#this dlc is making me insane istg
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After a bit of time and a hefty amount of thinking abt the lore, SOTE really brings this post to my mind.
It's like. Miquella did love Malenia and Godwyn, but couldnt cure them the way he was. He did want to better the world, but it didnt help him as he retraced his mother's footsteps.
Midra did love, and was loved, he endured for ages in memory of the love he shared with Nanaya, and her entreaty. This didnt stop the inquisitors from ramming the sword of damnation through his throat.
Messmer did love his mother, and he obviously cared for her people. He cared for his knights, even when they betrayed him. He even seems to have cared about the hornsent in some capacity, judging by the amount of hornsent culture that remains preserved in the storehouse. And yet, despite all that, he still is responsible for the slaughter, and utter genocide the hornsent suffered. He still couldnt save the jar saints. He still couldnt get his mother to answer his pleas.
Marika did love Messmer. The amount of blessings she gave him is proof enough. She did love him, but it didnt prevent her from sending him on an endless crusade.
Marika loved her people. It didnt matter.
"Marika bathed the village of her home in gold, knowing full well that there was no one left to heal." "What was her prayer ? Her wish, her confession ? There is no one left to answer, and Marika never returned home again."
By the way, small addendum that is only somewhat related bc i dont want to make a full post abt it
The shaman village ost is the elden beast theme with only the harp, without the grandiose melody.
"Only the kindness of Gold, without Order."
#shadow of the erdtree#shadow of the erdtree spoilers#elden ring#elden ring spoilers#sote#sote spoilers#miquella the unalloyed#kindly miquella#midra lord of frenzied flame#messmer the impaler#queen marika the eternal#this dlc is making me insane istg
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here's the other part of the dlc, btw!
spoilers under the cut!
here i am again
UNOVA *vibrates into the roof*
i BETTER be allowed to bring my friends with me this time clavell istg
VELLY GHKASLGJALKSGJL
carmine recommended me? that tracks tbh
do i get to say yes or no to this or am i just going
my fucking FRIENDS :(((((
okay bye friends :((((( i’ll miss you :(((((((
god cyrano’s a hot mess huh
“you’ll be battling more here than any other school” incorrect! i am friends with nemona
yes that DOES pique my interest the last person i knew who fucked around with the terastal phenomenon went insane and died
WHO IS LACEY’S FATHER. WHICH GYM LEADER. I NEED TO KNOW
what the FUCK is that what did you put in the fucking GOO
god okay that took LONGER than i would have liked but i finally caught a fuckin alolan grimer
aight i’m off to talk to carmine ig
i did not actually miss you but sure whatever you say
damn the kieran redesign???
what the FUCK happened to this boy
wild backstory??? no that’s my bestie arven
i don’t fucking know man AM i friends with kieran? i don’t think he’s forgiven me for catching ogerpon but like that was completely out of my control she said she wanted to come with me and i won the battle so
can i not be in multiple clubs? also why is blueberry academy more fleshed out than uva academy this is bullshit to the highest degree
WELL A DATE IS…
oh man she has a thing for me i guarantee it
in the cafeteria and having vivid flashbacks to being recruited to find the herba mystica… i miss my boy :(
yknow kieran i appreciate you letting me be in the league but you could’ve just asked for a battle
oh man he looks feral what the fuck
“not a little kid anymore” sir it’s been three months
ooh this tells me where in unova they’re from that’s AWESOME
oh and it gives me the recommended order to do them too! that’s really helpful!
alright did a bunch of bbqs and i’m off to fight crispin! or do his trial at least
oh jeez i did NOT need this much bp
man i do not KNOW what my history with kieran is. please help me figure it out
I AM DOING MY BEST, CRISPIN
i literally already am champion ranked, drayton
okay now that i’ve got way too much bp i’m just gonna fight the whole league one after the other so. amarys time!
