User:Timidgoliath05niner/Blog:Undertale Theory: the game takes place after a Nuclear War.

Hey Guys. It's my fisrt blog post here, and, I wanted to say something about Undertale. Have you ever noticed that, even though the game and the Human-Monster War take place in the 2010's, the humans are fighting with swords and torches? Well, I have a theroy to explain that. Before you start calling me crazy, hear me out: once I explain myself, we could start making headway. Listen here as I give you my theroy on why Undertale takes place after an encrazed Nuclear War, that killed most of the planet.

So, beginning on the topic of why the Humans are using swords and such barbaric tools: You could say they're... matching the monsters in warfare? But that wouldn't make sense, wouldn't we WANT to overpower them, suffer less causualties? It makes no sense from a human nature standpoint that we'd want to match such an opposing force as the monsters as equivalent. If this game WERE to take place in OUR 2010's, the monsters would most likely suffer many casualties, as melee weapons would stand no match for a small squadron of Soldiers with Automatic Assault Rifles, hell, even if they had bolt actions, they'd still be able to hold them off for some amount of time. Maybe the humans don't want to waste ammunition on such a trivial war? But that'd be dumb, why would we not just spend some sums of money on making ammo to shred through monsters like cheese?

Enough playing Sun Tzu, let's get to the point: in my honest opinion, Undertale takes place after a Nuclear Holocaust. But, the trees, widelife, humans, why are they still there if the Earth really was scorched by Nuclear Hellfire? Let's take a look at the setting of the game: Mt. Ebott. It's huge caverns and plentiful resources makes it a sort of haven for monsters and humans alike. Since the radioactive fallout from hundreds of countries slinging around Nuclear Bombs and Missiles travelled, the locals of Mt. Ebott took sheleter in various caves as the outside was PELTED in nuclear radiation. The mountain wildlife, surrounding wildlife, farm animals, even HOUSEHOLD PETS left behind during the evacuations into the caves had a heavy toll to pay in these conditions. Most of the animals died from radiation sickness, and what was once the top of a quaint mountain, light with snow, was now COVERED in radioactive fallout. The Beta, Alpha, and Gamma radiation, in high doses, was able to MORPH these creatures.

THIS is where Asgore, Toriel, Undyne, and others come from. The nuclear radiation was even so strong in the atmosphere, that it began mutating cells in the human body itself, even in dead ones. Sometimes, this caused the dead to rise and have their own motor skills and such, giving way to Sans and Papyrus. They're not just "Magic Monsters", instead, they're radioactive farm animals that probably want to just murder you and then eat your face. Yeah, don't wanna f@$# the goat now, do you? Also, the skeletons are dead people. This theroy's just FULL of happy, isn't it?

Ruining the game aside, the reason behind the humans using swords and torches in the war isn't about magical disadvantages, fund saving, nor an uncaring General. All our guns and such were MELTED and destroyed by nuclear war. We didn't just misplace our guns one day, we BLEW THEM UP. Locals in Mt. Ebott would be straglers, if not, completley disconnected with human society. When they think they're making technilogical headway, they're actually just secretly peicing together what nuclear war broke. Mt. Ebott locals would probably not even know what a gun IS, as such, they only know how to build swords and torches, explaining why our hero doesn't have many options in the gun world. In fact, the Empty Gun may very well be the LAST SURVIVING REVOVLER. It also explains why so many kids fell into the Underground, they were making their way to the cavern systems they know. Which is why the last city is build on a hill: that's the safest place to hide if we decide to launch one last bomb. In short, the game is showing us a war between iratiaded mutants and humans, the shocking afterbirth of a Nuclear Holocaust.

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