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Also thinking back on the point user @miquellah made recently about how characters that we see as obviously trans were 99% not intentionally created this way: there likely IS "canon" explanation for why Lost Sinner (aka Queen of Venn) looks like a hulking bearded guy!

The answer is, quite literally stealing Gwyn's aura, and hear me out:

Our Bearer of the Curse first arrives in the Thing Betwix as a 'male' character- ask literally any dataminer! It is just how it is! However, "he" is very Hollowed, and is able to regain appearance and name by clutching a Human Effigy. But the thing is, Bearer of the Curse can come back from Hollowing as any race or any gender! Recollecting something else entirely can give them new body. It correlates very nicely with how first created humans were shown as genderless, raceless, featureless "ideas" of human beings ever since Dark Souls 1 and with that darn Trans Coffin in the Thing Betwix itself hghgjvn. Fromsoft proposes that, since Flame gave humans races and genders, one could come all the way back to "blank state" and return from it something else! It is in plain sight! Genesis and all that.

So, as for Queen of Venn? She gained spiritual kinship with Izalith, who was envious of Gwyn's First Flame and unleashed the Chaos in an attempt to imitate it! And Iron King, her once-sweetheart, got spiritual kinship with Gwyn, to complete the parallel. Notice how similar she appears to Gwyn in both looks and fighting style! As much as I am attached to my headcanons, I believe the "canon" implication here is that through (vicariously) experiencing yearning for having what Gwyn has, she came back from her Hollowing as someone very similar to Gwyn.

Personally, I just really love the idea that she used to flip-flop between two biological genders, since Venn was connected to Moon, and moonlight IS gender-fuckery force of Dark Souls. After all, she has breasts too, not just beard. xD But yeah... It is fair to assume that there are little to no "true" trans characters canonically in Soulsborne; they all have very solid lore reason for why they are like this. Recent example: Executor not being "true" nonbinary character since they are quite literally a man and a woman fused together. I think From is more than deserving of having their own ideas being heard and analyzed even if they are not always what we want them to be, but also we can really just write what we resonate with better.

Why Lost Sinner is like this?

Stealing Gwyn's aura through (vicarious) jealousy

Moonlight fuckery leaving its traces

Trans girl summer

AFAB people can naturally have beards too! :p

Something else!

Not familiar with DS2 lore / Results

Voting ended onJan 4

P.S.: Some retranslators are very adamant on misgendering her because Japanese script fully omits her pronouns (Japanese language can do that), but there is an important note. Every single time pronouns is omitted in Japanese, localisation translates as 'he'... except, for this time. We know for a fact that localisation of Dark Souls trilogy and Elden Ring got reviewed by the devs beyond just approving of voice acting itself, so they would sure not sleep on changing the gender of one of THE main characters of Dark Souls 2!

Not only that. Whereas Throne Watchers first was translated as a he but got fixed as a she later in the Design Works, Lost Sinner was never changed! So, if she/her was incorrect, it'd be fixed in the interview, but it wasn't. And, again: Queen of Venn is the only character she can be from the lore standpoint when you loredig... Other versions are just more and more plot holes. I understand the wish to always be lore accurate, and can even relate, but if it ain't broke then don't fix it! She/her is just correct and they clearly instructed the translators to not mess up their iconic boss

#dark souls #dark souls 2 #dark souls lost sinner #lost sinner #queen of venn #dark souls observation #dark souls headcanons #I am okay with From covering super unusual concepts even at the cost of representation spots really #like no matter how you slice it they are always cooking #lost sinner is awesome no matter what #I like my headcanon more because it gives her more agency #so Izalith noticed she was a kindred spirit by HER jealousy to HER guy and parasited #I also feel incredibly bitter still after talking to Firelink Conspiracy #guy made a very good video defending DS2 from bad faith criticism with actual evidence #yet he was adamant on misgendering Lost Sinner #I thought the side of him that said 'body type A and B is dehumanizing' reared its head AGAIN but #to my surprise talking to him about it revealed that his take on who Lost Sinner is was soooooooo #and I mean SOOOOOOO far away from what literally anyone could assume that it was-#-no wonder he latched onto the 'in Japanese pronouns isnt here so it is clear mistranslation'#I had no idea what his theory even was but you go dude #besides he agreed with me that similarity with Gwyn was intentional so who knows #maybe seed of doubt was sewn....#I guess what left me bitter is that HE first pointed out how DS2 shows lore of coming back-#-as different person out of Hollowing because Genesis #you are so close dude you are so close!!!!!!!!!#ehhhh.#I'll just stand in my corner being the only one who REALLY knows Lost Sinner /lh

this post is actually one that I want people to reblog okay. alright.

Please reblog and put in the tags which character from IZ you are particularly obsessed with. Anyone that screams to you from the screen? Someone you've analyzed and watched the scenes of over and over again enough to recite them by memory. Someone you know DEEP in your bones that you've familiarized yourself with someone that you can point to a fan interpretation of and go "they would not fucking say that" accurately every time you see it.

Favorite character. That you know everything about. Tags. Please and thank you. I'll go first.

If you don't have any favorite character please reblog anyways so that it reaches more people :-) much appreciated

#SKOODGE.#gerrmisc #ehhhh.#izrot #invader zim #iz

going to open the worlds most convoluted commissions where i just ask people to gift me albums on bandcamp in exchange for art

#people do this shit for games but all ive gots is a shitty laptop. which thankfully can run mp3 files most of the time #.mid #no idea how viable this is though lol most albums im looking at are priced ~8 usd or less but also only doing sketch commissions is like.#ehhhh.

am possessed w the all consuming urge to listen to the first four seasons of the magnus archives again. here i go

#i… wont go into detail bc i have friends that havent listened yet #but the more i ruminate on it the more i realize i didnt. like s5 very much #and that bums me out :[#i wish i did #also obviously it wasnt enough to ruin the show for me LMAO but like #like it was Fine but #ehh.#Ehhhh.

claire headcanons that’ll never be discussed in canon: 01. her mental breakdowns, when she has them, are usually pretty severe because she holds them in. she has a lot of repressed trauma she never discusses because she’s simply putting so many people before herself. she literally locks herself away in work, so when she does have a moment to discuss things, it’s harsh on her mental stability because it just hits her: it really bothers her. 02. she’s really good in bed, having sex with someone she really likes just displays all her confidence, all her snark & sass, especially her stamina. she’s exceptionally good at figuring out what the other person likes. 03. her parents death is a sore spot that’ll never heal, especially with chris being away all the time. she was young when they died, but she still remembers them as this beacon of hope -- their death kind of feels like the collapse of the meaning of family, add this to the fact that chris joining the military was really trying to get them on their feet after the deaths of their parents. when she does talk about their parents, it’s just always hopeful, but bittersweet, like there isn’t going to be as much hope as there once was with their family.

#⟨ maybe the worst part of the battle is the aftermath. ⟩ claire redfield.#i really just wanted to write this to tell everyone claire's good in bed #but i coated it so y'all wouldn't think #ehhhh.