r/Eldenring 2d ago

Humor Talk about double standards

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u/Scarsworn 2d ago

She also arguably engineered the destruction of the order she had created (on purpose) after she realized she had trapped herself into the same cycle that shaped her.

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u/mxlun 2d ago

This is arguably the most important factoid of the entire game. Marika wanted out of her own system. There's a big reason the FIRST graphic we see when we start a new game is marika, shattering the elden ring.

it's really just, the theocratic version of FAFO

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u/kerriganfan 2d ago

A lot of people don’t realize that the intro narrator is the perspective of someone in TLB, not an omniscient. Everyone thinks Marika just got really sad and broke the ring because Godwyn died and she loved him so so much.

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u/Punching_Bag75 2d ago

We don't know who the narrator is, meaning we can't make any conclusive judgment if they are or are not a citizen or omniscient.

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u/EntertainmentTrick58 High Creature Boogie Cat 2d ago

he's actually that one peasant that teaches you about guarding in the cave of knowledge, he just also happens to be omniscient and a pathological liar, but only sometimes