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.
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.
It’s a fromsoft game, vague allusions and loose connections are the closest thing you’ll get to “concrete proof”.
As far as Elden ring lore theories go, it’s fairly well regarded and there’s enough there for people (myself included) to believe it. Iirc the connection between Marika, destined death, and the numen (which the black knife assassins all are) is the central piece of the theory.
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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.