INTERSTELLAR ASCENSION - Deltarune fan-secret boss theme

[@TheDramaJosh]

Is this that darned hand who speaks to mans all those theorizers keep talking about? (But jokes aside, banger vid as always!)

[@youtubebobguy]

Maybe 🙃

[@marcusmendesmontano7167]

Its the hand that speaks in man

[@GurnetGorge-zn3hp]

My friends and I are waiting on that big bang video! When you gonna finish it we would love to see how it turns out!

[@johncronk8867]

@@marcusmendesmontano7167wait that’s actually a good description of that “blah blah blah” gesture people do with their hands, the one that looks like this 🤏

[@Quackervoltz]

Are you gonna cover Sockswald's theme?

[@shaggy2367]

Undertale fan bosses: Sans, maybe like a few originals Deltarune fan bosses: *God*

[@RD3TC]

fr man.

[@ivoneo2806]

I kinda agree but cool pfp imo

[@connor28punaladas92]

Like Kirby

[@ivoneo2806]

@@connor28punaladas92 fr

[@NotSoCalmBaT]

And more sans

[@jamiebhoy8]

Can we pretend that socks in the night sky are like shooting stars?

[@noobiustheii9620]

Cuz I could really use a wish right now.

[@JustSomeRandomGuy1063]

@@noobiustheii9620 Wish right now, Wish right now.

[@ThefifthBishopofGord]

I wish Nerdly dies in every route.

[@LucyLavender1111]

Sans should pick up his sock right now, sock right now, sock right nooowww

[@iamsquid2223]

N O

[@creepa-botinc.3971]

This is why Sans doesn't pick up his sock He gets a pretty BAD feeling whenever he looks at it

[@bibblyboing]

•i dunno, paps. it looks powerful and dangerous to me. •IT'S JUST A SOCK!! IS THIS YOUR BEST EXCUSE??? •yeah.

[@igorguimaraes5283]

He gets a bad time

[@justyourfellowfrog]

@@bibblyboing * you could say it’s, * (puts arm in sock) * armed and dangerous

[@considerthetubes2864]

The idea of a sock puppet character becoming the whole ass hand is absolutely genius. Even removing all the Gaster symbolism. 10/10 character design yet again!

[@KHAOS890]

He is the anti gaster, the hand who speaks in man

[@goose-verse]

There's one piece Gaster symbolism, which is just the fact that it's a hand with a hole in it, but that could just be pure coincidence.

[@Integrous_Melodies]

​@@goose-versedamn guess the sans connection doesnt matter then.

[@averageyoutubehandle497]

​@@KHAOS890wait deltarune has religious themes so gaster is actually Jesus Christ and then we have the anti gaster/Christ which is this hand. Best theory ever 100%

[@nicholas851]

@@KHAOS890 Why does he speak in man? Is he stupid? Is there a lore reason?

[@jangabrielluus2320]

I love how Megalovania, STMPWYFS, STAR, and Interstellar Retribution are all included in a way that doesn't make the song feel like any of them.

[@ghifariasoka8272]

There's the main melody for Bonetrousle as thr backing melody for Sockswald's main motif in 0:37-0:56

[@VerticalFlyer47]

Given the carnival ride theme in the other secret bosses (carosel for Jevil, rollercoaster for Spamton) I think the ride would be the drop tower for this guy. The platforms rise and fall, after all

[@Victini7472]

i was thinking it'd be a helter skelter, cause the mountain at the start kinda looks like one (notice the spiralling lines on it), and the staircase at 0:07 as well bears a striking resemblance to one

[@ghifariasoka8272]

I thought it'd be a pendulum ride, so it's like the sock swings you instead of you swinging around a stuffed sock

[@Last_Person]

I know it’s a bit off from the boss itself, but imagine a blue soul secret boss that’s based on a graviton, and the added gimmick is being able to scale the walls in certain segments

[@ghifariasoka8272]

@@Last_Person Going off the 'space themed secret boss that uses the blue soul' trend in fan secret bosses (including yours), I have an idea for a museum dark world secret boss based on a toy solar system model

[@chrissfindings3267]

@@Last_Person was not expecting to see you here lol

[@emitrioff]

1:53 the STAR leitmotif is really fitting!

