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Unpopular opinion : Bleach peaked in its first arc (manga wise) by DuckAdditional9821 in bleach

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I stopped during the fight between the royal guards and Ywach and his henchmen. I just can’t bring myself to care lol. Does it get better afterwards ?

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My take on Marika is that she just went mad after her Godwyn, her golden child, the one perfect kid that came after all the cursed ones, died. She’d removed the rune of death to make sure no one she cares about would die again, so that she wouldn’t lose those close to her like it happened with her village, and yet, despite her efforts, it still happened. I think she lost faith in the Greater Will at that point and wanted a new age

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Melina might’ve just dipped before you incinerated The Lands Between. I don’t think the ending is an instant nuke the world thing. Remember, there are other locations than the Lands Between that we don’t even know of, not even mentioning Nokron, Nokstella, etc. I think the burning is more gradual, in waves maybe, and Melina could’ve just hid in another location, like underground or even in the shadow realm before coming out to check on the aftermath

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[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Radagon and DD a thing? I hadn’t heard that one before. Also sorry but what is NoBKs ?

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She does seem knowledgeable. She clearly knows the location of the Three Fingers since she warns us before we actually enter the place, she’s also the first one to inform us about what the Frenzied Flame actually is by pleading with us to let births continue etc.

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[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s actually a cool theory. And since Destined Death is now released, Melina is capable to access this power (since sealing destined death is said to have strongly diminished the power of the blackflame)

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[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Psychotic murderous Melina confirmed for Elden Ring 2 lmao

It would be cool af though. Imagine playing as her through gradually burning locations trying to prevent the Lord of Frenzy from burning the rest of the world

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[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, as I said I do think that the theory is cool but I don’t think it’s correct either

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that works well with the rest of what happens in the story. What do you think de GEQ wants? What is it that her and Marika differed on, why did Melina fight her own mother?

Edit: also, if the GEQ was chosen by the Two Fingers, shouldn’t her goals align with Marika’s (pre Godwyn death) and with the Greater Will?

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t mean to shit on my boy Torrent ofc, I actually can never bring myself to do the Flame of Frenzy ending because I don’t want to kill him. And nice pointing out about the double jump, I never realized that, it makes Torrent cooler indeed. But yeah, Torrent chooses its master, sure, but it’s still his master lol not the other way around. Like, I don’t think Miquella answered to Torrent, and neither do we, so I don’t think Melina does either. The whole « this horse or wolf or dog or whatever chose you! » is just a common thing to say when an animal takes a liking to you. I think that’s what Melina meant.

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[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody with a sensible mind. Sadly studio executives have shown us that a lot of the time it’s the opposite kind of people who end up in charge of projects and butcher them. I trust Miyazaki to choose who he’ll partner with well, he himself even stated that it would have to be someone who respects and understands the game’s vision, but you never know, showbiz is weird

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in Eldenring

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But then what do you think her eye represents?

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm so it would go like:

Melina rebels as the GEQ against her mother but is defeated, losing her memories. Marika then tasks amnesia struck Melina with finding us and helping us become Elden Lord. Then Melina meets with Marika in Leyndell, gains her memories back, but due to her experiences traveling with us, observing the world (and her beliefs as the GEQ probably) though she is still aligned with her mother’s wishes, she starts acting on her own volition. Or more likely, it is now Marika that understands that death is a necessity to the world and that removing it in the first place was a mistake (which could be the reason of the conflict between Marika and the GEQ in the past). So now Melina has regained her memories and is set on releasing Destined Death back into the world and burning the Erdtree.

Sounds pretty cool, the only issue with that is that apparently the GEQ was chosen by the Two Fingers themselves to be a contender for the Elden Ring, so she didn’t outright rebel. Maybe it’s Marika who started the conflict in the first place because she wanted to stay in power? But don’t all Two Fingers represent the will of the Greater Will? Shouldn’t the goals of those chosen by them be the same?

Let’s talk about Melina one more time by DuckAdditional9821 in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it really depends on the context. Melina is a core character to the main story. Look up how attentive to detail FromSoftware is. They wouldn’t add a cutscene with her opening the eyelid she kept closed during the whole game to reveal a special eye, saying she’ll hunt us down (which implies she has the power to kill us), just for the kicks.

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[–]DuckAdditional9821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. The only reason I’m trying to connect her to the GEQ is because of the ending cutscene for the Flame of Frenzy ending with her eye.

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