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>there is nothing even remotely groundbreaking idea-wise
but that's exactly the point! toby knew it wasn't groundbreaking, or even all that necessary, which is why he didn't force it in
he had faith the fans would intuit exactly what he was putting down, and so left those ideas on the drawing board knowing he wouldn't HAVE to show them for the fans to understand the characters
meanwhile, hussie just kinda expected people to "come around" on vriska, he didn't adapt or change anything he just added a character he knew no one would like and kept jamming her down his fans' throats until they either left or forced themselves into liking her
>Alphys
once again, exactly! toby didn't put in a character he knew everyone would've hated entirely, he shifted her around so her concept WOULD be likable in some form
and even then, in deltarune you can very visibly see an effort in changing her character - toby didn't leave her as is, he shifted her even more so she could be seen even better
so... yeah, don't be hussie