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dead-salmon · 4 months ago

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thinking ob lb2 again and i'm still so sad that it was messed up so badly when the initial themes were really great

like skadis & odin's (which skadis 2nd interlude elaborates on) selfish love, wanting the world and beings they love to continue living even if it's a cruel existence for them. the way you can compare it to surtrs selfish feelings he has for ophelia, or the love sigurd and brynhild have for one another

skadi & ortlinde being unable to understand their loved ones decisions until it's practically too late. the inability of ophelia, skadi and ortlinde to actually take action until it's much too late. napoleon serving as a symbol of hope in that regard, the rainbow finally spurring ophelia into action.

the from lostbalt manga scene of ophelia admitting that she truly had different wishes in life than where she ended up, apologising for not doing better. skadi grieving over this, over ophelia, as a mother who is in the exact same spot of being unable to leave the duty that was placed on her.

lb2 had potential man, skadi's character has so much potential. it just pisses me off that both the game and fandom reduce her to moe scathach when there's so much that could've been done with her character

#'why do they keep apologising skadis murders but not the other lostbelt kings' mostly because it's not them apologising it #it's skadi constantly grueving the fact that she did #her entire character consists of having played sitting ducks and having wanted to save the humans odin entrusted her with #but being unable to find any way to do so besides what she ended up doing #interlude 2 she literally asks why odin didn't kill her too #the difference between her and the other lb kings is that her direct goal was preserving the humans odin entrusted her with #she's not a ruler in the sense the other lb kings are #and their intentions differ #morgan only wanted to save brotain #*britain #qsh wanted to preserve their immortality and eternal rule #they loved the humans but if they were educated they wouldve posed a threat to that #junao was left deeply traumatized and derived from his humanity striving for a perfect world devoid of flaws #etc etc etc #skadi is the one who is set apart because her goal wasn't just preserving the world #but actually saving the humans she genuinely loved #and yet the only method she found was by slowly killing them #sitting duck game as said #that's what the focus constantly is skadi genuinely lived the humans and wanted a different option #and grieves the fact that those she loved in that world all in the end have died except for her #and the valkyries #look i agree her character can be absolute trash #i hate the 'moe scathach bit'#but my girl actually does have potential #her interludes are great #lb2 couldve been great #had the themes been actually written out well #fgo #not-so-dead-salmon #she was my first 5star i got her in fuyuki ok so i have an attachment to her

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