#little mermaid godwyn

[sleepymaven]

Godwyn Has a Fish Tail Instead of Legs...

..so he is a mermaid. (Or merman, in this case, but still.)

Where I'm going with this is... reverse Little Mermaid. 🧜🏼‍♀️

Godwyn sings an edited Part of Your World while on a cliffside next to the ocean, lamenting how he can't swim. (No one in the Lands Between can. Everyone fells to water.)

He then gets his beautiful tail.

He doesn't know how to use it properly yet and is struggling and all that before he finally gets in the water and can actually swim.

Then he sings the short reprise of Part of Your World while in the ocean. (Which would also give us that iconic rock scene/pose with the waves behind Godwyn when he hits that final note.)

He's swimming with the fishies and having a blast under the water when he finds... the sea witch.

..and is instantly smitten.

He spends his time trying to gain her favor and win her over, bringing her little gifts that are from land.

It works.

She simply adores him and the little treasures he brings her from land, she loving all the shiny trinkets and jewelry he has given her and finds it a sweet gesture. (After all, fish love shiny things and come, come, come to the brightest thing that glitters!)

They get to know eachother more and she brings him to her lair in the deep sea which is just an underwater cave with tons of glowing sea plants to light up the place.

She then reveals that she's not actually a witch at all and was just called that because people think she's evil, the people of the ocean seeing the deep, dark sea where she resides dangerous and overall evil.

Meanwhile, our "Erik" of the story is actually someone from land who is trying to stop Godwyn from going between land and water.

And perhaps even tries to kill him along the way.

And is actually more of a true witch than the sea witch is.

You guessed it.

It's Ranni.

[cat-mermaid]

I dunno if anyone brought this up but I figured the reason that Godwyn turned into a mermaid looking thing when he "died" was because what was killed was his soul right?

In the original The Little Mermaid story, its stated that no Mermaid has a soul, even though they are alive

you picking up wat i'm putting down?

[katyspersonal]

Top 5 Elden Ring's demigods

Argh... Could you've given me any HARDER top to make? :') No matter who I put below 5th place, I will feel like a huge prick @_@ Because they all deserve some praise, and some love. It is just incredibly good writing. Well, fine then, let's try.

Five - Morgott!

I talked about him already. The absolute tear-jerker character, a member of oppressed minority, that is defending the very corrupt system that deems people like HIM worthless.... He made me cry (/srs ) more than once upon just this sentiment. He is very realistic, and very easy to sympathise with and feel bad for. He certainly radiates a giant soft spot, though (and not JUST because he has dad bod that is completely naked under his robes, hahaha). In a weird way, he reminds me of Asg0re, a character from my other fandom - a big "monster" King who did a lot of bad things on his way, and because of his mental wound, but in the end might melt upon a simple hug or be easily convinced. It is just not what a Soulsborne game would've let us experience, but... honestly, he has not only huge muscles, but also a huge HEART. I love this combination a LOT, it pulls the richest spectrum of emotions.

Four - Malenia!

She is such a beautiful and impressive boss.... ...that I never talk about her. x) I can't quite explain how my focus works, sorry </3 She scares me a little - and it is not even her fault, but the thing that casually claimed her body, because superior deities have nothing better to do I guess :/ She is holding up very well for someone who has to live in a constant struggle with the horror plaguing her very being. And for someone having to hold up as a warrior of her dear brother's interests despite her body rotting as she goes. And having to repeat 'I am Malenia, blade of Miquella' like a mantra, since Rot is infamous to destroy the memories, and she must not forget what and who she is fighting for.

"She deserved better" is an understatement, I'd say. Her personality shines through the 'influence' that has been ruining her quite well, I'd say. She is a strong warrior, very determined, but very full of honor and love at the same time. I say this in every other post about strong Soulsborne characters, yeah. True bravery is not lack of fear but going despite fear, true power is not being callous unbreakable wall but to still hold your weapon firm through struggle and pain, true personality is what you ARE and not what you are 'not', etc etc. It is always about the feelings.

Three - Godwyn!

