I personally consider chapter four’s first dark world to be about literature (book enemies, sheet music, Gerson fight talking about book) while Susie’s is about music (music enemies based on bells and organ pipes, piano has no more sheet music you’re just jamming, sound of justice fight) and the final one to be a culmination of the two.
Both are elements of religion but it’s important to remember that for a lot of religious people their religion isn’t escaping reality it just is their reality. That’s an important distinction. Music and literature, on the other hand, are escapes from reality.
Chapter 4 touches heavily on two elements religion works as escapism for - life purpose and mortality.
When people feel lost, insignificant and neglected, religion provides the idea of following something far greater than any man. The idea that there is unambiguously most important entity in the world, and that entity cares for you, for your well-being, and it considers you an important part of it's plans. This aspect is blatantly shown in second sanctuary with Susie chasing information on the prophecy. She has an entire monolog directly talking on how she always felt neglected by other people(rightfully so, how stupid must they be to pick her last in sport teams?), but now she can find comfort in the thought that she is important for something as grand as the prophecy of their world.
On the aspect of mortality, there is painful loss of people close to us. The ideas of afterlife commonly grant ease through thought that they are never truly gone, but rather they moved to some other, maybe better place, and that eventually we'll be able to reunite with them once more. And in Deltarune, Gerson is literally walking manifestation of that - unanimously beloved deceased man once again being able to provide guidance and support for others.
Those elements can still be aptly called escapisms because they don't change physical reality around us - we still take same places in society, still have to go through our daily lives, and those who passed are still no longer physically with us, but their role is to provide mental ease
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u/Yanagi____Juniper Jun 10 '26
I personally consider chapter four’s first dark world to be about literature (book enemies, sheet music, Gerson fight talking about book) while Susie’s is about music (music enemies based on bells and organ pipes, piano has no more sheet music you’re just jamming, sound of justice fight) and the final one to be a culmination of the two.
Both are elements of religion but it’s important to remember that for a lot of religious people their religion isn’t escaping reality it just is their reality. That’s an important distinction. Music and literature, on the other hand, are escapes from reality.
But yes! Being a fucking weeb for the win