Ralsei is Kris's monstersona video is GO
09/28/26
I've officially started writing the script. YAY! I don't wanna retread other people's ground so I'm steering clear of looking at videos with a similar idea. Fresh!!! Unbiased!!! Just gotta. Freaking. Assemble. PC!!!! My laptop is crap but its enough for the scriptwriting process, but for editing I need the silly tower back. Silly lady assemble silly tower.
OKAY I'LL SHARE MY THOUGHT PROCESS. So the dark in Deltarune - darkness as a CONCEPT - is tied to the idea of unreality or fiction. If Ralsei is a PRINCE of the DARK, that means he holds some form of fantasy just by existing. It doesn't seem like he has DOMINION over the land, it seems like he's beholden to the Dark World as much as any other darkner. So Ralsei's existence itself, must then, be fantasy WAY more than the average Darkner. "The impossibility himself". And what's more fantastical than a dream? A being of HOPES and DREAMS, the hope to have been born differently, the dream to fit in. (By the way - totally think the reveal is that the closet is gonna have a mirror in it. Ralsei mirror theory /j).
I love Ralsei as a character. I worry that if I share this thought it sounds like I'm reducing Ralsei down, but it's actually the opposite. It makes me think about how a snapshot of a person's ideal self changes when growing up. The fact that this person can change so much that the original ideal self is... basically a different entity unto themselves? That's fascinating to me! It's the complex yet simple ideas that make Deltarune so interesting to me.
ALSO KEEPS SIGMUND FREUD OUTTA THE HOUSE! It's not problematic if it's SELFCEST, it's EPIC LITERARY METAPHOR FOR ACCEPTANCE!!! If Mew Mew Maddie can do it, why can't Kralsei, huh?
Just a glimpse into my creative process...
OKAY I'LL SHARE MY THOUGHT PROCESS. So the dark in Deltarune - darkness as a CONCEPT - is tied to the idea of unreality or fiction. If Ralsei is a PRINCE of the DARK, that means he holds some form of fantasy just by existing. It doesn't seem like he has DOMINION over the land, it seems like he's beholden to the Dark World as much as any other darkner. So Ralsei's existence itself, must then, be fantasy WAY more than the average Darkner. "The impossibility himself". And what's more fantastical than a dream? A being of HOPES and DREAMS, the hope to have been born differently, the dream to fit in. (By the way - totally think the reveal is that the closet is gonna have a mirror in it. Ralsei mirror theory /j).
I love Ralsei as a character. I worry that if I share this thought it sounds like I'm reducing Ralsei down, but it's actually the opposite. It makes me think about how a snapshot of a person's ideal self changes when growing up. The fact that this person can change so much that the original ideal self is... basically a different entity unto themselves? That's fascinating to me! It's the complex yet simple ideas that make Deltarune so interesting to me.
ALSO KEEPS SIGMUND FREUD OUTTA THE HOUSE! It's not problematic if it's SELFCEST, it's EPIC LITERARY METAPHOR FOR ACCEPTANCE!!! If Mew Mew Maddie can do it, why can't Kralsei, huh?
Just a glimpse into my creative process...
MY RALSEI THEORY
09/27/26
SCREW IT I'LL MAKE A VIDEO ON THIS SOON BUT Ralsei is Kris's broken dream. A reflection of themself, the way they wanted to be as a child and the way they wanted to fit in to the Dreemurr household. Able to do magic, goat-like monster, the old red horns they used to wear faded into a pink. And a reflection reflected over and over fades into green, after all.
Locked in a closet, only there to guide their current self, but stuck with them wherever they go. But without light, a mirror stops having to reflect. With the power of darkness, it can turn into anything it wants. Anyway, Kralsei is basically Mew Mew X Maddie and also I'm a big genderfluid/NB/not strictly "Prince" Ralsei truther so this may be influencing my beliefs. Or maybe a little bit of dysphoria from Kris's end, believing they should've been a clear-cut "Prince" like Asriel? Would've considered that bit a stretch before the King Queen festival stuff in Chapter 5. No hometown monarch, just King and Queen. Hmm...
Why every Chapter are we building up more and more ways that darkness can create beings? Why introduce plantners? Why show that darkners born from Kris's blade are obsessed with wanting to make sure that Kris is okay but struggle with their purpose?
I know this theory is not airtight yet! That's what writing video scripts are for. But I think this might have legs!
Video ideas
09/27/26
I've got an idea for a video, but I'm genuinely a bit nervous to post it considering the kind of antsty atmosphere there is in the Deltarune fandom. I did like ONE accidental "bait" post (WHICH WASN'T BAIT, I BELIEVED THAT!!!) and I got a little bummed out by the negativity. It's not nice being called a liar :(
But I think if it's fun and starts a discussion, I think it's worth making. It makes me happy! Actually, I think I wrote a tiny bit on another page, but it's about the Freedom Motif not actually being about freedom. And actually, now that I think about it, I have a second video idea regarding the secret bosses. Freaking Mew Mew making me reevaluate all my thoughts. You beautiful catgirl, you.
But I think if it's fun and starts a discussion, I think it's worth making. It makes me happy! Actually, I think I wrote a tiny bit on another page, but it's about the Freedom Motif not actually being about freedom. And actually, now that I think about it, I have a second video idea regarding the secret bosses. Freaking Mew Mew making me reevaluate all my thoughts. You beautiful catgirl, you.
I keep FALLING off the FACE of the INTERNET
09/27/26
I've had so much wild crap happening in my personal life that I genuinely don't notice months passing. You know how when you have to lock in, days themselves become very important? That was the past 4-5 months for me. So when I finally could catch my breath and look at the internet I went "wait HOW many people animated to my weird route VO that I did 30 minutes after watching the scene blind whilst my AC was broken in like 100 degree heat?!?!!". (Not a humble brag, more like a shameful suffering.)
I keep getting embarassed looking at my "where did you go" update as if I didn't also just disappear AGAIN! But life updates, if you care about that kind of stuff. I've moved out the country.
So I packed all of my belongings I could fit into my suitcase, shipped my PC and went off into the wild blue yonder. Also, ADHD moment, my PC is here, totally fine, but I just haven't reassembled and wired her up after bubblewrapping her for her trip.
It's RIGHT THERE. My stream VODs are RIGHT THERE. But I have this weird mental block!!!
It's fine, I'll make a fake deadline for when it needs to be reassembled and I'll lock in.
I keep getting embarassed looking at my "where did you go" update as if I didn't also just disappear AGAIN! But life updates, if you care about that kind of stuff. I've moved out the country.
So I packed all of my belongings I could fit into my suitcase, shipped my PC and went off into the wild blue yonder. Also, ADHD moment, my PC is here, totally fine, but I just haven't reassembled and wired her up after bubblewrapping her for her trip.
It's RIGHT THERE. My stream VODs are RIGHT THERE. But I have this weird mental block!!!
It's fine, I'll make a fake deadline for when it needs to be reassembled and I'll lock in.