I could not explain why he made it to this place very well, honestly. First, he stroke my weird spider-sense intuition. I was going into Elden Ring mostly in blind, and still keep whatever I can to be revealed as I go! Thus, I did not know anything about Godwyn besides the fact that he was the golden child (metaphorically and literally) that went down as sacrifice during Night of the Black Knives as one having his soul killed. And that he used to be a lovely person. But one day, as I was playing Elden Ring and progressing casually, from nowhere, for no reason, I started to think of this character. Again, for no reason, I was thinking of the 'Deep Sea' and imagining him becoming a mermaid (?), and healing/truly dying/letting new soul grow/whatever by returning to the sea. I even started crying, and I swear, those emotions felt like they were not even mine.

It felt very random, but you can't even imagine my surprise when that same day, I just coincidentally travelled to THAT location, and found him. And, coincidentally, he was posed like this with a mermaid tail. I take weird 'intuition moments' (dreams or waking) very personally as I have many of them (and funny enough, they always have to do with the 'sea' theme). No matter how I feel about this character in the future, but the weird "foretelling", "intuition" bond fixed my attention, so yeah.

He seems like a very loveable person, though... From narration standpoint, it does make the most sense that he of all people had to suffer this way. It just would not have had the same effect if someone less likeable/innocent had to go down. It is... sad, how much of this character is his tragedy alone. But, he befriended a dragon and bridged the gap between conflicting forces, and from what I gathered losing him specifically was what broke Marika, and Mohg named his new dynasty after himself AND Godwyn. Clearly, the guy was the best thing to ever have been associated with the Golden Order, and manifesting everything good about it within his personality alone. Whenever I bash the Golden Order as inherently corrupt thing, I just always think back on Godwyn as a confirmed exception from the judgement. And, of course, he would have enough "kindness" to spread death as new form of existence... despite the fact that his 'true' self would've probably dreaded to manifest living in death of all things.

Two - Rykard

I talked about this guy since the day ONE I've picked even remote interest in Elden Ring, isn't it so? @_@ Well, I still stand by what I was talking about. Tanith is absolutely justified for being obsessed with this guy. He is like uh... Aldr1ch but executed much better, or rather, in more sympathetic light? I for one honor the narrative of a character who has the GUTS, the S P I N E to sacrifice a lot, their morals included, to just get OUT of the corrupt (!) way their world works. And I have a feeling that so does Miyazaki. x) I think it is a twisted sort of bravery that we are lucky to never experience and only perceive through fiction. But, unlike Aldr1ch, who revels in his corruption and the horrible things he has to do, Rykard, 1) has a loving family and 2) hinted to have or have had sympathetic traits and simply lost his way from.... heheh.... biting more than he could chew... xd heheh... :drum emoji because I am a comedy genius:

But, in either case, ya'll are lucky that the guy is happily married. Ya'll would not survive the intensity of my thirst otherwise. It is just my rule to not touch married characters. I still admire the guy though. Not to mention the fucking UNREAL AWESOME FUCKING DESIGN, one of the best I've seen ANYWHERE, and him having my favorite theme in entire Elden Ring. Like, it was legitimately hard to live down the crisis of him being "taken", because this guy is really loveable, both as a man and as a monster.

One - Ranni!

Honestly, I always liked the mysterious aura, the clairvoyance and the uhhh... I guess, machiavellianism of this character? "Ends justify the means" character who does some unforgivable things but believes there is no other choice, and the grander purpose is more important. But, she has so many layers. She stepped away from her mother's teachings yet still created a badass illusions to protect her and clearly loves her forever, she has trust issues but in the end needs true friends and true kindness (something even an idiot like Seluvis can see!).

You could see it hurt her to do all that, but whatever freedom could be was worth it. She is just a very complicated character, that goes above and beyond. Letting her own body be killed is badass but understandable, since her body was inextricably tied to the Golden Order, as an Empyrean. Letting her somewhat-brother who was a genuinely good and radiant and loveable person be killed? That's a bit... more drastic... And so on. Indeed, she IS like Rykard in how far she had to go, and how much she had to sacrifice, but nonetheless I uh... would not say she lost clarity of her mind like him? It is interesting how by Dante's Divine Comedy though, Herecy is associated with fire but only on 6th level, yet it is treachery that is considered to be THE sin of sins, and it is the lowest level, and associated with ice, like her element. I am thinking about this very often @_@"

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Honorable mention - Radahn!

