So okay, I was just watching a video on the differences in the different game paths with Berdly and it brought up some questions and ideas for me. So in the deltarune universe do monsters still turn into dust when they die? In undertale it’s a big part of the lore, but in deltarune we have only seen graves, not deaths. So that brings up the question, does Berdly actually ‘die’ in the snowgrave ending? His body is still there in the computer room and intact. It makes me wonder if he is in some sort of ‘fallen down’ state. ‘Falling down’ being when old or hopeless monsters get ill before dying. I say some sort of state because I think that while his body is there, his mind and maybe soul was killed or unable to return from the darkworld before it was sealed, severing his ties to his body. I think the snowgrave players in the next chapter are going to find either a hospitalized or dusted Berdly, after his body starts deteriorating without his mind.
This also brought up some questions for me about how much of the lighteners is actually interacting with the dark world. We see Kris pick up items they carry between worlds, but other than Berdly, no damage is ever talked about outside of the darkworld. Our heros get beaten to a pulp, yet we never hear about pain carrying over, so what is its like a spirit body of sorts or a mental image of themselves. This would explain why Berdly’s body seems fine while still carrying over consequences like his arm being paralyzed and his body being frozen and possibly killed.
Decided to paint Kris today, and then I was like, there is literally nothing I could draw to give Kris’ pose context. And then I had a big-brained moment and added Spamton Neo and I had a lot of fun making different versions of it. There are tons more under the cut, in a completely different style:
