u/SillyWarlock

First of all my wife is not a souls player, though she did play ocarina of time growing up which was basically souls of its time. Besides Zelda games she mainly enjoys story and romance focused games like Persona.

Now how this story started is that she saw a clip of Elden Ring and it showed the beauty of the game and it talked about different endings especially one with romance involved. She got curious and asked if I played it, which I have and dark souls 1-3 + bloodborne so I am familiar with the genre and had a sneaking suspicion she did not actually knew what she was in for and the video she saw was a bit misleading to her.

Nevertheless I absolutely wanted to see her try the game and so we did and I didn’t say much about the it really I simply gave her the controller and let her create a character. She made a Confessor named Rosetta inspired by Chrono Crusade.

Now the beginning was not smooth as all of us know from first time playing souls like. The controls were confusing, the messages on the ground more so and where to go probably the worst. She button mashed her way through enemies and made her way through the cave of knowledge.

But it was at entering Limgrave when the true doubt set in, she gets called maidenless. Encounters the tree sentinel which she meets with high pitched squeeking and the running away flailing helplessly. She found the church of Elleh and. The nearby cave with the little gargoyles.

Somewhere here the frustrations seem to really kick in, I don’t want her to have a bad time but I also don’t want to backseat game or spoil the exploration experience. However I decide I will help out to get things started and then if she feels done it is ok. So I guide her to get her maiden and advice to try and level up mainly vigor.

Now she pressed on and explored for a bit after that, think we played a bit more than an hour, but in the end she was tired and had a headache and frustrated at the setbacks and dying, she said she thought it is a beautiful game but she didn’t like it. I said this is understandable but I had fun watching and we called it a night.

Now here is where I fucked up. I promised her the one thing she wants most in the whole world but that we can’t have because of our work schedules. Without really thinking I said ”If you can become Elden Lord I will get you a Cocker Spaniel puppy”

Oh boy, I tell you her eyes literally glinted or gleamed or whatever like they do in animes when somebody locks in. She said that’s mean and asked if I was serious, I had to think if I was and I wasn’t sure but I said yes.

Next day she was ready to try again, she explored and I gave some guidance and advice that I deem fair, for example to not open the chest that leads to you know where. She found Margit and the roundtable hold, Margit was a brutal challenge. I felt fairly safe and she had to work the next days.

Now tonight she had time to play again she absolutely locked in guys, she explored several caves and leveled up to 21 and she beat Margit…

I am in serious trouble now and not sure how to fulfill my promise if this continues. I am excited yet terrified by this sudden burst of determination that I did not think possible. Halp.

Tldr; Wife believed Elden Ring to maybe be a romantic adventure game and never played souls like before. As she struggled gave up after the first hour I mistakenly promised her that which she wants the most in the whole world. Now she defeated Margit and got a taste for blood. I am scared and excited and not sure what I have created.

Edit: I am loving all your comments you are slaying us you funny people.

I was recently in Greece on vacation and visited their national garden in Athens. I then posted a video of a tortoise eating oleander and I had no idea it was poisonous and just thought it was a tortoise cutely eating a flower, thank you all who informed me.

I have since sent an email to Athens National garden department expressing concern that the animals have access to harmful plants.

Hopefully they will take swift action to remedy the situation.

And I would like to apologize to all tortoise friends that might have been distressed seeing the video