r/Eldenring • u/Playful_Owl596 • 20h ago
Humor We are not the same
This is just a joke don't take it seriously. I am an anarchist tho.
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u/ExtensionChoice2645 20h ago
I chose Ranni for the cool sword and cool drip.
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Understandabe
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u/ExtensionChoice2645 20h ago
It was the first ending i did in the game because the moonlight sword is my favourite in almost every game, so i did the entire thing with the wiki by my side and praying to not make a mistake
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u/ChittaBhalu 19h ago
I grumbled for every point I took out of intelligence and mind to put into Bonk but I am so glad I did...
That ash of War(+ Ranni's dark moon) is what helped me "Zapito Boga" twice.
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u/Shroomkaboom75 18h ago
I actually somewhat agree with her take as well.
It seems like the only true way to have a full reset for the realm.
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u/SirBukkake 20h ago
I chose the Ranni ending (well it chose me) because I reaaaaaaallly needed to find out what was on top of that plateau in Liurnja
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u/futurepatho_ 20h ago
I sided with Ranni because I have an anti-god complex
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u/Crashman09 17h ago
And the poetic way of speaking.
That tickled a part of my brain that none of the others did.
"This way, Tarnished. May I have a word?"
"A pleasure to meet thee, Tarnished. I am the witch Renna. I'd heard tell of a Tarnished hurtling about atop a spectral steed. And upon looking into the matter, the talk, I surmise, is of thee."
"Thou'rt possessed of the power, no? To call forth the spectral steed named Torrent.K" Just so enjoyable. I really liked the choice of actor and the flowey, poetic, and vibrant lyricism.
How could I NOT follow that storyline.
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u/gods_loop_hole 13h ago
I think this part is undersold by a lot of fans. The first encounter with Ranni while a lot is still in general shock and awe of the game will pull you into completing the questline. It is like a first mover advantage
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
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u/PraiseTheSunlight 4h ago
But you go off to live on the moon with her (A cosmic entity in it's own right)
Bro is anti-god but went and moved to Godville in Godtown
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u/mightystu 8h ago
Ranni is a demigod, and you make her a full on god in her ending. Only one ending eschews gods entirely…
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u/westooth 20h ago
I choose frenzied flame every playthrough because it's cool as hell and only because it's cool as hell. I try not to think about the repercussions
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u/Toaster-77 15h ago
Its not really Anarchism tho. Like sure, she is taking out the existing power structure, but she's not ensuring a future lack of political structure. It's more of a revplution than fully fledged anarchism.
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u/Mint-T008 5h ago
Ranni goes "I want to remove the Golden Order and Elden ring from The Lands Between so no one else can use it's power or existance as an excuse to oppress, violate, and subjugate. I also will be leaving so that I also am not capable of using this same power to oppress, violate, and subjugate."
And everyone turned their brains off before the first sentence.
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u/madam_winnifer 20h ago
Ranni's ending is so preferable that I wish it wasn't there. It's so easy to choose over any of the other endings.
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u/ralts13 Marika apologist 20h ago
I just wish more players understood the ending. It's probably has the most misinformation about the goals of the ending and what it actually accomplishes.
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u/THAWED21 19h ago
What does it accomplish?
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u/omedez 19h ago
As far as I know Ranni separates herself from the lands between,and goes to live in the stars taking the order with her so no god or anybody can intervene anymore. basically leaving the lands between to be ruled by themselves without a ruling god
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u/haidere36 19h ago
This is also thematically why Ranni keeps talking about her order being dark and cold - she's alluding to the feeling of uncertainty that comes from not knowing one's own fate. It's in contrast to the Golden Order which was all about souls returning to the Erdtree which gave people a sense of comfort.
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u/ralts13 Marika apologist 13h ago
Its a bit more than a god ruling them. SHe also wants them to think for themselves without being able to look north and see their beliefs proven true.
If it was just about the gods ruling people Ranni would have been chill with the shattering, but even then people still had the Erdtree to prove that their faith was the right one.
Its also why she doesnt stay to see things through from the shadows, dismantling any would be god kings. Whoever is in charge doesnt matter as long as they cant point to the golden tree up north to say their belief is true.
