LMSH: Rot in peace, Millicent

Gogaamaro: The dlc turned Vaati into Akira Kurosawa

pedro_mab: "If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am" fucking destroys me everytime

GScotty: That Frenzied Flame reveal during the Apostle fight was

strobeeboy: "Oh, cool, he's doing like a samurai film thing- IS THAT THE MIST RAVEN"

malcolmwiley4082: Insane quality on this, absolutely blown away by these videos. This makes the game look 100x cooler than it already is

davisiotta489: "How epic you want it to be?"

Vaatividya: yes.

ApetureTestSubject: Vaati, this wasn't just a Youtube video. This was cinema!

Seriously, if that Elden Ring Movie winds up happening, they could learn a thing or two from your team.

Noizzed: The 'Endure' Ash of War when the Frenzied Flame manifested was a cool reference to Midra

dokha.5644: There was a time when Vaatividya was the discoverer of deep lore and secrets of the souls-serie. Today, he is the best craftsman and director of high-quality short films that highlight the beauty of Miyazaki's works.

Congrats. I miss words to tell you how fantastic those moments to watch your channel really are. But the feelings, bro. They're real.

WithAJerryOnTop: New VaatiVidyeo? QUICK GRAB THE BOLUSES!

LapisRoseCh: Vaati, this video was an absolute treat to see. Ever since your Armored Core Video I realized that you don’t just extrapolate lore: you delve into the depths of top tier story telling, adding original content, a team, and using mods to elevate what could be a interesting lore summary into an actual cinematic experience.

It’s like watching an in game lore book, like the intro cutscene to a great game but spread throughout the entire story.

Thank you.

mokadelic4037: That duel with Milli was INSANE

dungtrinh8419: The Sekiro ost feels so nostalgic. Can't wait for Sekiro 2

ShadyBirch: Damn bro, you are so slick with the Ghost of Tsushima music and the fight editing!

MrFanservice: "...One of many horrors that we face in Caelid"

Gets transported to Ashina Castle

Z31Tapia: This is absolutely stunning work. I only got Elden Ring last month and been so mystified by the lore. Here at work I listen to every single one of your lore videos and I'm always delighted by the quality and craftsmanship of each video. This is a token of thanks. Keep up the splendid work.

Darkconq: "you will witness true horror" is by far the hardest line ever

NightDocs: Man I wish I could afford the abyssal archive narrated by Vaati

thomaswilson8022: The only way to become the truest lord of frenzy flames is to only seek the three fingers AFTER the tree is burned

Harab_Serapel: I kind of love how wholesome and humble the elden ring lore community seems to be. Everyone tries their best to credit new ideas and discoveries and give shout outs to one another, and I love how Vaati spends the end of his video gushing over the teams work and where they can be found when he could have just given them a credit scroll or listed them in the description.

NOVALZ: Like Martin Scorsese once said, "Absolute Cinema".

CarlaBaby-j5v: The fact that the team making these continues to slowly grow makes me so happy. All of you are making beautiful art that I am so lucky to get to enjoy. Keep up the amazing work, I can' wait to see what you all bring us next.

tino7220: Almost teared up when you came to Millicent's aid. "But he would be wrong", so epic.

KingPyro123: Ive been watching since the beginning, your guides,secrets,lore art,gameplay, all of it. More than a decade of watching your passion grow has been incredible. This is genuine content, genuine media, genuine art. Thank you for all the hard work that you and your team have put in over the years. You’ve elevated the experience of these fromsoft games and of those in the community. From 15-16 year old boy who struggled every minute of his first dark souls 2 run to the very ends of the SOTE DLC,

Thank you, this is truly one of the most tremendous rides you could experience getting into this series.

ventroxii561: The scene where your player character goes mad when sliced by the Godskin Apostle and goes absolutely berserk on him, was amazing

TheHolyPapadum: Good lord these cinematic you've made are INSANE. The choreography and use of weapon skills are so creative. I went to the Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure (orchestra concert) and the official videos they displayed which were done in a similar style weren't as good as the ones in this video.

notsonoble-6323: I never thought that malenia’s boss intro could be even better. In comes vaati with the use of the ghost of Tsushima ost to prove me so beautifully wrong

corynthius8860: The cinematography here is insane, especially with the frenzy introduction

reesedeoliveirapaulo896: On Malenia’s first fase, when main caracter didn’t succubed to frenzy . BUT THEN CONTROLED AND USED IT’S POWER ON 2nd FASE!! OMG

arfrados4553: So Romina saint of the bud is one of the Valkyries gowry was talking about, cuz Romina was defeated by messmer, and that crushing defeat turn her into a Valkyrie.

maize3201: I never thought much about her before, but after everything we learn about Miquella in the dlc, I gotta say I feel really bad for Malenia. I find it hard to hate Miquella because he very much seems like a victim of his curse, but the thing that bothers me the most about him is the way he just straight up abandons his sister and never tells her what he’s up to. He forces her to go fight Radahn, and in the process literally everyone involved suffers because of it. The entire region of Caelid is ruined, Radahn essentially becomes a zombie, and Malenia is basically left in a coma, her rot now worse then ever before. It was a complete failure of a plan that only eventually goes Miquella’s way because some random no name tarnished ends up killing Radahn and freeing his soul.

