been thinking bout @brainrotranch last ranchers post for days and had to put something together for it bc damn if jimmy’s dress wasn’t the Prettiest :D before jimmy gets the jacket, him and tango dance a while - tango twirling him around (tho, not sure how many other patrons would be knocked down by his wingspan, if not careful lol)
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You know what. I DO wanna know about the religious imagery with Mettaton. Tell me all about it *laying on my chest kicking my feet up in the air*
@therowansweeps @mtt-brand-idiot
Let us start with his name. Remember that majority of the names in Undertale/Deltarune are very particular, whether it be for a funny joke or something with a dual meaning (ex: Toriel is just Tutorial, Undyne being Undying, etc). The etymology is rather important with characters, and Mettaton is certainly no exception. His name is most likely derived from the angel Metatron, found in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He was one of the only two humans to attain Heaven in the form of an angel, he was originally a righteous man named Enoch who was gifted with the form of an angel by God once he died. Now, the names being similar could very well be a coincidence, but one must also take note of the fact that Metatron is transliterated as MTT in Greek; which is too much of a coincidence to not be intentional.
So... his name is taken from an angel, which is already an allusion to the notion of deities and religion. Furthermore, this angel in particular is a rather interesting candidate to be compared with Mettaton... Both of these figures were something else entirely before they obtained their true forms, and changed their name along the way. They have even further parallels when you look at the name's meaning and Mettaton's actions. Metatron is most likely derived from the verb memater, which means to guard or protect; very striking when one considers the fact that Mettaton is very much a protector in Genocide/No Mercy Route; he quite literally gives his life to protect the Underground, as a guardian angel would do.
Furthermore, he is quite literally a celebrity, an idol. He even says it himself, he is the idol everyone craves. This is a double entendre, referring to him being a celebrity or figure to look up to, or a literal deity. Deities are all considered idols, they are to be worshipped; the very notion is entirely what his character is about. He loses his humanity, he is no longer a person. Hell, he is not even seen as alive, in his quest to be the true idol for humanity and monsterkind. He is worshipped and adored, yet is it genuine? Do the people know and love the real him? No. He is the heater, the Underground's sexiest rectangle, he is seen as just a robot. He is complacent in this, yet to hide his past and help Alphys he gave his humanity away.
It is a rather cruel twist on the story of Metatron actually... Metatron was given a wonderful gift by his creator, God gave him immortality and the blessing of being truly holy. This transformation into something else was divine, yet the same cannot be said about Mettaton. He was given the body of his dreams, yet it will never come without a terrible cost. His humanity and agency was given away, he even got used for functions he would be completely against; such as his creator giving him human eradication functions to "make him more useful", something the human loving ghost would never agree to until the last possible moments in a Pacifist run. Regardless, Mettaton falls into both the categories of being the idol and being God's pawn, which is rather interesting.
And of course... he is not without true fans either, take Spamton for example. Spamton supposedly spent all of his time praying to an artifact, the very machine that created NEO; which evidently has direct ties towards Mettaton NEO. I honestly never played the Spamton NEO fight yet, so I cannot comment too much on it, however Mettaton is quite literally an overworld being being unknowingly worshipped and prayed to by someone who resides below; this blind faith being found in every religion.
So yeah... Whether it was directly intentional or not, Mettaton as a whole has a decent amount of religious imagery and themes with his character that it becomes rather important to properly dissect him fully. I barely remember writing any of this, he probably possessed me and made me write this.
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if 'being a hater' has million number of fans, i'm one of them. if 'being a hater' has ten fans, i'm one of them. if 'being a hater' has only one fan, that's me. if 'being a hater' has no fans, that means i am no more on earth. if the world is against 'being a hater', i am against the world. i love 'being a hater' till my last breath
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This is my official post stating that I have lost any fixation I had in R1999 and I no longer have motivation to do anything transcribing. Transcribing takes a huge amount of energy - energy that I simply do not have anymore - and R1999 is no longer an interest. I’m very sorry.
I may do some pieces here and there should I find some energy and I find the characters compelling, but for the most part this blog is officially inactive.
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truly an underrated mettaton sprite actually. just look at him, he is such a silly little guy
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thank you @pirdmystery for tagging me in this last line tag game!
the vast majority of stuff i've been working on for the last few months has been about the second gen ocs me and my partners have made and while this is still very much oc related, i have been working on a scene between dimitri and felix in their 40s. there's a lot of context that i won't bog this post down with, but the main thing to know is that they're visiting the monastery for a political event during their daughter's school year.
“It’s nothing, Dimitri.”
Dimitri hummed. He slowly kneeled down, his joints making their displeasure known, and began to untie his boots. Felix placed his own foot up on the desk chair and did the same.
“Is it because of your room?”
Felix looked up, squinting. “What?”
“Your old room,” Dimitri clarified, shifting around to untie his other boot. “Are you annoyed that Lis got mine and…” He trailed off. He couldn’t remember the name of Ignatz’s nephew.
The sound of his laces brushing against each other filled the air between them before Felix finally spoke.
“You think I’m annoyed that Klaus Victor is in my old dorm room?”
Dimitri shrugged. “It’s the most recent thing I could think of that you would dismiss as nothing.”
Felix rolled his eyes. “I’m not that petty.”
“You can be, my love.” Dimitri stood back up and placed his boots next to the desk.
Felix glared up at him and dropped his shoes on top of Dimitri’s without a word.
“Something earlier in the day then?” Dimitri asked.
Felix scoffed. “You’re like a dog with a bone."
i'll tag @whimsicalcotton @transselkie and @silverspecks, if you guys would like to do this!
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