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

Ngl the motifs feel like puns but they make sense Lore wise Theres Disbelief Papyrus' motif (*Interstellar* Retribution) before and after the Freedom and MEGALOVANIA motifs Knowing how Sockswald was forced to fight you not by choice,which is similar to Papyrus in Disbelief , since he has no choice but to fight you to stop you.

[@emitrioff]

@@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco i thought it was disbelief but shrugged it off as coincidence

[@TheAdvertisement]

* It's time to shine bright! * The light pierces your mind. * The void consumes your soul. * The air crackles with freedom. * The stars glisten with memories. * The stars call for you to love them again. * The stars call for you to come home. * The stars pull you into their grasp. * Into the great beyond. * Beware the man who speaks in hands. * Are you a star?

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

*Press (Z) to do a high jump! *You are in disbelief. *You feel the weight of gravity crawling on your back *This is really getting out of hand *HANDROMEDA is preparing its special attack! *That was just a strong normal attack. *You are not having a good time *Something horrible is coming...! *Something resonantes within HANDROMEDA.. *They finally remember the good memories! PACIFY them!

[@minecraftgoatinthefreaking5415]

*For some reason, a flying TV laughs at you! *You hear clown noises coming from inside your....pocket? *Its followed by deals... *Could they help us?

[@th0m452]

*The stars being flung at you look brittle and fake *You notice that they are hung by a invisible strings *Use your superjump to shatter brittle projectiles! (They can be easily recognized because they're magenta)

[@averageyoutubehandle497]

For some reason I remember "are you as star?" Being some Easter egg in undertale

[@TheAdvertisement]

@@averageyoutubehandle497 It is in Undertale, though not really an Easter egg. An NPC says it in Waterfall.

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

The transition from the Disbelief motif to MEGALOVANIA fused with Freedom to then go back to Disbelief was smooth Also Disbelief is a good motif Because Sockswald kind of unexpentandly transforms into this Also "Interestellar Retribution" Clever...very cleever

[@ghifariasoka8272]

Good catch! Since that song is often tied to Papyrus, and the Soul mode theory would make the blue soul boss a Papyrus parallel, it ties well Also the bit showing the blue soul jumping away from the hand is also from Interstellar Retribution

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

​@@ghifariasoka8272thats what I actually meant Disbelief to FreedomxMegalo back to Disbelief Also after the second Disbelief part is the "Star" motif

[@Annexialol]

I fucking love kommisar they make such bops so consistently

[@smallchild691]

i dont hear the disbelief part could you put a time stamp?

[@smallchild691]

and what song exactly cause isnt there like 4 phases?

[@JustSomeRandomGuy1063]

I wonder what the implication was at The Ending Part. ‘Did they remember the Good times they had, making them realize what they’re doing is wrong, and then letting themselves be spared to stop Combat’ Because that’s the implication I got from it.

[@fleshdadbot6852]

That's a really nice guess, my thoughts on it were that handromeda, their power spent and their rising cut short starts feeling a twinge of regret, ending this battle in a "they deserved better than me" type moment.

[@kittensolder8818]

@@fleshdadbot6852 Handromeda? Is that the name of... this boss/Sockswald's inner thing?

[@fleshdadbot6852]

@@kittensolder8818 yeah, pretty sure it is.

[@xxsuperproductionsxx138]

same.

[@toddfox2229]

It's the left sock

[@ivythay4259]

I've been noticing more and more people are making fanmade secret bosses that have physical characteristics akin to MM/Gaster, like how Spamton has the white 'skin', black jacket and exposed white hands and chest, not unlike the Mystery Man sprite. Here, I see that it's a hand with a hole in it, an iconic Gaster-ism. And the song itself is awesome too.

[@superlagbro192]

Also jevil has MM eyes, so each secret boss having design parallels to him might be a theme

[@ivythay4259]

@@superlagbro192 That's a good point about Jevil. I, too, hope this is yet another pattern.

[@ghifariasoka8272]

Waiting for a secret boss that parallels the redacted sprite

[@ivythay4259]

@@ghifariasoka8272 Not a bad idea, but keep in mind Toby probably like *actually* scrapped Redacted from the game, as opposed to being thematically hidden in the files and such, like Gaster. Redacted is likely a super early attempt at making Gaster, but Toby didn't think it was working out, so he scrapped what we now know as Redacted, starting over and creating the Gaster we know and speculate about today.

