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Content warning: discussions of bigotry (the most in-detail being anti-black racism, fatphobia, misogyny and eugenics) and brief mentions of pedophilia and animal abuse

Due to the current youtube boycott going on right now, i have been using a youtube alternative for the past month or so. Though it doesn't have much of an algorithm and there's no "not interested" or "don't recommend channel" buttons (though i have suggested they add it on the creators' github) so for a while, my watching experience has looked like this:

I'm sure you've seen at least a VARIANT of these two types of commentary video in your feed: the more "sophisticated" ones usually mimic the style of someone like sunnyv2 or turkey tom (thumbnail is a black background, using some sort of filter on the person accused to make them look cel-shaded...probably choosing the most unflattering image they can find on purpose, probably has a black censorbar over their eyes, buzzwords highlighted in red, etc); the more casual ones usually tend to just act like worse versions of 2016 commentary youtubers like LeafyIsHere or pyrocynical (bright colors, unflattering/"cringey"/whatever pictures of the person they're talking about with barely any context as to what that person did in neither the title or thumbnail and it just says something like "THE _____ SITUATION IS INSANE!!!") Whether it have snappy editing of screenshots and whatnot in the background or just a guy talking over marvel rivals gameplay, whoever made the video is always talking about someone you've either NEVER heard of (or at most only SLIGHTLY heard of in passing) spewing the same surface level, nothingburger garbage over and over and over again. I sure have seen them.....and i hate 'em, so much so that i made a whole animatic about how much i don't like them (albeit it was moreso a vent about how being constantly exposed to discourse on twitter as an adolescent messed up my brain, but still...it also addresses commentary youtube) and pretty much seeing them against my will the past few weeks has inspired me to wanna talk about it....because hoo boy, is there a lot to talk about...(disclaimer that this is mostly just my opinion, if you want a source to any claims i make, JUST GOOGLE IT!!! YOU'RE USING GOOGLE TO LOOK AT THIS DAMN WEBSITE SO YA MIGHT AS WELL!!)