“your name is agias” GJKLASJGLAJG
amarys where did you get herba mystica that allows miraidon to fly. and can i have some to bring home for arven
thank you for asking what my relationship with kieran is amarys, i have no fucking idea
did it! on to lacey
her description says she lives in nimbasa but cyrano said her father was a gym leader and unless elesa transitioned i don’t think that’s the case. something’s going on here
oh a pokemon quiz i’ve GOT this
god lacey's so cute i love her
drayton. you cannot just shade kieran like that and then immediately ask why lacey hates you
alright drayton time
drayton. stop trying to bribe me. idk what you’re doing it for, but it isn’t working
oh god oh fuck i need to use new pokemon. please hold
“your opponents are under the same conditions so you can’t be too mad about it” THEY HAD THAT ANYWAYS, DRAYTON
god fine. lemme just evolve the pokemon i’ve caught so far and maybe catch more
GOD FINALLY THAT TOOK ME AN HOUR
the music for each of the elite four slaps btw
kieran i beat the elite four in less than a day. what are you talking about
“i liked kieran better when his hair was down” JGKLSAJGLKASJG SIR??????
i mean i agree but still
HOLY SHIT HYDRAPPLE??? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT
guessing it’s an evolution of dripplin but. goddamn
drayton you are making things actively worse. stop that
DON’T PLAY THE CHEERY FRIENDSHIP MUSIC I CAN LITERALLY SEE KIERAN HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN IN THE BACKGROUND
i am NOT letting drayton in area zero briar i fucking REFUSE
carmine and kieran are fine i guess but i would really rather just get the crater crew back together :/
oh. hi geeta
RIKA!!!!!!!!
“recently we’ve had to confront the possibility that dangerous pokemon could escape the area” say professor turo died and go
literally just get the crater crew to do it and have clavell supervise us geeta like it’s not that hard
i’m in but only because none of you other fuckos know what to expect. you’re being so mean to my friends and for why
alright drayton's not going that’s... actually fantastic
jesus christ kieran is this whole thing STILL about ogerpon
BRING MY BESTIES. I HATE THIS GAME
oh god briar got scary all of a sudden what the fuck
rika you knew i trespassed. what are you talking about
i’m sorry and all but arven needed me so. i’m not that sorry
god if no one else. if NO ONE ELSE. let me bring nemona. she is also a champion and has also been there. this is bullshit to the highest degree
yes i’ve been here before. with my friends. bitch (sorry)
alright. here fuckin goes
briar you shut the FUCK UP about the secret room in the zero lab you don’t know SHIT
how disrespectful do you think it is to let these fuckin randos that neither turo nor arven knew/knows in
oh it’s been too long that makes sense
i am NOT saying anything about the professor being in the lab what is WRONG with this game
goddammit i said it anyway i hate it here
oh thank GOD i don’t have to show them the time machine
BRIAR GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THOSE
i sure did but i’m not gonna fucking tell you your vibes get more rancid by the second
briar i am starting to become frightened. you are being professor turo’d i think
GET AWAY FROM THE PROFESSOR TURO STUFF BRIAR. I AM GOING AND GETTING ARVEN TO LET HIM LOOK AT THIS I SWEAR TO GOD
carmine is the only valid person here i think
god this really IS still about ogerpon
LISTEN KIERAN I’VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I’LL SAY IT AGAIN: IT’S NOT MY FAULT I HAVE PROTAGONIST SYNDROME also you were being a bit parasocial ngl
HATE the look on briar’s face what the fuck
this is going to go SO badly i can already tell
i knew it was coming but holy shit that’s a baby
a master ball, kieran? really?
briar. you can’t say shit like that it’s SO unethical
is he gonna use literally any other pokemon or
oh my GOD it’s still SO SMALL
that’s a fuckin BABEY
briar can this wait literally at all
oh man the master ball BROKE? that’s not good
BRIAR YOU WANTED THIS
briar has clearly never done a tera raid battle this is pretty standard i’m ngl
eyyyy kieran’s back in the game!
his eyes look normal now which is very encouraging
carmine why do we need your permission to go all out like what do you think i’ve been doing
oh shit he’s letting me catch him? nice
yeah what carmine said we do NOT need the second coming of professor turo
alright fine i guess we managed without my friends but. it would’ve been nice to have them with us
man i never had a problem with you of course we’re still friends
and that’s credits! alright!
