Why do people like Ranni so much?

[MR.POTATO]

WOW the more yall respond to this the more I regret asking lmao

TLDR: Ranni basically caused the shattering and the apocalyptic setting of the lands between why do people love her so much?

Is it just a wifu thing? In lore Godwyn's death was the primary factor that caused a chain reaction which lead to the the age of shattering. Ranni stole the rune of death and used it to kill Godwyn so that she could kill her body but not her soul so she could defy her 2 fingers. The effect on Godwyn though, was the opposite. It killed his soul but not his body leaving it as a corrupt empty husk deep within the roots of the erd tree. The rune of death then caused some of the roots to the erdtree to become corrupt spreading something called death root. This caused the rule of "Destined death" to be removed from the lands between. So basically anyone that comes in contact becomes "Those Who Live in Death" which means they dont return to the erdtree when they die, instead they just dont die (to old age or malnutrition) and slowly wither away while loosing their sanity. So basically they are empty husks that just wander and consume until someone slays them. This caused literally the whole post apoc environment of the lands between.
Literally on the elden ring fandom and wiki theres some version of this being said: "
The Night of Black Knives became the catalyst for the ensuing Shattering.In response to Godwyn's death, his mother, Queen Marika the Eternal, shattered the Elden Ring using her hammer"

It was also described like this by someone to simplify it:
"Godwyn's body seems to work as a reverse Erdtree, it takes souls from the Tree, corrupts them into vengeful spirits and then, through Deathroots, it brings them back into their dead bodies."

Ranni's reasoning behind all of this was she didnt wanna become a puppet to the greater will. Now realistically I woulda done the same thing I wouldnt wanna be a puppet to another entity either but that doesnt change that fact that her selfishenss caused the age of shattering.

The argument could be made that the lands between were always f'ed up the golden order never really was good at all, if anything the greater will was some how more tame than the golden order that it left in control. But meh meh as a player im more worried abt why am I fighting insane deformed enemy after insane deformed enemy and most the chaos is traced back to the shattering of the elden ring. And Ranni is loved so much last time i checked her ending has a higher % of completion among players than the default ending. Can someone tell me why is she so loved?

TLDR: Ranni basically caused the shattering and the apocalyptic setting of the lands between why do people love her so much?

Quick edit: I didnt think abt it but like she destroys the lands between then just does nothing for 5,000 years (Its said the game takes place 5k years after the age of shattering). That makes me loose all respect for her ngl. She did nothing for 5,000 years she didnt really even achieve her own goals she needed us. That genuinely makes her seem like a useless brat thats in over her head and only actually achieves something when we stubble along

[WhateverWorks]

Originally posted by RobeRonin:

mate the mass`s of people dont even understand its a doll and ranni looks completely different and her dead body is ontop of a tower in the game lol why you ask because some 1 made a wifu meme and boom thats the answer same reason lady D was popular in Resident Evil people are sheep!

IDK, I guess maybe for people who are on social platforms and didn't actually play the game. I went into ER completely blind to everything about it other than the way the gameplay works. I didn't watch videos about it, didn't read anything about it, just bought it and started playing. Eventually I did of course need to use guides for some of the quests, but by then it was because the lore had hooked me. I can't say I fall in the "I will wife her" crowd, but I definitely do think she has the most interesting story out of her entire family. Her ending and Frenzied Flame are also the only two endings that I think are at all ok.

[Qliphoth]

Because the greater will is big dumb, and this is probably the best outcome if you care about liberty, that isn't either literally ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on the tree and everyone else reborn from it, or burning literally everything to the ground.

I guess you could just comply? But remember when the tree wouldn't let you in and the fingers were all like "ERROR" Get back to you in infinity years-maybe? That's not the kind of service you should be rooting for.

Also let's be fair. Ranni throwing a fit and dabbling in a bit of casual murder, isn't reason for the literal keeper to smash the ring. Even if we agreed Ranni did wrong, Marika/Radagon are the real reason this all happened.

[Ne uydesh vrag Monolita]

Couldn't stand her, was sad she couldn't be killed via Seluvis' quest. Godwyn sounded pretty cool, made friends with Fortissax/dragons who watched over him even in death.

[Bigboss PC Faster]

I want to smash and get Ranni pregnant

[WhateverWorks]

Originally posted by Bigboss PC Faster:

I want to smash and get Ranni pregnant

She's an incinerated corpse. GL.

[President Funny Valentine]

ranni be like: "tee hee, oopsie!" *topples the social hierarchy*

[MR.POTATO]

Originally posted by Kaibutsu:

You guys do realize that this is a game right? And that in order for you to be the focal point, kind of need you to do the stuff that moves the plot forward. Otherwise you'd just die to a tree guardian and the world does what it does without your input. Every death, the game just moves itself closer to an ending without your input depending on RNG and set plot points of contention. Hell, you sit at a site of grace and pass enough time and the game just ends. Random cutscene of your character watching whatever happens from afar, a literal nobody who didn't amount to anything, other than maybe chillin' with your best bro Kale.