First of all, there are times when i look at these sorts of videos and it just feels obvious to me that they don't actually care or even KNOW ANYTHING about what they're talking about and just want to cash in on drama, that's an obvious statement and everyone's pointed that out already so clearly i'm not breaking new grounds with that; though something i've noticed that i don't see a lot of people talking about is that a lot of the time it just kinda feels like they're only making the video because they have an excuse to dunk on a group of people they don't like, especially when they themself are obviously not part of that group. To give a few examples: the way people talked about gacha heat videos back when that was still a hot button topic felt less like they were trying to protect children from potentially getting groomed via these sorts of videos and a LOT more like they were just making these videos because "EW GACHA LIFE, CRINGE!!!!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮" especially with how often they focused on reacting to the videos themselves instead of informing others. While this isn't a commentary video in the way i'm talking about, i remember watching an "internet rabbithole" iceberg video a few years ago that had gacha heat videos as part of it; and while i genuinely do not think the guy who made the video had any ill intent, it was abundantly clear to me that he only did surface level research on the subject and it kinda left me questioning the validity of all the other information in the video (then again, i probably should have known when he said item label, an independently-owned plushie company, was possibly an ARG or "a brand trying to be trendy with young people" as if a small business being kinda silly with it's advertising is comparable to nutterbutter making heavily sanitized corporate slop """weirdcore""" tiktoks thinking that'll get young people to buy their products). Like iirc, he said something that implied that these videos are ONLY made by pedophiles to attract children and not y'know.....horny middle schoolers who don't understand internet safety real well; and the part of that segment that really pissed me off the most is that he straight up said, direct quote "the worst part is that some of them call these videos......memes..." cause like, BRO IF YOU ACTUALLY DID RESEARCH ON THE DAMN TOPIC YOU'D KNOW THAT THEY CALL THEM MEMES BECAUSE ANIMATION MEMES ARE A THING!!!! THEY USE THE ORIGINAL DEFINITION OF THE WORD "MEME," NUMBNUTS!!!! I'm sorry, i just really fucking hate when non-artists act like animation memes are a problem because "GRAHH MEMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY >:((((" Anyway, back on topic, there's also the way people discuss people like kero the wolf or hypnotist sappho: two individuals in the furry community that are infamous for committing/admitting to be into bestiality and defending their actions by saying it's just a lesser-known LGBT label and that people just need to accept them (although with kero it was MUCH worse than that, from what i remember, the dude straight up abused animals in non-sexual ways as well) and of course, what they've done is disgusting....but it's also an extremely widespread stereotype about the furry community as a whole...so when i see non-furries discuss topics such as that, i just can't help but think they're just an anti-furry and are only talking about it because it fits their narrative. On a much, MUCH tamer note, there was also the situation with the youtuber jake doolittle; a commentary youtuber in the "breadtube" genre getting mad because like, 3 specific people weren't talking about the LGBT rights organization he created called Never Stop (at least that's my understanding of what went on, i'd rather go outside and touch grass than know every single detail about a drama i don't really care about surrounding a youtuber i KIND OF like) and people would keep on making video after video after video acting like he was some inhuman monster for what he did....and like, sure, it was probably kinda rude of him or whatever but i genuinely do not think it warranted THIS much scrutiny. To be honest it just felt like they're just conservatives or """enlightened centrists""" who saw an excuse to bitch about a leftist existing and just kinda ran with it. Hell, i saw a youtube channel where MOST OF THE RECENT VIDEOS were just cherrypicked examples of bad people in online communities (ESPECIALLY ones that are known to predominantly contain LGBT people, neurodivergent people or teenage girls as their members such as the brony community and kpop stans) i would've provided a screenshot of the channel but i don't know how badly the image would be compressed if i shrunk it down to fit this webpage (...plus, even though i censored the name of the channel, i kinda don't want this person to get anymore attention than they already have or think i'm trying to start beef or some shit.) This sort of thing is the reason why i'm usually more inclined to listen to someone ACTUALLY in the community they're talking about; i don't know about you, but i'd wager that someone called "wiggles the fox" would have a better understanding of furry drama than someone called "KIWIFARMSKING1776"

On the topic of "people making up excuses to dunk on people they don't like" it really bugs me how much youtubers are STILL talking about that vegan teacher when she literally hasn't been relevant since covid started. She's obviously just rage baiting you all and you're just giving her the attention she DESPERATELY wants...like damn, just let the old coot fade into obsurity already, we're tired of it 😭😭😭😭. It's the same thing with nikocado avocado in a way; he's clearly baiting everyone, presenting himself to be as much as a fatphobic stereotype as humanly possible because that's what gets clicks and views....and it works, because everyone loves to exploit and make fun of fat people under the guise of "CaRiNg AbOuT tHeIr HeAlTh 🥺🥺🥺" (believe me, my bitch of a grandma used to literally put my 600lb life on the TV JUST so she could yell at the fat people on screen, i've seen this shit for myself)

