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Here's my hottake: Ralsei isn't evil. You're just all still traumatized from Flowey and/or have trust issues.

Hot Take/Theory: Kris and Susie's group project will be important to their development as characters throughout and at the end of the story, and it's not talked about enough

Not really a hot take per se, but I think it’s odd that people overlooked the fact that Chapter 2 confirmed Darkners don’t need to inherently be a physical object, as we see with most of the Cyber World Darkners who are clearly based on computer programs/data. It’s entirely possible we could see Darkners born from ideas/thoughts in some capacity in the future.

my hot take is that pizzapants is going to be a larger presence in the late game and that he'll probably give us an (optional) deep lore dump about asriel later in the game since he's probably the next closest person to him that's not from kris's or noelle's family

Hot take: The ending Toby envisioned was the product of a literal fever dream and no matter how many theorists refer to themselves as ‘crazy’, ‘insane’, or whatever most theories come off as baby’s first YA novel twist.

Hot take: Jockington is the knight, because he's just different like that

the chapter release structure is literally the best way. deltarune would be WAY too huge of a game to just be a release and be done thing. also the chapter release helps the theory community alot and also it makes stuff have more impact. like spamton would NEVER have been as big as he is without the chapter releases.

I feel like the chapter release schedule isn't just what's keeping it alive (it probably woulf never release if it was all chapters at once since it would take too long) but also makes the community more active with theory crafting, fan works, etc.

Cold take: Kris opened a dark fountain in chapter 2. Hot take: Susie is the real protag and kris is just the side character, and susie is playing the game as a dating sim.

One thing to keep in mind with ralsei knowing the prophecy is that he isn’t the only one, if you choose not to listen to ralsei explain it, lancer is will talk about the prophecy himself, showing he of all people knows about it

If the game's narrative IS trying to create an antagonistic stance from us towards Kris, for me it is failing because I want Kris to take the control that is rightfully theirs

Hot take: If KrisKnight is a red herring; then MayorKnight would be a great twist. She had access to the most of the town’s buildings, especially public spaces: like the library, school, hospital and police station. She also has the resources and time to *be* the Roaring Knight. Who else really has the funds to buy an entire suit of armour. (Though, it may not *be* a real suit of armour. It may be something that the Dark Worlds create for her, like the outfits that Kris, Susie, Noelle and Berdly don.) Mayor Holiday also has the plot threads to be the Roaring Knight; if Dess is lost to either The Depths or a Dark World it makes sense that the Mayor would isolate herself from the rest of the town, give some excuse and spend the rest of her time researching and opening Dark Worlds in order to try and find her. If she isn’t looking for Dess; she may be trying to experiment with the Dark Worlds to see if there is some way to cure / resurrect people, (This sort of plays off of Jaru’s “Asriel Is Dead” Theory.) in order to ensure that Rudy lives. She may have not processed Dess’ fate, and is actively trying to make sure that the remnants of her family stay intact.

1:42 I GOT DISTRACTED AND THOUGHT YOU CALLED KRIS AND ASRIEL "THROAT TITANS"

you want an actual hot take? i dont think undyne will be in chapter 3. i think napstablook is the responding officer that will show up to toriels house, simply because napsta seems more likely to want to take the night shift than undyne does

the fucking jerujeruj predator fade in's... filled my soul with joy.