I'd get the criticism if it were a novel, but the entire point is that YOU have to take care of business. Much like in DS3, ♥♥♥♥ wasn't gonna go anywhere if it weren't for the Ashen one. The lords would remain off their thrones, but the darksign would not have a lord either as all who attempt to take the helm, other than the Ashen one, fail. Kind of the entire loop of narrative from FS. The world is frozen in its conflict. You are the scale tipper, so you end up doing everything because its as much your narrative as it is theirs. And on an even grander note, these things that you struggle against can hold the literal heavens still, as if to freeze time and the advancements of destinies.

But, yeah. If only things had gone according to her plan without struggle. Pretty sure we'd be reading some side lore about how in a mirror dimension, a witch goddess succeeded in cutting her threads of predetermined fate. We wouldn't get the side quests, it would just be a lore hunt.

thats true its kinda stupid thing to argue about it think shes just annoying lol

[rabureta]

The real reason is that Ranni has a questline and doesn't die, whereas Melina is barely a character and dies.

[Kan3da.]

Originally posted by Red Painted Elk:

Ranni is legitimately a terrible person that uses everyone she has ever had contact with because she wants to avoid the responsibility of being god.
The playerbase like her for her looks, because she gives you good doggos at the start of the game, and players think she's tsundere (she isn't, she isn't into you at all other than as a tool to get her the weapon to kill her Two Fingers and then revive her after. She shows zero affection towards the character in the slightest.

Just goes to show how manipulable humans are in the hands of a pretty face that talks nice.

You literally state you have the truth of it and got everyone else inside their heads figured out.

Sometimes its fun to explain the gravity and implications of words back to people.

[Auron]

Ranni started the "apocalypse" to free people from the greater will and shatter the endless cycle. All because she couldn't bear the thought of becoming a puppet to some alien force, like her father was all her life.

Ranni's heavy metal, that said Goldmask is the correct ending.

[Sham!]

Originally posted by Red Painted Elk:

Ranni is legitimately a terrible person that uses everyone she has ever had contact with because she wants to avoid the responsibility of being god.

the chosen tarnished or whatever straight up gets involved by his own free will and keeps meddling in Ranni's questline even after she chases him away multiple times

the people she "uses" are quite literally her family, one grew up with her and the other has been a mentor, with the only exception of seluvis who is kinda just there

like i understand not liking her or the questline for whatever reason but the whole "she manipulates everyone for her little scheme" is such a colossal asspull that should be bs to anyone that actually paid the bare minimum attention while playing

[NoFuFu]

I just got a Ranni tattoo on my forearm that says it all.

[Synthetic]

Ranni slaps because she rebels against an alien god and believes that people should be free to determine their own fates.

I don't really trust people who have a problem with that.

[Kaibutsu]

Originally posted by MR.POTATO:

Originally posted by Kaibutsu:

You guys do realize that this is a game right? And that in order for you to be the focal point, kind of need you to do the stuff that moves the plot forward. Otherwise you'd just die to a tree guardian and the world does what it does without your input. Every death, the game just moves itself closer to an ending without your input depending on RNG and set plot points of contention. Hell, you sit at a site of grace and pass enough time and the game just ends. Random cutscene of your character watching whatever happens from afar, a literal nobody who didn't amount to anything, other than maybe chillin' with your best bro Kale.

I'd get the criticism if it were a novel, but the entire point is that YOU have to take care of business. Much like in DS3, ♥♥♥♥ wasn't gonna go anywhere if it weren't for the Ashen one. The lords would remain off their thrones, but the darksign would not have a lord either as all who attempt to take the helm, other than the Ashen one, fail. Kind of the entire loop of narrative from FS. The world is frozen in its conflict. You are the scale tipper, so you end up doing everything because its as much your narrative as it is theirs. And on an even grander note, these things that you struggle against can hold the literal heavens still, as if to freeze time and the advancements of destinies.

But, yeah. If only things had gone according to her plan without struggle. Pretty sure we'd be reading some side lore about how in a mirror dimension, a witch goddess succeeded in cutting her threads of predetermined fate. We wouldn't get the side quests, it would just be a lore hunt.

thats true its kinda stupid thing to argue about it think shes just annoying lol

I can get behind that mentality, as annoyance can literally be an ad on the sidebar that just rubs you the wrong way. But from a narrative standpoint, she's probably one of the most well-written characters in the game. Granted she got more interactive depth than many of them, besides maybe Fia.

[giganova]

Because she's a blackpilled blue magical girl.