[@yeahokaylol9231]

@@ghifariasoka8272 Already done. Check out Hex by R.V Pine

[@Last_Person]

This character design goes hard, I really like how it sorta hints to it with the star on sockswald’s chest

[@mr.explodey6745]

that perfect meld between megalovania and the freedom leitmotif is the kind of stuff i live for, phenomenal work to everyone here

[@BE-fw1lr]

I love the eerie sort of "alien conspiracy" vibes this song gives me, very appropriate for a secret boss.

[@wwillurdshunshine]

The freedom motif always gets me emotional for no reason lmao The character is very well made, it really fits on what deltarune is. Fantastic work

[@Mr.Auternick_006]

I think its becuz the Freedom motif usually show how the character Desire for Freedom, and it might be sad sometime

[@HiddenForbidden2]

I saw someone put it best with the quote: Because the Freedom Motif is like crack in music form

[@TheAdvertisement]

Not to mention the way it's like, expertly combined with Megalovania?

[@chickennuggetman2593]

disbelief Papyrus's motif is in the song to, hinting at some kind of betrayal

[@averageyoutubehandle497]

Even fits the thematic that deltarune has followed with plot connections to Homestuck, like how spamton is similar to lil cal and jevil to the other guy, I don't know, I'm not a Homestuck, but this looks close enough to bec noir

[@copperbread]

I don't know if its just me, but this character and especially the dialogue at the description of the video reminds me a LOT of that one character in waterfall back in Undertale who says, "What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it?" Maybe its a really obvious callback that i think I'm a genius for identifying, but I still think it's neat. Edit: And to add on to this, this takes place in a fan chapter that has a dark world in sans and papyrus's house, and funnily enough, the star character that I mentioned, is in the same room as sans with his telescope, whilst also having what I think is a megalovania motif, and being one of sans' socks.

[@alpho789]

loren moment

[@jaxon2132]

Loer moment

[@jma0645]

THE FREEDOM LEITMOTIF MIXED WITH MEGALOVANIA I CANT ITS TOO GOOD IM DRYING!!

[@jma0645]

​@elcapoooi also love that song but this one pulled this mix of songs much better

[@IRequireEggs]

If you’re drying, then get some water

[@Freedomleitmotiffinder]

I'm the freedom leitmotif finder. The freedom leitmotif is at 1:14 Until we meet again.

[@Deconstrife]

Ah! I’m Two months too late!

[@Halfhisunavailible]

@@DeconstrifeI’m two months late to this reply

[@Al_White]

I'm month later to the other reply

[@rocksandwiches]

I'm loving the little detail that the text in the video is in "Oswald" Keeping up the font theme from the brothers it would seem!

[@porytal6390]

I can't wait to listen to this in The Upper Hand when it releases!

[@its_clover2]

* What's a star? * Can you touch it? * Can you eat it? * Can you kill it? * ... * Are you a star?

[@strangefishman7635]

OH MY GOD

[@hybridvenom9]

Pov unplugging the Xbox controller

[@TheAdvertisement]

2:00 OMG I LOVE THAT USE OF STAR what a neat callback that fits entirely with the central theme. 1:37 Wait this part is Interstellar Retribution holy crap that's DOUBLY fitting. The name of the song of course works with the star motif, and the song was also used in (though not made for) Disbelief Papyrus which fits perfectly in with the Blue Soul mode!

[@TheAdvertisement]

And wait I just realized the Freedom section is like, perfectly spliced with the verse of Megalovania?? What????

[@Dananator5000]

There’s also a bit of I.R. At 1:06

[@sadbread7261]

Interstellar Retribution could also be what would be playing when papyrus is angrily writing the pick up sock notes for sans

[@WasteOfSpace610]

I LOVE THIS!!! I love the modified Freedom motif and it perfectly fits the intense context!! Just imagining what the Fun Gang feels while seeing their friend become this eldritch being is just AAAA

[@Missingno_Miner]

Papyrus' Cool Song AND Star? Two underused motifs used in a way that makes perfect sense for the context? Plus a disbelief motif that actually fits and a Megalovania/Freedom motif hybrid that goes hard and also makes sense? This is definitely one of the better fanmade secret boss themes out there.

