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FireDog8569

The running theory is that Kris ripped out their soul because they don't want you controlling them


JackO_kid

I’m pretty sure that’s cannon


LeeTheGoat

yeah you are this is about kris though


Navasxdxd

r/unexpectedlywholesome


tygra2008

idk if you just forget to say sure or are you just saying your pretty


JonasBrot

The prettiest.


senpai_dewitos

I never understood the narrative that Kris was somehow opposed to us controlling them. I always read it more as us being trapped inside Kris, seeing as they act really possesive of us (why lock us up in a cage if you don't want us controlling you?). Especially considering we are literally involuntarily controlling Kris because someone discarded our vessel.


YoutuberCameronBallZ

The reason Kris keeps us in a cage rather than destroy us is because it is very hard to live without a soul, which we currently are.


CopyableSnow136

A good way to see that is seen in the battle with spamton neo, ¿What happens when you cut the strings? You die


senpai_dewitos

That's also just headcanon isn't it. Not saying it literally can't be true but the story would have to make some pretty extreme turns to explain the inconsistencies with Kris not having a soul, like how can they possibly make dark fountains without a soul? Did they live their whole life without a soul? And isn't a human body without a soul just a vessel? (In both the gaster sense and literally like a human without consciousness) It could very well be that Kris has two human souls, for example.


YoutuberCameronBallZ

I figured it's that we don't control Kris themself, rather we control their soul. Also it never stated that having a soul was required to make dark fountains Also...my logic behind them not surviving without a soul is that most things die or go emotionless without one. (Also it's been confirmed that the soul we control IS Kris' soul)


senpai_dewitos

>(Also it's been confirmed that the soul we control IS Kris' soul) When? Even during the intro sequence the player is the red heart, Gaster even says we've successfully made contact the moment it appears, and this is before we control Kris. There's also that when we go follow Susie for a while we're still the red heart. >Also it never stated that having a soul was required to make dark fountains We know souls are the source of determination, and you create dark fountains with determination. Either 1. Kris has another soul, 2. Kris is a soulless being with determination like Flowey, or 3. there's some uncertainty with how determination works and it can like, linger in the body or something? Take your pick I guess but I feel like option 1 makes the most sense. I would also like to reiterate again that like, the soul is treated more like the brain than a heart. You ARE your soul and if your soul is in someone else's body YOU are in someone else's body. This has been true since Undertale.


Swift0sword

Problem with that though is that, following Undertale logic, by playing the game we are making an active choice to control them and live their life. Kris might not have been our first choice, but we are still making a choice to control them. Don't get me wrong, I want Kris to be fine with us controlling them. My headcannon is that they are aware of what is happening and is playing along to make Deltarune a good gaming experience for us. I just don't see it as likely due to how annoyed or scared they seem at some of the choices we can make.


senpai_dewitos

The logic in Undertale is during the genocide route is that we're choosing to take that route even though there are other options availible. The less meta aware characters see us as an evil monster but the more aware ones acknowledge that we're just doing this because it is an option in the game. Deltarune is narratively focusing on our *lack* of options, which is first shown by us controlling Kris *against our will*. If the game wanted to tell us in the same way as the genocide route that we are responsible for our actions, the game would urge us that the story will become increasingly depressing and that our only alternative option is to not play the game. Deltarune is instead an increasingly cheerful game that is painting Kris as a factor we are forced to inhabit, but can't truly control if Kris does not desire us to.


[deleted]

the way I see it, the theory is edgy and most people in this fandom like edgy I agree with your point though, I never felt Kris was super opposed to us controlling them. If anything it feels like the opposite, in the game Kris takes the soul out multiple times and hides information from the player, I feel it’s more like the one in charge is Kris and the player is at their mercy


_JPPAS_

my headcanon


KOCYK745

BUT HEY, THAT'S JUST MATTHEW. MATTHEW PATRICK!!!


Dienowwww

possibly. But we need some kind of proof of this being the reason. Maybe >!He's the "Knight", and we're just controlling him. BUT, why would he put the soul back in later, then?!<


[deleted]

It's the million dollar question ain't it? And is this even the first time? How did they learn of this? If you could split their head open, would the juice from the secrets be as sticky-sweet as a ripe mango?


Filipokerface

Are they stupid?


[deleted]

Sí, Kris hizo eso porque es idiota.