Another issue i have with the youtube commentary genre, while ABSOLUTELY not exclusive to this specific community in the slightest, is the way they so many of them downplay bigotry. When discussing things like say, a content creator getting backlash for doing something bigoted, they always say the same things: "you're not even *INSERT MINORITY GROUP HERE* so why are you offended?" "I've looked at the backlash and i've only seen *INSERT MAJORITY HERE* get offended!!!" "Stop getting offended on *INSERT MINORITY GROUP HERE*'s behalf!!" And yet they themselves seem to only listen to and platform the pick-mes of whatever oppressed group is affected (IE getting mad at a male feminist for advocating for women's rights because they're "getting mad on women's behalf" yet the only women they talk to are tradwives) do you remember that one meme image from the 2016 anti-SJW era of the black woman saying things like "i'm fine!! My life is great!! I'm free!!" And there's a stereotypical pink-haired """SJW""" person shooshing her and telling her how oppressed she is? It feels kinda like that (also sidenote but that image REALLY gives me the vibes that it was drawn by a white person who doesn't think racism is a big deal because we don't have slavery anymore). To me, it feels like it's like, one or two steps ahead of saying "i'm not racist, i have a black friend!!" Obviously, i'm not saying that white people (or just generally privileged people) DON'T talk over minorities a lot of the time; hell, i'm probably not the best person to talk to about this sort of issue, seeing i'm a white, skinny, cishet, ablebodied woman who's TECHNICALLY neurodivergent (i have social anxiety) and i implore you to listen to ACTUAL minorities on the issue, but still...something about it really rubs me the wrong way. Call me paranoid or a conspiracy theorist or whatever but part of me feels as though SOME (not all, but SOME) commentary youtubers purposefully pick white/neurotypical/ablebodied/cishet/whatever else people or those who pass as such (....or y'know, just women/fem-presenting people with dyed hair because they look like the leftist stereotype) when grabbing proof for their videos to make it seem like less of a big deal (i'm not 100% sure this is the case, but that's the vibes i get). Honestly i feel as though saying and doing things like this, saying you can't call someone out for problematic behavior if you're not apart of the affected group is really hypocritical since you yourself are talking over minorities in that moment. Like for example: a few years ago, the youtuber dollightful made a custom doll for halloween based on a creature in native american folklore that you should never say, write or hear the name of as doing so will inflict a curse (i won't say the name of the creature myself as i want to be respectful but the doll itself was named "wendy") later on she rightfully got backlash for being culturally insensitive so she took the video down and apologized. About a week later i saw a video (NOT by a commentary slop youtuber, just a run-of-the-mill artist) talking about it and everyone in the comments was talking about how "OH SHE DIDN'T NEED TO DO THIS 🥺🥺🥺" with one comment literally saying "OH SHE WAS FORCED TO APOLOGIZE!! YOU CAN TELL BY THE TONE OF HER VOICE!!!" And honestly looking back i think that was kinda weird, especially since i don't think a lot of the people saying that sort of thing were native.

Speaking of marginalized groups, here's something i can actually speak on with some confidence: the way many commentary youtubers tend to act kinda misogynistic whether they realize it or not. While again, it's not exclusive to commentary youtube, i tend to see it a lot in that genre; several videos about women on the internet doing bad things where, if they're onlyfans creators, that fact about them is displayed front and center in the title even if it's irrelevant to the drama. I've seen commentary videos about women have things in the titles like "SHE NEEDS TO BE HUMBLED!!!" And like, calling them fatherless and crap like that when they never say things like that to the men they talk about. If the women talk a lot about leftist issues they'll say they hate men or some shit, one dude i saw LITERALLY WENT THROUGH A TAG ON TWITTER THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A FETISH FOR PAYING WOMEN A BUNCH OF MONEY AND WAS ACTING LIKE THE WOMEN POSTING IN THAT TAG WERE DOING SO BECAUSE THEY WERE MAN-HATING FEMINISTS!!!!! There was also that time i saw a video of a guy talking about that one stupid ass tiktok of the girl (i think it was bella poarch? I'm not sure, it's been a while) bobbing her head and making faces at the camera and he legit started laughing and mocking her the second he saw that she had the BLM fist as her pfp, saying things like "OH I BET THAT SHE SAYS LATINX!!!" And like, i was around 13-14 when i saw that video and on the tail-end of my anti-SJW phase and even then that kinda made me feel a little insecure....why is a woman caring about people of color funny to you? Another thing i've noticed is how so many people in the community (whether it be the people making the video or the people who like these types of videos) tend to think that you can be as misogynistic as you want as long as you put "white" in front of women (or "14 year old white" if you're feeling fancy i guess) or replace the word "women" with something like "karens" or "emilys". Obviously i'm not saying this in a "GUYYSSSS WHITE PEOPLE ARE OPPRESSED TOO 🥺🥺🥺🥺" way, and it's not like i don't enjoy poking fun of white people from time to time (for example: i STILL think the "white woman jumpscare" meme is hilarious and i reference it all the time) but honestly i feel as though the way people say these types of things (ex. WHITE WOMEN GET OFFENDED OVER EVERYTHING!!! WHITE WOMEN ONLY LIKE HORSES BECAUSE THEY WANNA FUCK THEM!!! etc etc) is really just a thinly veiled way to be misogynistic and have a bit of plausible deniability because "GUYS I DON'T HATE *ALL* WOMEN!!! I'M JUST MAKING FUN OF WHITE PEOPLE!!!"