[@Astro-ky8bn]

star my beloved

[@marcusmendesmontano7167]

I LOVE the little things in the background, theres: A bone in 00:28 A Mike head from Sadbreads fangame at 00:49 A baloon who i believe is Astrochew in 1:00 A Yippe! Sing in 1:10 Something in the top left corner around 1:22 And what i believe is an everyman attack patern in 1:27 Pretty cool honestly

[@duck_o_web]

Another comment (one made by birb70) stated that the random items floating in the background are indeed references to other bosses that use the blue soul (the bone is obviously from the skeletons, yipe sign is from Screepto, then there are the Astrochew and Mike cameos, etc.)

[@bugbrainz_]

1:53 literally in love with the star leitmotif here

[@supermemoluigi]

2:01 i just noticed that when the Thumb is in that position it looks like if he's sad by his expression.

[@PromboVII]

The leimotifs here go hard, but I ESPECIALLY love the use of the unsued Star song at the tail end. Not only is it a very fitting reference by name, considering Sockswalds design here, but it ALSO fits in the sense that the song itself went unused in Undertale, working back to the idea that all of the freedom bosses have been discarded in one way or another.

[@birb70]

I absolutely love the idea of a secret boss who pretty much befriends the party before fighting them, it adds an interesting conflict and surprise to the rather unsettling turn in the story. I love this theme btw, it has really unique phases and I love the freedom motif part. Also, not sure if anyone noticed but I love how there are some small references floating in the background, like Mike at 0:47, Yipe sign at 1:11 (is it a reference to Screepto? Idk I might just be watching way too much fanmade secret boss content lol) and the balloon thing at 1:01 (I bet it's also a reference to smth but I don't know).

[@xyrongonzalez3833]

balloon is a reference to Astrochew

[@birb70]

@@xyrongonzalez3833 ooh ok thanks for telling me

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

Basically all the other fan made secret bosses that use the blue soul mode make a cameo. You don't really see ASTROCHEW a lot compared to Screepto and Mike,nice to see gum boi take flight

[@malwarekirb4465]

Nice to see Astrochew I love that fella. Also the different star is Kass' (Kass Sheere, Creepabot's fan character) eye thingy when she goes rogue appears at 1:25

[@jma0645]

The is also a wranch at 0:28 anyone got any clue on what character Is referencing?

[@deviantgazer4626]

The artwork, is amazing. The music, phenomenal! I need to know the lore or backstory or context for this entire fight, because I think it's so good

[@ghifariasoka8272]

Oh man is there *a lot* to unpack here 0:00 The beginning gives me some X-Files opening vibes 0:18 It's the same synths from Megalovania isn't it? That's a good way to tie them to Sans 0:38 Don't you love it when the usually cheery and goody character's them gets twisted into a darker tone? 0:58 The hole. Gaster's hand. A sockpuppet is controlled by a hand under it 1:15 Mixing Megalovania and the Freedom leitmotif is a stroke of pure genius 1:32 This shot looks quite ominous, fitting with the battle's tone. I'm gonna hazard a guess that the hand under Sockswald belongs to Gaster? 1:33 This sounds like desperation. Like a genuine will to hurry up or else something bad happens, especially with the crescendo and the pitch rising. I imagine Handromeda's ultimate attack to be here 1:54 Sounds very cosmic and ethereal, which I like given the atmosphere All in all I like how forboding and spacey it sounds. We're dealing with something that touches the very cosmos itself. We might as well be space itself. That's how powerful this *thing* is. For the ACTs itself, it looks like we have to remind Handromeda of the times when we helped them as Sockswald and when they accompanied (even helped?) us. Though I still wonder what freedom is to Sockswald/Handromeda. Does Sockswald obsess over stars because they want to use save points to go back before they saw the crystal? Does Handromeda want to break out from Sockswald's role as an NPC by literally breaking out of them? Sockswald, alongside Solis, might genuinely be my favorite concept for a secret boss

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

Disbelief Papyrus'motif (AKA. Interstellar Retribution) sounds before and after Freedom x Megalo. Which makes sense Papyrus fights to stop you and tries to make you remember the good times You fight Sockswald/Handromeda to stop them while remembering them of the good times.