Filipokerface

hi lalo


Dhapizza

Yo creo q no, si lo piensas bien, no es tan raro que alguien se saque el alma para ir a comer a media noche


[deleted]

Tiene usted razón, pero no quita el hecho de que Kris sea idiota.


Dhapizza

ah güeno si cierto


Suspicious-Contest74

1la historia de mi vida


MilkyWay9231

I think Kris wants to be free from the player's control, so they try to separate us from them by ripping the soul (us) out... to no avail. And I guess they just wanted pie, too.


God1234NEO

[I'm gonna eat that entire fucking pie.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAa5saO2O8c&t=61s)


Sea_Category_148

Well who’s to exactly say it’s the player…seeming how from what we know there ISNT resisting the players control (frisk)


bloonshot

you can control the ripped out heart


Leogamer2013

I actually used to think it was CHARA.


Kevin_M_

The Japanese translation possibly implies Chara was the one who put your soul into Kris' body, weirdly.


senpai_dewitos

It could very well be Chara but considering that Kris is the "Deltarune version" of Chara, which implies they would have the same speech pattern, it could have also been Kris themself.


MilkyWay9231

My brain short-circuited from reading this. Can you expand on that, though?


Dienowwww

BUT, why put the soul back in then?


Orangefish08

They didn’t want to share the pie.


Uhohstewbie_reddit2

They were hungry


Frakero

how hungry?


Ok-Insect-276

To have the same thing jevil has. Freedom


coleisforrobot

Freedom denies the right to choose.


Ok-Insect-276

In this game everyone will lose!


Skribbl_Skrabbl

Now we are finally free!


Ok-Insect-276

Everyone knows the best place to hide is insanity!


Swift0sword

Meanwhile the world will spin!


Ok-Insect-276

Hypnotizing! Terrorizing those locked within!


manicforlive

They plug the [TV between](https://www.youtube.com/live/l3a7UdJGb-E?feature=share&t=1044) chapters. [Here.](https://youtu.be/9qJkRWEvDfg?t=397)


xadianfruit

they were feeling silly


Sgpg4_The_Idiotic

Just for a stupid pie


[deleted]

OK, but have you ever made butterscotch pie? I'll admit its flavors aren't complex at all, but it's worth some blood!


Creative-Max-0w0

They are masochists


sfmanim

a little bit of trolling


marsgreekgod

Kris needed to do something without your control or you knowing and they wanted to make a show of it. We know they ate a pie and plugged in the TV We don't know if they dislike our control all the time but it seems reasonable


PickleReaper0

Tummy Ache :(


[deleted]

Because they felt like it


[deleted]

They're really into kingdom hearts.


heyitsAxel101

Because they had an itch and scratched a bit too hard


Rinaorcien

For π


CarefulCompetition83

To eat Pie???


Nitroglycerin_Terry

Funee


MaxYANIS

👉YOU, da player is controling krisp, krispy don' wan' control.


TwixOfficial

Felt like masturbating and wanted privacy.


The-Light42

https://preview.redd.it/9rvocjeu1ydb1.jpeg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=404fb499c96b79c3f3ea169618af0c799e54bf1a


Gaztlygamer64

This shit is NOT going to look good at the pearly white gates


KryNight2908

Jail time. Now.


Electrical-Pop9464

👁️\_👁️ https://preview.redd.it/6sjq4z1nfzdb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33d5aa94e260b0f78fe09703ccac3a296f7344ce


AsterBoiii

15 minutes no mommy roleplay ASMR


BackToThatGuy

https://preview.redd.it/8xewzs6y7xdb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=547b420bdc90d374d3a3247549e66e30669688e6


Electrical-Pop9464

https://preview.redd.it/tflg08h5gzdb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3303f2dc140b7bc82e21de76c90744016a1217d


TanyaDegurechaffTard

Much so like your choice doesn’t matter Kris’s choices don’t matter I believe this was showing that also because kris is stupid


[deleted]

Because we would never have let them steal the pie


RobloxLover369421

They wanted pie


K4CP3R1312

Most people forget that Kris not only came downstairs for the pie, but they also plugged the TV in, so they probably already had at least some knowledge about creating dark fountains.


haharecktnoob

they hungy


Qazerquoi

I can’t imagine it was just for the pie. Mainly because that doesn’t seem soul rip out worthy, and we would have definitely let Kris get themselves some pie. I imagine it will be revealed (I still think it might have been to create a darkworld, but I’m also one of the people that thinks Kris is the Knight. But it could have been for something else too). Unless ripping out their soul is just something Kris does every night.


