I mean, one could argue the main antagonist was just a big trannie. Oh uh.. spoilers. I guess. Then the DLC got reeealy weird with it with their big bad. Like, really fucked up if you take more than 5 seconds to think about the implications. But it gets a pass, because Elden Ring is fucking amazing.
Elden Ring gets a pass because the message isn't woke.
The gay/tranny boss in the DLC undergoes a horrific descent into madness as he becomes a cosmic abomination. Seems pretty on point. The final reveal, that he's brainwashing people into being in gay love with him, is designed to be horrifying and motivate the player to be completely on board with killing him, in case you missed the (easily missed) lore about him turning irredeemably evil after he started as a morally good character.
and I'm not trying to say it is. However there's an increasing number of people that are adopting a very black and white mindset where IF said inclusions are made, it is automatically woke, which in that regard makes it woke.
Also you are leaving out the part where they are also brothers. Which makes it so much worse. I wish they did a little more with his St. Trina alter ego. It felt a little underdeveloped. Like, it almost seemed like he was going to if given enough time do exactly what Merika did with her dual id.
Aside from the fact they are very much at odds over if they want the Elden Ring shattered or repaired is just about the only signs of two separate minds. Like, if that's the case, why even change gender and hair if it's a shared body? Why be one entity? We learn Merika came from the Shadow Lands but I'm not even sure we ever learn where the hell Radagon came from. Without that piece of the puzzle he really does seem to be of Merika's making. I don't know why though.
I mean, one could argue the main antagonist was just a big trannie. Oh uh.. spoilers. I guess. Then the DLC got reeealy weird with it with their big bad. Like, really fucked up if you take more than 5 seconds to think about the implications. But it gets a pass, because Elden Ring is fucking amazing.
Elden Ring gets a pass because the message isn't woke.
The gay/tranny boss in the DLC undergoes a horrific descent into madness as he becomes a cosmic abomination. Seems pretty on point. The final reveal, that he's brainwashing people into being in gay love with him, is designed to be horrifying and motivate the player to be completely on board with killing him, in case you missed the (easily missed) lore about him turning irredeemably evil after he started as a morally good character.
and I'm not trying to say it is. However there's an increasing number of people that are adopting a very black and white mindset where IF said inclusions are made, it is automatically woke, which in that regard makes it woke.
Also you are leaving out the part where they are also brothers. Which makes it so much worse. I wish they did a little more with his St. Trina alter ego. It felt a little underdeveloped. Like, it almost seemed like he was going to if given enough time do exactly what Merika did with her dual id.
I would say it's more like a clearly male god and a clearly female god sharing the same body. In some senses, they're kind of like a yin and yang.
Aside from the fact they are very much at odds over if they want the Elden Ring shattered or repaired is just about the only signs of two separate minds. Like, if that's the case, why even change gender and hair if it's a shared body? Why be one entity? We learn Merika came from the Shadow Lands but I'm not even sure we ever learn where the hell Radagon came from. Without that piece of the puzzle he really does seem to be of Merika's making. I don't know why though.
Lol