Something else i've noticed with a lot of commentary youtubers is the excessive use of buzzwords like "degenerate" which i have a problem with, as i have learned that the word "degenerate," when used as an insult, is rooted in nazi eugenics; calling someone a degenerate implies that something about them is holding back or reversing the evolution of the human race, whether that be a physical feature, something about their personality or a hobby they might have. While yes, many of the people who use this word DO use it to refer to actual bad people like pedophiles and abusers, that doesn't negate the origins of the term and using it THIS often could normalize such bigotry. From what i've seen, a lot of commentary youtubers tend to also use the words "gooner" and "soyboy" in a similar way. Though with the word "soyboy," it moreso feels like they just call people that because it's a more socially acceptable way to call someone the F-slur.

Honestly, there are a lot of videos in the commentary youtube genre that are just plain pointless; only focusing on like, ONE SINGULAR tweet that they didn't like, taking a tiktok out of context, etc. I've already spoken about the video i saw about the "girl bobbing head" tiktok, but there was also this one video i saw where literally the whole thing was just this dude bitching about some random black girl's wojack meme he found on twitter (the meme was very very tame btw, all it really said was "LOL WHITE PEOPLE SMELL BAD") at the time, there was a bit of drama on twitter where black people and asian people were making wojack memes about each other (with one person i saw even calling this event a race war) so when i initially clicked on the video, i thought it'd be about that; though what i got instead was a white boy bitching about how a meme he found was """racism against white people""" and how black people need to shut up about racism because """slavery ended a long time ago""" and shit like that. So much of this commentary slop makes mountains out of molehills and molehills out of mountains, they could literally talk about a famous youtuber murdering a random person at a meet-and-greet and the only thing they could say about it is "damn that's crazy" yet can go on and on and on about some rando on an obscure gaming forum saying they didn't like a joke in a TV show. I swear to god these are the types of people to complain about tone indicators on posts yet DESPERATELY need them themselves. Plus, these kinds of videos can be EXTREMELY harmful and despite the youtuber's half-assed disclaimer to "DON'T HARRASS THIS PERSON, OKAY?" It can cause whoever the video's about to end up getting harrassed or worse!! Like for example: the youtuber ACheeto making that video about that one LGBT family account on tiktok, where one of the kids misspoke while answering a question, saying "if i don't turn out to be gay, my mom will convince me to" (he meant "my mom will encourage me to be an ally") and the dude just went on and on about how the kid's mom is grooming him into being gay and how she's a bad person and this, this and that. Cheeto boy even LEFT IN THE PART OF THE CLIP WHERE THE MOM CORRECTS THE KID and admitted he was wrong at the VERY VERY end of the video and like....at that point, WHY EVEN MAKE THE DAMN VIDEO?!??!? Anyway, the clip ended up making it's way to alt-right circles and the family ended up getting HEAVILY harrassed by conservatives because of it. Like, are you seriously gonna risk ALL THAT danger to another person just because rent was due at the end of the month? Don't even get me started on what happened with illymation, that whole drama STILL infuriates me to this day.

