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if you mention ymir in a room full of twitter, 9/10 some dudebro is gonna come along and laughably jeer “men can’t be mothers lmao”. which always had me worry, yknow, that maybe fromsoft WAS saying this.
but none of the lore or game itself ever points to ymir being presumably male as the reason for his failures; his downfall is due to hubris, yeah, but not from trying to birth as a man (that part goes very smoothly, actually), but as a human trying to claim some sort of dominion with alien life. far as i can recall, ymir’s gender never once is even pointed towards; not by himself, not by jolan, not by the player character’s convo choices
as that one analysis said, ymir was likely given shape by the devs in name association. ymir as the old norse giant seen as both male and female, then inspiring the character of elden ring’s ymir. there’s an emphasis in gender, yeah, but mostly just in reference, and not in how strange or bewildering or laughable it may be
ymir’s grief for the loss of any finger-children is taken as sympathetic and genuine, and also not laughable. his desire to be a mother shown as much the same, despite his pride. within the game, at least, he is not taken as any sort of a joke, and its honestly very heartening to see
(not that i recall soulsbornes have ever been particularly Bad with representations of alternate genders, barring fandom interactions themselves. but you always expect for the other shoe to drop eventually)
anyway i think it’s very cool of them to have done things like this, im very fond of ymir, and im glad they DID show such a heartfelt example of a non-ciswoman character who was so lovingly set on being a mother
We will never again lose our way in the night.
sorry the only thing i have for you today is shitpost
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Aspiring Mother of Fingers
May you join the glimmering stars above.