Hot-take: The song Onion-son heard was from Shyren, not a dark world. Onion-son in the very same conversation mentions that he wants to start a band. And Shyren is in the hospital for "losing her voice" in chapter 2, but is nowhere to be found in the same building the day before in chapter 1. It's also implied that the d##d older sister who was a singer in the graveyard is likely the older sister of Shyren, handily explaining why the song Onion-son heard sound vaguely nostalgic, she was singing a song by her older sister that was very popular in Hometown in the past. It's not impossible that there's a dark world in or around the lake, and it's not even impossible make it interesting to the wider story, but I just don't think it's very likely. If there really are only seven chapters, given how we already know what the chapter 3 dark world will be, that leaves only four chapters of dark worlds left to fill in (assuming chapter 7 will have a unique dark world, which is unlikely, because the roaring is almost certain to happen, and it's a very obvious subject for one of the last chapters. And both could be fit in, but it might come off as bloated, sense the beginning of the roaring is a very sensible place to start a chapter). Without even talking about the obvious pics of the church, the bunker, and Noelle's house, there's also the room in the back of the second floor of Asgore's shop. Whether it be a greenhouse, or simple supply closet, the potential gardening supplies that could be in there could set up a great theme for a dark world, and if the trend of the dark world Adventure focusing on a character learning to face and overcome the struggles and hardships in their life, Asgore, an ex-husband with a struggling business, is a perfect character for this. And if the trend I mentioned before holds up, some location in the house of pretty much any character in hometown could be perfectly suited (I for one would like for Monster Kid and Snowdrake to learn to not be so afraid of Susie, since they are implied to be Kris's other friends). We're not exactly in need of filler chapters, especially not for a place that's only foreshadowed in an optional dialogue for a character that's clearly meant to have their own story. I feel like most people just assume this is foreshadowing a dark world because they're so wrapped up in the main plot that any bit of foreshadowing for what could happen in the future it's interpreted through that lens. Meanwhile, chapter 2 set up the trend of optional dialogue from previous chapters getting built upon to create small side stories, a detail that could play very well into themes of escapism vs reality, potentially squeezing in the side message that reality can be just as interesting as fiction if you're willing to look. In this way, It's almost kind of fitting that people are expecting the foreshadowings tie into the main plot, instead of just being a continuation of the side story they already chose to partake in. It's kind of poetic. Personally, when I first heard Onion-son mention the song in the lake, my first thought wasn't "OMG, DARK WORLD!" but "Oh, can't wait to see his band."

if kris is the knight it'll be like reading a murder mystery novel but you see the murderer commit murder

I feel like Papyrus being the Knight fits perfectly. It would be a mirror of us and Kris, with Paps being a puppet to whoever is controlling the Knight, which Spamton implies the Knight had some kind of communion with the same entity Spamton talked to

Less of a Hot Take and more my vision on who the Knight is. I still hold onto the idea that Papyrus will be revealed to be the Knight and that his role will be a parallel to his relationship with Flowey with a new character. I mean think about it, in UT Papyrus was in a position where he could make friends, have a goal, and even then he struggled to have any real friends outside of Undyne whos a semi mentor. We know most UT characters in Deltarune share similar vibes to their UT counterparts like Asgore not being with Toriel, and Undyne being given a leadership role for the sake of everyone. With this in mind it's like Deltarune Papyrus likely shares the issues UT has where he has little friends, a bit bumbling in his goals, but now without a real goal since the Royal Guard doesn't exist. I envision this making Papyrus more of a recluse after failing to interact with people and after a while kinda gives up on trying. With this I could see Papyrus either stumbling into a dark world in his room similar to Kris and Susie in the school. There a darkner with a similar situation as Ralsei becomes his first real friend and with it slowly convinces Papyrus to keep opening fountains and helping this character achieve the goal of causing the Roaring using Papyrus like a pawn in his game of chess.

Idk why people hate Berdly so much. He's just a silly character that wants to be seen as cool (I kinda relate because I used to want the fame too)

Personally I feel like the element system argument doesn’t really work when Elementals are applied to items rather than individual party members Like yeah Susie’s offensive spells deal damage of the “Rude element”, but that and Noelle’s ICE spells are the only elements we’ve seen that aren’t associated with a specific item or enemy

As a deltanerd who recently started Twitter for some reason beyond my grasp, I wish I was able to reply to your tweet asking for Deltarune hot takes. So... here's MY hot take: The combat, despite its many flaws, is still one of the most unique and enjoyable systems in place, because the party members and the enemies they fight actually FEEL like characters and not stepping stone enemies that are engaged in a generic JRPG-type battle.

not sure how hot this take is, but the chapter 3 secret boss is 100% gonna be the knockoff controller

I would hate it if the game ends in a 'you're wrong for playing lol', regardless of what players do as the soul, that doesn't take away from the fact that without it Kris is kind of a zombie of dubious goals so far, plus, it would suck for a game to reprimand you for playing, and while I don't mind it in undertale's genocide route in a game that will supposedly have one ending to have the only possible ending be 'you suck and you're evil' would be absolute dogshit.

Deltarune and Omori may have very similar stories

6:26 Count on Jaru to have almost all the worst takes

I don't think chapter 3 will have a weird route.