[@ghifariasoka8272]

​Following the 'soul color = Genocide route bosses in reverse order' theory, Sockswald is a Papyrus parallel

[@Quackervoltz]

​@@ghifariasoka8272 Yep

[@АндрійЛотиш-ф4х]

1:54 is the unused "Star" track from Undertale btw

[@ghifariasoka8272]

​​​@@АндрійЛотиш-ф4хJust realised I can hear Nyeh Heh Heh/Bonetrousle and sans. in the background

[@LoiValdes]

Well this will be interesting I always thought that this was a really good idea for a fangame

[@DarkMarxSoul]

Damn, the production value on the video especially is insane.

[@porytal6390]

I already loved Handromeda's design before any of the recent videos, but the backstory and theme are make me love it even more! Plus, I always appreciate a good interstellar retribution motif or two.

[@bonetrixarts]

This is so cool!!! Also the reference in the description has me losing it because my friend quotes that star thing all the time 💀

[@scribblehead5626]

* KRITH! THUTHIE! RALTHEI! * THOTHE GOOD TIMETH WE HAD... * WERE THEY ALL ILLUSIONTH? * AM I REALLY WORTH NOTHIN'? (Sockswald is shaking with fear.) * JUTHT A THMALL THPECK AMONG A THEA OF THTARTH? * ADRIFT IN A THENTHELETH VOID, WHERE FREEDOM MOCKTH UTH FROM AFAR? * P-P-P-P-P-P-PLEATHE! YOU'VE GOT TA KNOW! (You stare in the abyss. It refuses to stare back.) * TELL ME! TELL ME THAT CHOITHE MATTERTH! TELL ME THAT OUR HANDTH AREN'T TIED! * WATH WHAT I THAW TRULY TRUTHFUL? OR ONE BIG COTHMIC DUPE?! (...But there was nothing to say.)

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

I wonder what items he would potentially drop when defeated Potential idea Pacifist Route: Sticker Star *A sticky little thing that finds itself in places it shouldn’t. Adds to Magic* Attack Route: Lone Sock *Surprisingly effective as a gauntlet. It’s been far too long since it’s been worn. Adds to attack*

[@DR_amnesia]

Someone should definitely make a mod for this, Very cool The Winterer

[@KassHeart]

cant wait to be coming back to this comment in 6 months time

[@neonotterpop2528]

​@@KassHeart👀

[@youyououmf8200]

BANGER, the music and the arts are so cool !

[@dylatron4533]

0:36 this part is amazing, it really sounds like celestial, stars, and something unexplained. And brings the song to sound like an awesome battle scene. 10/10 would ADHD hyper fixate anytime.

[@iregretthisentertainment6033]

I’m basically gonna name the reasons why I love this song and SOCKSWALD and Handromeda •There basically sans and papyrus in a nutshell with SOCKSWALD being papyrus and Handromeda being Sans (powerful wise not personality wise) •The design is simple yet so perfect and feels so ominous and eerie •The Music basically sounds like the games telling you: “Yeah pal you F**KED” •I can here the megalovania sounding music in the beginning •You can here some Papyrus and sans Motifs •At 1:14 You can here the megalovania motif mixed with the freedom motif which is just perfect •At 1:33 You basically put the Disbelief motif which is just amazing 🤩 In conclusion: This is F**KING Amazing!!!!!! Love to see more of them!!!!!!

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

This song and these animations are both absolutely *_stellar,_* you all did an absolutely spectacular job on them!!

[@Emperor_Creeper]

Holy cungadero this is great! This is an absolute banger. Props to a fellow Creeper (Creepa-bot) and Local H00ligan. 1:10 I swear, I love how they made it sound like Megalovania and the Freedom leitimof at the same time! Wonderful art work too, keep up the great work!!

[@checherex]

I like the concept of this fight using the blue soul, it makes a lot more sense than spamton using the yellow one lmao Also, I love how the freedom leitmotif combines with megalovania, simply epic!!

[@BananaTrooper3650]

Well, it's Spamton NEO using the yellow soul, not Spamton.

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

Spamton NEO uses the yellow soul because he parallels Mettaton

[@checherex]

YES, I KNOW, I PLAYED UNDERTALE, THANKS

[@RetroLeaves]

​@@checherexokay you don't have to be an ass

[@BrownKirbyEpic]

it makes roughly the same amount of sense

[@16bitsam.]

