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For the longest time i thought that the Owlk homeworld was much larger than it actually is, and i've only just now realised why: >!the simulation.!<

Since all the planets in the universe (probably) are just as round as our solar system's, and since >!building the stranger basically destroyed their entire world!<, it's reasonable to assume that their entire planet is just as small as ours.

It is extremely weird, then, that their >!simulation is competely flat, without any curve at all!<, especially considering that it's supposed to be a world of reminiscing on past times.

In fact, to the hearthian, an expanse like what we see is so large that it implies a planet so huge that the hearthian could not comprehend it's size. Perhaps it was simply done out of mathematical simplicity, or maybe it was done so the owlks could imagine a universe where their world was all that existed, stretching forever in all directions.

Trevor Herbert seems to believe that it was the heroine in his system that stopped the vampire from killing him, but it was about to take a victim who was currently quite drunk, so i doubt that is the real reason.

I think what really happened is the vampire tasted the bloodlust of the hunt within him, as he had already killed 1 vampire.

So it's looking more and more likely that Sans Deltarune is what Sans was doing before Undertale, but I DON'T LIKE IT. So im going to propose my own theory with very little evidence.

I hope that sans Deltarune comes from the end of a genocide route, where he escapes to another dimension after the fight. He wants to figure out what went wrong with the universe and what's up with Chara. So, he travels to a very similar universe which he somehow knows is close to the end of its life and sits back to observe the goings on there.

There are a few evidence points that could support this: the sign above his shop is clearly the Grillby's building quickly renovated into a shop with the name hurriedly changed to Sans's. It would be weird if it happened the other way round, with the name later being grillby's. There's the slightly weaker point that he kind of acts like he's seen it all before. He's very dismissive of Susie, he almost immediately comes onto Toriel, and he apparently just moved here a few days ago. And he literally winks at the camera whilst saying he's never met you. The fact that he just got here means that at the very least this probably isn't his first universe.

I think the most contentious piece of evidence will be the bread. If you interract with him after getting the bread, his sprite has a really knowing expression as he tells you to take it easy. You don't give a character a literal Hansel and Gretel breadcrumb trail if you're not gonna do anything with it, so at the very least he has some idea of what's going on. However one counterpoint to this is how Ralsei also apparently was quite foreboding about Kris, so it's possible that Sans simply has advanced prophecy knowledge here.

I personally like the theory mostly because it preserves Sans' general character as being aware of the meta elements of the game, and would be more consistent with the general meta stuff going on. Deltarune is a game to play after Undertale, so it is more elegant if it is set there in the timeline too. If he really is a prequel to Sans Undertale then we simply know more than him, which i think doesn't work.

To the best of my knowledge, Susie never even mentions the final prophecy panel in chapter 5. This feels strange to me, since it was literally the last thing that happened in Chapter 4, and i was excited for depressed Susie to be a massive bummer the whole chapter, but it kind of seems like she immediately forgot.

I really hope this is some kind of character decision on Toby's part, like some kind of denial, but I highly doubt that, since she doesn't even mention it at the end of the chapter whilst having the heart-to-heart with Kris. I suppose it could be some clue in it of itself to the contents of the prophecy panel, but I can't for the life of me tell what that would be.

Have i just missed some lines that explain this?

A lot of people say that 73 yards was really good episode, even one of their favourites. However I think that it has some serious flaws that people tend to overlook.

My main criticism of the episode is that most people sell it as Ruby's focal episode, and i can see why. The first half or so looks like it's going in that direction, where the 73-Yard-Lady is used as a pretty good metaphor about her fears of opening up to people, where she thinks there's something just out of reach that she thinks will turn everyone in her life away from her if she's not careful. This is mostly fine (it would be nice if this characterisation affected her actions in the actual show, but I digress). However, where I disagree is that the rest of the episode actually tangibly explores this. In my opinion, not only does it not tell us much about her as a character, but actively teaches us that there's nothing much to know about her.

It cuts to years and years later, where she's going on dates and stuff, and finds out that guy the doctor mentioned is about to rise to power, and so she sets out to stop him. Often people say this is where she comes into her own. First off, this doesn't work from the point of view of the analogy, unless you think the show is saying people with anxiety should weaponise this somehow against right-wing politicians.

More importantly, I don't really consider what she does in this episode a decision. Her actions when confronting Mr Nukeman don't tell me anything about who she is as a person, except that she has a very good memory. The fact that he might start nuclear means that Ruby's actions are more along the lines of self preservation. "Oh that guy might start a nuclar war? Should probably stop that then".

After this they almost immediately skip to her deathbed. To me, this reads as an admission that they have a character who's only interesting to watch when she has a direct impact on the plot: when she gets powers, when she used powers, and when she dies. To me this episode just solidified that I was right to completely write her off as a companion. I really want to be missing something, but she stays that way the entire run.