One of the strangest preexisting relationships Susie seems to have going into Deltarune has got to be with Toriel. According to Noelle's blog, Susie was "the new girl" relatively recently, having come from elsewhere to start attending Alphys's class. She wouldn't have had Toriel as a teacher like most of the other kids would have, and this is reinforced by the fact that Toriel was only familiar with Susie second-hand via Alphys rather than as someone she taught. And yet, Susie is somehow very familiar with Toriel. She is the only authority figure Susie ever shows respect for, and a not insignificant amount of her bullying of Kris seemed fixated on their relationship with her. And then there's the moment when they meet at the end of Chapter 2. Susie is incredibly nervous, and when Toriel introduces herself by her first name, Susie says that she remembers, which surprises her. Then, when she correctly guesses Susie's name from having heard it from Alphys, Susie is caught of guard and says "You... remember my name, too?" Susie met Toriel at some point in the past and the encounter clearly left quite the impression on her, but it was apparently unremarkable to Toriel herself, and Susie knows this, (correctly) not expecting Toriel to remember her. But as far as what we can draw from this with regards to Susie as a character goes... I've got nothing. This behavior is deliberately mysterious and occasionally outright contradictory to how Susie behaves around literally anyone else, and without the context of future chapters we just don't know what the deal is. All we know is that Susie's backstory seems a lot more significant or complicated than "has a bad home life, moved to town recently," and I am extremely excited to eventually explore it.
One of the strangest preexisting relationships Susie seems to have going into Deltarune has got to be with Toriel. According to Noelle's blog, Susie was "the new girl" relatively recently, having come from elsewhere to start attending Alphys's class. She wouldn't have had Toriel as a teacher like most of the other kids would have, and this is reinforced by the fact that Toriel was only familiar with Susie second-hand via Alphys rather than as someone she taught.
And yet, Susie is somehow very familiar with Toriel. She is the only authority figure Susie ever shows respect for, and a not insignificant amount of her bullying of Kris seemed fixated on their relationship with her. And then there's the moment when they meet at the end of Chapter 2. Susie is incredibly nervous, and when Toriel introduces herself by her first name, Susie says that she remembers, which surprises her. Then, when she correctly guesses Susie's name from having heard it from Alphys, Susie is caught of guard and says "You... remember my name, too?" Susie met Toriel at some point in the past and the encounter clearly left quite the impression on her, but it was apparently unremarkable to Toriel herself, and Susie knows this, (correctly) not expecting Toriel to remember her.
But as far as what we can draw from this with regards to Susie as a character goes... I've got nothing. This behavior is deliberately mysterious and occasionally outright contradictory to how Susie behaves around literally anyone else, and without the context of future chapters we just don't know what the deal is. All we know is that Susie's backstory seems a lot more significant or complicated than "has a bad home life, moved to town recently," and I am extremely excited to eventually explore it.
We are so Vivat Veriback
Always excited about Susie analysis! We stan our dinosaur girl 💜🦖
This is fantastic! I'm loving this series!
Susie will be majorly important to the main conflict in deltarune, mark my words
Another banger character analysis :3
I promised you I would watch it first thing in the morning, but I'm still awake. Let's gooooooooo!
@@ofconsciousness I deeply appreciate the dedication!!
@Vivat_Veritas I appreciate your work! I love Susie as a character and hearing your analysis is really enriching.
Susie is the character that intrests me the most after Kris. I am so excited to see more of her in later chapters
The dark knight
Yesss. Keep feeding me with DT brainrot until ch 3+4 drop. Thumbs up! 😊
OMGGMGMGGMG SLAY THE SPIREEEE
HOLY SHIT SUSIE ANALYSIS (also first)
God I hate Lancer