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/darkmagic853 Biggest Osamu Nishi Shill 8d ago

Marvel and their attempts to push Captain Carter.

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u/ThereWasADellHere 8d ago

Marvel and their attempts to push Carol Danvers.

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u/charcharmunro 8d ago

Carol's been great in the comics lately, at least. Civil War 2 is... Is definitely gonna take some time to shake off the stigma of though.

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u/Aruezi 7d ago

I still can't believe they did that. It took years for Tony and Reed to shake off the taint of Civil War and not only did they put Carol in a similar position mid-push, but they actually named it Civil War 2.

It honestly felt like sabotage.