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Hi, yeah, me again - I have another long ask -

So first off I read "a daemon, a Daemon" (can't use that combined letter on my dumbass tablet sorry) and I just. Love it?? A lot?? Brilliant, truly wonderful, love it to actual bits. And it got me thinking. I like your unique take on Daemons (I have my own unique take on their creation specifically that I want to share at some point) and I would like to get you thinking of something, if you'll bear with me. So:

Let's talk Daemon au. For Deltarune.

Kris, a "human", doesn't have a Daemon. Neither does ("human") Dess, of course. Nor, unsurprisingly, anyone else in Hometown, because they're all monsters, right? And monsters keep their souls inside their bodies, like sensible people.

When Kris finds out about the... human thing, and discover that they're like Dess in that way (as per my last ask), the biggest and most convincing factor to them is that they don't have a Daemon. Because monsters don't have Daemons. Right? That's why Kris doesn't have a Daemon. Right?

Right?

(Incidentally, yes - that's entirely correct. They genuinely are a monster soul mistakenly born into a human body, just like Dess. It really is the case that they don't have a Daemon because they never were going to have one in the first place, because they're not human at all and their soul is already inside their body. But it causes a lot of anxiety and species dysphoria for a hot minute.)

Eventually, they do make peace with it, kind of. They're a monster, so they don't have a Daemon. Obviously. And since they don't have a Daemon, and no one else does either, it doesn't really matter much. They're no different to anyone else in Hometown. It's just the way it is.

And then - and then, one day, they wake up without control of their body. And as the thing possessing them gets up, a shape of - something darts underneath their jumper, a sparkle of gold making the thing smaller than it was before. It's a - a Daemon, it has to be. Only Daemons have golden Dust like that, only Daemons can change shape, change size. And Daemons are human souls. Which means - if they can't move on their own, then - that means -

A human is possessing them, and that human has a Daemon... But then... What part of the human is controlling Kris...?

Because the soul - well, the soul is under their jumper, then under their cape, then on their shoulder and in the air and carrying them on its back. The soul is talking to Ralsei, trying to catch up with Susie, joking around with Lancer, twisting and twirling above and between the Darkners. The soul is changing shape with clouds of golden Dust; now a red deer, now a ferret, now a doberman, now a pied crow, now a dragonfly, now a clouded leopard. The soul is there, present, visible. The soul is the Daemon.

So what the hell is controlling Kris?

aww im glad you liked it! a daemon, a dæmon is probably one of my most favorite things i've written recently--feel free to hit me up if you want any extras on it specifically! i've been writing a lot of deltarune recently but my one true love is and always will be daemons. and for a daemon, a dæmon specifically, there will be more of it one day! well, kinda--originally i wanted to write a sequel, but my idea would require waaaaaay too much explaining of daemon-stuff to an audience that it would take away from my main theme of the story (chara learning to accept flowey for who he is, not who he maybe, at one point in time, was), so now it's just a general undertale fic, though like: my frisk and chara characterization is identical to a daemon, a dæmon, 'cause, uh....canon frisk and chara ARE an amalgamate of a person, they just define it differently since they aren't living in a world with daemons. also you can pry xe/xir chara who's nicknamed frisk milkweed from my cold dead hands

(and as a side note: no worries with not being able to type æ! whenever i wrote that fic i had to have it copy-pasted so dfngdfg i decided to do it knowing it would make my life harder).

and ooooh i do love your take on a deltarune daemon au! i think we see kris a tad differently--i don't see them as 'a monster soul in a human body,' more as a monster who happens to look like a human--ie, yes, maybe they are, genetically, a human, but they do not identify as one, and in an ideal world they just--are a monster. nothing else matters.

but! love this take. if you ever did write it i'd love to see where it is going--what IS controlling kris, indeed? i think daemons from the perspective of someone who doesnt want one would be fascinating, and i really love the angle of this daemon acting, for all intents and purposes, like kris's daemon. does that make it their daemon? who gets to make that choice: kris? the player? the daemon? are they all the same thing?

and, actually, going back to different takes on things--Guess Who Is Also Writing A Deltarune Daemon Au. it won't be out for a while but i've been chipping away at it since before deltarune chapter 2 even came out, so like. it deals with a kinda similar idea! except kris does have daemons in this verse, and like--what does that look like?

the player from the perspective of a daemon au is fascinating okay. in a world where you already might hate a part of yourself, how do you tell when there's an outside entity controlling you?

i also decided to make this one on twine kdjfgfdg this is the fangame i sometimes mention. i'm at a bit of a roadblock since i decided to add a battle system, but, yknow what, here, have a few sneak peeks:

i'm particularly proud of my battle setup. that took a WHILE to figure out. no i haven't coded the actual battle yet but its fine shhh i have my list of variables and elseifs i need.

#ask #acacia attempts twine #daemon aus are so good we should all be writing this #the vibes of this one here are so good id be so interested to read it #i just love daemons so much man #also if you were wondering YES kris has two daemons #multidae rights #no dont ask when i'll be done with this game i have four endings planned #i have never made a twine game in my life and have been teaching myself css #you guess when it will come out #daily interaction ask

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