Where did the idea that Susie got away with being a bully scot-free come from?
Oftentimes, when I see people giving genuine criticism of Deltarune's writing, I notice a particular reoccuring point that Susie's character is lackluster since she doesn't have to face the consequences of her bullying behavior and be confronted about being a bad person just a week ago, but it leaves me confused due to what the game actually shows us about her
Monster Kid directly states that she didn't actually hurt them, she was just creepily staring at them playing the ball and when it accidentally launched in her direction she froze up and kicked it straight into Undyne's car. This doesn't seem like the behavior of a bully, it's just a socially awkward teenager wishing but not being able to actually form connections with people so she comes off as weird by others, which mixed with her scary appearence makes others stay away from her
And examples of her genuinely being a bully in the game are all nuanced too. Her assaulting Kris at chapter 1 is her literally at the lowest mental point due to being in fear of expulsion, that's clearly not how she behaves normally, and even then she apologises to Kris about it in chapter 5 and they seem chill about it. The only other time beyond her scaring off Noelle in a comedic fashion I can think of would be her intimidating Monster Kid and Snowy by punching the shelter door, but that only happens because they start calling Kris a coward, her worst example of unanswered for bullying is protecting her friend from having their name slandered
Even her Card Kingdom massacre doesn't come off as inherently malicious when you consider everything from her perspective:
1. The entire situation is incredibly confusing and stress inducing, she could just be lashing out in self-defense
2. Most of the Card Kingdom Darkners attack her first, for some reason everyone just wants the smoke so of course she'd retaliate with violence in return
3. This whole place is not like real life, it's very clearly a goofy fantasy world so her beating up the weirdos that inhabit it isn't as insane as her beating up a real life person would be
Susie in Chapter 1 is designed to be a typical RPG protagonist. That's why she just beats everyone up and does stuff like stealing someone's cake, a very deliberate nod to players just taking things that belong to NPCs as long as it's not considered a crime in-universe. This is literally what Undertale was based on, the idea of a normal looking RPG that actually offers a way for you to solve everything peacefully. And she doesn't even kill the Darkners, she just comedically squashes them
All in all, I just do not understand the sentiment of Susie being this horrible monster that has to answer for her actions when she either already did or those actions are so miniscule in their villainy that I don't think they require some specific dedicated interactions of her and her "victims". Perhaps I'm missing something and she genuinely \*was\* tormenting everyone and beating them up prior to the events of the story, if that's the case I'd love to hear it so I could better understand the online discourse of the game