History Fridge / Deltarune

* Ralsei's tutorial is essentially a mirror image of the "tutorial" Flowey gave you in Undertale, right down to using some of the exact same language when describing your soul. This makes sense when you realize that, based on the ending, Ralsei is almost certainly an alternate form of Astriel and therefore Flowey.

** Chara described themself in the genocide ending as an embodiment of those mechanics in [=RPGs=] that allow you to be violent. The game already had those mechanics, and our decision to use them has no bearing. How can we hope to outrun them when they are already here?

* Speaking of Motifs, most of the main enemies' use of playing cards should call to mind ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', especially given the long fall you take into their realm (a series recurring element). But according to Jevil and the King of Spades, the Queen and the Knight, who are the likely BigBad and TheDragon, use ChessMotifs instead like some of the minor enemies. ''Through the Looking-Glass'' used chess motifs for contrast with ''Alice'', and given the {{Elseworlds}} setting...

* Speaking of Motifs, most of the main enemies' use of playing cards should call to mind ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', especially given the long fall you take into their realm (a series recurring element). But according to Jevil and the King of Spades, the likely BigBad and TheDragon, the Queen and the Knight, use ChessMotifs instead like some of the minor enemies. ''Through the Looking-Glass'' used chess motifs for contrast with ''Alice'', and given the {{Elseworlds}} setting...

* Kris' health is exactly 92 points. The same amount you have during the fight with Sans in a genocide run...

* IF Kris is being "possessed" by the player via SOUL, then it explains why and how we are able to control them. Ralsei gets "controlled" by us as well, but the flavour text always points out that Kris asks him to do something (eg. "You asked Ralsei to compliment all enemies"). But when Kris and Ralsei are locked into a prison cell, the player receives the option to tell Suzie where to go to. She will react confused, believing to have heard Kris and ignore the input. But if the player's control is within the SOUL that is inside Kris...how could Suzie receive the order?

* The story seems to be an {{Elseworlds}} plot where things didn't happen quite as we know it, judging by the various changes and missing character relationships. Then you meet Sans, who has his usual LeaningOnTheFourthWall nature and you can proclaim it's good to see him again. Then he says he's never met Kris before, and his other dialogue choices seem to be looking for ways to entrap the player into saying knowledge the ''player'', not Kris, would know. Even worse, you can ask Undyne about Alphys, and they've never met - something that only someone with pre-existing knowledge of ''Undertale'' would assume a connection on to begin with. What the hell is going on that meta-knowledge from a different storyline has become plot relevant?

* The story seems to be an Elseworlds plot where things didn't happen quite as we know it, judging by the various changes and missing character relationships. But then you meet Sans, who has his usual LeaningOnTheFourthWall nature and you can proclaim it's good to see him again. Then he says he's never met Kris before, and his other dialogue choices seem to be looking for ways to entrap the player into saying knowledge the ''player'', not Kris, should know. Even worse, the player can ask Undyne about Alphys, and they've never met - something that only someone with pre-existing knowledge of ''Undertale'' would assume a connection on to begin with. What the hell is going on that meta-knowledge from a different storyline has become plot relevant?

* How else does Deltarune prove itself to be the opposite of Undertale's "your choices matter"? Their titles! Undertale's name on the title screen is written in all capital letters, but Deltarune is in lowercase.

** Chara described themself in the genocide ending as an embodiment of those mechanics in RPGs that allow you to be violent. The game already had those mechanics, and our decision to use them has no bearing. How can we hope to outrun them when they are already here?

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