#kipptalks

anyway, i really like the similarities between him and the lamb- the ways that marchosias denounces and detests godhood while also enforcing their behaviors through his own i think speaks to a level of hypocrisy that, at least in my opinion, isnt intentional on his end.

he wanted to be better than the gods were, to take in and rescue his people and keep them safe, but to do that he needed enough power to fight against any crownbearers that tried getting a bit too close

its just that, in gaining that power, the things he had to do and the sacrifices from both himself and the wolfpack were arguably no better than that of the gods they rejected and ran from. in an attempt to create a utopia, he simply created yet another flavor of hell (even if i do think its somewhat implied that the wolfpack has better living conditions than most of the cultists you fight from the old faith)

but its because of allat that i think him and the lamb are somewhat similar- they were both wronged by the gods and tried to create a safehaven for others who were also wronged by those same gods. i do believe lamb was much more successful than marchosias in doing that, but at the same time, theyre not completely absolved of any guilt.

its a bit difficult to put into words, but i feel that the way lamb runs their cult is generally directed towards showmanship- like its supposed to look all happy and peaceful despite being built on mountains of corpses, both of their enemies and of their followers.

marchosias clearly was trying to do something similar, but since he had no power nor crown of his own, he had to make that power himself- and in doing, he ended up corrupting his intentions from that shift in focus from "creating safety" into "gathering power", and while he never quite lost either of those goals, i think its pretty clear which one was prioritized by the time he meets the lamb

i also find it really interesting how his visual design looks a lot more like a god/ crownbearer than any normal follower/ critter/ whatever. really makes me curious what exactly happened to change him like that. while im pretty sure it was from him experimenting on his own body, theres still the question of why he looked like a crownbearer, and not some sorta mutated dog (though its very likely im just overthinking that one)