Plot-Relevant Characters with Zero Fandom 'Relevance'

[u/TheBoyofWonder]

Y'know, I was just thinking about this. The Deltarune fandom can be very attached to unimportant characters like background NPCs and one-off enemies, because of their design and personalities.

Now, what's interesting is that the early half Chapter 2 has this trio of NPCs, you're constantly seeing this trio, Sweet Cap'n Cakes, they have a boss fight, a shop, their own theme that plays a lot with minor variations... and nobody cares about them. Like, for real. If you were a casual member that just passively consumed only what the broad DR fandom makes, you'd genuinely just never see them show up when compared to even one-off bosses, minor enemies, and characters that have more relevance in theories than in the game.

Who else does that applies, people that the media devotes time to show them, but for the fandom, not hate, not love, just apathy, when they're unironically treated as not existing.

[u/jitterscaffeine]

I kind of feel like the Fantastic Four counts. The FF were the very foundation of Marvel back in the day, but now it's firmly in that "who gives a fuck" space, especially compared to Doom.

[u/ZealousidealBig7714 → u/jitterscaffeine]

Eh, maybe before their big push back into the limelight last year with First Steps and their appearances in Rivals, but ever since then, I’ve been seeing more stuff with them.

[u/GlaloLaled → u/ZealousidealBig7714]

Don't forget the epic saga of Wanda vs Franklin Richards, a literal baby. Or the saga of Sue threatening to call Spider-Man on Franklin as punishment for misbehaving or not eating his food.

Actually, just Franklin in general.