Sorry, but I love the guy, despite lack of deep discussion (and becoming a mascot of the most toxic fans). This is ADORABLE that he learned Gravity Magic just so he could still ride Leonard. He appears to be such a goofy dumbass, wholesome person in the "wrong" way, opposing a character that is actually likeable and loyal to the things and people that arguably never deserved it?

But you know I am a huge fan of Rom Bloodb0rne, right? He gives off the exact same 'person that seizes and conceals the horrors of the cosmos from humanity, although their personality and intellect are gone' vibe. It is just... that same vibe of a "silly" character, the comic relief, that turns out to either face a tragic fate or reveals a much deeper personality. He is simple and complicated at the same time! And, well, him having been such a legendary and impressive warrior that so many people gathered just to give him honorable death. This is somewhat impressive. He was actually a very close tie with Malenia.

[moonscradle]

can't decide on what to type next, i've got a few ideas;

malenia and the (retelling) of sleeping beauty

godwyn and also another retelling but this time it's of the little mermaid

ranni and rennala and the child who came from an egg (another fairytale)

another alchemy analysis but this time of rennala and her egg (the philosophers egg)

curses in fairytales (somehow relating it to curses in elden ring, this sounds way better in my head trust me)

the absent grandmother ( ranni and marika and their mentors)

miquella and malenia (cocoon and butterfly)

curses and vows in elden ring

a lot of these aren't fully fleshed out, just surface level stuff

[malwarewolf404]

I also wanna be really clear and say its not just people curious about Godwyn who think this final boss fight is stupid, I’ve also seen a handful of Radahn fans who think this ending just sucks. I don’t know what all I could say to ask people to give this idea a chance? Idk. I think it’s cool and if you don’t that’s totally fine but I will get a little sad inside every time I see a drawing of Miquella riding mermaid Godwyn or Radahn punting Miquella. Some people can’t appreciate good food and that’s sad :(

[nerice]

elden ring sote bingo let's fucking GO!!

dawn of the final 24 hours before my life gets eaten. details under th cut >>

the eclipse

what the fuck were they doing at castle sol what was the point !! "the sun has not been swallowed your companion remains soulless" how was this supposed to connect to/help resurrect godwyn. may we find out when it happens!!

scythe fixes

my partner contributed this one it seems 2 be a vry specific gripe towards scythe builds that i do not understand bc i run my game with two toothpick daggers and refuse to upgrade vigor lmao

death swamp

i think it wld be funny. do it miyazaki

malenia's severed arm/oath ring

WHAT IF WE. FOUND IT >:) no idea why it'd be in the realm of shadow but i wanna pick up specifically the oath ring fr item description lore juice so bad :3

messmer blasphemy arsenal

why is he running around talking abt those unworthy of gold when he's fully stacked w/ anti erdtree insignia!! battle trophies? just to flex? let us know!!

butterfly trio

fringe theory that i don't subscribe to that the trio statue in the haligtree is *not* prodigy twins + godwyn but instead twins + messmer, on account of cape & the fact that they all get butterfly items (nascent for miquella, aeonian for malenia, and smoldering for - presumably - messmer bc of his fire theming) don't rly care for it but am curious abt the butterfly symbolism nd if it will show up

lake of rot expansion

THIS HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME SINCE I FOUND IT. why is that upper portion there, completely inaccesible, with the other end suspiciously faded out!!!! no other part of the giant ass world map has smth like this LET US GO THERE!! blue dancer portal i believe in u

marika's dad

that guy in the painting. who's a talking corpse pulling a sword out of his fucked up body later in the trailer, LOREDROP US

age of rot

easy. malenia resurrection phase three full ending truther. yes i realize this wld be the worst possible fate for her i love dying and despair

sleep swamp

we kind of saw it in the trailer. might not be an actual inflicting-the-effect soup location but again i think it'd be funny!!

godwyn's resurrection (mermaid boss)

with or without connection to whatever the eclipse is. there's no way they're not gonna use that huge disgusting model of him from the deeproot depths 2 fuck us up. miquella can save him but he cannot save him tm :)!

