THE YEAR IS 2015:
THE UNDERTALE FANBASE WON'T LET PEOPLE PLAY THE GAME THE WAY THEY WANT
THE YEAR IS 2026:
THE DELTARUNE FANBASE WON'T LET PEOPLE PLAY THE GAME THE WAY THEY WANT
having it be established that rulership and her trainer are online oomfs before formally meeting each other and rura crashing out because her oomf is revealed to be her new trainer is probably the funniest way they could’ve written a trainer & trainee relationship in uma
I dunno if it’s just me but I find this misinterpretation of Verity’s whole schtick better than the official thing-
The concept of an AI actively learning through taking the minds of people just seems far more compelling than the 10th yandere grok we’ve gotten