okay so! overall? i liked the teal mask better than the indigo disk, but both were alright
the dlc DEFINITELY pales in comparison to the main game though. i understand why they didn’t bring back the crater crew, but i’m still upset by it, it felt like they thought if they introduced carmine and kieran we would automatically like them as much if not better than the other three, which is just not possible. while their story and development, especially kieran's, were good, it didn’t hold a CANDLE to the other three, ESPECIALLY arven. i’d say that the main game was a 9/10, teal mask was 7/10, and indigo disk was 5.5/10
so i played the dlc
and it was. alright? but while i was playing the teal mask, i was writing my thoughts down so i could make a little mini-review, and then i just. never posted it. so here i am now, with my thoughts from ALL of the dlc, but i have to separate it because i said. So Much. this post has teal mask stuff, i'll reblog with indigo disk thoughts
spoilers under the cut!
are my besties coming with me on this field trip. please please please
blueberry academy is in UNOVA????? holy shit i am IMMEDIATELY more interested and invested in the indigo disk
have my boy there. i am Manifesting him
listen briar i’m sure your intentions are pure and all probably but you can’t go into the great crater of paldea okay i say this as someone who has been there. leave my bestie alone
i don’t think my besties are coming with me :( one sec i gotta go say goodbye to them
okay nemona please try not to burn the academy to the ground, penny sunlight is necessary to your survival please leave your room at some point, mabosstiff please take care of arven while i’m gone
GOD i love these kids okay i’m going
i am. aware of the violet book. why
the paranormal???? oh so she’s a dork
and heath’s descendant alright that’s fine i’m no longer as concerned as I was before
OH MY GOD IS SHE SHOWING ME THE TERAPAGOS PAGE UNCENSORED????
SHE IS
i am…….. wary……. of terapagos, but continue
she wants to find it? bestie
okay so the other people on the trip are randos. three of them. this feels like salt in the wound, just a lil bit
this kid is NOT my “travel buddy” i have exactly ONE buddy and he is in paldea >:(
i’m not going to let that go i am NOT going to get over that
oh it’s my replacement besties or whatever. i’m not going to get as attached to them I’m saying this now because i know it to be true. unless these kids have daddy issues out the ass i will not get attached
okay so carmine is nemona 2 electric boogaloo except i like nemona more
sorry for continuing to play it up i just Love Them So Much
oh so we’re just going to. i was going to say block off the wholeass road but this is scarvi so. guess not
oh so this is just nemona if she was pacifica northwest huh
only one of them was giving me grief but i’m gonna hit yes anyways cause carmine is already getting on my nerves
man this is exactly what i said about arven huh. unless she pulls out a sick dog and daddy issues i’m not impressed and even then i'm not impressed cause like. quit copying homework from two characters who i already like more
mossui town is a very pokeani coded name i think
oh god which of these stupid fucking loser kids am i gonna be working with
nevermind it’s probably gonna be kieran
his hair is really fucking stupid I cannot see his nose at all it grates on me more the more I look at it. not what i would call good character design
hair’s not quite as egregious on carmine but still kind of a problem
WOAHHHHHH THE NURSE JOY RESDESIGN POG
this is literally jessie. like it’s just jessie i can’t fucking be convinced otherwise
i mean. define cool? but yeah sure this kid’s growing on me it’s cool
ohhhhh cool as in 3v1 cool. yeah alright that is cool
KIERAN NO WHY DID YOU SAY THE S-WORD
HOW DID YOU EVOLVE YOUR POKEMON SO FAST
probably because they were already like level 58 or whatever
okay so we are GUARANTEED going to get trapped in here or whatever since ogerpon was outside but i’m sure i can bust us out so i’m not really worried tbh
“you’re a sweet kid kieran” vs “wHEN CAN I MOVE IN” GHALKSJGKLASJGLKAJSG
yeah okay i’ll go to the festival of masks sure seems fun
ugh YOU
fuckin. i don’t get a mask i guess. absolutely fantastic (sarcastic)
yeah sure i’ll battle whatever
“stop using supereffective moves” she says, like that will stop me
oh is poltchageist/sistcha a divergent evolution of the polteageist line? nice!