messmer destined death user

every possible evil flame theory under the sun has been floated for him nd which shade of fire it is he's actually wielding. i think he's camp destined death for juice nd (possible) melina connection

gloam-eyed queen is marika's sibling/twin

my fav little pet theory!! assuming the guy in the painting is marika's dad and assuming (spicily) that the woman in the painting isn't actually her but another numen / empyrean / possibly sibling / most likely 2 be the gloam eyed queen aka whoever marika has slain at the beginning of the sote story trailer when she claims godhood. i just think this game loves sibling beef too much 2 not go there. conversely i don't think melina is the gloam-eyed queen but i do think there's a connection/possible inheritance avenue w.

malenia death consequences

THE ONLY THING I REALLY CARE ABT FOR THIS DLC it cannot be a 10/10 without this, indulge meeeeee pwease she's a fkcin optional boss and the entire reason for miquella's quest. it has to matter COME ON !!!! idc if it's a lot to code and account for u built this house

melina/messmer siblings

melina is the odd one out whose parentage is so far unconfirmed. nd there are no only children in this game. so w/ the addition of messmer > obv conclusion that might still be fully off lol

miquella anti-griffith path

yes ive seen the theories. yes ive read berserk. yes it makes sense and the parallels are off the charts. when i first found the bewitching branch nd the lore bits abt miquella/st trina i also sent my partner a long essay abt the parallels. miquella the beloved defender of the weak, (+ there is LITERALLY AN ECLIPSE HE TRIED TO CAUSE) however all the "miquella is evil" theories are supremely boring sorry. playing it straight wld be such a waste. u meet miquella nd he turns out to be a mastermind manipulator who used dream control and charm and even malenia was tricked etc etc IT'S BORING gtfo

boss w/ 3rd phase

haven't had that yet. bonus points if i get my resurrected malenia insect body horror for this (wldnt even count bc it's not a consequtive phase) but a girl can dream uwu

final boss fight @ the vagina tree roots

sorry for the uninitiated. but yeah this wld be a dope final boss location and either way i wanna go there!!!!! give us pussy

outer god of sleep

this shot in the story trailer. "abandoning his fate" can be interpreted either way, abandoning (unalloyed) gold for existence as st trina OR WHAT I'M PUSHING. him even abandoning his fate as empyrean i.e. godhood since power in this game always comes at the price of outer gods whispering in ur ear nd i want!! an outer god of sleep !! to have been that for miquella. sleep was his destined path like rot was for malenia, and he wants no part of it >:3

torrent's origins

this is a filler square u_u but also i'm genuinely curious if we will get more lore abt him. it's confirmed miquella was riding torrent when he set out, and the torrent we have now is a spectral steed, first seen with melina and then gifted to us by ranni in disguise so like. how do we get from a to b to c d e f here chat !!!!

blue dancer lore

ANOTHER 10/10 REQUIREMENT. ive made my case and it's a strong one. ik all of the malenia content wishes are copium at best but getting vicarious lore on this one is extremely feasible imo

age of unalloyed gold

there's no way we aren't getting a miquella themed ending right. riiiight??

full melina lore

TRULY THE MOST ENIGMATIC CHARACTER there's a billion theories (geq being the strongest one) i don't even care what her specific lore details are gonna be but it'll be so interesting if any of it gets elaborated on !!

all new npcs fucking die

they're such a merry band in the story trailer :) wld be a shame if something happened to them :))))))))

[wxnheart]

Do you think Godwyn became a mermaid after his body decayed and became corrupted, or do you think he was always part fish?

I'd like to think he became the little MerGod after he "died" but what if he was always the goodest of MerGods before his death and hid it from everyone? omg Godwyn!

[goji-pilled]

MK-S: Oh, you found the lichdragon! That means you found the giant mermaid; he’s the hideous face with the giant tail and seaweed for hair. (In Japan, mermaid mythology says that they are symbols of immortality, in contrast to the Little Mermaid, which is more unrequited love.)

