>>718377718
I have since discovered that, according to Spriters Resource, the 6th anniversary stream had unused talk sprites for Susie using her beta design, thus rendering this exercise pointless.
I've also discovered a Toby Fox tweet depicting Noelle with her hair parted in the middle and with greater resemblance to her final design:
https://xcancel.com/tobyfox/status/1916474676684980280

>>718382940
I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but if "hunched" means what I think it does, heh

>>718401315
I don't really see the resemblance, but honestly it kinda fits. I might take another stab at making the flame actually look like a flame, but given the spatial constraints I doubt I could improve much