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Ralsei theories
🕑 Added 2021-10-28 12:44:44 +0000 UTChere it is!!
i should probably preface this by saying that i don't actually believe he's evil evil. i believe he has good intentions, but is going about it in a really messed up way.
1) ralsei is kris' red horns
when i heard this theory (sadly i didn't come up with it;;) i IMMEDIATELY believed it, it makes so much sense. everyone in the dark world so far has been shown to correspond to something in the lightners' world, except for ralsei.
at the end of chapter 1, when he took his hat off, it really seemed like toby was trying to highlight it as some kind of big reveal? BUT WHY!!
because!! his pink horns are a clue!! as to WHAT he is!
i think the reason he loves kris so much is because he's known them since their childhood. ralsei also seems the type of person who needs to be useful in order to feel apreciated/validated. he helped kris feel more comfotable and at home with their family so! i think he's held on to that. it also explains how he knows so much about the overworld. kris used to wear their horns everywhere according to toriel, so ralsei's seen a lot!
2) ralsei knows he's in a game
i think he has the same amount of meta knowledge as sans and flowey. i don't know how exaclty! possibly thanks to gaster? he's been running around making every secret boss go insane after they learn they're in a game so... maybe ralsei just had a different reaction (he's built different 😌).
he mentions the ability to save and stuff like that (and susie is very confused each time he does it).
i think?? somehow? this meta knowledge also helps him move from world to world (sans could sort of teleport in undertale), and not turn into stone when travelling.
but! the biggest clue to me is when the tells kris "aren't you curious about what susie is doing right now?". he KNOWS the player will be controlling susie from that point on, he KNOWS we won't be able to listen to him while he talks to kris (we always get a cutscene of ralsei telling kris "so that's why...") which brings me to!!
3) ralsei has a PLAN
i think!!! ralsei's plan!! is to create the perfect world for himself and kris!
as i mentioned earlier he knows kris very well. he knows that they've felt out of place and sad for most of their life. but he loves them! and his job is to make them feel like they belong! so i think the reason he tells us to recruit everyone to his world, and the reason why he made them and susie their perfect rooms is to make it a perfect place to stay! full of friends! where kris is considered a hero! everyone loves them here! they won't have to be sad ever again.
i think he's the one telling kris to open the fountains, mainly for this purpose... but probably also for other purposes that i don't have any thories on lol
4) ralsei is kind of a yandere;;
listen.. his crush on kris is super weird and unhealthy;; it really does remind me of a yandere in love.
i feel like he's not in love with kris as a person, he's in love with the way kris makes him feel. it doesn't really matter if you fight enemies or not, whether you say nice things to him or not, ralsei still has a crush on them... it's like he doesn't care what they do at all.
but kis makes him feel needed (back to the red horns thing again), they gave him purpose. thanks to kris, he has friends now, and actual... stuff to do (how the hell.... was he just.. standing there in the dark world all his life waiting for them and susie.....go play with lancer or something;;).
i also feel like he doesn't care if kris is actually... okay or not. which might seem to contradict what i've been saying but!! to me ralsei seems BLINDED by the feelings kris has given him, he lost track of what's happening in front of him. like!!! for example!! kris suffering a lot!!
i will never shut up about the spamton neo fight ever. so much emotional stuff happened and my heart will never recover.
kris, who barely says a word, who never emotes. is SCREAMING and shaking. they are NOT okay. susie seems genuinely worried, while ralsei just brushes everything off. he seems the kind of person to avoid and run away from problems rather than facing them. if he aknowledges the problems of the dark world/the fact that they're in a game he can't MAKE the perfect world for kris. he basically... wants to create a rainbow bunker for them lol, somewhere to forget about everything that is actually going on.
ALSO??? and this genuinely makes me really mad at ralsei, while kris, the most important person to him is LITERALLY SCREAMING, his reaction is to BLUSH???? excuse me?? that is so out of place and messed up. he's so caught up in his crush that he doesn't care!! he tells kris to think of something they love, something soft (he's clearly referring to himself here). he's smiling and blushing the whole time. he's not thinking about kris, he's thinking about himself and the crush he has on them. he's fantasizing about them hugging and being together at a REALLY inappropriate time. he either doesn't care at all about kris' mental state (as long as they make him feel useful/worthy to be a friend/seen) or doesn't SEE how bad things are because he's blinded by his feelings and plans. i know this scene seems cute to a lot of people, but i personally felt really uncomfortable by his lack of empathy. yandere ralsei i tell you!!
5) ralsei is lying
right so! we (??) 've established that he brushes off the truth and doesn't want to talk about it in order to "protect" kris. but!! i think he TELLS us lies as well. and maybe this is where he's not actually doing it intentionally, maybe he's been fed lies by gaster.
biggest lie i think he tells us is that he's a prince (and this one has GOT to be intentional). doesn't really take a genius to figure this one out, but... he doesn't have any subjects. there are no king or queen. there's just... a castle i guess. the reason he tells us he's a prince is to fit into the prophecy ("a human, a monster and a prince from the dark") so he can.. hang out with kris and tell them evil plans. the real prince is lancer i'm sure!
he's hiding something upstairs, the way the reacted when susie asked about his room was weird.
the roaring thing felt off to me and this is the one big lie he might have been fed by gaster.
probably a whole bunch of other lies i can't think of!
6) "I just wonder what... being "Ralsei-like" even is...?"
okay so not THAT much to say about this one except!! i think in a future chapter, maybe towards the end, there will be a call back to this line.
i can see ralsei saying something aong the lines of
"Kris, Remember our boat ride back at the queen's mansion? I have been thinking about it, about what being "Ralsei-like" means..." and he's going to come up with a MESSED UP conclusion i think think!!! maybe this is where he reveals his plan! maybe this is where he says "My role and what gives meaning to my life is to make you happy, Kris".
nothing that exciting but if this actually happens i get to say i called it!
if you actually read all this i... don't know what to say.
i guess thank and i am very sorry for taking up so much of your time! :'>
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threeK
oh man oh man you actually read all that, i really appreciate it but also feel kinda bad haha yeah! the red horns are such a good theory, i read the title of it and was instantly convinced haha a self sacrifice would fit him very well, you're probably right! the fluffiest of yanderes!
Skip_tastic
I think you're going to end up right about him revealing his plan to have all been for Kris later on. The red horn thing I completely missed though, exciting theory! He's definitely not intentionally evil, but he's very misguided. I think that'll probably come into play with a reveal/abandon/redemption plotline later on, maybe with a self-sacrifice at the end as well. Anyway I also think you nailed this, it all fits with what I was thinking, except I didn't think of labeling Ralsei a yandere (but I love it and he is now the prince of the yanderes in my mind!!!!) Good read!