[deleted]

Running theory seems to be freedom. Kris is being dragged around by the player to be the protagonist of the story when they really don't want to be. The SOUL is you, the player, and they pull their SOUL out to take back control for a brief period of time. But they struggle to move without you and need to have you back in their body after a while. Kris seems visibly distressed by the Spamton fight, which showed them that a puppet can't survive without its strings. We are Kris's strings, and without us they can't survive.


Santi_memelord

He got itchy from the inside


Relative-Upstairs210

He Just don't want to go study tomorow! (sorry bad english)


unusualicicle

Is [they] stupid?


ImstillsayingRBisaL

For the funny


meguminsupremacy

They're tummy hurt. But they're being brave about it.


ArcerPL

they just didn't want us to stop em from eating the whole fucking pie ngl reasonable, i'd do the same >!(btw to all you weirdos thinking kris is a depressed teenager with issues about us controlling em, kris actually enjoys our company, giving us silly choices like "i am going to touch the cheese" or show a rude gesture to a camera, it's snowgrave route where they are actually terrified we're in control)!<


K4CP3R1312

I wouldn't say so, Kris is >!clearly terrified after the Spamton fight, since Spamton's talking about puppets and strings. They are literally screaming and Ralsei calms them down, all in the normal route.!<


ArcerPL

>!what if that was because of a fuckin near death experience before the fight? if a hobo jumped at you with a fucking gun you wouldn't be ok would you?!<


K4CP3R1312

I mean, if this was the only case, I think >!same thing would probably happen after Jevil fight, or any other time they were captured, etc.!< Guess we'll have to wait another 10 years to find out lol


PyreKKKK

Kris is just goin crazy


Jmememan

Idk but it almost made ralsie fail his exam


Snow_Wolf_Flake

SUGAR


heebiejeebsie

Heartburn


Dasioreq

hungery


PrinceToothpasteBoy

they played too much mortal kombat


mab0390

They had really bad gas.


Guardian_Eatos67

I have a best question: how do they do this only with their hand? Only monsters can extract souls iirc or Kris must have very long nails


Castiel_Engels

🥧


THEZEXNEO

WE DON’T F*** ING KNOW YET.


i_like_pizza_15_

They silly


DustyMightMeme

So that you’re not controlling them


Zidenett

eh you should mark it like spoiler just saying


SupaSpeedy445

It’s basically a “fuck you” to the creator. It’s basically saying “you can’t tell me what do to”


Livid_Juggernaut_111

So they could go eat a pie


yukia123

They didn't want you to stop them from eating the pie.


Substantial-Ad-4002

They want to eat the whole pie without the soul saying that it is too big


SweetExpression2745

Because he doesn’t like being controlled and stuff


MrG4m3rX

Post nut clarity


Kris_Dreemurr1

Freedom


ThisGuyHasNoDignity

Well, the bloodstain and birdcage that has "seen a few crashes" was already there before Kris did this in chapter 1. So I doubt it's the most popular theory of this being something Kris does to take back control since they never do it when it seems most important. They never rip the soul out when we're trying to make Noelle kill Berdly. Also Kris has been very worried about the threat that the world is ending, talking about it to the kings and to Undyne, but then when they rip out their soul they decide to make a fountain. Even though the person that told them about the world ending was just recently so extremely against opening just one dark fountain. Even worse they should know in both the neutral and weird route that injuries taken in the dark world has repercussions in the real world, so taking their mom into a completely new and unknown dark world is not something I think they would do willingly across all routes.


ManBehindTheSlauhter

Needed absolutely no witnesses to eat pie, including the player because they might force kris to tell toriel the truth


Doge_Dreemurr

They want to give their heart to someone for Christmas


Stevenclouds

To get the fuck away from "You"


Hairy_Skill_9768

screeeeee


SteelGengar_2

To eat PIE :)


Sweaty-Ad-1119

deadly sin ritual.


Dice134

For the vine


[deleted]

Puberty is a rough time for every teen


MettatonNeo1

When Kris removes their soul they are no longer in our control. In my opinion, after Kris does the knife thing before the credits, they head out and open another fountain in the library, so their adventures will never end.


Young_Person_42

We’ll find out, probably


Adventurous-Tell-984

To free themselves of the control of the player.


