judexe90: Bros been charmed

GoodKnight__: Brother, how do you make a "Miquella is good/evil" video without a St Trina section???

maximilianweiland7182: Miquella was a tragic figure in my read. By exploring how the purest of intentions, a child's wish for a gentler world, would lead to a nightmarish reality when fully realized. The road to hell is paved with good intentions sort of thing. And the sacrifice of the very thing that made him special, his love, in order to achieve godhood felt very greek. Always love your work man.

MendaciousCat: Idk if I’d call his influence “a subtle thing”. People are aware it’s there, and it’s strong enough that Leda immediately starts murdering people without it.

Being unable to go against Miquella, or even being unable to even want something contrary to his plans is a pretty huge violation of someone’s agency imo

benfairchild3683: Miquella strikes me as a child not just in appearance but worldview as well. He is pure and innocent, acting not out of a sense of power hungriness or spite, but a genuine desire to make things better, all while misunderstanding the importance of free will, and the nuances of conflict, godhood, and power. From his perspective, taking people's will is not a bad thing if they're still themselves and good to each other. Its naïve, but its not explicitly evil. He's an extremely intelligent child, pure and naive, who wants to make the world a better place, not realizing that this act is just as tyrannical as all the other gods before him.

ThePowerOfSteve: My man, your heart has been shrived clean and it shows

N.A.F.B.Y: I took from this games lore that there are no good/hero types left when we arrive in the story. And there can't be a "happy ending" because no one is meant to be a God. No one person is meant to rule over everything. Not even us as a tarnished. We could be looked at as the villain from certain perspectives.

ronniewhitedx: Miquella's WHOLE CHARACTER ARC was meant to break himself down into something entirely neutral. The first sin all these Gods make (Gwyn, Marika) stems from coming into godhood with a mortal disposition on "right vs wrong" and Miquella figured that out and came up with "complete balance"

But it still wouldnt work. Because despite going in with a neutral point of view he is still tweaking the natural order by removing free will. That wouldve been HIS first sin. Trina referring to Godhood as a trap indicates she already knows that by design it grants a power thats never meant to be used because of cosmic reality that balance must and will be achieved.

arwenianloser: Miquella always makes me think of Galadriel had she taken the One Ring.. "Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!" ... Yes, good and loved by all, but a tyrant nonetheless.

realm087: "The seduction and the betrayal" - yet he did the exact same thing to Mogh.

UwUOnDatBeat1101: A certified "Whos your favorite war criminal" moment

thinlizzy9032: Finally a fair assessment of Miquella and not a blind comparison to Griffith!

fredwiththeideas: SmoughTown got grabbed twice before making this video.

peterbear4413: Yes, he’s evil. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but it still leads to hell. Miquella is a tyrant and worse.

bighex5340: I think this comes from people not realizing that Miquellas curse doesn't only make him look like a child eternally, but to think and act like one as well. And children typically have a surface level view of human relationships, so it's understandable he'd come to the conclusions he did, with completely pure intentions. He was even sacrificing EVERY PART of himself for a kinder, more loving world, so it was a goal even above himself.

So not Evil with a capital E, but closer to a good person who does evil things for good ends.

tyco1649: I think Miquella is widely misunderstood as well but I think people overly complicate the vow between him and Radahn.

I believe it was what we are told; Radahn promises to be Miquella’s consort in the case Miquella resurrects him after he dies (loses). I believe they are both locked into this pact, if by nothing else but the personal honor we re told both characters have.

Hence why Malenia was brought in as a third party unbound by the vow to hasten Radahn’s death and thus Miquella’s age. I think this is exactly as pragmatic as we see Miquella to be without him being painted as a liar or trickster; he swore an oath and kept to it, Malenia stays sacrificing for his Order as always, and Radahn likely simply acknowledged his lack of foresight and welcomed the challenge, knowing almost immediately how his alliance with Miquella had ironically gained him the most powerful enemy in the land and had painted a target on his life.

This wraps up each parties motivations for engaging in this series of events; Malenia marching on Radahn unprompted, Radahn meeting her head on, Miquella’s involvement.

Miquella is kind but not naive and I think he had the plan from the beginning. Effectively tricking and trapping Radahn while staying honest and true, a classic Miquella move.

