#yes i am bitter about theories that dehumanize them

[khadgarbignaturals]

my elden ring hill i will always die on is that every single demigod and god are inherently human. for all the horrible things they’ve done, for all of their ethereal and convoluted plans, for all of the wars and conflicts they start, they are human. they feel love and fear and hatred and loss and grief and happiness etc.

marika was always grieving in and even before her godhood. her family and her people were murdered. her children were being born cursed, tormenting them and reminding her of every action she took to become a god. her grief and hatred started the purging war in the land of shadow. her fear started the war against the fire giants. her grief and exhaustion shattered the elden ring. for all the power and influence that comes with being a god, she still feels.

miquella felt real heartbreak for his sister. for the crimes and torment his mother inflicted on the world. for the terrible war that tore his family apart. he watched the world tear itself apart. he tried to make the haligtree a safe haven for people being systematically tortured and murdered by nearly every faction in the lands between, but it was impossible. he couldn’t make his tree accessible without compromising it. so he resolved to change everything, not knowing that the path ahead will change even the kindest of people into a monster.

radahn learned gravity magic to ride his horse. he loved leonard so much he amassed enough power to halt the stars. the cut content from the longtail cat talisman stated that the cat was his. radahn loves animals. he loved his father too. this is more lighthearted than the other ones but it still really shows how human he is.

malenia loved her brother. with their debilitating curses, they were always going to be distant from the rest of their family, so when the only person to give them comfort and kindness was killed, they lost the familial connection entirely. after the shattering they only had each other.

ranni was jaded and bitter. she was surrounded by others telling her what she’s supposed to do to become the person she was supposed to become, and that enraged her. she didn’t want to follow that path, so when that path started to get pushed onto her more and more, she snapped and decided to fight against it. she loved blaidd and iji, the people who were more of a family to her than her father and siblings. she loved her mother.

there are too many demigods to do every one of them but you get the gist.