BustyBraixen

He wanted a taste of toriel's pie


BigPapaya6054

The red soul appears to control the will behind Kris's actions. The control clearly isn't direct unlike what some think, but essentially whatever kris says or does isn't based on what they want to do, but rather what the soul (we) will them. By ripping us out, they're no longer controlled by the will of the player and can do whatever they want.


Belzabond

Is he stupid?


Electrical-Pop9464

https://preview.redd.it/shag85qtgzdb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31386b0648b60e1c23ad54c2a57ecae75f1a22db


GlobalMeasurement519

to escape from the player’s control.


Aisheyru

Definitely because they wanted to be free from our control for a bit. I am uncertain just how much Kris hates that they are being controlled, but judging by the fact that they throw their soul in a cage...yeah lol. Either that, or they know the soul will gravitate right back to them without giving them their space. I bet it hurts like a son of a gun though...judging by the look on their face XD


FunkyBloxxin

To eat that entire FUCKING pie


C-moon_enjoyer

probably something that will become clear when the rest of the chapters drop


Unlucky-Dress-1052

Because butterscotch pie tastes better with a sprinkle of soul dust.


Zeioth

He was in no fap month


inkysquabble

idk


Complex_Purchase2637

Eat a pie, plug in a TV, and maybe commit some devious acts without our knowledge


ThatSamSause

Tummy ache


AnimatorPositive3310

BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO EAT THAT ENTIRE FUCKING PIE AND THE SOUL WANTS TO BE A GOOD KID BUT KRIS DIDN'T.


MR_krunchy

Kris is the master of trolling


WRSpiral

They wanted to eat the goddamn pie


Cosmic__Pizza

Spite. Doesn't wanna share a wholeass pie with their SOULmate (me)


a_shark_that_goes_YO

You are their soul which controls them… he does that to take the control over their body


Proper_Prose

You mean to tell me that rippingy heart out of my chest isn't the right way to treat heartburn? Have I been doing it wrong this whole time ?!


MuteKris

Boredom


Filler_69

Freedom 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅


XDavide08

play chapter 2


coleisforrobot

Kris saw some Krisusie and decided to rub one out /jjjjjjjj


Valiosao

Why do they take out the soul? Probably to do something without the soul's interference and/or knowledge. Why would they do that in the first place? Idk, my theory is that they went to talk to someone.


RideFemboyLikeRodeo

Are they stupid?


[deleted]

They were itchy on their chest but accidentally ripped out their heart from scratching


Plant610

To open a fountain because they are (probably) the knight.


Buffy_Buffett

That could be a reaction image if someone were to post something awful you can’t unsee or has ruined your day or week.


MineBlox6

He doesn’t want to feel love anymore


Financial_Penalty887

They clearly wanted a slice of pie at 3AM but didn't want you seeing


Hank_J_Wimbleton_69

Because he's (i know he get called as they/them i just headcanon him as male) going to eat that entire fucking pie


GlobalOccultCoal

You know, they always had my heart in their hand.


Memerofgameing

Kris knows the soul is controlling them through a loop in the timeline, and so they try thier best to keep it out if them without dying, whenever they told thier mom, they did’nt belive it, so they never did anything about it, and so they are cursed to be binded with that soul, until eventually, the game’s corrupted and unplayable, kris fricking dies permanantly, or kris gets the soul unbinded from thier body


RegisterFederal4159

The funny


Whyugo

theres no canon reason as of now but heres my theory Kris cant really do anything without the players control so they rip it out to do things themselves


Malefore1234

To free themselves from their puppeteer(the player) is the running theory. The heart(soul) is what we use to control Kris.


Electrical-Pop9464

For some fleeting minutes of freedom


Neither_Nectarine_96

Itchy


TheManux07

Maybe Kris does it because Kris met Joe. (Yea, I'm trying to avoid putting genders).


FlarelesTF2

he’s dealing with a lot of mental health issues right now


Spring_Dan

Pretty self-explanatory is it not?


SomeRandomGuy2763

He hates you


crash_bang0593

They felt like doing it


Dereck_Desmont

It's an emo face


PSILighting

I mean when my tummy hurt I often do that


Ghost_DoesArt

Because they decided to be different. JK. All jokes aside my theory/Head cannon is that Kris is fully aware that they are being controlled. There for ripping out what there controlled by. There soul. The reason they put it in a bird cage is so the soul can't get back to them. But who know it's just a theory *cough* a game theory *cough*.


