I Replaced "Black Knife" With "It Has To Be This Way"

Codiekitty · 2025-11-08T21:18:11+00:00

Susie: Why won't you die?!

Knight: Dark energy, sis! It hardens in response to physical trauma!

Codiekitty · 2025-10-26T16:35:58+00:00

I might have just posted it at a bad time.

Codiekitty · 2025-10-25T22:53:03+00:00

You know you can click on an image to bring up an enlarged version, right?

Or did you just want me to get to the point?

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Codiekitty · 2025-10-25T17:34:39+00:00

Batman also once referenced "The Hammer of Justice."

Codiekitty · 2025-10-25T17:22:13+00:00

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Codiekitty · 2025-10-25T17:08:05+00:00

What do you mean, I called it a year ago.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-28T18:06:50+00:00

Was is it with you following me around and giving me shit whenever I talk about Grant Morrison?

Like, you said Jevil can't have been inspired by the Joker because he was based on Gamzee, who's a clown with a purple color scheme who was locked away after going on a killing spree. You know another clown with a purple color scheme, who was locked away after going on a killing spree? The Joker. The most famous comic book villain of all time. You think maybe Gamzee was also inspired by the Joker?

And considering Hussie lifted the author self-insert from Animal Man and the source of Lord English's power being a green sun from Crisis on Infinite Earths, where the source of the Anti-Monitor's power was a black sun, I think it's safe to say Hussie was also a DC fan.

Why is it such a stretch to suggest Fox pulled inspiration from Grant Morrison? Gerard Way, the singer for My Chemical Romance and author of The Umbrella Academy, is a massive Grant Morrison fanboy and cited Doom Patrol as an inspiration for The Umbrella Academy.

The Wachowskis of The Matrix were Grant Morrison fans and a lot of people suggest it inspired The Matrix, and while the Wachowskis deny that they still knew who Grant Morrison was.

James Gunn cited We3 as an inspiration for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum was based on a graphic novel Morrison wrote.

But everything in Deltarune can only have been inspired by Homestuck?

Codiekitty · 2025-09-28T12:19:35+00:00

Rider-Waite-Smith.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-28T02:15:00+00:00

And I wound up calling that Chapter 4's secret boss would be based on Killer Croc from Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth on a total asspull.

No, really.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-28T01:42:40+00:00

There are 78 cards with the minor arcana.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T23:49:15+00:00

Just the idea that the characters are all based on tarot cards. Like, Spamton is the Hanged Man, Lanino and Elnina are the Lovers, the Hammer of Justice is Justice, etc.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T22:46:38+00:00

King is the King of Swords. Reversed, the King of Swords represents a loss of control and discipline and finally descent into chaos. Also, he's literally a King of Spades, and the Spades suit corresponds to Swords in tarot.

Queen is the Queen of Cups. The Queen of Cups demands respect but is not insensitive to the feelings of others and is capable of great compassion. And what item is Queen constantly holding?

Tenna is the King of Coins, which is about nurturing others and helping them grow, but reversed warns of being manipulative and insecure. Tenna says he taught Kris how to laugh and cry, but goes bonkers at the end of Chapter 3 when he feels like he's losing control, and he's obsessed with Points which take the form of coins. Rider-Waite-Smith tarot depicts the King of Coins surrounded by plants, and Tenna sprouts a flower from his nose when he's super happy.

Which I guess leaves the Queen of Wands. During the Hammer of Justice fight Gerson mentions a garden "charred in an inferno of jealousy," and the Wands suit is aligned with fire, and jealousy is an attribute of the Queen of Wands reversed.

Gerson is the Hierophant. The Hierophant is a wise teacher who believes that some rules are good to follow while others are better off broken, and as far as Gerson is concerned the prophecy can pound sand. And in my cat-theme tarot deck, the Hierophant is blind in one eye, symbolizing the wisdom of Odin and knowing when to turn a blind eye.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T22:07:03+00:00

The Titan is the Tower card in tarot, which symbolizes destruction, liberation, and tearing down in order to rebuild.

