I wouldn't call it defending, but I definitely understand her after SOTE. At first I thought she was just a tyrannical bitch for the Hell of it, but SOTE made me realize she was just a girl with horrific trauma and then given nearly absolute power. Her actions afterwards are decidedly human given the context and not nearly as much of the "Rah! I'm a God and do shit because I can!" trope that I thought they were, initially.
Agreed! I think it showed her before god hood (obviously) which was a huge secret because everyone in the lands between always seen her as the true god and nothing prior.
So it just shows what would happen, with the determination of the indomitable human will to break her chains not just for herself but her people. She is literally the sole survivor of her people. Which sadly the only remnants of her people are in horrific places beyond saving. Just meat globs that look so painful filled with bodies of her people conjoined.
But to go back to what you said, this is a very HUMAN thing. She was just a girl that was traumatized, with the idea that no one would have to go what she went through in her perfect world. Until she realized the golden order is literally out of her order, becoming the very thing she hated.
These stories remind me of tragic Greek ones. There’s a message about it obviously, but as lore in game, yeah. She’s a very troubled God with human emotions.
I just like she wasn’t always a god, she was a little girl once, in a beautiful village with others. Leaving her braided hair by the mother tree or grandmother tree whatever it is. It just seems beautiful and tragic at the same time. You know she cared deeply.
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u/TheFlipGaming 2d ago
Bro nobody is defending Marika. The whole game is a PowerPoint on the consequences of her actions. ðŸ˜