Hot Take: Deltarune will have 1 ending the same way Undertale's Geno/True Pacifist technically did. I.e. a human entered the Underground, and the Underground went Empty. The same conclusion, but with WILDLY different contexts

Mine is Jevil > Spamton, I used to be a lot stronger on this take before I replayed Chapter 2 but I still prefer Jevil, I love the chaotic jester aesthetic and his outlook on life is more appealing , “The world is just a game so I’ll just play play, everyone else is trapped, I’m the only one that is free”, plus I like his theme more, The World Revolving has such á nostalgic impact on me (yes, I know 2018 wasn’t that long ago but I still have nostalgia for it and I can’t help that), plus his character design might be my favourite in all of the Tobyverse

If Catti and Jockington become important to the Story: Catti will reveal to us (and kris) another part of Noelle's character. Most likely her deeper and more raw insecurities and possibly some other weird stuff between Kris, Asriel, Dess and Noelle. Noelle and Catti hang out a lot and she might've become a sister figure to Noelle after Dess left. Jockington will help start Kris' arc to becoming more comfortable with themself, which will climax towards the end of the game. Kris and Jockington have nothing in common but it's obvious Jockington is just a chad dude and I think that'll make any positive interaction between the two effect Kris more.

Spamton was a Cat because Catti's dad was a part of the group that designed Neo

Hot take #1: Sweet Cap'n Cakes and K. Round are the strongest characters because first they can't be killed no matter how hard you hit them and they have milk. The best item in the game. It's so good you can't use the milk in battle. Only them. Hot Take #2: The knight might be a new character that MAYBE breaks the 4th wall and thinks of the Deltarune universe as just a game A BIT similar to Jevil. Honestly Idk now what to say... help-

My hot take? I don't see how it would be important, but there WILL be a chapter starring the ghost cousins. I don't see Toby revering the two best trans rep i've seen in gaming to their past miserable selves without a good reason. Also Mew Mew has been pushed as part of the main cast in the newsletters, bit weird for Toby to do this if he's not gonna use the character later.

I have a few hot takes. 1. The soul color for deltarune chapter 3 is purple because jevil uses the red soul like asgore, then spamtom uses the yellow soul like mettaton. These two bosses are going down in descending order. 2. There are elleven chapters. I think this because there are ten non houses on the map and the up coming festival 3. The vessel at the beginning of the game is the knight because it could be what is controlling kris behind the scenes when we are not in control and is opening dark worlds to release itself to cause the roaring

So many cool theories people have here ;w; I love Spookydood's content because it adds mediation to the discussion because he gives great critique. I'll share a hot take~ Kris did not slash their mom's tires Though Toriel is not a perfect parent by any means, she is still very good by comparison. She tries her hardest to provide Kris with love and support, and raising a human for a monster is probably not easy. She is very aware of Kris's troll behavior, asking Alphys if they are up to anything strange. If she thought she had seen Kris prowling around in the dark outside, she would have come back to the living room much more stern, asking if Kris slashed her tires. Any good mom would be able to recognize the silhouette of their own child. She saw something else outside. Spamton has a hyper-fixation on Kris. Spamton is also known to really hold Mike in a special place in his heart. Though Spamton seems to be frustrated with Mike for supposedly abandoning him, Spamton still holds Mike in high regard as proven by the Sweepstakes, possibly mimicking his tactics for success out of desperation. I theorize Mike and/or Tenna will be very similar to a non-corrupt variant of Spamton, being very focused on Kris, and loving them very much. Especially if the Dark worlds are created with a purpose from the summoner. Kris also saw the creature prowling outside. They saw it as a threat to Susie and Toriel, and they jumped out the window, either to attack or threaten it. It slashed Toriel's tires to take away any method of escape for the Dreemurr household. After Toriel had called the cops, Kris sat their for a long time, pondering what they would do, after hearing it outside again, Kris got the perfect idea. They opened the door, not only to invite it, but to give Undyne/Napstablook a search warrant. They turned on the TV, which either enables Mike and/or Tenna to be in the dark world, or give them more power. They then look over Susie to see if it's outside, and they open a dark world. Kris, Susie, Toriel, and Undyne would naturally be much more powerful, but it doesn't end there. Ralsei and possibly Mike/Tenna would also be there, that's 6 to 7 people that are most likely on the same side. I theorize that in Chapter 3, there will be a very intense fight with this thing. It will be very vicious and you'd need Dark world powers and friends to fight it, because it has it's heart set on being horrible. It could be the Roaring knight, it could be the purple man in the Ice-e outfit, or the thing that killed or trapped Dess somewhere, or something else entirely.