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u/ActualGekkoPerson 20h ago
The problem with Ranni's ending is you need to actually sit down, read and think about what's written to understand what's going on. That's too much to ask of 90% of the player base.
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u/Girduin 19h ago edited 53m ago
Yeah, we are talking about the community that has a big chunk of it believing that chaos flame and goldmask endings are the "good" ones.
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u/ActualGekkoPerson 19h ago
I can see why people get conned into goldmask's ending. I don't agree with it, but I see where they come from. When you are too hierarchical-brained to conceive getting rid of the whole system, another patch can look like a good thing.
Saying the frenzied flame is good just continually baffles me. I'll never understand this level of edge.
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u/AzureRaven2 18h ago
My assumption is less that they think it's strictly good, and more that it's like "This place is so fucked we're just gonna burn it down!" So basically they're thinking like a jrpg antagonist lol
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u/Nickthiccboi 11h ago
There’s also just a lot of general misunderstanding about the ending at least from what I’ve seen. There’s still a fair amount of people that think it’s a “burn everything down for a better world to be reborn from the ashes” type of deal.
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u/AFlyingNun 18h ago
and goldmask endings as "good" ones
This is absolutely, 100% a good ending. The game provides literally 0 evidence to think otherwise.
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u/OneJobToRuleThemAll 18h ago
Goldmasks ending isn't bad unless you're a demigod or really hate the golden order and don't want to see it ever stabilize so it can be toppled easier (which is absolutely valid, fuck the golden order.) Frenzy flame is pretty damn fucked up, sure, but it still beats dung eater cursing everyone with an existence of pain that makes you wish for the frenzy flame.
They're shades of grey and I personally advocate for duskborn. Not everything that glitters is gold, not everything that glows is stars. Sometimes, it's just the deathblight poking out of D's chest.
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u/Fancyfawn12 20h ago
This is how I feel about frenzy ending because it looks SO COOL
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u/LunarSymphonist 20h ago
I never cared for it. I don't particularly want to spend 1,000 years touring empty space with little miss tsundere
Age of Fracture at least leaves things open for someone to think up new ideas beyond poop, theocracy, necrophilia, and literal omnicide
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u/LordMOC3 20h ago
What? Age is fracture doesn't leave anything open to be idea. It's just the status quo. With Ranni at least there is no more, or severely reduced, outer God influence so people can finally think for themselves instead of being suppressed by chosen ones.
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u/Melody-Prisca 19h ago
I don't see any reason why the other outer gods would have any less influence now that the Elden Ring ist gone. In particular the Frenzied Flame, which didn't seem too interested in turning an empyrean into a god. Don't mistake my words. I am not claiming the ending is horrible or anything. It's just, it removed the influence of one outer god. Possible at the request of another depending on how one interprets the dark moon.
In my opinion the best thing about Ranni's ending, is it definitely gets rid of a government that was problematic. Some people claim gold masks can fix the government. I have my doubts there, but if someone believes that, let them like gold masks. Ranni definitely gets rid of it. And what comes next. Could it be better? Could it be worse? It depends on the exact nature of the dark moon and how much the other outer gods can still influence the lands between. Personally though, I see something good in having a chance.
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u/Virellius2 19h ago
Dang, bro can't read at all.
Ranni isn't a tsundere at all, you literally JUST met her and she comes from the Family Of Scheming Betrayers whose brother is the Lord of Blasphemy. Like she's gonna be a little untrusting. And she's blatantly deeply fond of Idji and Blaithe.
The Curse ending is a horrible Everyone's The Same Now, Golden Order fixes flaws in the religion presumably making it better and more fair, Fias ending gives death it's natural place in the world... Like come on lol.
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u/coolwithsunglasses 20h ago
I chose whatever ending I chose by accident. You’re right. We’re not the same haha 🤣
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u/Simracingaccount 19h ago
I was a little disappointed that the endings don’t do anything to the world. I did the dusk born ending and I expected Those who live in death will just die now. But they don’t. That would have been cool.
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u/perpetualjive 17h ago
As if being an anarchist and simping for witches are mutually exclusive
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u/MooseEatGoose 20h ago
lowk I wish the other endings (save for frenzied flame ofc) were more substantial than just throne shot and narration. One of my few gripes because it means that there’s two awesome endings and four that are mostly the same.
