wacky elden ring theory alert


are miquella and melina the same person? are they completely unrelated? do you ship them? is st trina the gloam eyed queen? is miyazaki hiding in my walls? let me know what you think.

Thanks to @ratatoskr6324 and @SmoughTown for inspiring me

00:00 Intro
01:11 St. Trina
03:39 Torrent
05:36 Hands
07:10 Their names start with the same letter
07:31 Divesting of Flesh
09:12 The Frenzied Flame
10:20 The Family Tree
12:24 Narrative Purpose
13:27 Final Thoughts
17:00 Outro

▶ Videos mentioned
Ratatoskr podcast with Smoughtown -    • Elden Ring Lore Discussion With Smoug...  

BonfireVN video showing inside Miquella’s cocoon -    • Elden Ring - Inside Miquella Egg  

Ziostorm Minor Erdtree Church video -    • Elden Ring's Secret Story of Minor Er...  

▶ Sources
A Reddit post with a similar theory (I had already collected evidence and started making the video when I saw this, but feel I should include it because I got ideas from two of the comments, also linked below) -   / miquella_is_melina  
Reddit comment pointing out the mark under St. Trina's eye -   / jb145o4  
Reddit comment joking they both start with M, which inspired that joke in the video -   / jahvock  
Item icons, character pictures - https://eldenring.fandom.com/
IGN interview with Miyazaki - https://www.ign.com/articles/hidetaka...
DLC trailer -    • ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree | Of...  
Frenzied flame ending -    • ELDEN RING Lord of Frenzied Flame End...  
Erdtree shot - Age of Order ending -    • Elden Ring - Age of Order Ending  
@SekiroDubi for their St. Trina cut content discoveries
Shout out to @EpicDoomBringer for the Sephiroth sliders:    • ELDEN RING  - SEPHIROTH Character Sli...  

▶ Music
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 2-7: Floating in the Blue
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 4-2: Ephemeral
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 4-4: Wishes in the Wind
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 3-4: Constructure
Sonic Frontiers OST - Quest SOS Backup
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 4-5 Arrow of Time
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 3-5 BMB
Sonic Frontiers OST - Cyber Space 1-4 Genshi
Ape Escape OST - Dark Ruins
R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 OST - Turn the Page
R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 OST - On Your Way
R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 OST - Move Me