Joke Explanation

The joke could be funny just by being a reference to Undertale("human I remember you're genocides"), but knowing the weight of the situation makes it even funnier in my opinion, especially because I came up with a huge chunk of it before playing Undertale(new ideas will be marked in blue though. yes they're mostly filled plot holes and have nothing to do with Undertale but still), so I'll explain what the genocide is about and how it ties to Sirocko and Crystaly.

1. What the genocide is about

The genocide is known as the Great War of Autumn and Spring. After discovering Autumnals and labelling them as an anomaly, Vienessa, a Vernal powerhouse, began to invade them. In a fit of anger, Autumnals declared a war on Vernals, which made both seasons fight tooth and nail to take down each other. Sirocko, who was a proud Vernal at the time, defended his community in the war. Quickly enough, Autumn became powerless against Spring and war crimes were normalized by Vernals, which meant innocent civilians were harmed and killed.

^{edits from january 19: explained the war clearly and with more details.}

2. How Winter is affected

While the other two seasons, Summer and Winter, aren't involved in the war, one of them is still affected. This is because Spring lacked factory workers, which meant not enough weapons. Since Summer wasn't discovered yet and Vernals carry diseases that kill Autumnals, they conveniently turned to Hibernals and forced them to work in factories. While Vernals and Hibernals were previously allies, the Hibernal slaves became numerous and dehumanized, which ruined their relationship. Autumnals and Hibernals, both oppressed by Vernals, were now rooting for each other.

3. What Sirocko did after the genocide was over

Sirocko died shortly before the war ended, but he had a special ability: reincarnation. This means he involuntarily came back as Hibernal, briefly experiencing slavery like Crystaly. Sirocko gained sympathy for Hibernals and tried to befriend Crys. However, they refused(because they recognized him from his past life) and declared a war, killing Sirocko in the process. When he reincarnated as an Estival, he apologized to the Hibernal community, and was finally forgiven when Crystaly and Zoheli, leader of Summer, became allies. (I'll make a Zoheli tangent in a reply because why not)

^{edits from january 19: minor rewording + announced Zoheli tangent}

4. What made the illustrated moment happen

Just because Sirocko is now peaceful with Autumnals and Hibernals doesn't mean he stopped being violent. In fact, he is part of an organization called R.E.K.S., a group of Estival-Autumnal countries where murder isn't a crime. Members took advantage of this fact to engage in mass murder and cause (civil) wars. This is when Crystaly, devastated by Sirocko's fake apology, warns him to stop, using the Great War of Autumn and Spring as a perfect example and reminder... "countryhuman, we remember you're genocides"

^{edit from january 19: reworded the last sentence.}

• written: jan 14
• edited: jan 19