#then i saw a malenia gif

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Melina, Messmer and the Gloam Eyed Queen.

Disclaimer : this is not my theory. I saw it in a buried youtube comment and it rings so damn true I want you all to see it! From this guy, in this video.

OK so I was watching a lore video and disagreeing with a lot of it. Good stuff though, and the comments were fun. As I scrolled, I saw this, which blew my socks away and is definitely my personal take now! (the comment is edited for readability)

Melina is a daughter to Marika and Radagon. This is confirmed as she’s represented by a butterfly. The butterflies we can find in game all represent the children of Marika and Radagon.

Nascent butterfly represents Miquella, Aeonian butterfly represents Malenia, Smouldering butterfly represents Melina. And then in the dlc we’re introduced to Messmer and Black Pyreflies.

I like to believe that the children of Marika and Radagon come in twos. First came the twins Melina and Messmer, and then came Miquella and Malenia. The later share a contrasting theme, Miquella is cursed with eternal youth while Malenia is cursed with Scarlet Rot which caused her to rapidly decay, symbolizing old age and death.

And then we have Melina and Messmer who both share the theme of fire. Messmer has his own flame, a flame which is notably different from any other pyromancy in the game, his fire is more red and more aggressive. He is able to share his fire with his followers, his fire knights who cast incantations of Messmer’s flame. Then when we kill Messmer, we obtain his flame as a physical item.

Now Melina’s flame was black flame, and in contrast to Messmer’s flame which could burn away all physical things, Melina’s black flame could burn metaphysical things (being burned by black flame does hp damage because it’s burning your very soul) and just like Messmer, Melina was able to pass on her black flame power to her own ‘knights’ the Godskins.

And so Messmer went on to use his flame to burn the enemies his mother pointed him at, where as Melina desired to burn the things that she could, she wanted to burn the Erdtree.

Marika couldn’t risk Melina tearing down everything she had worked for, so she had Maliketh confront Melina and defeat her. Maliketh then took Melina’s black flame just as we take Messmer’s flame, and he converted it into destined death, giving Maliketh sole control over the only thing that can kill the soul, thus truly killing someone once and for all.

(Note, Maliketh didn’t have destined death when he defeated Melina, which is why she’s still around, he killed her, but couldn’t get rid of her for good, nor did he need to once he took her power away.)

So when we meet Melina, she doesn’t know who she is or what her purpose is, but in time, she ultimately arrives at the same conclusion once again, she wants to burn the Erdtree, even without her black flame, she’s still the same person. We can then see to her wishes and use her to burn the Erdtree OR we can spare her and burn the Erdtree with the flame of frenzy.

And then in the flame of frenzy ending, we see Melina take on a new form, her original form, the form of The Gloam-Eyed Queen. Why has she reverted to this old form?

Because we kill Maliketh and unleash destined death, thus returning Melina’s black flame power to her.

The idea of Melina and Messmer being twins is backed up further by their association with the serpents. Messmer’s association with the serpents is obvious, where as Melina’s connection relies on the theory of her being the Gloam-Eyed Queen, where she’d then be associated with the Godskins, and we know the Godskins are associated with serpents.

My own musings...

What if Maliketh defeated Melina/the Gloam Eyed Queen, but let her be. Deafeated doesn't mean killed. It's possible she was burnt and bodiless because Messmer destroyed her. Marika already makes him do her dirty deeds with his subjugation of the shadowland, isn't it possible he requested he burn his sister so she could better control her as a spirit?

Things that don't really gel : why would Melina be "queen" of anything. Where would she have ruled? If she's an empyrean, as we know she was, where is her shadow bound beast, and more importantly, why wasn't Messmer? We know both Miquella and Malenia have no shadows (as far as we can tell) but were also both Empyreans despite the curse.

Perhaps it's because Melina inherited Grace, while Messmer didn't.

Perhaps the flames aren't the curse, but only the serpent inside of him. Making him uneligible, not only for grace, but also for empyrean status.

Now that I think about it, there's NOTHING to support this, but it's possible that Melina could have been the queen Marika puts in charge of all the shadowlands while she's off with Messmer in the Lands Between. There is a lot of death there. Maliketh and Messmer could have come for her together, Messmer burning her/returning her to Marika to control (and use later on).