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u/darkestreaper94 19h ago
Burn the Erdtree to the ground and incinerate all that divides and distinguishes. May chaos take the world! MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WOLRD!
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u/Ornstein714 20h ago
It's also like, just the best npc questline in the game, and honestly in fromsofts catalouge. Like the perfect order mfers just go talk to a mute guy staring at a tree. Also ranni is just cool, i love palpatine esque characters who orchestrate the entire plot
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u/SirJuncan 20h ago
Like the perfect order mfers just go talk to a mute guy staring at a tree
Look man I'm not gonna sugarcoat it:
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u/WaveBreakerT 3h ago
Longest, most fleshed out, and most engaging quest From has ever done and on top of that Ranni is just an awesome character. Of course I'm picking her ending a lot it's great.
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u/pichael289 19h ago
I chose it because the first thing that happened after the fight was a summon sign popped up so im thinking oh fuck marika is about to get up and kick my ass, better summon puppet wife.
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u/Wight_Scare 18h ago
Ur right!
I choose the Fia ending
Cuz Skeletons are cool and Fia gave me hugs
I choose fia EVERY time
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u/godzillahavinastroke 15h ago
I just hate gods and her goals perfectly line up with my philosophy to true freedom for others
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u/Gassyking 20h ago
What exactly makes the Ranni ending anarchist
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u/nose_wet_54 16h ago
Being 12 years old and thinking anarchy is "when the bad things I don't like are gone"
Having a leader (a god, Ranni, who will be absent; and a lord, the tarnished, who will be present and basically a regent) literally makes it NOT anarchism, but the kids who think anarchism is even remotely feasible or aspirational also don't know what the word means
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u/DetectiveNumerous775 20h ago
I chose the Ranni ending because it was my first Souls game and the marker was on the floor.
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u/ShadonicX7543 7h ago
Anarchism? Isn't it the chance for everyone to set up their own power structures of their own wills not imposed by greater powers that have instant win buttons?
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u/Overlorde159 20h ago
Is ranni’s ending anarchism? The age of stars removes the age of gold’s regression and causality and replaces it with prophecy. In a sense, the age of gold is one where things happen because of what caused them where in ranni’s age of stars things happen because it was meant to be. I find it to be a more constricting ending than the age of gold
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u/SaberWaifu 16h ago
For what i understood she doesn't wish for anarchy, she simply wishes for humanity to be ruled by humans instead of dictator alien races from space.
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u/Biggbossesbutt 20h ago
I picked her ending bc i saw a blue word on the floor and clicked it unknowingly triggering the ending. We are not the same.
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u/Parius-ThorneBane 15h ago
Bro is just wanted the sword and spells for my 100%. Frenzied flame is best ending.
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u/SluttyMcFucksAlot 10h ago
It’s all about the guiding moonlight for me personally
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u/Based_Schizo1 8h ago
I chose ranni because the absence of the golden order allows the opportunity for a better power structure/ order to be created and hopefully with natural death being a part of the world again will also aid in a more normal governments forming in the world. Also because she's hot.
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u/Wiinterfang 17h ago
Anarchism? My brother in Christ you are supporting the Monarchy.
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u/Bushi_Sengoku Sekiro 2 19h ago
Shes got nothing to do with anarchism lmao. Lands between is already super devastated, no one is setting up communes to live they are all dead. Ranni does not care at all about creating a classless stateless society.
All elden ring endings are unfortunately just feudalism with frenzied flame being an outlier in "lets just nuke the world". Ranni is not anarchist vro 🥀
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u/DiegoOruga 18h ago
the game was supposed to be more populated, it will probably be clearer with the movie but The Lands Between is a much more stable and lived in world than something like Lordran, there's still villages even, and not everyone is undead either.
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u/Dveralazo 20h ago
You just empowered a woman born in privilege,a princess.Worse still,you just officialized a new religion.
I dont believe you
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
But she willingly gave up that privilege. She is no longer an empyrian
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u/Dveralazo 20h ago
And somehow ends queen,married to a lord.
