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Obviously they’re coping or whatever, but this is just a weird thing I’ve noticed after getting an annoying reply last night.

Like it feels like every two seconds someone is like “well ralsei gets called a boy in X scene” “he’s called a boy WAY more than he’s called a girl” or “the game literally says he’s the prince of dark” and like, no shit??? She hasn’t transitioned yet lmao.

Obviously ralsei is gonna get called a boy a lot, that’s literally part of the theory. It’s funny cause they love to say flowery was just teasing when calling her a princess, when in reality he mainly teased her by using masculine terms.

I’ve definitely been referred to as a boy most of the time, does that mean I’m NOT a trans girl??? Idk, it’s weird

genderfluidity isn't one cup trans one cup cis ffs. I'm tired of seeing it. I'm tired of genderfluid Ralsei being trotted out by cis idiots as an option they're more comfortable with. GET MORE UNCOMFORTABLE NOW. You're never gonna get normal about trans people and women until you actually unpack why you think genderfluid is "more okay". Sexist ass.

(sorry for low quality) taken from Undertale Determination Symphony in Minneapolis

posted with permission from the artist

they can be found

here (bluesky)

here (insta)

and here (tumblr)

One step closer to making my sub public again.

Tralsei supportive subreddit* coming this week 🐈🐈🐈🐈

experimenting with my ralsei design, i feel like i usually make her too small/skinny

Just a random thought I haven't seen here yet. I think it could happen. In any case, if there isn't a frilly dress costume available we riot.

The "just silly Queen dialogue" from chapter 5 gave us this gem (image 2). Just saying. Juuuust saying.

Here i come San Girldisco!

Even if you don't believe Ralsei is trans, he would still accept playing the role of a princess (he even gets excited being able to). In other words, he would not mind being referred to as "she", as a princess. He would actually like it if you did, as you can see..

So I don't understand why people think it's rude to use feminine pronouns for him when he literally asks for your permission to be your princess! I'm advocating for people to be able to use those pronouns for him since, you know, he would be happier if you did?

[Uhh my previous post got taken down because the title was misleading, sorry mods.]

I wanted to post this on the main subreddit but gang, I don't feel safe posting this there. The mods there might take it down for even bringing it up.

I think the fandom is due for a stricter deltarune subreddit...or rather a more queer friendly one.

^{I think maybe I can transform mine into that.}

the fact that "my men have become women; and my women, men" was said about someone named queen artemisia feels like it's worth adding to the conspiracy board

These guys will swear they are respectful but make it so clear that they don't respect ralsei "theorists" much. Dawg, there's a reason they call you transphobic, you're barley hiding it 😭

The difference between doing this for Kris and Ralsei is that Kris is genderqueer. Bro is enb, the game gives you just enough clues to hammer that home (mancountry, being told that they can wear what they want which includes clothes for both genders, wearing said andro clothing, their otherness in regards to the town, etc etc). We know that this is their Identity.

For Ralsei, you are lowk just ignoring what's infront of you. Many will say the voucher is for Kris but then never explain what that could imply beyond Kris x Ralsei, which, what does that even thematically bring to the table, exactly? And Kris is "aqua-coloured" not "Blue"! And their scarf is magenta, not pink. Cmon.

Yes, front-text-wise, Ralsei is tackling with the prophecy by considering being a princess, which obviously goes against him being the prince. But are we seriously going to act as if there is no subtext? Why is Deltarune so obsessed with showing Ralsei so femininely, to the point of addressing him as a princess?? Chapter 5 tackles this defiance through the flowers, letting them identify with whatever they want. Why do it through identity then proceed to have Flowery emphasize the title Princess for him? Why couldn't deltarune be like, "Princes can wear dresses too!" ?

Why emphasize Ralsei being a princess instead of a prince in a dress?? Why is his dress pink instead of blue? A Spamton mannequin, representing a man, wore the dress . Mettaton, a man, wore the dress. In both instances, they were blue, despite mettaton being feminine. Why is it different for Ralsei?

Ralsei is tackling the prophecy's expectations for him, and it's through gender. These are not mutually exclusive, Deltarune loves subtext. The reason why using these pronouns for Ralsei Isn't invalidating unlike doing it to Kris is because it's used by people who are __paying attention to the game__. The character's identity isn't being erased.

People used he for Kris because they ignored the subtext the game had for the character, erasing their queer identity.

People use she for Ralsei because they acknowledge the subtext the game has for the character, a """"""""""possible"""""""""" queer identity in the works.

These are not the same. No Tralsei "theorists" is going to come for you because you keep using "he" for Ralsei nor will they say you are wrong for doing that. Why? Because their identity could go anywhere. They may not even use any of those pronouns, anyway!

