#mother of fingers

[kingofreddragons]

Mother to the distant stars

[madcat-world]

A Faithful Knight or a Traitor Knight - Karina Refrynn

[chaotic-nart]

Yuri has the grip strength and dexterity of a toddler and breaks his crayons constantly. His mom makes Jolan buy a new box every three days :)

[belovedmiquella]

There's a severe lack of Ymir content. I'm not crying.

[yujateaandpi]

Hey you guys ever think about how rough and tumble little Stanley Pines tried his hardest to absorb all the ugly meanness of the world to protect his brother— how he became blustery and loud because it was the only way he received attention but also because it shielded his abnormal twin from scrutiny— how he stood in front of Ford with his gap tooth bared and scrawny arms outstretched taking in all the gawking and hurt by being the slip up, the rascal, the troublemaker— and how this ultimately led to Stanford Pines, the dreamy-eyed idealist who couldn’t tell the difference between friend and enemy, and Stanley Pines, the man who became so desensitized to pain that his life became one big bruise. Anyone ever think about that?

[buriedknight]

May you join the glimmering stars above.

[drenched-in-sunlight]

a continuation of this reverse parenting AU where Messmer went back in time to save a young Marika, and now she’s bringing all kinds of (not) animals back to his Keep lmaooo

let’s pretend in this setting the Elden Beast and Metyr are like… alien cats … idk 🐱🐈‍⬛

[forget-me-not-semicolon]

Children of the Greater Will

[blasphemousclaw]

Ranni has every reason to hate Marika. She is the figurehead of an order that has caused her and her family so much misery… and yet, in the Age of the Stars ending cutscene, Ranni holds Marika’s head with such gentleness. It feels less like Ranni is putting down a tyrant, and more like she’s laying her to rest, after many long years of torment. 

Ranni could have been Marika’s successor, but she rejected the guidance of the Two Fingers, slaying her own flesh in order to be rid of their influence: 

“But I would not acquiesce to the Two Fingers. I stole the Rune of Death, slew mine own Empyrean flesh, casting it away. I would not be controlled by that thing.”

Ranni goes to such drastic lengths because the most intolerable thing possible to her is to be a pawn; her will not being her own, but being at the mercy of a higher power. Ranni’s quest is above all about free will – it culminates with Ranni using the Fingerslayer Blade to tear her Two Fingers into bloody ribbons, at long last giving her full control over her own destiny.

Marika in the present day is a prisoner held in perpetual torment. According to Enia and the Two Fingers,

"Queen Marika is the vessel of the Elden Ring, carrier of its vision. A god, in truth. But after the Elden Ring's shattering, she was imprisoned in the Erdtree. A grim punishment for shattering the Order, despite her godhood. The Fingers speak... "Marika's trespass demanded a heavy sentence. But even in shackles, she remains a god, and the vision's vessel.”

Marika shattered the Order, going against the will of the Two Fingers, and was punished for it gravely. In many ways, Marika’s fate is Ranni’s absolute worst nightmare. This is exactly the fate she took such drastic lengths to escape… serving a higher power with her entire being, her will not her own, but the will of the Fingers, with any attempt at change met with violent suppression, her body essentially being used as a puppet to defend the last vestiges of the Order.

“I would not be controlled by that thing.”

I think that Ranni, seeing Marika’s broken body at the end of it all, felt nothing but pity for her in that moment, despite everything she’d done. To me, the act of Ranni holding Marika’s head in her hands feels like she’s saying, “you were my enemy. But there is no worse fate in this world than what you suffered. Now, you can be truly free."

[wanderingmausoleum]

taking yuri for a walk 🎵

[iliothermia]

I did some hand sewing while I was away from the computer

[moonsnqil]

andrew who buys neil hair products because if left to his own devices he'd just towel dry his hair and leave it frizzy every day

[starrythroat]

twi request: Finger Momma and Elden Beast sleeping

[bradsmindbrain]

[asklesbianonceler]

🕯️High Priest of Manus Metyr🕯️

Kind of a quick piece because I really wanted to do the cathedral as a backdrop.

[hey-look-some-drawings]

What it means to have determination!