#but fuck fgo if it thinks that revaluation would stop her

[lightheaded-dullahan]

Ah fuck I’ve got a few words about some revaluations in Kriemhild’s profile…

So in the big bond 5 and I believe her line to Siegfried - she’s basically become bitter and hateful of Siegfried upon finding out from Hagen that the only reason Hagen killed him was for his own sake. And how her entire revenge was for someone who didn’t even love her (her own words).

Except…that’s such an awful interpretation??? Especially from Kriemhild.

Siegfried’s entire thing during the drama of his wife, his brother in law, and Brünnhilde is that HE believes he is to blame. That all the suffering his wife, and everyone else is going through, can be solved with his death. It often reads to me as Siegfried being heavily suicidal- and turns his death into instead of a perceived betrayal to instead an assisted suicide. Hagen even knows himself he’ll go down as an evil villain - but he does it because it is the one thing Siegfried has ever asked for.

Now, sure, we can blame Siegfried for what happens afterwards. But Kriemhild is the one who revealed his weak spot. Surely she has blame? But no, Hagen tricked her into revealing it.

Well we can’t blame Hagen , he already took the blame with his killing of Siegfried. But he’s not to blame.

It always goes back to Gunther. Kriemhild’s brother. HES always the one it goes back to.

The whole reason Brünnhilde thinks Siegfried is a vassel and thus gets into a fight with Kriemhild? Because Gunther refused to let Siegfried be with Kriemhild unless he helped him win the queen.

The whole reason Brünnhilde wants Siegfried dead? Gunther commanded Siegfried to strip her down for him when she easily hung him up because she wasn’t happy being married to him.

Kriemhild and Siegfried are both victims in the story. Siegfried’s death is the catalyst for revenge. But the way they handle her reaction feels

Wrong.

It feels like, in a sort of disgusting way, that it’s supposed to be to allow her to be free for the players to imagine themselves in. Maybe that’s not it, and I’m just overthinking - but considering so much else ? I can believe it.

And I hate it.

All it does is reinforce that Siegfried was the true villain. He was no hero. All he did was cause suffering.

It was *never* Siegfried alone who caused suffering. Siegfried is shown time and time again to give himself such little wants of his own that it doesn’t make sense.

Siegfried has done three things for himself.

1. He asked Hagen to kill him, to spare his wife and Brünnhilde from their suffering

2. He gave up his heart to Sieg so that he could live- not because he was asked to, but because he wanted to

And-

3. He came to court Kriemhild because he had fallen in love with her.

The only thing Siegfried and Kriemhild did to deserve their suffering was fall in love with one another.

And I hate how even that has been taken from them now.