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tovaicas · 1 year ago

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there is something to be said though abt how through HW estinien, knowingly or not, systematically kills nidhogg's mate and children (tioman's death in sohm al angers and upsets nidhogg deeply and directly) one by one in a way that mirrors the way nidhogg killed his family.

maybe it was intentional. maybe not. but it is an interesting angle and it makes me really wish estinien wasn't so flat in HW bc a rampage of revenge against nidhogg that, like him, is understandable even if it isn't morally justifiable, that has estinien dipping into the same overt, self-destructive cruelty that drives nidhogg and prolongs the war would've been an actually great story arc had they been willing to actually make estinien unlikable and in the wrong for a minute.

#saint.txt #spoilers #major spoilers #estinienposting #ishgardposting #like I said once I think ysa.yle should've been on the edge of actually managing to get through sohm al safely #before esti.nien's impatience and trauma gets in the way and he biffs it for everyone.#centres the conflict on the actual issue which is the fact estinien's supposed to be the ishgardian nidhogg and like him #he has suffered something he (at that point) views as unforgivable and holds all dravanians but especially nidhogg as personally responsibl #the dungeon is still gross bc you're still invading a sacred space for indiscriminate slaughter but it's at least a better setup.#the aery as much as I hate it also works better as one man's self-destructive rage spiral in the wake of the Revelations #and as a hard reminder that at the core this is about revenge for esti.nien and 'ending the war' is just a backdrop to his real deal #and that he's actually probably utterly terrified of ending the DSW bc who is he without the safe mantle of the azure dragoon.#though honestly I still think there's too many problems w/ the aery for me to ever like it lmfao

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