I only refer to her as "her" because I can, I guess. (DISCLAIMER: I know near nothing about Japanese speech patterns, this is according to other people who have written on Gwyndolin)įrankly, just as with Silence, it's Calvinball with Gwyndolin's pronouns. It's a pronoun that is similar to the Royal We, but is tinged with fantasy and neo-medieval ideas, matching her speech pattern of "Thee" and "Thou". A description of her waistcloth (which you pick up after her defeat) uses the 彼の (ano) pronoun, another hint of ambiguity. She's so blue blooded, her father was literal lord of all light. A note on pronouns: Keeping with a neo-medieval theme, FromSoftware made all the characters speak English, with Japanese subtitles for the Japanese version. Gwyndolin speaks of herself us 我 (ware) pronoun, which is analogous to to the gender-neutral royal We. I'd like to start off by speaking a little on how we connect Gwyndolin to our readings of gender within medieval and neo-medieval texts. Serpents follow her as she moves around and her power lies within illusions. Having a feminine (or androgynous) appearance, she's pretty much treated as a (very deadly and mysterious) woman according to her father and her sister, Gwynevere. She was born a male child, but due to her affinity towards the moon, was was raised as the daughter of Gwyn. She has been tasked with guarding the tomb of Lord Gwyn. After this war, humanity was able to live within the land of Anor Londo. Gwyndolin is the most beloved child of Gwyn, and the only child to live within the realm of humanity. The land of Anor Londo used to be overrun with dragons but Gwyn, Lord of the Sunlight, Nito, The First of the Death, and the Witch of Izalith all fought the dragons. So: A qui ck rundown of who Gwyndolin is and her function within Souls. A reader can bre ak down this character through reading in the gender and how Gwyndolin functions in web culture. In order to celebrate the recent release of the popular neo-medieval action RPG Dark Souls 3, I've decided to blog about the character Gwyndolin in Dark Souls.
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