All in all, a lot of commentary youtube is just one big KiwiFarms thread; constantly milking drama, downplaying serious issues and overplaying mild ones, borderline stalking and ruining the lives of people they don't like and airing out their dirty laundry for the whole world to see. In a way, it's pretty much no different to how people treat "lolcows." They don't see these people as human beings and only as commodities to exploit and rip to shreds until there's nothing left. I feel like i'm going crazy because i hardly ever see people talk about this topic in much detail, and when they do, it's usually either a joke or just mentioned in passing. Don't get me wrong, i genuinely do not hate the ENTIRE commentary genre on youtube, in fact, there's a few of them i genuinely really like, i just wanted to shine a light on the bad eggs of the bunch. If you've also had issues with this youtube genre, i hope that reading this made you feel validated in some way, or at the very least taught you something new. Honestly, i wasn't expecting this little rant to be THIS long (just slightly over 5 pages holy crap) but god i just GOTTA get my thoughts out there. I don't even really know if what i've said is even valid criticism considering most of my talking points aren't really brought up by others but i mean...hey, at least i'm thinking for myself and not letting others dictate my opinions i guess. To be frank, i do kinda expect at least ONE person to misunderstand this whole rant, saying that i "just want to live in an echo chamber," that i'm oversensitive and crap like that and to tell ya the truth: i don't really care. I'm sorry, but i kinda don't care what people think my opinions should and shouldn't be. So yeah, thanks for reading.

ID: #deltarune3&4review (that's an ampersand between the numbers, the font used on this page is my own handwriting)

As is somewhat obvious to some if you looked at my site for more than 1 second: i LOVE deltarune!! I was a fan of undertale back in the day, so needless to say i've been into deltarune since day one; ya gotta admit, toby fox makes some great stuff!! So when i heard that chapters 3 and 4 were coming out in 2025, i was ALL OVER IT!! Though i got VERY disappointed when i heard that jacksepticeye wasn't gonna be playing them for his channel on account of the amount of harrassment he'd get for the choices he'd make during his playthroughs which i completely understand. That said, i didn't want to watch any other lets plays of the games so i figured it'd probably just be better if i played the game myself, so that's what i did!!! (In case you're wondering: i named my save file "squimble")

I had a LOT of fun with these new chapters, though admittedly it doesn't feel the same without that sense of community and feeling like others are along for the ride with you. I'm generally really picky when it comes to video game genres i like (i mostly like turn-based RPGs, 3D platformers and whatever the fuck splatoon is) but something about deltarune's bullet hell-style battle mechanic just kinda scratches an itch in my brain, it's a bit like playing with a balloon as a kid and trying not to let it touch the floor. Something tells me i'd probably like touhou because of this.

Generally, chapter 3 is sort of an "eh" chapter in my opinion. I simply don't find the TV theming that interesting, and tenna as a character is kinda just...whatever, and he just kinda makes me miss mettaton if i'm being honest; though i'm sure there's people out there that could analyse the chapter and point out all the subtle nuances and details here and there that i missed. That said though: i was BLOWN AWAY by the ending!! That reveal of the knight showing up was so out of left field and it made me SO hyped for what would happen next!!! Plus, it IMMEDIANTLY debunked that stupid ass theory of kris being the knight which i'm glad about!! Also, i feel kinda stupid for not believing that lanino and elnina (who will be collectively be referred to as "the weather" for the rest of this blog post) were the names of the weather characters before the chapters came out...(ALSO I WAS KINDA TAKEN ABACK BY THE FACT THAT THEY WERE DATING, I HONEST-TO-GOD THOUGHT THEY WERE SIBLINGS OR SOMETHING)

Anyway, i knew chapter 3 would have a TV dark world; we all did (like what, did you look at kris creating a dark fountain at the end of chapter 2 and a face showing up on the TV and think chapter 3 would have a dark world based on fucking ICE-E'S P'E'ZZA?!?!??!) That said, i didn't know what i'd be getting into when it came to gameplay other than it potentially having a gameshow feel so i can't say i was dissappointed in that regard (albeit i kinda suck ass at literally all of the minigames...) i like how you can see a glimpse of kris starting to get their own free will outside of the player's control in the quiz sections, with them picking the correct options on their own when tenna asks them personal questions such as their favorite food; it's a nice hint of subtle foreshadowing of what's to come.