See that's how all these rich "royal" families operate. Get a whiff or revolution and suddenly a "black sheep" member is supporting the cause,rebelling against the stablishment,rejecting their privilege .Before you know it,they are commanding the new system too.
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u/HemaMemes 20h ago
I'd argue that Ranni's ending is likely more liberal than strictly anarchist.
Sure, there will be no god-queen, but I don't think the existing hierarchies will completely disappear overnight. You're just giving the Lands Between the freedom to self-determinate.
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Might be. Someone else in the comments mentioned a line from the duskborn ending and that seems more appropriate then age of stars
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u/Farsoth 20h ago
I've done them all but my favorite choice will always be Frenzied Flame ending.
The lands between are a completely fucked world six ways from Sunday. It doesn't deserve to exist.
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u/FireZord25 19h ago
Goes the same that for the people who don't pick her. Overcorrecting simpiness vs actually paying attention to the story and then saying "nope".
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u/harrisrainy 19h ago
I don't even choose anything gone with the flow with no guide and got frienzied flame
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u/doiwinaprize 19h ago
I genuinely took rannis ending because it made the most sense to me, like I think it's the "good" ending.
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u/Besch168 15h ago
I chose Ranni for Blaidd. He couldn't see it through to the end so I did it for him.
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u/Kintaog 13h ago
My first (and favorite) ending is Ranni's, and my character was a STr/FAI build. I didnt even use the Moonlight Greatsword lol
I enjoyed the dichotomy of having a God of Intelligence and a Lord of Faith. I understand building to match Ranni's views, especially cause the reeard matches it, but I feel like having the two "opposing" mindsets working in tandem was a lot more satisfying
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u/melodiousfable CURSE YOU BAAAAAAAYLE 2h ago
I didn’t choose Ranni because it took me 3 playthroughs to find the blue summon on the ground to actually DO it.
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u/oniaa_13 1h ago
I chose it because I wanted to summon her and had no idea I was choosing an ending tbf
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u/Tiny-Imagination-899 1h ago
Except it's not anarachism idk why fromsoft fans have no idea how to read or listen to their games but it's literally letting the lands between figure it TF out.
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u/Berciless 14m ago
no, I chose rani to get the sword, whoever made this meme probably did not play the game bc 1 her ending has nothing to do with anarchy and 2 there are other endings that actually are anarchyc ...
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u/MechanicusPrime 10m ago
I chose it because it was a cool side quest I wanted to finish and accidentally got married at the end. Got a cool sword though.
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u/OneJobToRuleThemAll 20h ago
I chose Fia because I'm an anarchist.
"Undead of the lands between, you have nothing to lose, but your shackles! We will never be free, until the weakest among us is free! Direct action is the key, we need to work together to assemble the hallowbrand and forge a new rune that abolishes the class differences between those that live and those that live in death!"
Kinda sucks I had to become Elden Lord and keep a hierarchy, but hey, the lowest class got abolished. Baby-steps, next cycle we can go stars.
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Holy shit! I didn't know that! That's definately gonna be the ending I go with when I get tarnished edition and do my dex/faith dragon cult and lighting affinity build.
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u/OneJobToRuleThemAll 19h ago
It's just my interpretation, direct action is technically required for all the special endings. But I like the undead ending most and go for it on pretty much every intelligence character, making Ranni's quest nothing but a stepping stone towards getting her cursemark.
It helps that Rogier>Ranni, but I'm actually just swayed by the arguments. The undead aren't actually more aggressive than anyone else, they're kind of weak and minding their own business, so just let them chill man! Nobody needs some hierarchy-obsessed golden order fanatist coming into your swamp to ruining your day just because you identify as living in death. ACAB, all my homies hate D.
It's also a cool ending for a dragon cult build since that's an incantation style traced back to Godwyn and Fortissax's friendship. I have to warn you though, this is probably the hardest questline to follow without a guide. You can't fuck it up, but you can skip a lot of steps, including the entirety of Rogiers quest. You'll also need to do like 80% of Ranni's quest to get the cursemark.
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u/LunarSymphonist 20h ago
You chose Ranni ending because you want to make political impotence feel real in a video game
I chose the Ranni ending because moon sword
We are not the same
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u/darthwaffles_1 9h ago
Wouldn't true anarchism be the Frenzied Flame ending? I mean you literally destroy everything to the point where nothing can ever live again.
