#frankly whether this unlikely scenario of change happens or Not ludinus already achieved that

[ludinusdaleth]

the number one thing i do not get with fandom regarding this short romp with ludinus is the genuine fear some of them have that ludinus will be redeemed and all his actions will be justified completely as him just being traumatized and sad. it would be like matt saying delilah is a kind, sweet woman that was totally justified in lynching children and emotionally manipulating laudna.

i think people confuse the fact that ludinus is so complex a character matt literally wrote the calamity's events around him/analyzed the pantheon through new lenses due to him (according to his fireside chat), with the idea of forgiving him for his actions. he is meant to show the bells what could happen if they let their desperate grabs for power to win & the fog of war overtake them; that doesnt mean he's good. simply that he is part of the same tragic cycle they are.

to be entirely honest? if the bells play their cards obscenely right, ludinus could turn to their aid. (analyzing that final scene of last ep, i wonder if that's matts intention; he certainly doesnt intend for him to die next ep, making sure all of them are as depleted in spells/health as possible before introducing lud to the fore.) but even that would not fix a thing; lud has fucked the world well before the ruidis plot unfolded, and no actions going forward would make anyone forgive him. but there are many factions, enemies, & upholders of the cycle at play; there would be a difference between the bells killing ludinus vs him taking out vasselheim's court or the weavemind with him, still valuing predathos's plan but seeing himself & others as equal parts of a problem for the next generation. the spark & shred of hope in him that liliana sees is something i think matt shows at times tantalizingly; we dont know how far gone he is until we know. is that woobifying him or is that reality? that the worst people in our lives and in the world could have some scrap of humanity in them and they may or may not find it in the end regardless of whether we can fix them ourselves or forgive them?