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in light of my recent art coming out have this:

the fanfic wont write itself, i must get back to work!!!!!!

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its a relationship chart!

(i know you people just want to see morgott, it's fine i oblige)

((i had to cover morgotts bush for privacy))

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I feel that regarding Morgott/Tarnished pairings there’s an untapped market regarding the transitional period that there would be between the start of the relationship and the point where it actually is healthy

Like it would take a lot of effort on the Tarnished’s part to actually get Morgott to simply just be amicable to them. Like it wouldn’t take too much divergence from canon to keep him alive, simply have him decide to concede to the Tarnished instead of choosing to keep going until he dies; he’d have to realize that he cannot win, but if he stays alive he can figure out some way to minimize the damage the Tarnished poses to the Golden Order/Leyndell, especially since they aren’t Elden Lord yet, so he’s got time to plan. It could be believable since while Morgott is prideful as hell, he’s also fully devoted to his role as Lord of Leyndell; yes it’s more likely he’d die protecting the Erdtree, as happens in canon, but posing a divergence from canon with his concession, depending mostly on the type of Tarnished he’s dealing with, wouldn’t be too out of character so long as you frame it as a long play on his part, which we know he’s capable of given his history as Veiled Monarch for the past few thousand years or so.

So given this kind of foundation, there’s no way in hell that there would be any sort of progress until after the Tarnished becomes Elden Lord. Morgott’s deal is very much ‘the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don’t’. He’s not stupid; he knows he suffers under the Golden Order, he knows other Omen suffer under the Golden Order, he knows the world had gone to shit. Yet still, this is all he has. He’s given himself to the Golden Order because it’s all he has. He holds a hope that yes, one day the Golden Order will fix everything, that it will hold true and restore sanity to The Lands Between. It is the only thing he has left to give his love to, and by every god above that’s what he’s going to do. And like I don’t 100% subscribe to the notion that the dude is just a self-loathing sad sack. Yes, he holds a disdain for his Omen heritage and views himself as lesser in that regard, but at the same time he deliberately escaped the Shunning Grounds during the Shattering and took the throne of Leyndell for himself. He explicitly refers to himself as ‘Last of All Kings’ during the cutscene for his boss battle. He’s an efficient warmonger and one of the orchestrators of one of the battle on Mount Gelmir, which is considered one of the most appalling battles in the entirety of the Shattering. Despite all his hang ups about being an Omen, he is prideful to a fault.

So then when it comes to the Tarnished, he doesn’t know what they are going to do. (Minor point of contention that I have is when people refer to Morgott as ‘racist’ because of his disdain for the Tarnished. First off, Tarnished aren’t a race, being Tarnished is an affiliation; warriors of Godfrey that were banished with him after they lost Grace in The Long March (pretty sure that’s what it was called) and their descendants. If you’re gonna call Morgott racist then criticize his beliefs about the Golden Order and how they treat lesser races, but not because he hates the player character. Stupid thing to bitch about but I digress) Morgott hates the Tarnished because he knows what they represent. He knows that means that they have been called to repair the Elden Ring and become the new reigning Elden Lord, which is an idea that terrifies Morgott. And honestly given some of the endings you can achieve, he’s right to be terrified. This is something that threatens the state of the Golden Order and the Lands Between as a whole, much less Morgott’s title as Lord of Leyndell. He stands to lose everything he’s desperately fought for, and watch the world fall apart before his very eyes. There would be no relationship between the Tarnished and Morgott unless they could prove to him that they aren’t going to essentially ruin everything. Given that they are able to achieve this, it would likely be slow going to improve their standing; hesitant allies evolving to a sort of comfortable ‘coworker’ (I suppose? There’s probably a better word for it but that’s all I’ve got at the moment) standing given that the Tarnished proves themselves competent in manners of state, or if they are willing to learn (preferably from Morgott since then he’d be more assured that they’re doing things the ‘right’ way). Of course Morgott would be very unlikely to initiate anything on his end. As it stands, once he’s sure the Tarnished won’t bring about the destruction of the Lands Between, he’d probably prefer to be left alone to keep serving as Lord of Leyndell. It’s not that he necessarily wants to be alone, it’s just more comfortable for him; it’s what he’s used to. But given that he’s almost certainly lonely, and if they are tolerable to be around, it would take less effort than one would think to get him to warm up to them.

If it did ever progress to something romantic however, the Tarnished would need to initiate. Firstly, it’s unlikely Morgott would recognize any romantic feelings he may harbor as being such; he’d likely take it as himself beginning to recognize the Tarnished as Elden Lord, which is a status akin to divinity, since for Morgott love and worship are intrinsically linked in his mind. Secondly, even if he did recognize himself as falling in love, he would not act on it unless he knew his affections were explicitly wanted. And even then it would take convincing. Just because he feels he deserves his position as Lord of Leyndell, doesn’t mean he feels like he would deserve to consort with the Elden Lord. He *is* still an Omen. He knows that is something that is undesirable, something that he himself considers undesirable. It would take a metric ton of coaxing and reassurances that yes, the Tarnished does in fact want him romantically.