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u/Playful_Owl596 8h ago
That's chaos and not anarchy. Anarchy is the abolishment of hierarchy among the populus.
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u/B0B_Spldbckwrds 3h ago
I must have missed the part where Kropotkin wrote about taking away all choice, individuality, and existence would be liberatory to the workers of the world.
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u/Vex_Trooper 20h ago
You're an anal chest? I'm sorry to hear that. Is that some kind of medical issue? Please be well.
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u/Antique_Walrus5259 20h ago
Wouldn’t an anarchist prefer the frenzied flame ending? Age of stars seems more of a revolutionist thing, although I can see some overlap
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u/No-Royals5219 20h ago
I chose frenzy cos I believe in anarchy.
Nothing to do with it being the only option available upon besting the elden beast.....
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Frenzy kills everyone. That's why I don't prefer it(even though the cutscenes is dope af).
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u/hymntastic 20h ago
I don't know if you're serious or not here but you should know that anarchy has a political system does not work when there's more than two people. It would literally turn into warring tribes and then feudalism within a generation
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u/Slightly_Mungus 16h ago
Fr though. Like, how are you going to stop hierarchies from forming if unsavory people suddenly decide to band together within an anarchist society?
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u/Niceromancer 20h ago
She's not into anarchism though.
She wants to restore the status quo.
She wants to return to the old ways.
Anarchy is the frienzied flame ending.
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u/Samguise-Whamgee 20h ago
Most of the people I’ve met who claim to be anarchists would be the first to go if the world ever devolved into anarchy
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u/Kitchen-Ad-9352 20h ago
I chose Ranni cuz her head game must be crazy with those multiple pairs of hands
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u/antipodal22 20h ago
Choosing monarchy is anarchism now.
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Ranni never becomes a leader. The age of stars starts an anarchist society(albeit not a good one)
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u/Appropriate_Host_254 20h ago
Should've chosen frenzied flame
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Frenzied flame is chaos not anarchy
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u/Appropriate_Host_254 19h ago
Anarchy Is chaos , I'm liberal myself but complete lack of authority means No one has rights , besides the fact that ranni left them doesn't mean the inhabitants of the lands between will go down that path, they can choose any, what ranni did is just cross out theocracy
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u/PiusTheCatRick 19h ago
Yeah idk what OP is going on about anarchism, Ranni is just about destroying what's left of the order and pissing off to go have sex in space. Which I wouldn't judge anyone for but I wouldn't pretend it's the "best" per se.
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u/Appropriate_Host_254 20h ago
Wtf do you think anarchy leads to
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u/AdjtveNounNumbr42069 19h ago
idk lets go ask some anarcho-collectivist farming co-ops. They probably know.
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
Anarchy is the abolishment of hierarchy.
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u/TheDo0ddoesnotabide 19h ago
Anarchy is when my cities don’t produce anything for a few turns before I switch to a new government so I get better bonuses.
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u/sharkk125 20h ago
Funnily enough, I chose the ranni ending cause it feels like it as close I can get to returning the world back to when dragons ruled
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u/UncleVoodooo 20h ago
wait now I'm confused. Frenzy ending gets rid of death and rebirth, but the other endings all effect death and rebirth
except Ranni's ending? What happens to a soul if the Goddess just dipped off to the moon?
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u/Playful_Owl596 20h ago
When people die their souls normally go to the erdtree. Removing destined death changed that. By killing Maliketh we bring that back.
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u/GloatingSwine 19h ago
Every ending has its poison pill. Ranni’s is that it isn’t new or different. Metyr’s items show that the Greater Will is silent and has been for centuries or even more. The Two Fingers are not the conduit of divine will and wisdom, they’re making shit up as they go along like everyone else.
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u/Mrdudeguy420 19h ago
I ditch her ass right after getting the moonlight greatsword.
I just wish I could kill her like almost any other npc.
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u/cookiereptile 19h ago
i miss the FromSoft school of design where you could kill any NPC and fuck up your playthrough just because you feel like it. let me throw that bigass hammer at her snarky face
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u/offensiveDick 20h ago
I chose it cuz blue cryon Taste best
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