[cxrsedeclipse]

First time writing, might be sloppy…

STARSCOURGE RADAHN—GRATEFUL AFFECTION

Warnings: anal sex, size difference, mention of magic used during sex, dom!bottom!Radahn, sub!top!m!reader

Pairing: Starscourge Radahn x M! Tarnished Reader

Overview: Reader saved Radahn from Malenia, and be did not get Scarlet Rot, making him stay healthy. One day, Radahn feels a bit emotional and wants to thank Reader…

Not too long ago, you had saved Radahn from Malenia that threatened to hurt him. Radahn had definitely not forgotten that day, always managing to smile when he saw you every day. Sure, you were a Tarnished, and Radahn was like five times your size, but that didn’t stop either of you from loving each other so dearly.

One day, when Radahn saw you just hanging around Redmane Castle, he gently tapped your shoulder with his finger to get your attention. When you turned around, you saw the 27 foot giant man, in his armor and looking down at you with tender eyes. “Hey, y/n… I never really got to thank you for saving me… may I do that now?” You were a bit confused on why he had asked that. “… you don’t need to thank me, Radahn. You just being with me is enough”, you said. Radahn shifted on his feet a bit. “Yeah, yeah… but I still want to. I insist.” After a bit of thinking, you finally agreed to just let him do… oh wait, what did he want to do? “What do you even want to do?”, you asked. Radahn smirked a bit, looking down at you. “Some things… in bed.” You were stunned for a second but quickly got excited, feeling your bulge forming in your armored pants. “… sounds good to me”, you said. Radahn didn’t waste any time with that confirmation, gently picking you up with one hand and carrying you to his gigantic room.

His bed was huge, like it was for a giant… well, it basically was. Radahn looked at you in his hand as he gently placed you down on the bed and stripped his armor off but keeping his helm on, revealing his dark grey skin and his ripped, muscular body, his muscles bulging and rippling. And damn his cock was hard too… it was a 17 inch monster, but Radahn never used it with you since he knew that it was far too much for you. He stroked his huge cock with his large hand, smirking at you. “Like what you see, darling?”, Radahn chuckled, “Come on, don’t just lie there, get rid of your clothes.” You gulped at the sight of him and nodded excitedly, taking off your armor and clothes. You had a nice, 7 inch cock which was pretty big for a Tarnished. Radahn didn’t keep his eyes off you as he laid down in bed with you. His hand was almost bigger than you, but that didn’t matter to him as he just gently pulled you against his chest for now. After a bit of closeness, Radahn propped up on his elbows and started playing with your cock, making sure to use his pinky finger because his hand was too big. You squirmed and let out soft moans and groans, which was like music to Radahn’s ears. Radahn then laid down on his stomach, his hand on his large, muscular ass. “Go on, y/n… don’t keep me waiting.” You looked at his state and your mouth almost watered. You quickly crawled behind the giant, contemplating if your cock was even too small for his pleasure. Radahn looked back and saw that look. “Don’t worry… I love you the way you are. Plus, it feels good.”, Radahn reassured, reaching back to spread his own ass cheeks. “Now dig in…” You nodded enthusiastically, and Radahn let out an appreciative hum at the feel of your tip pressed against his nice, puckered hole. When you pushed in, he let out a soft groan, pushing back against you. “Fuck, y/n… it always feels so good… please just thrust as hard as you can… make me feel you…” You obliged and did just that, thrusting hard, rough and fast. Radahn was a mess of groans and moans right now, burying his face in his pillow, pushing back against you and humping the sheets of the bed. You had a trick up your sleeve, you were a sorcerer after all… you used a certain spell that made your thrusts way stronger, as if he was getting pounded by a 20 inch cock. He moaned and groaned loudly now, muttering pleas to not stop. The time he really tipped over was when he felt you cum inside him, feeling your warmth spread through. He moaned a bit louder as his own release hit him, cumming hard all over the sheets. Radahn was a bit sweaty, panting a bit as he sat up. He saw the dirty cum-soaked sheets and chuckled. “Guess we have a mess to clean up…”

[shadowcatmai]

*Gasps!* The moment i saw your Elden Ring arts gets me excited! And your arts is soooo AMAZING!😍 can you draw Malenia pleaseee?😍

here we gooo🙌

love u buddy!!! have a good day❤️❤️❤️

[maranull]

MARAAAA!

cookie for you: 🍪🍪

For reasons which totally aren't fic related (don't trust me I'm a liar), could we have some hcs on what Malenia, Miq, and Loretta are like with children?

