#lunar princess ranni

[drenched-in-sunlight]

going over my fromsoft crossover ships and it’s kinda funny how Malenia is the biggest winner of them all (bagging a beautiful healer Goddess), while Ranni got assigned Radagon syndrome (fumbling blond baddie then trying to find their way back to them for the rest of their life)

[hostilemustache]

Ranni The Witch

I did not expect this to take 6 hours to draw... Oh well, here's Ranni from Elden Ring.

I've always wanted to draw her but was too intimated by her intricate design. I finally sucked it up and went for it. I guess I could say that I pushed my boundaries with this one. It's not great, but I did something!

[assassin-artist]

"Let us go together, my dear Consort eternal."

[kabewski]

Ranni the Gun Witch

[sealponds]

let them be happy

[pitofsquids]

elden ring is partly a story about a girl challenging God itself over her bodily autonomy and winning

[amriagaelraincaller]

She took her mother's lipstick 💄

[delsinsfire]

mothers & daughters

[septemberlikestea]

i was once an empyrean.

[lulila-safu]

*sigh* now I have to tag all these people...

and I put godwyn with the radagon/ marika linage, but because I got used to draw him alongside messmer and malenia

[eaissilyy]

Lunar Princess Ranni who stole a fragment of Death and Ranni the Witch who gazed at the Dark Moon

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

Miquella vs Ranni: Loyalty and Love

SPOILERS FOR SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE UNDER THE CUT, BUT COME FOR MY THOUGHTS!

There are so many essays I could write, comparing Ranni and Miquella, but I'm going to contain myself and focus on the most important aspect of comparisons: how they treat the concepts of love and loyalty and the people who give that to them. Especially in light of Miquella's instant kill "Heart Steal" attack.

The thing about Miquella is, even though he's kind, even though he's compassionate, he DOES NOT VALUE love and loyalty. And why should he? It's always been given freely to him. He can just force someone to love him anyway, stealing their heart. So, the people who love him are disposable, treated like pawns. Malenia? Literally left to rot in the home they built together. Mohg? Turned into a glorified guard dog. Even Radahn, turned into his perfect consort.

And Miquella probably does love them, but his perception of love is completely skewed by the nature of the fact that EVERYONE loves him. It's something he just gets. Something he uses.

Compassion and love are Miquella's weapons. They're what he uses to protect himself. It's cheap, something he can get easily.

Now, compare that to Ranni.

For Ranni, love and loyalty are dangerous. She's seen how ruinous and terrible they can be. She's seen her mother's mind wither away, a consequence of Radagon breaking her heart. She's seen Radagon break Rennala's heart for his love of the Golden Order.

The only people who loved her unconditionally are Blaidd and Iji, and even Iji's more around out of loyalty to the House of Caria than love for Ranni.

That is to say, Ranni respects and understands the power of love more than Miquella ever could.

Think of how she tells you to leave her to her lonely path. Her engagement ring, engraved with a warning to stay away, that her destiny is cold and lonely. Ranni pushes people away for their own safety, and that makes her love all the more valuable.

Love, for Ranni, is something at once dangerous and precious. The despondent way she tells you, once you've defeated the Baleful Shadow, to tell Blaidd and Iji that she loves them. Ranni knows what their love has cost them. Knows what it has bought her. She respects love and is naturally wary of it.

And that's what makes it so valuable.

Miquella doesn't appreciate love, because he's always had it.

Ranni treasures it because she's always struggled with it.

God, I love this game.

[persephonaae]

Since I’m deep into thinking so much about Elden Ring right now, here are a couple random phone pics from the convention last month of my Ranni cosplay that won best master craftsmanship in the competition!

[damehimari]

Daughters

I return. ❤️

[emberizidaemelo]

[kabewski]

Priscanni

Priscilla from ds1 + Ranni from elden ring