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Deltarune Chapter 2 is a delight in every way, but it deeply troubled me that there was a separate darker route involving easily my favorite character in that chapter. In this episode of Psych of Play, we’ll take a deep dive into the psyche of Noelle Holiday, analyze her behaviors, why she is the way she is, why her character works, and how you the player affect her growth.

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Surfshark! (0:00​)
"You want to play a little game?" (1:19)
Feeling Learned Helplessness (2:48​)
Meet Noelle (3:41)
SPOILERS BEGIN and my thoughts on Deltarune (4:53)
Noelle is Passive (5:33​)
Analyzing the Normal Route (7:43)
Noelle is courageous (11:07​)
Why it truly is Learned Helplessness (12:15​)
Analyzing The Snowgrave Route (16:01)
Two Routes, One Outcome? (19:05)
The Hospital , The Hero, and The Villain (20:04)
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▶Games Shown

Deltarune Chapter 2 (2021) - Toby Fox
Hollow Knight (2017) - Team Cherry
OMORI (2020) - OMOCAT, LLC
Doki Doki Literature Club! (2017) - Team Salvato
Metroid Dread (2021) - Mercury Steam
Detroit Become Human (2018) - David Cage
Persona 5: Royal (2019) - Atlus, P Studio
NieR:Automata (2017) - PlatinumGames
OMORI (2020) - OMOCAT, LLC

▶Clips/Movies/Anime/TV Shown

Kaguya Sama Love is War
50/50
Tom and Jerry (as usual)
Bakemonagatari
Your Name

Other clips and considerations:
   • Snowgrave Psych  

▶Music Sources:

Bomberman 64 OST - Stage Select
Castlevania 64 OST - Annex - Silent Madness
1080° Snowboarding - Lost
Dj CUTMAN - Before the Story (Chill Hop Remix) -    • Before the Story (Chill Hop Remix) ~ ...  
Dj CUTMAN - Legend (Trip Hop Mix) -    • Legend (Trip Hop Mix) ~ DELTARUNE Remix  
Deltarune OST - Lost Girl (Noelle's Theme)
𝕜𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕞 - chime -   / chime  
Deltarune OST - Faint Glow
Deltarune OST - Girl Next Door
Deltarune OST - Digital Roots
Deltarune OST - The Dark Truth
Cadred - non-locality -    • non-locality - generic lofi original  
REPULSIVE - Wings -    • Video  
𝐭𝐫𝐱𝐱𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 - Ivory (ft. Jhove) -   / ivory-ft-jhove  
Lena Raine - Lost Girl Piano Arrangement (unofficial) -    • Deltarune Chapter 2 - Lost Girl Piano...  
REPULSIVE - Aftersome -    • Video  
Deltarune OST - Flashback (GENOCIDE)
Vetrom - Faint Courage (Game Over) - Remix Cover -    • Faint Courage (Game Over) - Remix Cov...  

▶Research Articles Cited

(1)Learned helplessness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

(2)Learned Helplessness Among Families and Surrogate Decision-Makers of Patients Admitted to Medical, Surgical, and Trauma ICUs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

(3)Learned helplessness and generalization
https://web.stanford.edu/~ngoodman/pa...

Born to Choose: The Origins and Value of the Need for Control
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

The neural basis of rationalization: cognitive dissonance reduction during decision-making
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Why Losing Control Can Make You Happier
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/arti...

Understanding Psychological Reactance
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Deltarune endings statement
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq...

Do 'Rage Blackouts' Actually Exist?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3jdx...

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