#please watch Dark Souls 3 is Thinking Of Ending Things by Jacob Geller on YouTube I cried while watching it

[lesbianholyspirit]

I love that soulsborne games are often not just about pushing through and trying over and over again until you make it, but also about letting go and moving on. The world of dark souls would be better off if everyone just let go of the firelinking process, but they don’t. Dark souls 3 is a game dedicated to letting go. Moving on from the series to a new story. Yharnam’s cycle of violence is perpetuated by the refusal to move on from said cycle. In Elden Ring the world is stagnating and fractured because it won’t let go of its broken order. Trying again and again is the gameplay loop utilized to make the player a part of these themes. But you have to let go eventually. Move on. Accept that there will never be a dark souls 4 or a bloodborne 2, but that doesn’t mean you won’t ever see those themes or characters again. They will rise from the ashes, sporting a new face. In a new story. The blood of the dark souls games is used to paint the next story. The world might seem dark for now, but one day, tiny flames will dance across the darkness.