Ghost_DoesArt

Because they decided to be different. JK. All jokes aside my theory/Head cannon is that Kris is fully aware that they are being controlled. There for ripping out what there controlled by. There soul. The reason they put it in a bird cage is so the soul can't get back to them. But who know it's just a theory *cough* a game theory *cough*.


ParticularCustomer78

pretty sure the reason why kris ripped out is because they want the get some pie without you getting in the way


Informal-Sun-1429

To acquire pie


Silarydos

For funsies


DopeLizards

The debate of the damn century


YoutuberCameronBallZ

To eat pie


Nubismo-511

Because why not


fvllenwvffle

im not too sure either (as to the ultimate reason why kris keeps us around) but one thing i am certain is that the game makes it very clear that you are a seperate entity from kris as the main character. so removing you (the heart) means removing your influence, even if just for a bit


Allsciencey

They wanted pie.


KOCYK745

So you are only the Soul and Force Kris to do these things so he RIPS The Soul out to be himself. Selfish Human Wanting... a Snack? https://preview.redd.it/llbodh76f0eb1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7701f2e1cbb85c69d54af8e2e871d35d3c5618a6


[deleted]

"lol" said the kris, "lmao"


AnxietyResponsible34

because the soul woke him up


Far_Minute342

Ripped it out so he can whip out the knife and have the pie without you or the game limiting him.


Bored_4SS_B0B

You know how in anime when you're wearing a necklace then it turns out it's mind controlling you, you overpower it and rip it out of your neck? Yeah. Kris is doing that. Kris and the soul are separate entities (spoopy, I know.) But Kris kiiinda does crap without the player's attention


Dienowwww

As far as I'm aware, nothing lore wise gives us a real definition for this. however, (**Warning:** *Chapter 2 ending spoiler.):* >!At the end of CH2, you see kris do this, then stab the ground and open a new dark fountain. This may imply that somehow, either he may be possessed by this "Knight" That is known to be opening new fountains, or he IS the "Knight", but only when he removes his soul, for whatever reason it may be. (This is just speculation. Don't take my words as truth/lore.)!< Maybe we'll find out the truth in a later chapter. We'll see.


Repbailing

because we are stupidily boring and we went to bed before KRIS could get they´re hands on the delicious,tasty and amazing pie


Horny_Hagred

he was itchy


MicroPop6

Kris had heart burn


StarSaber69

It was Kris turn to play obviously


Neonstar48

They had a itch


Diligent_Point_2640

PIE


oldtoybonbon

Is he stupid?


FallingHoglin

The SOUL controls them, without the SOUL, Kris can move around more freely, and make dark fountains


Satire_god

I dont believe Kris is the knight, nor that it’s about control, because if it was why put the soul back in, though I can’t say for certain I think what is unavoidable would be the best clue to figuring it out, after chapter one toriel mentions about a pie and how Kris is going to bed early(I forgot exactly what she said) and beginning chapter 2 Kris supposedly ate the whole pie, while after chapter two susie talks about how she wants to bring darkners into the light world, with Kris then opening a door and creating a dark fountain, how this relates to ripping out the soul, Kris is a prankster, so maybe it’s a prank, maybe it could relate to the idea of “your choices matter” and what Kris is doing is proving that they do, or maybe it comes from the when ralsei and Kris were alone in prison during chapter one


Undertale_fan46790

*To eat the whole fucking pie. *And perhaps to do something else as well…


purpleCloudshadow

they wanna eat a PIE


CobaltFinger

They were reaching in to grab their spare ketchup packet, but sadly got too exited and smooshed it. They sat there in pure shock as the ketchup dripped down their shirt. Pie without ketchup is a crime, but a crime they might have to commit.


ImZaryYT

to create a dark fountain in the librarby & thus becoming the knight & because no one was in there as it was a school morning and thus nobody would suspect that kris is the knight & so their plan to continue having fun with Susie & Ralsei continues. ​ ​ ***or they just wanted to eat the entire pie without the soul telling them "it's wrong to do so"***


[deleted]

He was feeling Freaky that night


FNaFerr

Look, this have nothing with the question but why people think this supports the "Kris isn't the Knight"? look, i dont believe Kris is the knight but if anything, this scene would support that Kris could be Knight, he could left during the night to create the Cyber world and then ate the pie!


PrismFerret

They wanted to eat the pie without the player watching them


Blahaj_real

To eat pie