Deltarune swatch7/20/2023 The way it’s written seems very deliberate, in my opinion, so I don’t think that this is a coincidence. Seam is never referred to with any pronouns. Seam is a lot less obvious than the other ones - but if you play through Deltarune, you might notice something about all the dialogue where people refer to Seam. So why, then, would their gender be up to player interpretation? Why would that be the one single thing we get to decide about Kris? It, quite simply, does not make any sense. Their personality, their likes and dislikes, their hobbies, their past, all of that is set in stone. You don’t get to choose anything about them. I really don’t think there’s any way to reasonably argue that Kris is meant to be a representation of the player. They have their own clearly defined personality, likes and dislikes, etc. Whether you believe the red SOUL is literally the player or not, Kris is clearly their own person fighting against someone for control of their body. Their own brother, Asriel - their best friend and undoubtedly the person they were closest to - uses only they/them pronouns when speaking of them.įrom the very beginning of Deltarune, it’s made very clear that Kris is NOT a self-insert of any kind, even more clear than Frisk and Chara. In any case, Chara is referred to exclusively with they/them or, occasionally, it/its pronouns. Actually, I’d guess that most people don’t like all of those things at once. Why would someone who’s supposed to be “the player” be so… different from so many people? A lot of people don’t like chocolate or flowers or knives. Like, you know, not giving them a clearly defined backstory and personality. If they were, there’s about a million better ways Toby could have done that. They’re not meant to be an in-game representation of the player. However, this doesn’t mean that they literally are you.Ĭhara has their own backstory - they had a family, they had likes and dislikes. Those were always their pronouns, and they still are.Ĭhara is the character we name at the beginning of Undertale. Because the monsters were never wrong to use they/them for Frisk. But he doesn’t, because Frisk isn’t a girl or a boy. If they’re clearly meant to be not you, then surely it would be easier for Toby to hammer in that point by suddenly having everyone refer to Frisk with different pronouns. In the True Pacifist ending, after Asriel returns everyone’s SOULs, everyone magically learns Frisk’s name (except Napstablook, who closed their blinds upon seeing the flash of light.) Suddenly, everyone knows who Frisk is.Īnd… all of their friends still use they/them pronouns for them. It’s quite easy to only call them “The Human”, he has no trouble doing it now, so if they’re meant to be “you”, there’s no reason to give them a name at all. I mean, why would a character who’s meant to be “you” have their own name? Toby never calls Frisk “Frisk” in merchandise or interviews, simply calling them “The Human”, because their name is a major spoiler for the True Pacifist ending. They’re a character that exists within this universe. This reveal also serves as a reveal that Frisk isn’t you, or an in-game representation of you. However, in the True Pacifist ending, it’s revealed that they have their own name: Frisk. You’re tricked into thinking you name them, and they have an ambiguous skin color and gender. It’s worth noting that, for the majority of Undertale, you’re definitely supposed to think that Frisk is a player self-insert character, a blank slate for you to project yourself onto. This serves as confirmation that referring to these two with he/him pronouns is incorrect, and they/them are the correct pronouns.įrisk is the protagonist and player character of Undertale. However, when this was pointed out to Toby, he told me that it was a typo and it would be fixed in the next run - which it promptly was. In the first printing of the official Undertale art book, featuring commentary from Toby Fox himself, these two characters were mistakenly referred to with he/him pronouns. Of course, even with characters being exclusively referred to with they/them, there will be people who say it’s intentionally “ambiguous”, or an oversight, or what have you.įortunately, we have definitive evidence this isn’t the case. In this post, I’ll go over them, and I’ll explain why so many non-binary people identify with them.īoth Napstablook and Monster Kid are referred to only with they/them pronouns. A lot of people don’t notice this, but there are several major characters in Undertale that are referred to exclusively with they/them pronouns.
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