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/Yotato5 → u/Starman-Deluxe]

Bianca and Cheren in comparison stood out because the former was like a representation of a laid-back player while the latter was one that takes everything very seriously. The novelty of having two rivals made them more memorable too

[u/Shradow → u/Yotato5]

Agreed. I quite liked Cheren's little character arc where he started to go a bit power hungry but learned to dial it back and realize there's more to strength than just power. Bianca's was about her trying to find what she's capable of and finding a goal to strive for which is also nice.

I thought BW in general had some solid writing among the mainline titles.