DS3 ending..?
Me and my lil bro finished the game seperately. I usurped the fire, was mistakenly wearing no trousers and only a loin cloth (the really good one you find in the Dreg Heap) and flashed the camera in the cutscene 😭😭 and overall, had a laugh (Anri was there too which was hilarious)
For my brother, he snuffed out the flame... and I read online that there was a betrayal ending, triggered if you attack the firekeeper. Being dark souls players, we were curious about any extra content. The scene that followed was... too violating and hit too close to reality. Evil choices are rife in RPGs, I know that, I've been playing them all my life. But that cutscene was something... unforgivable. I get that it's Miyazaki proving the Ashen One in the end is motivated by greed but seeing the blind woman who supported you throughout the game get her head stomped on and killed straight up looked like a scene of domestic violence. I get that it's Dark Souls and its supposed to be messed up, but I've never seen this level of psychological cruelty before in an rpg game especially with a very vulnerable character you were made to rely on. I'm probably overthinking this, but I was deeply unsettled and crying for hours. I'm a bit wary to interact with Dark Souls fans because the fandom is notoriously bad. But I was wondering if anyone felt the same way..? I even feel bad my brother had to see that scene, he agrees it was messed up but he's just 16, like me at that age he'll forget it in a day or two. For me, this will likely haunt me for a while.