Oh, and that Mermaid? He’s Godwyn. That’s right, that thing is Ranni’s half brother, whom she killed in soul alone…which meant he lived in in flesh alone. And he was buried at the roots of the Erdtree…corrupting it, and spreading his corruption along its roots. You know this corruption as “Death Root”.

yeah i knew he was burried at the erdtree and how thats is how deathroot came to be but the mermaid bit was still a surprise 😭

also loved how fia was like "please become elden lord for us bro please" meanwhile me who is fully commited to becoming elden lord so my cool witch wife can start the age of stars:

[pkbth]

I love your Godwyn and Fortissax art! I find it funny tho how you made his lower body vaguely merman-y, there's a hilarious fan theory that he'd always had a fish tail to begin with xD

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/vxz4sk/godwyns_strange_appearance_fishman_and_the/

Yeah he would be perfect for the new little mermaid cast I'm sure of it xd

[memoryoflooping]

Your carrd says that you like to talk about your OCs!!! Tell me about em!!!

Okok this is gonna be a lil briefer with a lil summary of some of my guys, not all of em but still a mile young strap in bud. and also this contains like all of my maldwyns because i need u to understand, i have... so many maldwyns.

feel free 2 ask more questions about my ocs if you'd like to! :-)

Malcer Icecrow - previous leader of the icecrow gang in bellmare. After an accident involving a spike trap and maldwyn (8 years old) he's become a deeply angry and increasingly evil ghost. He takes out his anger by torturing maldwyn, making them do things they don't like or possessing them to do horrible things to them. He used to be kind of good but ever since he died he has lost his shit.

Maldwyn Icecrow - the previous heir to the icecrow gang in bellmare before it was overthrown by frosina, ruthlessly violent at times but is learning to be better with the merry men.

Frosina Shemov - A more recent Worker of the icecrow gang who dated maldwyn and found them to be a bit too obsessive, abusive and possessive

Arizima Blackcrown - rich girl who lived in a mansion in bellmare, who was killed by maldwyn.

Lyndi Stormhawk - Maldwyn's mom who was killed by malcer Icecrow via burning to death.

Alorus Stormhawk - Maldwyn's father who was killed by Malcer via getting stabbed with a sword.

Monsterwyn - alternate universe version of Maldwyn where they are cursed to be immortal but have to eat people/corpses. Their clothes are torn up and theg have a torn up cape now, alongside their purple claws. They're just has vicious if noy more so than maldwyn, often making growling, snarling, whining and whimpering vocalizations.

Deep sea merperson monsterwyn - A mermaid person of Monsterwyn, who lives too far under the sea to see much of humans and is awfully curious about all of the things they have.

Modernwyn - a modern version of maldwyn where they run a youtube channel about discourse and legitimately cry on camera whenever they get called out.

Reignwyn - modern version of maldwyn who got caught in the Reign corp experiment and got bonded with crows and ice.

Godwyn - newer time god who gained the role in the empty town timeline. They were pretty normal until their job started to drag on their mental mindset and turned them emotionless.

Nezira (Impostorwyn) - not a maldwyn but she bodysnatched one and intends to live her life in their body.

Dragonwyn - leftover maldwyn from the bodysnatching, turned into a white dragon with black feathered wings.

Supervillainwyn - a supervillain version of maldwyn who has ice powers but is being modified by Malcer icecrow to be a huge monster.

Mutewyn - a maldwyn who had their voicebox just shredded out of them by malcer, so they can't really talk

Tuggie - a clone of maldwyn who was made by Mervara. He's just a silly lil crow guy.

Mervara Amastacia - a tiefling sorcerer who specializes in magic involving memories.

Arciar Clethtinthiallor - dragonborn fighter/barbarian can't say too much cuz I'm not supposed to say too much about him publicly rn

Cherryheart - warriors oc, she's a kind and happy cat

Warble - a little bubble dragon who can extend his neck or pull it into himself like a seal.

Rose - ran the Rose River Resort before the ARG incident caused its downfall. Now just sorta lives a normal life

???? - victim of the Rose River Resort and rose's ex, she's decided to move to a smaller town after the ARG incident freed her from the resort.

Wires - A mysterious masked person who lives in the town ???? Moved into. They mostly hang around and hunt monsters that terrorize the town. They very noticeably don't seem to have any friends. No one's ever seen their face.

Dr. Saffron - A biologist who lives in the town ???? Moved into and she mainly stays in a lab just outside of town. Wires is the only one that is usually seen around her if she's hanging out with someone.

WELCOME TO MY STUPID FUCKING LORE WHERE MY DND CHARACTER MALDWYN IS THE FUCKIN ONCELER <3