Then Miquella moves on to the next phase of his plan which doesn’t seem to involve his sister at all so he just leaves her in the haligtree, letting her believe he’s been kidnapped while she unintentionally rots the thing from the inside out.

The base game made it feel like Miquella and Malenia were the closet demi god siblings, like they loved eachother like a normal pair of siblings would, but it seems more and more like Malenia was just a pawn to Miquella. I don’t doubt that he loves his sister but the way he completely disregards her and only ever mentions her once in the entire dlc as “his loyal blade” is pretty sad. Malenia makes her entire personality the fact that she is Miquella’s sworn blade, and her dying words are apologizing to her dear brother because she won’t get to see him ascend to godhood. Really makes their relationship seem one sided and truly displays the effects of Miquella’s charm (if he actually did charm her which I don’t doubt given everything we know about him).

Malenia now reminds me a lot of Maliketh. Both insanely powerful warriors who hold back an extremely destructive force for the sake of their sibling who they are completely devoted to. Both end up dying not realizing they had been betrayed/abandoned by said sibling. And they are both shadows of their former selves at the start of the fight but then become their most powerful selves among releasing their forbidden power. I truly love how the lore of the dlc helped recontexualize and flesh out so much already great things in the base game.

EM-bz1rn: Why even have a notification system if it doesnt bend my ear for vaati

Trollkiller: Why didn't I get a notification?!?!? Aw well let's go lore banger

polo5760: The production quality on this video is so good

Genbunyan: Posted 8 hours ago but still 100 viewers and no notif? Weird

thomashoward5450: Okay, the fact that this is samurai-styled, and with usage of Ghost of Tsushima OST, makes this my favorite of your videos thus far.

Then again, I'm a sucker for anything regarding Ghost of Tsushima, no matter how dismal a connection.

baxxeno: This is animated and edited so perfectly. Vaati is really spoiling us this time.

kakkoiborri8511: I've been watching your videos since your Dark Souls 1 Prepare to Cry videos, and it amazes me how far you've come in handling each shot. It feels so much like a movie, and it's wonderful.

aethernaut1899: that John Williams swell when 'you' make your choice and stand back to back with her... just sublime. I had full-body shivers. This is my favourite quest in the game; I always hope for a better outcome. In my personal fantasy, the Siofra dancer comes for Millicent's spirit, to show her - either in the after-life, or simply in her dying moments - the way of flowing water.

rayparenteau: @VaatiVidya! I feel like Melina is to Marika as Millicent is to Malenia. Millicent was Malenia's pride, shed in Caelid during the battle with Radahn. Maybe Melina was a similar part of Marika - maybe her sense of self, or ambition - that was shed at the foot of the Erdtree (where she was "born"). Just a thought for a potential Prepare to Cry!

sirmaerske6884: I made an entire OC based on the rot children. The only son of Malenia that I named Maeryn. I said that he was born from the bloom in the Haligtree that's right outside of Malenia's boss room. He was trained by Malenia and her Cleanrot knights personally and fought with them, until his heart was shattered upon discovering that Malenia died. He never met the daughters, but I love the lore of the Children of Rot very much.

jlee479: It’s crazy how far you’ve come. I remember way back watching your prepare to cries early in your channels life. What you and the visual team have achieved is incredible. The production quality is just beyond awesome.

Magorgames: The visuals and choreography on those fights are insane, absolutely stunning. And story telling and overall presentation is no less impressive as expected of you. Amazing work from you and your whole team. Congrats on another masterpiece that completes yet another piece of of this beautiful painting, this time, with the color of a scarlet rot.

DiscoFinalBoss: The editing and mod work go hard. A welcomed surprise and a certified banger

jhilton62611: Love seeing everyone come together to make something great. I know this took a lot of time and the quality shows. Probably one of your best vids. Great job man.

technoboop1890: Fun fact about Malenia that you probably weren't aware of: she is actually the blade of miquella

bisonsama321: An amazing homage to such a powerful story, subtly told through details yet so strongly tied to Elden Ring’s lore and art direction.

Though props in particular to your showcase or your collaborator’s work ! They truly deserve it !

Jul 23 2024

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