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working on a new cast page, now with this cute simple art style~

#undertale #frisk #chara #asriel

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On 'saving' Asriel

I think the thing that gets me the most about the 'ralsei and/or deltarune is a creation that comes from our (as players) desires to save asriel, based on what little we really know of him' theory is like... If we did true pacifist, we already saved Asriel.

Let's talk about the epilogue.

No matter how Asriel spun it at the end of true pacifist, turning back into a flower didn't magically take away everything he learned and felt. He tells us not to reset again and to let frisk live their life, he says he can't go through all of that again.

And last year, Toby gave us the alarm clock app dialogue, where it was confirmed that Flowey also got to go to the surface. Look at his cute lil bow! He likes it.

I recommend taking a look through all of his dialogue here, it really shines a light on what he's like on the surface in a way that I think proves something - even if he lost feelings when he originally became a flower, this Flowey? He cares. He doesn't wanna show it, of course. He has a reputation to uphold in this timeline.

But he daydreams about the shiny new bike he wishes he could have for Christmas. He sees his mother passed out in the garage, tuckered out after partying and gets her back home and tucked in, and leaves her a glass of water as overfilled as he and chara always used to do it as kids. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if that bow he's wearing is from papyrus.

Yeah, Flowey doesn't wanna show he cares and hides it behind acting edgy and mean spirited in an almost tsundere fashion, but... Realistically, would a 'saved' Asriel be much different? I think people forget sometimes that Asriel was an asshole for most of his fight - he didn't just magically regain the ability to love and become the Sweet Golden Child we see him as. He wanted to keep killing us, to keep resetting and continuing the 'game'.

What really gave him pause was being reminded of his past, of growing up with chara and the love and kindness of his family. And, after telling himself he didn't feel anything for so long, and that he just wanted chara back because they could 'understand' him like this... Of course it was enough to break the dam. He was overwhelmed - he's not felt like this in so long, and it's so, so much. His capability to love didn't magically return as soon as he became a goat, so I don't think it'd have to immediately fade just bc he became a flower again, either. It's never outright stated as fact that you can't love without a soul, it's just his assumption.

But no matter what - this is a part of him. He's reset countless times, done everything he could think of, became desensitised to anything people would do or say or feel... He's seen it hundreds of times before, and it lost its charm. Flowey was always Asriel, and when he first woke as a flower he was still this scared, crybaby child who wanted his parents.

So let's say we 'saved' him in the undertale universe and he miraculously became a goat again... Then what? You think the twisted sense of humour he's developed over time is vanishing because he's a goat again? That he's gonna instantly unlearn acting like he doesn't care, or easily getting fed up with people are talking? Nah, not when he see settles, and can just be himself. Flowey is Asriel.

Think of the amalgamates. They were all people who fell down, and became victims of a life saving experiment that went horribly, horribly wrong and put them through something truly horrible for who-knows-how-long. But at the end of true pacifist? We welcomed them anyway, and they were accepted by their families even with how much they'd changed. They died and yet they got a second chance with their loved ones. We considered that enough.

Flowey is no different. Asriel died and became an amalgamate (albeit in a different way), but he got his second chance with his family. Sure, he doesn't have arms or legs now and he can't ride that bike, but he's still himself. He's still the kid who overfilled that glass because he was copying his sibling and he's still that little boy who loves his mother very much.

We already saved Asriel, and in a post epilogue world, he's going forth without the threat of resets and time loops, only one life left to enjoy and make the most out of, dialogue and friendships and people being fresh and new and one time only. He's fed up of our influence and wants undertale's world to be left in peace, player-free. He can work through it in his own way, and he will still be who he is, who he's grown up to be.

But bringing this back to deltarune, to the idea of us trying to 'save' him even now, by wanting more... Whatever we'd get back wouldn't be him, not really. We rejected that in persuit of an idealised version of him who never existed. Anything we get back wouldn't truly be the same character we spent so much time with in undertale.

That in itself feels like a tragedy.

#undertale #ralsei #deltarune #flowey #asriel

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ralsei

#deltarune #ralsei

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drew ralsei with a sword again

#deltarune #ralsei

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she went to the beach

#ddlc natsuki #ddlc monika #ddlc yuri #ddlc sayori #doki doki literature club

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#ddlc monika #ddlc natsuki #monisuki #doki doki literature club

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Sayuri uwu

#ddlc sayori #ddlc yuri #doki doki literature club #sayuri

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#ddlc monika #doki doki literature club

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#ddlc natsuki #doki doki literature club

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#ddlc sayori #ddlc yuri #sayuri #doki doki literature club

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Reference by Marcy.Rangel

#ddlc monika #ddlc natsuki #doki doki literature club #monisuki

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So I tried to draw in a new style, everything looks okay, except the lighting, the lighting sucks ass. the reference I used was made by Kibbitzer on Deviantart.

#ddlc yuri #doki doki literature club

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Okey, so this turned out better than expected!! I wanted to experiment on a tutorial I found on Instagram and tested this on Monika! It took about an hour and a half to do because I got confused on some parts, but I managed to finish it on time! So I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

#ddlc monika #doki doki literature club

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#ddlc natsuki #doki doki literature club

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This took a while! But I manage to finish it!! Sorry of the rain looks weird xdd. I loved the end result! But it is lovely to look at though! 🥰🥰 The lovely reference was provided by Shuai Ying Ying!

#ddlc monika #doki doki literature club

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#Ddlc natsuki #doki doki literature club

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Book worm

#Doki doki literature club Yuri #Ddlc Yuri