Deltarune’s relationship, timeline-wise, to Undertale is quite perplexing. In this world, Asriel was never killed because Chara is off somewhere else, presumably living a different life than the one she lived in Undertale, which caused her to attempt suicide (leading to her discovery of the monsters under Mt. Ebbot). This means that the other humans never fell either, and may not even be born yet depending on their ages, and the dubious amount of time that Asriel spent either dead or as Flowey before the end of the game. This means that the events of the game actually happen earlier than Undertale’s do, at least in relation to the time of birth of their respective Asriels. This is also evidenced by the fact that, since Asriel was not killed, (allowing them all to age further) the elder Dreemurrs appear a tad older than they did in Undertale. However, we must also take into account that magic doesn’t seem to exist in deltarune, another definite difference between the two games. Not once in Hometown, to my recollection, does any monster refer to SOULs, or magic, or Determination, or stats, or anything. The only time we can see these in this world is in the Dark World, which may or may not have been in part created by Kris and Azzy. So maybe that has something to do with Gerson’s death.

All of the returning characters are approximately 10 years older than their Undertale counterparts. Adding to this, unless Asgore and Toriel waited hundreds of years to have Asriel for some reason and Frisk and Chara share the exact same personality traits, Deltarune’s universe cannot be an exact chronological parallel of Undertale’s world.

Deltarune seems to take place in an alternate 202X where all the monsters that would normally have been around at that time, excluding the Dreemurr’s, have been replaced by those that were alive during the events of Undertale, as if Undertale had actually taken place in 201X.

So by this weird logic, Gerson is dead because 10 years have passed since he was his age in Undertale, even though temporally speaking he should be much much younger.

That makes.. sense.. I guess..?

@NatusTheNatus It does, but it doesn’t.

Honestly, the only theories I have, is that Deltarune is a universe specifically created for us by Gaster in order to observe some experiment involving us, and this experiment was hijacked by another version of Kris. The other Kris seems to know that we need to take control of this Kris in order to prevent something bad from happening. Or the real Gaster that created Deltarune is not the one talking to us in the beginning, and the voice in the intro is actually the Dark World itself already trying to use us. The other Kris hijacking the intro in order to stop it.

The Dark World could be a left over piece from when the world was created. Perhaps it was this world originally until Gaster created Hometown, then the dark was abandoned? The dark world being a realm created by dreams and imaginations. Once Gaster created the realm he wanted, the rest was tossed aside, now being a place that only becomes reality when it is “called” upon. Now the dark world, still connected to this world, is trying to pull the Lightners back through Kris, following a story Asriel created with him when they were younger.

Probably due to old age. Undertale refers him as very old, like, VERY OLD.

Surprised no one commented on my insane ramblings.

Its good tho

If you can even follow it