UNDERTALE DAY 2

undertale take 2!

just got to snowdin road.
going to be taking random notes as i play.



I like the snowman. (i want to see the world, but i can't move, so take a piece of me and take it very far away)

Papyrus is precious.

snowball game!
purple flag= even when you felt trapped, you took notes and achieved the end of "ball." (very personally relevant, also with the color)
light blue= ball is small. you waited, still, for this opportunity- then dethroned ball with a sharp attack. (i like this because victory was still possible even in that last second)
blue= hopping and twirling, your original style pulled you through. (again, i like the sentiment of this one)


died twice this round
oddly depressing.
both at the hands of dogs, go figure
(i've been very dissociated today so that may be part of it-- it's hard to dodge when you can't 'see'-- but still)


snowdin town's music is SO PRETTY.

"but... we all know deep down that freedom is coming, don't we? as long as we got that hope, we can grit our teeth and face the same struggles, day after day... that's life, ain't it?"

gyftrot has a really great design. it's that sideways mouth! it's also rather adorable.


this bit made me think of laurie and the retributors lately:
"everyone is always laughing and cracking jokes, trying to forget our modern crises... dreariness. crowding. lack of sunlight."
"we all know the underground has problems, but we smile anyway. why? we can't do anything, so why be morose about it?"


the monster lore in this game is SO APPLICABLE TO DREAM WORLD.
it's really cool.

"Love, hope, compassion... this is what people say monster SOULs are made of. But the absolute nature of "SOUL" is unknown. After all, humans have proven their SOULs don't need these things to exist." (that is such a painful statement)

"...When monsters get old and kick the bucket, they turn into dust. at funerals, we take that dust and spread it on that person's favorite thing. then their essence will live on in that thing..."

"while monsters are mostly made of magic, human beings are mostly made of water. humans, with their physical forms, are far stronger than us. but they will never know the joy of expressing themselves through magic..."

"Because they are made of magic, monsters' bodies are attuned to their SOUL. If a monster doesn't want to fight, its defenses will weaken. And the crueller the intensions of our enemies, the more their attacks will hurt us. therefore, if a being with a powerful SOUL struck with the desire to kill... um, let's end the chapter here..."

"That's the barrier trapping us all underground. Anyone can enter it, but no one can exit... except someone with a powerful soul. Like you! That's why the king wants a human. He wants to open the barrier with soul power."


seriously a lot of that is practically lifted straight from dream world.


I spent SO LONG battling papyrus.
again, partly because of dissocation.
the first time i kept re-fighting him until he asked if i wanted to or not. at that point i decided i wanted a different outcome so i went back to my last save and decided to just stick it out in battle until he wore himself out and spared me.
it was worth it though-- the "special attack" thing was hilarious. (COOL DUDE)

again, papyrus is precious. i love how ingenuous he is. his room is so cute.
also i am laughing so hard (in a good way) at his hardcore efforts to get this hangout thing right.

"...but i think you can reach max potential if you live more for your own sake, rather than just for mine."


...i swear i just saw flowey out of the corner of my eye. that's really creeping me out.


PARNASSUS RELEVANCE=
"a long time ago, monsters would whisper their wishes to the stars in the sky. if you hoped with all your heart, your wish would come true. now, all we have are these sparkling stones on the ceiling..."
"thousands of people wishing together can't be wrong! the king will prove that."


the bit about the "monster with a human soul" was indeed really unsettling... considering that they just said that it would take thousands of monster souls, if not more, to equal the strength of ONE human soul.
it's giving me an fma vibe to be honest.


this marsh is gorgeous but i've got that dread hanging over me here, what with the music, and with nearly getting skewered by undyne just now.
btw the mood of that was SO INTENSE. props to toby for getting the entire mood of this game perfect.

writing this down as it's (again) unsettling but interesting concept-wise:
"the power to take their SOULs. this is the power that the humans feared."
"indeed, a human cannot take a monster's soul. when a monster dies, its SOUL disappears. and an incredible power would be needed to take the SOUL of a living monster."
"there is only one exception... a boss monster's SOUL is strong enough to persist after death... if only for a few moments. a human could absorb this SOUL. but this has never happened."


i love this line about undyne=
"she's too cool to ever hurt an innocent person!"

this dino child is precious too btw. i love their tripping animation, with the sticky face.

oh WOW. the transition out of the rainy area and into the sidescroll sort of silhouette bit... that's beautiful.


mad dummy fight!!
this is giving me actual "cannon days" vibes so good job again toby. unfortunately it's making me a bit nervous.
died AGAIN.
honestly if flowey brings all these little deaths up i am going to be very unsettled.


(quit here for the night, it's 2am dude)