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7/5/2025, 3:13:25 AM
>>529985890
>>maybe running from reality to an unhealthy degree is bad for you
this isn't the theme of the game
the game is about fiction's ability to affect reality from the perspective of that fiction and it's creators
escapism as a theme is secondary to that.
much like people assume initially that undertale is about pacifism when it's really about the morality of godhood and disengagement with fiction, people initially assume deltarune is about escapism when it's really about the tragedy of non-existence and the fact fiction cannot affect reality unless it does so through those who are already apart of reality. Darkners lack DETERMINATION, the ability to change fate. Lightners don't. Because Lightners are real.
TLDR: The game actually WANTS you to immerse yourself in fiction and take fiction more seriously. It is pro-escapism to a degree as a consequence of that.
>>maybe running from reality to an unhealthy degree is bad for you
this isn't the theme of the game
the game is about fiction's ability to affect reality from the perspective of that fiction and it's creators
escapism as a theme is secondary to that.
much like people assume initially that undertale is about pacifism when it's really about the morality of godhood and disengagement with fiction, people initially assume deltarune is about escapism when it's really about the tragedy of non-existence and the fact fiction cannot affect reality unless it does so through those who are already apart of reality. Darkners lack DETERMINATION, the ability to change fate. Lightners don't. Because Lightners are real.
TLDR: The game actually WANTS you to immerse yourself in fiction and take fiction more seriously. It is pro-escapism to a degree as a consequence of that.
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