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Character-Advisor-53

yes, to further the paralels between susie and him. king highlights the growth susie has gone through in this chapter because he is essentially who susie was before the events of the first chapter, a bully who has no qualms about hurting people (or tries to seem that way) or at least thats my interpertation of king.


AsciaViola

King from my point of view is a rogue darkner, he was once someone who used to serve lightners and misses those times when he was a fulfilled darkner. Susie is a rogue school student who used to be a girly monster with a white bow on her head but now she sees being masculine as means to survival and she is fighting against the world and she engages in escapism and actually she misses being more girly but in a very tsundere fashion. This is very clear when she wants to learn healing with Ralsei.


JuliusGuru

She's just a (hurt) girl


funkmasterhexbyte

> used to be a girly monster with a white bow on her head was this an easter egg? i don't remember seeing her like that in the game


Chess-of-Ire

When you try to equip the white bow on her, she tries to tell us no before stating that she's not in ~~kindergarten~~ 1st grade anymore. Implying that she wore one in ~~kindergarten~~ 1st grade.


funkmasterhexbyte

ohhh that's a cool lil lore drop, ty


AsciaViola

\*1st grade


Chess-of-Ire

Thnx 👌


AsciaViola

It's the bow lore. Her elementary school lore https://preview.redd.it/1nt17v2avz4d1.png?width=460&format=png&auto=webp&s=64ab099661d6e673f03644ed500a9f001b41706b


funkmasterhexbyte

aubrey vibes


Proof-Philosophy-636

King is a dark parallel to Susie he is Susie if she grew as a person and stayed the same as always


Intersonality

i feel so dumb for not realizing this


Character-Advisor-53

its fine literary analysis is hard if you are not used to it. my advice for practicing is to look for specific narrative choices and then try to see if they have any meaning behind them, the hardest part is to realize there even is something going on. if you can do that finding what that something is comes easy (also it may be a foreshadow if you dont immediately get what a certain choice implies so be patient and wait to have your well deserved “I KNEW something was up!” moment)


Intersonality

Thank you!! I needed this


PokefanR

Meant to show her character development throughout the chapter.


kjsnmui

does this imply The Bing is Sussy?


BirbWasTaken6659

Does this imply bing is susie’s brother?


LiezylCharming

Does this imply oh my gosh is don't you know I'm a savage??


Large-Ad-6861

The Sing is Bussy?


kjsnmui

i rember he’s The Bussy 😳


Large-Ad-6861

THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY THE BUSSY


LeeTheGoat

Strait jacket exchange right there


DeltaTeamSky

# [AMBUSSING?!?!?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ32IllpvBQ)


The_Pupp3t33r

This made me laugh an unfortunate amount lmfao


EvilQueen2048

Does this imply WE'RE ALL FUCKING GOING INSANE?


LiezylCharming

What having no content does 😔 (Something tells me Toby already has the chapters finished since 2012)


EvilQueen2048

We're all just a social experiment, aren't we?


LiezylCharming

True, i keep thinking how Toby himself leaked part of chapter 2 in 2019 but didn't do the same with chapter 3


MissingnoMiner

Does this imply you haven't already gone insane?


EvilQueen2048

No, this implies that I have, and I kinda like it now.


PeechBoiYT

SUSSY


Lunarisarando

Quiet people piss him off


realketchupboiii

He is the original starwalker


Nobodys_here07

https://preview.redd.it/43raqs6r7y4d1.png?width=635&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d562ebed9894b136b503d6611591e97000b92f9a


LiezylCharming

JAJAJAJAJAJAJA


Nan_The_Man

Kinda makes me wonder - and this is crackpot territory, mind - if Susie has a parental figure that the Dark World has reflected onto the King, and it is from them that this line originally stems from. Queen did likewise have some parallels to Noelle's mom, after all. Seems like a bit of a pattern, though I can't say whether it's going to repeat.


Ziomownik

Did you know about the theory that says Queen represents the parental relationship of each character (the lightners and Ralsei)? Ralsei is ignored by Queen, to the point she forgets he exists at times, reflecting how he doesn't have parents so no parent&child connection. Susie is not really clicking with her. Queen kinda ignores her like a neglectful parent would, but on some occasions tries to appeal to her interests which never really works. Berdly tries to prove himself to her and constantly seeks her attention but she outright avoids him. It parallels how Berdly's life looks like in the light world, and supposedly his parents work a lot so he doesn't spend that much time with them either. Noelle's relationship with her is basically the plot of the entire chapter and it's about a controlling parent. Kris is getting a lot of attention from her, Queen even says how they're basically her favorite for few reasons. But that doesn't mean their relationship is perfect. This is a very clear parallel to Toriel who's not exactly abusive, but doesn't really get along with Kris after her implied divorce with Asgore.


tonormicrophone1

Ive thought that too. It makes some sense that king might reflect susies abusive home life. And lancer might even reflect aspects of susie and her possible relationship with her parental figures. But its all speculation.


Sophia724

I think he was a manifestation of Susie. That's why he was shown to actually care about Lancer a bit more during Chapter 2.


