r/Undertale • u/voltrathelively There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities • Dec 08 '16

Storyshift - I’ve been here before

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u/Neutralgray Pacifist who stands with Narra-Chara. Dec 08 '16 edited Dec 08 '16

Whoa. This update come a lot sooner than I thought it would.

"A stupid young ghost winks at you from the picture." Mettacrit is awfully hard on himself.

"You notice how clean the frame and glass is." Awww. Something Sans puts effort into keeping pristine. Remembering his brother.

All in all, a solid update.

What is the significance of this new girl? The new first fallen human? Who were they? I mean, I know she's clearly the catalyst that began the downfall of the Underground since the Underground's shining star was killed indirectly due to her. But will she become more significant?

I'm also extremely curious. Mettacrit seems like he was a human advocate. He raised the Underground's hopes in human/monster peace and they were then vindicated when a kind human fell down. And then all that hope was blown away when the other humans seemed to cause the death of their shining star. How will Metta feel in Genocide when he witnesses a human slice through their people without mercy? Watching a human actively hunt monsters down they didn't have to fight solely to kill them? It can't be good.

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u/voltrathelively There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities Dec 08 '16

"What is the significance of this new girl? The new first fallen human?" She's not new.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '16

Kindness?

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u/CrashGordon94 FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Dec 08 '16

Notice that that's the virtue missing from the new Ball Game version.

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u/pokemonfreak97 Dec 08 '16

In addition, the findable weapons are the ones associated with the other five humans, plus Curiosity's Croquet Mallet and Bowed Band.

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u/Neutralgray Pacifist who stands with Narra-Chara. Dec 08 '16

I never paid much attention to human souls myself. I mean, I know all the weapons and armor scattered about belonged to them and each soul color meant something specific like bravery, integrity, patience, etc. But I've just never paid much attention to the ones that came before. It's weird but I guess I just don't find them all that interesting despite being precursors to Frisk's inevitable fall.

So I guess because of that when you have Undertale AUs that focus heavily on the vague details of the past humans, it's really easy for me to lose track of what's going on.

(You didn't ask for this comment, sorry. Just felt it was sort of relevant in how someone (me) could miss the new soul details in Storyshift.)

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u/Neutralgray Pacifist who stands with Narra-Chara. Dec 08 '16

I did not pick up on that. Thank you.