This is your best video yet, I agree with pretty much everything you said. The pacing was great, I loved the script, background imagery, the humour, music; just.. really, really great job with this one. I'm happy to be here

I've got a few hot takes, I guess. I think theories that rely more on the text and deltarunes themes than the lore are the better theories overall, and many theorists are focusing too much on the lore aspect when they come up with new theories. As of now, I don't like Suselle that much. They're still pretty akward and didn't have that many meaningful, and more importantly natural feeling interactions outside of the ferria wheel scene, and even that was pretty akward still. And lastly, if you think about it, Susie and Kris became friends a bit too quickly. They didn't really have that many genuene interactions, with us controlling Kris and all, plus Ralsei did the most work in regards of friendship building.

With the kris knight thing, I personally feel like it is still a great possibility for the future of deltarune. There are FAR too many people writing it off as literally impossible despite it have the most evidence for it out of all of the other options. Yes, it isn’t guaranteed and I do have my doubts, but it still would make sense considering Kris’ rebellion vs the player (Maybe the snowgrave could lead to us working towards the knight’s goal). Its surprising how that theory is now considered a hot take when I thought it was heavily implied.

To go along with the bit about Susie, chapter 1 focused on her a lot more than chapter 2 did, so of course her and her development are going to be more interesting in chapter 1. She's instead in a much more stable place and is enjoying really having friends for once in chapter 2. Future chapters will likely put her more in the spotlight again and lead to more development of her character.

My hot take that I rant about constantly; Gaster isn't the man behind the tree handing out random eggs, it's the Everyman.

Hottake: Kris = Chara in the most literal sense possible. Kris just is the deltarune version of Chara. Their different appearance can easily be explained by a difference in age and sun exposure. And their different name can be chalked up to Chara's name being changable (we can literally chose their name in Undertale and while Chara might be "the true name" that doesn't mean that in an alternate timeline Kris can't be "the true name). Meanwhile they have an incredible amount in common with each other. Both are the adoptive human children of the Dreemurrs, both are very close to Asriel, both are troublemakers, both like knifes, both seem to hate humans.

Third Entity Theory is more hated than it deserves to be. I don't believe in it myself, but I feel there's too many people quick to shut it down simply because they don't like the idea of it being true. It hurts the potential for genuine discussion about what's going on with Kris.

@5:57-.-Him knowing about this in the normal route but not in the weird route could also indicate that he can see whatever happens when the camera cuts away from him and Kris, which is still very weird.

I laughed so hard when I found out the Snowgrave route existed because I spent my entire first playthrough of chapter 2 complaining about Berdly's existence to my friend, even to the point of saying "Oh I HOPE I get to kill him", albeit extremely ironically and jokingly.

My hot take is that a lot of the hot takes in this video seem unable to really like... Understand that Deltarune isn't a completed story? I'm not sure how to word this but like. People who think the romances being set up won't be relevant or characters being set up like dess and gaster won't be relevant or that susie's arc is over are acting like there aren't 5 more chapters to go and everything we know now is going to take us right to the end. Also I think it's pretty obvious that the reason the element system is so underutilized right now is because its obviously unfinished. I don't think it's going to be that expansive, it probably will stay in the realm of "certain armors protect from certain enemies" as it is right now, but I expect that system to actually be completed and tutorialized to us in-game by chapter 3.

Not really a hot take, just a theory I believe in. Because Toby used to work on Homestuck, I believe Deltarune is a pre-scratch or post-scratch timeline of undertale.

Hot take: Chara (and maybe Frisk) will appear in Deltarune, but just as "Asriel's friends that he made in the university" and not as important characters Asriel could say something like: "Also Kris I met another human while i was studying. They looked like you and made me feel less alone." This could happen, because in Undertale Chara and Asriel were BEST FRIENDS. And if it happens, then "Kris is Patience" makes more sense. Because the Patience soul was the first human adopted by Toriel. And Kris is, mostly 100%, adopted.

I'm going to share my theory here too. Well, it's more of an observation that I believe no one has made yet, perhaps because it's not explicitly stated. We're not the first ones controlling Kris. This has nothing to do with another entity that controls Kris alongside us existing or nonexisting. Just that there was another force that was often put in the birdcage before us. Dunno if it was a different soul, perhaps it's the same but just before the player was put in control. That old force is now also not in control of Kris (my bet is that they're all gone, or someone like the Knight perhaps). There's a lot that confirms this observation and a lot of implications, but i never sorted my thoughts on them. All i know is that the only way this is wrong would be if the player was non-diagetic, which is possible, but funnily enough no one has theorised this option afaik. Maybe it's easy to disprove, or maybe we're still stuck thinking of deltarune as undertale 2.

