Thread:TheHumanAmbassador/@comment-26907577-20191217153508

Hello.

I'm going to lead off with why I'm putting this here.
 * 1) The Deltarune Wiki doesn't have forums. There don't seem to be many theorists on Discussions.
 * 2) The General Discussion Board is about Undertale.
 * 3) I like you. You know what you're doing, and I need someone rational to bounce this off of.

Now, the theory. Maybe.
 * 1) Someone says " YOU MUST CREATE A VESSEL. "
 * 2) This is the same someone who says the rest of the capslock text in the introduction and load menu.
 * 3) This someone's speech patterns and vocabulary match those found in the Wingdings Entry Number Seventeen.
 * 4) Said Entry Number Seventeen is found in.
 * 5) Based on the above links, whoever says #1 is probably Gaster. Doctor W. D. Gaster.
 * 6) If one "must" do something, that is because not doing something has negative consequences. Whether these consequences are caused by the enforcer or nature is not fixed.
 * 7) Knowledge can be obtained in three ways: communication, experiment, or theory (effectively simulated experiment).
 * 8) If knowledge is obtained through communication, the communicator must have first gained it through one of those three methods.
 * 9) Assuming a finite universe, theory and experiment are the only real ways.
 * 10) IF the knowledge that not creating a vessel has negative consequences was gained through experiment, then somebody has suffered these negative consequences.
 * 11) Undertale!Gaster has suffered negative consequences.

Besides, even if the calculations indicated the necessity, I think there's something else of interest.

Immediately preceding that dialogue is the line " FIRST. " As in, creating a vessel is the first thing we must do. We cannot do anything else before it.

This provides useful context. It indicates a simple explanation: Obviously, a lone SOUL can't walk around town, or talk. You need legs and a mouth for that. You need a vessel.

However, you also need a vessel, period. "Must." It is not "YOU MUST CREATE A VESSEL BEFORE PROCEEDING." That would imply you don't need to create a vessel if you don't want to proceed. But it's just " MUST CREATE A VESSEL ".

So, why don't we immediately suffer negative consequences from not creating a vessel?

I hypothesize that however Gaster brings the SOUL into Deltarune also contains it. Protects it. That's why the background is trippy.

How would you try to tear down or build up this theory? Either alternative. 