I like to think Messmer is Godwyns twin, but Radagon is still his father, while Godwyn's father is Godfrey. This is actually theoretically possible in real life--fraternal twins where one egg if fertilized by one man's sperm, and the other is fertilized by another--but its incredibly rare. However, in mythology, there are loads of twins where one has a human father and one has a "godly" father. Greco-Roman specifically has Castor and Pollux, Heracles and Iphicles, Helen and Clytemnestra. I get a lot of Greco-Roman mythology vibes from Marika's family, so I think having a pair of twins with different dads would fit right in.
Also, as the ancient texts have always said: "twincest is wincest". It is simply the truth. Messmer and Godwyn must be twins, then.
I found my crew!!! GodMessmer twins truthers, unite!!
I love how we act as if they're an unit. They must be twins, they must be together. DO NOT SEPARATE!!!!!!!!
It's called "heteropaternal superfecundation" and it's one of the coolest scenarios for them, because it's Marika's secret exposed right in front of everyone's salad and no one able to question it (before Goldmask's nosy ass).
What I love most about them being twins, it highlight these themes of duality so present in the game. Godwyn, the perfect child. Messmer, the cursed child. Sharing the same womb, the same blood. Which resembles Marika and Radagon, since he also resented the "curse of their kind", just like Messmer, while Marika takes the golden spotlight.
Also, some imagery in the game comes from a duality similar to Godwyn and Messmer. The Land of Shadow incantation mentions "its gold is accompanied by shadows." So, the Scadutree, for example, being two trunk entwined, its colors being gold and shadows. Messmer's own flames, have shadows and gold inside.
May I also point to the fact that Godwyn's waistcloth has a pattern of gold and red together????? SUS
Which also brings their similarities in their "curses". If Messmer was cursed in birth, we can say that Godwyn was cursed in death. Then, their accursed form take the shape of mythological creatures that are, in many ways, related. A fire serpent, in many tales, is a dragon. A mermaid, in some myths, can also be described as sea-serpents. Not to mention their features growing on other beings (Messmer's fire knights inherenting his hair, crabs inherenting Godwyn's, for example), eyes growing where shouldn't, curses with no deliverance.
And, of course, I should mention the Prince of Death's flames, described in the Eclipse Shotel's weapon art. Godwyn never bore a vision of fire, but somehow, in his death, he started producing a flame compared to a "lusterless sun", also accompanied by shadows.
Btw, thanks for the mythological references you sent, I'll take a deep look into it for future inspirations for them! <3
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