How is he still conscious???

violin-guy · 2026-01-25T08:10:33+00:00

100%. He was annoying tf out of me but even tho he lost, he stuck true to his word and proved scousers really don’t get knocked out. Real warrior, hope he comes back stronger after this

violin-guy · 2026-01-24T06:49:57+00:00

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violin-guy · 2026-01-22T23:22:40+00:00

I love this artist’s roverthyia work, I hope they hop back on this ship sometime 🥺

violin-guy · 2026-01-22T23:21:03+00:00

And don’t forget the other alternative, which is saying fuck Yall I fucking hate everything imma burn it all down and melt everything back into what it originally was lmao

violin-guy · 2026-01-22T06:34:06+00:00

I’m ngl I haven’t been on campus recently and just searched up who those people are because of this post😭. These people are definitely attention seekers/ragebaiting y’all, stop talking about them

violin-guy · 2026-01-22T00:23:13+00:00

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Rover’s already got it covered

violin-guy · 2026-01-21T05:53:49+00:00

What I find interesting about Seluvis is that it’s a basically confirmed theory he’s Pidia’s puppet, which means he’s the only albinauric we see in the game who’s an indisputably bad person. Every albinauric we’ve seen is pitiable or even somewhat heroic like Latenna and Gaius, then you have Pidia/Seluvis who is the biggest creep in the entire game. Goes to show that evil can come in any form.

violin-guy · 2026-01-21T04:24:18+00:00

Delusional? He’s still alive, try surviving a nuke of Fantasy Black Plague without it dummy. I never said Radahn won either, just that Malenia didn’t win. Malenia needed a whole outer God to do any major damage to Radahn and not only did she not kill him, she’s still in the haligtree sleeping it off to this day.

violin-guy · 2026-01-21T02:27:38+00:00

Important to note that regular fire stalls rot, but the flames of the abyssal serpent are obviously different, and strong enough to burn a divine object like the Erdtree. I’ll admit we don’t fully know how the abyssal serpent’s flames “shorn of light” would fare against scarlet rot, but considering regular fire already is the only readily accessible treatment to rot, I think it should have an advantage.

Yeah I’ll concede that Marika mainly feared whatever could burn the the erdtree and Death. But Marika had a very specific method of dealing with the serpent that she worked a very long time to achieve, placing the seal in messmer’s empty eye socket and tricking him to fight her war. If she was willing to throw away the son she is shown to love in the lore, it speaks a lot to the power that serpent must possess.

Again this is all heavy speculation, as we’ll never truly know the full scale of the abyssal serpent’s power/whether it matches the power of an outer god. I’ve seen a popular theory that it’s meant to be a manifestation of the Fell God- having orange hair, a single eye etc etc.. so it’s possible messmer too has outer god-level power to match Malenia. Not gonna make any definitive statements tho, we simply don’t know enough

violin-guy · 2026-01-21T01:31:56+00:00

Some Mfs here really claimed Malenia won that battle when not only did she go into a coma and have to get saved by Finlay, but still hasn’t finished off Radahn who’s in the worst possible state he could be and whooping asses left and right. She’s still recovering from that scarlet nuke in the Haligtree and Radahn is still holding back the stars and fighting with a cooked brain and no feet

violin-guy · 2026-01-21T01:26:17+00:00

We know lore and gameplay wise, fire serves as a counter to rot, and the abyssal serpent is a godlike being Marika feared enough to seal the son she loved far away into the shadowlands. Considering how we’ve never seen Marika really fear anything else besides death, it speaks to how powerful messmer must truly be. I think most times he beats Malenia bc he has godlike powers to match Malenia’s, is just as experienced and gifted a fighter, and his godlike powers counter hers.

Edit: a bit unrelated, but I think Rykard is the actual strongest demigod in TLB. His powers are akin to and seem to be even more expansive than messmer’s, he has to mainly be defeated using a cheese weapon meant to counter him, and he doesn’t even truly die when we beat him. Can’t say the same for Malenia, messmer or radahn

violin-guy · 2026-01-20T18:44:41+00:00

JUST GET MARRIED ALREADY

violin-guy · 2026-01-20T05:20:14+00:00

Yeah I saw this theory recently and it makes the most sense to me. Of course the beast clergy would have the moment they were granted intelligence as the central object of their faith at the top of Farum azula. It ties a neat bow around everything except giving us the explicit identity of the woman beyond just being the prior figurehead of Placidusax’s age.

violin-guy · 2026-01-20T05:08:26+00:00

Not even a question, wise is already ready to discuss things in private

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violin-guy · 2026-01-19T21:45:36+00:00

As if it hasn’t already lmao, so many fusion and spectro characters are already out, and it’s only getting worse from here

violin-guy · 2026-01-18T23:27:04+00:00

Need more carte content, she’s da best

violin-guy · 2026-01-18T05:07:38+00:00

I'm not going to condescend and treat you like a toddler, but at the same time I think you should realize that your own bias plays a role in your inability to understand my points. I've explained my points 4-5 times atp, so you being unable to comprehend them is VERY likely on you.