Since this was my first time playing the game for myself, it may or may not have taken me until AFTER the first weather battle to know how to use ACTs with kris because i didn't realize you could select stuff while there's character dialogue on screen. Story-wise, i wasn't expecting this chapter to start out more serious from the get-go which caught be a bit off guard; and all that talk of the dark world being an illusion and whatnot was honestly mind-blowing and made me feel really existential, i'm gonna need to really chew on it for a little bit. I also like how we got a bit of kris x ralsei fanservice in both chapters; in chapter 3, there's a block puzzle in the desert board with ONE block that's purposely programmed to get stuck. Once the player gets the block stuck, ralsei immediantly turns into a block to help kris solve the puzzle; with tenna then playing lovey-dovey music and displaying a graphic on screen that says "pushing buddies" and in a water puzzle in the island board, after susie and kris switch controllers, susie makes kris' avatar chase ralsei's avatar in circles and tells them to "stop trying to hug ralsei" to tease the two. When i got to that part of the game, i genuinely had no idea that was what's going on and thought kris was doing that themself and i got kinda excited because that meant that it'd SORTA debunk the notion krisei haters have that kris doesn't like when you make them do nice things to ralsei so y'know....egg on MY face...

Speaking of love: that whole subplot with rouxls kaard starting a polycule with the weather was NOT something i expected, it's pretty damn cool that toby pretty much confirmed that rouxls is bisexual ngl; though at first, i kinda wasn't sure how to feel about an openly polyamorus relationship essentially being played as somewhat of a joke, but i went on tumblr and a handful of the LGBT people i follow don't really seem to mind so i guess it's okay (but hey, what do i know? I'm straight and would prefer a monogamous relationship.) Anyway, two more things i'd also like to point out is that it took me WAY TOO LONG to realize that shuttah is supposed to have the personality of a stereotypical fashion photographer (also they remind me of lady gaga for some reason) and also i think it's cute that that one part where you blow away dust bunnies and one of them has like, money or an item inside (don't remember which one) kinda mirrors the snow poff area in undertale, it took a while for that to really click with me.

Moving onto chapter 4: i find it cute how toriel's church outfit is just the robe she wears in undertale, that's a really fun callback. That said: i always thought that a church dark world would be SO cool, but i never thought toby would actually add one to the game!! I swear, if you went back in time and told an undertale fan that an undertale spinoff would confirm that the dreemurr family is christian (or at the very least, a christian stand-in,) i don't think they'd believe you.

In this chapter, we see noelle's house for the first time and quite honestly: i wasn't expecting the interior to be so WHITE!!! Also, that one decoration that was VERY OBVIOUSLY meant to be snoopy was a very cute detail. Here, we also meet noelle's mom, carol, for the first time; and as someone who actually HEADCANONED that she was named carol (and also that she's where noelle gets her blonde hair) before this chapter came out, i feel VERY vindicated right now!! (Yes, i know that it should've been obvious that she'd be named carol, but i've also seen people theorize that it could've also been crystal or clarice, as in the love interest reindeer from the stop-motion rudolph special) that said: after seeing a lot of fanmade designs of her before these chapters came out, seeing her ACTUAL CANON design really surprised me. All the artists i've seen tend to pretty much just make her look like an adult version of noelle (though one artist i've seen made her a gyftrot from undertale which looked SO cool!!!) Though her canonical dull-colored fur/hair with striking blue antlers was an interesting surprise...albeit it will probably take a while for it to grow on me...

While i AM somewhat disappointed with the dark world's lack of actual religious theming (there's only really 3 enemies in-game that are REALLY church themed) in favor of a more medieval fantasy-esque aesthetic, i understand why toby made that decision...wouldn't want to potentially upset any actual religious people, y'know? On an unrelated note, i was NOT expecting gerson returning from undertale and playing such an important role in this chapter; as thus, this confirms that the dead CAN come back to life in dark worlds if you bring their ashes with you....and also unfortunately gives that one bullshit theory JaruJaru made about kris accidentally murdering asriel and ralsei being his reincarnation SLIGHTLY more merit (if by a hair) which i'm pissed about...that said, his almost grand-paternal relationship with susie was really sweet and that note he wrote to his son makes me feel emotional whenever i think about it. It kinda makes me think of my own grandpa and how close he and my mom were before he died.

