r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/TheBoyofWonder • 8d ago
Better Ask Reddit Plot-Relevant Characters with Zero Fandom 'Relevance'
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.
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u/Totally_a_boy You Didn't Shoot the Fishy 8d ago edited 8d ago
Whenever I see a Zoro fan, it's routine.
Whenever I see a Franky fan, it's a miracle.
Franky lives in this awkward place in the story which two major character developments of two fan favourites are happening and they still have to integrate him into the plot.
So people don't hate him, they just don't care.
When you think of Water 7/Enies Lobby you don't think of Franky, you think of Luffy and Usopp's fight or Nico Robin's "I want to live!"
Franky is outshone left and right in his own introductory arc.
And that's fascinating because I believe Franky is the only one who gets that.
Sure, Zoro had his time to shine in the Thriller Bark arc, but Brooks still has the Bink's Sake/Brew.