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submitted 3 weeks ago by Dort_Owl@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Imagine expecting the guy who wrote an mpreg Homestuck song to have writing that's 100% serious all the time when his games have never been that.

I know it's probably because I'm older than the average vocal Deltarune fan, but it's so funny how opposite I feel about Deltarune when I see takes like this.

I actually prefer the lighthearted parts over the darker parts. I am so, so burnt out on the barrage of self-serious writing flooding the media landscape at the moment. Not everything has to be some deep humorless mysterybox about trauma 100% of the time. I mean, yeah, the game obviously has some pretty serious story elements but if it was only that it would be god awful. The humor balances it out.

If anything, the world needs this 2010s tumblr ass silliness at the moment and I find it to be a breath of fresh air against how performatively mature and dark a lot of writing for stuff is at the moment.

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[-] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I am not talking about ribbit. I have not watched the movie. I am talking about her interactions with Gangle, Kinger, Zooble, Ragatha and Pomni

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Then I don't know what you're talking about because I don't see any specific ostracisation occur with any of those people. Can you be more specific?

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I mean I don't know what to tell you. Her treatment of Gangle is such obvious bullying that she is repeatedly called out on it by Zooble. Like that's the focal point of Zooble's arc.

She doesn't have a single interaction with Gangle that isn't Jax bullying Gangle of which I can think. Except like when Gangle is made middle manager of the fast food place??

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

She doesn't have a single interaction with Gangle that isn't Jax bullying Gangle of which I can think.

The maid costume vote was Gangle.

Also you're probably missing some context here because Gangle cries real human tears for the first time ever when Jax dies (instead of the fake mask tears) so there's definitely something more complex there between them.

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes that thing is likely human empathy. A trait Jax lacks, as she repeatedly bullies Gangle.

I genuinely cannot take the idea that what happens between Gangle and Jax isn't bullying seriously. If you don't clock that as bullying you're just wrong. She hurts Gangle, laughs at her pain, and Gangle instantly forms a strong bond with the first person to genuinely stand up to Jax.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 0 points 3 weeks ago

She doesn't cry real human tears for any of the other deaths.

this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
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