Overall, my favorite part of this chapter has GOT TO BE the jackenstein battle. My favorite holiday is halloween so the spooky aesthetic throughout was really neat!!! The theme that plays throughout is also SOOO GOOD!!!! the leitmotif of the song "spooktune" from undertale is a really nice touch and the soundfont used makes the whole thing sound right at home next to the soundtracks of many spooky NES games such as castlevania or the gremlins 2 tie-in game. While it was SLIGHTLY annoying to die over and over to this fight, the way the battle mechanics help you prepare for the roaring titan boss fight at the end was nothing if not genius!!! And the references to various youtube poop staples, such as jack quoting ganon from the legend of zelda CDI game and the sentence-mixing of "YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG" later on in the fight was super fun to see!! I also like how jack's design heavily harkons back to frankenstein's monster and thus could realistically come off as intimidating to some people. Considering the fact that jack was completely covered in shadow the whole battle; i was TOTALLY expecting him to look sorta tumblr sexyman adjacent, something akin to the summerween trickster from gravity falls, so when i saw what he actually looked like, i was quite flabbergasted.

That reveal of the knight summoning a titan at the end of the chapter REALLY shocked me and left me feeling anxious for what would happen next, while it DID take me ages to actually beat the titan (keeping everyone at high health and spamming the "lighten" button is KEY to winning btw) going through the battle felt rewarding and like you were doing something important. Seeing ralsei try to pretend everything is fine thoughout both chapters before finally breaking down soon after the titan battle, saying things about how he has to keep smiling and keep everyone from knowing things that might upset them is something i find REALLY relatable; as i'm a very sensitive person (not to mention i have social anxiety) and i've been conditioned throughout most of my adolescence to believe that's a bad thing, whether it be me getting cyberbullied at age 10 for things such as my art and fandoms (one of which being undertale), seeing people LIKE ME getting cyberbullied through cringe compilations, or just being the "14-year-old white girl who gets offended over everything" that bigoted twitter users would bitch about (which especially hurt me to the point that i would ALWAYS end posts i'd make talking about issues i have with "...but what do i know? I'm just a 14-year-old white girl on the internet" to try and avoid getting crucified) which resulted in me nowadays feeling stupid for openly engaging in my own political beliefs or getting my feelings hurt so i just sorta try not to show it at all and generally just feel helpless. Choosing the "you don't have to keep smiling" dialogue option and seeing kris kneel down to console ralsei in that scene made me feel a whole whirlwind of emotions...it's kinda hard to explain, but it was just so touching in ways i never thought possible. Not only does this scene show that kris genuinely cares for ralsei (if they didn't i don't think they would be kneeling down to the ground with him), but it makes me feel hopeful for ralsei's character growth in future chapters.

At the very end of this chapter, when kris rips their soul out and sneaks out of the house with susie, it made me feel hyped to see how the next chapter will go; how will the game change now that kris doesn't have their soul and thus can't be controlled by the player? Who's that mysterious voice that keeps calling kris throughout the segments of the chapter where they don't have their soul? Who IS the knight and why are they trying to cause the roaring??? That said, i'm VERY excited for what the next chapters will bring us in 2026 and i'm glad i got to experience this amazing story over the years. Thank you for reading my review of deltarune chapters 3 and 4.

ID: #thefirstone

Hey y'all!!! I JUST finished up building my site for now!! And i only had THREE anxiety attacks in the process!! I'm so glad i've got everything done and dusted, who knew webmastering could be so much fun? Expect lots of blog posts from me, a few more shrines (even though i already made all the ones i wanted to make, though i'll inevitably get more ideas lol) more character designs on my art page (i currently have plans on adding more characters to tumblr sexyman high 👀) and more!!!

Anyway, that's all i have today, i gotta scratch some other stuff off the to-do list ^^