#if you don't find kaathe you (most likely) continue the cycle because what else is there to do? what else is there to do.

[v-iv-rusty]

why do dark souls end credits songs reach directly into my chest and pull my heart out

#misc.txt #the ending osts for ds1 and ds2 both make me feel some kind of way #and it's like they're not even 100% sad. theyre so achingly bittersweet. that's what gets me. #did you make the right choice? do you fully understand? will you ever? #and especially if you choose the ending that continues the cycle #your story is over and history repeats as it has done and will continue to do. over and over again but your story ends here #it feels cathartic in a way. but still sad. it feels almost representative of death which is fitting I think considering both #ds1+ds2's ending. you aren't 'dying' but you are burning forever to continue the cycle or being sealed in a throne room as it starts again #the snake eats its own tail once again etc. etc. for better or for worse #from the perspective of the player character - you DON'T know if it was for better or for worse. you just continued forward #like you've always done #bc at least in the case of a blind playthrough I feel like continuing the cycle is the most likely ending you're going to get #in ds1 I linked the flame because I didn't know you could just leave. I got that ending because I just didn't know what else to do #and yes I did that because I didn't. like. read enough wikis or whatever but thematically. in-universe #if you don't find kaathe you (most likely) continue the cycle because what else is there to do? what else is there to do. #and if you don't do aldia's quest it's the same #what else is there to do but light the flame and take the throne and hope it's better this time. even though it won't be #*hold the end credits theme in my hands* it's not that deep but what if it was