WOW!!! This is better than I imagined. I love the Mix of Sockswald and Sans/Papyrus Motifs and the mix of MEGALOVANIA and the Freedom Motif was S-tier and the animation GOD-TIER (Love all the references btw). Oh and the title being both a reference to the fact Handromeda has Space connections AND Interstellar Retribution is a nice touch. Overall Great song & video 10/10.

[@OhNoBohNo]

I love how Undertale and Deltarune have inspired some of the most GORGEOUS, CREATIVE projects I've ever seen, WOWIE!

[@AltBoi-l4x]

I love how sans’ motif just randomly appears at 1:05 as if somehow he has some implication in this. (Head canon: hes sitting back on his recliner eating popcorn while watching this fight happen)

[@Gregthefeaster]

It's because sockswald is sans' sock that he refuses to pick up

[@teaturtlesuffers]

Astromewing: "Wh-1-2-3-t a nice day in 0UTER!" Hand who Speaks in Mans: "Booo~" Astromewing: "WHAT THE *explosion.jpg*

[@finger-lock]

*Sockswald imagines an audience into the fight, they are cheering. *Sockswald says a pun, the audience is unamused *The audience has left *You feel freedom in the air

[@Victini7472]

this theme is _out-of-this-world_

[@kkotheracountnstuff]

In the background at 1:00 you can see the balloon from The Final Frontier (Witch is another fan song for a fan char of deltarune, and it makes sense cuz creepabot made the balloon guy to my knowledge, and cutschenes for this)

[@kkotheracountnstuff]

Also theres the mike robots from that one fangame

[@AverageNintendofan-ll2pm]

Not only is there the freedom motif but also Megalovania and Disbelief 10/10 amazing fan track!

[@py6oto]

this entire concept is so cool! i'm a sucker for characters who start out as friends, become enemies for a certain period of time, and then either give up or become a friend again. this song is really good, too. one of my favorite oc's ive seen in a while!!!!

[@geesxing]

* You got the Rag Scarf (Ralsei, boosts his heal) * You got the Starcrest (Kris, just generally good weapon)

[@Scrunchhh]

Spectacular work on the animation and I love all the references to The Other blue soul using secret bosses, not to mention the music being amazing. Creepa-Bot Inc. and Local H00ligan always make some of the best Deltarune fan music.

[@ghifariasoka8272]

0:48 Mike 0:59 Astrochew 1:11 Screepto 1:26 Kass Did I get everyone here?

[@Scrunchhh]

@@ghifariasoka8272 There’s also this one at 1:23 to the left of the big INTERSTELLAR ASCENSION logo. But besides that I think you got all of them

[@ghifariasoka8272]

@@Scrunchhh I think that's Sockswald, right after Handromeda discarded them. The white part looks like the star on Sockswald's shirt. I gaslit myself into thinking there was am Occazio reference somewhere, so I looked for all the blue soul secret bosses here

[@Scrunchhh]

@@ghifariasoka8272thanks I’ve been wondering what that was.

[@rooknook5379]

That's really cool, kinda sad no Occazio tho lol

[@k1zm3t]

1:15 best part

[@pizzweak580]

Sockswald looking imposing yet beautiful at the same time. I just like the night sky coloring going on here

[@_AnCub_]

0:28 bone flying in the sky 0:48 ....Mike...? 01:02 Astrochew(maybe) 01:12 "Yipe" tablet, Screepto 01:18 staaaaars with freedom motif 01:23 idk what is thing in top left corner 01:27 star with... eye.? I love how there is megalovania, disbelief, stars motifs And Sockswald-Oswald(font)

[@sacredskyy]

i saw someone make some flavor-text stuff so i'm gonna make my own *The Cosmos await. *Sockswald is firing beams from their eye. *You're seeing stars. Or maybe it's just Sockswald. *The air crackles with freedom. *...or maybe it's the stardust. *Sockswald is trying to eat the stars. *The hands reach out for your SOUL. *Sockswald mutters "BEHIND THE TREE." *The stars are shattered. *Sockswald's eye is glowing with power. *You feel your world crumbling around you. *You're blue now. That's their attack.

