St Trina is the best part of the DLC's story
Massive spoilers below cut for the whole DLC
I think that St Trina singlehandedly makes Miquella's story not only make sense, but as a natural conclusion to his character.
Miquella's first title was Miquella the Unalloyed. This obviously means purity and lack of compromise, which would be weird if he had been manipulative all along, and just so happened to have a kinder alter ego. So I think that Miquella and St Trina were in sync as helping the people outside of order (the Haligtree, the cut content Merchant stuff).
But, as Miquella began to plan to become a God, St Trina became more separate. As such, Miquella is usually referred to as Miquella the Kind, rather than the Unalloyed. This is also evident in how the presentation of St Trina varies. The Sword of St Trina reads that:
St. Trina is an enigmatic figure. Some say she is a comely young girl, others are sure he is a boy. The only certainty is that their appearance was as sudden as their disappearance.
In the DLC, Trina is explicitly depicted as feminine, suggesting a split similar to Marika/Radagon. And Miquella discards Trina, with the two crosses associated with her being his doubts and vascilations, but also his love.
Obviously, Miquella has at this point done some horrible stuff that would encourage doubt. There's Mohg, and more explicitly Radahn. That Sword of St Trina I mentioned earlier? You find it in Caelid. There must have been some faith for her there, so she would be seeing the horrors of war and the rot. Then there's more general stuff. Will Miquella be any different from Marika? Will he be able to do good at all? This is not what you want if you need to commit to the path.
So Miquella abandons his doubts and his compassion, and this is his fatal flaw. Miquella is no longer able to change his mind about whether the vow that, (as @drenched-in-sunlight pointed out in their post on the Prattling Pate), could have been incredibly flimsy, and never intended to be honoured. He is no longer able to consider if his age of compassion is even wanted. He is no longer able to even consider Mohg. All of this, is incredibly unlike the original Miquella. A defining feature of Miquella is how he abandoned Fundamentalism, because it couldn't help Malenia. Miquella without his compassion and his doubts, isn't really Miquella.
Miquella the Kind is an ideal. St Trina is the genuine heart, who has been forsaken.
Edit : Here is my follow up post to this.
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ah pain, my favorite food
based on Cass apocalyptic series by @somerandomdudelmao
just a sketch because i don't feel that good to do anything better rn, very sorry
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I think I'm going to make Sundays the official CRCB update days for the time being. It's just going to be easier on me right now for a lot of reasons. So sorry to disrupt everyone's schedules, but ya know. It's my fic and I can do whatever I want.
I'm halfway joking, but seriously. In favor of my new trend of being kind to myself and making things easier on me, henceforth CRCB day shall be Sundays
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crushed and filled with all i found
underneath and inside, just to come around
more, give me more, give me more
On Repeat 🎶
rules are pretty simple, pick as many (or as little) oc's as you'd like and find a song that you relate to them
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Don't expect much interaction from this, lol, but look what I did! A whole page of doodles dedicated to this silly man from Kaiju No.8!
I loved drawing Kafka's different expressions both in human and kaiju form. It was a fun challenge!
Kafka is definitely my favorite from the series. His personality, motivations, and interactions with the other characters are such a breath of fresh air compared to usual shonen protags. It's probably because he's older... And I love that! 🩵
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Im gonna be honest with you guys i actually really like total drama Action. Its funny as fuck. The teams were so funny there was barely any team animosity because all the beef was very personal and direct. It was so stupid and so funny. The screaming gaffers were hilarious and im tired of pretending they're not.
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Top 5 whump tropes to subvert?
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anon you read literature critically and are a blessing on this good earth
i’m rubbing my hands together like an excited cricket
cinnamon roll whumpee. i just think having a whumpee who’s flawed and has messed up in the past adds some nuance to the story. yes, they’re still being hurt but they’re a person and not just a victim who’s never harmed a fly in their life. it’s less about having pity for a character and more about sympathizing or relating to them.
caretaker as a lover or significant other. the caretaker is almost always someone who has skin in the game, but why does romantic love have to be the deepest affiliation with whumpee? you’re telling me that a decent person wouldn’t help out another fellow person but walk by them? strangers as caretakers adds so much to the story, or even antagonists/villains to caretakers. there’s just more depth.
hero is actually evil. Or superhero is evil. it’s a fun trope, but if you read almost any hero/villain story, hero will end up being the one to capture the villain. I rather the conflict not be as black and white but more intrapersonal— between hero and sidekick or villain and supervillain, where neither are in the right and both are caught up with blackmailing/backstabbing the other.
solitary confinement. this one i just like to twist a little by having a one way glass and having it on public display. or by making it a white room. solitary confinement doesn’t exactly do wonders on the human mind but white room torture fucks them up so much worse
whumpee kidnapped because they’re important. cool. but what if they’re kidnapped because their friend is important. There’s more emotional weight with this. How much does their friend care for them and what if they don’t? what will wjumper do to get their attention? it’s just. a lot of suffering and guilt.
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