Gaster is going to be the chapter 7 secret boss and not the big bad of the whole game Most of the references to Gaster happen with the secret bosses, like the whole Spamton thing with the phone noise, And Jevil going crazy so I think we will likely see two stories in a way Either that or the weird route final boss

my (maybe) hot take is that we're gonna have to wait 2 more years for chapters 3 and 4 so they can be released on the ten year anniversary

hot take: i hope gaster doesn't appear in delatrune since i could lead him losing a lot of his mystery if they try to expand on him

I think just about all the ships and pairings should by the end of the game be under the players control. So people who want Susie and Noel and people who want everyone with Nubert (The correct ship) so no one sulks over choices that I personally feel don't matter.

clearly Ganondorf is the final boss :)

project spacetime gameplay in the background? so cool seeing this fangame getting recognized

My hot take is that despite everyone praising Toby fox for the amazing story-writing, nobody in the fandom actually expects anything but the norm from him, and that's an issue. For example, everyone treats Gaster's role in the story as if it's an incredibly important and ongoing mystery, while treating things like the overall moral of Deltarune's story like it's obvious. All false. You have to go out of your way in Deltarune to learn stuff about Gaster and he isn't directly relevant to the character arcs yet either, so if there's ever a real explanation for both of them, it's not gonna be some grand reveal in chapter 7. Likewise, nobody knows what the moral of the story in Deltarune is or if there IS one, and people building every single theory around the idea that "Your choices don't matter" is delusional.

Hot take/Theory: The chapter structure was done on purpose to make fun on games like Bendy and the Ink Machine and Banban. either it was ahead of it's time (since Deltarune released before the Mascot Horror craze), or just a funny coincidence, but an interesting coincidence at that

Here's my two cents, though I'm probably not the first to suggest it. Ralsei isn't a projection of Asriel, he's actually a projection of Kris as the "perfect son" to Toriel and Asgore. This follows the idea that Kris is actually quite insecure about being the only human in his family, so Ralsei is meant to be his "optimal self" (the bookish nerd to Asriel's implied outgoingness) so they're still effectively paired with eachother. If Ralsei is meant to be Asriel's projection, I don't see why Kris' affinity to Ralsei woukd he so low, unless he was effectively a "better" version of Kris, something that would freak me out infinitely more personally.

Hot Take: I think The Knight can actually be a Darkner and that I am interested in the story implications. Like maybe The Knight had an agreement with a Lightner like Gerson or Dess to be sacrificed for their soul, thus enabling the Knight to create Dark Fountains and the sacrificed Lightner being the Angel.

there's no need for actual Gaster fight, because he's to powerful for that. you aren't supposed to have ANY chance to beat up Gaster in a normal way

I'll throw in my hot take: I'm not a huge fan of the episodic nature approach this game has been taking with it's story. Like I initially preferred it to Undertale since Chapter 1 gave the impression that it was going to be a more ambitious story but then Chapter 2 came out and, while still good, it seemed more keen on just doing Chapter 1 again (getting thrown in jail, fighting a card-themed ruler, heroes saved by the enemies, cliffhanger with Kris using a knife). The story just didn't feel like it progressed much if at all and I'm worried the game is just going to keep repeating the same series of events over and over until the last two chapters with casts of mostly throwaway characters that won't matter outside of their chapter.

Hot take: Gyftrot is Rudy's father-in-law, and both Dess and the mayor take after him.

Hottake here: all secret bosses will have different soul mechanics, jevil got the red soul, Spamton got the yellow soul.

my NOT HOT, OBJECTIVELY CORRECT,DARE I SAY EVEN COLD take: spookydood is the best deltarune theorist for all scenarios.

Can you do a video reviewing/talking about Vision Crew's Deltarune? I've been curious to hear your thoughts about it.

My hot take: Kris is nerodivergent and his parents don't know how to deal with that due to Asriel being the perfect nerotypical child. Now I'm nerodivergent so this could absolutely be projecting, but think about how different they are, and how their parents struggle with raising them while Asriel is implied to have been easy to raise.