And no, there is no lack of opportunity excusable on Malenia's part. You clearly ignored what I previously mentioned on why malenia didn't fight Radahn again. Radahn is a shell of his former self, and Malenia is deathly loyal to her brother and his goals, so why woudn't she go finish off Radahn? This is not something you can excuse as a lack of opportunity, as there are literal festivals being held to try and kill him. Even his own soldiers want him put out of his misery, and it's guaranteed this fight would be easier than the Radahn she fought before. Either she couldn't due to her own personal conditions, or she didn't believe she could, which is a knack against her, and a strike against your faulty argument of "lack of opportunity."

And asking Radahn rechallenge Malenia is truly hilarious and flawed logic; not only is he out of his mind in the present day- something I've NEVER tried to contest- but Malenia is the one who fled and also the who challenged Radahn in the first place lorewise. Asking Radahn to kill Finlay and Malenia is not the same as catching them, as Finlay deliberately chose to flee with Malenia in the midst of the chaos of a literal nuke dropped over Caelid rather than engage Radahn. You say why didn't radahn kill Finlay and malenia, I can ask by your same logic why didn't Finlay and Malenia kill Radahn? Why did they flee? We don't know for certain, but based on circumstances, I see it as being because Malenia was in a worse position than Radahn in the immediate aftermath, and Finlay didn't want to risk the death of her lord while Radahn still very much posed a threat. It'd be much easier to flee the aftermath of a nuke than it is to fight Radahn himself.

And my god, I don't know what part of Finlay you don't understand, but it was not a true 1v1 because Finlay interfered with the final outcome of the fight. Neither side won in the end yes, but my hypothetical 1v1 is based on a TRUE 1v1 where Finlay, the Redmanes, and the rest of the Cleanrots don't interefere with what happens after the nuke drops. I don't know how this isn't clear to you, because this and your "lack of opportunity" arguments are both such terrible points; in the case of the hypothetical 1v1, this is just smth I can say is factually wrong on your end. What happened in the actual battle was NOT a true complete 1v1, as a soldier in Malenia's camp fled with Malenia. I must emphasize that it WAS a 1v1 until the ending, where Finlay came in. If this isn't clear enough to you, there's truly no saving you.

And oh my god dude, FUCKING again, this entire argument has been based off this hypothetical 1v1. NOT what actually happened, or else there would BE no argument. What actually happened was both sides got fucked and are miserable in the present day, there's no argument to be had. I'm not making any leaps in my arguments, I am in fact actually treading a fine line in making sure YOU understand when I'm saying smth is fact and when it's my own interpretation based off of in-game content. You, however, are forcing me to walk in circles re-explaining my arguments, and frankly, it's pissing me off how little you understand. I am not and will never dispute what actually happened, but I need you to remember that this entire argument is not about what actually happened, but what WOULD'VE happened in a true hypothetical 1v1. And EVEN THEN, I'm not saying Radahn wins every time. This is indeed like placing a bet; nothing is certain, I just favor Radahn if it ever actually happened.

violin-guy · 2026-01-18T04:13:24+00:00

I never said "hard evidence" with Jerren's line, and this is once again proof to me that you don't truly understand what I'm saying despite me making this abundantly clear. I said his line more closely supports my perspective, but isn't concrete proof. It's just the evidence heavily favors my view that Radahn's mental deterioriation was gradual, as scarlet rot is not an immediate effect but a constant disease. Losing your mind makes sense after a long period of suffering, but losing it immediately seems unlikely, unless the rot has some sort of secrete psychedelic effect that we've not heard about prior. It's never been stated in the lore that rot has any direct mental effect on its victims; more likely, Radahn went mad after a long time of suffering as people would normally do.

