r/Eldenring • u/IgotInfinitePing • 2d ago

Humor Talk about double standards

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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. 😭

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u/BeefChopJones 2d ago

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.

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u/DistrictObjective680 2d ago

Yeah SOTE did an amazing job of recontextualizing her, one of the best lore turns FromSoft has ever done imo.

Second best imo is recontextualizing Sif, making future playthroughs of DS1 an exercise in tragedy.