Centuries from now, an archeologist digs through the forgotten wasted of a Californian Data center. At the very bottom of an ancient server, he swipes away with a brush and sees a logo, an X! “My God!” He exclaims and gathers a national team. They clean away the peruvian cocoon preserving a once thriving technological hub. The work desks, the server farms, the strange cafeterias and meeting rooms all recreated once again into a living museum. It becomes a tech heritage site!
A press conference is held. The logo X emblazoned onto a gigantic canvas, they have X clothing, X business cards, X buttons, X bumper stickers, even the building’s gigantic X is raised like an Athena Promachos for all to see. The room is abuzz with speculation, clamouring journalists, retro enthusiasts, archeology fans all waiting for the reveal. The head archeologist walks to the stand, there is a hush in the crowd.
“Ladies and Gentlemen” he begins as a small spreads wide across his face “We’ve found the original Twitter headquarters!”
Santa Claus is not only going to be an important figure in Deltarune, he’s also going to be a major villain. Santa figures all over the Holidday mansion, Lancer laughing like Santa, and Rudy being a short version of Rudolph. Hell, Kris could be short for Kris Kringle.
When all I knew about Homestuck was vague ideas, I thought post-scratch was going to be all sorts of teams betraying each other to redo the Scratch to their advantage. Using time/space to win. Dave/Rose/Terezi vs John and Jade vs Lord English vs Gamzee vs Vriska.
The problem with Saitama vs Goku is that Saitama wouldn’t want to win. He’d wait for Goku to use some big attack and hide before the smoke clears, saying to himself “ah! i don’t want to know if I’m stronger than my childhood hero!” then go home and watch the Frieza fight on VHS
This access to secrets using gamebreaking knowledge feels like it will culminate in an ending between pacifist and genocide. The in-between, the medium. Solving the unsolvable.
There is more but life is so busy: FRIEND being pets of one Gaster while the annoying dog is the pets of another. Yldaboath a lion headed monster with a snake tail which loops time. Red-and-White vs Black-And-Blue, Santa as a king. Hope it was a fun read!
This is where things get a little hazy. Where will this go? With the choices between endings, the mutable nature of the prophecy, it feels like The Roaring is just how the game ends. Cut to black. The end of the show. Whether it’s pacifist, genocide, or a regular route.
Chapter 4 has a boss and Waterfall doesn’t, Snowdin is frozen over and Chapter 5 is a verdant field. There are more references and tidbits you could pick apart but this was about establishing the pattern.