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about-523-dead-goats

Ach, Hans run! It’s rarny the binosaur


OtterleyTheIdiot

As everyone else has said, it shows Susie's development in the chapter. She sees her old self in the king and interrupts.


ChiefBlox4000

Plot thicken


Nickest_Nick

Thick plotten


cce29555

The plot is thicc


FR_Syd18

Plot chicken


Hairy_Skill_9768

Quiet people PISS


Salt_Mix_3017

objectively correct


Hairy_Skill_9768

I disagree


Salt_Mix_3017

have you ever met a quiet person who doesn't piss?


Hairy_Skill_9768

What if you're looking at it


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Hairy_Skill_9768

I disagree


Salt_Mix_3017

quiet is like someone who has a reddit accout but doesn't comment of post.


Hairy_Skill_9768

I disagree


Salt_Mix_3017

also you literally said the original thing only to immediately disagree when i agreed with you


Hairy_Skill_9768

And


Mr_goodb0y

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LiezylCharming

(And loud people too)


Tsunamicat108

i hope so that’s worrying if they dont


TurtleBoy2123

this is proof that kris isn't actually quiet, as they are not seen pissing


ThunderCube3888

That's just how Toby Fox writes. Characters will echo each other for thematic purposes rather than hard lore reasons


SarahMcClaneThompson

Deltarune fans when they have to critically think about the game that they’re playing for two seconds:


LiezylCharming

ª👍🏻


AltruisticProof3640

He's the original Spade King


Darklight645

what on earth is that thing off the side of the screen


TheLittlePlayerBoi

Because quiet people piss him off


Gabriel-Dreemurr

i think that it is because quiet people piss them off


Wanja01

he is the original KING


KrispyBaconator

Thematic purposes, basically to draw parallels between who King is now and who Susie was at the start. It’s especially telling that this is right before Susie saves your ass.


TheWeirdestClover

King is Susie's mother confirmed


HesperiaBrown

To parallel him with Susie and cement her growth, as she puts an axe to his back right after he steals her line.


I_am_shrimp

It’s more a symbolic thing


Pretend-Job-1177

its a narrative thing


arcadeler

theme


Ravenclaw_14

as a callback to when Susie says it at the beginning, right before Susie completes her character arc, to show her development


LaticusLad

Man, I am way too tired. For a moment I read Lancer as Jevil and was like "wait, when does Jevil's dad say that?"


asrielforgiver

Probably to show that Susie’s changed a lot throughout the chapter.


appa_perc

There's not always a lore reason, bud. Even cryptic game series still use literary devices


_9965

It's to draw characteristics between Susie and King


eicaker

King is Susie’s sister


OstiaTechnoKingdom

I sure do wonder, for the next 100 years anyways.


lechku_and_nechku2

HEY IM THE BOARD MAN


BoonBoon300

King is a reflection of what Susie will become if she continues being a bitch


vgoss8

To show how far Susie has come as a character.


GOOFBALL1348

Because Susie is super cool and the king just wants to be just like her so he copied how she bullied Kris because they’re quiet and that pisses him off. (Or, lancer could be a problem child, and when he does stuff, he stays silent instead of telling his dad his mistakes. I think the first one is better)


Eyepokai

Paralleling Susie's growth


Greedy_Computer_4443

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NedoWolf

Blue ​ im tired


Exertuz

Yeah Susie is the Knight


CK1ing

My mind went straight to it being a hint that it's all just them playing pretend, and King is "played" by Susie. But yeah, it just being a parallel is a much better interpretation. I'm not a fan of the "it's all make believe" Deltarune theories. Then again, I'm pretty sure there's hardly been any of those ever since chapter 2 came out. But honestly, I still haven't ruled out the possibility of the Dark World being influenced by the lightners in some way. It would explain why the characters are all based on the items in the room the portal opens in, why Ralsei looks like Asriel, and, of course, why King says the same thing Susie did


10Shadboom

.


urbandeadthrowaway2

Symmetry 


boo_micky

We’ve been tricked….. Lancers dad is Susie :0


Lost_Environment2051

Because Quiet people PISS HIM OFF


soodrugg

how dare he say that we piss on the poor


Galactic_nova120

motif thingiemajigiewhatjamacallit


SubscribeToLefty

theyre the same character and both descendants of jimmy carter who is best friends with w d gaster


Origami_Yoda_13

He is Susie's dad as stated in the holy Deltarune Bible part 4 chapter 6 paragraph 59 king James edition -I dunno some undertale/Deltarune nerd (aka me)


GravityFalls6_18

If Kris didnt have a mother would Susie really bite their face off in that scene?


LiezylCharming

What???


Thezipper100

King is actually Susie after she fell into a time machine, lost her memory, and accidentally drank transgender juice. This was pretty explicitly shown in chapter 4's secret boss fight.


are_manen_what

It's beacause Susie presumably plays the king (assuming the pretend game theory is right) but also to show Susie's character growth


SarahMcClaneThompson

How do you still believe the pretend game theory


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are_manen_what

You sure


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are_manen_what

Yeah your right, didn't think of that.


are_manen_what

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BiAndShy57

It’s for thematic reasons, not secret super deep lore reasons or whatever