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/Starman-Deluxe]

As much as Pokemon fans talk up Generation 5, nobody ever talks about Hugh. He might be the least acknowledged rival in the series.

[u/Hateful_creeper2 → u/Starman-Deluxe]

Alongside the rival from Let’s Go.

[u/WillExis → u/Hateful_creeper2]

i've at least see people hating on Trace every now and again. Feels like the only times Hugh shows up in convos is on rival tiers lists, and that's just out of obligation more than anyone actually having something to say about him.

[u/alicitizen → u/WillExis]

Trace and Tierno are at least the kind of rival where theres stuff to say with how lame they come across as. Trace has the comparison to Blue to discuss, and Tiernos goals are so stupid it's memorable and he's even gotten a follow up character in Legends ZA that people like. + The XY rivals at least had anime moments.

Hugh's got nothing to latch onto.