And then it would very quickly get unhealthy.

As I said before, Morgott believes love and worship to be intrinsically linked to one another; his parents are gods and the only thing he has ever loved has been the religious system that oppressed him for thousands of years. He had likely never had any sort of healthy attachments modeled for him, and thus would not know how to express his newfound love for the Tarnished in a healthy manner. Like it wouldn’t get to ridiculous levels like ‘Alpha Male’ Morgott, but he would be incredibly jealous and possessive. This is his Love, his very God. He dedicates his very fucking soul to them and only them, and he’s constantly terrified of losing their favor just as he never held the favor of Grace. Because the Tarnished is a God he knows that other people worship and covet them as well. Depending on the Tarnished’s stance on the Golden Order it’s very likely he would at this point finally abandon it, especially if it’s been abolished by the Tarnished. How foolish of him to worship false idols that would never return his love! He’s finally found true divinity! Of course be still holds lingering shame about his blood considering that it takes more than a little while to undo thousands of years of hearing that you are a mistake and a blight on the world. But in this instance his shame would only push him to keep his hold tight on the Tarnished. He knows that he is Unworthy, and yet he still has the love of his God anyways, and there isn’t a single damn person that can take this away from him. It’s very likely he would also become paranoid to excessive levels that the Tarnished will find someone better. That there are worthier suitors than him, that they will decide that they no longer want him and have realized that they deserve better. Depending on if the Tarnished is able to catch this, it’s very likely that Morgott would spiral into something uncontrollable and that the relationship would become something toxic. Taking a more optimistic path, it would take a lot of honest discussion with Morgott before the relationship settles into something healthy, at least on Morgott’s side. He’d eventually calm the hell down and for the most part quell his more negative emotions.

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can you tell i drew this with my finger on a plane with great turbulence? dont question the message in the drawing, it's all yuri.

morgott drawing coming along swimmingly, and stay tuned for a relationship chart between all of them.

fic progress >>

i'm on the 14th chapter of the PLAN for my fic. the main story is more or less planned out(character deaths, final lordship, end relationships, etc.) , i just need more time to actually cohesively weave the story together through the POV character chapters. its exceptionally fun.

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long time no morgott drawing. either way, i'll post it once its done. and the adohan doodle in the image. i personally think its the best rendition of how she looks like in the fic((still in progress but its coming i swear)).

adohan is much like a hawk, i think, meanwhile inspiration for morgott's appearance is often taken from wolves, goats and deer, both predator and prey alike.(more on that bellow if you squint)

general (certainly bitter) morgott fic rant down below((warning: EXTREMELY opinionated, pessimistic and lacking in much structure))>>

since my time learning english through elden ring fan fiction, ive noticed a pattern of people reducing morgott to one of two things: sad, broken and pitiable, old, virginal maiden who is desperately in need of the main tarnished character to crack him like a nut and show him that "being omen is beautiful and he should be proud of what he is!", or he is an "alpha male", still perhaps in the prime of his physical abilities and has a libido equivalent to that of a spring hare. the second usually tries to encorporate some sort of vulnerability as to explain and/or compensate for his general lack of empathy towards the writers MC. by the end, his behaviour is read as not that of an old bitter demigod as is in canon, but as that of a middle school child involved in a middle school relationship with the MC. this gets to a point where im not sure who is more immature; the generally passive and/or 21st century type progressive MC who lacks the self respect to leave when they are clearly emotionally mistreated in a (seemingly) established relationship or morgott.

the first morgott trope by the end tends to have him reduced to the main characters elden lord/husband. perhaps managing doing all the work to rebuild the in shambles lands between, having him balance being both housewife and ruler while the MC either follows him around putting in barely any substance into the conflict post lordship as they are usually horrifically under qualified for a job like this. morgott is made into a tool to fix the world because he is the only one qualified for this job while also infantalised in every other aspect of his character(personality, general history of murdering a meriad of tarnished and other folk during the shattering war, his sexuality, and social skills all while tanking his ego along with it.) he always either repents for his crimes against his spouses kind or it is simply not ever mentioned as if he wasn't giddily hunting tarnished for sport right before meeting them at the gate to stormveil.

somehow the second trope upsets me even more. yes, perhaps morgott does place himself into godhood and the comical lack of political qualification that the tarnished is given can be excused. however, the tarnished is so passive in the relationship (usually not the main plot) that they will endure mistreatment, fire and storm with a soft, loving smile on their face while morgott smacks his head against the wall in hatered for himself and in hatered for the ardent desire he holds for the tarnished.

if i had a nickel for every time the MC gave a monologue about how it doesn't matter that morgotts an omen, and that they still love him despite his outbursts and bad attitude, and how the golden orders rules are bullshit and how he should totally reject the values he's lived and served by for the past couple thousand years, i'd be pretty rich.

it's ridiculous to assume he'd just change his mind to support the tarnished in their quest to lordship overnight.

