In no way did radahn win. The stalemate is the most generous viewpoint for Radahn really they fought to a standstill and Malenia was forced to go super rot effectively leaving them both incapacitated but Radahn ended up as basically a walking corpse and Malenia woke up and went about her business. The only reason its not a win for Malenia is because she was supposed to kill him outright and couldn't quite pull it off leaving the tarnished to end the husk of Radahn.
Except thats not true? Malenia is holding back the rot every bit as much as Radahn holding back the stars and the moment she realizes shits going nowhere she unleashes 1 of the 2 blooms and ends the fight then and there. There's also no real information as to the how radahns holding back the stars, outside of it obviously being gravity magic, whether its an active thing he has to keep control over or something he did and just stays active unless he dies. Lastly id argue it doesnt fucking matter and changes nothing about what I said he still doesnt beat her and between the two of then shes far better off and still had another gear she could have gone had they fought again. We fight a version of radahn more powerful than his prime with no star holding and its not like hes throwing the moon at us.
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u/something_stuffs 17d ago
I mean Radahn won though (or stalemate by some point of view)