Discussion of the Demigods and their embodiment of the Great Runes
Someone posted but then deleted a comparison showing how the remnants of Miquella's rune might overlap with Malenia's and it had me thinking about how the great runes appear to come in pairs. I like to think the runes tend to be embodied as a concept and its antithesis in something like a yin-yang way.
Morgott acts to preserve order in spite of its stagnation and rejection of him, whereas Mohg acts to subvert the same order, only with the goal of replacing it with something virtually identical at its core.
Radahn represents the belief that the strength of the individual is king, and can halt the fate of all (and most especially the gods), whereas Rykard represents the belief that the strength of many should be given up to or consolidated in a singular being, which would deliver the world its ultimate fate.
Malenia embodies progress at the cost of losing oneself through metamorphosis, and Miquella embodies the moment of potential at the cost of said potential never being realized. The Rune of the Unborn meanwhile has elements of each, allowing the player to take their potential and transform it into something greater, but reducing nonplayers to something nascent and deprived of their identity. Perhaps it retains this flexibility due to it existing in the world independent of a sentient host.
A little ramble, ultimately, but I think it's cool how the tenets of order are mantled differently by the various demigods. I wondered if others have different opinions or connections to draw!