#messmer

[coffinvows]

messmer the impaler

[gvalesdraws]

in the armoury

[blasphemousclaw]

one man’s giant snake :( is another man’s giant snake :)

[nepherit]

Duality is one of the things that makes Messmer such a complex, deep, and fascinating character. The feared demigod driven by righteous wrath, burning cities to ash to avenge his goddess mother’s people...and the broken being hidden beneath, a scorned son consumed by sorrow and by the serpent he carries within.

There is so much meaning in Messmer's character, not only in his past but in the motivations behind his actions. Anger, self-hatred, and the suppression of the part of himself that is perceived as wrong are probably the most evident of all. But if I had to choose the theme that I think feels the most powerful, I would say it is acceptance.

Acceptance of his nature when he shatters his eye-seal and releases the Abyssal Serpent. Acceptance of his own doom, and of the fact that his mother truly abandoned him when he realizes the end is near.

Pain and tragedy is what haunted Messmer through his whole life, nothing and no one could change that, but I like to think that through acceptance he found, at last, some measure of peace before death.

[eldrtchmn]

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

People playing Elden Ring and looking for the "good" demigod to root for are missing the point. Pick your favorite mass murdering war criminal megalomaniac with mommy issues and endlessly simp for them like the rest of us, cowards.

[jojo-the-dogg0]

[fellweather]

born to burn