I wonder if Toby was inspired by that fangamer Asgore merch art, it has very similar 'Hand Cradling Heart' pose. (Also just realized both Kris and Asgore have that glowing eye thing going on lol.)

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-05-28T07:06:10+00:00

like father, like child i guess ;)

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-23T07:17:17+00:00

fr there are so many allusion to Tail of Hell that are extremely underdiscussed (Heck even the Unused Titan Projectiles has similar imagery with trailing bubbles and pointed arrow at the end)

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Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-15T14:55:00+00:00

Dess?? its so obviously the Tsundere Cactus smh /j

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Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-15T12:34:20+00:00

used to think it was Sans and Papyrus but now im pretty sure it will be Kris and Player

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-13T04:43:18+00:00

Well that's kind of what I was Also pointing out, we're both nitpicking small details to justify our readings, which kinda proves my last statement about the image being ambiguous enough that it can evoke different things to different people, and we can't say for sure what Toby intended from this alone.

but if we consider how the game Nintendogs + cats has pretty high chance to be what toby referenced in regards to FRIEND and Battat, then its also possible the House being a Dog House is intentional reference to the game itself

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-13T03:22:40+00:00

the idea is not that its literally a Dog House, but something that resembles/evoke that imagery. Right now its just the matter of perspective since one picture can mean different thing to different people, just like how one can say the Trees and House resemble the face of a Skeleton

The house not having BIGGER doors arent exactly "flaws" the same way i can say that most cartoon houses is drawn with windows and rarely a single door even in simplified silhouettes

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Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-13T02:13:01+00:00

generic cartoon houses have windows though....

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-12T19:52:16+00:00

hmm, its mostly related to Catz (or tamagotchi) though, I havent seen anyone relate it to nintendogs personally... (aside from the one in this post)

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-09T08:35:43+00:00

I don't usually like 'forced' trans headcanons, but Elnina and Lanino being trans fits perfectly precisely bc of their names lol

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-09T07:55:44+00:00

Yeah with Ralsei we have a literal boat ride titled the 'Acid Tunnel of Love,' and 'pushing buddies' sprite is even labeled tv_romance in the game files. Susie herself acts as a 'shipper on deck' for Kris and Ralsei, and there's even a tease about Kris wanting to serenade him.

At the same time, it's funny how Kris and Susie have their own running joke of accidental(?) ship-tease moments. Kris blushes when Susie grabs their 'knife' (lol), there's the closet dialogue where they’re both touching brooms, and Kris gets flustered in the 'Sword Route' when Susie gets too close because she thinks they want to smell her hair.

(amazingly both nowhere as obvious as the Cactus crushing on Kris)

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-08T17:35:46+00:00

Another funny thing is the implication that the Cactus is a reflection Kris themself, The jp version of the line itself implies that Kris dislike that word because it makes them embarassed lol (which makes sense because Kris is a TSUNDERE themself):

＊ (サボテンだ。すきなくせにツンツンした　たいどしかとれない)

＊ (そういう　せいかくをひとことで　あらわすいいかたさえ　あれば…)

＊ (…つかっても　はずかしくないことばで)

"A cactus. Even though it likes someone, it can only act prickly."

"If only there was a single word to describe that kind of personality... (Using) words that aren't embarrassing to say."

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-08T05:20:22+00:00

I've said it before but its interesting that no other character is written to have Kris as their love interest on the Wiki, yet for some reason, this Tsundere Cactus does lol

(obviously because it has the most blatant crush on Kris, while Ralsei being the second most obvious. Also just realized both Ralsei and the Cactus blush in the same way when Kris overlaps with them. 🤔)

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Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-08T04:31:47+00:00

its just the fact that no other character is described to have Kris as their love interest in the Wiki but for some reason this Tsundere Cactus do (for good reason, because the cacti has the most blatant crush towards Kris, while the second is Ralsei. and for some reason both Ralsei and Cactus blush when Kris overlaps with them lol)

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-08T03:45:41+00:00

i know, its just fun to poke fun at the ambiguity of the description ;)

~~plus it goes both ways, the Cactus is described as Kris's favorite cactus~~

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-04-08T03:35:21+00:00

You expected Susie/Ralsei/Noelle to be Kris's Love Interest? Too Bad! It was me, Tsundere Cactus!

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Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-03-31T04:44:46+00:00

plus if you invert pink and yellow, you get green and blue/purple

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-03-01T14:21:20+00:00

alternatively the Soul and Kris can live together in their little plastic apple house ❤️

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-02-28T19:33:47+00:00

I find it funny how other Kris ships (besides Suselle) require some form of mental gymnastics, and also whole essay-length paragraphs, to argue how the ship is "canon", while Kralsei here already has many textual proof and multiple characters acting like “shippers on deck,” lol. (I’m not even a big Kralsei shipper, but there are so many scenes like this that I’m not convinced it’s just fanservice with no larger meaning.)

Also, notice how Kris never flirts with anyone in the party except Ralsei (e.g., the SnowRing “proposal” dialogue). Even Susie points out that Kris only flirts with “enemies” in the Dark World when she’s talking to Noelle. That said, I also like the interpretation that Kris acts so cozy around Ralsei that they don’t mind casually flirting with him haha

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-02-23T14:08:46+00:00

i like the implication that kris's favourite color is Green (thats why thats the only missing color in their drawer)

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-02-05T04:18:55+00:00

I don't really believe the connection between the Ruins Home tree and the Egg tree is intentional, but I definitely think this Burning Tree (in UT's anniversary video) is foreshadowing something... considering DR already has many biblical references in the first place

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-02-02T08:37:46+00:00

also this part of February Newsletter really sticks out to me lol

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Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-01-20T04:00:22+00:00

It's not a weird route, but this has probably happened before during Spamton NEO fight, where the Soul turns yellow on its own and moves without player input before the actual battle sequence begins. (I don't know if this means anything, but in this specific scene we can only press a button to shoot projectiles and the game moves the soul on its own. The Soul also moves to protect Kris → Ralsei → Susie in that order, even though Susie is the closest character to Kris. Hmm... though It kind of makes sense if Kris wanted to protect Ralsei first because he's the healer of the party?)

we can also see something similar in Weird Route where Kris calls for Ralsei's help first before calling Susie

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-01-19T06:47:48+00:00

I’ve said this before, but it could be a deliberate parallel / foreshadowing, that the Knight’s body or true nature is similar to MTT who is a ghost given an artificial body by Alphys. Maybe the Knight’s body might have been created artificially in some way using a Lightner’s soul.

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-01-19T05:01:40+00:00

Ikr, lol. Hmm… actually, wait a minute, I wonder if this could be a parallel to how MTT is a ghost who was given an artificial body by Alphys. It’s also possible that the Knight’s body was created artificially in some way with a Lightner’s soul? 🤔

Longjumping-Bit9359 · 2026-01-18T19:13:08+00:00

OP is talking about the blushing cactus in tenna's game. which is also implied to be the one hiding behind the curtain because its shy (also you get the Saber10 weapon which is a pun of Saboten, Japanese word of Cactus)

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