I really hope the Knight looks like our Vessel character but in a red cloak (because swag points)

I honestly dont think Kris is the knight, but we're only in CHAPTER 2 OUT OF 7 ONES. I think we should just wait for the new chapters to come out for more clues and stuff so we can make sure of what we are talking about

Hot take: Queen’s humour > Spamton’s humour, and she deserves MUCH more meme presence in the fan base.

Hot take: The 2 narrators at the beginning of the game are Gaster and Kris. Kris decided to work with gaster to summon the player to control Kris' soul and hopefully prevent the roaring. The save file at the beginning of the game shows Kris could save, possibly meaning Kris has reloaded after dying to the roaring

Thanks for adding me in 👍🏼 amazing video like always

The guy who called Sweet capn cakes overrated is such a hater. I want a game about them

how are the romances in UTDR simplistic 😭 toriel and asgores breakup was so interesting and engaging and tied into the plot well, alphys and undyne was a side story but still focused on alphys learning to love herself and tackle her lying, and suselle is just a really wholesome crush?? Not to mention the queer representation being great and really important for games and media. It seems odd to criticize romances in UTDR when they’ve mostly been side things, and the biggest one being a COMPLEX and messy divorce

Hottake: kris did not open the first fountain in chapter 1 but opened the chpater 2 one because they want to try to use the fountain to some how get rid of the player

Hm, fair and valid points and opinions, these were very interesting topics and can see where you’re coming from with these too, i wonder if you’ll do more of these. By the way, you said the evidence that disproves Kris as the Knight doesn’t really matter, in what way exactly?

Most those were some placid hottakes. No spice. We're the villain and final boss of this story. Spice levels increased by one pepper

I highly agree that we should look towards casual playthroughs in order to get a better understanding of where the story is going. Like the Knight Kris theory, the fact that 90% of people who play this game casually think Kris is the Knight and/or is evil I think is a good indicator on what Toby Fox wants us to think at the moment. Another example I would like to posit is Vinesauce Joel, who did an entire stream talking about how he thinks this weird "Gaster" character no one has heard of is the bad guy. He pointed to older JRPGs games like Final Fantasy as examples, with how main villains are often hidden in the background early on and get slowly built up. It was honestly really cool seeing someone who doesn't know anything about the extended lore try to make a Deltarune Theory.

Not sure if it's a hot take, but I think Chara won't have a huge role in Deltarune. Personally I think Kris is meant to be deltarunes Chara and frisk (since most undertale characters have some form of alternate version of themselves in deltarune)

2:13 i want chara to show up for like 10 seconds as asriels roomate in college or smthn 😭

Here's my own Hot Take: there's a very high possibility Napstablook is the officer sent to the Dreemur house instead of Undyne. Think about it, we know that the station has two officers. Undyne and Napstablook. But there's also the Deltarune Dog Guard (I don't remember if we have a name for their group in DR) who are currently in the cell, a cell that if we talk to Undyne gets opened and the prisoners escape from. Even if the player doesn't go to the station and talk to Undyne, the fact that it was as simple as Undyne smashing her desk to launch the key perfectly into the cell door and open it means to me, it's very likely Toby could pull the rug and have Undyne chasing after the escaped prisoners and send Napstablook to check in on the Dreemur residence.

Idk if it’ll ever happen, but I’d love to see muffet make an appearance somewhere lol- I just think it’d fun to see them :] they have such a great design!

I really think the community should stop making theories about every single detail, not because I hate it, but because two reasons. 1. We only have a demo, not even half of the game, and you want to predict the whole game with just tiny pieces of information. 2. I'm so scared of the chance that one of the thousands of theories that are being working on or are already done may actually be correct, we will have eaten the biggest spoiler of the game and maybe ruin the surprise that was that finale Toby wants to do.

Can't believe you copied Shayy, who copied Arlo, who copied Karsten Runquist, who copied Anthony Fantano!

my hot take is that the bunker dark world should be themed around fallout and other post nuclear war story tropes cause like, that's what bunkers are most tied to. Plus you can still have it tie into stuff like angels heaven and the like given the genre it'd be referencing is POST APACOLYPSE if anything those two would pair together really well, actually

my hot take: since The Roaring is such an obvious Attack on Titan reference, that probably means we will see more Attack on Titan references coming up, including (AOT spoilers coming up) Kris becoming the main villain during the later chapters, just like Eren did after the time skip in AoT. Their motivation to cause the Roaring are also possible AoT reference: "When I learnt there were humans on the other side of the sea, I was so disappointed"

shayy video lol (/j) (good video even though i havent wathced this yet)

Hot take/Theory: Kris knows wingdings

while i get not wanting another sympathetic villains, idk, i would love to have the knight ally with us and end up becoming a good guy in the end. though who knows, since deltarune is doing the opposite of what UT did i wouldn't be surprised if the true ending was a snowgrave route and every other ending was fake in universe or smt.

