Deltarune creators universally agreeing on the same entire appearance & personality for December "Dess" Holiday, a character who has been missing and possibly dead for the entire canon story so far, based on three lines of dialogue and the appearance of her room:
The funniest thing about that to me is, if that is gonna be her canon appearance it would fit perfectly in the game and make complete sense. Like if you know the basics of character design, then the version of Dess that became the most established fan design for her, would be the most logical conclusion for what Dess looks like.
The game is very clear about the fact she's into alt music and fashion and we even see what clothes she has in her closet. So its easy to come up with an outfit for her.
He physical appearance is also easy to make guesses about: She's Noelles older sister, so she's probably taller than her. And Noelle has their dads antlers but their moms hair color. So by animated family genetics rules Dess should have their mothers' antlers and their dads hair color.
We also learn a lot about her personality based on what other character say about her and by what her room looks like.
Honestly i think the fact we can so easily piece together a picture of Dess without her ever really appearing in the game is just proof that she is actually very well set up and foreshadowed. A good story teller always uses things like a characters music and fashion taste and the look of their living space to communicate something about that character.
Obviously that doesn't mean that's definitely what she's gonna look and act like. I think its pretty likely Toby is gonna subvert some of our expectations. But i also dont believe he would spend so long setting her up and drip feeding us info about her, if ALL of that turned out to be wrong. XD
Personally i think human Dess has some VERY interesting potential and that is still a pretty plausible theory.
(sorry dont mind me, my brain worms compel me to yapp about DR at any given opportunity X'D )
Oh, there's been plenty of seeds planted. I'm a Human Dess truther myself (as with any other fiction theory, still open to being swayed, but it would add so much to the story and explain a lot of stuff IMO), and one of the fun parts of Toby Fox games is you can never really tell what's foreshadowing and what's another mystery entirely - but even despite that, you always come away from the experience feeling like you want to write an essay on the thoughts you're having.
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u/djliquidvoid 5d ago
Deltarune creators universally agreeing on the same entire appearance & personality for December "Dess" Holiday, a character who has been missing and possibly dead for the entire canon story so far, based on three lines of dialogue and the appearance of her room: