The purpose of DELTARUNE | Toby Fox's dream and Ralsei's major role in it 

SPOT THE FEMUR!!!!!!! (the voiceover being drowned out by the rest of the audio is actually an homage to Christopher Nolan movies)

Toby Fox is one of the few people who can truly say "It came to me in a dream."

I'm pretty sure the dream wasn't only a cutscene he had, but a lot of background knowledge of why the event in the dream was happening, I've had this before and I'm sure other people have. Is possible that we need to experience Undertale and Deltarune to feel the same impact Toby felt during that dream

What would of society been without 2011 sick fox

honestly having to replay Deltarune with some characters remember more or less would be the hight of gaming. think about playing the game normal with some variations, or playing pure snowgrave and have Noelle remember all but still can't fight back and Ralsei having been complaint first time now fights back with Susie for control over the story from the player. for me Skies Forever Blue have always felt like a warning to us about Noelle, instead of it being about her sister or anything else, maybe it was both about her and her sister and the two of them just have "player awareness" as some sort of supernatural ability

This was quite the insightful video. I always interpreted Toby's tweet as being more related to what would become Dark worlds as reality and dream seems to parallel the light and dark worlds, with the dark ones usually having very dream like properties. Plus the word shadow has a relation to darkness, and darkness is one of the core parts of Deltarune. But this interpretation of the tweet is quite interesting.. VERY VERY INTERESTING

One thing I think should be mention about Ralsei is that his name's origin actually predate Asriel's. In an article he wrote for his Monthly Column in Famistu, Toby Fox's Secret Base, about how he used to make RPG Maker games with his older brother when was younger, he mentions how in these games he usually starred as a self-insert character named "Ralse." Not only that, but he then goes on to confirm that this is the how Ralsei got his name. Why I can't say anything for sure, but I do feel like this furthers the whole idea that Asriel and Ralsei are in some way connected or important to Toby's dream.

"AT "SHADOW EDGE," SHATTER THE TWILIGHT REVERIE."

honestly, this makes me believe stronger that Ralsei is supposed to be the one going Weird in Chapter 1. By bursting Ralsei's facade wide open by letting Kris be just Free enough to screw things up, and then using that time of vulerability after a shattered facade to try to grab at Ralsei's freedom and twist it using his genuine care for us, the player... I think Ralsei would kill Lancer in Chapter 1. Lancer barely plays a role in Chapter 2, and whatever role he plays, could just be failsafed by Ralsei explaining the Roaring to the Queen. Which would be plausible if he went Weird.

The edge of shadow, where reality and dream meet. The point where reality and fiction meet face to face. The fourth wall, basically

Toby fox has inspired me so much to create music and art. I’m honestly just beginning my love of learning full music, and even trying my hand at some art and game development. Toby fox has always influenced me as a child and I honestly wish one day I could build something like he has on the RPG game genre. I think Toby truly has made some great stories and music, all while making it funny and very meta. He’s also added so many real designs on how a players way of playing the game influences the world and it’s honestly amazing how nobody before him decided to do these things, but I guess that’s what makes Toby’s creations so unique, alongside the excellent world and music.

Gaster breaking the fourth wall made me laugh.

I have an observation to make about the prophecy and Ralsei, and on top of that, a question. In the prophecy, it says right after it talks about the calamity/roaring that “*Only Then*, shining with hope, three heroes appear at worlds’ edge.” “Only they can seal the fountains, and banish the angels heaven.” “*Only then* will balance be restored, and the world saved from destruction.” So, it sounds to me that the ‘*Only then*’ parts imply that these things can only happen when the roaring happens, meaning only when the roaring happens can we close *all* of the fountains, defeat the titans, and banish the angels heaven. And only when that happens can we save the world. So, my question is, why does Ralsei *Not* want the roaring to happen? He says multiple times that everything will happen *exactly* as the prophecy says “two heroes of light will arrive and fulfill the ancient prophecy foretold by time and space.” “A Journey foretold exactly by the prophecy.” So, if what he’s saying is true, then why have us close the fountains prematurely and have us prevent the roaring, when it’s basically guaranteed *by the prophecy* that if/when the roaring *does* happen, we’ll just save the day and everything will be fine? Why is he so scared? Is it one of those things where we have to sacrifice ourselves in order to save everyone, and he just doesn’t want it to happen? My theory is that I think he was approached by gaster and proposed a new path, one where we don’t *have* to die (Jesus, talk about an Undertale reference) and so Ralsei had figured out a way to get us into castle town *early* and *before* the roaring happens, and because we (mainly us/kris) are the only ones who are able to close the fountains, we can just perpetually keep doing this every time there’s a new fountain, and Ralsei can keep fulfilling his purpose of making us happy and assisting us with each new adventure as we give him what he’s always wanted, friends, subjects, and a growing kingdom. That’s my main theory, anyway 😅

Ralsei trying to keep you on the correct and intentional path reminds me how undertale fans would tell streamers that youre not playing the game right THIS is how you do it

this editing is pretty funny. prayin for your upfall. or whatever its called. lmao.

Ok, so the correct way to play deltarune is to make kris as happy as possible given the circumstances, and at every given oppurtunity be an absolute b1tch towards ralsei

great video, thumbnail is eye catching.

I was investigating Toby Fox for a theory like this... And I found this video. Dude, you said everything I was thinking! Hugs from Brazil, I will mention this video in my theory!

hey man nice video, narration and analysis! very entertaining, keep it up^^

I don't think Ralsei could have possibly named Castletown. There's not a single moment in time between the town coming into existence and that Rudinn learning the town's name where he's in a position to tell them what it is--they just know it. As well, in the Acid Tunnel scene, even though his sprite is facing the player, he's looking down in the dialogue box. I doubt he's trying to look at the fourth wall. Plus, the "We were supposed to--!!" dialogue doesn't imply anything untoward if you consider the fact that Ralsei completely intended to scry on Susie, but Kris was stonewalling him--he even says he'll give it some time first, but then he falls asleep. Him saying that could just be him lamenting that he never got the chance to try.

The effort you put into editing your videos is so nice to see!

Awesome stuff!

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This shit was fire. Nice video!

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Imagine if he forgets his dream

Goated

I wonder since are choices dont matter, what would the ending be?

Don't care about Ralsei as it's implied that someone else told him about all the meta things (Gaster). Gaster is far more interesting to me than anyone else and it'd be a mistake if Toby never had him show up.

The audio mixing is pretty rough, some of the FXs and music are louder than your voicd. You could do with a pop filter, getting a lot of smacking sounds.

clipchamp moment

The funny thing is Dream and Shadow could reffer to two or more of the many layers of Deltarune: Real World The Depths/Gaster Light World Dark World It could be just about fiction in general and apply to every edge between them suppose but the use of "Shadow" makes me think of the Depths/Gaster connecting us and the rest of Deltarune.

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