ogerpon’s stUPID FUCKING PONCHO JAKSJKSJGLKSJG
“say chansey” is cute but i’m unsure why cheese wouldn’t work like cheese is very much in this game
oh, thank you for the candy apple kieran!
what the fuck does OUSTIN mean, game. that is NOT a word, what the fuck
wait. it is. fuck
what if i just. didn’t go after ogerpon AJKLGSJGLK
okay well i can’t leave the festival or do anything else IN the festival so
this bitch is GOING to punch me in the face i guarantee it jvaslkgjlags
apparently everyone just thinks its a kid. wild
oh that’s a cute cute CUTE face
ogerpon’s adorable. alright
I SOMEHOW DON’T THINK IT’S A KID, CARMINE
kieran i would NEVER make fun of you what the fuck
carmine you are SO mean all the time i feel like jet at the end of the sonic riders dub
oh did the loyal three attack and ogerpon defended the village. makes sense for pokemon tbh
“passed down by word of mouth” just write it down, man
OH SHIT THE MASKS HAVE TERASTAL GEMS IN THEM FUCK
i’m sorry kieran i was specifically instructed to lie to you okay listen
i guess i’m not going to the festival of masks tonight? damn okay then
okay yeah this is pretty as fuck but i’ve been to area zero and i did expect it to look like this, carmine
oh! a mitotic! hi! what the fuck!
well that’s convenient huh. i’m not getting in the fucking pool, i guess
oh briar hi! are these terastal crystals? cause i’m pretty sure they are
water? eh close enough
oh he’s gonna summon the loyal three isn’t he. that’s probably not good
kieran in our defense we were specifically instructed to not tell you this like did you miss that part i know you were eavesdropping
if nothing else it seems like he’s gaining some self confidence from all this it seems like
oh they were stuck in the monument? that’s… a bit weird, but i’m sure it’s fine
sure wish someone who could understand pokemon was here (hint hint) THAT SURE WOULD BE HELPFUL HUH (HINT HINT)
sorry i just. i Miss him
guess i’ve gotta fight the loyal three now. bet
ooh triple battle?
nevermind. this blows
you’re trying to recreate the crater crew and it isn’t working i’m not as attached to these two
oh i just noticed that the flying taxi has noctowls instead of squakabilly in kitakami that’s cool!
ogerpon was running in lil circles around me while i wrote that this bitch cute as hell
sorry for having protagonist syndrome kieran
HE GOT SO BIG
oh god HE ATE THE HERBA MYSTICA NOOOOOO adhsfjhfsfh
ogerpon cheering us on is adorable, oh my god
oh did kieran tell the village the truth i’m pretty sure he did
yup he did
i think this battle with kieran is the last of the story
oh damn he just COLLAPSED
okay do i battle ogerpon or does he just get in a ball
battle it is ig!
oh its poncho changes with its mask thats cool!
OH FUCK HE TERASTILLIZES WITH HIS MASKS JUST AUTOMATICALLY
“memories of adventuring with you grant ogerpon strength” THAT’S CUTE AS HELL WHAT THE FUCK
“memories of a partner from long long ago grant ogerpon strength” HEY WHAT THE FUCK OW
OH SHE’S A GIRL SHIT SORRY OGERPON DIDN’T MEAN TO MISGENDER YOU
her name WAS gonna be kieran but change of plans this is majora now
majora might be a guy actually i do not have a clue. i’m sure it’s fine
again. sorry for having protagonist syndrome kieran but i can’t do shit about it
carmine my home is in another country i understand what you’re going for but i live in paldea
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING IN THE GREAT CRATER. I’M GOING HOME FUCK ALL OF YOU
kieran what the FUCK is happening bud
oh god he’s pulling a paulo from pokemas isn’t he goddammit
did terapagos get to him. is he gonna get professor turo’d
guess that’s it! i’ll be back for this shit when the indigo disk drops ig
#pokemon#pokemon scarlet#pokemon violet#pokemon scarlet violet#pokemon scarlet and violet#pokemon scarvi#pokemon sv#pokemon gen 9#the hidden treasure of area zero#the indigo disk#analysis#reblog#og post#paldea
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