And even if future chapters come and Ralsei turned out not to be trans, guess what? People will stop using she for Ralsei as acknowledgment that they were wrong or use it for a trans version of the character, not canon. Where are the he/him Kristers who are still up to this day? Getting downvoted to hell and migrated to Twitter, despite being proven wrong come later chapters.

I'm not a Tralsei theorist and I wasnt before chapter 5. I doubted prior evidence and I would be more happier with a gnc fluffyboy in a game where such a boy gets taken seriously instead of being treated as yet another instance of a shitty stereotype that needs to die. But I'm not blind, this mf is trans. I'm not a Tralsei theorist, I'm a person that can see what's right infront of me. I acknowledge that he could be enby too but I won't be against transgirlsei, especially in a decade that has seen an entire community get shaded to hell because people refuse to set aside their pride and actually treat these groups as more than some group/political topic.

You put on this facade of neutrality/understanding but if anyone were to stay with you long enough, they'd see just how "tolerant" you are.

It's okay to have doubts but don't put these people in the same vein as people who refuse to acknowledge Kris as queer, ffs.

EDIT: Okay i somehow didnt catch that the image said "Berdly" and not Ralsei. BUT there's still dialogue (that i show in the comments) where Seth genuinely DID get called that. Mb

Interesting how the character questioning their gender gets multiple comparisons to Ralsei.... hmm.......

I wish more people could apply "Toby knows what he's doing theory" when looking at the Tralsei theory, genuinely.

You don't just compare the character questioning what gender they are... to a character who already has so many trans comparisons.... WITHOUT at least having some trans readings be on your mind, when you decide to finalize this like Toby did.

Furthermore, it's pretty interesting how: as the chapters go on, Ralsei's "Dark _" titles start to get progressively less masculine as Ralsei grows more and more.

"Dark Prince"

then it's "Dark Hero" (which her role of the "hero" is still associated with the "Prince" role, to an extent)

Then we finally have "Dark Vine"
A title referring to Ralsei with they/them pronouns of all things, and a title associated with Ralsei's growth, that's been the least masculine-gendered "End of Chapter" title for Ralsei thus far.

So it's very, very interesting, how a title associated with growth for Ralsei, starts to use they/them pronouns for Ralsei out of all things.

And then this moment of growth where Ralsei is questioning who he is... in the most gender focused chapter thus far..... and she gets compared to Seth....... in the same chapter.......

All in all, if i didn't want my audience to think that a character was trans, i wouldn't compare them multiple times to a character literally questioning their gender

She needs sleepings

Something very interesting I’ve noticed about ralsei is that she seems to get more pink the more she opens up. Whether this is galsei evidence or not I leave up to you, but it does connect to that in some way.

When we first meet her, she’s in a blue cloak. As we see by the prophecy, this is pretty much as restrictive and closed off ralsei can get. And would you look at that? No pink to be seen.

Then of course we get the hatted version of her. We first see her scarf here (the game likes to say it’s red sometimes but for the sake of this let’s just say it’s pink). Although it’s interesting that this specific pink part of ralsei is used as a weapon. Maybe it shows that Ralsei sees this more open version of herself as dangerous? I’m probably reading too far into that one.

After that, we see her without her hat, with her very noticeable pink horns and cheeks. And the lighting on her body also becomes pink. This is mostly the ralsei we see across the game, and whilst it’s still not her most prominent color, it still shows she’s willing to be more open.

On the opposite end, the butler outfit, which forces Ralsei into a helper position, turns the large scarf into a small bowtie. Therefore, removing more pink from her design.

In both chapter 2 and 5, we can see Ralsei without her glasses. Where not only are her eyes pink, but she very clearly has makeup on, which is, you guessed it, pink. And in chapter 5, we can see that this make up is still something she’s embarrassed about wearing, but obviously still WANTS to put on (otherwise she just wouldn’t have done it lmao).

And finally, we have the princess dress, which is mostly pink. Ralsei very clearly likes wearing it, it’s probably the happiest she is in the whole game. However, we can still see a bit of green with her glasses, and in the cutscene, we see she still hasn’t accepted that this is what she actually wants. Soooo, quick theory, maybe the final form we see ralsei in will be the dress without the glasses. That would be cool.

We all know gendering colours is stupid, but fact is that pink is seen as a more feminine colour, so it’s very very interesting that it seems to represent a more open version of ralsei

Every time Flowery is talking to Susie he calls her 'princess' uncapitalized, but when he's talking to Ralsei he says 'Princess' capitalized.

I feel like this implies that when he calls Ralsei 'Princess' he's meant to be calling Ralsei personally a princess, while for Susie it's more of a random thing.

I don't know if this is something everyone knows already, but I haven't seen many people mention this before, so I thought I should share!

edit: checked again and it's not consistent at all! The only time Princess is used for Ralsei is in the drink voucher scene.