(Ik loretta has no ingame character so if its hard then you can leave her 👍👍)

👋👋

BOOMBOOMBIM!!

Thank you for the cookie!

YUM!

We don't like liars in this house, I'm getting the bonk hammer 🔨🔨

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Malenia:

Malenia adores kids. They remind her of Miq when he was younger and she was free to dot on him.

She'd love to play with them, like doing spins, throwing them in the air, tickling and playing peek-a-boo if they are babies.

BUT!

She doesn't go close to any kids she doesn't know if their parents trust her.

Mostly she's scared of the Rot somehow effecting the kiddos, so she only approaches if the parent/s invite her close.

If she is, she likes ruffling their hair.

Talking with kids, she always sits down to be as close to their eye level, and always treats them with as much respect as she does Miq and takes any word they say seriously.

If any kiddo challenges her to a sword fight with sticks (which many Haligtree-born kids do) she'll lose 100% of the time. (she's only undefeated when battling people using actual weapons)

Miquella:

When he was still living in Leyndell, Miq didn't actually like kids. They reminded him a lot of how most people saw him, and it was one of the few things that angered him.

He grew a bit fond of them as he build the city in the Haligtree.

He still kinda avoids them, mainly because most of them think he is their age and try to befriend him. Sometimes he just doesn't have the energy to explain that he's actually centuries old and he just looks like them.

What he often does though, is read to many. Sometimes, he'll notice a parent needing a break, at which point he'll arrange a reading session for the kid that drives said parent mad.

He loves how their eyes shine in wonder at things that are now mundane to him, like dragons and giants.

In the end, even if he doesn't always enjoy his time with kids, a good amount of his efforts in creating the Haligtree are for them to have a future outside of the Golden Order's constraints.

Loretta:

She acts like kids are the biggest pain in the world.

Then does her absolute best to help in whatever they need, while mumbling "kids these days" to keep up appearances

She fails btw, everyone and their mother knows Loretta is very fond of kids.

She's more of the "let them get hurt, that's how they'll learn" type of adult.

Having said that, she will do all she can for that "hurt" to be as painless and fleeting as possible. Like, a kid might want to ride a horse much bigger than it can. She'll let it and let it slide off as well, but she'll place her hands right where the kiddo falls, softening the fall and preventing any actual damage.

Also every kid in the Haligtree learned how to curse from her.

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We know Loretta is protective and loyal, so I used that as a base for her. And also a bit of the characterization I'm stealing (hehe, get it?) from Stolen 👍

Hope you like them and they are useful for those non fic related purposes <3

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[cuntstable]

btw i checked eldern rang ao3 for the first time last night bc i wanted to see malenia yuri adventures or ranni character studies and made a few discoveries. n.1 grandpa fuckers reign supreme which to be fair is at least a little funny. number 2 malenia and ranni stans need to step it up and n.3 the ratio of f/f to all the other shit is so sad. this could be world of lezzing out IF YOU UNDERSTOOD. IF YOU LISTENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS YOU SAW MY VISION!!!!!!!

[wearepaladin]

I have to admit, one of my first thoughts when I saw Malenia's designs was ''I want to see Archangel Michael who looks like that. An elegant and strong lady, finesse and might, vicious but restrained in combat.''

I can definitely see the comparison. Much like the archangel, she also styles her self as as both the greatest warrior and yet only an extension of a more noble power, in this case her brother Miquella.

[lankieghost]

Lankie's Bloodborne Boss Ranking Bonanza! (Part 3/3)

This is the final part of my Bloodborne boss ranking! You can find Part 1 here and part 2 here.

Spoilers for Bloodborne ahead!

Sigh it's another beast fi - Wait a minute, this guy is a horse! That's cool! Already Ludwig differentiates himself form all other beasts by not being another big werewolf thing.

Narratively, Ludwig's fight is very good. Guy has been hyped up for the whole game, then when you finally find him he's just another mindless monster. But then phase 2 comes in and he pulls out the Moonlight Greatsword and fights you like a man! It's nice that there's this little moment of hope in such a bleak game. (fun fact: in phase 2 he no longer takes bonus damage from weapons that are good against beasts, very nice touch)

The fight is very tough, much like Logarius, he's got a move when he jumps straight up into the air to break your lock on, which I haaaaaaaate. Mercifully they give you an enemy that drops 5 blood vials every time you kill it right outside Ludwig's area. Kind of feel like that's an admission that the blood vial system is a little flawed.

