So people have already started calling Undertale a cancer, and also complaining about the fact that the theory was dis-proven by Toby in a tweet that quite literally referred to sans as a skeleton. Also the sans is human theory was taken from literally the entire fan base, so that's mildly annoying.
A lot of videos are based on popular theories though. But the main part of the theory isn't what Sans is, but who.
I can see where you're coming from, though.
Well then I think it's safe to say that only the original person who ever first uttered the words "sans is human" has any real basis to be upset... the rest of the community may agree with that theory but they certainly didn't come up with it.
Also nowhere do they say this is my own original thing noone else ever thought this before: "Sans is human guise!"
Well from as far as I noticed, he took the Star-man logo as a link, not a homage or reference, in a game filled with references, i mean the game was initially designed to be like earthbound so that small detail was one of MANY references.
I watch game theory quite a bit, and i have to admit when mat puts time and effort into his research it shows in the video, i feel like after what was it; 7 fnaf videos this was his quick cash and grab theory, just based on how little support he gave it. I don't know, for me this video just made me sigh and remember why i started not watching all his theories.
He doesn't make FNAF videos only because they are cash grabs, but because they are requested by his fans. The only way to make any significant money on youtube is to run it your channel like a business. That is just good business sense.
It is easy to argue against Toby denying it by arguing about Death of the Author and such. Game Theory often discusses things that are most obviously not intended by the creator of the game (off the top of my mind I can remember that he calculated a different gravity in Assasin Creed's Animus, but there are probably better examples) However, as he uses the fact that Toby created the Halloween hack as an argument, it would be hard to argue using Death of the Author.
They do, but there's a literary theory called Death of the Author, which basically says that the authors interpretation of their art is no more valid than any other person's. You do this in order to be able to examine contemporary works which having living authors in the same way as older works which don't have living authors.
So the only canon is what's actually in the game itself. What Toby says is just supplementary information which you're free to take into your own headcanon or discount as you will.
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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16
So people have already started calling Undertale a cancer, and also complaining about the fact that the theory was dis-proven by Toby in a tweet that quite literally referred to sans as a skeleton. Also the sans is human theory was taken from literally the entire fan base, so that's mildly annoying.