baby, it’s cold outside

Tags: #ironically our fucking heat is broken so its cold inside too lol #deltarune #snowgrave #noelle holiday #the player #this is not kriselle if you couldnt tell but it carries some vibes #art tag #sorry im gonna go on another tag rant about my ~process~ #this came from a few places. one being noelle is my current muse for expressing thoughts on femininity in fiction #bc for all intents and purposes noelle is 'the girl' of deltarune #like there are other girls obviously but noelle is 'the girl'. you get me #shes the damsel. she's the apocalypse maiden. shes the love interest #she has powerful magic but a pathetic physical attack which is almost a given for female characters in RPGs #and the thing is she plays all those tropes pretty straight buts its actually done WELL #because chapter 2's story is all about her development and her weakness is not used as a tool to show off how powerful or cool others are #and her true strength lies in learning to stand up for herself emotionally #meanwhile in snowgrave she learns to fight good. she destroys everything in her path. shes the powerhouse of the party #she becomes stronger only in the sense of 'might makes right' #but its false strength. its all achieved through complete trust of a greater power and doing what shes told #girl power!! #so theres that #and theres also the fact that the weird romantic undertones to snowgrave are moreso between noelle and the player than noelle and kris #i think it was manlybadasshero who compared it to dating mechanics in games and 'bullying out the competition' #ive also seen people complain that kriselle is portrayed in fandom as 'heteronormative' #and thats silly but in the case of snowgrave i kind of agree and thats why its fascinating and horrifying to me #two inarguably queer kids being forced into the roles of husband and wife by forces they cant understand #(something something abt how when people misgender kris they always use he/him) #uhhhh i think thats all i have. if i think of more meta i'll add it later #sorry noelle bby i love yooooouuuuuuuuu