Now that 4 months have passed since Shadow of the Erdtree came out, I can say: I'll never accept 'consort retcon' thing. I don't want even to try finding any sense in it bc I simply don't like it. As some of my pals said, if it was like this right from the start, I wouldn't fall for it in the first place (so it's just not fair treating your audience like this).
But truly, it's the only thing I hate about the DLC. Remove that MiqRad nonesense and anything connected with it (make Radahn's story end with a festival, Freyja too, bc she fucks up the timeline and story). Leave everything as is, and Godwyn or not, I'll be OK in the end. Even Mohg beating the allegations is still dubious (Ansbach being an unreliable narrator, simply devoted to his lord) and yes, there's plenty of interesting stuff i the DLC.
We have to accept the new reality, but I will forever be salty over the 'promised consort'. Bc yeah, zero foreshadowing, no connection in the base game, even not a single fanfic on this ship before the DLC (was that the real reason for this twist? like, 'wow that's the most unexpected thing imaginable, let's do it'), weird in general, turning the Battle of Aeonia into some stupid farce - much has been said already.
(not open to the debates, just sharing my thoughts/feelings. Asking kindly to not try to convince me otherwise, tnx).
Being a 100% hater is not an option either. It's better to concentrate on positive things, like engaging in fixes and AUs. But oh, summer's been really hard because of this. Or, well, leave the fandom, but I became rooted here too deeply in recent 2 years, that's the problem.
But actually funny, how in the end this mess made me lift my ass and get a console to be able to play the base game again myself. Most of the time I was non-playing fan, watching videos and engaging in the fandom, bc my default PC won't run Elden Ring by any chance, and the other one broke soon. Bla-bla-bla, you probably know this already if we're pals, but in case you don't. I realized I needed to explore the world myself better to be able to tell my own stories (also realized that Xbox is quite affordable for me, unlike modern gaming PC).