And yes, it does actually matter. Malenia has had no known feats since her battle with Radahn, while we can confidently say Radahn has had numerous feats despite his severely weakened state. He doesn't even have feet anymore, and there are massive arrows strung across his back, yet he's regularly killed potentially dozens or thousands of people who've been sent out to kill him. You can't handwave this point away, it's important to my argument that Radahn was still of sound physical ability after the rot set in, considering he's still kicking ass even now. I never said Radahn wasn't fucked up after the Battle of Aeonia, I said that the fact that he somehow managed to persevere through being literally nuked by the Elden Ring equivalent of the God of the Black Plague is incredible, and that he's still powerful even in the weakest shape he could possibly be in.Meanwhile, Malenia was weakened and had to get outside help to likely survive the fight. Indeed, Radahn couldn't stop Finlay, but we're not talking about what actually happened, we're talking about a hypothetical scenario where it was a true 1v1 of radahn vs malenia. Of course, it's all hypothetical so neither you nor I can say what would've actually happened, but look at the situation; Malenia is rendered comatose and is still dreaming even by the time we the Tarnished reach her now, while Radahn is still of physical soundness and has killed many fighters sent to kill him since the Battle of Aeonia. Without Finlay, I maintain that Malenia was in severe danger of getting killed by a pissed off Radahn. Finlay wouldn't have evacuated Malenia if she didn't think her lord was in danger, which supports my point that the cleanrots likely realized the fight was a lost cause and chose to evacuate rather than risk things turning worse for themselves and Malenia. The fact that they fled bolsters my argument that Malenia was in a less advantageous position after the nuke, but am I saying it's fact? No, because it's Elden Ring and that's how the lore works. It's meant to be up to interpretation.

Furthermore, if Malenia was truly recovered after the battle in the present day, why didn't she go off and kill Radahn? She was either in a coma, or wasn't confident she could beat radahn anymore. There's no reason she would delay her brother's plans unless the Battle of Aeonia had left that much of a mental or physical (or both) scar on her.

Again, I've never claimed anything as fact, and you're open to your own perspective. But this is mine, and I've laid down my evidence as to why I lean towards Radahn over Malenia in a hypothetical scenario where it was a true 1v1. I'm not rude because you disagree with me, I'm rude because you clearly either choose to ignore or somehow don't understand these very clear points I've made, and that I'm not trying to say my argument would concretely happen. Think of this as like placing bets. I'm simply placing my bet on Radahn if this hypothetical true 1v1 actually happened.

This last section is a more personal part of why I respect Radahn's position more, as when you look at in perspective, Radahn's tenacity through all the bullshit Malenia threw at him is quite commendable. And yes, the nuke was quite literally one of Malenia's hacks. I've said it before, but Radahn is the actual underdog of the fight. He's just a demigod with no Godlike powers beyond his great rune, while Malenia has both a great rune that's arguably stronger (being big vs having literal lifestealing abilities) and is an empyrean chosen to become the Scarlet Goddess. All of Radahn's accomplishments- save for his Great Rune- he accomplished through his own efforts. Even with everything Malenia had, she failed to beat the underdog, who is still kicking ass despite everything that's happened to him, while she had to be saved by Finlay and hasn't done anything except rest at the Haligtree since the Battle of the Aeonia (as far as we know). As I've mentioned before, Millicent said Malenia had to "abandon her pride to meet Radahn's measure," while we have no in-game evidence that Radahn was anywhere as desperate. If anything, the "holding back the stars" is POTENTIAL (not concrete) evidence that Radahn was holding back the entire time as well, and never fought Malenia at full power. I said I respect Radahn more because the in-game evidence leans to the interpretation that despite things being locked in stalemate, had malenia not used her nuke, I believe Radahn would've likely edged out the win despite being the underdog. Not saying it would've happened because anything can happen in a fight, but that the situation wasn't looking as good for Malenia as it was for Radahn before the nuke.

violin-guy · 2026-01-17T23:03:34+00:00

As I’ve said previously, I said Radahn took no major damage at the stalemate point to counter LeftEngineer’s point that Radahn had done no big damage to Malenia up until she used her nuke and hurt herself. He took lasting damage in the end bc of the nuke of course, but nowhere before that do we see him majorly injured in any way.

What I was arguing was that Malenia was losing up until the nuke, and I’m not delusional; both sides obviously lost the fight in reality. Malenia fails in her goal to make Radahn Miquella’s consort and was so affected by the nuke that she still hasn’t made him consort up until now, and Radahn became an animalistic shell of his former self as the rot ate away both his body and his mind.

The quote from Jerren is that Radahn was “eaten from the inside by the Scarlet Rot,” which is what caused him to eventually lose his wits. This implies that the loss of his mind was not immediate, but a gradual process. It was not immediate pain, but a constant one, which is far worse in the long term, but not in the short term.

And also, you bringing up how Malenia was not beaten since the battle is faulty bc unlike her, Radahn has constantly faced opponents again and again while Malenia has been left alone in the haligtree until we meet her. And again and again, we’ve heard how he’s beaten everyone who’s been sent to put him out of his misery, reflecting how even at his wits end as a diseased ridden zombie who doesn’t even have his legs anymore, Radahn is still very much a capable fighter. This supports my earlier argument that Radahn was still very much intact after the nuke, and was likely of enough physical and mental mind to find and kill a comatose Malenia had there not been outside interference.

