Miquella - A Deconstruction of Villainy

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  @1wayroad935 · 2 years ago

  The second Miquella discarded Saint Trina, his entire plan becomes invalidated. You can't create a world of kindness and compassion if you throw away your love.

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  @Big_Cap · 2 years ago

  "Fuck your toxic positivity, let me ride my horse" - Radahns great rune most likely.

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  @cb-9938 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Biggest sign that Radahn was being used was the absence of his horse<br>Which has been said he would never leave. Even learning gravity magic so it could still hold his collosal body. If he is without his horse, then it&apos;s not Radahn in control<br><br><br>*Edit: Miqulla also Braided Rhadahns Hair. Weird detail I just realized on a replay

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  @marshallm0992 · 2 years ago

  My favorite little detail in the Miquella fight is that the “Heart Stolen” text is yellow and not red. Which implies that having your heart stolen is a victory. However the yellow is a more muted color than the typical “Great enemy defeated” or “Legend Felled” text. Implying it’s not a true victory. Which could correlate to how Miquella’s ideal world of compassion isn’t truly compassionate if everyone is brainwashed.<br><br><br>Or I’m just looking WAY too into a string of text.

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  @LAK_770 · 2 years ago

  Miquella reminds me of Gandalf’s stated reasons for refusing the Ring. He essentially tells Frodo that he would be an even worse Lord than Sauron, and Tolkien expands on this in a letter. Basically Gandalf’s foundation of mercy and good intentions would be twisted into a kind of insidious “for your own good” tyranny that winds up being far more totalitarian than Sauron’s straightforward use of force and terror. Sauron demands submission or death, but at least he’s honest about it and doesn’t expect you to like it.

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  @mr.meanwhile · 1 year ago

  The moment I found the cross which read &quot;Here I abandon my fears&quot; I knew, that I would face something absolutely fucked and the game delivered.

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• CC

  @Ccerran · 2 years ago

  “I promise you compassion”<br><br>Is that why you’ve been rearranging my ribcage for the past 18 hours?

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  @exodosthesoulbanish · 2 years ago

  He really is his mother&apos;s son.

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  @glaeli1184 · 2 years ago

  The thing that amazed me is how well every aspect of this story works together, starting with Miquella’s curse of eternal childhood, right there you have the entire symbolism of his path: a child looking at the world with a child’s eyes, full of compassion and passion to do something to make it better but also twisted by an immature ego that is so typical of children, prone to unrealistic expectations, passionate fixations, no boundaries or rules and no compromises. <br>Miquella is exactly like I would picture a child with his powers.

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  @Mo167ose · 2 years ago (edited)

  I think something worth mentioning is that Ansbach’s personality suggests that Mohg wasn’t always insane. Ansbach served Mohg before Miquella came around, and he’s much more calm, collected and kind than Mohg’s new followers (Varre for example). He even says to the character after dying to Radahn, “Righteous Tarnished, make a world not for gods, but for all men.” He doesn’t even hate the Tarnished for killing Mohg, he just hates how Miquella has desecrated his corpse. That makes me think the way Mohg’s dynasty/cult operates was a result of Miquella’s brainwashing, maybe even in an attempt to encourage someone to one day kill Mohg.

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  @seatonann · 2 years ago

  &quot;there is no true evil in Elden Ring.&quot; I offer a counterpoint, Seluvis

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  @MorbidMind123 · 2 years ago (edited)

  As a member of the Carian royal family Radahns fate is tied with the stars along with Ranni&apos;s, its entirely possible that him holding the stars in place while becoming a Rot Zombie was to hold off his fate as promised consort. Our destroying him, one of the pre-requisites for the DLC, both frees his soul and his fate.

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