Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24494913-20140319193521/@comment-184.5.186.240-20140402213317

While I personally do not care if Drangleic and Lordran are the same or even exist on completely different planets, I feel the need to inject a few points into this discussion.

Firstly, Dark Souls 1 & 2 are both works of fiction, therefore there is no absolute truth until the product is completed and it is stated by person or persons that made the decisions that set those truths. Even after such a truth is established, it is not immutable. Unlike the real world, a fictious universe is always subject to change.

Secondly, in regards to Smough, it may be a giant. However all the evidence presented has been circumstancial or speculative. There is not enough evidence to claim that Smough is a member of the giant species, only that it is humanoid and very large. Actually on the subject of the Lordran giants, there is no evidence that they are an organic species as opposed to artificial contructs (I have heard Gough cited, but did not purchase the DLC so my information may be outdated). Without Gough, the four confirmed giants (3 in Sens and the blacksmith) seem to support a construct theory as all perform repetitive service tasks long after those that put them to the tasks left.

I believe this post has taken enough of everyone's time. If you read this, thank you for your consideration. If you wish to post an antagonistic response, I do not care.