//Spoilers for Chapters 3&4 of Deltarune// I have a very bizarre Deltarune hypothesis regarding Mike, and it has to do with two subjects that Toby Fox is apparently obsessed with: Abrahamic esotericism, and names. - ThreadSky

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mothsolotl.bsky.social • 1 day ago

//Spoilers for Chapters 3&4 of Deltarune//

I have a very bizarre Deltarune hypothesis regarding Mike, and it has to do with two subjects that Toby Fox is apparently obsessed with: Abrahamic esotericism, and names.

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mothsolotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

First, let's quickly go over the Abrahamic esotericism. Undertale and Deltarune are full of imagery and narrative motifs from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

mothsolotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Off the top of my head, Frisk is the second-coming of Chara, a la Christ; Asriel is the God of Hyperdeath, named after the Islamic angel of Death, Azrael; the Delta Rune Prophecy in Undertale evokes a common esoteric trope where Hell goes empty; and there's angelic and demonic imagery everywhere.

mothsolotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Second, let's go over the name thing. Chara's name is a reference to the word "character" This communicates that the most important thing about them, as a person, is the fact that they were a crucial-yet-nebulous character in the past.

mothsolotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

I already talked about Asriel's etymology, but his name is also a portmanteau of his parents' names, Toriel and Asgore. Toriel's name is a pun on "tutorial", and Asgore is apparently a reference to a Latin word for being sad or something idk lol

mothsolotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sans and Papyrus are named after the fonts used in the textboxes when they speak; Undyne is a pun of "undying"; entering Chara's name in the title sequence gets you the description "The true name"; and Gaster is so important and mysterious that entering his name crashes your game in both UT and DR.

mothsolotl.bsky.social•1 day ago

//Spoilers for Chapters 3&4 of Deltarune//

Ok, so with all that in mind, what's up with Mike? In everyday use, "Mike" is an abbreviation for both "microphone", as well as "Michael".

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