#RADAHN

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

People playing Elden Ring and looking for the "good" demigod to root for are missing the point. Pick your favorite mass murdering war criminal megalomaniac with mommy issues and endlessly simp for them like the rest of us, cowards.

[arinqiart]

Live recording of Miquella yanking Radahn out of Boss heaven for the DLC Final battle

[ganondoodle]

(Radahn, Elden Ring)

[knightofleo]

Christian Angel Artorias vs Manus, Starscourge Radahn, Ranni the Witch, Malenia Blade of Miquella, Queen Marika The Eternal, Base Serpent Messmer The Impaler

[orcusivanth]

Divinity

[marcheriest]

a kinder world

[slavonicrhapsody]

Children of the Erdtree and the Moon

[voidpumpkin]

the assessment of miquella as now the most evil demigod is honestly funny when the revelations about only put him around Ranni in terms of evilness

like he's still a shit person but he's arguably the only demigod objectively trying to improve the state of the world and viewing him as the most evil requires ignoring what the other demigods actually did.

Morgott perpetuates the violence and xenophobia of golden order, killing any tarnished who seeks to end the world's terrible state.

Mohg founded a murder cult who's effect on people and the landscape is second only to scarlet rot and deathblight in terms of devastation

Rykard has a whole castle dedicated to torture and has now become a monster that wants to destroy the whole world

Ranni's assasstination plan caused literally all of the destruction in the game and as far we're aware she's completely indifferent to it all because it'll further her goals, which are admittedly somewhat beneficial to the world

Radahn is noted to be a nice guy but it is proudly stated that he is a warmonger and a perpetual forever war is what would make him happiest, which paints his actions in the shattering in a very different light, as violence for the sake of violence.

Messmer engaged in a genocide so brutal nit even the golden order will admit to it.

Malenia waged war on Miquella's behalf, though we only know of two, against godrick who deserved it, and Radahn, the one she was ordered to kill. She unleashed the scarlet rot to kill him, but it's unclear if knew the devastation it would cause and her statement on her nightmare indicates she may not think highly of said devastation.

Like miquella is objectively a shit person but the assessment of him as the worst is built off of recency bias, whiplash at the revelation and the fact he hurt two characters we like, unlike the nameless masses with the other demigods

[yenyenyen19]

What a stupid ending ...

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[picopepin]

Ive been trying to draw Alfredo Linguini Radahn for like... five days straight and finally am starting to get a footing... sorta... this is taking quite a few artistic liberties 🥴

[callibrin]

He is a TRUE FAN of this guy, you know.

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

Miquella vs Ranni: Loyalty and Love

SPOILERS FOR SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE UNDER THE CUT, BUT COME FOR MY THOUGHTS!

There are so many essays I could write, comparing Ranni and Miquella, but I'm going to contain myself and focus on the most important aspect of comparisons: how they treat the concepts of love and loyalty and the people who give that to them. Especially in light of Miquella's instant kill "Heart Steal" attack.

The thing about Miquella is, even though he's kind, even though he's compassionate, he DOES NOT VALUE love and loyalty. And why should he? It's always been given freely to him. He can just force someone to love him anyway, stealing their heart. So, the people who love him are disposable, treated like pawns. Malenia? Literally left to rot in the home they built together. Mohg? Turned into a glorified guard dog. Even Radahn, turned into his perfect consort.

And Miquella probably does love them, but his perception of love is completely skewed by the nature of the fact that EVERYONE loves him. It's something he just gets. Something he uses.

Compassion and love are Miquella's weapons. They're what he uses to protect himself. It's cheap, something he can get easily.

Now, compare that to Ranni.

For Ranni, love and loyalty are dangerous. She's seen how ruinous and terrible they can be. She's seen her mother's mind wither away, a consequence of Radagon breaking her heart. She's seen Radagon break Rennala's heart for his love of the Golden Order.

The only people who loved her unconditionally are Blaidd and Iji, and even Iji's more around out of loyalty to the House of Caria than love for Ranni.

That is to say, Ranni respects and understands the power of love more than Miquella ever could.

Think of how she tells you to leave her to her lonely path. Her engagement ring, engraved with a warning to stay away, that her destiny is cold and lonely. Ranni pushes people away for their own safety, and that makes her love all the more valuable.

Love, for Ranni, is something at once dangerous and precious. The despondent way she tells you, once you've defeated the Baleful Shadow, to tell Blaidd and Iji that she loves them. Ranni knows what their love has cost them. Knows what it has bought her. She respects love and is naturally wary of it.

And that's what makes it so valuable.

Miquella doesn't appreciate love, because he's always had it.

Ranni treasures it because she's always struggled with it.

God, I love this game.

[ofwolvesandshatteredshields]

Elden Ring paintings by Stanton Feng

[ganondoodle]

discarded.

(Leonard, Lacrima, Elden Ring)

[greys-slippings]

Been drawing more elden dudes (and one doll)

[nercali]

Radahn, Consort of Miquella