Hot Take/theory: the purpouse of chapters 1-6 is to get as many people as possible to be excited to play chapter 7. chapter 7 will release april 13th 2029 and will contain a copy of Sburb. this is all part of toby's 20 year plan to save as many peopleas possible from the apocalypse/apophis asteroid. he influenced hussie to write Homestuck to serve as an instruction manual.

My hot take is that the Underground in Undertale is a darkworld or pseudo-darkworld *(like a 50/50 shadow world that is both light and dark)*. Because while it does explain why monsters turn to dust, why magic exist, and why darkwrold heal-items work too.... it ALSO explains all of the "Alive-Objects" in the underground like the rocks in The Ruins and in Snowdin, the snowman that give snowman pieces and any other examples. Also adding onto UT-Gaster's experiments with darkness as indicated by Entry-17. I know that some people will HATE this idea, but idc. Fight me. It's a hot take.

Hot take #1: The knight is a teenager. As far as we know at the moment there is no benefit to anyone if the roaring happens, so why would anyone want to cause it? Susie and Noelle give us a pretty good reason to open dark worlds, but I can’t see a grown adult looking at the risk/reward ratio and proceeding to open a dark fountain. I have no doubt that a teenager would look at the same ratio, and disregard it completely because “I won’t let that happen, I got this.” Also if the knight wanted to cause the roaring, why not just open 2 dark fountains in rapid succession? My theory, is that the knight is a socially awkward teenager who wants to befriend the Fun Gang and is going about that by playing the villain for them to defeat. And thus the roaring will not be caused by malice or ignorance, but by wild overconfidence. Hot take #2: Papyrus is the knight. This is a weak theory, as it relies on the last theory being true. But in Undertale Papyrus lacks social skills,is lonely, indulges in small fantasies he fully admits aren’t true and is very determined. Add in teenage shyness and underdeveloped critical thinking skills, and the awkwardness of moving to a new town and we have the makings of a Roaring Knight. Though, this only works if Papyrus is a teenager. Hot take #3: We shouldn’t discount Kris is the knight theory, they’re the best candidate we have and the strongest counter evidence is narrative based. But, if Kris wants to stop the Knight, opening a dark fountain before they have a chance to is not a bad idea. It’s not the best idea, but it puts the knight on the back foot. There’s a lot of information to be gained from the Knight’s reaction to what Kris has done. I also think that if Kris’s goal is to stop the Knight, doing something crazy like opening a dark fountain to see how the knight reacts is in character for them. And I mean crazy like, out of left field, not crazy like insane.

hot take: sans undertale isn't gonna be in a dark world unless there's one based on the town festival and (are you ready for the actually hot part of the take) he's going to look exactly the same as normal. this will have no significance

4:46 okay this take is actually very revolting, their music theme is so good what are y'all talking about?

My hot take is that Susie's characterization in Chapter 1 is unbearable and is the main reason that I've only replayed Chapter 1 once as opposed to to Chapter 2, which I've replayed something like 8 times. Coincidentally, Susie's newer characterization is one of the main reasons I love Chapter 2 so much. Susie's kind of been the make it or break it element of Deltarune for me so far.

I really want my theory that Kris absorbed Dess to be true, but I would also be incredibly amused if it was all just a red herring and Dess was at college too XD

Probably just me but i really don't want gaster to gain ANY relevance in basic surface deltarune plot. I want him to remain as a mistery in game files and that's that. Basically how it's been going since undertale and until chapter 2 - there's a normal game that every player will see, and there's a whole other world that you need to go dig through via game files, meta narrative, and outside the game whatsoever.

Kris basically is Omori.

I mean, what you said about papyrus knight is exactly how i feel about kris knight, for something that's meant to be a mystery, kris knight is way too obvious for it to feel satisfying when it's confirmed later, if, however, they use kris as a red herring for most of the game, that would be better.

Hottake: A Real Boy! is probably in my top 10 Deltarune songs so far.

13:31 nah dawg, this game was made to warehouse a fever dream that toby fox had 10+ years ago. there’s no way LMFAO

hot take: in the school project the lancer fan club will show off jevil and spamton