despite his easily interpreted "self-loathing" nature, i simply cannot believe he is this much of a broken mess that people often write him as. he's ruled leyndell (well enough?) for a while now, he's well spoken, has incredible skill and/or talent to conjure apparitions of people(godfrey, that small guy in altus feild, margit at stormveil), so it's terribly hard to assume he'd wasn't educated or trained like a prince of his position would, even if he was cast down into the sewers at whatever age he was. he's certainly had tutoring at SOME point in his life, either before the sewer, during inside the sewer, or after and during his reign in leyndell.

what i also dislike, is the reduction of his character to his trauma. in many works he is presented as an object to be pitied and fixed by his love interest, as if a lifetime of conditioning and omen racism can be undone through the power of love. the idea that he deserves love due to his trauma before meeting his love interest is the most degrading thing he could be put through. being reduced by a large part of the fandom to the worst experience of your life is so unfair that it seems cruel.

his sexuality and experience is another gripe i have with how he's commonly written and portrayed. i really enjoy the "Chehovs Gun" analogy and this is one of the times it should be considered. if morgott is mentioned to be a virgin, then the context and subject of abstinence/repulsion/celibacy/etc should be expanded upon and developed, otherwise the mention of his virginity is pointless and to me is only interpreted as The Writers Barely Disguised Fetish (which is fine but still, i am only writing this to complain). if virginity is explicitly mentioned then it should be lead by a conflict that comes up later in the story.

on the other hand, if one interprets morgott to have had many relationships and connections in the past before meeting the MC, then that too should be expanded upon as well. the first spouse is just as important to a character's development as is their second spouse. why mention that he has Been Fuckin' if you throw the concept of the previous love/relationship towards sexual encounters out of the window as soon as it's mentioned?

expanding upon the "second trope morgott treats MC like garbage even when they're in the talking stage" point: i enjoy weird power imbalances and toxic relationships as much as the next guy, but if an MC allows themselves to be mistreated without any real struggle against the "abuse"(used lightly), then i will just assume they have the will and boundaries of a wet handkerchief, which makes not only the growing kinship and mutual love between the two terribly unbelievable, but also the believability of the MCs will to become a good elden lord/god by the end of the journey is very small. an MC that allows themselves to be pushed around and morgott who seemingly enjoys pushing them around growing healthy feelings for each other is ridiculous to me unless they are both really into it.

don't take my opinion as fact, or as anything at all for the matter. however, this *is* my blog, and i *do* post whatever i like. either way, there are certain misinterpretations on my part due to bad translations to my mother tongue/my own poor attempt to translate the fic. take this with a grain of salt and if you've managed to read this far - tell me how you feel about morgott fics and tropes like this, i am but a humble reader who's english is about as good as that of an apple

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welcome back duncan. and hello melina, first time i drew her on this account. the plot thickens. also this is pretty much exactly how one of their (dunk and ado) first interactions goes. homophobina...

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parallel to my last medieval style drawing.

there's a reason why my ocs aren't all that small compared to the demigods, that being - they're all above 190cm.

> im on board with the headcanon that people just got smaller in the lands between as time went on, making the average height around 175cm at the time start of the main game. i'm quite sure godfrey is human(he is referred to as a demigod sometimes but that's mainly because of his marriage to marika).

> and since my main ocs weren't born yesterday, they're quite tall.

> generally, i headcanon morgott to be around 335cm, mainly as to save myself the headache of trying to draw them appropriately with the more "human" characters without making them look utterly ridiculous.

>> i could continue ranting more and more about my headcanons, fic, etc. but its my personal choice to only post when i have presentable art to show.

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still not sure on how to draw morgott.

im still writing the full plan for the fic because i want to know where the story is going fully. yes, morgott will get many POV chapters, and so far they're experiencing psychosis in every single one of them.

also here's an older sketch

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WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK ME ME ME ME ME ME

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also old meme, and the third art post today. i think it's funny. and they're funny too.

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posted twice today in quick succession.

medieval style?

veiled! morgott, much like their beastly form, is not very charismatic i think. they're terribly stubborn.

so that makes them and adohan a pretty explosive duo, both stubborn, and with traits that the other despises. romantic, no?

there's also a margit-adohan parallel drawing, but i don't like it enough to share it here.

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old meme, but i am free. also i finally got csp for new years gift.

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worlds worst politicians

this is the reference image by the way.

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woah two posts in one day.)))

i think she'd like fiona apple and mitski but specifically the laurel hell album. read too many romance books

generally i have more in depth headcanons about morgott, but im still too shy to post them.

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drew this long enough for me to start resenting it. just look at the faces, i like how i drew those.

either way i think they're a neat couple, will probably start posting more lore and small drawings.

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whenever i encounter(purposefully search out) morgott in leyndell outskirts when i play the game, he begins to beat me really hard but i just can't fight back because everytime i think of him, i think of him as a baby and all i see is this:

i can only see him as some sort of mix between a baby sheep and goat. i'll draw horns on these pictures soon.

me when i travel back in time and take baby morgott out of the sewers and he lives a happy life with me and is fed grass and clean water.

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welcome back mitski cain bridgers.