Didymus-Thomas: You can’t become the rebis by cutting yourself away it is a contradiction in terms. Miyazaki is not trying to satisfy anyone. He is trying to teach.

jakemartin9084: I dont think he is evil but when he abandons Trina he is gone. Not evil but blinded by ambition.

codycartwright6998: If Radhan wanted to back out after the shattering because of the "mad taint", then it is, by definition, not consensual. People have the right to back out of a vow if they so choose. Vows only matter as long as you are willing to uphold them.

nystagohod: While I agree that Miquella and Griffith are mostly a visual reference, I would argue that there is at least somewhat more of a connection than visuals. Both are characters with Grand Ambitions that throw away what can be seen as their humanity in order to accomplish these ambitions. One can argue Griffiths is more selfish at its center, which is of some note. However intent and motive are only parts of the equation of morality and the outcome and process you take to achieve said outcome can outshine and intent and motive if they're severe or become warped enough. That said, I agree that Miquella should be seen as his own character and any references to Griffith should just be seen as nods/easter eggs. Much like Mesmers appearance and Grunbeld. It's a not, not a true defining element.

Purity is a symbol of wholeness, not necessarily good. Hence why we have the concepts of pure good and pure evil. Using Dragon Ball Z's Kid Buu as an example, his actual name was Pure Buu. Not because he was a good being, but because he was whole being. A being of oneness. There was no influence within him anymore to define him beyond himself. He was purely Buu. I believe viewing purity as wholeness is key to understanding the truth of Miquella. Miquella's purity is not a case for his goodness, just his wholeness/oneness.

The lack of rendering one a "drooling zombie" is a weak distinction. Mind control is one of the most vile things you can do to another being. It';s is perhaps the second most egregious thing one can inflict onto another save for death itself as a true death is perhaps the only thing capable denying ones own will within the world more so than mind control. The subtleness of Miquella's charm and effect in a mark of how insidious it is and doesn't lessen the severity of the violation when it comes to ones free will. The individual is not their true self and is in fact impure as a result of this "purifying light of Miquella." It's purity towards Miquella, not of the individual. Even if its only starting as a drop in the bucket to begin with. It is an untrue feeling compelled by an outside force. Something Miqualla is seemingly against unless its him doing to to bend others to his side. It also puts into question how much loyalty Miquella truly had from every other character, given he holds this power. I think the use of this power above all else is what make Miquella as evil and vile as many claim him to be. I don't thin the distinction you try to establish in this video is one excuses these evil. Robbing one of their free will (or influencing it through charm) is of the utmost evil. It's the line that crosses his intent and motives mattering given the evil he utilizes to do so. Mind influence being arguably the second to third greatest evil one an exact upon another.

I feel like there's too much trust being placed into Miquella's account of things, and others accounts of Miquella. Disregarding the fact that many of these accounts are in fact "tainted" by Miquella's charm/compulsion, guiding and manipulating others to lose their own purpose for his own. To much is being put into his stated intent as if it's not all a part of the manipulation we see throughout. If actions are to speak louder than words, His stripping down and harnessing of wills make his evil clear. His charm in a way infects almost everything he does. It is uncharitable to view his actions without considering a charm being in the equation.

On Radahn and Miquella, regardless of a charm being in the equation. The torment and suffering caused in the skirmish between them is itself full of many evils for Miquella's "so called greater good."

Miquella's not the most evil, but he's far from good. And a clear example of the road to hell being paved with good intentions. His disregard for the will of others is in itself what makes him evil. His actions cross the line of reason, and define him more than his intent and motive because it crosses the threshold of when that matters.

I appreciate the video, and the thought put into it. I don't agree, but you make interesting observations to consider. You bring up very interesting speculations on Mohg and Radahn in particular. I don't think they change much, but I do think they're interesting.

superkamipopo9828: Gonna be real, Ansbach, Seigwart, and Solaire not liking someone is enough for me to start throwing hands.

royalecq: My interpretation is that Smough has been compelled

lanciferian: Miquella's story is the definition of "The path to hell is paved with good intentions". Maybe they did have a vision of good in mind, but the name of the methods used to achieve it were still evil.

vereornox701: I’ve always felt that Miquella embodied the saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

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