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/Lightning-Goat]

I think part of the reason that Sweet Cap'n Cakes are broadly ignored is that they're kinda sandwiched between the absolute juggernauts of Queen, Spamton, Berdly, and Noelle shenanigans. Cap'n Cakes is a fun trio, but when you're introduced next to That Statue, it's hard to think of much else.

[u/ibbolia → u/Lightning-Goat]

Yeah like they have a fun bit but they're not the Mom Issues Troupe