DELTARUNE and the Fourth Wall || THE DEVICE THEORY [PART 3: FINALE]

originally a simple theory video about DELTARUNE, turned into an existential disaster of an analysis. join me as i seek to answer how DELTARUNE may be using the fourth wall to further its message, through examining how UNDERTALE did it, applying it to both demos of DELTARUNE so far, as well as making my best attempt at a character analysis of the Man HIMself along the way. i promise you, there’s a solid theory in here somewhere... TIMESTAMPS FOR PHOTOSENSITIVE MOMENTS: 32:44-32:46 46:02-46:09 2:11:59-2:12:01 3:20:03-3:20:11 4:08:44-4:08:46 5:21:54-5:22:06 SECTIONS: 0:00 Part 3 intro 1:24 V - THE DEVICE THEORY 6:29 V.i - WHAT IS THE DEVICE? 51:00 - ESSENTIAL 0 (DELTARUNE’S THEMES) 2:11:59 - ESSENTIAL 1 (DIEGESIS) 3:26:41 INTERMISSION 3:29:28 - ESSENTIAL 2 (PLAYER =/= PROTAGONIST) 4:11:55 V.v - ESSENTIAL 3 (GASTER) 5:29:46 - THE END 5:54:43 closing statements / outro PART 1: PART 2: PART 3: N/A UNDERTALE/DELTARUNE: FIND ME AT: -other channel: -neocities: -twitter: -discord server: -tumblr: -bandcamp: -???: SPECIAL THANKS / CREDITS: { if parts of the credits have garbled text, try downloading the .txt! it’s just an encoding issue on catbox’s part. } {{{ REGARDING THE NIGHTHAWK VIDEO REFERENCED IN SECTION 2: at the time i was even editing the video (May 2024), the specific vid of theirs that i was referencing was still up, but it seems that literally as i am writing the description to this video, they have removed it from their channel? or at least i can’t find it on there and thus can’t link to it. in any case, here is their channel in general to check out their content since they still deserve a proper credit for their vids on the game and such: @XDNighthawkXD and to Nighthawk: apologies for using a vid you removed! i tried contacting you on twitter but because i wasn’t “verified“ it wouldn’t let me send a DM. it was up until literally the whole video was done it seems, or at least well after i had edited the part where i referenced it. feel free to contact me on twitter or discord (handle is just “mollystars“) if you have any issues about it since i don’t intend to step on any toes abt it, this was just bad timing lol }}}