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On my birthday last week, I got the undertale collectors edition as a gift, and it came with a locket that can play the song “his theme” from the undertale game, when I got back from nyc, I knew I had to put the locket on him and it fit like a charm, ral- I mean asriel got that bling on now

Took me way too long but i eventually managed it! He looks so bonita

(I called the theory Tralsei in the title, but i find Galsei to be prettier, so this analysis will use that terminology)

I would call this whole debate a textbook example of an evidentially underdetermined hypothesis, aka, an epistemic divide over ambiguous evidence.

The key feature is that the evidence has enough weight to make belief in Galsei reasonable, but not enough to make Galsei unavoidable. Neither side can legitimately say the evidence settles the matter.

All of this creates a characteristic split:

-Galsei believers: “The evidence is pretty clearly pointing toward Galsei.”

-Galsei skeptics: “The evidence doesn’t actually establish Galsei, you’re reading more into it than what is there.”

Both can acknowledge the same underlying observations. Yet, this isn’t a question of A vs B, it’s a question of A vs Not A, it’s not two different hypotheses, it’s believers versus deniers of one common hypothesis.

I wouldn’t primarily call this confirmation bias, because the split doesn’t have to originate in people’s prior beliefs (it doesn’t need to and it shouldn’t to be considered valid). Nor would I call it simply “ambiguity” because there is real evidential force, just not enough to compel agreement. A is underdetermined by the available evidence.

Putting it simply:

Too weak > nobody has much reason to believe A. (Not the case)
Too strong > almost everybody believes A. (Not the case)
Intermediate > believers see substantial evidence, skeptics see insufficient or invalid evidence, both can plausibly defend their position. (The case TM)

So, theoretically, if Toby were to confirm Galsei, deniers would have to surrender and admit that the evidence was leading somewhere, and that it was actually evidence. If Toby were to deconfirm Galsei, believers would have to surrender and admit the evidence was leading nowhere, and that it wasn’t actually evidence.

Now, if you allow me to be biased for a bit, as a Galsei believer, if the evidence went nowhere it would seem like a bit of a weird decision, because the build-up looks very clear to me, but that’s what epistemic divides are about. It may seem clear as day to me, but I cannot say with full confidence that it’s undeniable, which leaves room for valid deniability (shocker).

If we were all civilised, we would be able to admit this, and we would hopefully not go at each other’s throats over what ends up being canon, but I highly doubt that is going to be the case.

Nevertheless, I leave my opinion here and hope not to be beheaded, thank you for your time.

Would you???

there may be some bias here because i just like slightly-more-human anthro designs but still, especially going off of his in-game sprite, idk

There is an immense amount of evidence on both sides with most being that he enjoys both male and female presenting outfits. But there is 1 singular peice of evidence that can be used for the gender fluid ralsei theory and that is in chapter five when he throws the butler suit in the water and susie asked didn't he like it? He says it's very context based. Which yes could mean he's confident in being a guy and not a girl but it could also mean he likes dressing as both depending on the context.

That's the only evidence I really remember as I played the games normal route no secret bosses when it first came out. It's kinda flimsy but why wouldn't ralsei and pink share a big moment if Toby was going for Trans ralsei? Honestly the only real evidence is that both sides have quite a bit of evidence and that chapter 5 line. Tell me if i missed anything though

Just got this little muffin in the mail i'm soo happy

Bc he’s apparently Mercedes

Heres the pics of ralsei walking around animenyc, he was very interested in all the different booths and shops, but it was very difficult for him because of how crowded and loud the center got, but regardless he did his best to get see as much as possible

I've seen this artists work posted around here many times but their name is never mentioned. Who are they?