? To be a paid actor? Many things to think about...
Oblivion theory go brrr...
That is an interesting thought, to that I have to say:
Stayed tuned for Part 2 :)
I am in fact eating cereal... I feel called out.
love your videos! and your art!
Your videos are improving a ton! And I really appreciate the perspective you offer on the topics!
31:51 I love this section, thanks for reminding me to break my togs!!
i was dead expecting you to say "he serves ZERO purpose"
Here is a question how does Ralsei get back to his Dark fountain after we close the new dark fountain? When both are open it makes sense because the first chapter showed that while open their is a literal path between the two. But when the fountain is sealed and we return to the light world every Darkner that was there has to be manually brought to Ralsie's kingdom. and its not like Ralsei runs back home before you seal the fountain, he is at most one room away.
But there is no trace of him in the light world, but both Lancer and Rouxls Card both remain with Kris, is he just teleported back, does he travel back through the void, etc.
28:06
Finally, my 18 page paper on microwave radiation from 4 years ago can come in handy
If I was in a video game, I’d want to be like the Save Frogs in Mother 3
29:52 Incidentally, I've seen another analysis/theory video on TH-cam about these trees. How their filename is significant, how they seem to change with the area becoming "darker yet darker", suggesting the same is possible for other Darkners. Have you seen that theory? Thoughts?
Anyway, interesting analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
Babe wake up new Dante just dropped
Holy cow, an entirely new Dante just manifested in the woods.
Idk what video to comment this on since i cant find anyone talking about it but
Why does Asriel's drawer suddenly gain 5$ from chapter 1 to chapter 2?
12:31 BRO IM ACTUALLY EATING CEREAL WHILE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW.😭😭😭
What if.... YOU are the package?
Man i frickin love this dante guy's styles and flow, i hope theyre a recurring character
12:31 I am EATING CEREAL right now. You CANNOT call me out like this lmao
Okay, that was a cool intro.
I was straight up expecting AOTF-s1 to start blasting there at the beginning.
"ralsei is the pervert that knows how microwaves work" hit me like a truck
28:14 *waves hand excitedly* I know how microwaves work!!!
Is it just me or in that intro did someone else think he was gonna say “I LIKE TRAINS”
32:00 not appreciating the elevator joke
Bro I'm high u can't hit me with the "if the liws aren't vinxed, go so!" 😭
7:11 my dumbass cannot hear "Mind, Heart and Soul" without thinking of chonny jash 💀
"Those who know will understand"
@@dantes_integrity HUH???
serious stanley parable vibes from that mailman
omg a new DR video. OMG it's long. O M G it's only part 1!!! Today is a good day.
i always called it “the Shit Squad” in my head instead of “Fuck Squad” 😂
Sick theory, can't wait for part 2
the aspect ratio of the video made me so much more imersed!!!
My brain rot is still all about how he is able to change our POV. Push us away from Kris and to Susie. I'm not going to go into my multiple paragraph tirade I did last time, but like, is he able to control the game because he has DETERMINATION? Like, the whole shpiel where Flowey could save and load until we showed up in Undertale?
Im not sure, I talk about it more in part 2, but like, I think he is just aware of what is "Supposed" to happen. I think the PoV change is just a scripted event that he is aware of, and using that opportunity to talk to Kris.
@@dantes_integrity I get that, I watched the video, great work btw, but I just get the feeling that, while Ralsei isn't evil, he is working against the player. He's hiding crap from us directly.
28:55 def my fave image from this whole video
Spamton is VERY evil.
18:30 i mean some weed would help too probably..
“Police”
INTRO IS FIREEE
Bro looks like he came out of ghost trick 💀(good video btw)
Lore of the Job that needs to be done momentum 100
Stuffed Alpaca was right, this is peak
" I'm glad your dad died! " is wild 💀
oh HELL yeah 40 minute deltarune theorynalysis