Gaster's LOVE Letter!? - Undertale/Deltarune VALENTINE'S Newsletter!

Published 2024-02-16
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All Comments (21)
  • Since you mentioned it, "dialect" is not the correct word.

    A dialect is a culturally marked form of a language shared by individuals from the same context. Lumbee English is characteristic of the Lumbee tribe.

    Katakana, Hiragana an Kanji are three different writing systems of the same language - japanese. You are sure to hear someone from Osaka say 大きに to thank you, but that would never come out of the mouth of some Ginza girl. Yet, both of them write "大きにありがとう" with the exact same syllabaries.

    It's more like they are 3 different "alphabets" in the same language, if it makes any sense.

    The reason why those of us who understand japanese say it's great evidence is because the way Gaster talks is profoundly unnatural. The mixture of katakana accompanied by kanji and no hiragana is not a "tone" characterization, it's a fundamental and deliberate writing quirk. The way the "it's Gaster" people frame it makes it seem like it'd be comparable to Susie speaking candidly, instead of apathetic or rude, when it's more like if Papyrus suddenly starte using Helvetica Neue for his font instead of, y'know, Papyrus.

    At no point in the game does this happen and Sans only does it in EXTREMELY serious moments of Undertale. You can count on one hand.

    I can't emphasize this enough: literally no one writes in japanese like Gaster does. It's not a tonal change; it would be a break in the consistency of characterization so dramatic that, outside of the Genocide route of UT, it happens ONCE and only for the most serious character, if my memory serves me right.

    Frankly I've found that bringing up this point to "it's Gaster" people that don't understand japanese is a fool's errand.

    It's not just a character speaking "in a different way", it's a character breaking an extremely deliberate and eccentric element of uts characterization for the sake of nothing.
  • @ZedJay23
    I think the reason Sans makes a real star sign for Papyrus is because sans got no letters asides the one from Toby, Sans got so many and seeing his little brother having a hard time about this Sans made a thing out of his letters to try and cheer up his brother
  • @nobody-ic9lo
    Lanino and Elnina's names are references.
    Lanino is a reference to "La Niña" which means "cold weather"
    Elnina references "El Niño" which means "warm or hot weather"
    But the last letter of their name are switched, and their characters don't look like their respective weathers.
  • @RikuMcduck
    The spamton love network is a direct definition of uncanny valley
  • @Awssom
    finally, official content, the fans dont have to go insane!
  • @randomtree7295
    5:54 the voice you're doing for this letter is really good! Its full of character
  • @DragonitaPurple
    i've know of RTVS for years now and forgot they're not common knowledge.
    They're a pretty cool group of streamers, one of their most known works is the "Half Life but the AI is self aware" series if it's familiar.
    The Spamton Love Network had some easter eggs from the streamers themselves too, like the heart lunchables (often featured in Scorpy's streams)
  • @Pine-ms6xs
    About RTVS they are in fact just a really cool group of streamers that are fans of UTDR and are really happy they have the chance to make something for it!
  • @waalew5336
    Personally I do agree that a 2024 release is very possible, but I'd say October or November is more likely than September.
  • @theLucidLibrary
    I think that the character that wrote the ghost-letter might actually be a different SHARD, or PART of Gaster, maybe one that is less formal.
  • @Emperor_Creeper
    Nice! A love letter to me?! Such a treat, how nice of Toby to gift a love letter straight to me!

    EDIT: NOOOOOOOO IM NOT MENTIONED IN THE LETTER!!!!!! DAMN THAT STUPID DOG!
  • @emmetjames2482
    I wouldn't be surprised if Simile Friend is on Chapter 4, because, if they're still releasing together. That would mean we wouldn't have a clue on the Chap. 3 secret boss, but I think it makes a bit more sense.
  • @Z3r0_g
    My view on this and all of the potential Gaster stuff we’ve gotten throughout the franchise’s history is something along the lines of “I’m hoping this is Gaster related and we can get some answers, but we ultimately won’t know until we get direct confirmation from the dog himself”. Don’t you dare be afraid to say the words “I don’t know”!
  • @uselessshroob
    I feel like Toby could directly put the words "Signed Gaster" on and people would still try to explain how its not Gaster.
  • @KC_Garcia
    The insanity dies down... for now...
  • @calicobunny
    also the fact that spamton says "HELLO EVERY BODY" with the space. jevil picked up the double wording from gaster so spamton could have picked up the space from mike. "GOOD BYE"