[@PASKETTI_BOI123]

I know it's a small detail but, I love how the thumb is used to portray the sadness at the end of the song

[@MinusCriminal]

This entire song is nicely written and flows together seamlessly. The Intersteller Retribution lightmotifs are insanely cool, and the boss concept is quite interesting; it feels very well thought out. Kudos to everyone who worked on this! I'm gonna have to check out that FLP!

[@RealCoolstriker64]

How dare you hide this gem in the description? * THE STARS, THEY ARE MINE * I CAN TOUCH THEM, I CAN KILL THEM, I CAN CONSUME THEM * THAT LIGHT YOU HOLD * ARE YOU A STAR?

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

Attacks I could see happening in this fight: -The gimmick in this fight is similar to the yellow soul, where if you hold space, you can do a high jump that jumps higher. -Some attack patterns are similar to Sans and Papyrus’ fights but ethereal Hands replace the bones. -‘Sockswald’ Stars fall from the sky (at first outside the box, but a later version has some of them land directly inside the box), creating shockwaves when they land that need to be jumped over. Some of the stars will be larger and will create a larger shockwave that you need to high jump to avoid. -Sockswald makes a finger gun that shoots bullets like master hand, requiring you to time your jumps in order to not get caught by them, later on he fires even faster and finishes it with a quick palm laser that you can avoid if you high jump just as he finishes charging. - Sockswald will start firing lasers randomly, with some flying off in a random direction, while others are targeted towards you and need to be jumped around. A later version has him get more accurate and finish with a sweeping right to left laser that you can avoid by running to the back of the box and high jumping when it sweeps near you. Final Freakout: You fall onto a platform, right before it shatters beneath you, and thousands of hands start rushing towards you from below, requiring you to quickly escape upwards by jumping from platform to platform, with stars and lasers falling from above that have to be maneuvered around. The attack ends with the soul left stranded on a lonely platform and Sockswald looming above you, before they fire off a laser, forcing you to jump off to avoid it, the attack ending just as you’re falling into the horde of hands below.

[@TWMFanclub]

The final attack should be called Final Frontier, like Space

[@neonotterpop2528]

that's really cool, although I might incorporate a super jump somewhere in there that allows you to levitate as a nod to papyrus's "super cool normal attack"

[@Quackervoltz]

Sockswald uses they/them

[@sssaym]

the astrochew at 1:00 is an adorable touch

[@carli517]

1:14 megalovania return banger bro

[@s0LLagal]

Gods I love the little Disbelief leitmotif you put near the end

[@Neramitas]

That moment when you realise the hand is technically the skeleton of a sock puppet

[@TheAdvertisement]

o-o

[@crazyninja1351]

THIS IS SO COOL!!!!! Phenomenal art and music!!! The inclusion of the cut song from undertale is really cool :3

[@CarterIsReal]

*Handromeda’s* theme *slaps* so hard, sure to *knock your socks off*

[@laytonspuzzle]

Motifs that I recognize: 0:20 - Sockswald (beginning notes of his theme) 0:37 - Sockswald 0:37 - Nyeh Heh Heh (background beat) 1:05 - Interstellar Retribution (in the background) 1:05 - sans. 1:14 - MEGALOVANIA / Freedom (combined) 1:33 - Interstellar Retribution 1:51 - Star 1:51 - Sockswald(?)

[@ghifariasoka8272]

0:20 is the beginning of Sockswald's theme (8 bit part) played in Megalovania's guitar

[@kensmess3802]

i swear 0:56 is one

[@Deltablade-m2c]

Leitmotivs i Found 0:18 Rude Buster 0:37 Sockswald 0:57 Megalovania? 1:10 Disbelief 1:13 Papyrus 1:20 Freedom+Megalovania 1:34 Interestellar Retribution I guess that this are the motifs :3

[@spooklass]

Was not expecting to see Creepa-Bots name here, I've heard about him through a few friends. Very cool!