Great first fight for the DLC though! Hope they're all this good!

Oh noooooooooo.

It's a bunch of lump heads with a collective health bar, occasionally they'll stop to summon a bunch of meteors at you. What a thrill.

It brings me great shame to admit that I did die to these guys. I got 90% of the way through the fight and then they all ganged up on at the last minute. How embarrassing. ANYONE WHO DIES TO THE LIVING FALURES IS A LIVING FAILURE.*

The arena is cool though. I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds sunflowers kinda creepy. Any flower that can grow taller than a human is a little unsettling.

*ᴵ'ᵐ ᵏᶦᵈᵈᶦⁿᵍ ᶦᵗ'ˢ ᵃ ᵛᶦᵈᵉᵒ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʷʰᵒ ᶜᵃʳᵉˢ.

Maria fucking rules.

I mean, what an incredible fight! She's challenging but not to the point of being frustrating. Then she's got the blood blades! And the fire! God, so awesome!

The intro cutscene is badass, she looks amazing with the outfit and the hat and the two-sided sword, the music is incredible. The whole package is just 10/10.

I don't really have anything else to say. It's the best fight in the game and one of the best fights in the entirety of all the Soulsborne games.

I hope the rest of the DLC bosses are this good!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

This guy really sucks! And it's entirely because of his 2nd phase where his whole body gets ripped in half and begins spilling lava everywhere.

When he gets to phase 2 to he just scrambles towards with like a 10 hit combo, and you get get behind him because he's constantly trailing fire behind him. It's very annoying!

But the worst thing by far is that he has a big slam attack that he'll charge up and then as soon as he's about to attack he will PIVOT AT LIGHT SPEED IN YOUR DIRECTION to take 80% of your health in one shot. Absolutely unforgivable.

He's also just a fiery Cleric Beast, which is lame. What a terrible boss, it belongs in the garbage. The First Vicar? more like first FUCKER.

Many people for a long time upheld that Orphan of Kos was THE hardest fight in all of the Soulsborne games.

And lemme tell you, that is an accurate description!

This is one million percent the hardest fight in the game. I must of easily burned 300+ blood vials fighting this weird old baby! Luckily, I knew this was going to be a very hard fight going in and I have plenty of experience fighting the current reigning champion of ultra hard From Software bosses, Malenia. So I was mentally prepared to get in the mud.

Narratively its a cool fight, We've been hearing a lot about Kos (some say Kosm!) so it's pretty sad to see that it's just dead on the beach. You sorta forget that when fighting the Orphan that's it's a literal new born baby that's been immediately thrust into combat with a scary man with a big ol' saw. Makes you feel pretty bad for the boy.

That is until he beats you to death with his placenta 50 times in a row.

First phase is very hard, OK's got a lot of attacks that are fast and link into combos that'll kill you dead but it's phase two where things get whacky. Ol' OK, get's very aggressive and starts throwing a lot of meatballs at you. Plus you gotta have your head on a swivel for the lightning bolts coming out of Kos.

I really do like the ultra hard fights in the Soulsborne games. Nothing matches the satisfaction of finally overcoming such a difficult challenge. I mean, it fucking sucks when you in the middle of it, dying to Orphan of Kos' first 3 attacks, riding the elevator down, dying again, realising you're running out of blood vials and going to grind up some more.

But once you win, oh man, what a great feeling.

I'm glad that the DLC ended with such a great fight. Now lets hop back into the base game for the last 2 fights!

Gee Gehrman it's pretty rude to ride in a wheelchair if you clearly don't need one. The man can jump 30 feet in the air and shoot blade beams for crying out loud!

Compared to OK, he's a walk in the park, took me 3 attempts to beat him. But it is a very cool fight, it feels very climactic and the arena is beautiful.

I kinda wish he was more present in the game so you could have a better connection to him in this fight, he just sorta hangs around the hunters dream near the beginning of the game and then shows up right at the end. Maybe if Gehrman was the one to level up your character, but then we wouldn't have the Doll. Everone loves the Doll.

Nice hat!

The MoooOOOOOoooon Presence!

