deltarune spoilers / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ralsei has never been more egg coded, his dynamic with flowery is literally a person repressing their true self watching someone be who they want to be even if... they shouldnt, defy the rules set out for them and be happyshow more

flowery literally puts ralsei in a closet and gives him back the hat which basically symbolises his repression, ralsei follows the rules because to step out and be happy would mean to hurt others

this is why flowery evokes kris saying "kris, doesnt he look much better" because it parallels later on when he tells ralsei not to worry about what kris thinks when he gets the pink and blue drink and the "dont you LIKE to serve humans?"

flowery much like ralsei is doomed by the narrative, the entire time he knew his time as a conscious being would end, but he spent every moment being himself and defying all the rules, he didnt have to follow a purpose and i think he tries passing this onto ralsei

i think in many ways flowery is someone who lives fully even knowing their time is fleeting, however ralsei treads carefully and isnt truly happy,

similar to gerson in chapter 4 who taught susie to focus between the lines of the prophecy, flowery teaches ralsei that even if you know your life is fated to end, you should just be yourself and be happy rather than be miserable trying to do the impossible

heres some more thoughts i had adding in context from the climbing minigame in castle town:

Best part about this is that Flowery is right.

Finished the thread! Thank you for all the analysis! TBH Flowery is really a confusing character--ppl will easily carried away by how weird his design looks without noticing that he's both a parallel and the opposite of Ralsei.

Egg culture is so disgusting, you took the growing of a being developing self worth in which normally his existence as a "living object" with no soul is to follow a set path otherwise apocalypse happens to him being closeted which is fucking stupid considering-

@justgabibi YESSS MORE PEOPLE POINTING OUT RALSEI IS PROJECTING *HARD* ONTO FLOWERY!!!!!

the fact asgore didn’t end up giving a fuck about ralsei resembling asriel

@justgabibi I thought they were gonna kiss. 😔

Dont care, still dont like that he was basically making the repression happen.

is it bad that i ship them?

I'm reminded of Destruction from The Sandman comics.

ralsei's first appearance in this dark world is jumping out of a closet btw

Not everything is about your trans headcannon jesus christ

Idk probs in your head- hey also like who exactly was the Shadowcristal boss of Chapter 5? Do their struggles relate to the themes in the current narrative? Totally unrelated question

egg like the guy behind the tree