@goldensflowers@WooffleDee i do very broadly agree with this, but how does Kris' initial save file (before we overwrite it) fit into this? surely it implies that either they have the ability too, or that Gaster has directly interacted with this mechanic to create them a save (for some reason)
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@uhhoffline i also don't have a huge issue with using other prns for ralsei anyway, it only feels slightly weird when it's in big public tweets to a wider audience that doesn't necessarily share the headcanon
like, at the end of the day, it isn't canon, and it feels odd to treat it as such
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@uhhoffline i would have used he/him generally, but since we're actively discussing the hc and ralsei's gender is ambiguous within the context of the conversation, i figured i'd be more neutral
also feels like a slightly needless nitpick lol, im not trying to have this convo in bad faith TwT
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@uhhoffline i mean trans ralsei criticism specifically has never felt that bad-faith to me tbh, just badly phrased (and when it is bad-faith it's usually "Kris' gender is up to interpretation" types that aren't really in the fandom anyway), but maybe that's just me being too generous lol
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@uhhoffline not really a crazy issue for trans ralsei in particular, but it's odd to me when ppl use she/her on them casually the context of the hc cos i don't get how it's much different to misgendering, though it isn't particularly harmful
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@uhhoffline yeah fair enough ig
i mean, i'm not acting like feminine men are somehow more oppressed than trans women (as a transfem myself), but it's still odd to act like men being openly stereotypically feminine is somehow fully socially accepted, when it's pretty obviously not
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@uhhoffline i fw trans ralsei as a hc but the "adding representation" argument makes no sense to me - surely the metric for a good hc is not "how woke is it"
fem cis ralsei is still fairly meaningful canon rep, and it feels weird to pit it against hc as some kind of representation battle
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@Persono96294761 cos this seems like you're claiming that lace is something more "broken" than just having a mental disability, cos you're saying that she's fundamentally incapable of experiencing a complete life - which seems antithetical to her entire arc and a lot of the game's messaging imo
@peeeeeeeeeeaf@Persono96294761 im also genuinely curious abt what you think happens to lace after true ending - is she adopted by hornet? is she not autonomous or independent? can she ever mentally develop or is she forever incapable of having a romantic relationship? is this a disability, or smth else?
@peeeeeeeeeeaf is noelle not very much a sad little yearner for kris too lol, like she has decade-old photos of them in her screensaver rotation and mourns their absence when she's alone with susieπ
that being said i do still think this ship is very doomed lmao, but that's kinda why it's peak