This fight happens directly after Gehrman with no chance to heal so I guess technically it's more like a phase 2 of Gehrman's fight than it's own unique boss fight. I never died to MP so I don't know if you have to fight Gehrman again if you lose to the fight.

Moon Presence is a freaky looking thing! I do like that it doesn't have a proper name. It's just 'Moon Presence'. Despite looking mighty intimidating, MP is pretty easy, they don't have much HP and their attacks are pretty slow. It does have a special 'reduce you to 1 hp' energy attack thing, but I had enough Vials to just power through that.

After beating Moon Presence you turn into a little slug guy. Hurray! I think!

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And that's all the Bloodborne bosses ranked! In conclusion: I really liked Bloodborne! I can totally see why so many people consider it their favourite game of all time.

Even though I had watched someone else play through the whole thing years a go, It didn't ruin my enjoyment of playing the game for myself. Maybe I'll go back and actually play the Dark Souls games next!

Drawing and animating all the Bloodborne bosses has been a fun time too! Boy howdy am I REALLY BAD at drawing digitigrade legs!

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

[maranull]

*takes the sneaky route through the chimney but gets stuck halfway down*

H-hello? Mara? I came here hoping to give you asks but I've ended up in a bit of pickle!

Could I have some headcanons about Malenia n Miq meeting Millicent and her sisters for the first time? (They're not trying to kill eachother, thankfully)

BIMBOOM!!! GOOF, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN!

On my way to get you out of there, hide your head.

(i couldn't find a gif destroying a chimney 👍)

So! I (as of yesterday :P) generally headcanon Malenia's daughters to be born in the Haligtree, but if I went with that they'd all be babies.

So I'm gonna actually follow the lore and say that they traveled to the Haligtree as adults. They traveled separately tho.

Also don't think about the timeline too hard. Yes, they were born from the Aeonia Bloom, and yes, Miquella is still at the Haligtree and Malenia is sane. DON'T QUESTION THE TIMELINE.

:P

Haligtree Family 1st meeting!

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Mary

Being the first to arrive, she's quite the shock to Miquella and an even bigger to Malenia

Malenia was actually very dismissive (scared) of Mary's claims, and refused to see her for a long time

Miq was much more interest and attentive

He was immensely curious about how Mary was... spawned, for lack of better word

The majority of their first meeting was spent in gentle but intense questioning

Amy

By the time Amy reached the Haligtree, Malenia had slowly began to talk with Mary and be more open to the weirdness of the situation

Both Empyrians welcomed Amy this time, Malenia struggling to be open about this

Amy's tales of her finding her old teacher softened Malenia quite a bit, and they talked a lot about them

Before Miquella could talk much, if at all, both mother and daughter were testing each others sparring skills in the yard

Miq had his talk with Amy much, much later

Maureen

Maureen didn't much like either the Rot or the Haligtree, and she made sure to sour her face appropriately when meeting her mother and uncle

Miq and her almost hit it off, what with his reserved and guarded respect for some aspects of Leyndell, and her own strong faith in the Capital and the Order

Miq was glad of news from his parent

And in return Maureen eyes lit with wonder when he mentioned and performed the Rings of Light incantation

Malenia was courteous with her, but mostly remained silent

Pollyanna

Pollyanna actually arrived with Melina so that reunion was a slightly more crowded

Being alone with the three quiet women around, Miq did most of the talking at first

Up to the point he asked about Pollyanna's travels, which prompted her into unleashing a flood of stories and information she had acquired during her journey, barely containing her excitement at the wonders she saw

That stole a smile from Malenia, who then proceeded to ask more and more questions about her journey

That meeting lasted deep into the night, Pollyanna and Malenia doing most of the talking

Millicent

She arrived pretty hurt, and was actually found by Pollyanna at the southern borders of the Haligtree, collapsed

Most of her first days she spent with Miq nurturing her back to health

Despite being the youngest, the Rot was the most aggressive in her, and Miq ended up having to give her an old needle he had made for Malenia

Malenia talked to her briefly while she was still bedridden

Miq noticed their similarities between their characters were much more prominent than the other girls

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Do not think about the timeline. Time is convoluted in the world (also ignore that that line is from DSIII).

ANYWAY!

Thank you Bim! Looking into the sisters was the most fun I've had lorediving since I fell in love with Meli. Thank youuuu!!!

<3