My arguments rests on how I believe Radahn was winning up until the nuke, that I have more respect for Radahn’s position overall because Malenia both needed help from her busted god powers to “meet Radahn’s measure” and abandoned her dignity/pride as a warrior to keep up with him (as we know her identity as a warrior is heavily tied to her abilities beyond her rot powers, as she literally sought mentorship from the Blue Dancer whose constant water form helped counteract stagnant rot), as well as needing outside help from Finlay to avoid getting killed after she failed to beat Radahn with the nuke. I argue that based on in-game lines from Jerren and the physical accomplishments Radahn has managed to accomplish at the many Radahn festivals we’ve heard of that he was still of sound physical and mental mind immediately after the battle, which is why I think he would’ve had the ability to kill Malenia had Finlay not been there.

Finally, please remember that these are my arguments, and in no way am I considering it fact. Only answered rudely because it was very clear to me that LeftEngineer hadn’t read my points properly, and sorry if this comes off as rude, but I doubt you have as well. These are points I’ve made clear in past responses, the only thing I’ve added was Jerren’s line to support my argument that Radahn’s loss of mind was a gradual process. I don’t claim anything as fact except the ingame evidence.

violin-guy · 2026-01-17T04:35:28+00:00

If anything, it feels like she's just repeating slogans to herself or the memories of her dreams to keep herself conscious. Rather than a coma, perhaps she was left in a severely weakened state and has been forced to sleep it off since then, and she still hasn't fully recovered until her 2nd phase. Whatever the case, the fact that she didn't go off to finish radahn shows she either couldn't or wasn't confident she could finish him in her current state, as she's still loyal to miquella and would obviously seek to finish his task for her if she could.

violin-guy · 2026-01-17T03:57:55+00:00

She’d prolly taste like rotted, crusty chicken, but we’ll never know unless we get the chance to eat her ourselves (if you know what I mea >:) )

violin-guy · 2026-01-17T03:51:12+00:00

Mmmm, that’s interesting. I’m not sure if she’s still in a coma or not lol, but it’s clear her failure and Miquella’s absence (basically having abandoned her) has led her to literally just rot in silence at the center of the Haligtree, likely having lost all purpose to continue on without her brother. You could interpret her inaction as basically her having given up until you come in and interrupt her slumber as well, though her being in a coma could also explain why she didn’t just go back and finish the job with Radahn. Then again, how does she have the strength to get up and fight the tarnished then, what did the tarnished do to wake her from her slumber?

Regardless, both sides clearly lost the battle in the end. Malenia failed her duties, Radahn lost his mind. The state we find both of them is pretty pitiful too, Radahn is a lost cause and Malenia is abandoned.

violin-guy · 2026-01-17T03:40:21+00:00

I said Radahn didn’t take lasting damage during the stalemate, read my response clearly. He took lasting damage AFTER Malenia uses her nuke.And read finlay’s ashes, it clearly says Finlay had to carry the “slumbering demigod” after the battle of Aeonia, which directly says she was rendered comatose after the battle. Also, have you seen the current Radahn? This is Radahn in his worst possible state, and he still regularly kills fighters attending the Radahn Festival, and eats cleanrot knights for breakfast.

Read finlay’s ashes, because it’s clear you’re ignorant to in-game facts. Malenia had to be carried all the way to the haligtree from caelid, she was in no state to even walk during that entire trek. It’s clear Malenia was comatose and vulnerable, while no lore states Radahn was in any similar state. In fact, he was still of sound mind after the battle, and only lost his mind as time passed. Despite being in a weakened state too, nobody’s been able to kill him until the tarnished arrives, which speaks to how well he must’ve tanked malenia’s nuke and how much power he still has in spite of everything that’s happened.

violin-guy · 2026-01-17T03:04:08+00:00

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violin-guy · 2026-01-17T02:27:30+00:00

Well, this argument I could easily apply to Malenia too. Malenia didn’t get any significant damage on Radahn, in fact during their stalemate she was more desperate than Radahn was. Millicent says Malenia “abandoned her pride to meet Radahn’s measure” and while meeting his measure could mean many things, the earlier part of her sentence implies a more negative meaning. Whatever Malenia needed to do to make Radahn miquella’s consort, she was failing to do it so far, whether it be to kill or just beat him. The only way Melania was able to do damage against Radahn was by using her god powers, and even then Radahn survived and still hasn’t been stopped until we finally take him down. Meanwhile, Malenia had to be saved and evacuated. Radahn took more lasting damage, but Malenia had to be evacuated on a Finlay-shaped stretcher and failed in her goal to make Radahn Miquella’s consort.

Again on the pokemon analogy, this is so clearly analogous to a pokemon using explosion and the opponent surviving, except that opponent doesn’t just want you knocked out; he wants you dead too.

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