WHAT THR FJDJF I finished watching the xtale movie and I am just utterly dying at everything esp the ending Easter egg(s)....AUGHDFJG
I’m gonna put all the things I didn’t notice before in this thread (bc it was a lot to take in and I’m dying from feels all over again) #SPOILERS
I’m gonna put all the things I didn’t notice before in this thread (bc it was a lot to take in and I’m dying from feels all over again) #SPOILERS
(screencaps are from the xtale movie edition here:
so In Timeline II (2) (where despite xChara‘s attachment xG killed Asgore to add drama of death) there was only a flash of it but apparently Cross was implied to be the first to be seriously hurt or killed(?)??? By xG??? since xFrisk got attached to Cross in that chapter too....
the incident with the tree branch in Timeline X (10) was like a foreshadowed instance of Cross trying to do something right and prove his worth but someone had already set him up for failure and he felt immense guilt over it......ahahah hahah (poor poor cross)
this thought might be kind of a stretch but i was kinda getting the vibe of Cross (X) being thematically comparable to X from megamanX... at least xG’s comments about paying attention to Cross for being a wildcard element against adversity kinda felt like -
an Easter egg reference to the thematic motif in mmx about “X being a representation of the unknown and bringer of new possibilities”.....which sorta ties back to all this stuff about xG and the “xevent” being about exploration about new possibilities
(I also had a thought about how Killer from his origin lores was also born out of an eventual desire of trying new things (just that things went terribly for Cross)....so in the stories/fics where they interact in some ways maybe they can have that kind of innate connection
also Timeline III (3) with queen xToriel which existed for only two days was definitely a clone of swapverse......where he had traumatic reaction to it in UVerse (does this mean Cross got to dress up as cute little brother for two whole days(???) o___o unthinkable......
but also it seems like Cross does wear that style of scarf that’s tied at the back often enough too outside Timeline III (3) (which makes him looks like classic swapstyle sans style) anyways.....o__o
.......tho he also def went with the fluffy fellstyle hood later on (Timeline IX (9) and X (10)......
(also i like how there’s a class of chocolate pie superior to every other kind of pie on Cross’s menu is and how xAlphys is reading death note here.....ahahaha
(also i like how there’s a class of chocolate pie superior to every other kind of pie on Cross’s menu is and how xAlphys is reading death note here.....ahahaha
the “vision about the future” that xG had somewhere in the middle looks like a colorful sunset meadow does not look like their monochrome world whatsoever but suspiciously looks more similar to wherever ink is hanging out.......
(also xG admiring Ink thinking about how Ink was there for the purpose of protecting everyone in the multiverse and can feel many things is like the biggest irony mood.......
(it makes me think of a parallel to the kind of blind admiration that can inevitably comes with creative scene.......since xG seems to be idolizing his projected ideas of Ink instead of the actual Ink
These flash-bys seems to imply what xFrisk was thinking when he modified Cross....Cross’s happy friendship memories possibly mixed up with Sans’s memories from “the main universe” judgement hall, but also noting that last one was from Timeline III where Cross did(??) get rly hurt
since the name “Cross” was given to him by xFrisk while he was being attacked and in a righteous angry mood I can’t rly see him having good feelings about it but, after spending time trapped in the void and being tormented he actually introduced himself as “Cross” to ink... →
...so to me it almost felt like he might have had a desperate moment of self-denial to mentally dissociate from his old reality (pretending the world -had- been successfully overwritten,) even if it prolly meant every time someone called him that name it would rly hurt him
(those flash-by-frames of his regret in slow motion screencap makes this whole scene Extra extra tormenting)...........(him killing everyone he had sworn to protect as the royal guard......but for what?? more failure and disappointment when it came to everything he cared about
(bc Cross was prolly utterly worn out from being exhausted and angry plus the sheer disbelief at how unreal everything was becoming, desperate for a shroud of control and validation in his life......
(also Cross’s exhausted face here........
(also Cross’s exhausted face here........

also I have the largest hunch xChara might get a redemption arc so him and Cross can reluctantly work together to fix the mess caused by xG and Ink at some point
(bc despite everything else they have thematic similarities about never giving up and shonen protag-like qualities
(bc despite everything else they have thematic similarities about never giving up and shonen protag-like qualities

......I ran out of post count in a single thread but (I’m not done yet bc Cross’s face in every frame looks so goooood)
some of the beautiful frames flashed by so fast and it’s a giant shame to not slow down to look at them; xtale #SPOILERS, continued.....
some of the beautiful frames flashed by so fast and it’s a giant shame to not slow down to look at them; xtale #SPOILERS, continued.....
Cross’s pouty embarrassed face (tormented by new royal guard uniform and possibly the thought about looking attractive and classy in it 

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Cross’s “guilty for disappointing his friend but happy and grateful with what he’s already got” face.......(he was somewhat happy once.....
Cross being tormented by the ridiculous uniform trying really hard to be proper......


also the little doodle Cross and his sleepy face.......
(at least it seemed like they hoped Cross would kill xG for them but did not expect Cross to take matters into his own hands....




(at least it seemed like they hoped Cross would kill xG for them but did not expect Cross to take matters into his own hands....
Cross’s “being attacked mentally from both sides by his best friend and friend’s brother but instead struggling and thinks he’s going crazy” faces..........(poor poor cross
Cross’s pained “failing to contain unexplained urges to kill his friend and utterly freaking out from actually acting it out and feeling like he’s losing control of his life” faces..... .......(okay but....I love this so much...,..
Cross’s tired face here which I am still not over bc chronologically they should go here and it’s just rly beautiful art https://twitter.com/hj_skb/status/1304873507885649920?s=21
Cross’s “tired of all the bullshit he’s been put through and consumed with fighting for control of his life justified by his ideals” mode ...... like ......look at him go in these beautiful frames .... I think he’s cool .......
Cross.........Consumed by bloodlust.......... gods these looks so hecking cool I cannot even
(each frame here appeared for a split second and they deserve to be looked at forever
(each frame here appeared for a split second and they deserve to be looked at forever
More bloodlust..........utterly consumed fighting for control and power after the pinnacle of desperation (i rly think these show just how far Cross is capable of pushing himself when it came down to conflict and cruelty.......
THE TEARS HERE......HDJD.....i love these frames so much
( i love the surprise on Cross’s face that someone (anyone) is here and maybe a sliver of shock and hope and guilt.....since Ink called him “friend” and the last friend he had definitely died by his own hands.........
( i love the surprise on Cross’s face that someone (anyone) is here and maybe a sliver of shock and hope and guilt.....since Ink called him “friend” and the last friend he had definitely died by his own hands.........
AND THE ENDINGSFJD,, IM JUST NOT OVER TJE ENDINGS,, THE ENTIRE SEQUENCE??? EXPOSITON OF HIM INTERACTING WITH INK??? about how he prolly confessed missing his friends and family and thought ink understood??,,.....laughed with Ink??? thought ink cared??? and -
then his hopes and dreams just got intensively tossed into the gutters I’m not over how much that must have devastated him .... while from Ink’s side Ink clearly looked guilty when Cross talked about his friends and family.... -
which looked to me might be some abstractly complicated feelings about how he was complicit in Cross’s suffering even now even if he doesn’t fully understand...... (and ink even brought Cross a little taco in one of the pics...... .....), but -
- when Cross got strung up by Error Ink didn’t hesitate to come back to help him afterall even after Cross essentially had an unfair blowup at him blaming him for what he can’t do
(okay I think I’m really done now!!! whoever is on my acc are free from my feels for now

(okay I think I’m really done now!!! whoever is on my acc are free from my feels for now


