Miquella/Mohg
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| Pairing: | Miquella/Mohg |
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| Gender category: | Slash |
| Fandom: | Elden Ring |
| Canonical?: | yes (one-sided or manipulated) |
| Prevalence: | uncommon |
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Miquella/Mohg is the canonical incestuous slash pairing of Miquella and Mohg from Elden Ring.
Canon
Mohg was born an Omen (a person covered in horns and reviled as cursed) but, unlike his twin Morgott, while living in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds, his accursed blood attracted the attention of an outter god called the Formless Mother. As Mohg stood before her, his blood erupted with fire and thus their association began.
During the war known as the Shattering, Mohg kidnapped his younger Empyrean (candidate god) half-brother Miquella, tearing the cocoon in which he was slumbering out of the Haligtree (a sanctuary created by Miquella). Mohg took the unconscious Miquella to his underground palace. His intent was to found his own dynasty by making himself Miquella's consort and raising him to full godhood.
After the release of the DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, it became known that this was part of Miquella's plan, so that he might one day use Mohg's body to resurrect his other half-brother, Radahn, and have him become his king consort. This act is seen as blasphemous and respectless by Sir Ansbach, though Radahn's follower, Redmane Freyja, believes Radahn would have agreed to it.
Fandom
Common Tropes
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Controversy
The ship is controversial due to its canonically involving or at least invoking several problematic tropes: incest, underage (Miquella is cursed to forever remain a child physically), kidnapping, forced marriage, and non-consensual sex (in-game text states Mohg tried to "share" his "bloody bedchamber" with an unresponsive Miquella).
Some fans theorized that Miquella either assented to the union or manipulated Mohg into abducting him.[1] This is based on in-game descriptions of Miquella as having "the wisdom, the allure, of a god" and being able to magically compel affection.[1] Opponents of this theory have characterized its supporters as "truthers" and CSA apologists.[2] Miquella's manipulation of Mohg was later confirmed by the DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, to some extent, leading to the popularisation of the Miquella/Starscourge Radahn pairing.
GameRant writer Jared Carvalho described the Miquella/Mohg subplot as having "one of the worst implications for LGBT+ representation" of any FromSoftware game.[3] This has been mocked by fans, sometimes with fanworks featuring Mohg or Miquella with the quote "the Souls Series worst LGBT+ representation", usually under the implication that the worlds of the Souls Series are awful by default and that they like the LGBT+ characters in them.[4][5][6]
Fanworks
Fanart
- Brothers by c3rnunnos (SFW)
- Miquella & Mohg by TedBeer (SFW)
- Miquella & Mohg by uchuunin (SFW)
Fanfiction
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Archives & Fannish Links
References
- ^ a b "Mohg was being manipulated by Miquella" thread on r/Eldenring on Reddit
- ^ Meme by catcas22 on Tumblr
- ^ Jared Carvalho, "Elden Ring: Mohg May Be the Souls Series' Worst LGBT+ Representation", GameRant, 24 May 2022
- ^ Fanart of Mohg with the quote, by theslowesthnery, on Tumblr
- ^ Fanart of Miquella with the quote, by Kickdog, on Reddit
- ^ Fanart of Miquella removing the crown of “Souls worst LGBT+ representation” from Mogh and putting it on his head, on Twitter