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Deltarune Theory: Reappraising Father Alvin

An Omnibus Analysis of the Angel’s Servant, Gerson’s Successor, and the Roaring Knight

HEY EVERY     !  This has been a long time coming, but it’s time to take a look at one of Deltarune’s most overlooked characters: Father Alvin. This series newcomer has flown under the fanbase’s radar for years, but I’m here to tell you why he’s become my top suspect as the true identity of the Roaring Knight.

But that’s not all, I’ll also be delving into the nature of dark fountains, secrets that Gerson may have discovered before his demise, insights into a higher power offered by 1997’s #1-Rated Salesman, and even the origins of our favorite fluffy boy Ralsei. How can all this tie together? Read on and find out!

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A Lily Gilded: A Review and Analysis of Undertale Yellow

The Short, Spoiler-Free Review (TL;DR)

  • Any Undertale fan who owns a PC should play Undertale Yellow, even if they previously weren’t interested or have any doubts or reservations.
  • No criticism that I levy at Undertale Yellow, big or small, is intended to dissuade anyone who hasn’t played it from trying it: you should play it and there is no reason not to aside from a lack of free time or not owning a PC.
  • Although I have some criticisms of Undertale Yellow, my overall opinion of it is still very positive. I’m glad to have experienced this game.
  • If you haven’t played the game yet, then I recommend starting with the neutral route. Pacifist is much harder in this game and there are story segments exclusive to the neutral route that make it worth the time investment.

My analysis from this point forward will include spoilers for all three major routes of Undertale Yellow. It will also be very long (close to 60 pages), so be warned.

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Done with the first draft of the Undertale Yellow review. Well, more of an Undertale Yellow analysis.

So far it's 30 pages and includes my write-ups on the game's themes and each of the main characters.

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My Undertale Yellow review won't be ready for a while yet, so have this early preview as a holiday gift:

fyi, not an indication of my overall opinion of Yellow, just one particular part of the game that everybody but me seemed to adore. Can you guess which part it was?

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Y'know, Asriel absorbed the six human souls and the souls of all monsters in the Underground, so that's basically a cast reunion for Undertale Yellow right there.

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New and Improved Deltarune Iceberg

Key:

  • White text = Official info from game, updates, or Toby
  • Yellow text = Scrapped, unused, or only found in game files
  • Red text = Fanmade or speculation/theory

I was going to make a "mini" version that could be covered in a 30-40 minute Youtube video, but "The Light World" layer on its own would probably work for that purpose.

None of these entries are fake or "joke" entries.

WHAT THE FUCK???? OKAY HOLY SHIT
If anyone makes a video of this please give me the link i need to watch it so bad

So far I don't think anyone has.

I probably should've specified originally, but if anyone wants to make a video out of this iceberg then by all means please do--I'd just like to be credited for making the original list/images.

I think some people may have been expecting me to make a video, but I'm not a Youtuber and my video editing skills/software suck so I had no plans to.

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Undertale Yellow isn't quite as dense with mysteries and unanswered questions as Undertale and Deltarune, but I feel like there's enough here that I missed the first time around that I could make a lore/theory post or two, but that will likely come after the review (and if someone else doesn't beat me to the punch).

Speaking of which, my later playthroughs have been more enjoyable than my first, but some of that is due to hindsight and stocking up on items. So my overall opinion might end up slightly more positive than it was already going to be, but I do still plan to nitpick a few things.

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I'm probably going to write a review of Undertale Yellow once I finish it.

Completed the pacifist run today, thanks in part to the 1.1 patch coming in clutch for me at the last minute.

I'm going to attempt at least one more route and/or look up the various secrets and route variations before I write anything (IF I write anything).

What I'll say now is that my overall opinion of the game is positive but I have a lot of nitpicks to go through. A few things may have been fixed with the patch so I need to see what another playthrough feels like.

My opinion probably won't be quite as glowing as other reviews I've seen but my intention with the game isn't to "take it down a peg" or anything like that (you should play it!). Rather, I feel there's a lot of lessons to take away from this game for fans and creators.

More than anything else, this game brings a lot of ideas to the table and I want to talk about it because I find those ideas interesting, not so much because I intend to influence other peoples' opinions on the game one way or the other.

Again, you should play it.

One important addendum: I've recently learned that the neutral and pacifist runs of this game have quite a few differences besides the ending. At least one major area is almost completely different depending on which of the two routes you play.

I think some of my issues with this game may have been caused by me playing pacifist first, assuming that neutral would be near-identical to pacifist like in Undertale and that the added difficulty of being LV 1 would be negligible.

If you haven't played the game yet and intend to play multiple routes, I recommend that you start with neutral before trying pacifist. Neutral also has at least one significant lore drop that is not covered in pacifist.

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I'm probably going to write a review of Undertale Yellow once I finish it.

Completed the pacifist run today, thanks in part to the 1.1 patch coming in clutch for me at the last minute.

I'm going to attempt at least one more route and/or look up the various secrets and route variations before I write anything (IF I write anything).

What I'll say now is that my overall opinion of the game is positive but I have a lot of nitpicks to go through. A few things may have been fixed with the patch so I need to see what another playthrough feels like.

My opinion probably won't be quite as glowing as other reviews I've seen but my intention with the game isn't to "take it down a peg" or anything like that (you should play it!). Rather, I feel there's a lot of lessons to take away from this game for fans and creators.

More than anything else, this game brings a lot of ideas to the table and I want to talk about it because I find those ideas interesting, not so much because I intend to influence other peoples' opinions on the game one way or the other.

Again, you should play it.

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I'm probably going to write a review of Undertale Yellow once I finish it.

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welp, I wasn't expecting that news(letter). I guess this changes things quite a bit.

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New and Improved Deltarune Iceberg

Key:

  • White text = Official info from game, updates, or Toby
  • Yellow text = Scrapped, unused, or only found in game files
  • Red text = Fanmade or speculation/theory

I was going to make a "mini" version that could be covered in a 30-40 minute Youtube video, but "The Light World" layer on its own would probably work for that purpose.

None of these entries are fake or "joke" entries.

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iceberg today

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A few people have asked, but for now I'm not planning on reviving my "Who talked to Spamton/Jevil" theory post.

The honest truth is that the post is just too long to work with--posting it the first time took me the better part of a day. If I find a convenient place to host it then maybe I'd consider posting a link there, but for now I basically can't post it onto Tumblr directly without a massive time sink, and frankly that post has taken enough of my time as it is.

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Anybody want to see me update/remake my Deltarune iceberg with newer info (the Spamton sweepstakes, newsletters, etc.)?

Apparently some DR Youtubers have read my blog before and I imagine there's a drought of content to make videos about currently.

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