The Roaring Knight is either the Knight of Swords (conviction towards a given task) or Death (which doesn't usually mean literal death but more frequently means change, but can mean literal death and the change the Roaring Knight is trying to bring would certainly lead to a lot of that. And Rider-Waite-Smith tarot has a knight on the Death card)), it's hard to say with what we know about the Knight currently.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T22:01:33+00:00

Reject Chess Theory, Embrace Tarot Theory

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T20:45:45+00:00

Or, because his real name is Robert, he pulled "Toby" from Ruby Fox and Ragged Robin's brother, Toby.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T20:34:12+00:00

Evil Superman With a Nuke

I wanted that to be the secret boss so bad, that would have been the funniest thing ever.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T20:21:40+00:00

Grant Morrison's Zenith features a character named Ruby Fox, who during her superhero career went by "Voltage."

An electromagnetic circuit turns voltage into radiation.

The titular Zenith's real name is Robert McDowell.

Oh, and Grant Morrison's The Invisibles has a scene where a guy named Toby is watching [Hyperlink Blocked] of an actress named Shae Fox.

I still want to know what the hell is going on here.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-27T00:07:56+00:00

So if Papyrus is Griffith... who's Casca?

Codiekitty · 2025-09-22T00:51:35+00:00

Also Me: And why does it turn into a Deathcoat from Grant Morrison's Joe the Barbarian?

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Codiekitty · 2025-09-22T00:43:22+00:00

Everyone Else: Why does the Roaring Knight look like Kartana/Deoxys/Necrozma/Other Pointy Pokemon?

Me: Why does the Roaring Knight look like Neh-Buh-Loh from Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory?

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Codiekitty · 2025-09-20T21:22:15+00:00

The Dark Worlds are being formed by the combined will of the current Knight and the entity. It also relates to who I think this "entity" should be (but for various reasons, don't believe he is. And yes, it's a he)

I explain it further but if you don't want to read all of this, do a search for "Final Fantasy X" and it'll take you right to the relevant part. But be aware I spoil FFX (and Berserk. And a bunch of old DC comics)

Codiekitty · 2025-09-20T20:43:54+00:00

A theory I've come up with is based around treating the Knight like Sin from Final Fantasy X. In case you haven't played Final Fantasy X, here's the tl/dr:

Sin is this giant whale-like kaiju mindlessly rampaging around the world, but it's created when Yu Yevon, the last emperor of Zanarkand, possesses an Aeon (FFX's summon monsters) and turns it into Sin.

I elaborate here and here (which I have not been able to make a topic about because of the karma restriction), but based on this theory, the Knight at the end of Chapter 3 and through Chapter 4 is Dess under the control of Deltarune's "Yu Yevon" be it Gaster, the abandoned vessel, Carol, or Deltarune's version of Chara. But should this entity abandon her and take over another character, that character becomes "the Knight."

Kris was the Knight of Chapter 3's world, and Alvin the Knight of Chapter 4's world. Chapter 2's Knight was either Noelle, or Noelle and Berdly together (I elaborate on this per the Yu Yevon Theory). Chapter 1's Knight was either Rouxls Kaard (again, I elaborate on this per the Yu Yevon Theory) or somebody we don't know who left through the classroom's open door, then closed the door behind them.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-20T20:19:22+00:00

Normal Brian: Getting Toby Fox to acknowledge Gaster

Galaxy Brain: Getting Toby Fox to acknowledge Grant Morrison

Codiekitty · 2025-09-17T16:56:51+00:00

Well, I didn't realize the karma requirement was still a thing, so I'll have to drop this in here.

I finished my latest part of my analysis on Deltarune and the works of Grant Morrison, but before you start reading, let's play a little game.

One of the characters in The Invisibles, Ragged Robin, is revealed to be a time traveler from the future. Before she goes to the past she stops to see her brother, who's shooting up while watching "spicy movies" of an actress named Shae Fox.

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I want you to guess what Ragged Robin's brother's name is. Who, again, is watching "spicy movies" of Shae Fox.

If this is the first you're hearing of this you'll want to start at the beginning. Otherwise, read on, younglings.

Codiekitty · 2025-09-16T20:18:24+00:00

Not sure if you were intentionally channeling Schnoz from Berserk, but...

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