[@WazzupBruddahs]

I really love all the references to these themes I recognized, and all the easy to miss if you aren't looking easter eggs! ❤❤ Also this theme you made was a banger. 10/10 music to my ears. :D

[@VT0301]

1:33 the disbelief papyrus callback lol

[@bjbxs]

THE DESCRIPTION IS IN REFERENCE TO WHAT A RANDOM NPC IN WATERFALL IN UNDERTALE WHAAAAAT

[@0_clover740]

my friend ranted about this to me in dns and while i gotta admit im glad they showed this to me this is a banger, well made song genuinely good job on it B]

[@literallynamedlego4940]

i love all the other blue-soul secret boss references, such as screepto's "Yipe!" sign and the Mike TV head.

[@jeepercreepers9]

I like the idea of the secret boss being Sans' sock, it follows the pattern of neglect and the character being a sock puppet fits the manipulation theme, not to mention the iconic mystery man hole in hand

[@dizzyclown7131]

Pretty swag video! Great stuff like always, Winterer! :)

[@CheesyLizzy]

I love how you included the freedom theme too 😄 Also this animation is beautiful!

[@numbskull_justashinyfuecoco]

It is the secret Boss after all

[@lasagna3289]

I love the part that's a mix of THE WORLD REVOLVING and MEGALOVANIA. Also, why does the part at 1:33 sound so familiar...? And I think there's Star at the end, really cool!

[@elbunko_]

It's from the papyrus disbelief theme I think

[@cellina.starfire]

@@elbunko_ It is! It's also why this boss theme is called "Interstellar Ascension", as a parallel to "Interstellar Retribution" - the Disbelief theme!

[@elbunko_]

@@cellina.starfire fuckin awesom

[@TheBigOneUa]

I love when people use disbelief motif

[@Cloro21]

i wish i could be as cool and well known as you. eh, someday... really good job, bud. it rocks!!!

[@loserboyVETT]

I love the Megalovania tie-ins with the freedom motif! Adds a nice badass vibe!!

[@CloudMouth27]

the visuals are eyecandy and the music is giving me an eargasm i love everything about this character

[@pokeluis2002]

This is my favorite fanmade secret boss theme ever, given this is suppouse to be a joke chapter The music being so fast paced and frentic really expresses what it wants to say. Jevil thinks he's free, Spamton thinks he's about to be free, but Sockswald/Handromeda is actually going to be free and the music makes it sound like if he's just a few steps closer to freedom

[@darkmatter9651]

THIS BANGS WHAT-- The amount of leitmotifs in this is absolutely insane I love it!!!

[@snatchymarx]

The last thing i was expecting was a reference to the unused "star" track but im all for it

[@neonotterpop2528]

If Gaster created this world, and if he's puppeteering sockswald, that would mean in a way, you are fighting the hand of god. funnily enough, theres actually a nebula that shares the same name - pretty cool detail! also, love the idea of the upwards gravity thing thats exclusive to papyrus "super cool normal attack" is reused here, but actually used for a special attack. edit: 0:18 Creepa/h00ligan, I heard that VHS sans motif you sly little goose.

[@shocker_boi-2.0]

You know........with all the fanmade secret bosses, Jevil, Spamton and now Sockswald, I just thought of a name for a group they could be called..........would "The witnesses of Gaster" work?

[@InternetExplorationalist]

Love the use of the song stars here

[@StevenBadAss]

Wait is the fight happening in space supposed to represent the sock actually being taken upstairs to sans room? Because if so that’s genius.

[@larsthememelord3383]

I got to hand it you this is really well done it doesnt sock in any way shape or form

[@joshuahalley9556]

Papyrus: SANS WHY HAS YOUR SOCK TURNED INTO AN INTERDIMENSIONAL GOD??? Sans: i dont know bro, i gave it a cookie and then it just did that.

[@Dylosauruss]

holy shit! I ABSOLUTELY love this fan boss. definitely one of my favorites

[@Kai_andboarborg]

I like how in the description it’s a reference to a undertale charater that says “can you touch it? Can you kill it, can you eat it? Are you a star?” Something like that

[@NotWetToast]

From a distance: "THIS IS WHY YOU PICK UP YOUR SOCK'S SANS!"

[@gilbertquesomance2266]

I love the use of that one star dialogue from undertale in the description

[@Inatorcreator]

I like to think that if you go to the lake spot after this chapter you can see the constellation of a hand in the water

[@ajm4288]

The new blue mechanic is the multi jump, kind of like how Flappy Bird works. To be able to move higher and higher, jumping in the air would work so well