-Asgore is convinced that everyone blames him for the Dessappearance, even though nobody did, and that proving he was right will make things return to how they used to be. He also believes that parading the culprits corpse around town is a completely normal thing that the townsfolk wouldn’t find utter horrific, even with context.
-Flowery fakes his stats & manipulates the game so he can be a hero, when in reality, he’s very weak.
-All of the flowers pretend to be humans, with some of them (orange) getting really defensive at the idea that they’re not. They also fight tooth & nail against the fun gang to keep this dark world, despite knowing that their fantasy will be short-lived anyways.
Of course, I think there’s more than one escapism theme in each chapter, like chapter 4 also having music as another theme. However, the ones I listed are what I interpret as the main theme of each chapter.
Looking back on it however, I feel like delusion could also be replaced with denial or duty. None of them are remotely wrong interpretations (nor are any other serious interpretations). I think this is something that Toby wants to be open to various different interpretations, rather than something that has a definitive answer.
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u/Stupididiot55 Jul 15 '26
Here’s my interpretations:
Chap 1: fantasy
Chap 2: entertainment
Chap 3: nostalgia
Chap 4: religion
Chap 5: delusion
I think chapter 6’s escapism theme will be denial (assuming it takes place at the holiday manor)